The National Register.
London, England, 1815-09-24 00:00:00

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Accepted the three above
(Signed) LE COMTE DE tINOTS.
FOYER DE PEYRELEAU.

JAMES LEITH.

Total of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, in an attack nn the Island of
Guaclxlo ipr, on the'Blh, 911 s, and 10th of August, 1815.
Staff-1 staff, wounded.
Foot-3 rank and file killed ; 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 1 serjeant,
19 rank and file, wounded.
York Cliasseters— I serjeant, 9 rank and file, killed ; 9 rank and file
wounded ; 4 rank sad file missing.
Royal West 1..1ia Ranyers-6 rank and file wounded.
Royal York Rangers-3 rank and filo killed ; 1 staff, 1 serjeant, 11
rank and file, wounded.
Total-1 serjeant, 13 rank and file, killed ; i captain, 1 subaltern,
2 staff, 2 serjeants, 43 rank 41,d file, wounded; 4 rank and file
missing.
laTaases of Officers wounded.
Staff—Lieutenant Reackardi (96th Foot), Ai4e•de-Camp to Major-
General Douglass, brightly.
63t1 Font—Captain Lynch, severely ; Lieutenant Wigly, slightly.
Royal York Rangers—Surgeon Berestord, slightly.
J. H. BERKELEY, Dep. Adj. Gen,

• ADMIRALTY-OFFICE. SEPT. 18, 1815.
.Copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Charles
Durham, K. C.. B. Commander in Chief of his Majesty's sh ips
at the Leeward Islands, to John Wilson Croker, Esq.
Venerable, &Unica, Aug. 15.
Ste,—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty being
aware of the projected expedition against Gualadoupe, so
soon as the Commander in Chief of the forces, Sir James
Leith, lad assembled a force at this rendezvous sufficient
to-ensure a prompt and decided reduction of that island ;
the last division of the troops having arrived on the 7th
instant; the island having been reconnoitred by the Com-
mander in Chief of the Forces, and inyself, aided by that
distinguished and indefatigable engineer Sir Charles Shipley,
the places of debarkation having been determined upon, all
overtures to the enemy having been rejected with scorn, and
the rainy and hurricane season having set in, not a moment
was to to he lost.
• I beg you will be pleased to inform their Lordships that I
sailed on the Bth instant, having on board the 15th regiment,
in company with the vessels of war and troop-ships as per
mat gin•, fifty-three sail of transports and hired vessels, with
&Ono men, a corps of artillery, and the usual appendages to
the army, and proceeded to the weatherinost landing place,
Sainte Sauveur, (it had been proposed to have landed in
three divisions at the same time, but the want of boats put
that out of our power,) where, from the admirable position
taken up by Lieutenant George Topman, acting Captain of
the Chanticleer, who swept the beaCh of the few troops that
made their appearance, and the troops being covered by the
Fairy and Espeigle, the debarkation was soon effected.
We Olen dropped down to the next landing-place. Grand
Ante, wlre're We found a large body of troops and a battery,
. commanded by the Comte de binois and General •Boyer. 1
ordered Captain Baker, of the Fairy, 'Captain Chads, of the
Columbia, and Captain Fleming, of the Barbadoes, to cover
the landing of the troops, and from their well-directed fire,
the battery was soon silenced, and the enemy drove h.tck to
a • respectful distance; two thousand men were then landed,
under the comMand of their gallant Commander in Chief,
without the losi'of a man. It being now dark and late, and
the boats not yet returned, I postponed the third landing un-
til the following morning, when it was accomplished with
equal success on the lee part of the island, near Balif, under
cover of the Columbia, Chanticleer, and DZltios, in the face cif
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a very large force, who retrea.ed to the height,. and there
.capitulated on the morning of the !nth instant ( a copy of
the, term§ I herewith inclose for their Lordships inform—
ationt) ; a few ships aid the floating property that remained
were immediately taken possession of.
It may be presumption in me to risk an opinion .expecting
the conduct of the army altar they were on shore. but I trust,
having witnessed the gallant manner in which they im.
mediately advanced and drove hack the etieniv. as well as the
general 'plan of attack, I may be permitted to vxpre,s my
admiration.
The Commander in Chief of the Forces, sir Jan's Leith,
having frequently of late honouted me with his comnany on
board the Venerable, I should not do justi, e to my fp, tinge
were I not to express to their Lordships how ini.ch the
country is indebted to his zeal, ability. and indefatigable
exertions in forwarding the king's service.
This dispatch will be delivered by my Flag Lieutenant.
Francis Wemyss, an intelligent and zealous officer, who will
give their Lordships any further particulars; and I beg leave
to recommend him to their Lordships' protection
1 have the honour to he, &c.
P. C. DURHAM. Rear AdMiral,
Commander in Chief.
To John Wilson Croker, Esq. &c. &c.

• Dasher, Fairy. Espeigle, Columbia, Barbadoes, Bluros, Chaoticlera
and Fox and Niobe, tron;-, ships.
♦ See Sir James Leith's dispatches.

TUESDAY'S LONDoN GAZETTE.

This Gazette contains a dispatch from Adintrai Lord Ex-
mouth, reporting the submission of the fortiel/4s of (;seta, in .
the kingdom of Naples. and the posscsion of it by the ma- .
rines of the Ma!ta, and by the allied troops, on the ;th ult.
There were found in the fortress, 227 pieces of ordi.ance, )5
of which were mounted, and provisions remaining for near
three months. It appears from the dispatches, th .1 the Go-
vernor of the fortress could have made a much longer resist-
ance, but being informed by the besiegers that Buouapart4
had surrendered, he immediately capitulated.