The National Register.
London, England, 1812-02-02 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

I have the honour to dispatch this by my. Acting Aid-de• Camp Capt.
O'Donoghue, of the 47tIrregiment, who is in possession of ever! in-
formation relative to my proceedings at this place, an Officer of great
merit and considerable length of service.
I have the honour to be, Etc.
(Signed) J. B. SKIKRILTT, Colonel.
To Major-General-Cooke, 4:c.
Return of Ordnance, Ammunition, and Stores, left by the enemy before
Tam'la, on the sth January", ISI2.
Two brass eight and a half-inch howitzers, five brass sixteen-pound-
ers, two twelve ditto, with travelling carriages, complete. Four cars for
conveying heavy ordnance, twelve ammunition waggons, one gin, one
forge cast, vanous other carts, limbers, spare carriages, &c.• several
thousand shells, round and grape shot for die above ordnance. Great
41111thtities of powder, hand grenades, rockeis, rope, iron,
for small
vstores,
and implements of all descriptions ; also entrenching tools fi-
dred men.
The Gazette contains a letter from Lientenant•General Campbell,
which furnishes nothing of importance in addition to the preceding dis-
rat:hes.
The Gazette also contains a letter from the Hon. Rear-Admiral Legge,
transmitting dispatches from Captain Dickson, of his Majesty's ship
Stately, of the 4th and sth inst. detailing the operations of the naval
force in Tariff* Bay. Captain D. particularly notices the exertions of
Captains Serle, Pell, Everard, and Carroll, with the several Lieute•
rants commanding mortar-brigs, and gun-boats, viz. Jenkins, Rooke,
6tyle, R*ttray, Cobb, and Basden, in taking up positions, and their
extreme perseverance in remaining at their diiitrent anchorages, during
the most tempestuous weather, to the great annoyance of the enemy in
carrying on their operations; as also Commodore's Penrose's Ist Lieut.
who volunteered his services in the San. Juan's pinnace, and his
First Lieutenant Davis, for his indefatigable exertions with a party of
seamen, in assi ting the army in getting up guns and landing stores.
The Gazette likewise contains a letter trom Captain Duncan, of the
Imperil use,. transmitted by Sir E. l'ellew, detailing the particulars of
the service performed by that ship and the Thames, at Palinuro ; on the
coast of Calabria, on• the !List of October, as given in last we at's Ga-
zette.
Return of Men killed and d
wounde at the Attack of Fullmer°, No-
vember 1 and 2, 1811.
Imperieuse-1 hilled and '2 wounded. Thanes-2 wounded. G''.(l Re.
killed and 7 wounded.
Names if Officers killed and wounded.
Imperieuse—Lientenant Pipon, Royal Marines, killed. 62d Regi-
ment—Lieutenant Kay, killed; Captain Oldham,•severely wounded.

TUE SD Al" S 'LONDON GAZETTE.

DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 7, 1812.

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A Dispatch, ni which the fallowing is an Extract, was this miring
received at Lord Liverpool's o:lice, addressed to his LordshiP, by
General Viscount Wellington.? dated ballegos, January 9, 1812.
I invested Ciudad Rodrigo yesterday. Since the enemy have had pos-
session of the place they have constructed a palisadoed redoubt on the
kin of st. Francisco, and have fortified three convents in the suburb, the
drifenczs of which are connected• with the work.ou the hill of Et. Fran-
cksco, and with the, old line by which the suburb was surrounded. By
'these means the enemy have increased the difficulty of approaching the
place; and it was necessary to obtain possesidon of the work on the hill
of•Ert. Francisco before we could make any progress in our attack. Ac-
cordingly Major-General Craufurd directed a detachment of the light
dividon, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Colbourne, of the .52d
regiments to attack the work shortly after It was dark. The attack s‘ as
vetysarly. conducted by Lieut.-Colonel Cotbourne, and the work was
taken by storm in a short time; two Captains and forty-seven men w ere
Made prisoners, and the remainder of the garrison were pot to the
sword. We took three pieces of cannon. I cannot sufficiently applaud
the candy:et of Lieutenant-Colonel CoArourne, and of the detacarilent
under his command, upon this occasion. I am itappy to add that our
losain titis affair has not teen severe, six men having been killed ; Capt.
Mein and I..ieutenant Woodgate, of the 52d, Lieutenant Hawksley, of
the 95th, and limner. n men, having been wounded.
The success of this opera:ion enabled u; immediately tn bre.,le ground
Witbin six hundred yards of the place, notwithstanding that the enemy
• still held the for tied convents; and.die enemy's work has been turned
into a past of our first pastille', and a good eommuniration made with it.
laikoti.Gentral Hill- arrived at Merida on the 99th lleeember. He
bad hoped to serpriie Gen. Dombrouski (who I had been led to ima-
gine warokilled in Gen: Has last Wait; with the enemy) in that town;
4$ ilk advanced.guard was discovered on the 29th, by a patrole from a
small detachment of the enemy, which happened to be. at La Nava,
which effected its retreat to Merida, notwithstanding the efforts of a
detachment of Lieutenant-Central cavalry to prevent it. Gen.
Dennbrouski retired tram Merida in the night, leaving a magazine of
bread, and one hundred and sizty thousand pounds of wheat in the
townt:and several unfinished works, which the enemy had been con-
structing.
Len the Ist, General Hill moved forward with the intention of attack-

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ing Gen. Droller. who commands the .sth corps, at Almendrolejo. This
General, however, retiredupon Zafra, leaving a magazine in the town,
containing four hundred and fifty thousand pounds of wheat, and some
barley. On the 3d, Lieut.-General Hill sent a detachment, consisting of
the 28th regiment and two squadrons of the 2d hussars, and some squa•
deans of the 10th Portuguese cavalry, to Fuente del Maestre, under the
command of Lieut.-Colonel Abercromby. Our cavalry defeated a body
of the enemy's cavalry which was there ; having taken two officers and
thirty men pnsoners.
Lieutenant-General Hill having found that General Drouet had re.
treated upon Llerena, and that it would be impossible for him to fol-
low to a greater distance, returned to Merida on the sth, in order to
place the troops under his command in better cantonments, during the
bad weather.
I have the honour to enclose letters from Lieutenant-General Hill, of
the 30th of December, '2d and 6th of January, giving an account of his
operations, returns of killed and wounded, &c.
.Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing.
Total.-6 rank and. file killed; 1 Captain, 2 Lieutenants, 17 rank
and file, wounded.
Names y Veers wounded on the Bth of January! 1812.
Ist Batt. 52d Reg.—Captain Mein and Lieutenant Woodgate, both
severely, but not dangerously.
Ist Batt. 95th Reg.—Lieutenant Hawksley, severely, but not dan-
gerously.

Merida, Dec. 50, 1811.
Mt LORD—In pursuance of your I.ordship's instructions, I put the
troops under my orders in march from their several cantonments, and
entered this province on the 27th inst. by Albuquerque, Villa de Rey,
and St. Vicente • and by the intelligence which I received from various
quarters, I was led to entertain the most sanguine hopes that I should
have been able to surprise the enemy's troops stationed in this town. I
wasihowevee, disappointed in my expectations. A patrole from I.a
Nava fell in with the head of our column, and gave the alarm to the
detachment, which immediately commenced its retreat towards Meri-
da, followed by the cavalry •f my advanced guard, consisting of be-
tween three and four hundred of the lath light dragoons and 2d hits-
ars.
As I considered the intercepting of the entire of this party N be of
the greatest importance to our ulterior operations, I directed the cavalry
, above-mentioned to make every effort to effect it, or at least to check
its march until the arrival of some infantry.
The intrepid and admirable manner, however, in which the enemy
I retired, his infantry formed in square, and favoured as he was by the
nature of the country, of which he knew how to take the fullest advan-
tage, prevented the cavalry alone from effecting any thing against him,
and after following hint for upwards of a league, and making an hie&
tectual attempt to break him, I judged it adviseable to give over the pur-
suit, and he effected his retreat, with the loss of about 20 killed and as
many wounded, from four nine-pounders, which by the great exertions
of Major Hawker, and his officers and men, got within range, and fol-
-lowed him fir some distance, but were unable to close upon him, ow-
ing to the deepness of the country. One wing of the 71st light infantry,
under Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. H. Cadogan, also exerted them,elves
a most landable• manner to overtake the enemy, but were at too great a
distance to admit of their accomplishing it in any reasonable time.
The arrival of the above-mentioned party at Merida, made the ettemy
acquainted with our approach, of which 1 have reason to think he was
betnre entirely ignorant, and he in consequence evacuated the town
daring the night, leaving unfinished some works which he was construct-
ing for its defence, and we entered it in the course of the day.
I have, &c. R. HILL.
I regret to state that we had two men killed, and some wounded in
the affair of yesterday.
To Lord Viscount Wellington, gc.
One hundred and eighty fanegas of wheat have been found in this
town, besides a quantity of bread.
Officer wounded.—Lieutenant Issendorf, 2d Hussars King's German
i on, slightly.
IThis. Gazette also contains another letter from Gen. Hill, dated Me-
I rida, Jan. 6, in which he
states, that the French army was in full marzh
to the South, their rear guard having left. Zafra and Los Santos the day
before. Likewise, a letter dated Jan. 5, which states that about one
hut-41-0 of the enemy's horse were discovered on the Los Santos road,
who, apparently ignerantiof our force, formed squadron, and advanced
I towards us. The Portuguese cavalry exchanged a.few shots with them
until the hussars were brought up; when the enemy were charged and
completely routed, and left in our hands two officers and thirty men,
besides several killed. 1 his little affair has been achieved with triflieg
loss on our side, one man killed, two serjeauts and seventeen fat
wohnsled,

BANKRUPTS.
Wiglam Grubb., of Newcastle-upon-l'yne, wine and brandy-mer-
chant; to surrender Feb..l9, '2Ol and March 10, at eleven, at the George
Newcastle-upot I-Tyne. Attoinic-s,,Mr. Hartley, New Bridge-street,
London ; and Mr. Forsttr, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
William Matthews, of Islip, Oxtord, brewer, Feb. 3,4, and March
10, At eleven, at the Old .3.nv..1 Inn, Woodstock, Oxford. Attoroies,