The National Register.
London, England, 1813-07-25 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGIST

his Royal Highness took off his hat and how, d ; and the Speaker
and the Commons having made their obeisances, retired from the
Bar.--The Prince Regent came out of the House ten minutes Ware
three, which was announced by the smut orb-limpets, and the dis-
charge of artillery from the Lambeth shore. The procession re-
turned in the same order as it came, attended by a great multitude,
who !armed as he passed, and till he arrived at St. James's. The
Ladies in the House of Lords, chit fly wore their hair adorned with
large pearl beads ; a, few had feathers, and sonic fillets of gold net.
The dresses were in general white satin ; a few appeared in coloured
silks.--There where but few Peers present.

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consist ng of 150 men, surrenderea on
Colon( I Longs.
The enemy on seeing some of our shipi off Debas evacuated the
toun and fort of Guetaria on the irt instant, and the garrison
weld, by see, to `4t. Sebastian. This place is blockaded by hunt by
a de' achment of Spanish troops.
'I hey have likewise evacuated Castro, and the garrison have gone
1:y sea to Santona.
In my former reports, I have made your Lordship acquainted
with the progress of the army of reserve of Andalnsia, under Ge-
reral the Conde del Abisbal, to join the army, and he arrived at
Burgos on the 25th and 2tith ultimo.
When the enemy retired across the Ebro, previous to the battle
of Vittoria, they left a garrison of about 700 men in the castle of •
Pancorbo, by which they commanded and rendered it impossible
for us to use the great communication from Vittoria to Burgos ; I,
theretoie requested the Conde del Abisbal, on his march to i.
rairla, to make himself master of the town and lower works, and to
bloc'.ade the place as closely as he could. I have not received..
the rep rt of his first operations, but I understand he carried the
town at d lower fort by assault on the 18th ; and I have now the
plea tire to enclose his report of' the final success of his operation,
and the copy of the capitulation, by which the garrisen have sue.
ren:l4 ed.
The derision and dispatch with which this place has been sub-
&led, are highly eieditahle to the Conde del Abisbal, and she
others and troops under his commi.eid.
I am concerned to inform your Lordship, that Lieut.-General
Sir J. Murray raised the siege of Tarragona, I
,cannot say on whet
day, and embarked his troops. A great proportion of the artillery
and stores were left in the batteries: It appears that Marshal'
Slicing, with a considerable body of troops, had moved from Va-
lencia by tosa, and General Maurice Mathieu, with ano-
ther corps, ti•oni the neighbourhood of Barcelona, for the purpose
c f impeding Sir John Murray's operations, which fie did not think
himself sufficiently strong to continue. I have not yet received.
from Sir J. Murray the detailed atec4int of flute transactions •
Lieut.-Gen. Lord .Bentiock,,however, who had joined and
had taken the command of the army at the Col de,Balaguer, on the
17th, kid brusight it back to Alicant, where he arrived himself
on the 23d, awl was proceeding to carry into execution my lip,
strnetions.
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When Marshal Sachet; marched .into dataloilia, the Duke del
Parque hail advaneed, and established his head-onaiters at San
Felipe de Xativaraurpis troops on the Nwar, where .be still was
on the
TolossOnne 26. 1813.
My LORD,—It %Isis so bite on the when received the order •
to march by the Puerto St. Adrian to Villa Franca, and the wee-,
tlier and the read' were so extremely bad, that but a small part of
tho colainn could get over the mountain that.day ; and it was not.-
till late on the '24th, that I could move from Scgnra on Villa.Franead •
with Major-General Anson's brigade of Light Drdgoons, the ligh%
battalions of the King's German Legion, and the two Portuguese
brigades, the rest of the troops not being yet come up.
The rear of the enemy's COllllllll was then just passing on the
great road from Villa Real to Villa Franca, and he occupied iii con-
mcleiable force some very strong ground an the right of the great
road, and of the river Oria, in front of the village of Olavertia, and
about a mile and an half from Villa Franca.
Major ...General Bradford's brigade marched by Otaverria, and tent
employed to dislodge the enemy on the right, while the remainder •
of the troops advanced by the Chaussee, defended by the enemy',
tiraillenrs on the heights, and a strong body at the village of Yea.
sayn..
As the enemy reinforced the troops on left, it became neces-
sary to push on by the Chausske, miners was done by the light batta-
lion under Colonel lialkettoissisted and flanked by sonic companies
of Major-General Pack's Portuguese brigade ; and this service was
performed, in the most gallant style. by these,brave troops, *ha
drove the enemy from the village or Yeasayu. The enemy having
troops ready, posted on the succession of atrong heights on each side
of the deep valley, at the bottom of which the road runs, a tonsil.
derahle time became necessary to tarn his flants, during which he
evacuated
The Port
pushed on
at Villa Fs
and all Col
The tier
as he had
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d Villa Franca, without further dispute.
'ortiiguese brigades on the right and left of the valley,
their advance to Yeliasurido, and the troops asacnibled
Franca. Here likewise the head of Genera' Giron's corps
:olonel Loupe's, arrived in the course of the evening. •
!xt morning (the iStii) the ene►ny evacuated Celequia : and •
1 taken up a very strong position iletween that and Toloilo„
the Panipehma road,- the Spatti4ll eurps of Colonel Luna
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