The National Register.
London, England, 1811-05-26 00:00:00

WOUNDED.

10th Hussars—Major-General Nightingale, slightly ; Major
General Stewart, ditto ; Lieut, Fitz-Clarence,
B. F. Artillery—Captain J. Thompson, slightly.
Ist Regiment Dragoons—Lieut. Martin, ditto ; Lieut. Wool-
combe' ditto ; Lieut. Foster. ditto.
4th Light Dragoons.—Captain Knipe, severely ; Capt. Mills,
sbghtly; Lieuts. Gwynne and Badcock, ditto; Cornet Ellis,
ditto.
14th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Weyland, seyerely ; Lieut.
Blake (since dead).
Ist Hussars German Legion—Major Meyor, slightly ; Capt.
Gruber, severely; Lieut. Kratienberg, ditto.
Coldstream Guards—Captain Hervey, slightly ; Captain
Clitheroe, ditto.
60th Foot—Major Woodgate, slightly ; Lieut. Wynne, ditto ;
Ensign Cox, ditto..
71st Ditto—Ensign Vandeluer, severely; Adjutant Law,
slightly.
74th Ditto—Captain Macqueen, severely ; Captain Moore,
slightly; Adjutant White, ditto.
,9th Regiment—Lieut.-Colonel Cameron, severely; Captain
Frazer, slightly ; Captain Davison, severely (since dead);
Lieut. Singlair, slightly ; A. Cameron, seven ly ; Webb,
ditto; Webb, ditto; Robinson, ditto; A. Frazer,
slightly, D. Cameron, ditto.
03d Regiment—Lieut. Verecker, slightly.
45th Regiment—Captain Nixon, slightly.
86th Reigment—Licut. Brook, dangerously; Lieut. Hogg,
severely.
88th Regiment—Lieut. M'Alpin, slightly; Ensign Hogan,
severely.
92d Regiment—Major Grant, left leg off; Lieut. Miblab,
right arm off.
Chap Brit.—Capt. Freuber, slightly ; Captain Tournefort,
ditto; Lieut. Blemer, ditto ; Ensign Proto, severely.
Ist Batt. L. Q. L.—Major Beck, slightly.
2d Ditto—Captain Muler, severely ; Captain Duke, ditto.
Ith Ditto—Ensign Rachel, ditto.
Brunswick Gel's—Lieut. Zollekofer, slightly.
21st Portuguese—Ensign Francisco de Pobta, slightly.
3d Cacadores—Lieut. John Brennegue,
tith Ditto—Lieut.-Colonel Seb Pontez, sligntly.; Lieut. Jos.
Vas, slightly ; Ensign Jos. Virreira, severely (since dead) ;
t:esign Franciso Prinoto, slightly; Ensign Joachim Ferreira,

Captain Bailtle, 16th L. D.; Ensign Stodart, Cold. Gds;
Lieut.-(7o:onel Hill, 3d ditto; Captain Andrews, 24th Foot ;
Lieut. Ryan, &Ott) ditto; Lieut. Roy, 71st ditto; Lieut. Paid-
;win, ditto.

KILLED.
Capt. Irwin, 89th Foot; Lieut. Ireland, 24th ditto; Lieut.
Houston,' 71st ditto; Lieut; Graham, 71st ditto; Lieut. John-
stone, 74th-ditto; Lieut. Forreli, 83d ditto ; Lieut. 1 85th
ditto; Licht. Wesley, 945th ditto; ED3ip Cookson, :1i Guards.

'TISTFR 4I •

FALL OF .s.I.MEIDA.
In addition to the particulars communicated in
the Official Bulletin, we have learnt, from a Private
Letter, the following i mportant particulars
On the 9th inst. in consequence of a part of the
British Army that was employed in the blockade of
Almeida being withdrawn, the garrison took the
opportunity of evacuating the town, having blown
up the fortifications.
" The 'French force engaged amounted to near
52,000 men, as MASSENA had collected reinforce.
ments from all quarters.
The Allied force was under 30,000 men.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
The following is an extract of a letter from an
Officer in the 3d Guards, dated British Camp, near
Almeida, May 8, 1811 :-
44 Intelligence having reached Lord WELLING.-
TON, that the Prince of ESSLING had held a Council

of War at Ciudad Rodrigo, on the Ist inst. which
was attended by twenty-six Generals, and the
French having in the course of the last few days
made several demonstrations on the left bank of the
Agueda, it was supposed that he meditated an at-
tempt to relieve Almeida, or at least to bring off
the garrison, which was now known to be much
straitened for provisions. Next day the enemy,
having crossed the Agueda in force, the British
divisions marched out of their cantonments, and on
the 3d of May, the whole of the army, under the im-
mediate command of Lord WELLINGTON, was con-
centrated on the plains of Argania, near the village
of Villa Formosa, two leagues in tront Almeida.
and four from Ciudad Rodrigo. About two in the
afternoon, the enemy, whose line extended along
the edge of a thick wood, pushed forward' several
corps of sharpshooters, with a view to obtain pos-
session of the village of Puente Doucr a, which was
defended most obstinately by the light troops ; but
the French, from their sup"riority of numbers, be-
came masters of this important point in our posi-
tion, where, however, they remained but a short
time, when they were dislodged by the 71st tegt.
under Colonel CAPOGAN, at the point of the
bayonet. This was a little before dusk, when the
firing ceased. Next morning the enemy renewed
his attempts upon the village, and supported his
advance with heavy artillery, but every effort
proved ineffectual.
MAY s.—At day-break it was perceived that the
enemy had removed all his cav,ilry, and several
heavy colamns of infantry towal ds our right, and
their numbers giving them confidence, the French
cavalry charged the British, why- were compelled
to retire, but frequently faced about and made se-
{ venal desperate charges. Meautime the 7th divi-

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sion, under General
gaged with a superior
sequence, was directed
.which were posted on
flanked by Captain LAWSON'S brigade of nine-
Tounders and some light cavalry. This movement
was executed in a most deliberate manner, every
-inch of giou'nd being disputed by the enemy. The
two foreign corps in this divisiOu, the Duke of
13runswick Oel's infantry, and the Chasseurs Bri-
ianniques, behaved with the utmost gallantry, and

en-

con-

ards,

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completely checked the advance of French cavalry
by several well-directed vollies.

Previous to this, the enemy had opened a tre-
mendous fire upon the first line of infantry ; every
• shot went over, doing execution in the second
line.

About eleven A. M. the piquet of the guard

under I.ieut.-Col. HILL, which was skirmishing in
front of the brigade with the enemy's light troops
was charged by a body of cavalry, whom he twice
repulsed ; but being reinforced, they returned to
the charge in such numbers that further resistance
was unavailing, and Col. HILL was compelled to
surrender himself a prisoner, after seeing most of
his Officers and men cut down. The engagement
continued until the close of day, and the enemy,
who force in the field consisted of 10,000 infantry
and 5000 cavalry, was not enabled to gain a single
advantage, or:make an impression upon any part of
the British line. Their loss in front of Fuentes
DOuora, which was the principal object of attack,
and the possession of which was of the utmost con-
sequence to either army, was immense, 600 being
killed in the village alone. The loss of the British
was also severe, but not so great as might have been
expected from the length of time the troops re-
mained under fire.

After the cavalry retired in the early part of the
morning, the British line stood as follows :—.-The
7th division (HOUSTON'S) was on the right, next to
the Ist division (Sir B. SPENCER'S)) having the light
division on the left, and beyond were those of Gens.
Pfc•roN, A. CANIPBELL, and_ Sir Ww EItSKINE.
Brigadier-General PACK remained with the Queen's
regiment, and a brigade of Portuguese infantry,
watching the fortress of Almeida, from whence a
few guns were fired, probably as signals in the
course of the morning.

The hostile armies remained in front of each

other on the two following days. Not a shot was
fired ; but working parties were employed in
throwing up field works to strengthen the right of
the British line. In the afternoon of yesterday
the French and British were mutually employed in
burying tkeir dead, which was effected without

• THE NAT
HOUSTON, Was warmly
body of infantry, and in
I to fall back upon thcgua
thd right of the Ist divis