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Tii NATIONAL REGISTER..

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LaN .00,V G IZET FE EXIRAORDINARY.

SATURDAY., ..1',.7%1r 3, Ibl3.

WA R DEP A R'rlll ENT.

DOWN; 6-STREET, JULY 3) 1813.

Th,patehes, of which the following are copies, have been this day
leceived by Ear: :atintrst, from the Marquis of ‘Vellington, dated
satvatierra, June t2>, 1[11,7., and Trienyeen, June
My Loau,--The et.ent‘'s aunty, commanded by J oAepir
p.m., having Marshal Jonrdau as the I%.lajor General of the army,
took up a position, on the night of the l9th instant, in front of Vit-
tolia, the lett of whielt rested upon the heights vvltich end at Puebla
tie Arlanzon, and extended from thence across the valley of Zadora,
in front of the village of Arunez. They occupied with the. right ut
the centre a height which commanded the valley of Zadora, and
the right of their army was stationed near Vittoria, and was destined
to defend the passages of the river Zadora, in the neighbourhood of
that city. Tlacj had a reserve, in rear of their left, at the village of
tionterba.
'file nature of the country through which the army had passed
since it herd reached the Ebro, •11;n1 nece,_sarily extended our co-
lumns, and we halted on the ‘2,inh in ()Orr to close them up, and
moved the 114 t to iNlargina, where it was nu,st likely it would lie
werssary I reconnoinlll the unemy's position On that day, with
:a view to the attack to be made on the following morning, if they
should still remain in it. _ _

We accordingly att ac ed the enemy yesterday, and I am happy
to ittfiirro yam- Lordship. that the allied at my, tinder my command,
gained a complete vic:ory ; chive') them from all their posi-
tions, having taken limn them floe hinult ed innd fifty'-one pieces of
caution, four hundred ::ltd fifteen waggons of ammunition, all their
hauga.:E. rov cattle, treasure, &c. and a coniderable number
cfprisuiwrs.
The operations of the day commenced by Lieutenant-General Sir
Rowland Milt obtaining possession of the hi ights of La Puebla, on
ultieb the enemy's left rvsted, vvhich heights they had not occupied
iiu t:reat stvength.

lie detached on this service one brigade of the Spanish division
ender General ; the other brigade being employed in keep-
Tibe rommnnivition betiveen his main body on the high road from
?i.lirandA to Vittoria, and the troops detached to the heights. The
entni” , however, soon discovered the impottance of the heights,
and reinfort-ed their troops to such an extent, as that Lient.-Ge-
neva! Sir Rowland Hill was obliged to detach, first, the 7 Ist regi-
ment, and the light infantry battalion of Major-Ceneral•
brigade, under the commoml of the Hon. Lient.-Colonel Cadogan,
and successively other troops, to the same point, and the Allies rot
Duly gained, but maintained possession of these important heights
khroughout their operations, notwithstanding all the efforts of the
enemy to retake them. T;:e conteA hero', however, was very severe,
Zia the loss ste.tained con,iderable. General Murillo was woimded,
but remained in the field ; and I am concerned to have to report,
thst the Hon. Lient.-Colonel Cadogan has died of a wound which
1w received. la him his Majesty has lost an officer of great zeal
.and tried gallantry, who Lad already acquired the respect and regard
of-the whole profession, and of whom it might be expected, that if
lift had lived to would have icitderLd the most important services,
to his country. _ _

Under cover of the possession of these heights, Sir Rowland
succvssive!y passtd the Zadora at La Pcubla nud the defile
formed lay the heights and the river
.1:ulora, and attacked and
gained possession of the ‘illage crf Sahkiuna de Alava, in front of
the enemy's line, which the enemy made repeated attempts to

te!!ain.

The difEvutt nature of the country prevented the communication

between our different colonies moving to the attack from their
otatiflns cm the river Bayas at as early an tionv as I expected,
so.t it was late before I knew that the column composed of the JO

,TUT,Y 4.

and 7th divisions, under the command of the Earl of Dalhousie,
lead arrived at the station appointed tin them.
The fourth and light divisions, however, passed the Zadora itn-
teediattly after Sir Rowland Hill had posataaion of Saakiana de
Alava,. the former at the bridge of Nauclaus, and the latter at the
bridge of Tres Puente's,. aid almost as soon as these had crossed,
the column under the Earl of Dalhousie arrived at Memlonza, and
the id divisioe, under Lieutenant-Gent rah Sir Thomas Picton,
crossed at the bridge higher up, followed by the 7th divisiort, wider
the Earl of iiahousie.
These four divisions, forming the ceutre of the army, were des-
tined to attack the heights on whiCh the right of the enemy's centre
was placed, while Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill sletaild move
lomat(' from Sabijamt de Alva to attack the left. The ceemy,
however, having weakened his line to stiengthen his detachment in
the hills, abandoned his position in the valley as soon as he saw our
disposition to attack it, and commenced lus retreat in good order
towards Vittoria.
Our troops continued to advance in admirable orler, notwith-
F standing the difficulty of the ground.
In the mean time, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Graham, who
commanded the left of the aimy, consisting of the. Ist and atli di-. i-
slows and Generals Pack's and Biadford's brigades of infantry, and*
Generals hock's and Anson's brigades of cavalry, anti who had been
mole(' on t'a. .Oth to Mareina, moved forward from thence on Vit-
toria, by the high road from that town to Bilboa. lie had besides
w ith him the Spanish divisiou under Colonel Longa, and General
Giron, who had been detached to the left under a ditkreer view of
' the state of -dnirs and had afterwards been recalled, and had ar-
• t 4 • ,
rived on the '2oth at Orduna, marched that morning from thence,
so as to be in the field in readiness to suppoit Lieutenant-Cie:versa
Sit T. Graham, if his support hael been required.
The enelby had a division of infantry and some cavalry advareed
on the great amid from Vittoria to Bilboa, testing their light en
some strong saaglire revering the village of Gamarra Major. Both
Gamarra and Abechtsea, were strongly occupied as fetes-de-pent to
the bridees over the Zati:Ja at these places. Beigadier-Geeeval
1
Pack, wish his Portneta se in;,zade, aril Col. Longa, w ish the Spa-
! Dish division, were directed to tun,' and gain the lief:gilts, support( 3
by Major-General Anson's brigade of light dragoons, and time atle
division of infantry, under the command of Major-General Oswald,
who war desired to take the censmand of all !Lase traeps.
1 Lient.•Citaseral Sir T. Graham e quirts, that in the execution of
this service, the Pertnetie..e and Spanish troops behaved admirably.
The 4-111 and eth Caeadores partieelaily distiuguished themselves.
Colonel Longa being on the heft, took eossession of Gamarra Milan.
As soon as the heights were in our possession, the village of Ga.
1 mama Maior was most gallantly stormed and carried by hi leather-
Generai Robiesoies brigade of the ath division, which advanced in
! coleinins of battalions, under a very heavy tire of artitiery and HMS.-
(poly, without firing a shot, assisted by two guns of Major Law.
sow's hrigade of artillery. The enemy suffered severely, and lost
1 three pieces of cannon.
The Lient.-Genei al then proceeded to attack the village of Abe-
-1 cline°, with the Ist division, by forming a strong bane vy against
'l it, consisting of Captain Dubourdieo's brigade and Captain Ram-
say's troop of horse artillery, and, under cover of this fire, Colunet
Halkett's brigade advanced to the attack of the village, which wale
, carried, the lielst battalion haviug charged and taken three tams and
1 a howitzer on tl:c bridge: this attack was supperted by General
Bradford's brigade of Portuguese infantry.
During the operation at Abechneo, the enemy made the greatest
of to repossess themselves of the village at Ga Maior,
i
.' which were gallantly repulsed by time troops of time :Ali division,
1 under the command of Major-General Oswald. The enemy had,
however, on the heights on the left of time Zadora, two divisions of
1 infantry in reserve, and it was impossible to cross by the bridges
' till the troops which had moved upon the enemy's center and left
1 had driven them through Vittoria.
The whole then-co-operated in the pursuit, which was continued
by all till after it was dark.
! The movement of the troops under Lient.-General Sir Thomas
, I Graham, and their possession of Gamarra amid A heelawo, intercepted
the enemy's retreat by the high road to France. They were then
obliged to turn to the road towards Pamplona; but they were un-
able to hold any position tin a sufficient length of time to aPow their
baggage and artillery to be drawn oft. 'flue sv hole, therefore, of ilea
latter which had not already been taken
by the troops in their at-
tacksuccessive of the successive positions, taken up by ilsc enemy in their re•
treat from their first position on A runez and en the Zadora, and all
; their ammunition and baggage, and every thing they had ware taken