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London, England, 1811-03-31 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

make a landing, either in the vicinity of Trafalgar or Tariffa,
Captain Brice proceeded to Algesiras, where General Graham
and the troops were landed and marched to Tariffs, to which
place, (the roads being impracticable for carriages) the artillery,
provisions, stores, &c, owing, as the General is pleased to ex-
press to the extraordinary exertions of the navy, were conveyed
in boats, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of winds and
weather.
The Spanish part of the expedition, though it twice attempted
to get out, was driven back to this bay; and it was the ',7th
before it was enabled to reach Tariffa.
1 have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) R. G. KEATS.
Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, Bart.
Milford, Bay of Cadiz, March 7.
SIR—I have the honour to inform you, that the combined
English and Spanish army, under their respective Commanders,
General La Pena and Lieutenant General Graham, moved from
'fariffa, on the 28th ult. towards Barbate, attended by such naval
means as circumstances of weather would permit. Preparations
were made by me and our Ally, and acted upon, to menace the
Trocadero and other points, in order as the enemy advanced to,
favour its operations.; and arrangements were made for a land-
ing, and real or feigned attacks as circumstances might deter-
mine ; arid to this end the regiment of Toledo was embarked on
board his Majesty's ships in the bay.
On the Ist inst. General Zayas pushed across the Sand Petri,
near the coast, a strong body of Spanish troops, threw a bridge
across the river, and formed a tete-du-pont.. This p:,st was at-
tacked on the night of tie 3d and 4th with vigour by the enemy,
and though he was eventually repulsed, the loss was very consi-
derable 'on the part of our Ally on the 3d. As tl.e weather,
from the earliest preparation for the expedition, had been such
as to prevent the possibility of landing on the coast or hay, even
without great risk, and with no prospect of being able to re-
embark, should such a measure become necessary, the apprehen-
sion of having a force, which, with such prospects, 1 could
scarcely' expect actively to employ, when its services might be
positively useful elsewhere, in defending the tete-du-pant, or in
opening a communication with the army from the Isla de Leon,
inducedme to state my sentiments on the subject, and the regi-
ment of Toledo was in consequence disembarked.
ded our com-
The sea on the coast having considerably Imp;
munications, we were s till uncertain whetherethe advance of
the army would he by Medina or Conil, and of its precise situa-
tion, until the sth, when, at eleven A. NI. I w•as intormed by
telegraph at the Isla de Leon, that it was seen advancing from
the southward near the coast. But though the Implacable and
Standard weighed, the pilots refused to take them to their ap-
pointed stations, and in the opinion of the best informed, the
weather was of too threatening a cast to venture a lauding, and
which, as the army was engaged by noon, according to the tele-
graph, would not have favoured its operations. .
Under such circumstances, our measures were necessarily
confined to feints, whilst that of the British troops, led by their
gallant and able Commander, forgetting, on the sight of the
enemy, their own fatigue and privations, and regardless of ad •
vantage in the number., and situation of the enemy, gamed, by
its determined valour (though not without considerable less), a
victory uneclipsed. by any of the brave achievements of the
British armies. I have the honour to be, &.c.
R&cc. &c.
(Signed) . G. KEATS.
Admiral Sir C. Cotton, Bart, &c. &c.
His Majesty's Ship Milford, Bay of Cadiz, March 7.
have the honour to inform you, that the wend having
come off the land, and the sea much abated, two landings were
effected, by way of diversion, yesterday morning, between Rota
and Catalina, and between that and Santa Maria, with the
royal marines, commanded by Captain English, of the Impla-
able, two hundred seamen of de:: squadron, and eighty of the
Spanish marine, one division of which, was under the direction
of Capt. Sptanger, of the Warrior, the other under Capt. Kittoe,
of this ship. At the same time Catalina was bombarded by the
Hound and Thunder bombs, and that fort and the batteriel on
the north and east sides of the bay, were kept in check with
much spirit by the gun and mortar boats, under the respective
commands of Captains Hill and Fellowes. One redoubt of tour
guns, near Santa Maria, was stormed by the marines of .this
ship, led by Captain Fors tell ; a second, to the south of the Gua-
dalete, was taken by Captain Fellowes's division of the
and the guns of all the sea defences, together with the small fort
of Puntilla from Rota (which the enemy evacuated) to Santa
VTaria, with exception of Catalina, were spiked, a':d the
works dismantled. Preparations were also made to attack the
tete-du-pont, and other defences of the bridge of Santa islaria;
but a strong ‘orps of the enemy, consisting of two thousand ca-
valry and infantry, rapidly advancing on the road fram Port
Real, aware tout our troops had crossed the Santri Petri into
Lila tie .1.0:4n, and that the purposes of a eliversionbad beat

answeegd,
,I ordered the seamen and marines to re-embark, and
the boats (which got on board with difficulty) had not put off
many minutes before the enemy arrived on the spot.
The enemy had one Officer and. several soldiers killed and
wounded, and an Officer and thirty prisoners were taken in the
redoubt that was stormed, the rest making their escape.
Lieut. W. F. Carrol, whose condu t on all occasions has been
conspicuous, having had his gun-boat sunk before Catalina, and
thereby sustained a considerable loss, I have given him sic
weeks leave of absence, and with it duplicates of my dire.
patches. I enclose a list of killed and wounded, and have the
honour to be, &c. (Signed) R. G. KEATS.
To Adm. Sir C. Cotton, Barr. &c. &c.
A Return of the Killed and Wounded in an Attack on St. Maria,
6th ..11/larcii, 1311.
MILFORD.—SamueI Allen, seaman, killed; William Spillar,
marine, ditto ; John Bayly, Lieutenant of Marines, wounded;
Wiliam Nash, serjeant of marines, dangerously wounded
(since dead) ; James Darby, private marine, mortally wounded
(since dead); Jos. Peters, private marine, wounded James
Gill, private marine, ditto; William Billings, private marine.
ditto.
AISR E n .—John MO.:4)y, corporal of marines, wounded.
Sr. Atria:ea.—John Jolins:m, seaman, killed; Peter Dam
seaman, wounded; Wm. Baldwin, seaman, ditto.
SAN J unx.—John Cato, seaman, wounded.
HOUND.—John Allen, ordinary seaman, wounded ;
M'Donald, able seaman, ditto.
DIADEM TaA N SI/RT.—George Garbutt, seaman, wounded.
Total-3 killed, 13 wounded.
Oieoed) R. G. KEATS.
* St. Alban's, Druid, Comus, Sabine, Tuscan, F..phira.,
Steady, and Rebuff.