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THE NATIONAL REGISTCII.

I trust it will be considered as a necestary sacrifice for the safety
of the whole allied army. •
Having remained some hours on the Barrossa -heights, with-
out being able to procure any supplies for the exhausted troops,
the Commissariat mules having been dispersed on the onemy's
first attack of the hill, t }c ft Major-Ross with the. detachment of
the scl battalion of the 95th,- and withdrew the rest of the divi-
sion, which crossed the Santi Petri river early the test morn-
ing. I cannot conclude this dispatCh without earnestly recom-
wending to his Majesty's. gracious notice for promotion, *Brevet
Lieutenant Colonel Browne, Major of the 28th foot, Brevet
Lieutenant-Colonel Norcott, Major of the 95th,.Major Duncan,
Royal Artillery, Major Gough, of the 87th, Major the Hon.
E. Acheson, of the 67th, and. Captain Birch of the Royal Eng.,-
Steers, all in the command of corps of detachment% on this me-
morable service ; and I confidently trust that the heart-1- of this
dispatch, Captain Hope (to whom I refer your Lordship for fur-
ther details), will be promoted, on being permitted to lay the
fatale at his Majesty's feet.-1 have the honour to be, &c.
THOMAS GRAHAM, LiCUL-Gerh
P. S. I beg leave to add, that two Spanish Officers, Captains
)Miranda and Naughton, attached to toy Staff, behaved with the
utmost intrepidity. 'l'. G.
Isla de Leon, March 10,1811.
MyLord—l have the honour to transmit to your Lordship the
return of the killed and wounded in the action of the sth instant,
arid I have the satisfaction to add that the wounded in general
are doing well.
By the best accoants that can he collected from the wounded
?rola Officers, the enemy had about eight thousand mcn en-
gaged. Their loss, by reports from Chiclana in killed, wounded,
and prisoners, is supposed to amount to three thousand; I have
no doubt of its being very great.
I transmit too a return of the ordnance in our possession, and
also the most accurate note that can be obtained of prisoners,
roost of whoni are wounded. They are so dispersed in different
hospitals, that au exact return has not let ben obtained,
I have the honour to be. &c.
THOMAS GRAHATI,
P.S.—Pefachments of cavalry and infantry have been daily
erep'oyed in carrying off the wounded and burying the dead, till
the evenieg of the 8111 instant, by which tune all the enemy's
wounded that could be found among the brushwood and heath
were brought 1::.

Return of the Natttre and Numeter of Pieces of Ordnance taken
see the iletton of Barrow, on the sth of March 1811.
2 Seven-inch howitzers, 3 heavy eight-pounders, 1 four-poun-
der: with their ammunition waggons and a proportion of
horses. (Signed) A. DUNCAN, Maj. R. A.
Neturit of Prisoners of Blur taken in. the Adion of Borrosa, on
the sth March 1811.
*General Officers, l Field Officer, 9 Captains, 8 Subalterns,
420 rank and filo.

N. B. The General of Brigade Rosseau and two Captains
de.id of their wounds.

JOHN MACDONALD, Dep. Adj.-Gen.
Return or K Med, Wounded, and Missing ofthe Troops under the
Cwomand qf Lientelutnt-Colon't Graham, in the Action of
,h'arr:la, with the French Corps d Armee, commanded by Mashal
Victor, on the .Ith of March, 1811.

Total-2 Captains, 5 Ensigns, 6 serjeants, 2 drummer 5,187
rank and file, 24 horses killed ; 5 Lieutenant-Colonels, 1
Major, 14 Captains, 26 Lieutenants, S Ensigns, I Staff,
4 5 serjeants, 4 drummers, 936 ran and tile, 42 horses,
won infrid.
JOHN MACDONALD, Lieut.-Col. Dep.-Adj.-Gen.
Rank and Names of Officers killed and wounded in. the Action of
Earrosa.
KLI.LF D.—Staff, Ensign Eyre, Ist Guards,acting Aide-de-Camp
to Colonel 'Wheatley.
Ist Rezinient of Guards, Ensign Commerell.
Custlstre.km Guards, is.nsign Watts.
2d Guards, Capt. Swann.
47th, Cd Battalion, Ensign Dtlacherois.
87th. Battalion, En:•igli E. P. Bough.
1.1 Battalion, Captain Knipe.
N. B. Ensign Eyre is returned in the killed of the Ist Regi-
ment of Guards.

SEVER ELY WOUNDEP.-2d Hussars King's German Legion,
Capt. Voss rsinct sifad).
Royal Art iher;„ Lieutenants Maitland and Pester.
tat Guards, Lieut.-Colonel Sebrlght, Captains Stables and
Colquitt. Ensigns Sir H. Lambezt, Clarkron, and Vigors.
3d Guards, Lietlt.-Colouti Hepburn.
Ist Battalion 9th Foot, Capt. Goodwin, and Lieut. Seward.
• Ist Battalion 28:h Foot, Hon. C.ipt. Mullins, Lieutenants
MCKJISE, and Joi,r. it..!tiersost.

2d Battalion 82d Foot, Lieut. M'Key.
3d Battalion 95th Foot, Lieut.-Colonel Barnard, Lieut. W.
Campbell.
2d Battalion 67th Foot, Capt. Patricksoh, Ensign Sutherland.
YJ Battalion tlith Foot, Major Maclaine, Captain Somersa
Lieutenants J. G. Fennell and J. C. Barton.
2d Battalion 95th Foot, Lieutenants Cochrane and Hope.
DA NGZROUSLY Win N DEp.-14,.0yal Artillery, Lieut. Wool-
coutbe (since dead).
Ist Battalion 9th Foot, I.ieut. Taylor.
Ist Battalion 28th, Licuts. Right and Bennett (since dead).
20th Portuguese, Lieut.-C010iv..4 Bushe.
SLIGHTLY WrJUNDk:D...•2d Hussars King's German Legion,
Lieut. Bock.
Royal Artillery, Captains Hughes and Cator, Lieutenants E.
Brereton, and C. Maainers.
Ist Guards, Captain Adair, Ensign Fielde.
Coldstream Guards, EtOgns Beatinck and Talbot.
Sci Guards, Ensign and Adjutant Watson.
Ist Battalion 9th Foot, Lieut. Robinson.
Ist Battalion 2Rth Foot, Capt. Bradbey, Lieut. Blakeney.
2d Battalion il2d Foot, Capt. Stewart.
ad Battalion 95th Foot,Lieut. Tiovenden.
2d Battalion 47th Foot--Captain Fetherstone.
2d Battalion 67th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Prevost, Lieute-
nant W. Ronald.
20th Portuguese—Captain Barrieras;Lieutenants Dom. Esta-
van, Pantalchao de Oliviero, Ensign Felhe Antonio Miranda.
Staff—Captain D. ?Mercer, 3d Regiment of Guards, Aide-de-
Camp to Brigadier-General Dilkes.
N. B. Captain Mercer is returned in the wounded of the 3d.
Regiment of Guards.
(Signed) J. MACDONALD, Dep.-Adj.-Gen.

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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE) MARCH 25•

Captain Carrol arrived at this Office last night with Dispatchet
from t;ir R. G. Keats, K.B. Rear-Adniiral of the Red, ad.
dressed to I. W. • Croker, Eq. of which the following arc
Copies :

Milford, Cadiz Bay, March 7.
Sir—l have the honour to enclose, for_ the information of the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, copies of my dispatches
to Admiral Sir C. Cotton, Bart. of the 20th and 18th of Eebru•
ary, and 7th of March. I have &c.
(Signed) R. G. KEATS.
Milford, Day of Cadiz, Feb. 20.
Sir—An Expedition having been determined upon by the
Spanish Government, to which Lieutenant-General Graham
has c(,n•ented to give his personal assistance, together with that
of a considerable portion of the troops wider his command, I
have felt it any duty, after fully stating In Council the uncer-
tainty and risk to which at this season of the year all measures
connected with naval operations on the coast are subject, to lend
the exvedition all the aid and assistance in my power, and a
body or troops exceeding three thousand, including cavalry, va-
rious military stores, and provisions, are at present embarked,
either in his Majesty's ships named in the margins • in such
transports as I could avail myself of, or in Spanish men of war,
and 6niall transports of our Ally ; and the whole, together with
a numerous fleet of Spanish transports, in which a body of seven
thousand troops of that nation are embarked, are waiting in this
Bay a favourable opportunity to proceed into the Straits, with a
view to force a landing between Cape Trafalgar and Cape de
Plata at Tariffa, or at Algesiras, in failure of the two former
places. General La Pena is the Conroaander in Chief of this
expedition, and as the object is to unite the Spanish forees at
Saint Roche with the troops sent from !luxe, with a view to
make a combined attack on the rear of the enemy's line before
Cadiz ; at the same time some demonstrations, and an attempt
to open a communication with our troops, are to be made from
this quarter, which is thought to require my parti,cular atten-
tion. I have therefore placed the execution of the British naval
part of the expedition under the able cwinnand of Capt. Brace,
of the :Jana Altran's.—l have, Etc.
(Signed)

R. G. KEATS.

Milford, Bay of Cadiz, Feb. 28.
Sir—l have the honour, in fui :her reference to my letter,
No. 20, of the 20th instant, to inform you, that it being deter-
mined to let the troops of the expedition proceed by the ear-
liest opportunity, and it being conceived, from the appearance of
the weather, that the Spanish part would be able to get out au
the afternoon and night of the 21st, the British naval part, under
Capt. Brace, put to sea accordingly, aria with the exception of
one trancport, got into the Straits ; but it being impracticably ta