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tVIt DEPARTMENT.

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'Dollining-str.ect,faiTh 14, 1814.
Dispatches, of which,ti,c following are copies;.
were received last night from General Sir. 'Elio.;
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mas Graham-, B.
Heaci-quai•ters, Cahhhoni, March 10.
LpADs,—lt becomes my paintul task to re-;
port to your Lordship, that an attack on Bengen
op-Zosni, which seemed at first to promise cm-
tilete success; ended in falure, and Occasioned a
severe loss .to the Ist division, and td Brigadier-
General Gore's brigade.
Jt is unnecessary for nie to state the reasons
-which deter Mined me to nnike the attempt to carry

such a plfteo by storm, linca :he of two
of the columns, in establishing themselves on tlitt
ramparts,With vervtriflinglo'ss, must justify the hay-
lug incurred the risk for the attainment Of so im-
portant an object as the capture of such a fortress.
The troops employed were formed in four..co-
lumni, as per m'argih*.- sNO-1, Ole left Column,
attacked, between the AntWerp and Water Port
Notll.7A attacked to the right of the se*
Gate. N 0.3 was destined onlv'to draw attention
by a false attack near. the Stecnbeten 'Gate, aLd
to be afterwards applicable according to circum-
stances. No:4, right cdlumn, attacked at the
entrance of the liarbour, which could be forded at
low water, and the hour was fixed accordingly at
half past ten P.M. of the Bth inst.
Na-jor-General Cooke accompanied the left co-
Lvlajor-General Sketrett and BrigadierLGer.
neral Gore both accompanied the right colunin
this was tbe,first which forced its way into the
body of the place.. • These two columns were di-
.reeted tomovv along the rampart so as to form a
junction 'as soon as poisible. and then to pr'oceed.
to clear the rrunpart and -assist the centre column,
or to force open the Antwerp Gate.....

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An unexpected difficulty about passing the ditch
on the ice, having obliged Major-General Cooke
-to change The point of attack, a considerable de •
lay ensued, a►}d,ti.►at coluMn did not gain the ra►n
part tlli wait-past eleven. •
Meanwhile the lamented fall of Brigadier Ge-
neral Gore, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon;
George Carleton, and the dange.rons wound of
Maj.-General Skerrett, depriving the 'right column
of their able direction, it Int into disorder and suf-
fered great loss;in killed, wounded, and prisoners.
The centre column having been forced back with
considerable loss by the heavy fire of the 'place
(Lieutcnaut-Colonel Morrice its commander, and
Lieut.• Colonel Elphinston commanding the 33d
regimwit,, being, both wounded), was re-formed
under Major Muttlebury, •marched ronna and

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joined Major-General Cooke, leaving the left
wing of the 55th, to remove the wounded frOiti
the glacis. However, the guards too had suffered.
very severely during the night, by the galling fire
froth the houses'on their poshion,and by the loss
Of the detachment of the Ist guards, which, hav-
ing .been sent to endeavour to assist Lient-Col.
Carleton, and to secure the Antwerp Gate, was'
cut off, after the Most 'gallant resistance, which
cult the liras of many Most valuable officers.
At dai-hreAt the enemy having turned the
guns cir the place, opeUed their fire against the
troops on the, unprotected rampart, and the re-
serve of the 4th column (the Royal Scotch), 're-
tired Iv nu tie Water Port Gate, follosied by the

33d. 'The former regimen't getting Tler a cross,
Ore from the place and Water Port redoubi, soon
afterwards laid *down their arms.
Major•-General Cooke then despairing of succels.,
directed the retreat of the GuardS, which was tan-
ducted in the most orderly manner, protected
the remains of the 59th regiment, and of the right,
wing of the 55th (which corps repeatedly drove.
the enemy back with the bayonet) under the Ma-
jor-General's iMmediate direction. The General
afterwards' found it impossible to withdraw these
weak battalions, and having thus, with the ge-
nuine feelings of a, true soldier, devoted himself,

* Ist Column—Brigade of Guards, 1000, Colonel Lord Prot ,y.
2d Column-55th Foot, 250; ,69th. Foot,' 35q; 89.1 rout,
600—Total, 1200; Lieut.-Colonel Morrice, 69th Foot.
3d Column-91st Foot, 400; 21st Foot, 100'; 37th Foot,
150—Total, 6io; Lieutenant-Colonei Henry, 21st
went.

4th :7olumn-44tb Foot, 300; flank companies of the 21 st art:!,
• 37th Foot, 200;. Royals, GOO—Total, 1100; llrigadier-Ge-
neral Gore anti Lieutenant-Colonel Carleton.
Total force—let column, 1000 rank and file; 2d colum i,
• 1200 rank and tile; 3d column; 650 rank and Lilo; -LW
column, 1100 rank and fila-79rand total, 3960.