The Sun.
London, England, 1813-10-11 00:00:00

la;:', larval 27th rer,,intent: at Or ; aatl ;tartly ati-Cr
Colmel Reeves 'awl f apt. Mills heing woutuiel, the coat-
m;ml of the hatt:ilion alevolvp:i upon me. At this time the
'fire from,the.eneetv's wars extreinelY heavy, n'
well a, that :of his onder cover of Whieit hi co-
lumns of infantry Wm,. -advancing upon-my front. and upon
right Not,vi(ii,.tanding- the inferiority of my force,
ant. he loss :dread" sustained, I wasileterminea to keep my!
ground as hang as pos•ible, more espeeial:y when t witnessed.
the gallant, bi-ive, and determined conduct of the-Spanish
it-oups on my left, who rharged wit!, the bayonet three
tuneBa and forced the enemy to r,Jtire with great loss.
I continued to maintain the po-ition fur an _hour and three
(unters, expoaql to an inea,.a:mt lire along my front, -the.
!enemy'slight troops on me right Muth, and even in rear of it.
1 dill not think of falling; buck, until I saw the gallatc, Spa-
, Marais overpowered by numbers, and almost destroyed. My
'left being thus uncovered, I (;onetived it my duty to snre ai
many as I cotdd collect of the hattalion, ond accordingly I
retired, with five officers, eight serjeants, and sixty-fix rank
• and file, under a heavy tire, and followed by the enemy's
cavalry.
I beg leave to'state, that nothing caiold exceed the brave
determined conduct of the officers and men of the ed batta-
lion, '27tlt regiment.; and I feel it justice to Mention the geed
condnct of Lieutenant. Felix; of the royal Marines; attached
to the bath:lima. I have the a4atisfaclion to adil that many, of
the brave men, win) were unavoidably dilan-sed during- the
action. live sine, joined; and I trust 'our fuss altogether will
not exceed tvvia kindred men. 1 atm, &c.
(Si4neti) J. IS'ALDII ON, Capt. ed Bat. 27th Reg.
Lieut. Col. Carey, commanding Calabrese Corps.

Tarragon:" Sept.:l7, :1813..
the racial reports made to thAommatuter Of the.
by the diLicreot officers upon whom the utomnand of
the ltarance.devo!..'ed, at the attack of the heights of Ordal,
Oil the :tight of the I.lth instant, cannot, owiu to the cit.-
cultist:owes in which the troops"teere placed after the heights
were carried by the,enenty„ 41034 the particulars attemlin;
the loss. of the brigade of ants under toy I:womanly I feel it
netiessary to state them to you, i;t order thaf_you may he .en-
abled tolircreut any Unfurourable impress;on from being re-
ei.;reft at the head-quarters of bur eurps, Which could • only
oc-4triruconsequeuce of the eircunistances nut being righly,
understood.

I confident that the Commander of the Forces, as
as every officer in this army, are convinced of the impractica-
bility of bringing off the gunS, and will dortie juetice in4heir
own mieds; nevertheless should you deem it necessary to
s beta thli letter to his Excellency .(to whom I have already
had the honour of reporting the litOitess verbally), you are
at liberty to do so. Shortly after. the action commenced
Colonel Adam was severely wounded nod obliged to gait. the
field, the roimoand then devolved upon Lieutenant-Colonel
Reeves, who perceiving that the enemy was gaining ground
on .01 sides, gala! me, orders- to retire with the guns; I ac=
cordingly withdrew them ahout one hundred yards, when per-,
ceiving that the Spanish troops, who had given. way on the
left of the feed, had rallied and returned to the' charge, I
halted the goes, being fearful of the eff::et their retreat might
hare ore the minds of the sole .ers. '
Previous to this period, Lientenant-Colonel. Reeves had
gone to the rear, severely wounded ; Lientenarn-Colonel
-Carey {the next in commend), was posted so far to the
that I could reeeive noorders front him all the other officers
.who were senior to me, were either wounded, or at so great
ndistancei that I was obliged to act entirely hunt my own
jiidgment; bet I was supported in my opinion cf the pro-
priety-of halri..:4- the gimi, by Brigade-Majer Holmes and
Captain Waldron, of the ‘27th 'Regiment., who agreed with me
in thinking it was rilisniately necetsary to remain in: the
ground, an: again to bring the guilt op to the Supporta( the
Spaniards., slinild they he so fortum.te tt, tttrepiike tiWenemy.
Dui the tttuul.xrrs of the enemy, who continued to bringfOr-
ward fresh troops, at hot prevailed, and the. ilifantri- (Liritish •
and Spanish), were, after a most deteretined and obstinate
resistande, obliged to withdraw front the. heights, and tOre-
tire, through-tree mountains to the right and lest of the road.
I then commenced rot :eating with the gnus, covered by nhont,
fifty eavalry-.(Spaniards), and an officer anti twelve men ottlie
27th. In about half ail Lour the 4th'lt uss.,irs'eante tip with
-us, and attaching the coverin;i. party of Dragoons, obliged
them to retreat with so much preeipitatiou, that in the von-
fnsinn which they •nceosioited by galloping past the. ituns on a
causeway, it arts impossible to unlimber ; and the breach ca-
valry followed them so closely, that I fowid we were surround-
ea, even before I knew the cause of this sudden lovenialt of
• the Spaniards.
The enemy guarded. their 'prisoners badly', it being night.,
I had myself the goott fortune to escape, by riding en with the
'French brows. who continued their pursuit of the Spaniur,i,,,'
alter they had Placed a i.:aard over their guns ,• and 1 have
the satisfaction
.to odd, thexreater part ut the truer- cola-
misiionot Officio 1 and gunners have eiieeted their escape into
themniuntaiui and have joined the army; with the different
detatliments of infantry which bare. been constantly cut...i,og•
in since the night of the act ion.
Previous' to the comnieueement of the'retreat, I had been
informed by Colonel Teros, commanding the yipaniah troop,•
that the infantry were retiring along the road in rem- of the
guns. The Very sudden movement of the. Pectoris cavalry Was
therefore entirely unexpected - on my port, as 1 tuppord
should' always have had ample -notice. of inch an event front
the rear: I am, tk.c.• .

•
(Signed) 'F. 11.11ABIN, Capt. Royal Artillery,
Alajoa commanding. Royal Artillcey. • ' '

Retnrn of Kiat.rn, Worm:inn, mid MISSING, of the !Walsh.
Force commanded by Lienieuant-General the Right !lon.
Lord 1% lIIINTIfiCK, K. It in Action With the -French
Army, commanded by Marshal SUCkinr, 9ii the. Night of
the 12th, awl morning of,l3th September, 1813.
General Staff-1 colonel, 1 subaltern, wounded.
20th Light Dragoons-1 captain, I Ittkijiant, 7 rank and fik,
killed ; 4 serjeunts, 3.3 rank and file, wounded ; rank and
file, 24 horses. ,IniAttg•
liiisSare.-4 rank and ilk, 6 horses, }iilled; siai-
allertei. „ serjeants, IC rank and tile, 1 horse, wounded;
serjeant, 17 rank. and file, 2-1 honks, missing.'"
Foreign Troop klussati-1 tank kind file, 1 horse, killed.; 1
sedeant, 3 rank and Mei Wounded,
Sicilian C4.valry.-4; rank and file killed; 4 rank and Me, It
horses, wounded ; 2 rank and file, ti horses, missing.
Royal Artillery-1 subaltern wounded; 1 burst:, 40 Mules,
missing.
Ist Batt. 27th FOnt-9 rank and file wounded.
2d Batt. 27th Foot-1 subaltern killed.; 1 lieutenant-colonel,.
t 7, captains, 3 subalterns, 1 staff, wounded; 1 subaltetna
missing.
let Batt. Stith Foot-1 rank and file missing.
let Batt. 31st Foot-2 rank and tile‘ s.rank and file,
wounded ; 6 rank :cud Me Missing.
Calahrian Free Corps-1 subaltern wounded; ,2 captains, 1
snhaltern,
De Roll's Rifle Company-1 subaltern
Rifle Company, 4th Butt. King's German Legion--2 subal-
terns. wounded.
Tow Loss---1 captain, 2 'solialternc, 1 sedent, 24 rank
and •file, Mortice, billed ; lieutenant-co-
loncl, 2 capiains, :3 subalterns, 1 staff, 7 serjeanti.
53 rank and file, 3 horses,
,wounded; 2 captains, -3
ttabalterns, 1 serjeant, 32 rank and file, 5,1 horsey, 40
mutes,
The number of rank and file Wined, wourded, ant! missing
In thc ead biotalioni7th rug-bur:a, Calabrian frc., Loq43, rice
companies of Itoll'§ regiment,. and 4th liattalilic King's
German Legloo, cannot eleatly tist•ertuitteti, as ttte,.e
carps were obliged t. 4 disperse ns the mountains. • ;seven huii
dITtl Men htsve uleetitty come in, and others are known to he
on their march to Join the army. For the same reason if is
impossible correctly to it,eertain the loss of th„,
Spanish brigade.
The British corps, six. 2il battalion 27th regiment, Cala-
brian free' corps, and rite- dompanies, did not: eaters! 1 Itt;
mutt it) fiction.
[Here follow the names of the Officers Killed, 'Wounded,
and Missin,;, which appeared-in our Paper of Weduci,“l9-4
Cri,e hivations the capture of the 41,100i-it:au sloop
WaT, of 10 by the Bertha schooner.]

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