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London, England, 1813-10-11 00:00:00

V.Rom Tun LONDON GAZVaTE, OcT. 9, 1813.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
.1");,r ?ling-sired , ore. G, 1813.
Dispatehe,,, of whielt.the following are extracts,
hive been ails day received at Earl. Bathurst'.
(*ice, add es ,ed to his Lordship by Field:Marshal
the Marquess of ,Wellington, dated Lezaca, 19th
and 27th September 1813.
Nothing of importance has oecurred since I ad-
dressed your Lord,hip on the 10th instant, in the
positions of the army.
The garrison of Pamplona having made several
sorties during the blockade, in all of which they
Were repulsed With loss, made one in considerable
toree on the 10th, possilly with a view to recon-
noitre the force by which, the blockade was main-
tabled, bat they were Immediately iii iveu in. Ma-
riwal de Caumpo Don Carlos d'Espana, ‘vho com-
mands the' blockade, was unfortunately wounded,
but is still able to exercise hio command ; and he
bits reported most favourably• of the office:rs and
troops empinyed under his coinmand oil thii
occasion. ,

. Lerac4,September 27, ma;
have the honour to inclose the copy of a dis-
patch' of the I;ith and 17th instant, which have
rtrzeived from Lieutenailt-General Lord WitHain
Bentinek, from which it appears that his advanc-
ed guava, wirier Ctilond Adam, was attacked by
a eoniidel'ahle force. 4 the enemy, on the night
of the 1i21.1i bistaut, ti, !be pass of Ordal, and that
they were obliged to retire with -the. 10$h of four
peces urtillery. I hope that the loss of men
has not been considerable.; hut I have not receiv-
ed the returns of that sustained by the corps cur
ga.:„ed on this occasion.
~
It,.gives toe great satisfaction to report, that
the Spanish troops engaged, .viz. the regiments of
llada/ioz, unnidores de Cadiz, and Volumarios de
Arragon,,being a brigade of infantry belonging to
General Sar,field's divison of the second :army, be-
haved remarkably7well, as Well as time 2d battalion
7tl► regiment, the' Calabrese light infant' y, and
the ride companies of the 4th line battalion King's
German Legion, and of De Roll's reginient. In
coneeptence eif this event Lieutenant General
Loyd William Bentinck-retired to the neighbour-
hood of Tarragona, and the enemy have, i tin.,
cirrstPncl, again recrossed the Lobrcgat. •
Nathing extraordinary lots occurred 'in front oT
the army under my immediate command.

tarot of a Dispatch frbmloleateitarit-Oerutral
Pentinek,-K, IL to Field-Kirsh:ft the NLapeAs of
ingtaa, G. slated Tamigaia, thd 16th Lind 17th Sep-
terahcr 180.
According to the intention expressed in my
letter of the 27th of August, the army nmved for-
ward, and arrived at Villa Francis on the sth Sep-
tember. All the intelligence continued to corro-
borate the departure of a: ennAiderable part of
Sachet's forte to Vrance. It was only on the
27:11 that doubts began to he entertained of.the
truth of tills fact. Jr appears that. great detach-
ments had been Made with convoys going to
France., who returned with others of salt meat
and ammunition and as tar as 1 can learn, not.
above. three thousand wen it tee.. lett Catalonia.'
The public bad.been tleeelVett by the rei 061. of
the otticcrs, of all the Spaiti3h employes, mid by
the preparations made for the defence and supply
of Barcelona,
The French force had been hitherto dispersed
on the Lobregat at tiabadell, and about Bar-.
*celona,
On the II th the enemy united about twelve
thousand men at 'Wolin() de Rey, all his dispos..
able forces froffi the Ampindan, and the garrisons
had arrived at Barcelona, and' every thing appear-
ed to indicate a general movement.
The British army were posted at Villa Franca,
and in 'the villages in its front, as far as thelmona-
tains on the Lohregat. The pas of,Ordal, over
• Ivhich'passes the great road, was occupied by the
advance of the in my, tinder Colonel Ailaffi, and
three battalions of General Sarsfield7s division,
The pitss was very strong, and I no appre-
hensions' of its being forced. The probable line
of attack, as being a certain one, was by turn-
ing our left by.Maito.relt and San Sadurni, where
was posted the first army.
I had not numbers, 'equal to dime which the
'French could brink agninsttne I had been oblig,.
ed to leave the division of General Whittinghant
at 11.eus and Vais, from the want of provi3ions and
ratans of transport. The thviSion of General Sars.
field was also without subsistence, but in order
not to retire entirely to the rear, or to be unpre»
pared to rake advantage of any faVourabletirent
stances, I took upon myself to anticipate the sup-
lies which I knew svel'e corning trout aetieral
'Ain, and Which, 1 could command from being em,.
barked. in British transports, I donbted the in-
tention Of the enemy to advance, but if he did,
the strong post in myfront, or the detour by Alar 7
torch, if coming by that road, would give Inc aut-
/4 time to 'retteist in security.
On tti 14th, botveyvyt at mitlnight._the enemy
attacked ihe luis of ()Etta!, and tarried it, after an
obstinate ret,tatance, by great fitiperiority, in num-
berls. The einvi wets: ribtigti to s:tee them%elves
in the monfloiwi, aad two six luminlerii with two
pountein.gous, unfortunatelytell into the enemy's
bands. The only comtolatioo I
have to offer, is
the braiery both of British nod Spiminrds of the
steildine-As and gallantry of the latter, every Bri-
tish officer present speaks in terms of the highest
admiration, .1 am sorry to say that Colonel Adam
has been severely wounded; as well as Lieutenant,
Colonel Reeves, and several Other valuable officers
of the 2(1 hattaliim'-of the 27th regiment. The
Calabre3e did not suffer iniiterially. 1 can giVe
no exact return of one loss, bin I hope it will even-
tually riot he comhkrable have heard of WO
tboits:wircl iiseo joiaed.Colonel Mintz°, near
San Satforni, among whom are two hundred of
our own troops, and great number 3 have already
'joined from different parts Of the coast, are-
hourly coining M. 1 immediately put the army in
retreat ; the enemy's dragoons and euirt44sters
pressed eloety lipids us, Ina they were SO gal-
lantly charged, (hough iii very superior numbers,
by 01inowil tavaley, that about mid-daythey gave:
ti'p the par&ait,
I, :sra much indebted to Colonel Lord Frederirk
Bentinek, for't he judgment and spirit with „bk.!,
he -dire,_ted the operations of his brigade,. The
20th dragodm, commanded by Lieutenant-Cola.
vi 1 fruvvi,or Enniswirk hussars. hv Lit ate-