The Sun.
London, England, 1814-05-09 00:00:00

• L

MONDAv, MAY 9.

W.P. i)E?'.IRTMENY'.

pemning-stret t 1171/ 8, 1814.

Captain
.to Lieuttratlt7
('4zmetalsLord William Bentivk, I. 13., has st-
rived qt this O'ec, bringing, a.Dispatch, ad;
dressed by his Lordship to Earl Bathurst; of
, which the followiug is a Copy

Genoa, Apra 20,.1814.
MY -Lonn.,--411y dispatch of the 6th inst. will
have Made your Lordship acquainted with the oc-;
cupation of Spezia,,and with the movement of the
troops down to that period.
Upoiftly orrival at Leghorn, I learnt that there
. .
were otty V:100 men in Genoa. The possession
.of that harbont ,and fortress was of such very
great importance, that 1 determined. to move on
as rapidly as possil)le, and to' take advantage of

, .
its defenceless defenceless state-: not succeeding, I had a safe

retreat' upon Spezia, from whince I might ad-
• vanee the infantry by Pontremoli towards the Pc!.
Upon ,my arrival at Sestri, I found that the
enemy had been reinforced at Genoa. The garri-
son consisted of between five and six thousand
men. .The roads in the mountains being very
frul, and the means of transport, as well by land
as by sea, being limited, I was net able to con-
centrate the army till the 14th.
On the Bth, the enemy was dislodged from the

strong country near Sestri.
On the 12th-, Major-General Montresor's divi-
sion drove the enemy from Mount Fascia and
Nervi, anti on the 13th established himself in the
advanced *posikion of Sturla. The country Was
extremely mountainous and diffiult, and the
troops metrhith considerable opposition.
On the 16th, dispOsitions were made for attack-
ing the enemy,-who had taken a very strong posi-
tifm in front of. Genoa-; hi* left upon the Forts
Richelieu and Tecla,- his centre occupying the
village of St: Martino, and from thence extending
to the sea, through a country the most-impassableever saw; thickly covered with country-houses,
only communicating with each other by narrow
lanes between high walls.

On the 17th, at day-break, the attack began.
The 3d Italians, tinder Lieut..-Colonelyokl4
-nac, attacked with great spirit a height to,j frollt,
of 'Fort Tecla, drove away the enemy, aril took
t
three mountain guns.
A part of the 3d Ithlians;, moved up tine 13111
WilTeg,Fiferstclietiatnnigif%nniOun't—liaseia, with the
Calabrese and Greeks, got -possession of the
highest part of-the hill abort the fOrt; and some
, of his men pushed t.'orward- actually under" the
wall'; when the garrison, afraid of being taken by
escalade, surrendered.
Fort recto W*as hastily evacuated, and the greater
part of the enemy's for made prtshners.
The fortunate possession of these stroggtforts,
.tt?gether with the heights, completely ex-posed
the enemy's left, which in consequence retied.
The attacks upou the enemy's right werefttnade
in three datrons. by Major-Gen. Montresisdi- i
sapported,.hy that of Lienienant:ceneral
Macfarlane: The troops advanced \y,itggieat
,vi-
gout, and although the intersected stittislof the
country enabled the enemy to mainikitti himself
for a considerable period,• his turned,
ia.ol
he was obliged eat last to retire precipitately into
the town. The impossibility of making Use of ar-
tillery, and the cover everywhere- af[orded both to
the- attackers-arid defenders, preventrd -any serious
loss on either side.

At noon, the army, under cover of the houses,
took—a position within six hundred yards of the
narrowest and most assailable front of the to‘Vn,
•
from whence, the very,bottom of the wall was dis-
covered, and the defences could be easily de-

s t royL.d

Preparations were immediately and with great
activity made by Lieut.-Colonel LeniOine, com-
manding the ar.tillery, and Capt. Tylden, the prin-
.ci-nal Engineer Officer, for the construction of the
• -
necessary batteries ; and' it was, hoped that an
assault_ might have been given- on the following
day. ,

• Ott the same xlay. Sir. E. Pellew's squadron came
in sight, anki,anchored in front of Nervi.

In the evening a..deputation of the inhabitants,
accompanied by a French Officer, came to beg
that I would not bombard. the town ; they urged
me to agree to a suspension of arms for a few
days,- during which, from the accounts frodi
France, it would .appear that peace must-be made.
answered, that these were arguments ,to use to
the French Commandant, but not to me. It was
for the French General to -abandon a tinv'n he'

could not (k?end, and for ine•tO push' an advantage
Av'.:ich fortune had put avain my reach.

rc Le,Nt itiorninl; se

veral coitimunications pass-
a myself and the Fiend; ..General, whose