The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-14 00:00:00

lie sllrrenderei to-save the livatot the gallant mzn

remaining with trim.

I should wish to do justice to the great exer-
tions and conspicuous gallsnitry of all these officers
1010 had the 6piiiirtunities Of distinguishing them-
"selves. I have not as, yet been able. to collect
sufficient information,

. Major-General Cooke reports to me his highest
apProbationgenerally of all theofficers and men
employed near him, particularly. mentioning Co-
lonel. Lord Proby, Lieutenant-Colonels Rooke,"
Commaading the ColastrOm Guards, Mercer, of
the Sti Guards, commanding the light eonipanies
of the Brigade, (the latter unfortunately,Amang
the killed) Majors MuttlebUry and Hog,'`of the
.
69th and 55th, as deserving of his waraiopraise.
HAaments, in common with the whole corps; the
severe loss to the service of these distinp,uished•
officers, Lieutenant-Colonel Clifton, command-
ing the Ist Guards, and Lieutenant-Colonel the
Hon. James Macdonald, of that regiment: These
officers fell, with many. others,- at the Antwerp
Gate, all behaving with the greateSt intrepidity ;
and Lieutenant-Colonel Jones, with the remain-
der,of the detachment, was forced to surrender.

The service of conducting the columns was ably
provided for by . Lieutenant-Colonel Carmichael
Smyth,- of the Royal ,Engineers, (he himself ac-
companied Major-General Cooke, as did also
Lieut, Col. -;Sir George Wood, commanding royal
artillery.) who-. attached officers to lead each co-
lumn, via. Captain Sir George Hoste, and Lieu-
tenant Abbey, to the left; and Lieiitenant
Sparling to the right, and Captain Edward. Mich-
ell, royal artillery, who volunteered his services,
to the centre of the column, each having a party
of sappers and miners under his command.
Lieut. Abbey was dangerously_ wounded, and
Captain Michell was covered. with wounds, in the
act of. escalading the scarp wall of the place, but
I trust there are good .hopes of his not being lost
to the service.

tour Lordship will readily believe, that though
it is impossible not to feel the disappoilArnt of
our ultimate failure in this attack,. ,e 4.11 only
think at present with the deepest regret of the
loss of so many of my gallant comrades.

I have the honour to be, &c.

THOMAS GRAHAM.

Eivl Bathurst, &c. &c. &c:
P.; S.—Returns will be transmitted as soon as
they Can. possibly be received, meanwhile I send
most correct nominal list that cap be ob-
tained of the Officers killed; wounded, anti
T. G.

soners.

Bergen-op-Zoom, March 10, 1514,

'SIR,-1" have now the honour of reporting to
your ExcellenCy,'that the column which made the
attack on the Antwerp side got into the place
about eleven o'clock on the night of the Bth, by
the cloCdt of this town ; but at .about half-past
eleven, by the time we weresegulated, by, a delay
having occurred at Bourgbliet, occasioned by my
fineing it necessary to change the point of attack,
on acoount,of• the, state of the ice at the first in-
tended Spot., Every, exertion was made by Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Smyth and Captain Sir G. Hoste,
of the Royal Engineers, in getting on the lad-
ders and planks requisite for effecting the enter-
prize, and in directing the placing them forn,tli4e
descent into the ditch, the passing the feet in the
,ice, and ascending the ramparts of .the body of
the place ; during which operation several men
here lost by a fire from the rampart. After we
t ere established on the rampart,, and,•had occu-
pied some houses, from whence we :might have
been much annoyed, and had sent a,strong patrole
towards the point at which Major-Gen. Skerrctt
and Lieutenant-Colonel Calletbn had entered, I
detached Lieutenant-Colonel Clifton with part of
the Ist Guards, to
,seetne the Antwerp Gate, and
to See if he confer get any information of the co •
loran mid& Lieutenant-Colonel Mortice. Lieu-
tenant7Colonel, Clifton reached the gate., but
found that it could -not'be opened by his men, the
enemy throwing a 'very heavy fire np a street'
leading to it. It was also, found that they occu-
pied, aw outwork, commanding the bridge, which
;would' effectually render that outlet useless to :us.
I heard
,nothing more of this detaclitnent,' but
considered it-as lost, the tommunication having
Leeti in:errupted by the enemy.
Lientenant-Colonel Rooke, with part of the 3d
;_guards, was afterwards sent in that direction,
drove the evenily from the intermediate rampart,
and reached the gate, vlien he found it Useless to

attempt any thing, and, ascertained 'that the out-
work was still occupied. We were joi9ed in the
course of-the night by the 33d; 55th, and 20 bat-
talion.ol G9th regiment, but the state
,of -nncer-

Minty as to what bad passed at other points, de-
termined me not to weaken the force liow
col-
)ectcd, by attempting to carry pints which' we
could not maintain, or penetraie through the
streets with the certain loss of a great number of
xnen, particalarly as I heard that th,e troops at the