The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-13 00:00:00

FROM SATURDAY Nu'arr's GAZETTE.

WAR DEPARTNIgN.T.,:,
rmw.ing-ste,...t, pee. 7, 1813.

A Dispatch of which the following is a copy,
%tali this day rereieed liy Earl Bathurst, from Ge.;
neral Connt'Nogeat, commanding' an army of his
imperial Majesty, in Italy.
;este, Ntivember 1, 1811.
Lottio—As the troops. under my command
trieC' been augmented ,by a body of British troops,
which joined, me, *liter the orders of Colonel
-11.0ber'tson, I think it right to inform your Lortl-
.their further iyerationS.'
By my former letter, your Dordship has
been informed of my proceedinoi, as far as the
taking of Finder, and the first operations in that
lingTne. 13eatthitrhois had his
principal force at Laybach, and my.position
noying his rear and'cotninunieation, he sent a

force, six times. superior to mine, cOmposed of
sixteen battalinos, with.twenty gnus, to arkick me.
After a very well-fought • action,, on the 14th-of
September, and many movements Mile!, had (seen
preconcerted with Admiral Freemantle, the ene-
my's object entirely tailed,.and we got possession
of the whole of Istria, guarding the ridge of moun-
tains which ran from.Triesteio Fiume. On the
.2lst 1 met Admiral Freemantle, with part of the
British squadron, at Cap d'lstria which-post we
trougly Intlitied. our position stretching still
more in the'enemy's tlank than before, forced him
to keep a largeloreCtigainst tre Gbn. Itadavo-
javich made very able use of thii circumstance,
owl pushed the enemy on all 'sides towards, Lay-
bach. On the 23R a general 1110Vetbent took place:
I marched to gassavizia, Trieske, and cover-
ing my left against, that place, I moved towards
l'revald and Adelsberg. . .

S•
The enemy wits now forced to n precipitate re-$
treat, and Lugene Beauharnois, 'after losing, in.
different actions abont ten thousand men, mostly.
piisoners, arrived the 2d of -October with about
twenty thousand men at Prevahl, taking up a line.
between that place and .Optshina, in cmmmunica-
tine
w-ith Trieste. •At iridnight, between the 3d,
and 4UI of October, I attacked his right at Opt-

Stiillll, anal forced' it to retreat towards Garice.
On • the, .sth: :the brigades of Staliremberg and
.Csirick, forced the enemy's positiion nt Sarney
Croce, at the .same time that I took the bridge of
Aferna, near Gorizia. In the night the enemy pass-
ed the Isonzo, and we took possession of Gorizia.
The Isonzo 'offering us now a strong position,
marched hack upon Trieste with part of my troops.
• Admiral Freemantle had already landed marines,
and made preparations for the siege. The rapidity
of our movements had prevented. the transport of
a 'battering train; there were, eimsetpiently, no
other guns but those of the fleet, which Admiral
Freennmtle landed with great activity, at the same
• time the batteries were begun. ,On the. 12th, the
'town of Trieste was taken by Aaron D'Aspre, and
we pushed our posts, on that' side, close to the
ramparts. Colonel Robertson landed from Lisa,
with detachments of the 35th, De Roll's the Cor-
sicans, Calabrese, and, the Italian Levy, with six
pieces of field artillery:and two mortars.
The Iklr our fire commenced,. and in the even-
iug the windmill, a .strong rootlet tower, was oc-
cupied,* Our works were approached on different
points, sand the posts the enemy occupied in ad-
,
vance were taken, except the
.Sehanza. A com-
pany of Croats got possession of. a wood, three
hundred yards from' the riumparts, from whence,
during the rest of thetidege, they very much en-
noyed the enemy at his guns.. On the `23d the
bchunza was taken, greatly owing to the Courage
and exertions of Captain Rowley. '1 hree bat-
teries, for eighteen and.thirty- two pounders, were
itinnediately began, and Citi, ain l'Arenstil opendd
a trench, Which, formed a first parallel, at the
distance of 400 yards. A mortar battery was
built 'near the Sehanza, and tine for.howitzers,
the prolongation of the attack in front. Captain
Rains'occepied with two mortars, a battery in
the rear, wbich threw with great effect., As.
soon as these batteries were ready, the enemy ca-
pitulated.
The labour of all these works Was incredible,
(wing to the sufs grotmd, occasioned by the con-
tinual rains, and the five of the enemy; and no-
thing but the extraordinary exertions of the men, ,I
anti the perfect harmony which
,prevailed, could'
overcome the ditiletilties, Tile officers,' seamen,
and marines, Of the Brills!' squadron, particit-,
lad m
y exerted themselves, and, were animated by
the presence of the Admiral, alto hiniself super-
intended the works anddirorkeil the hat toles.
Of the. British land troops, the (..'alabrese had
the most opportunity to distinguish themselves.
Captain llonea, a ,brave officer, was. wounded ;
after which the command
.davolved upon Lieut.
Butler, who shewed beavevy anti activity.
Robertson was destined fm the right of the at-..
tack ; if it had been contintied. •Lieut, Rains, 'of
the Royal Artillery, directed the lire of the .r:sor-
, tars with great'effect and intelli,,,,;eitee. Captain
Angelo,. ortbe 4,11,1 t• re gimertr; who with' Me'
duriug the operations That I,rec4:iled the siege,' has
rendered very es=elitial service.,
Captain Berefistil, of clue Levy, acted as'
engineer, and deserves to be most particularly
recommended he was• cur t:1111:11kr i• I the trenches
without being relieved. The fa 1 of thc castle trf
Trieste closes • one most important part .'of our,
operations, and gives its the posswssion of ~the
coast front Dalmatia to the 101 l of the Adriatic,
with all the roads that lead' from thence.
The. whole of these operatiOns
,prove how, by
the mutual sqsistanee of the artily and navy, a
very *riperior force will be at length overcome.
• I al ways fouud Admiral Freetnantle in "Tidiness
to support the ; and, try the confidence Which
that gave mei it was enabled to Undertake Opera-
tions ,which,otlierwisc'would have been destruc-
tive. It was this that allowed me to act in rear
of the chewy, and give up frequently my hind
comnittnication, convinced that it would soon be
opened again. .
t 9 the'siege., of the cc stir of Trieste, youi.
Lordship will perceive, by the above, that the
greatest part of 'the-credit must be gieen toAdmiral
Preemantle and the navy, and it'is_my ditty to ac-
keOwledge it.
h e result of this firtu part of the campaigm is,
that besides the killed and wounded. ftethe dhlerr, ot

attic:iris, the enemy Inis sitsthined a 'loss it) prisoners
which is greater titan the nmither Of troops 1 cont.,
mand,

have tbe.botiour to be, •&e. '
(Sig!lea),., Majur-Gencral:

ptc, 11 1811.

Copy of a Letter from Reir-AthAiriti FIZLEN!.tvrr,F., to Jon ti
‘l,/gLios Cttohea, Esi." dated on board the Nlilforil; oft
Trieste, Ott. 31, 11113. • • ,

Ste •-••1 have the honour to acquaint you, for the
information of the Lorili Commissioners of the
Admiralty, that I left rola on the 19th ult. and
arrived at Capo D'istrio on the 21st, when General
Count Nugent met me
.00 the saute day, Much
credit is due to Capt. Gower, of the Elizaboth,for
having opened a.communic7)tion witli the army,
and for assisting materially iu putting the place in
a good 'state et defence.
On the 27th September, the army under Gen.
Nugent moved ; the Elizabeth was ordered oil'
Mugia, whilst the Bacchante, with a company of
Austrian troops,:procceded to Divino.

. .
remained at Cap) d'lstria is constant corre-
spondence with General Nugent, Nilo was harass-
iog the army of the Viceroy on his retreat tintil
the morning of the sth instant, when 1 sailed for
Trieste, and advanced the Elizabeth to Ds.iino.—
General Nugent, who continued to follow the
enemy, left some troops near Trieste,
.and the
port WOO 'completely blockaded by sea.. About _
noon, on the 10th, the enemy surprised us by
'opening a inasked battery, with a field piece and
a howitzer, on the Milford, who'iestet•ti was 'to-
wards the shore, and began firing. Captain Mak-
i:nul inn few minutes got a spring !Ton the ca-
ble, and'opened a steady well-directed fire on the
battery ; in a nitarter of an hour' both guns were.
completely disabled, two mea killed, and • seven
wounded, whilst not a person , teas tOttCheil
110M,11 the ship, although one shell exploded On
the poop deck. On the 10th 1 landed the marines
and two field pieces, under Captain Markland
the 11th the General returned to Gorizia,:having
obliged the Viceroy to pass the Isonzo.' - It was
then tletermined to lay siegeto the castle. Ity the
lfith in the morning we had twelve guns-in two
batteries, which opened their fire, asid continued
nearly the whole day ; towards the' evening the
enemy was driven from the Windmill, which wits
taken possession of by.the Austrian troops, and
two howitzers advanced there. The firing was
continued occasionally "Until upon on thend,
which time Captain Rowley had got a thirty-two
pounder within 200 yards of the Shanza; whers
there was a strong building, with one gun and
loop-holes in it, stitmling upoira bill, with it wall
round it nearly fourteen feet high, an Officer and
sixty men.. •
We had had some communication with the caStle,
in the morning, and the truce was broke off at a
very short notice by the enemy, who opened on all
sides. The thirty-two pounder was fired upon the
Shauza. The first shot the gun recoiled, and the
ground giving way, it fell backward off the plat-
form, which was six feet above the level. It was
fine to see Captain Rowley and his. people imme-
diately, get a triangle above the mirk, and the
thirty-two pounder with it carriage, ran tip to. its
place again tinder a shower of grape and musketry,
Which occasioned a severe loss. Towards evening,
the enemy in the Shanza held out the•witite flag,
and anti-catered to Captain Rowley, li•teetyrg,
now possei,ion I,f the Shanza, ‘vhich.commanded
the castle 'and the Windmill-hill, we set to work
upon some advanced batteries within four hundred
yards of the castle, hut the weather was, AO wet,
and the labonr so great, that it was not Until the
morning of the 29th that they were coMpfete,.
when the enemy acceded to our altered proposi-
tions for surrendering the castle. We were pre-
pared to have opened with eleven thirty-two pound-
ers, twelve eighteen-bounders, four mortars, abd
four howitzers. •

Every captain, officer, and person in the aqua--
dron, has done his duty; Capt. Rowley has. been,
as 'usual, most prominent
.on every (tension.. .1
admired the example he shewed at :the attack of
the Stimuli, with the courage and activity cif,
Lieutenants Hotham and. Moore, and Mr. Mb,.
bell, Midshipman of the Eagle. Capt. Angelo,
of the 2lst regiment, was foremost in siteiVing.
where to place faseines to protect:the men, whilst
the gun was getting up.. •
:I beg to recommend to the Lads Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, Captain Moresby, of Iris
Majesty's 'sloop. Wizard. He commanded one. of
the batteries front the Itith nntil the 24th, when
lie was ordered to form a battery with four thirty-
two pounders; within )reaching distance ; in the
course .of tifty-sis hours, under ail the disadVan-
tages of weather, &c. he, with fifty men front the.
Milford„ and twenty from /he Wizard, completed
the whole-without :HIV aSsistance.whateeee. And
I must also recommend the good conduct of Mr.
'Wm. Watts, Acting Master of the:saitt sloop, who.
was severely %vomit-led ;' Captain Dnn, of the
Mermaid, Was also very Itssitluous on every ocea-
- slot) Coptitin Mark:hind commanded.the marines,
and 1 have to thank him for exerting hintself ill
every _ -way; particularly in the serraagments. cif
stores and provisions. We have attitnes had one
thousand two hundred men on shore, at work and
in the batterieS, and the general good conduct of
the officers, seamen and marines,.With the har-
mony- that has -iovariably subsisted between the
Austrian troops and our petyk, is quite gnu ifying
!to me.

When we opened against the. citadel, it con -
'contained -BOoFrenelnen; forty-fire: large guns,
four mortars, and four howitzers.

The consequences of the taking of this place
be telt throughout this country, and General
Nugent leas (leservedly, all the merit of having "li-
berateil these provinces in the space Of MO months
with so small a force. ,

I have the honour of 'forwarding the terms of
the capitulation ; above fifty sail or, veasels were
taken it) this port.
Our loss has not been so great as .raight have
heel expected underall die circumstances-. -
I have the honour to be. 41-!.

i!..),:ink 41; I 11(.),. FJULEM:\NTI.I:.
Tu Julia VN il.uu Crulter, VAN: ste. &e.

[Here follow a Copy of the Convention for
the surrender of the F ort Qt 'Trieste, agreed opt)
between Admiral Fremantle, 'Count Nugent,, and
the 'Chevalier It tint. Colonel commatidant of the
Fort it is comprised in, eight artieles, the Subi'7,

stance of which .sire, tliat the Tort .he deliverki
up on_ The Bth November, at ten O'clock in the
morning, the troops to march out with the 11-
tiotys of war, lay down their kirllll at the entrance
of the town, and proceed forthwith to Italy. Of,
ticers to keep their sword,, and conveyances to
piovided for their equipages. The papers of the
different Civil Departinentit to be nepoxited at 'a
CointniSsary's, and sent to Judi places, as the
French GovcrovJent shall deiiire, at its own ex-
pence.]

List of Orrictns, Scamvs and '.‘l.lnt•zr.s. Killed and Wound-
ed, helonginr to hi. !staie:.W. •;vairon nirtrer the'orders of
hear-.liltuit•al Ynta.Ni.% \ I LE, at the Siege of Trieste, froau
the lath to the :11,1 of 1 Ictuber,
Mr.• Watts, Acting ,t er of the. Wizard, severely wounded.
Mr. Ymiiig, Midshilini.ni of ditto, wounded.
Kink ,1-10 seamen and unities.
%Vottiitled-3;1 seamen and lupines.
Total—to killed and
.3i wounded.

,
. ' I KILI,I.D. 'WOUNDED. KILLED. WOUNDED.
Milford.... 0 : to "'remenduus 0
Elizaliet h. '., 0
Eagle ..... 4. 7 . Wizard I
Ceorthe Remainder of the Gazette, see the Last Page.]