The Sun.
London, England, 1809-05-25 00:00:00

On the loth in the morning) before daylight, t

cavalryand advanced guard crossed the Yetis with
the intention to surprize And tut off fetur togirnents
of French cavalry, and a battalion of infantry
and artliery, cantuned,in Albotgaria Nova and the
neighbouring villages, &bent elgtit miles &tau that
nver, in the lost of which we failed; bet the supe-
riority of the British clivairy was evident throughout
the day; we tot* some prisoners and their cannon
from them, and the advanced guard took up the
position Of 011viera.

On the same day Major.Genand Hill, Alto had
embarked at Mei& on the re veniitk of the gtii, arm
rived at Oval, in .the rear of the enemy's right ; and
the head of Lieutenant-General bherbrooke's diyi-•
sion passed the Vouga on the same evening.
On the i nit, the advanced guard and cavalry
continued Co move on the h igh road towards Oporto,
with Major-GenentiVill's nivision in .a Parailei road,
which leads to Oporto fro&Ovar.

Oa the arrival of .the. a_v itnced gnard at Velldn
NOwai betWeth-St)litt) Reth;t2i10•01)(1 they fell.
in with the outpOdisOf the ei i•lmy's advanced guard,
coniiisting of about 4000 Itit.ciiitry, and some .squa.,
droll" of Cavalry, strongly poired on the .1-JeiAlits
Ibove Grijon, their (rpm beilig covered by woods
and brokun grotiod. The entinv'at left flank. Wag
turned by a movement well exetioted by Major• Gen.

Murray, with Brigadier-Gen. La mworth's brigade of
the HanOverian legion ; while t:ie 16th Pi.ntugueso.
regiment of atigadier-Generat Richard Btewart's
brigade attacked their right, and the rine men of
the 05th, and the fiat* COMplinies -of the nth,
43d, and Mad of the same brsacie, under Major
Way, att*Cited the inrantry in the woods and vit..,
laps in their centre.
These attacks seen obliged the enemy to give
way; and the Hon. Brigadiel-General Charles

Stewart led two squadrons of the It3th mid 201,

goons, under the ctuntuand at I' I jar 111,ke, in ptir.
tioit of the enemy, and dc#troyed .01st y, and to:,k
=Joy prisonerq,

Douro, and destroyed the bridge over that river.
It was important, with a view to the operations
of Marshal Beresford, that j should cross the Douro
immediately ; and I had stiiit Major-General Mur-
ray ill.the morning with a= battalion of the Hallo-
veilin Legion, a squadron of cavalry, arias two six-
pounders, to endeavour to canal boats, and, if pos-
sible, to cross the river at Ovintas about four miles
above Oporto ; and I hid as many &oats as could be
colle&ed brought to the ferry, immediately above
the towns of Oporto and Villa Nova.

The ground oh the right bank of the river at this
ferry is protected and commanded by the fire of
cannons placid on the height of the Sierra Convent at
Villa Nova, and there appeared to be a good position
fur our troops on the opposite side of the river, till
they !should be collated in sufficient numbers.
The enemy took no notice of our colleaion of
boats, or the embarkation of the troops, till.after the
first battalion (the Buff's) were landed, and had taken
up their position under the conunand of Lieutenant-
General Paget On the opposite side of the river.

.They then commenced an attack upon them,
with' a large body of cavalry, infantry, and artillery,
under the command of Marshal Soult, which that
corps most gallantly sustained, till supported, suc-
cessively by the 48th and 66th regiments, belonging
to MajOr-General Hill's brigade, and a Portuguese
battalion, and afterwards by the first battalion of
detachments belonging to Brigadier-General Richard
Stetvrt's brigade.

. Lieutenant• General Pagel was unfortunately
wOunded soon after the attack commenced, when
the command of these gallant troops devolved upon
Major-General Hill.

At Iff,ugh. the French made repeateckattacks upon
them, they made no impreslion, and at
,ld,t Major-
Gvneral Murray having appeared on the enemy's
lctt flai.k, on his march from Ovintre, where he had
cros%el, antt Lieutenant-General Sherbrooke, v:ho by
this time had availed himself of the enemy's %teak-
ness in the town of Oporto, and, had crossed the
Douro at the ferry, between the towns of Villa Nova
and Oporto, having appeared upon the right with

the brigade of Guards, and ,the ?DO), regiment, the
whole retired in the utmost confusiotitowards Ama-
ranthe, leaving behind them five pieces of cannon,
eight ammunition tumbrils, and many prisoners.
The enemy's loss in killed and wounded in this
action has been very large, and they have left behind
them in Oporto 700 sick and wounded.
Brigadier-General the HonourabinCharies Stewart
then direCted a charge by et squadron of, the 14th
dragdons, under the command of Major Harvey,
who made a successful attack on the enemy's rear
guard.
In the different actions with the enemy , of which
I have above given your Lordship an account we
have lost some, and the immediate services of other
valuable Officers and Soldiers.

. In Lieutenaht-General Paget, among the latter,
have lost the assistance of a friend, who had been
'most useful to inc in the few days which had elapsed
since he had joined the army.
He had rendered a most important Krvice at the
moment he'reeeived his wound in taking.un the po-
sition which the troops afterwards maintained, and
in bearing the first brunt of the enemy's attack.
Major Hervey also distinguished himself at the
moment he received his wound in the charge of
the cavalry on this day.

I cannot say too much in favour of thvofficers and

troops.

'They have marched in four days over eighty miles
of the most difficult country, have gained many
portant positions, and have engaged and defeated
three different bodies of the enemy's troops.

I beg particularly to draw your Lordship's ,etten-
Lion to the condtx& of -Lieut.-General Paget, Major-
General Murray,l Major-General Hill,- Lieutenant-
General Sherbrooke, Brigadier-General the Hon..
Charles Steirart, Lientenant-Colone? Delancey, De-
put v. auarter-Master-General, end. Capoin Mellish;
Afisistatit-Adj uta at-General, ter:the assistance, they,
respectively rendered General Stewart in the charge
of the cavalry this day, arid ori the t I th, Major
Colin Campbell, Assistant-Adjutant-General, fur the
aS,istance he rendered Major-General Hill in thede.....
fence Of his post, and Brigadier-Gen, Stewart in the
charge of the cavalry this day, and Brigade-Major'
Fordyce, Capt. Corry, and Capt. Hill, for the assist-
ance, theY'sendered Gen. Hill.

I have also to request your Lerdship's,attenlion to
the condat Of ihe rifierueth and of the flank'core-

pilules of the 291 h, .43:1, and .52d regiments, urOer
the command of Major Way of the 29th, and that
of the 16th Portoguese regiment, corntnandvd by
Colonel MaChado, of which Lieutenant-Colonel
Doyle is Lieutenant-Colonel; and that of the bri-
gade of the Hanoverian legion, under the command
of Brigadier-General Lane/till); and that of the
two scriadrons of the t 6th and t,oth Light Dragoont,
under the command of Major Make of the Guth, in
Mei action ot.;the I.tth ; and the =dna of the

tnond ; the 48th, commanded by Colonet Duck-
worth, and 66th commanded by. Major Murray who
was wounded; and of the squadron of the 14th
Dragoons under the command of Major Hervey, in
the action of this day.

I have received the greatest assistance from the
Adjutant-General and Quarter-Master General Co-
lonel Murray, and from all the Officers belonging
to those departments respedively throughout the
service, as well as from Lieutenant-Colonel Bathurst
and the Officers of my personal Staff, and I have
every reason to be satisfied with the artillery and
Officers of engineers.

I-send this dispatch by Captain Stanho'pe, whom
I beg to recommend to your Lordship's proteaion
his brother the Honourable Major Stanhope was
unfortunately wounded. by a sabre whilst leading a
charge of the 16th Light Dragoons on the I oth inSt•
1 have the honour to be, tic.
(Signed) ARTHUR WEL LESLEY.

A bstraa of the Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the Army
under Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, in adion
with the Advanced Posts of she trench Amy at
berpria Nuva, the loth May, 1809. •
None killed ; t Major, z Rank and tile, wouded ; t Rank
and File, missing—Total, 4.

Name of Officer wounded.
Hon. Major Lincoln Stanhope, of the 16th thagoons, slightly

wounctCd in tile sheulUer.
•
Abstraa et Killed, %Vauntled, and Missing, in the Army
der the CW111)1414 of Lieutenant-General 6ir Arthur %N Ci.
lestey, in the Action on the Heights of Grijon, on the lath
May, 'BO9.
t 9 killca, 63 wounded, 14 missing.-.-'rot:.l 95.

Names of Officers killed and wounded.
16th Light Dragoons—Captain Wounded :light.
ly • Lieutenant Tonikinsoit,
tst Hitt. Detachments—Cap 4111 ()%veriS, Stith Foot, votind•
et! • Lieutenant‘Voodgizte,- Std I not, ,severely wountiLd.
tst Batt. King's Geramn Legion—Captain Dehinting, lolled.
2d Ditto—Captain Lstigrelin, severely wounded.
Ritie Corps Kaug's German Legion-- Lieutenant Lotidcrt,

wounded.
A bstratt of Killed, Wounded, and Missing in the Army tin.
der Liattenant.General Sir Anhur lVellesley, in action
with the French Army under the command...of Marshal
Suult, in the p.tssage of the oouro, cm the catiOlay, :809.
aj Rank and File killed; z General and Stalk 011icers, 3
Majors, a Captains, 3 Lieutenants, I Serjeaot, 83 Rank
and File, wounded ; 2 Rank and Hie, tnissing. .
"Total-23 killed, 96.wourided, 2 missing-124
Names of Officers Killed, Wounded, anti, Missing.
Lieutenant General Paget lost his arm, but doing well.,
Captain Hill, Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Hill, slightly.
14th Light Dragoons—Nlajor Harvey lost his right arm, bttt
doing well ; Capt. Hawker and Lieut. Knipe, slightly.
3d.foot—Lieutenain Monaghan, slightly.
48th Foot, ad Batt.—Major t rs arse, slighty.
(6th
.Foot,. ad Batt.—Majw Murray, severely in the arm;
Captain Binning, slightly.
10)14 fingtneers— irst Lieutenant Hamilton, severely._

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Oporto, May 13, 1809.
Return of Ordnance, Ammunition, Carriages, and ordnance
Suare4„ &c. dre. taken iu the Arett.dut Quartierr St. Ovie-
do, on the I:.th May, 'Seg.
• Brus guns French, the crimges broken to pieces-- ID twelve'
pounders, is eight-pounders, 18 lbur-poundcrs,- 16 Ow.
pounders.
Brass howitzers French, one carriage
good--2 eight-inch,

six-inch.
•
French caissons-4 serviceable, 36 unserviceable.
pact whole barrels at hnglisii gunpumkr.-
3po,cus• English musket earrridhes.
Stand lOW nine-pounticra, 256 eighteen., nownletir
tstrolve..poututers,' 6;6 eiglii-pouni.lars, Oro tour.
}launders, 200 ihree,pounuers.
Shells-400 Goo flannel cartridges. Case shot—'
Izo six-inch howitzers. Wheels good-8 gull:, 3c) lick"
witzers, curs.
6o handspikeb, t 2 tarpaulins, 3030 French flints, La slow
matches, zoo sponges, andlo copper ladles. '
G. HOWARTFI,
Brig. Gen. koyal Nurse Artillery.

14 addition to the intelligence contained in OF
Gazette, we understand that a night after the Jot
valeta 4urne of our parties were sent forward to hat
rags the Enemyi and to ascertain the direBlQP they
were taking. The French were retreating in great
.
confusion, and were destroying every thing that:conla
impede their flight. Duciag the course of the night
they blew up several ammunition waggons and tnn"
brill, and spiked and buried several pieces of cannon.
General BETIRSI7OBD has taken the road to Cbiwes'i
and General WaLtmeY to Braga, so that the e*
My will be constauti.v hot-used in their retreat;
deed there is every reason to hope that the vin°l°
army will be destroyed before it reaches the (rondos
of Portugal..

Thin morning we received Dutch Papers of Tues.•
da).,•last,.ftom which we have:onlytirne to make
tlje
following extra%
14.,,Cap0 d'lstria' surrendered tit
seven o'clock last night-, after having iiireedays.,o7
fended itself with the Utmost vigour.. Daring 'll,l
CapitulatiOn, an' English Frigate, whicbi
clltaioted with the Ciraunisianee that, the tOwo.4.'as
• •
capitulating; fired 'about .0)44, shot on 11.10 0,4,i
wi'fich, however, is but little damaged.
WARSAW," MAY 3.;:--A: Previsional Goverarn!li
ba3 been fbrmed in' this c.ity'l Count Si'. JuL jIAN
at 'the head of the' Civil Authorities; and GcllerA
Boron THANTRAIIISRO bag beep appointed Gover'L!`i
of. Warsaw. , ..•
generol Prince PONIATOWSKI has, published an
..,
count of the battle of Ratzgn, of the. 19th -01.145'
mouth, according to which the loss 'of the Pt)les'
Preach, and &ions, amounted 450 killed, 9°°.
.wounded; and 32 taken prisoneti.• jesiert c•
tachment of Anstrian-horse arrived in Wechair
.
and this day 3000 foot are elpe' tied on their march

to Kati3h,
P°34.:49. MAY 3.--The bridge head of Gory
011. s.
yesterday parried with the bayonet by we'
Geileral Scii A GiNtZ K army. 'file Geo r3l
manded the attack, anti "covered bitn,sel I i'Yji gl°rY"-',
Fifteen hundred . prisoners were , takeit, arid
.11to°.‘1
pieces of cannon. The General,of Cl 3

ROTH Wk hardly able to" etleckli4- efq"t,

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