The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-24 00:00:00

by Major-Gts-eral ana the Light Divi;
sion under colonel BARNARD ; but such were the
obstacles wh.ch the 'enemy bad prepared, and such
the obstinacy of his defence, that, in spite of the most
extraordinary eff..)rts on the part of these two' divi-
sions, Lord WELLINGTON found it necessary to
withdraw from the aS43:llt. In the mean time, the
third division, commanded by Lieut.-Gen. PICTON,
made analtack on the Castle of Badajoz, which our
troops carried by escalade in the most gallant man-
ner, and firmly established themselves there, and in
the Ravelin of St. Roque, while on the other side
of the city, Major-General LEITH'S diviiion; which
bad ben ordered to make a false attack, or to con-
vert it into a real one if posiible, found means to
turn the outwork of Pardillaras, and descending into
the ditch, escaladed the bastion of San Vicenti in the
most brilliant manner, and established them Selves
in Badajoz.—Major-General WALK ER particularly
distinguished himself in the achievement ; the suc-
cess of General PICTON'S and General LEITH'S di-
vis'ons, while the fourth and light divisions were
prepaF.mg to renew the, assault upon the breaches,
brought this severe cottfli& to a termination, the
enemy laying down their arms.
" The garrison consisted originally of about .5000
Men, of whom about 4000, and Generals PHILIP' •
PON and VAI LLANT are rrisoners.
" Major-Generals CoLvtu.E. WALKER, and
BOWES, have been severely wounded ; Lieutenant-
General PICTON, and Major-Gen. KLMPT,

" The loss of bob British and i'ortuLdese has
been very severe. In the storm, sc.2l men‘ of the
to nations have been killed, and 286 g wounded.

Mr. STUART, in a dispatch of tit.... 11th of April,
fronvLisbon, states, that the Telegraph from Elvas
bad *winced that BALLASTEROS had entered Se-
ville; and this report was believed to be authentic."

LETTER-TO THE LORD MAYOR.

" Downing-strec., April 23, 18121- to I'. M.

" My Lon D-4 )':we the sa‘iisfatiion of informing
you, that Capt. CUMMIKG, Aide•-de-Camp to LOrd
WELLING-roN, is just arrived with the; in!ellig,nce
of the Capturt of Bad ijoz by storm, in the night of
the tith inst. after a most severe contest, in which
the troops of his Majeßty, and those of his Ally par-
ticularly distinguished themselves.
J regret to be under the necessity of adding,
that this most important fortress has not been ob-
tained witlibut a very heavy loss.

" The loss in this storm consists of about 51 offi-
cers, 4 serjeants; and 580 rank' and file, British,
killed; 213 officers, 153 serieants,. 1033 rank and
file wounded. -

" The Portuguese loss consists of about :70
killed, -and more than '5OO wounded.

"The Earl of WELLINGTON speaks in the-highest
terms of the gallantry and good conduEt of every part
of the army in this important operatio3.
" No General Officer was killed, but Major G-
enerals Cot.va,r.c, WALKER, and Bowes; were se-
verely wounded ; Lieutenant-General' Pt croti and
Major-General KtmEir, slightly wounded.

" I have'the honour to be,
MY Lottn,

Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,
6. LIVERPOOL."
" To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor."

We have heard the names of several of the wound-
ed Oilice's, but we do not think it right to publish
them, without being absolutely certain of their ac-
curacy.—The following, however, may be depend-
eti upon :

-Officers of the 48th Regiment who were wounded at the
Storming of Budajoz.
Lientenant.Colonel ERSKINZ. • •
MaiOr WILSON.

BFLL, FRENCH TURNPENWY, ROIBE;,T ARM-
STRONG, WILSON PATENEY„
Ensigns THATCHER, IOHNSON, BURK!, and Tilomr-

The following Letter, with which we have been
favoured this morning, may be depended upon as
authentic

" Camp before Badajoz, April 9.
When I wrote to y6u on the sth,.it had, been e-
solved to. atteinpt B tdajoz by assault that night ; but •
my letter had scarcely gone when 1 heard-that Lard
'WELLINGTON had postponed the execution of his
plan, and you will now learn from his disp itches
.that he attacked and took Badajoz on the night of the
6th. Although the Gazette will give you particu-
lars, I cannot help saying, that of all the desperate
achievements that ever was uncle' taken, this Was the
most glorious; and I am convinced that no other
troops in the- world would have succeeded. In my
former letter I mentioned that we [tad dade two prac-
ticable breaches. In addition to this, another was
made on the- 6th. Though they all appeared
pra:licable to us, the enemy had been so, indefatiga,
ble in intrenching thetnselves behind the breaches,
that when our gallant Ellows had gained the ram-
parts, they found it absolutely 'impossible to enter
the town and they were therefore recalled to