The Sun.
London, England, 1812-06-19 00:00:00

sive-a service as mine.

" I have presented your compliments to the
Duke of PALMATIA—he bad already had your let-
ter of recommendation for. General:Alm:GEß. I
dare say he wi!l employ it in a suitable manner.
dined with me to-day. We talked a good deal of
every thing relating to you and CEcit.t.l.--"but
what gave me the greaiest pleasure was ,your
health, which he says is excellent.
" Receive, my dear Duke, with your up.-A
goodness, the assurances of my tender. and sin-
cere attachment/ and my real gratitude for all
your kindness to me and my son,"

Your affectionate Relatlon,
" General of Division,

" BARON DE EERY.

" lOtlt April, ISI2.

‘f. P. LE TllRoxi;, AiA-(12-Camp to the
Duke of DALmA.TIA, will deliver you this letter.
NVe must• make use, of these' opportunities, for the

pos.goes but seidoni:'

" SEVILLE, APRIL, 20 ..:-211CTIcIVSpaperS, my dcaT
DECAIJ X," apprisec., you ,of the unhappy
tte of 'Badajoi, which has been takeii in a veil"
short time. I confess I cannot account fOr 0.113
had- defence; as-the gaillsoti was amply
and waisisupplied
Aensive, works had been erected, and there was
every reason to hope that the army wozild hay/0
had time to assemble and march to its relieh---A-11
calculations, however,. have been disappointed
the Army of Portugal moved to a greater distance
from us, when it ought to have approached us,—"
Thus WEL LugoTok, and his English andPortu-.
guese united, took the place, almost in the pre-
sence of two armies, amounting tog-ether to near
80,000 men. This is the consequence of not hay-
ing a supreme Chief on the spot, to direct. the
; -
movements. We. lost in Badajoz three compa-
nies of Engineers; and ten Officers, .among whop).
.was. Adjutant STORNBERq. It appears that TEE"
VELLIER is killed :I it was his own fault; he threof
himself into the place, With the Duteh'eaptaiii
MERMAID, Lieutenant COITES, and fifty men of
the Elite; nine of them.belonged to'the garrison,
but were actuated by an impulse of zeal and coy'

Annexed is a copy of a letter which I re-
ceived from Captain GUILL,IARD, respecting the
capture of Badajoz. We 'have no other details•
—lt is said,; in some of the private letters, that
the'so'diers fought very badly ; but this, svant3
confirmation; it would be a second representation
of the affair at Tariffa.• Upon the whole, tjlg
taking of Badajoz appears to me very extraordi'
nary, and I should find it diflictilt to give a cleat.
and diStinct account of it: When I know more, I
will write to the Minister, and give you all the
information I can proCure.—Adieu, my dear V-
CAI7X, &C. &C. •

rage.

(Signed)

" The. General of Division,
" B. DE LERY.'

R lam now- v.ithout.ollicers ;I do not rrlY
upon those which you announce from the Army of
Arragon ; I want young men; I have only 011
Major, two Chiefs of Battalion, and seven Cap-
.
tains. jun to bave."2oo mules .for the trani,
for which a rf quisition has been made."

The Lisbon Gazettes which arrived yesterday,
inention that'accounts of the `24th of May had
been, received from Corunna,.confirming the re-
port of the Partizan 1)1-Enirro laving taken 600
FrenCh. prisoners,
.near Barges, and- 2A dra-
goons a few days afterwards. 'General -IVIEDI'
ZABRL had marched in the direction of Burgos.,
but was obliged to retire, ,because the Frellelb._
to the-number of eight or 10,000 men, had 'again
entered the Asturias by the pass of Paja.res•
Letters from Cadiz, of 22d of May, met"
tion, that the. Baron de EROLES had had. a tian"-
guinary action in Catalonia, in which 4000 of the
enemy were totally destroyed; the SpaniardS et
the same time sustaining a loss of 1200 in, killed
and wounded.