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London, England, 1812-09-28 00:00:00

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, SEPT. 26,.

'WAR DEPART:\

Dotcning-carret, Sept. 2.4, 1812

Dispatches, of whitql the following are e.xtracts
and copies, have been this day received at Earl
itathurst's Office; addres';ed to his Lordship by
General the Marquis of Wellington, dated Madrid,
25:rh and 30th August, and Valladolid, 7th and,
Bth September.

Madrid, Aug. 25,
,1812.
Joseph Buonapartebas continued his march toz
wards Valencia,: and,, according to the last. ac-
counts which I haYe-recfived, his-rear-guard was
on the 19th at La Roda. •
1 have, recelv.ed a letter of the 17th from Lieu-
tenantLGeneral Maitland, who had. marched.from
Alicante, and was ,at MeCteforte. Gen. Roche
at Alcciy, from whence SuChet had retired tO
St. Felippe ; acid it was supposed be wasabout to
cross the Xucar. Gen, O'Donnell,. was 01 the
same day 'at Yecia, in Murcia.
- The enemy's'troops from Valladolid drove in
Major-Gen. Anson's pignets 'at Tudphi, on the,
..The Major-General, however, still main,
tains tkemon th'eleft of the Douro.
The enemy have-moved a body of troops from
. the neighbourhood of Valladolid, consisting of
about. 6000 infantry and 1200 cavalry, mider Gin.
Foy, which, on the 17th, iarried off the garrison
of Toro. •
They then were joined bY.a body of infantry of
the s'arne strength, which •had likewise marched
• from the Pisuerga on the Rio Seto; and the Whole
were, op the 20th; about two leagues distant from
13eneVente, the Gailithan troops, with the excef-
tion of the cavalry, which still remaintd at Bent-
vente, having marched towards Astorga. The
....enemy had ieft\ the .garrison of Zamora. Still
bloc4aded b`v the Conde d'Ainarantc; but I have
reason to believe Ihat.they will relieve that garri.
son on'their return froth their expedition towards

Astorga.,
By accounts from Cadiz of the 9th, I learn
that General Cruz had returneil to that portCvith
-the detachment which had been sent to the east-
ward for the relief of General Ballasteros. An-
other expedition had immediately been fitted out:
These troops' had been landed at Huelva on the
.14th and 15th, instant, but tile enemy evacuated
and destroyed the Castle of Niebla on the -12th.

Madrid,. Aug. 20, 1312;

, Since-I wrote to your Lord Ship on the 25th
stant, 1 have received reports' that the.gat'l.ison of
Astorka had surrendered by capitulation op the
19th to-the number,of • one thOusand two hundred
men. Gen.-Foy arrived at La Baneza for their
relief, on the 21st, 'with the detachment .whieh I
informed you was in march for that purpose ; and
Lk parties found the place ahandcued by the Spa-
troops, the French garrison having been cart
tied away as prisoners,. .

MY LORD,

Valladolid, Sept. 7, 1812.

Upon referring to my 'dispatch to your LotAship
of the 24th of July; as printed in the London Ga-
zette of the 16th August, I observe that, although.
I reported my sense of the conduct of the German
brigade of heavy cavalry tinder Major-General
Baron Bock, on the 23d J t!IN,, I omitted to include
the rianie Of the ..L:lajor-oenermi in the enu-
meration which "the dispatch contains of officers
who had opportunities of • distinguishing them-
selves.

1 beg to take this opportunity of rectifying, this
omission, .and of assuring yonr Lordship that the
Major-Gene' al distinguisho himself in the opera.:
Which led to the charge, and in..the charge
made by the gallant
,troops under his command,. as
be Las upon every Occasion whic!i has offered,'since,
.be kis been under my 'command.-

. .
From my' personal observation and the reports
which I have received since-the actiOn-iif the 22d
of July, 1 um afraid that I have omitted the nanieF:
of many .1-',er•Off. who had oppcirtunities of
4f.oin6elves ; 1411(i ill a ease 10
all did their do: .in a manner so .hononrable to
,tl: .rselves and theircountry,,,the limits Of ,dis-,
•patHi do not'Permit the Mention of the names of
who'have Orau:n the notice of their superiors
.I;try their conduct : I must,• however, correct the
'OllllBlOll of WiiiCh I have been guilty in the case
cif Licutenant-Cohnicl .:).r.,ntschildt,. and the Ist
'the
'lilhssars of
King's German Legion, who. were
distinguislied their condUct tin tile
hOle of the day o.f the 22d July ;
• in that o± Lieutenant-Colonci Eiley, the
taut Adjutant-Gencr3d, who.attended Lientemint-
General it Stapleton Cotton throughout . the
••
atoon, -was wounded by a bayonet in therehaqce
made by i'vljor,General. Marehant's.brigade,
and had two' horses killed under him.
•I have the honour to be, &c.
, (Signed) VIE.LLTSGTON.

'Valladolid, 'Sept: 7,1 W

I quitted Madrid on the Ist instant,. in order
-to' direct the- movements of the troops ordered
.to be collected at Arevalo, as reported in my dis-
patch of the 30th Augdst.
, We moved from ArevalO on the 4th, and passed
the Douro on the 6th, at the fords of Herrera and
Fl Abrojo.
After General Foy had found that the garrison
of AstorgA, had surrendered, by capitulation, he
returned-to the -Esla, and marched upon Carva-
lilies,' with a view to surprise and cut off the POE-
tuguese .had been employed under
Li,_!uteuant-General. the Conde..lr Amarante, in
the blockade of Zamora. The TLientenant-Gene7:
ral, however, matiegoodhis retreat, without loss,
to .the frontiers of Portugal; and General Foy
carried oil the garrison of Zamora on the 2-Dth of
August, and marched for Tordesillas. .
I cannot avoid to draw your. Lordship'S-_atten,
tion to: the conduct of the Conde D'Amarante, and,
of the militia_tinder his command,-.iixtbese-opera-
tions. The zeal of the militia of the province of
Tras7los-Movtes- in voliintarily. serving beyond
the frontierS'ofthe kingdom, deserves 'the highest
commendatio'il
The whOle. remains 'of the -army of Portugal
having beeitithus collected between this place. and
Tordesillas, we found their adVaneed guard yes-

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