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London, England, 1844-08-31 00:00:00

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RAILWAY RETURNS.
We extract from the Railway Record the sums
pal Railways of Great
t ot• t• t-11,1' It, day of the mon t
4''"!I• The It'i ucludes the money c...ceit.,
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, mid mer-
chandise :
Week
ended Name of Railway.
Aug, Arbroath and Forfar
23 Birmingham and Gloucester 3,026 8 5
24 Brandling Junction
24 Bristol and Gloucester
23 Chester and Birkenhead 638 18 4
22 Dublin and Drogheda ••• 755 410
27 Dublin and Kingstown 1,173 2 8
25 Dundee and Arbroath 360 13 2
24 Durham and Sunderland 7lO 10 11
24 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,665 10 7
25 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,510 0 9
24 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 2,014 12 5
24 Glasgow and Greenock 1,486 17 7
24 Grand Junction 9,697 14 10
24 Great North of England 2,305 19 1
25 Great Western
23 Liverpool and Manchester
24 London and Birmingham
25 London and Blackwall 1,457 2 6:
24 London and Brighton
27 London and Croydon
29 London and Greenwich 877 1 1
25 London and South Western .......
22 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 939 3 3i
24 Manchester and Birmingham 3,528 16 3
24 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 8,909 9 0
24 Midland Counties
24 Newcastle and Darlington 1,103 12 11
24 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,904 5 10
25 Newcastle and North Shields 417 7 0
23 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,919 12 5
Paris, Ccrbeil. and Orleans
26 Paris and Rouen
24 Preston and Wvre
24 Sheffield and Manchester
29 South Eastern
24 Taff Vale
Ulster
25 Yarmcuth and Norwich .......
24 York and North Midland

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Total.
s. d.

6,556 0 0
740 14 6
820 10 2
6,652 6 11
930 14 4

HIGHLAND MOORS AND STREAMS.—St. Swithin,
the famous watery oracle, finished his six weeks' reign
en the 28th inst., much to the joy of farmers and sports-
'Pen, who now anticipate more success on field and hill.
"n many moors grouse are in flocks, and so wild, that
Veen cartridge will barely reach them : a few fine days
Will probably separate them into single coveys, again to
secrete themselves among the heather. Ilis Grace the
Duke of Richmond, the Earl of March, and Lord Temple-
!.l..iore, have killed an immense quantity in Glen Fiddich and
ackwater. Lord H. Bentinck, one day last week, killed
ilre fine stags, two of them instantly shot right and
t. Sir Richard Sutton, Bart., has terminated s short,
Tit successful campaign on the Killin moors, having
shot altogether 1,536 head. The party consisted of Sir
Ittchard, his son, and Mr. Heathcote. Great as the
number is, they would have bagged much more had the
Zeather permitted. The Balmacan party—Lord Reid-
even, Mr. Hoare, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Bainbridge
-,-had a fair day's sport on Saturday, having brought
tierce seventy-one brace. On the same day Sir H.
fieux and Richard Arabin, Esq., at Dundriggan, came
411 with sixty-seven brace. At Erchless Castle, Mr. Boul-
trersen and Dr. Gray bagged sixty- one brace. Another day
B. shot a couple of stags, right and left shots. At
"nvereshie, W. Evans, Esq., and G. Gisborne, Esq., had
.
fortunate day in the corries lately. They secured five
;tEtsgstle two of them by one rifle shot. The
partyßed-
have also been very successful, having
Red-
Mlle d two stags, a hind, and a roe—the latter
Y Mr. A. Baillie, being his first shot at deer.
rcrae large stags' heads have arrived here, for preserve-
r', from Mr. Gillanders, High field, J. W. Eyton, Esq.,
"Anakyle, and Mr. Jones, Shiness. For angling, the
less has improved from increase of water. The other
%art.
" xaster W. Fraser, son of Affieck Fraser, Esq.,
:tied from one pool three salmon, and a trout as large
1,, grilse, in the course of an hour and a
ri.• A splendid clean run fish, weighing upwards
0261b5., was taken by the rod in the Arndilly pools,
the Spey, last Friday, by J. Ella, Esq. This
gentleman is a frequent visitor to the Highlands, and
seeks recreation in angling, from his professional duties
iQ her Majesty's Italian Opera band, of which he is one
of the most accomplished performers. Mr. Arabin has
eal,lot some fine grilse in the river Ness ; and the net-
ulg has greatly improved. On Saturday some salmon
'nWere_ taken, weighing 271 b ; and yesterday several were
ull!ght from 181 b to 201 b weight.—lnverness Courier.
INSURRECTION IN CANADA.--A return to Parlia-
-41 ent has been printed, showing the charges incurred en
$( count of the Canadas, in respect of the army, navy,
ead ;lance, and commissariat, in each of the years 1835
te
A 8 4 3 inclusive, and the amounts granted by Parlia-
ment from the year 1837 to the year 1843 inclusive, in
consequence of the insurrection in Canada. It appears
that,,a for the year ending March 1836, the total charges
,f
r,_Lrie army, navy, ordnance, and commissariat, in the
iiarladas, amounted to 165,134/. ; and, in the year ending
larch 1843, it was 806,6071. The largest sum was is
;839,g4 When the charges were 1,629,0701. The special
nts by Parliament on account of the insurrection in
21t6-,`4, amount, from 1838 to 1843, to the sum of
I,oiin-°46t The largest sum in one year was in 1839,
R. PRITCHARD.—The Nouvelliste des Flanders
states that this gentleman inhabited Bruges some fifteen
Years ago, in the corner house of the Puits•aux-Oies,
nod the Marais, and that he left there in debt to many
Persons. This is, no doubt, an incorrect assertion.
propos of debts, we may state, that a few days ago, a
Belgian, an officer in the Garde Civique, was speaking in
very disrespectful terms, in a café, of Queen Victoria and
the Duchess of Kent; and asserted that the latter illus-
trious personage owed considerable sums of money in
Brussels to persons who could never procure payment
from her. An Englishman present, who spoke French
Well, being indignant at the speaker's insulting remarks
2TI our gracious Queen and her respected mother, told
Vnil very plainly, to his teeth, that he was uttering
4„alsehoods, ac.id defied him to give the names of the par-
to %horn, as he asserted, her Royal Highness was
Indebted. The calumniator was completely taken by
4,4l3rise, and after muttering, like a blagueur, " Vows etes
-ngiclis, et moi je suis Beige," left the café. Our coun-
t-
tciYulan remained there more than an hour afterwards, but
,e other did not think proper to return.—Brussels
Jaritish Gazette.
One of the most important offices in Gateshead in
~_e olden times was the keeper of Gateshead Park, and
about the year 1300 he was in the receipt of a salary of
ihree•half-penee a day. When to this office was added
that of keeper of the tower, which stood at the Gates-
'bead side of the bridge, an addition of a half-penny waa
to the income. It is, perhaps, worthy of remark,
thaGateshead.
the Quakers were the first dissenters who located in
b.ateshead. George Fox and his friends complained
I.,4terlY of the conduct of the authorities of Newcastle.
liberties" eY several times attempted to hold meetings within the
of the town, but they were invariably conducted
,
the blue stone (the stone placed in the pavement on
Bridge to mark the separation between the county
Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne), and ordered not
"0 return at their peril. Brand states that their first
`meeting-house was in Pipewellgate, and he mentions
Dtving seen a grave-stone in a garden near the middle
'''ola-house, belonging to the sect, which leaves no doubt
teY had also a place of burial for their dead. In 1674,
tthe Friends appear to have had a meeting-house near
they
tolbooth, in the middle of the High-• street, where
IrY remained until they removed to Pilgrim-street,
""eweastle, in 1699.—Newcastle Advertiser.
STATE OF TRADE.—LIVERPOOL.—There has been
every fair business done this week, and more demand
appeared for consumption. Prices of most goods
th have Leen steadily supported, and the fine harvest wea-
et," We are now enjoying has had its influence in giving
Alladence to the buyers, especially in the cotton market
descriptions of grain, of course, are dull of sale, and
"tealers will not get into stock whilst the present season-
able Weather Weather continues. Importers of flour and grain of
,141: tons will be very serious losers, the duties being now
tthin a step of the highest rates ; even Canada flour,
,admissible at a mere nominal rate, is entailing a loss of
about ss. per barrel upon its importers. There is a good
business
for shipping to all parts, and a large export
uUsiness in manui:Ntured goods is going on, with more
respect of remuneration to the shippers than there has
11 for a long time. In the metal districts, trade does
Inot thrive as it used to do, and prices, especially of iron,
tzagain receding, the orders on hand -by the makers
tag unequal to the production. This is a bad sign in
4 trade where the consumption is so extended, and for
an article that is, and always has been, one of our princi-
pal exports.—Liverpool Mercury.
THE ELECTION FOR CITY CHAMBERLAIN.—The
'election for the vacant office of Chamberlain must, it
ZPPears, take place without delay, the business of the
:rPoration being obstructed in various ways by the
ant of such an officer. The last two elections, to sup-
tlY vacancies caused by death, took place four or five
died after the occurrence of the vacancy. Mr. Wilkes
hs_lecl Dec. 26, 1797, and the Common Hall for the ap-
b7 tment of his successor was held Jan. 2, 1798. Mr.
election
died Jan. 16, 1831, and the Common Hall fur the
ee;„ti,en was held Jan. 21. In the present instance, Sir
w
34 "'am Heygate having died on Wednesday, the Cora-
cal Hall would probably have been held on Tuesday
text ; but Bartholomew fair interferes, and will appa-
t"tlY cause Monday to be the day.
CONVEYANCE OF MAILS FOR CANADA FROM ENG-
short time since the British Government made
tr?Yosals to that of the United States, to have the
M Eng-
LI" ails for Canada conveyed via Boston through the
tieuited States. This having been agreed to by the Ame-
an Ministers, the Postmaster-General was entrusted
to
snake the necessary arrangement for its fulfilment, and
Noes,and'i Esq. of Boston, the agent of the British
American Mail Steam-ships, was requested by
thel to ascertain which was the most desirable route to carry
irrotn, there being two lines,
of railroads now constructing
deal Boston to Burlington, Vt. A. Crocker, Esq., Presi
• pr!t,uf the Boston and Fitchburg, and A. Gilmore, Esq.,
14;8.rulent of the Boston and Concord Railways, invited
the• rtfewig, Captain Lott, and Lieutenant Ambrose, of
kr ; Mr. Greene, of the Boston Post-office ;
I3taPles Mr S. M. Filton, Mr. S. Belknap, Mr.
arc 4, •
ell, Mr. W. W. Wheldon, of Boston ; and Mr.
Thellmer of Liverpool, to pass over the two roads, and
arrived in the city yesterday morning, after having
pEtt.4se
,t d over the Fitchburg, road hither in a very rapid
v tnomsa.!isfactory manner. The party leave Montreal this
11 inb, returning by the Concord route, when a report
11 t e sent to Washing
ton, and we may shortly expect
sar tisr. correependence to reach us in a much more
kith aetory manner than hitherto.—Montreal Gazette,
TAugust.
CR 14 FIRE AT THE RAILWAY STATION, NEW-
°" 'll •r. Braidwood reports of the disaster as fol-
wo "Fire at the New-Cross Station of the Brightort,
ol:ctl_°Tl, and Dover Railway Company's Works :
Thre SOOPS for repairing carriages, &c., burned down.
e carriages and one truck for carriages burned.
Vitale
'44known uninsured."

OFFICIAL DISPATCHES

r .N ..,11()11 O'CCO.

n arc 111;. diz:patellet of Co,:
?rince de Joinviile to the Minister of Marine :

Steamer Pluto, Aug. 10.

M. LE MINISTRE,—Not having time to give you an
account by the last courier of the state of our affairs,
in detail, as well as of our operations before Tan-
giers, I take advantage of the first moment of lei-
sure to fulfil this duty.
I informed you that on the 2d August, the day
fixed for the reply to the ultimatum of our Consul-
General, nothing reached us.
I waited then for news of Mr. Hay, before com-
mencing hostilities.
On the 4th a letter of Sidi Bousselam Pacha, of
Larache, was sent as more measured, more concilia-
tory, than preceding ones; it renewed, nevertheless,
the insolent demand of the punishment of the Mar-
shal. The letter of Sidi Bousselam said not a word
of the removal of the corps of troops collected near
Ouchda. As to Abd-el-Kader, Sidi Bousselam
asserted that he was no longer on the Morocco terri-
tory, and that orders had been given to prevent his
returning to it.
Nevertheless, the Marshal learned at the same time
that Abd-el-Kader had gone into the interior of
Morocco, and that he was two days' march in the
rear of the Moorish camp.
These accounts had but one object, to trifle with
us. Annoyed at learning nothing of Mr. Hay, I
sent the Veloce steamer to inquire and bring news
of him.

The Veloce came back on the sth to Tangiers,
bringing me word that Mr. Hay was in safety at
Mogadore.
In fine, on the evening of the sth, the Etna, coming
from Oran, brought me your dispatch of the 27th,
ordering me to commence hostilities, if the answer to
the ultimatum was not satisfactory. It brought us
news, also, of the Marshal proving the falsity of the
assertions of the Moors respecting Abd el-Kader.
Hesitation was no longer possible. We were
amused with deceitful messages while they were pre-
paring war ; and we were thus obliged to have re-
course to arms.

On the morning of the 6th I attacked the batteries
of Tangiers. My instructions were to destroy the
exterior fortifications, but to respect the town.
I could easily have attained this aim by disembark-
ing; but I preferred employing cannon, and render-
ing the batteries useless, whilst respecting the quar-
ters of the Consuls, which but five or six stray bullets
reached. We attained this result with the loss of
three dead and sixteen wounded, the ships receiving
very slight injury.
The enemy confesses a loss of 150 dead and 400
wounded ; but it is impossible to ascertain the num-
ber of dead, since they were only drawing them from
under the ruins on the Bth.

During the engagement, ➢lr. Hay arrived from
Rabat, where he had stopped to see the Emperor. I
received him the next day. He told me he found the
Emperor much depressed. The news of the retire-
ment of the Consuls had reached him. Mr. Hay
thanked me for the solicitude I had shown with re-
spect to him.

I now proceed to Mogadore, at the other extremity
of the empire. Mogadore is the private property of
the Emperor. The town itself, as well as the public
revenue, is his property. He lets the houses and the
ground. It is, in a word, one of the principal sources
of his revenue. To attack that city, to destroy
it, or to occupy the island that forms the port,
until we obtain satisfaction, is to give the most
sensible blow to Muley Abderrahman and all the
south of his empire.
I shall limit myself for the moment to these two
operations in order to prove to the Emperor that he
is deserted by all the world. The affair of Tangiers
has sufficiently proved that, and that we have the
means of doing him serious injury (which we shall
try to prove at Mogadore). Moreover, our presence
on the coast will recal the Moors from the frontier to
the defence of their homes, and will thus facilitate the
Marshal's operations.
We can then warn the Emperor, that in spite of
what has passed, we still desire peace, and that what
we have done at Tangiers and Mogadore will prove
that he must not trifle with us. If he wishes for
peace, let him hasten to grant us what we demand,
and let acts follow words. If not, if he is not con-
tented, and if he continues to receive and encourage
our enemies on the frontier, he must expect extremi-
ties from us.

" On board the steam .boat Pluto,
Mogadore, 17th August.
" I arrived before Mogadore on the 11th instant.
The weather was very bad, and for severals days we
remained at anchor before the town, without even
being able to communicate with one another. Al-
though we rode with two hundred fathoms of chain,
the anchors broke like glass.
" At length, on the 15th, the weather having taken
up, I took advantage of it to attack the town.
" The ships Jemappes and Triton took up a posi-
tion before the western batteries, with instructions to
attack them, and to take the coast batteries in the
rear. The Suffren and La Belle Poule took up their
position in the northern passage. It was half-past
one o'clock when our movement commenced.

" As soon as the Arabs saw the vessels moving
against the town, they opened fire from all the bat-
teries. Before replying to them, we waited until
every ship had taken up its position. At half-past
four o'clock the firing began to slacken. The brigs
Cassard, Volage, and Argus then entered the port,
and took up their position near the batteries of the
island, with which they entered into a spirited con-
test. At length, at half-past five, the steam-boats,
carrying 500 troops, entered the pass, and took up
their position in the intervening spaces between the
brigs, and the disembarkation of the men was imme-
diately effected.
" The island was defended with the courage of
despair by 320 men, Moors and Kabyles, who con-
stituted its garrison. A great number of them were
killed ; 140 of them, who were shut up in a mosque,
eventually surrendered.
. .

" Our losses in this day's proceedings amount to
fourteen killed and sixty-four wounded. Officer
killed :—M. Pottier, lieutenant of artillery. Officers
wounded :—MM. Bellanger, captain of a vessel
(slightly) ; Duquesne, captain of a corvette (slightly);
Couprent Desbois, lieutenant in the navy (severely) ;
Blaize, mate in the_navy (slightly) ; Martin des Pal-
lieres, sub-lieutenant of infantry (severely) ; Noel,
volunteer of the second class (very severely).
" The island having been taken, it only remained
to us to destroy the bitteries of the town, which lie
opposite the harbour. Our cannon had already
damaged them, but it was necessary to make them
completely unfit for service.
Yesterday, when under the cross fire of three
steamers and two brigs, 500 men were disembarked;
they met with no resistance; we spiked the guns and
threw some of them into the sea. We carried away

some of them, swamped the powder magazines ;
in fine, we carried off or sunk all the vessels which
were lying in the harbour. I believe that we could
at that time have penetrated into the interior
of the town without danger,- but it would have been
only a promenade without an object or without other
result than useless pillage. I therefore abstained, and
brought back the troops to the island, and the crews
on board the ships. I am busy establishing on the
island a garrison of 500 men. The occupation of the
island without the blockade of the port would be but
half a measure. I therefore follow your orders, in
closing the port of Mogadore.
The town at this moment is on fire, pillaged by the
Arabs, who have taken possession, after having driven
out the Imperial garrison. The English Consul, his
family, and some Europeans, have just come to us.
FRANCOIS DE ORLEANS.
Mogadore, Aug. 17.
" I will not close my dispatch without mentioning
the services rendered by every person under my orders
during the present campaign. Everybody served
with a zeal inspired by the ardent love of their coun-
try, its honour and interests, and with an absolute
devotion to the service of the King.
" Receive, M. le Ministre, the assurance of my re-
spect. "F. D'ORLEANS."
" P.S. Amidst the occupations with which I am
overwhelmed, I have no time to send you a detailed
report. Captain Bouet, who will hand you this dis-
patch, will give you all the information you may de-
, sire. I send by him the colours which waved on the
1 city and on the batteries of the island.
"F. D'ORLEANS."

REPORT OF MARSHAL BUGEAUD.
Camp, near Coudiat Abderrahman, Aug. 17.
M. LE MA n,cuAL,—The snn of the Emperor, Muley
:e; ,!,, r r..c I
wrote to him after the sort of summons he addressed to
me to evacuate Lilla Magrania, if we were anxious for
peace, his army daily reeeived fresh reinforcements, and
his pride increased with his forces. The Moors openly
spoke in his camp of taking Tlemcen, Oran, Mascara,
and even Algiers.
It was a real crusade to retrieve the affairs of Islamism.
They thought that we could not resist so large a body
of the most renowned horsemen in the empire of Mo-
rocco, and they were only waiting to attack us for the
arrival of the contingents of infantry of the Beni-Senassen
and Rif; who were to assail us from the mountains, at
the foot of which stands the camp of Lalla Magrania,
whilst an immense cavalry would surround us on the
side of the plain.
The nine days of uncertainty which had just elapsed
bad already alarmed the minds of the natives in my
rear ; hostile parties had already twice attacked our
convoys of Djemmaa Ghazeout, and the good-will of
the tribes of which they consisted was very near giving
way. Two reconnoitring parties came to within the
distance of a pistol shot of Lalla Magrania, and attacked
our outposts. A long doubt as to our force, and as to
our wish to fight the adversaries whom we had in front,
might have provoked revolts behind us, and, besides
other embarrassments, might have stopped the victual-
ling of the army of the west. I should have preferred,
from the excessive heat, to have waited for the attack
than to have gone to attack an enemy which was at a
distance of eight hours from me, but the dangers of
waiting any longer made me decide upon taking the ini-
tiative.
General Bedeau having joined me on the 12th with
three battalions and six squadrons, I advanced on the
13th, at three P.M., feigning to make a grand forage,
in order not to let the enemy understand that it really
was an offensive movement. At nightfall the foragers
returned towards the columns, and we encamped in
marching order in silence, and without lighting fires.
At two in the morning I was again in movement.
I passed a first time the Isly, at dawn, without meet-
ing the enemy. On arriving, at eight o'clock in the
morning, on the heights of Djurf-el-Akhdar, we per-
ceived all the Moorish camps still in their places, ex-
tending over the slopes of the right bank. All the
cavalry composing them had moved forward, in order to
attack us at the second passage of the river. Amidst a
large mass stationed on the highest part, we perfectly
distinguished the group of the Emperor's son, his flags
and his parasol—the badge of his command.
It was the point I gave to the battalion of direction of
my echelonne order. On arriving thither, we were to
move to the right and march to the camps, whilst keep-
ing the summit of the hills with the left face of my
square of squares. All the leaders of the several parts
of my order of combat were near me; I rapidly gave
diem my instructions, and after a halt of five or six
minutes, we descended to the fords, at the mere "pas
accelere," and to the sound of the instruments.
Numerous horse defended the passage ; they were re-
pulsed by my infantry tirailleurs, with some loss on both
sides, and I soon reached the plateau immediately below
the highest spot where the Emperor's son stood. I
directed upon it the fire of my four field pieces, and the
utmost confusion was forthwith manifested.
At that moment enormous masses of cavalry issued on
both sides from the back of the hill, and assailed at the
same time my two flanks and my rear. It required all
the solidity of my infantry; not a man betraying any
weakness. Our tirailleurs, who were only fifty paces
from the squares, firmly awaiting the multitude, without
retiring a single step; they had orders to lie down if the
charge extended to them, in order not to obstruct the
fire of the squares. Upon the line of the dead angles of
the battalions the artillery poured grape shot.
The enemy's masses were stopped, and began to turn
about. I accelerated their retreat, and increased their
confusion, by directing against them my four field
pieces, which marched at the head of the column. As
soon as I saw that the enemy's efforts against my flanks
were broken, I continued my march onwards. The
great height was carried, and the conversion on the
camps effected.
The enemy's cavalry being divided by its own move-
ments, and by my march, which cut it in two, I deemed
the moment come to make mine issue upon the capital
point, which, in my opinion, was the camp I supposed to
be defended by the infantry and artillery. I ordered
Colonel Tartas to echelonner his nineteen squadrons by
the left, so that his last echelon might rest on the right
bank of the Isly.
Colonel Jusuf commanded the first echelon, which
consisted of six squadrons of Spahis, very closely sup-
ported in the rear by three squadrons of the 4th Chas-
seurs.
Having put to the sword a good number of horse,
Colonel Jusuf attacked the immense camp, after receiv-
ing several discharges of artillery ; he found it filled
with horse and foot soldiers, who disputed every inch of
the ground. The reserve of the three squadrons of the
4th Chasseurs arrived—a fresh impulse was imparted—
the artillery was captured—and the camp carried.
It was covered with dead bodies and dead horses. The
whole artillery, all the provisions and war stores, the
tent of the Emperor's son, the tents of all the chiefs, the
shops of numerous traders accompanying the army,
everything, in short, remained in our power. But this
bright episode of the campaign cost us dear—four offi
cers of the Spahis and Chasseurs had lost their lives in
it ; several others were wounded.
Meanwhile Colonel Morris, who commanded the 2d
and 3d echelons, seeing a large mass of cavalry rushing
again on my right wing, passed the Isly in order to
break that charge by attacking the enemy on their right
flank. The attack upon our infantry failed like the
others ; but Colonel Morris had to sustain the most un-
equal combat.
Unable to retire without exposing himself to a defeat,
he resolved on energetically combatting until succoured.
This struggle lasted about half an hour ; those six
squadrons were successively and repeatedly engaged ;
our Chasseurs achieved prodigies of valour ; three hun-
dred horse, Berbers or Abide-Bokhari, fell under their
blows.
At last, General Bedeau, commanding the right wing
seeing the immense danger the 2d Chasseurs was ex-
posed to, detached the battalion of Zouaves, a battalion
of the 15th Light Infantry, and the 9th battalion of
Chasseurs of Orleans, in order to attack the enemy on
the side of the mountains. That movement determined
their retreat. Colonel Morris then resumed the offen-
sive against them, and executed several successful
charges in the pass whereby they were retiring ; that
episode was one of the most vigorous of the day,' 550
Chasseurs of the 2d combatted 6,000 of the enemy's
cavalry. Each chasseur brought back a trophy of this
engagement, one a flag, another a horse, &c., &c.
The infantry had net been long in following to the
camp the first echelon of cavalry ; the enemy had rallied
in a large mass on the left banks of the Isly, and seemed
to prepare to recapture the camp ; the infantry and ar-
tillery rapidly crossed it, the artillery placed itself in
battery on the right bank, and discharged grape shot on
that vast confusion of horse, assembling from all sides.
The infantry then passed the river under the protection
of the artillery ; the Spahis sallied forth, and were then
closely followed by the three squadrons of the 4th, and
the fourth echelon, consisting of two squadrons of the Ist
regiment of Chasseurs, and of two squadrons of the 2d
Hussars, under the command of Colonel Gagnon.
The Spahis, seeing themselves well supported by the
cavalry and infantry, re-commenced the attack. The
enemy were vigorously pushed for a league ; their rout
became complete. They retired partly by the road of
Thaaa, partly by the valleys leading to the mountains
of the Beni-Senassen.
It was then noon, the heat was great, the troops of all
arms were greatly fatigued. There was no more bag-
gage nor artillery to take, since all was taken. I or-
dered the pursuit to cease, and led all the troops back to
the Sultan's camp.
Colonel Jusuf bad made me to reserve the tent of the
Emperor's son. The standards taken from the enemy
had been got together to the number of eighteen, and
eleven pieces of artillery, with the parasol of the Em-
peror's son, and a great number of trophies.
The Moors left on the field of battle at least 800
killed, almost all of them cavalry ; of the infantry, which
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almost all its materiel. It must have had from 1,500 to
2,000 wounded.
Our loss was-4 officers killed and 70 wounded, and 25
sub-officers and soldiers killed, and 80 wounded.
The battle of Isly is, in the opinion of the whole army,
the consecration of our conquest of Algeria ; it cannot
fail, besides, in greatly accelerating the conclusion of our
differences with the empire of Morocco.
I cannot sufficiently praise the conduct of the whole of
our army in this engagement, which again proves the
superiority of our organization and our tactics over those
who have only to trust to numbers. On all the fronts of
the great lozenge formed of battalions in squares, the
infantry showed an imperturbable sangfroid. The batta-
lions of the four angles were assailed in turn by from
three to four thousand cavalry at a time, and nothing
confused them even for a moment. The artillery went
in front of the squares, to throw their grapeshot to
greater advantage ; the cavalry, when the proper mo-
ment came, advanced with an irresistible impetuosity,
and overthrew everything it found in front of it.
From all accounts of the prisoners and the Arabs, who
saw the camp of the enemy, their cavalry cannot be cal-
culated at less than 23,000. They showed themselves
very bold, but the confusion rendered their efforts power-
less. The boldest stood to be killed. All they wanted
to do well, was the force of combination and a well-
constituted infantry to support their movements. With
a government like theirs, it would require several ages
to give them the condition of success in battles.
I shall not attempt to enumerate all the brilliant acts
which have distinguished this day, but I cannot help
citing the names of those soldiers of all ranks who have
distinguished themselves most remarkably.
I was perfectly supported in this battle, which lasted
four hours, by Lieutenant-General Lamorieiere, by
General Bedeau, the commander of the right ; by Coi.
Pelisier, the commander of the left ; by Colonel Cavag-
niac, of the 32d, the commander of the centre ; by
Colonel Gachot, the commander of the war-guard ; by
Colonel Tarlas, the commander of the whole of the
cavalry ; by Colonel Yousuf, who highly distinguished
himself in the command of the new squadrons, com-
prising the first echelon of cavalry, and by Colonel
Morris, who showed intelligence and vigour in the com-
bat on the left bank of the Isly, which I have described
above. Captain Bonami, commander of my sixt-el
pieces of artillery, directed his fire throughout with in-
telligence, and rendered the greatest service.
The Marshal then named the principal officers of his
staff, his Aides-de-camp, a great number of the officers
in the regiments of Sappers, and in the different regi-
ments of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, who distin-
guished themselves, but the names are so numerous that
it is unnecessary to give them.
have the honour to be, &c.
Marshal BUGEAUD, Governor-General.