The Sun.
London, England, 1811-12-02 00:00:00

Ashworth, an 3 LieUtenant.dolanel Stewart, carii.
Manding Brigades, for the able manner in which
they led therrt, _Lieutenant-,Colonel Cameron, the
Hon. Litiotenant=Colooel Cadogan,, the Honourable
Lieutenant-Colonel Abercromby, and Lieutenant-
Coletnela Fenwick, Muter, and Lindsay,., Majors
Harrison and Bussche, Major Parke; commanding
the light companies, and Captain Gore, command
tog ~ the .
gth light dragoons, Major • Hartmann,
commanding the artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel Grant
and Major Birmingham, of the Portuguese SerVide,
-Captain Arresaga, of the Portuguese artillery, whose
a 4,49, much execution, severally merit my
Warmest approbation by their conduct and I must
"ItHiliiltnit to mention the exertions made Brigadier-
Gene6l. Campbell 1111,1 his troops, to arrive in. tire''
`to givU their assistance.
• General Giron,:l6Chief of General Castanos!:
Staff,.and Seconditi;'Cotninand of the sth Spanish:.
ArMy, has dOne me the honour to accompany me
during these ukratidtia; and I feel much indebted
to him forliis assistance and valuable advice. • ,
Brigadier.;Getieral the Count. De Penne .Villemur,
Brigadier-General-Morillo, : Colonel Downie, and
the Spanish Otlieers and: soldiers in general, have
Condutied themselves in 'a
manner to excite my

warmest approbatiOn..
To Lieutenant.-Colonel RoOke, Assistant-Adju.
taut-Genera),, and Lietitenanf-Colonel OfFeney, As-
sistant-Quaiter-Msster-General, for .the able man-
ner in which they have conducted their depart-
ments, and also kr the ialuab'e assistance' and ad-
vice which I have'at all times received from them;
to 'the Of ce,rs of the Adjutant and Quarter-bias-
ter-General's departments ; to Captain 'Squire, of
tie Ainyal Enginee.rs, for his intelligence and-inde-
Wigsble exertion during the whole operation, and
Captain Currie and my personal Stair, my wannest
o
thanks are One.
This dispatch will be delivered to your Lord-
by Captain Hill, my. First Aide•de-Camp, to.
whom I beg to Wei. your Lordship fur all further
'particulars.
_ _

i have the honour to be, 8:c.
(Signed) R. HILL, Lieut-Gen.
To Gearhi Viscount WCII6IBIOII.
P. S. &nice writing the above Report, a good.
many More pasdneri have been made; and I doubt
not but the whole will amount •to thirteen or four-
teen hundred. •
Brigadier-,General Mdrillo has just returned from
114 pursuit ut the dispersed; whom he followed for
eight leagues. He reports, that besides those-killed
in the plain, upwards .of six lu dead were
found in the wood's andinouni,ins.
General Girard escaped in Ow dire&ion of Serena
with two or three hundred torn, mostly without
arms, and is stated-by his own Aid-de-Camp to be

wounded.
.
, .
Return of Kille'd, Wounded, and Missing of a Corps of the
Army under the Command of General ViseountWelling-
ton. IC, B. *Commander of the l'orees, under rite imme-
diate Orders Of Lieutenant-General K. Hill, engaged with
the I,rench twat Arroyo del^Molino, On the amlt ut 9ctu-
-
ber, iti tt .
Total Oritiah Loss-7 tank and file, 5 horses, killed ;',r-Lieu-
tenkot,colona, ; M*ll3, 4 Captains, 4 Serjearthrt 07 rank
pod file, it horses, wounded ; 1 General Statr missing.
TO-tar-Portuguese. Lots-6 rank and file wounded.

Nantes of Officers Wounded slut Missing on the 28th 01
October tBti►.;~

ad
.;.i WOUNDED.
Hussars; King's Germ rn Legion-:-Major Bussche and
Captain Schuh ze, slightly., . . , ! ,
ad Sam 39th Foot—Capt. Saunderson, severely.
ist Hatt. orl Foot— Lieotenanr-Colortel Cameron, slightly ;
Capt. Donald M$ Donald, severely ; Capt. lohn Writer.
son, severely, buknot dangerously; brevet Major Dun.
bar, slightly. , •
M4SING.
arst Light Dragons —Lieut. Streoritiritz, Aid-ds.Catnp. to
thieut..General Sir W i i ham ,Er taupe, bat.

Return'of Ordnance and Stores taken from the Eheiny,
t French- six-iiich howitzer.
I French eight. pounder gun.
I Nrcuch four.pounder gun.
5 caissons, with gull and howitzer arrirmittitivh.
caLigon, with sill4ll.iiiill2hilritinition,
I storo _WaVati.

A Writ has been issued for the Borough at
Shrewsbury, vacant by 'the death of Sir T. F.
Jones. •
It has been ingge;ted that gunpowder might be
dried by the aPphcation of steam, which would ef-
feaually prevent those dreadful accidents which so fre-
quently occur. We hope this suggestion will'be
vestigated by.those whb are competent to'decide
upon the subjeiit, and that it it be found practicable
•
it willite adopted.
On Saturday night the •Bristol mail conelt brine-
roke
down with the bags, near the end of Cathe
street, Strand'. The wheel being cff, it ways im-
possibly to proceed, tied the letters were hntucdiateli
forwa4le4ia„a ,hackney coach to Piccadilly.
It is alcertaitied, that by the csplosion at WM.
than Abbeniowdr-mills, seven, ot. the workmen,
viz. 'Parker, '.Sievings, Grapes, Goates,:. Belcher,'
Weleling.: and- Chappel, lost their lives.; rind that.
another, named Wilsher, was so shoekingly scorch.
ed eitbruiied ilia he is not expectedied men, ex-
, to survive.
The 11010Itunate sufferers were all marr
cept Goatee: One of the deceased had seven chil-
dren, and others thrmee. Four of
ons Thequen eir wivesthe were
pregnant, and one iscarried in c
fright. The adjoining river had been drawn .fear the
dead bodies, but only three of ther), and a part of
one, had been., found. The consternation that pre-
vailea in the neighbourhood was such as language
"
nondesCribe.- The, people-Bed terfitie4 front
their habitatiuna, -imagining that the explosion was
The damage done to the town"
he
of
an earthquake. •
Itbithain'Adhey is not of much importance. T
prest-isouse ,and hen tbo,, corning.;
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