The Sun.
London, England, 1811-04-08 00:00:00

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[Extracts frotorthe General Orders, pil.blished utr
ieothol Pebru,iii, by Nlitrshal the i)uke of Dal-
rtotia, General in Chief of the zrmy of the Sold),
and of a diSp.iht) tiatisibilled all 111 C 12;.N1., by his
xcelictto) to f: H 4 Serene l li,,lniess NLljor-6'elier•tl
the Fit iheo of Notlei.tel lnd VtrogrAni,] ,
The General in arninioices tp he army the
lullll,tit Avarilagt.s that th 5111, Qmpi 4.)1 111- army,
commanded by iVilo aike of Tre4 iso, and
the eL,valry of 1,.!,,erv,..! under tile tiratrlll
LillltAT Nllll,ll4otiqq.,, hit Ye suecessivrely'obtained over
the eitelyty, witlgr:llie, walls of B;..clajos.
Sfiofe the cinumeneetoelit of tlie siege Of this for,..
fret the enemy made two fiorticti; for the purpose of
Nutt ding irtu 'a pproaeltes and destroy iog csur WOll4.
They ,xvic vigf.4roosly trptil'at)ti and,lost a grOat, ralin•
ber of men., °Coe infantry its the trenches, 'and thcf
cultyanis of tiityperi under ihe orders .of Citritain
out., as, well. as the 4th, dragoons; commalided by
(.:Oh.rni;l llitinseives' by their
bravery. The General Of Division Oirard ably di,
re6ted the non/einem, of the troops, under the
orders of Mashal the Dutke of Treviso,
Tl'a Chief of Battalion, 02..0n toimnaoding the
engifteviS, 4)) killed in °nem these -sullies. He
was .Its (Mice, olgreat merit, hod INIAMCII regreffotA,
Toe battery of the first parallel, winch wai opened
tka twigle of 'lietrter, is called after hirrt. Opt.
Visinsot of the F4t4-iii. ere, a distinguithed Officer, as
,
Captaios Lipoterie aod Prestat toe Wail,
iA , Aljqr w,onded.
the time the cavalry of reserve under
,Hrs of General I, tour Miuboucg made al
~0 into Portugal; and alternately appealed
tor; lortresses of givas and Camp Mayor:—

S;,aniards not withstanding,, who iron) ihe tattin,e,3
of their succours, were not able 'to prevent the cap.
lure of Olivenza, dispatebrd by ;kneed Ewe-01es the
two divisions that had joined 'the, f.oglish army at.
Lisbon. On the night of the sth they appeared
on the .heights of St. Cliristaiviil, and estahnshed a
communication with the troops in Badajez. The
cavalry which had completed the investment of the
garrison on the bank of the Guadiana, was obliged
to retire, and pasi,the Gebora., The two „divisions
of relief entered Badajos.
On the Gth General Latent' Matibourg w;l3 or-
dered to advance and endeavour to te.establishilie
hlockade upon the right batik The brave cavalry
under his command presented
,themeelves at 'line
in the, afternoon before the Spanish and Portoguese
cavalry, part of which was drawn up on the lett
bank of the-Gebora, chargtd and overthrew thent,
:with the:loss at least of ttree..hundred men and as
many hor,es,,of •keltich several were droWned. The
14th regiment of dragoons acquired we-A honoto
forcing, under fire,of 100cm:thy's grape, the pass ige
of the bridge of Gebora.
On the 7th at neon, the enemy made. general
sortie on the left bank, upon the light of our at tack ,
and matirruvred, in a Manner, foy the purpose forc-
ing us to quit that position, with the view of of' .-
wards attacking the rear of the continuation Of thy:
parallel. They had already :reached, tho, redonhts
uchon and Gazaula, which crowned the heights
of;St. Michel, and took possession of them ; but
the dispositions were so well made, and the rein-
fOrCetnelltS sent by Marshal the DukeTreviso an ived '
so opportunely, that the enemy were only masters
of these redoubts some seconds, and tionvithstand.
ing their force, which tett iii io,o{io Mt.:awry,
and 600 'cavalry, -besides some field-pwees, tie y
were completely routed and ...imen to the glacts
Fort .Pictnina and the g.n.tisou. . fbe
,enetny let
I,str killed behind them and according to', the nc-
CoUnt of 'deserters, they had, opWatc.is ;of 1000
wohnded; they also lost several:Officers of tank.
We had to lament the loss of some brave Men,
Captain Cazaux, of the, light artillery, Lieutenant
Brochon, of the lappets, IVtqii killed : Qapt• num,
of the 40111 regiment, and Colonel :Vigeol,'of the
64th, were wounded. The Commander in Chief
hid ordered the GJocral Of Division Gam, Head
of ti;ie Stair. to dneo tor that day the attack on the.
right : hi, disposition, wele..exaelkni, and he was
ably supported by the General of Division Gerard.
The Chief of Battik;-,u Arnaud, Aide-de-Camp to
General Gazan,,aild Sob-Lieutenant Ingaido, in the
service of his Catholic. Maktioy, were :wounded.
The enemy ternaine‘l quiet on the Silt. He ap-,
peared astonished at his loss On the preceding even•
ing., and the resist ance.he met with.

On the gth, hu mole a sortit; (in the 't ht hank
with his Caltalry Otid -the two. divisions of intauity
which came from Lisbon. :Tile), took a position
on the heights of St: Chtistoval, for the purpose of
re.estlblishing the .commuincmion, with Eivas 4od
Campo.Mayor, and t;a7:litating the intioduerion of
stippli4 into liad,t'prii thoreny
n appeating„ to re-
ounce any intention ot a w sortie ;fgainst the
front of attack.

s'cortmitm or? 1;•.)t;T P•APPALRnAs.
ThO would I vil bo4ll:inSi.Hl-11ty
in Ili!; n on flit; tit..!,ht hulk, :It Lite p ;zoil!!;•,:
the (7.0311.4:rhi, ioaviog iiiiiiledbi'v.muu,
, ,fiiio wit: retarded his operation ; anti
if the works executed by the :Imperial CurTs of:
FNineets, under, the orders of General Leo.; and
those of the artillery commanded by q..-3terdl Boar-
grat, had been -sAliciently advanced to oar this
ocher enterprize.
The 144111h:I °Nile attack in the centre.had rd-
rca,ly reached to within I(}U yards of the
in.gle of tort Pardalleras ; t.xo b,ittcries %vim-0 e,a
bliihed, and hopes were e,ntertained that alter si-
lencing the tire of theil'ort, it would be possthl,,,
by toner of those bold strokeal,vlach commonly suc-
ceed in war, to carry it by assault. It was resolved
to attack it. On the tth, in the afternoon, tilts
bombardment, which was begun six' days beton.,
was rchnincti with 'filaiti v'tgont 'and at the satire
time 11,0 two batteriei, which were eretAcd against
the face of tin! milli de bastion of Fort Piirdaleiio,
opened their tire. By thAt or the Cncnq
was EileDCrd, but the fire Imin the gatri.tai
c)eiiik.(.l, Notwithstanding this Circumstance, 400
brave
rf 110 kys, under the orders of ettptain Coste,
who had been plated in the trenches by the Duke
Trevisni Me9re • commanded to advance; to rtnth
to the entrance of the Poo, to breat the polissades
and to enter the works. It was executed with
po,sible bravery, with shouts. 01 " Long live the
hinpetor," • •

In less than a 'tinarter of an hour they welt! alas.,
ter+ of the forts and ihe garrison. were taken rnison,-
em They also took iix ect Of cannon, Wn bad
only sever) or eight men wounded. , ,

. _
. From the beginning of the siege to
.01E.... taking of
Parchleras, the enctoy did not relax their tire,—
They increased it eller this cvent. I.3ut ,the (Wee-
tion given by General 14:ty to the parallels was so
scielaitic, and the hattetii,s of General liourgest so
well I.ltriiited to localities and the objects at which
they were aimed, that . this. prodigious tirewtti not
sa de,truklive as it ought have been. "1 he third
varalle I was pushed on with all possible vigour, and
batteries. a ricochets, were already. establishetl
agail)4l. tho extent ol the faces of several bastions of
the fortress. , , •

. • BATTLE: nr-Tfig tiESORA.
enemy haul established his camp upon the
heights of, St. Christoval, Ott the right bank of the
and while he was occupied in complet-
and rendering the ItaSSarie of the Gebora
putairoble, the fort of ,Partlareras WaS taken. 'He
eoticeiverl himself in perfea security in this position,
having easy communications with Elias and C.trnpo
Mayor, Dispositions however were made
.to attack
liar in this position, but they were necessarily sus-
pended until . the waters at the Gebora and Gun-
di3na, 'had ovvrilown tint tivids, shookl re-
tire,. and Our Means Of passing secured, Captaihs
Rayon, of the: Moline engineers, andll,l, of the
potitoni6ts, laboured so ii ird, that on the lath we
were tibto to send infantry and cannon ac toiss the
river. On it following night the troops tiestinuo
by.tite Duke of Treviso tor, that purpose were sent
Geneo I:4tour Manbetng placed his cavalry
of reserve in line; and on the same day a Dew mortar
battery, which was established on the lett of the at-
tack of the centre, obliged the enemy to shift their

O the ibth, before day, Geeeral Latour Mau-
bourg filided the Gebora with hiS cavalry above the
bridr, which had been destroyed by ihe eoemy
"No tlais OutOre.' Fie moved.torward, rapidly, by
i lie rigid froth Badajnz to Campo Mayor, where he
commenced' an attacleon the left of the enemy's line.
The '2O !WS'S:M.4 even penetrated into their camp for
a 'short time. During this atiadk, the Infantry and
al iti4ll'Yoander thu orders of General ,Girard,o,passed
the fprdi lo the right and lett olthe bridge, notwith,'-
standin4 the rapidity of the current, and that they
were up to the middle in Water. As soon as the
tolumns were formed, the-Duke orTrevisti"arderied
General Girard to march against the right of the
enemy, and to mancrurre as if lie 'hitende.l to gain
the _height and place himself between the enemy
.and Fort Claistoval. The right baring been.fOrced,
General Girard was to alter his movement from. the
right, and fall upon tire main body of the enemy,
while General Latour Maubourg, with his cavalry,
shotild 'attack him on .the left flank and break his
line. This double movernem was executed with alt
the per leaion that might be expected in the field of
Marx from the most experienced troops, notwitb..
standing the briSk fire kept up by the enemy. The
34th and 88th regiments, forming the brigade of
General Philippon, were in the first lino, having
gilt! battalion deployed and two others in colurnn.—
The riot)) followed in reserve at rhallnisiance from
the '1 he. td company of .the ad regiinent of
either) iltiVtiliCod on a litre with the'iulaetry, with
two battdries,' The fire of. ouriroups conuneueed
at to° paces, and was kept up without rt al niter.
ruptitig the mo‘einent. A part, however, had
their bayobets crosNed, until all the rtiasece of the
enemy- were penetrated and pet to the rout. The
cavalry, whichfokowed claw hehiiid the fcio!, thin,
made several charges, whicn wine all eroectied welt
the most complwte. success. At tern o'clock in the
alottato2-,, the twti Spriiish divisions, which I vv-lve
days before arrived from Lisboa, existed nu longer;
850 of them Wert kiliecl,, Six stain's of Colours, 17
pieces- of cannon, eoliminunttion 'carts, and 5200
pkonery remaitied rp lire hands of tile Imperial
army. Tile few who cseeped' threw Vicanselves
tumultuously into Elyas err, f Winlajoz. •Meodiz
and La Caßititwh.o were in r tast,squareiignobly
sheltered theiweives in the first of these fortresses.:
1:100 Pertnguese and Spanish cavalry.; who were in
the battle, abandoned the infanoy.
Among the prisoners 'there are 350 'oflicer4 in
which are inciuded, Lientenanteneral 'Viruuz,
„four Brigadier-Generals, and t 5 Colonels or Lieu-
tenant-colonels, as welt as' several. Officers of Men-
tfizabal's Staff.' It is asserted that•Gtneral cvarcia
has been .diScovered among the dead, besides two,
Brigadiers and sevvral Officers of rank.' '
[Here follows a list of the
.01Fn.ers 'who rine'-
,
the'unelves,]
(...)or loss in 'this battle cdnsists only of 140
wounded; the number of killed. ammits only lo
; must of the. woondi'd will bei soon at& to, join
their regiments.

EXTRACT UV A SECOND DISPATCII VIIOM
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BiIAI, Ti InKli ()I.' DALMATIA To Tile Piiii•lcu

NEUKHATIM, DATEM BADAJOS, ninac,tt .12,
".Monseignear,---1 have th'U honour to, lniorm
your Serene l-liglsr:ess that the city ofila4ajos hair
submitted to the arms of his Majesty the' Emperor
and King, On the evening of the lOth the breach
was rendered, praeuedne, and the necessary dis-
positions for carrying it, by ,assault having been
made, t he.Ouke'of Treviso summoned the Ciover-
nor, who, after many, difficulties, at last listened to
reason, and thus avoided' a fresh etinsion.of huMan
blood. In the course of 'pie night the capitulation
which i have the honour to transmit to )our
lettoy was signed, and on the J WI the troops of his
Majesty entered Badajos. The garriion marched
out wiilt milpary hononrs, grounded their arms on
he s;l tci t, and were msrehed as prisOnersof war to
I haw the'honour trt, send to your Excel.
let', y.O list of I he wineral and superior Otfieeri,and
ntnnerieal account of the 'subalterns and soldiers
who have, it 4 out. Their number amounts to 7155,',
of %Omar bl 2 are,ollicere, 4n:hiding .Lieutenant.
General, two Ovid Marshals, fort' Brigadiers, lb
coionek,,and 4,24 I,,h,imennnt•Colonels, or Majors..
ExelosiVe of thecie;there .ire in the town t tOo sick.
and 'wounded, and I have sent home 220 -mar-
ried people or children,' who in the last • six
40)01100 have h:ien torn "from. theirand
compciled tos ecru. \V,: also picked up in the lo,wll
JUO soldit:fs who had hid themselves. Thus'.the
whole of the prisouers taken at Badalos amounts to'
!.)000 at least, ' •

" 'We knind in the fortress 170 pieces pf.cannon,
mortars, aid howitzers of viirions calibrts;'Bo,lloo
pounds of powdvr, 3410,060.cartriages, and a great,
deal of ,projectiles, hesictts two bridge apparatuses in
excellent cothlittort: - •

" In the conise .of the siege't he garrison expend-
ed two hundrvd and thirty thousand pounds of paw
elrr And two millionv of earttidgvs. The soldiers
piafitd up I 000 twenty-four pound shot, and upwards
„I 600 sheik, which were fired back into the for-
tress. There vas no• want of provi.ions. The
enmy intend d, to convert Blithuos into, another
Saragossa. The greater part of the bastions and
oollets or the fin ectii- had en rencliments' thrown
.up.
But it,appearA, vire!) trent the avowal of their ItNid-.
ers,, that, tieing in ignorance as to the real point of
attack, until the montentthat the breaching battery
was established; they were incapable 'of resistance
when the breach was rendered praelicable. Notes
withstanding, the English General, Lord Welling-
ton, did not cease to desire hirn, liont Lisbon, to
hold oat, and that he would send hint succours. It
'would appear front several lettera which 'were in-
tercepted, that such was his intention.. .Without
dolibt, the English General believed that he, had
(Whiled his engagements, in getting rid, of the two
Spimish divisions which had joined his' army, and
particularly yhen he learned tiot these divisions
had beew completely destroyed at the, battle of
Gia)oC44.

, •
" A circumstance took place which possibly con,-
tribitted In pummel the siege for some days. When
the enemy Math, their last sortie to prevent the
covert-way from being crowned, General Alenacho,
the Governor, WAS killed. General Imes, his suc-
cessor, wished to give some proofs of his talents,
and thereby occasioned, longer resistance.
" I
have the honour to transmit to your Flightless
a copy of 'rip: 'Journal of the Siege. It contains

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iN
-ortfrlntoris-.----T- trio}lend corliribilOrthlr
the Dly ou this occcaiiotr, I addressed lettie
army.
" Adjutant Conitnandsnt Avy hove tIA
honour or 'delivering 'you my di,p3tches,
stands of colours, taken from Vie enemies "I.lll'
'mperor at Olivenza; the bdttlb, of Gebors, aoti
E
at Badajos, to be 1.t...d at his Alajt,ty's fat. I in.
treat your lii3lineas to present tha..t.lionourablt
trophies.
" The surrender of the troops which djende,
Badajo completes the deo rutiton of the bee ato
of Barnacle, ‘vhich, two months tgo, wAs
strong. QI these,. 7600 have been mods pri,oarti
of war; and sent' -to France; the rallaititict
haw
been; killed or' dispersed. There are Pea 4tek
many wounded in the Itospilals of Catir,MV:
and AlbuquerqUe. There only rein-ries the ctirot
Ballasteros,- wide') is in the county of N°4l3'
some wrecks of regiments e:apo.l the
of Gebora, which Niencliz•thal ia vain eotleAvo
tt
ts
to re -Assemble Portugal. These intivo .001utt
stilts, obtained in a short spa,:e of time, k'll
duce' a great erect in the SOLlt,i)elll.l'!'ol4°
Spain tind.Puttogai. •
": I must remark to your flightless, hot
the prisom-rs; at 113n:11'108 ihere are ,t gre,t I,OO'J
who have
,been taken several tifOr' f
is tarill
officers, arid 'Glen,rals Gener.ll Ottr.-ia
them ; •Ite ,wos taken at Ferrol, where. be took
oath vt fidelity. oh
[flew follows an account of the Odicels
!tave particularly distill • then
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lVatecr id
AaatvEb-.-3 Lisbon, 2 A nholt, z Pogo,. z
0 Malta, -1 llublui, 1 Wmerl'irth

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