The Sun.
London, England, 1811-06-04 00:00:00

GENERAL ORDERS..

'The Brigade of Gnarls, under the command of Brigadier.
General !Nikes,' having been ordered home, and to embark
according to the General Oiders.of yesterday, it, will readily
be imagined that, however desirous the Lieutenant-General
is that his Brigade should enjoy repose, and should have an
opportunity of recruiting the severe losses it has sustained,
he cannot part with; such troops
without sincere regret at the
'loss of so valuable a corps. It is doing nu more than stria
justice to declare in this public manner, that he considers the.
condua of this Brigade as most exemplary during all the
time he has had the honour of their/ command, while their.
behaviour in the field was auelt as to secure to them the ad-
miration int' applause of their country Their exertions on
the ith of &larch, in theopinion of the Lieutenant.Generat,
can never be overrated. It is not less creditable to them as
good soldiers,
.that he has it in his power to ma,ke an agree-
able report of their conduct in quarters; he request* that the
Brigadier-General, therOfficens, Non-commissioned Officers,
and soldiers of the Brigade, will accept his hen thanks, and
be assured of his best wishes on every occasion.
Cadiz; May 3, at r.

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irititerday this city and its environs , were ez.•
posed to 'one of the severest tempests that has -oc-
&red within the memory of man. About three
o'Llock in the aftettruon vast tnasses of thunder
dead, appeered moving from the solith-west
athwart the wind, which was at that time in the
east; and thus they slowly proceeded for about
three-quatters. of an hour, when we perceived that
they were drawing on front- the south-east; and
loud peals of thunder, and a very dark horiton,
gave • dreadful note' of the approach of.the storm.
Suddrnty it came upon us with the velocity of a
whiilwind. The light was obscured by the descent
of torrents of bail. Domestic animals expressed
their terror by hiding theinsei,es ; and those that
were iu the fields broke tram their pasture for shel-
ter birds v6ere struck to the ground. ft seemed
as it the elements at an,- lire, and water were Corr.:
flitting with the earth. Tire r,oritig of the %nal
and thunder was mingled, and sometimes overpower-
ed by the rattling of hail, or rather masses of ice;
for a great part of the hl:il-stones were enclosed in
an icy incrustnion of an irregular form, through
which the stone was visible in the centre, many
of them tour tind some even seven inches in cir cum-
terence, These furiously rebounding on all sides
swept away every thing before them, lodged the
grass, cut elf the crops, :end beat the growing pro-
duce of the gardens -level .with the soil. in the
neishbourhood of hedge-rows and groves, the
air wa, tilled with flying leaves scattered in all di-
re,lions. Trees were turn tip by the roots; and the
1,01 crash of their fall in titanY places increased the
horruis of the tempest. For several minutes the
uproar was tremendous.

The head of the' tornado appears to have passed
ohhqueiy across the northern end ot Sansoin Ficlds,
whore, bet t.en the bottom of Merriman's Hot and
the White Ladies, it committed great hasoc among
the trees ; but the whole of the city felt the effects
ot its kry.- In about a (planer of an hour from its
commencement, Worcester exhibited ' a singular
tblie(aCie. .14 looked as though it had been exposed
to popular tumult or siege. Most of the windows
that had an eastern aspect were broken. ,It is said
that the china manutactory of Flight and Barr has,
lost twelve hundred panes. The Cathedral and
ether church windows ate injured, and an air of' ge-
neral devastation prevails. The violence of the
• storm was not totally spent on this side of the Se-
vere ; it did considerable mischief on the opposite
bank ; but its ravages were partial and confined, and
providentially no lives were lost. The evening was
closed by a continued thunder storm of a more mild
description. in the night the river rose la feet—
ti feet in one hour,—and has continued rising dur-
ing the whole of this day. Much at the grass in
the contiguous meadows is consequently destroyed.
The storm also extended its devastating, ravages.
to Shrewsbury and • its neighbourhood. Near
the Wrine Grit, hail-s ones, two inches in car,•
curnference, lay almost a foot deep. About five
o'clock in The afternoon, .0 cloud burst upon
the ridge of hills called, the Siiperstones, and a
torrent of water, with irresistible foice, and thon-
' d-rieg Ireland, rushing closet) the hill side, swept
away several cottages belonging to the White Grit
trainers. Part of the vast body at water took a di.
reetirair through Habberley, but the greatest quantity
pursued its course along the valley through which
runs MinsterLy Brook. From the vicinity of Mr.
Nailer's, at Hoxton Mill, buildings, and every thing
in its way, were overwhelmed. Between. tine and
six o'clock the deluge reached Minsterley, flood.
ing.alinost every house ni'the village. Mr.Vaughan,'
a fartarr, was Swept ay..ay from hid fold, and carried
several hUndred ards through the bridge, where
the current threw him upon a pigstye, from whence
he climbed to the roof of a house, and was saved :
his sister was cat tied a great distance, and lett in
toe branches of if tree, but so much bruised, that
the is not• expetted to survive. Thirteen persons.
were miraculously saved iolhe Angel public-house ;.
on the first alarm they ran up stairs, and when. the
water fiat reached the s-cond Story, they clung to
the ratio's, while the stabling, with all other con-
tiguous buildings, Were swept away. In the sta..
Wes were seventeen horses, and they swam Out.—
The stables of the Rev. Mr. Williams, and part of
the church wall, are both carried away. The
persons who perished in thisarillage were, Mr. Hog.
gins, afar Mer, Holmes, a labourer, and another
person. At. ltlr. Heigh way's, at Powesford, it burst
into the house *to ough the windows, till at length the
walls gave way, and Mr. Heighway's venerable-
grandmother, aged 93, wit 4 two female servants.
and a labourer, were,buried into the abyss. Mean-'
while Mr. kleighway's wife nod another lady clieibted
upon the roof of the hotise. :The loss of Mr.
Heighway,.it is supposed, will exceed 40001.—.
Nearly the whole of his house, except the end
upon which his Wife and her companion were saved,'
is destroyed, together with the furniture, stabling,
barns, sheds, twoivalualale horsey, tan-pits, hides,
bark, &c, and every nee is torn away froin his or.
chard: At this Place the water was at least twenty
feet deep. At Minsterley, the water was from six
to eight feerdeep in some houses : the house and
mill at Plott's Green were carried away. At Han.'
wood, the damage done in toe thaw) mills of Mar-
shall, HUtton, and Co. it is said, will amount to
i or 60001.. stock of flour and the premises.
belonging to Mr. Blower, and Mr. Pickering, have
sustained great injury; and indeed it tiay be sa;d,
that -every bridge aud Mill has either been destroyed
Or greatly damaged.
The torrent following the course of Nicole Brook,
. reached Colehain, one of the suburbs of Shrews-
bury, about halt-past ten o'clock at night, with a
tremendous roaring noise. The cellars slid loWer
foetus belonging to Ole Sevco Stars poblid-house,
and all the hoUrses adj,ining, were deluged : die
street in front of Mr. Hulbert's Fatiory was inun-
iteadnZteloutus(iger,stiiii.of nearly three feet by an almost
At this time the noise ot the
cm-rent Was inconceivably dreaatul, and toe. cries
" help !" tS c. contributed to the horror of the -
sound.

The force of this great body of water rushing into
the Setetn, from Mzlile Broult„ actually turned the
current of the river 84.3.,-rit, which rose in front of
Mr. Hulbert's Iluse, four feet perpendicular, in
irs, than ten 'monies. Mitch damage has been
dime at the Abbey mill, and in the gardens conti-
guous. The force ot the torrent running under
Colohatu!britige carric4 with it 4 portion of the

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Yt.,il.lll,le.ssfqourddir.,ie):l)lldllu"itdtibreetrei 1 :tl:l:.tillu'it'ti'ldsti(:srl:l-slyl. 'b:11111;vst
tu
111::°: I .:t
~, ere r
t la itorocable to CAlcalllte the atnointi of Iv
parts US
t'
and clestruted; it is said, i',al in aid
Parishes of l'obrif.sbury, Wi,rihin, snit We,llolo
at least three thoui lod acres ul Idild wet' &IVO'
The PRINCE Biotirei and D..ke.nl Ceitstaistal
left Wiod,Of ',at six O'CIOCk on Suli,tay viiiiiiii.
Yesterday, at two o'cluck, his flop) Hetslhe
Duke of YORK held ii Pubf,e Levee at his afire in
the Hor,e-Guard, which .wos aneinfeil by no lea.
I ban 'SOO General and. ot her Otficas, Tad 400
military uniform, with
.bofbe Levee vs 00'
derstuod to be a general asseniolv of Aliiitsry U.
el
reirsst'i thloil i congratulate
ii ,
re-appointment to be Commando. in Chief.
his noysl 'Highness inns, iili
of GI
hoev, els;
,41-1
!tau eoriiiiieltiNrsi deter
aoticlujiin3le3ditiAt
ofinichreepi3treitlili):
al
aul.ialt)3l:ettsicoefflotlitcetP(bqlititlltheeedSit3lCei::gi:tdli°3l: iiiillail ;i411;:‘li!re" 105 elitilv'ett;iictretifilot°
the saute rank in the Itegulai gal. , _
ottoi:
:ell:I:II:II:et,
Nroeprcrgdevieecrilislis:Etiii:Gyir: ts.lll:Tiies:
blroteen:f.te,ol:crirvild:it.,3)i
giy,thli
I,:
I,ii his
iiß7o:!aiilillolcitifoaiigivlithi;el::it
'companies un their re.ihretve poos by linlf•pa.tel,
"'clock. At nine to deploy hire hoe. .M c,
the ground,--A gt.t)e,3l salute.--"flie Papas";
pass down the line,—;l'he line w,li 10'4 il TA
column, and pm 'in review in ordinary an,' (11,„e
time-.—wileel into line.--tire three vollirs 30u C .
7—retire by' passing files to the rear, The lice sir
vane In open order--GellelLAN.lll:ll.C. 6,
tie price of Bread was, aLIV3IICCLI Id. per fr,4'''
day,
I,,AI:AhReTE l
iNavalhas
s atW
lotrllidg
twbillor)ei j,
soeitelet :an
ilihe :Ir,
titilelliPlialif/,c°,111
Captain FANS shotild be exchoged lor,attoro
Captain de Vaissenu, named CA wit', a''' h 6 ial
arrival in England. may be ex?ected bY .1"
cartel from s.lorlaix.
CITY FETS.---00 Friday Wiling i i
. l's '
M.iyoress piovided at the Mansion-hoe,
h,e a l'''"
sumptuous entertaiumerit ler aboilt 1--t6,1)„0001
hundred persons of distalMiun. Tiv Os 5.1 oeicrit
the civic mansion were adorned in die Old doices
manner-with beautiful 'flowers, tiro, a', ~in pisl
complimentary to to tile Li.litisli Hillii in Dim ,
Portugal. 01 13")
Lady BeacifEY'S musical party on The
reelo
in ilarlei-streei, was one of the 104 i:..1 to
kind ill:It; has taken plat:e during this 01407'i 0 tbe
UAM, MIS, ASIIE, .Mrs. HIASCHE, ')5
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Misses Be acu sy, exerted their movcal Puto 0;0
great success, Tile atteetioa .0 It'c 3tula •
• . , .
was highly gratifying. .. 5001
. ~ Mrs'. Swooras gave an elegant treat 01,,
0tii,:,,,,,1.
at Westbouine Cottage, to a eery 11(7'6„spoli
Party, among whom were the VIM. "4.0 V.s
1)u c h ei ses of DavoNsflitts, Gnsoofit l'g,`,l, iota'
of ElAnDwicti.a, SCAttaottov&u, Mc° titiOil
COMDR, ELGIN, &C. and many tour° QI ille
orders. ' ~,,%fttil
frofmheti/!;:inartil
oßtobriiirei iseidttertroidiesooffst
,I,eixop i
ice
‘.l 1" ti!
ti;
.coming at the liaytnarket l'neatie, iii!,,,,,,iir.i.:
has.ofien shown lii skill its, drawing " 4501,34 l'
raolers, and in the compositioo of osutio •
has long been unrivalled. •-.....,611,11'
yelp,-
.0
The recitations of Dr. BLIBBY'g new yric (00 ''',,
(retina concluded on Saturday last, boot to".
again attended by gentlemen of we.ll
o"joiiroigal.,
arid literature, who all concurred °irked Il'e'lo
vigour god poetical spirit which 01,.,e0 if wilt '
Position, and the able lllMlller in OP' A
... • t eloir'l
cited by the Doe:tors soo.
Lord HOLLAND, we hod, was i,noti'ilddilig' Pri'ort
late Meeting of the Corninitee forirrt,_,ol 0010
• lane Theatre. It is to be 'hover,' l' r
30,0_ 41 got
Nobleman and Mr. Willtrißl•t'ict,,rsiten 'tb,tot
their. sant ion to a plan fur the ,r !_Ol, probi
unfortunate property, that there is 110
fold
of seeing the Theatre revived: A .i 3 ofoibl,cio
Lord MA YIIIItV %V 35 rebbeu of o:tr
watch and appendages, pmt tj. lerldsr e'cli/„..'t'ite
nearly one hundred potands, n *, jiipuip fri be
crowd, leaving
had
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p‘ f 1
vd :est;
it:
seine Coachmen a• few yarda fr,lo":eessei d°
. house, and his Lordship harm
A professor of surgery eito ~..oistios iit
~.60
ifuniieur of the Two Sicilies, 01,"_.•10/, the rv,o,
difficult and extraordinary accolir
chiltfeta svietir,,,lbst
°I. which was, that thirteen saoies. oe P
0.0100
duced, NiX males and *even frn.rowopic iii'"e 0001
these children, although of tn'''.,.,,•,,n born of
WPM as perfetftly formed as chow' Ivy for
size. Grond 10
found bY the .1.1 Wr
A true Bill hp been flute ~. kdir
,c agaiost it filer
the county of Middleoe• 6.o,_e4tioli,
escape from the linage of, i_. A uts. _
..;rtit
well, on the prosecotion ot lv!,_,i;i3"o,l.ooo,,siieet
YOUNG: .BELCOOR At"),..Dl,:t 1,01111,0r4 00
match, whiCh hag been olart!ritlitid,,,, nesi., 100
is nearly
rLi‘yvoinil2drb)totn,dbm"lid:'ldlc 00119°1 j-i
r_l(t)Eletrt troiNdld!v"l ccftr
bat is expetieril, ?li..D. ' o#ll
' ( .enterel ors It, on ‘ ,
The body of a Mao 0 b .1 el. 1. the,tee!
bruised, was Wired
up iti C, ' td3y, Old itil pre
• . i Wt +s
PI. , aenAderg)• . 14r#
IllOrillOg. t Wfifi 0 _ r ,r, 1,.... din
ed turned out to be e man °' ',ha resider
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'of 13:1101, 14 .••- Held t .ce#F
Ferry pf. tho pame
itlgbaru-row, Mor)' • le-b''":/ od day 01 'Sh'ive I°`
am on horseback oil tite,+:-01,riood 10
.fjoirOli
alter drinkiv freely, alit- li I od after"
. .12
froin his hOrse about 133tter,ea, nep
Isit
. A Ma, ' , li
ed into the river.' • • .tr,au • 6PP
t Chit
01'N' 1.11 i Ilet
On Saturday a fernsie•c .„0041, ' 0 l
-, ' besier-,w• 011 e.
in :Kurth4treet, aantic • ~ :003
garret window , info the:strati r_ . , , 'at`
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00 dell'
spot, , the ‘,.1
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lOgitilonFir:t;dtaiyi.claVi,ica,tuSlierslhiyff.4:,:!,...llo,o6; 0:13450051cbi..mi1tp,"*;,.
vered of a son. fier f,adysl IP fii weji • 5 rl
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are happy to state, are P '1 , -'''' •
.. getrr, 1":4 I' l'll°. '7l
coo, piA . id, , 04, to CO
Ships at Make. :Ol"' r 41': ..,i tV 4
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tUVOOA GerilTE, EVT lilCi PDA TARY.-
' . lii•t,DAY, JUNE 3.
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•
I),nen;ng
.r. A +eet,' June q,. 1911.
•
Gavevispaiehes
, of whiCh the folloNing are extrafli,
heou thii day I.(..eived hy the Rail Of Liver-
WI, addrected to his LoidshiP by .-G
V.stntint Wellington, dated Elvast 22Lieut d May, taleneral
l.
Ott the night of !lie 15th instant I reeeived from
!1id41401 Sir William Beresford,letieis of the 12th
13ih instant, which reported Marshal Soult
!tad brake. iip from Seville about the loth, and had
advanced toward, Estreinadura, notwithstanding the
tteurti which had teen previously received that he
Ullthhlt
3!i y occuined in siren& hem og Seville and the
,rosi.lies to that coy, by works ; and Ulm all 11:s
~ll' a'''its noicated an intention to remain on the de-
-1011%1,, iii An‘lidnaia.
.:
therrtore
vi et out on the following morning from .
ul3'''"a , k.°lll 1",1 ; and having ter eived further 'ann.
el
--, ti.e 01 the 14th, tinni Sir William Byrcstord,
tienemy's inoveruetits,l hasleried my progress,
‘ti a ;lived here on the i 9in, and tontid that Sir
:t"'Alija) Beresfoid had r.nscd the sioge at I3.ldait',4'
„I'lL'ut lbe loss of ordnance. or' stores of y ne-
-iiiiit and collected the troops under hisan coin-
-414"4, 31,d had
C'h formed a junction
,with Generals
'
icitios and Blake at illburra, in the coulee ot ti ,e
16111 ilio,
lie was attacked there on the 16th. by the French
strbY "der Ile
°ll r 'I cutilliand of Marshal Souk ; and,
t"" Pant severtiotecietit, in which all the
iPi.contlimed thc eeinsehies in the tilosi gallantTlntier, Sir William Berestord gained the victory.
vile eilemY retired in.the ',iglu of the t 7111, leaving
1iv'3,41 cen goo arid teen woundtd on the ground. Sir
4,,,,illihfiereturci sent the allied 'cavalry ,fitter them,
;1":1 gh the 19th, in the morning, reinvested 133.
majo•
,
i or, i
ithi,"c"'se reports of Sit: William7Beresford, of the
.4." ant reports Itit.ii inst.int, on the operations :of the
att tu I!`' wow lit (it' raising it, and on the battle
..r1 °tit ra i a• d l net; to draw your Lordshisp's• at-
RIK null to lb,: dbll tt y , the firmness, and the gallantry
out by Ni.„..,h,ii Sir w„,,, Beresford throuh-
. he ir.
adtl nor7ansdet,t)tis on w ilit ii. Ile lies written. I will
log to what he has said of the ennduct of
all n,,, u..
autior-ii. 'kers and troops, exciTting to express my
14 ' l'n w it, and My ctirdal eoncurrence to the
~ v''',4l.'ile re,ioria b.. Str William tierebfird of the
6th4)lol('''`l'''t 01 ail..
„ .
11,i,„11.1):1:17ftet'llie,:ilic(it:tid!itiiityli.e.t in Castilla since I quitted
t'llt4lioti ot t -le 9th carps, belonging. 0
1 re-
d belling.ii, the Corps d'Ariti6e in Andalusia,
4 hlarcliea Unin S thitii,tha oh (II 'Bl3°t" i'''e 15.1),
taw ty
• dn.). ent to‘Aaids Avila, and were to Louie by •Ma-
I se i
Au) II(' (his dispatch by M jot (I,ioui.-19hel)
L 14114/(11, the Sec,ei.4). of Alitrshal Sir Willii,ii
at;trecuid, who nits pr...sent iii Inc battle of Albtieri,
),1,44 :Rh give yiiiir Lordship any Intl her informai tun
':
to Jutiarilir:flionsTitpi.and I beg leave to recommend him

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4traeittf A Leocr frnm klarltial Iteresford to Lord Wel-
r hi,gtun, low Albueta, May tb, krill.
,
0 in conformity to j our LordSitip's instrt/EllOll.
.4,_e110 the uik the 24' Ii ultimo, in enn'ellueuce of
t,7l‘tkli sta eOl the weal ho, and our thedus .°
al;',.11,11:;!111t4tion across the Guadima liming
ill, '," uY 'ht. hudiienrloodiog of that liver, and leav-.
been ue-
j ; 1' ca% airy in Zali a, Los Si.. t 0,,, and Villa Franca,
it,i'"icol the ;titulary with its head at. Almendrici..
vij.ul Azaechal, in.d 1(7'113 Alva, where were the i _
tim" of Major-Geneisl the Hon. Wi•Sfeeert "ilidt,
tiai."r•Chneral Hamiltoo ; and ' the Honourah -.:
r4l.l3,,'"eeneral C'rie's division with.Brign,licr-Gen .....:
fl.,o`444lltrisbrititidt of cavalry in. Merith,'•the
(, brigadt, t.f.it comMatided by Brigadler-Gc..ne-..
jiritrlo'el4, and thaf was intended' ror'tlie . attack of:
AEl,l',',' e tricoval„it NI.) ~ej ~ aril the. light nri•
lie ueLlan Lo-giou tinily' Nl,ijor, General, Baron
L. i.", 11. Tativ,r,i 11 41, kiwi.% the light battalion
i z' tlL'giult hi Oilve.icri during the perfiel of wait-
i'4. 41411 Ertl '• 1 -"G (kiwi and the
re,ol
4ie Water 44 roe. tia , 1
~.,
r.
aid, „a 'lBll"sent Of' ~ur bridge, it oel.g of coos, t
k;i:nportance to push the eriebinral far from us as
Ilifi.vo" daring the sie:.;e„ as le had, up our obl'g'ng'
tri
' retire trlnn L'ti!Ntla LOGuadaielitial, held the
miter plce,
I di
•
en,„ 1.0(4 a inch column of two thousand men,
~...,posej ,
C"lll..na A c)1
'h st hii,-,i, 3d division, puler the
tu, 'IL of LieuienZt;Colonel Coibor,re, wit'l
-0
1':d:tool:root' cavaby, and
Poundert
and Mrio,, d, two Spankh four-,
ce"d from Alineoch aljoi by fitoeAii-t•
lour-
ing a, ir,...., to Azuaga to threaten ht's right, $711,-. i
Sri • d. je "no Cone loaf' squadrons of cavalry floin
tu!' tl•Geneial Long lit Villa Franca 'to.Llerelia,,
thelini""t Ith'
, Count'de Penne Villaninr, who 14(1.*
Car with '"a Soatikti cavalry of Gent:rid Cistenn s
110,41,1,11/1113ku him lest an attack in trout, and Ge-
co(4., , 3helleros went from Mpnasterio to Mom -
the
di to 'firemen his left. T:ese manceuvrew had
ale sirci
i ..Pl, ;al so-n as Lie enemy saw the
N 4 e%iit —,'",(1"111-Coloi,e1 Colborne near Azu-
linod„.,,L- 'le, (Lid five hundred infantry' and three
Mice ;',,e.'4"11'1, lii abandoned rcciPhatelY the
(Lii,;,:j''',, cede
to, GuadalCanal, which place the
I,,itti . '..atodr Nlaubouig, with the .sth corps,
Nen!, „It: ,tw" ,its atter the arrival of this detach-
etitlsta;;:l4 at elevvil oclock at night retired near to.
foinu,d'i'in." Lienteuatit-Colonel Colborne iper-,
inainier, its service in a molt judicious and hanclionie,
.rt e w
*ait:l„,eather having been some time fine, and the'
llepm.o-11.1lie Gunitiana . having subsided, and our
"4iitti:(4l3 hlvitig-,:iiy Lieutenant-Colonel Fletch-
-1144j44‘tY. bee:, nearly. completed for the siege'of
infinti ' t)''' the liitl of his, I sent4three brigades of
ron, j'a..briadtt of Six-Ypot finders, and two Icitla"
the HQ c 4411, under the orders of Major-General
clog, Ell,?alAie Witham Stewart, to invest more
Perfori:',,'in, 'on the south of ' the river,- which lie
-t+jo ith his usoal zeal and. attention on the
lilt: rralitilolithit3 611, inStant, 'I
ditched the march of
eri,
.ha ~t. g divisions, on Badajoz, (Je by Akita-
bpolt. ,9111t1 by Talayur,i, leaving the cavalry as
Nail lIP'-icea. Oil the 7th I is
before Badajoz
tit , '"*4 divisions, Cable
Cipitanos furniftl)ed
Ills Cr e°-`31,01.4te :II the.siegei two -11101Pland'Men,
°'t, ,tilt e'''"'n 'lid of Brigadkr Don C 4105,
lilirik'Zl;'.L., U`'.t„ite .."'tii I. dircv.ked she brigade of
Phivtit „,, Iller.,,'l_4\eimilis, which had been previous-.
141iii4, l' 'i'ahnr4.- Orproceed to ttie Torre of
vi 14, about two tunes trout badajoz, un the
•

Campo Maiorioad, hnd to b 'joined thOc by the
17th Por ugu-se re4iment, two squadrons of cavalry,
and lour six-pound-is froM Elvas ; the force to
tom at three o'clock ;n the morning, arid 'he %bole
to be paced under the orders of the Honoupbie
Major-General William Lumlry, to invest tne north
side, and to attack Port St.•Cristottal. By some ac-
cident to the beatei of the orders to Brigadier-Ge.
neral Kemmis, the Ofiieer did tint dni ve at ~is post
till nine o'clock. The Hon. Major-General Lum-
ley, on the approach of the light companies of the
brigade, .adiancing towards the town, with the force
he brought Iron.). Elkas, ihe garrison made a sortie
upon, but: was htillediattly dro‘e lx,ck, and the
grenadieis of the 17th regiment part:olarly distin-
guished themselites by chaiging the enemy, headed
by Colonel Turner; the detachment suffered the
loss as per return Nu. I

Oa the Bth, Lieutenant-Colonel Fletcher, to
protect the further approaches, constructed bat-
teries against the Par,lalleiras and Piquerino, on the
heights comma id;lig them; though at a considerable
distance; a 41 Capt. Squire, .whom the- Lieutenant-
Colonel had sent to s iperintend the *inks intended
to br.ereded agaiost St. Ctistni,ai„ began his opera
tions on the uth. The brooking ground on that
side immediately caused great jealous) to ibe'enemy,
and be opdosed.it by a most heavy fire•of.shot and
shell, and on the morning of the mh he made a
sortie against the battery constructiog, with aboUt
twelve hunched men, being" within five hundred
yard, of the place. Fle soon reachedl he battery, and
it having of ;he covering party allot t d'to it, only one
intan..ry company -in it, tho enemy gut posses-
sion of it,.but had it not for two minutes, as the
whole of the cov,ring party tt,at was close to the
battery On the slope of the bill, immediately seized
their mins and drove the enemy-hack with consi-
derable-In.'s ,0 Mtn, but I regret,to say ours on this
occasion must ba've been considerably greater, from
our • troops having exposed themselves to the shot
and shell of the t ~vn'and tort of St. Cristoval, and
the musquetry from At is I cr.
I rinnex the return of our lcss.on this day, and in
it I have to lament being depriyedbf the set Vices-of
Colonel. Turner, who in the very short time be had
been in Portuguese *et,,ice, had given me the
greatest salisfict a'..d to ti,rse two days, the must
conspieuons proof of his gall •nrly,
I annex the returns of out further loss of men on
the respective days that our operstions against Bodo-
ni?. C-ntioned, and the Hon. Major-General Liam-
. ley's Reports- On the eirctuthaances and consequences
of the enemy's •
On the 3 tQtisrreceived in,ormat KM from General
•___

Blake that Marshal So,'it tiad lvit Seville on 'the
Ibth, and with t:;e Avowed intenii,n 4 coming to
Badajoz7--hk tome stated 16 be litwen thotplaod'
men ; and General Latour Ntubourg had already
again moved upon and tccuitied Guadalcanal and
Llet'ena,,trom which places the Count de Penne

Viilarnur had been obliged t,t retire. As General
Blake had come do n to Frejewl, and General
Ballastvos from Monasterto had rushed In; ad-
vauces within a league of Seville, I c not judge
if this advance of Alarsh,,l Souk wis merely to
°blip these Gvnerals to rettre,.and leave him un-

tlivurbed inSeVille, or really as it was given out It)
be, against me, and with the object a taising the
siege of Badajoz, and therefore continued my opera- •
tions against the p!ac.e, until the (thither advance of
Soult should 'more clearly de•ertnitie thii point ; but
in the middle of the night I. received information
trom General Blake and other quarters of the rapid
advance of Marsh3l Soult, and which l2tt no doubt
as to his intentions. I iintnediately sent to suspend
operations againA ladajoz, andlo e...)mmence to re-
move to Elvas our and stores, which unfertu-
had been nearly completed ttawhat would
have been wanted for the siege. _ . • •
By great exertions of Lieutenant Colonel Fletcher ,
of the loyal Engineers,,. and .Nlajor. Dixon of the
/Artillery, every thing was removed on the evening
of the 15th. To' Lieutenant Genoa! Leite's (the
Governor of
.011 prov,i.ice of Alerntejo)..zeal
unweati,tl activity in u hatever regards the service,
and welt .re. of his count y, it is bat just to say, we
are on all ocei,ons much indebted; and particularly
on this in the getting, together the transports neces-
sary to us, and in furnishing and forwarding what-
ever else could be. useful. 1 seize with pic;ibute this.
0; partiality of giving to General Leite that praise
which tie has ever !.o fully merited.
I had •been.iibliged, to cover the removal of ilia
itores, Lice. to leal,e the division of ntjor General
- the lion. G. L; Cole before Badaioz: Major Gene-
ral Cole marched from before f3adajoi Lc) join the
army 'here at two o'clock on the morning of the
,r6th ;., and arrived about halt an hour before the
enemy made his attack.

1 have, however, the satisfadion to inform your
Lordship that the enemy cannot boast of having got
a particle at our itorrs ; they were ail safety. lodged
in Elvas, and with the exception of Brigadier Ge-
neral KeMmisis.brigacle which was on the ,North
hide of the Guadiana, our troops were all united On
the morning of the 16th, to motet the attack and
oppose the march of Manihal SOult.

MY LORI),

Album, 18th May, att.

I li4ve infinite satisfaCtion iu c immunicating to
your Lordskip, that the allied army united here un-
6er my order,, obtamed on the 16th instant; a ter a
most CsOnlest, a complete victory over
that of 'the eneniy, commanded by Marshal S.)tilt
and I shall proceed to, relate to your Lordship the
circumstances.

In a lot mer'report I have informed your Lordship,
of the advance of 111ar,1131 Sault front Seville, arid
I I)3d in cbnieqbence j9c4ged it wise, entirely to
,
lb, siege: lladajuz. and prepare to meet bun •
with 'our united torces, rather thait by looking to
two ohjeOs'at' once, to riiik the 'lois of both. Mar
shal-Soult, it appears, had been long, straining every:
nerve to collett a'foite which be tho..rght tunysuf-'
fieient to his object' for the r lief Qf Badajuz,
and for this purpose he had drawn considerable own-.
berg' (COM the cote, of !Marshal Vidor and Getietra.
Sebastian', and also I believe fionr the French army
of. the. centre. f laying thua completed his prepara-
tions, he mire ed from Seville on the 10th instant,
with a corps then eslimated at fifteen or sixteen
thousand mn, mu.] was joined on, descending into
K.trenradura by the corp., under Peneral. Latour
I\!:rribourt';-, stated to be live thousatO `tnen, Eiis
(.3:rneral Blake as soon tis he learnt the
Artv':ince of Marahai contorcoThy to the
ptiro proposed by your LoichhiP., Pioui,ooo.P form

his ic,,netion With the corpa under. my NA' rs, and
arrived aiV alve.ide in perfam on the t4th instant;
,where having consulted with tijit Excellencyand
getieral-Castanos,. ,it ,was detertuitted to meet the
enemv, and to give hint hvtle.
0. finding the determination 01". the enemy to
relieve Badajoz, I had br.kett up from before that
and marchA the infantry to the position in
grow olValverde, except the dic.i3iOn of the Ho-
nonranle IVl3jor.General G. L. Cole, which, with
t,io thousand Spanish troops, 1 left to covet the re=
moval of our stores.

The malty which had, according to .ordcrs,
fallen back as the enemy advanci,d, was joined at
Santa Martha hy.rlse cavalry of-General Blake : that
of GetterahCas!anos under the Count tie Penne
lainuy had been always with it.

As remaining at Valverde, though a stronger,po-
sition, left Badajoz entirely' open, I determined to
tike up a position (such as could be .g9t, itt fibs
widely open country) at this plage ; tiAls standing
directly between the enemy and Badajoz.
Tne,army was therefore
,asSembled• here on the
sth inst. The corps, of General Blake, though
making a torced March to etfeet it,. only joined. in
the night, and cnnld licit be placed in its position
till the morning of the 16th lust: when Genesal
Cole's division, with the Spanish Brigade under Don
Carlos d'sfiagne al-0 joined, a little Iqefoi.e the
commencement of the istiion. Oor cavalry tad
been forced on the morning of the •1 sth inst. to re-
tire from Santa Martha and joined here: In the af-
ternoon of that 0 ty tile epeoty apps-,,ire.: in twin ol
tie. The next morning our disposition for receiving
the enemy wis made, being formed in two Ines,
nearly parallel to the river Albuera, on the ridge of
the gradual asbew using from that river, and cover-
ing the roads to Badajoz and Valt tide ; though
your Lordship is aware; that the whole lace of this
country is every where: passable' for all arms. Ge-
neral Blake's Corps was on the right, in two lines ;
its left on the Valt erde road, joined. the right Of
Major-General the,Hou: William Stew ari's
the lent of which reached the Badajoi road; where
commenced the right.l'Major•General Hamilton's
division, which closed the left of the line. General
Cole's division, with one brigade of General Hamil-
ton's, . formed Ate second line of the British and
Porsughese army.
The enemy, on the month* of the 16th did not
long delay'his attack ; at eight o'clock he was ob-
served to be in 'movement, and nit cavalry was seen
passing the 'rivulet of Albuera, considerably above
our right, and shortly after he marched out of the
wood opposite to us, a strong force of. cavalry, and
two heavy columns of infantry, pointing them to
siur front, as if to attack the village and bridge Of
Albuera ; during this time, under cover of •his
nal), 'superisir cavaitv, he was filing the prin-
cipal body of • hi, intintly over the river beyond
our right, and it was not t•ing before his .intentioh
appeated to he to turn sby that flank, and cut us
tdf from Valverde. 'Major, (General Cole's diviaion
was therefore ordrred to form an oblique lino to
the rear ol our h his own right thrown
back. And the intention of the enemy to attack
our right becoming evident, I requested Gen. Blake
to form part of his first line, and all his second, tb
that front, which was do ie.

The enemy commenced his attack at nine o'clock,
not ceasing at the wirne titre to' menace our lett;
awl after a strong and gallant resistance of the Spa-
nish troops, he pitied the heights upon which they
had
~been formed; meanwhile the division of the
Honourable. Mrijor•Gm. William Stewart had been
brought up to support ,them ; and that of Major
General Hamilton brought to the left of the Spanish
line, and .formed in contiguon4 close columns of
battalions, to be movable in any direCtiolL The
'Portuguese brigade of cavalry; under Brigadier,:
General Otway, remained at some distance on the.
left of this, to Check any attempt of the enemy
be-
low the village.
As the heights the enemy had gained, raked and
entirely certitmhded our whole 'position, it became
necessary to:make every etfort 'to retake and main
tain them ; and a noble one was made by the divi-:
sion of General Stewart, headed by that gallant
otlicer. Nearly at the beginning of the enemy's at
',tack, a lie.avy storm of rain came on, which, with
the smokekom-rhe'firing', rendered it impossible to
discern anything distinaly. This, with the nature
of the. ground, had been extremely favourable to
the enemy in forming his columns, and in his sub-
scluent attack.

The right brigade Of General. Stewart's division,.
under Lieutenant-Colotel Colborne, first 'came into'
attioo, and behaved to 'the most gallant manner,
finding that the enemy's column could not be:
shaken by fire, ilneeeHed to attack it with the
bayonet ; and, while in the act of chark;i6g, a body
of Polish lancers (cavalry) winch the thickness of,
the atmosiihere and the n4l ire of the ground had
concealed, (and which was, besides, mistaken by,
'those of the brigade 'when discovered for Spanish ca-
valry; and therefore not fired upon), turned it and
being thus attacked unexpeaedly io the rear,was on-,
fortunately,braken and.sufferediMinensely. The 31st
regiment, being the left one of the brigade, alone
escaped this charge, and under the command of
Major L'ksirange kept its ground, until the arrival
of the third brigade, under Major,-General
Hogh-
te+t. 'The Conduct of this brigade was most con-
spictiou•lr gallani, and (Gat of the .s'ecand brigade,.
under the command of the Honourable Lieutenant-
• Colonel Aberctombie, was not less so :',Major-Gen.
eheethvg on his brigade to the .charge,
felt pierced by woods. Though t he, enemy's prin-

'cipai'attack was on this point ot the right, be alto
made a continual attempt upon that part of our ori-
'gloat front at the village and :bridge, which were
dilende.4l in the most gallant manner by Major-
GenCral Baron Alien and the light itilatitrY brigade
of the German Legion; whose conduit was, to'
every point sif view, couspictunisly good. This,
point now fanned our lett, and'Major-General
tta-
r+t,ilron's division had been brought up there ; and
he was left to dirett the defttice of OA point,wldlst
the enemy:s attack continued on our: right', a con-
siderable proportion of the Spinish troops sup-
porting the. 'defence of this place. The enemy's
cavalry. on .his 'infantry attempting to force oar
right, had endeitvuurvd tc turn. it ; but by the
able manoeuvres of Major-General the Honourable
Wittihm Lb a..ey, commanding the alk,d ea. air y,
though vastly interior. to that of the en,:my in ou.ll-
- his endeavours were lobed. Mai,ir-Getural
seeing the attack of the curtsy, very )udici.

busly tib- Ins left a little, mnrched iii line 10
attack the enetny'ii left, and arrived Most :opoor.
timely to contribute, with the chargei of the Bii.
gade4 of General Stewart's division, to frarce the
enemy to abandon his SitUatiohi and reiirepreci-
pitately, and to take refuge under his reserve -here
the fuzileer brigade particularly distinguished
He was purined by the Allies to a considerable dis 4
tance, and as tar as I thought it Inudent with• hid
immense soperikity of creaky arid I contented
Myself with seeing him driven 'across the Alfiuera.
I have every reason to speak tavonrably of the
manner in which, our, artillery was served, and
fought and Major Hartman commanding the
British, and Major Dicksoti commanding the Puri
tutluese, and the °dicers and men; are entitled to
my thanks. The Icier guns 'ot the horse-artillery
COrtialanded by Captain,Lefehttre,Aid great exect.i.
tiUn•iiit the enemy's cavalry, and 'One brigade of
Spanish artillery (the only one •in the field) I saw'
equally gallaetly 'and well served : we lost in the miss
fortune which occurred to the brigade corirmanded
by Lieuten:on Colonel Colborne, (whm General
Ste Wart repo, is to have acted and wits then acting
'.n'a itio3l noble manner, leading on the brigide to
admirable order) one howitzer, which lite enenty
before the arrival of- the gallant General Hoghton',4
brigade had time to carry otf, with t walitindred
or three hundred prisoners, of that•brigade.:Attar
he had been beaten from this, lint, principal attack',
he still continued that near the yin rge, ;on which
he never could make any impression or cress thd
rivulet, though I had been 'obliged to oring a very
great proportion of the troops from it, to support
the principal' point of attack ; but the enemy see
ing his main attack defeated, relaxed in Ins atten)pt,
there also. The Portuguese division of Major-Ge-
neral Hamilton, in every instance, evinced the' nii'•
most steadiness and courage, and manoeuvred equally
well with the British. • • .• •

. .
Brigadier-General Harvey's, Portuguese brigade;
belonging to General Cole's division, had an dppor.
tunny of distinguishing its..ll when' marching in lino
across the.ptain, by repulsing with the utmost steadi.
two a charge of the enemy's .cav al ry.
It is impossible to enumerate every instance of
discipline and valour shewn on this severely con-
tested day. But never were %loops that more va',6,

liantly 017 mote gloriously mantained the honour of
their respective countries. I have not been able itt.‘
particularise the Spanish divisions, brigades, or re.
giinents, that were particularly engaged, because
am not acquainted with their denominations of
names ; but. I hare great pleasure, in saying that
their behaviour was most gallant and honourable;
and though from the superior number and weight of
the ene,.y's force, that part of them that were in
the position attacked were obliged, to cede the
ground, it was atter a gallant resistance, and they
continued in good order to support their Allies;
and I doubt not, his Excellency. General Blake will
do ample justice on this head, by making honour.
able mention of the deserving.
The battle co.ntneuced.at tilos o'clock, and con.
tinued without interruption till two in .the alter+~
noon when the enemy having been driven over the
Albuera, far the remainder of the thy there was
nothing but cannonading and skrmishing.
It is impnssible by any: description to do justice to
th 4 distinguished gallantry-at :the troops, but every
Individual most nobly did .his duty, ant which will
be well proved by the great loss we have antlered,
tiiimgh repulsing the enemy; and it was observed,
that our dead, particularly the 57th regiment, were
lying, as they had fought, in ratiks;andevery wound
was in the front.
The Honourable Major General William Stewart
mast particularly distinguished hitnWf, and coil-
duced much to the honour of the day ;- he received
two contusions, but would not ,quit
Major .General the Honourable G. L. Cole is also
entitled to every praise;. and I have to regret being
deprived for some time of his services, by the wound
he has received.. TheHonourable Lieutenant Co-
lonel AbercroMbie, commanding' the 2d brigade,
2d division, and Major L'Estrange, 3t st regiment,
deserve to be particularly mentioned ; and nothing
could exceed the condut and gallantry of Colonel
Inglis, at the head of his regiment. to the lion.
),laji,r General William Lumley, fur the very able

tuaAier in, ulaich he opposed the numerous etvalry
of the enemy, and foiled him in his object, I Ain
particularly iudebted. To Major General Hamilton,
who commanded on the left, dui enb the Se-vere at-
tack upon onr right, 1 am alio inoch ind -!bte.d ; slid
the Portuguese bride of Brigadier Generals Felniezsa
and Archiudd Campbell, deserve to be mentioned.
To Major General Um!, and to the excellent bri-
gade under his orders,' I have much praise to give.;
and it is with great pleaSure,l assure ;yot.o- loord,liii)
thai the good and gallant modal of every corps
and of every person, was in • proportion to the op-
portunity that otlered for distinguishing them-
selves. I know net an individual win) did not do
his duty.
I have, I fear, to regret the lon to the service of
Colonel Collins, commanding a Portuguese brigade,
his leg having been. cairied off by a cannon
He is an officer of great merit ; and I deeply lament
the death of Major General Heghton and of, those
two promising officers Lieutenant Colobel Sir Wm.
Myers and Lieutenant Colonel .Duckworth;
It is most pleasing to me to inform your Lordsltio,
not:only of the steady and gallant vandal of our
allies, the Spanish troops, under his Excellency Ge-
neral Blake, but also to assure you that the most
pertea harmony has subsisted betweeraus, and that
General Blake not, only ednformed-in all things to
the general line proposed by your Lordihip, but in
the details and in whatever I suggested to his Es.
cellency, I received the most immediate and cordial.
assent and co-operatiun ; 'and nothing was omitted
his part, to insure the success of our united ef-
forts; and du; ing the bulk, he most
by his experience, knowledge, and ze.il,.contsi-
blued to its fortuoite res,lll. •

His Excellency the Captain-General Castanos,
who bait united the few troopi boil in a state to
be brought into. the field, to those of Generul Blake,
and 'placed theca under Ws orders, assisted in per-
son itt the acid'; hod not only on this, but on all
lain touch indebted to General castanos,
who is ever before-hand lit givin4 whatever cart bu
011ieticial to the success ut the congittion cause.
Though I ontortiinotely cannot point out-the corps
or chitty of the itidividnal, of the Spanish troops t.at
ni.oingoished ,tlieniselves, yet I will not oat ,t 4
mention the tunics. ul General liillesterus, whoos

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