Star.
London, England, 1812-08-17 00:00:00

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Arita trestl4 the beiglit w carried,
:Non of the =emirs (infantry issade a stand agait4
'..icb divisiost, which, after a seven contest, was obliged
.to give way in constquestcs of the enemy having
thrown some troops on the left of the 4th division, afr
ter the failure of Brigadier-GeneralPick's attack upon.
the Arapiles, and the Honourable Lieutenant-Gene-
ra) Pole having been wounded.. .
- Miami Sir William Beresford, . who happened to
.-ilie Oti the'spot; directed Drlpidier•General Spry's bri.
Bade of the filth#:rision, which was.lf the second
hint, toshangeNu front, and to bring its fire on to the
thank of the enemy's division"; and I elnierry to add,
ithitt While engaged in this *Vide, be received a'
*undt which, I am. apprehensiveorlil deptive me of
il
ithe benefit of his counsel and aulistake . foe. some
Luse:, Nearly about the time time Lieutenant-Gene.
,Leitti received a wound, which unfortunately.
''Obliged hitn to quit the field, ' I ordsteed IV' the 6th
division under Major-GenetatOhnkin; id relieve the
10. , and th 9 ha*, Tr4f sOcfiPlestodOcl to ills kliner
istsccess.
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The
ri *lit, hotabiter, reinforced by the
w
1 - haid:Sed fiond iits. left, and by those
had now rdtieturfrom he Arapiles, stilt conti-
, -
oiled to resist ; and I ordered the Ist and light deli-
sions, and Colonel &Okla Portuguese brigade of
th e 4th division, which wrtokormed, and Majdr-
General William Anson‘ittignde, likewise of the
liSiittivision, to turn the right, WlNtsisthe 6th division,
supported by the 3d and sth, attacked the front. It
1 was dark before this poitvras carried by the 6th di-
vision, and the enemy fled through the woods to-
wards the Tonnes. I pursued them with the first
lend light divisiOns, and Major-General William An-
eon's brigade of the 4th division, and some squadron:
Of cavalry under Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton
Coton, as long as visretillit -fitiOnnt of them toge-
ther, directing our march tipon Hnerta and the fords
of the *Formes, by whirl the enemy had passed on
their advance ; but the darkness of the night was
highly advantageous to the enemy, many of whom
escaped tinder its cover, who must otherwise hare
beeniri our hands.
• lim sorry to report, that owing to this same cause
Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton was unfor-
tunately wounded by one of our own sentries after
he had halted. • .

Rye tre'neWed the tinrsitit at break of day in the
morning with the same troops, and Major-General'
Pock's and Major-General Anson's brigades of ca-
♦alry, which joined during the night, and having
crossed the Tormes, we came up with the enemy's
rear-guard of cavalry and infantry, near La Serena ;
they were immediately attacked by the two brigades
of dragoons ; and the cavalty fled, leaving the in-
fantry to their fate.
I have never witnessed a more gallant charge than
was made on the enemy's infantry by the heavy bri-
gade of the •King's German Legion, under Major-
Ge110"4 Pick, which was completely successful, and
the•whole body of infantry, consisting of three bat-
talions of the enemy's first division, were made priso-
nen, . The nuts* was afterwards continued as far
as Penaranda last night ; and our troops are still fol-
lowing the flying enemy.

Their headluarters were in this town, not less than
ten league) from the field of battle, for a few hours
last nighti and they are now considerabiy advanced
on use. road-towards Valladolid by Arevalo. They
wexe joined yesterday on.their- retreat by the cavalry
and artillery of the army of the North, which have
arrived at too late a period, it is to be hoped, to be
of much use to them. . •
It is impossible to form a conjecture of the amount
:of the enemy's loss in this action ; but from all re.
ports it is very considerable. We have taken from
them eleven pieces of cannon*, several, ammunition
waggons, two eagles, and six colours ; and one Gene-
'ral, 3 Colonels, 3 Lieutenant Colonels, 130 091-
"errs of inferior rank, and between six and seven thou-
sand soldiers are prisoners; t and our detachments
are sending in more every moment. The number of
dead on the field is very large.
I am informed that, Marshal Marmbnt is badly
Wounded, and has lost one of his arms : and that four.
General Officers have been killed ,and several wounded.
• Such an advantage could not have been acquired'
Without material loss on our side ; tut it certainly has'
not been of a magnitude. to distress the army, or to
Cripple its operations.
I have great pleasure in reporting to your. Lor&
flip, that, throgghout this trying day, of which I ha's
rel4ted the events, I had every reason to be satisfiel
with the conduct of the General Officers and troops.
The rel4tionwbich I lave, written of its. vents will+
giro a general 41 a( am awe which cash individotshi
had in them ; and i ;nolo; say.tne much in. Praise
the coodoctoplevery. ietlititiclualin his statino
I am mach indebted to Marshal Sir William Be'.
resfsetlfor his friendly counsel and assistance, lamb
Prenions to, end durißg the action, tp Lieutesseot-
peneyals g4r Sopkton,cotton, Leith, 4nd Cole, and
?Mot:getup:Ws
.CliDtcont mud. thit Hon.. Edward fa-
-40.5423,' for tbf -ininner-311Nrhich they led the Adivi—
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,SO of cara,lry. . and infantry under their.coartnand
rissivotively; sr) Maierelleneral 40104:•eeratnanding
l' vO4 vat wean* tpr r I pitTes of cipuidir
big t!t4B 0.410/oAttlq ANN, 4411101 P ow 4,44' • • -
tifp49;teruls sainonsi e, sasses ebnitquith.--!
Pllll 40e1k16.pbitallte te thdi.‘tiremibet• =way, '
I'o vtltatg4 OirOPF4rahOlmett*O46.4etisrlif,
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lonigade fa the divisimi! &Cajonliikeetal C.
Anson;itornmandinga tiriKade.4 caviar! r Cam'
Hine*, Colonel thellthl- Wm. Ponsonby, command-
ing Major-General Le Marebant's brigade, after the
fall of that officer ;..to Mijor-General. Wm, Anson
commanding a brigade in the 4th division ; Major
Genera Prim*, come 'a beißadeltrtbeilil
division, and the dieiiscin after Lieutenant Genera
ILeith was wounded ; Brigadier-Genefal 'Bradford ;
Brigadier-General Spry, Coloncl Stubbs, and Brigs,
dier.General Power, of the Portugnese service; like-
LAVise to Lieutenaat.Colenel Crsrapbell Of the I)4eh
commanding a brigade In the S4divisions Lignite-
,
Inant-Colonel Williams of the 40th foot; Licittenant-
Colonel Wallace of the 118th, cOinnsanding it brigade
in the 3d division; Lieutinant,colonal Ellis; of • the
28d, commanding Gisniral the Edward Pa'ken.
. .
ham's brigade in the Kidivisia, during}us absence
in-the command of 'the $d division ; the •Ilpp, 1441.11„,
tenant-Colonel Greville, of the 98th regiment, cm.
manding Major General Hay's brigade in the sth
division,• daring his absence on leave ; Brigadier.
General Pack ; Brigadier-General the Cantle de Fe,
aendi, of the Portuguese service ; Colonel Douglas,
of the Bth Portuguese regiment ; Lieutenant Colo.,
nel the Conde do Ficalho, of the same regiment; and :
Lieutenant-Colonel Bingham, of the 59d regiment ;1
,likewise is Brigadier-t.kneral D'Urben's, and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Hervey, of - the 14th light dragoons ; ,
Colonel Lord Edward Somerset, commanding the
4th Dragoons; and Lieutenant-Colonel. the Hon,
.Frederic Ponsonby, commanding the lath Light
Dragoons.
I must also mention Lieutenant-colonel Wooelford,
•
commanding the light battalion bf the brigade of
Guards, who, supported by two companies of the Fu-
sileers, under the command of Capt. Crowder, main-
tained the village of Arapiies against all the efforts.ot
the enemy, previous to the attack upon their position
by our troops.
In a case in which the conduct of all his been con.'
spicuously good, I regret that the necessary limits of
a dispatch, prevents me from drawing your Lordship's
notice to the conduct of a larger number of indivi-
duals ; but I can assure your L(Tdship, that there was
no officer, of corps engaged in this action, who did
not perform his duty by his Sovereign and his Coun-
try. The Royal and German artillery, sander Lieute-
nant-Colonel Framingham, distinguished themselves
by the accuracy of their fire, wherever it was possible
t 6 use them ; and they advanced to 'the attack of the
enemy's position with the same gallantly's the other
troops.
I am particularly indebted to Lieutenant:Wine;
De Latficy, the Deputy Qu.ater-Master.Gerterals the
head of the department present in the absence of the
Quarter-Master-General, and to the officers of that
department, and of the stet' corps, far the assistance.
I received from them, partictthrly the Han. Lime-
tenant-Colonel Dundas, and Lieutenant-
Sturgeon Of the latter, and Major Scovell of
former ; and to Lieutenant-Colonel Waters, at pre.
sent at the head of the Adjutant-General's depart-
ment at head-quarters, and to the Officers at that de-;
partment as well at head-quarters, as with the sevP•

rat divisions of the army; and Lieutenant•Colond

Lord Fitzroy Somerset, and the Officers of my pet.
sonal Staff. Among the latter I particularlr mums
your Lordship to draw the attention of his Royal
Highneu the Printe Regent to hii Serene Highness
the Hereditary Prince of Orange, whose conduct in
the field, as well its upon every other omission, en-
titles him to my highest commendation, and has
acquired for him the respect and regard of the vehole
army.
I have had every reason to be satisfied with the
conduct of Mariscal del Catnpo Don Carlos d'Es-
pagna, and of Brigadier Don Julian Sanchez, and
with that of the troops under their command respec.l
tively ; and with that of the lAariscal del Camp*
Don Miguel Alava and of Brigadier Don Joseph
O'Lawlor, employed with this army by the Spanish,
Government, frum whom, and from the Spanish
thorities.and people in general,- I received every a&
sistance I coul4 expect. .
It is but justice to draw your Lordship's attertinn
upon this occasion to the merits of the Officers of die
civil departments of the army. Notwithstanding,la
increased distance of our operations from our maga-
zines, and that the country is cumpletely ezhauste4
we have hitherto wanted nothing, owing to the a.'
gence and attention of Commissary-General Mr. NI::
set, and the Officers of the department under

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have likewise fp roentlas*phat sty die stiendar,
and ability of Dr. Mac Grigort 'and of the Officers
of the. department under is charge, one 'wounded,
.8,11 well as those of the enemy left in our stands, have
t' well taken care of; and I hope that •
lalnahle men will be sa red o
i Cpimpik4Edt Clinton will hate
); at the feet 4.131, Royal Hwy*
• the segtevanikealsgi WOW
yipruf
• this action,
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/ nito6o,a PO rn fattilip.....R. 441,
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Tbeertal. Wore. t gptineed their march
the e9epty pip ce I addressed yap •
and tfo !llp cOPtit*e4 to otito many
Ftri-flt* coircionii ere*4
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.fiiiltair factiii.de,P. 491:.% ati..
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left winp-were* !woo !oral*

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dela No nseraTog at nits o'clock, when 1 lan be*
front our advanced posts.
The mains body of the Allied Army is this day%
the Adaja'and Zapardiel rivers in this neighbogi.
'IOW ; the light cavalry being in front in pursuit td
the "semi,
ripponthat Joseph Bonaparte left Madrid,*
'the 21st, wl th:!he army of the centre, suppose( II
fairest of Tye ici to 12,000 infantry and frneots
',AMP cavaltpOnd he , directe4 his much by dae il,
vita, upon Alba de Torrnes.• He arrived a Blatt
Sasebo between Avila and Arevalo, in the 356.
where he heard of the defeat of Marsh"' Mart
altd hcretired ip the evening, and between that tie*
rand the evening of the 20ch he marched through 7/14
Cattin. to Espinar. A non-commissioned Ofeeet
' patrole of the 14th Light Dragoons and Ist Husms,
from Areralo, took in Blasco Sancho on the evettiq
fif the. 25th, shcirtly after Joseph Bonaparte. had let
Ilse place, two Officers and 27 men et his osnl el,
valry, who had been left there to follow his reaped.
'baste reason to believe that Joseph Byname
had no regular account of the action of the 22d. tk
he passed the Puerto: de Cuadarrama yesterday, but
he then retained, and-was directing his march epon
Segovia. I have pot yet heard how far be hid ad.
. 'lanced. AU ItCCOVOU concur with repo to the
t
great loss sustained by the army of Portugal,
( By aceaur.ts Imm Lieutenant-General Strßairkai
I Hill to the 24111 instant, it appears, that the away
`had in some degree reinforced the troops in ..strtens.,
dn! a. The Lieutenant:General had removed tolafel;
It is reported, that General Ball sterns had marched
on another exPeditiog towards Malaga, and that he
was opposed by a divi.sitan of the ArmT of the Sega,
under General Labal.

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rhave not received detniled accounts of Como.
duty Sir -144irne Pophont's operations on the me.
Once the capture. of Scqueitio, but I 0441044 tbn
hashe taken t,,nstro li.Jrdiales, •
WA M Es or ortanosa4goiro Jon arovosigi)oLtts,tit.
stivta D.
• 270 Foot, liesitsgaut Radar% nAutont.Dialikaa.
• - • rroossorp.
' Royal Horse Artillery—lJestenant Mon, screed)._ '
3d Drtgoolts-:-Lieutett,ca liramaekf,
• 11th Light Dragoons—Lleuteoant &mein, gighey;
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iJght Venoms—Adjutant Getviek, seneelg. -- .
I 4i1,1 not—bitttor *Atherton, Lieutenants Gwyune. Peak;
Lei Pape—Urtttemit raker, allglftly.
Ist How Rises German Legion—Barrack-Master FM*
berg, captain Melia, *lightly ; Captain Aly, severely 41a4
toot Witch, slightly,
' ith Royal Fusbeera-.Lientemot Nantes, slight*.
Foot. Captain Melt, allght/y.
40th Foot--I.ieutenant ray, slightly.
Names of the Qfficers kilktl, wounded., and ideinci tine Allt4
Army, under the Command of his Excel/WI Genital tht
, /WI of welungtai4ju It'stie fat sittaaciS spa.*
July, 1812.. ' .
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