Star.
London, England, 1812-02-26 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

'GENERAL. ORDER—RECRUITING DEPARTMENT.
Horse-Guardts, lan. 30, 1812.
His Rord Highness the Commander-in-Chief has been pleased
to dicect, that the furnu of attestation which are prescribed by
the presort Mutiny Act, shall be citcu'ated, itt ordcr to their
being made use of as occasion may require: and his Royal Htls-
nest. orders, that Officers in the command of realm lets, Inspect-
ing Field Witt rs of recruiting districts, and Officers, employed
on the recruiting service, will take especial tare that the obsolete
forms are discontinued, and that these forms ;nip are used in
future, as they will be held responsible for the same.
13y command of his Royal Highness
The Commander-in-!hief,
Ha, star CALVERT. Adj.-Gen.
The Hon. Major Goacans, who brought home the
dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON, is brother to
the Earl of ABERDiEN—vrAs on the Staff of the gal-
lant'Sir Davin BAIRD. He is an officer in tl•e Foot
• Guards, end will be promoted to the rank of Lieute-
nant-Colonel.
'The gallant Major N %PIRA, who Inst an arm at
Ciudad Rodrigo; is of a Noble Scottish family, and
one of three brothers, each of whom has been severely
rouoded in the army during the last three yeaes.
a
capta.'n GEORGE Plre3T Jotiesee, of his Majesty's I
l 131st Regiment, whose death has lately been an.
flounced, volunteered far the Portuguese army, and
bad landed at Cadiz from Sicily. A fever with '
which he was attacked on his way to join the army,
deprived the service of a spirited and zealous young ,
man, and his blather Officers of a friend and asso-
ciate, v.r.ose loss they will long regret. Captain
Jouxeas was the youngest son of General Hee es-
JoriesoN, whose services in America and Leland
were so efficient and conspicuous.
A troop of the 6th Dragoon Guards, or carbineers,
artived at H antilton on Wednesday, on their march
from herein!' b wracks to Kilmarnock.
PRIVATE I,EITER.
" LisnoN, JAN. 26.—We have been very gay here.
Last Monday,-the British Minister gave a grand bail
In honaatr of the .13irth-day of the Queen of Great
Britair, when, with ail the Portuguese beauty and fa.
shion, the rooms were graced by theAclmiral's family,
Lord Balgonie, Baron Dock, Sir Thomas Hardy, the
British Naval aid Military Officers, and the principal
knglish families resident in Lislern. The Portuguese
flndEnglish ships tired in the morning, and there were
some illuminations in the evening. Oa the arrival
of the nen s of the fall of Ciudad Rodrigo, the castle(
and forts, AS well as the Portuguese and English ships,
fired at noon, and in the evening there was a brilliant
and general illunrin men of the town.
" The whole army agrees, that there never was a
thing better planned, or executed in a fixer or m re l
firm stile, than the carrying Ciudad Rodrigo. Ev-_•ry
one is at once loud in the praises ot, and at the sane I
time deeply regrets the loss ef the gallant General I
M‘KINNON. I..teUt.-00100ei COLBOURN, and Maim I
NAPIER, displayed great gallantry in leading on the
52d, and Colonel IVatLace equal gallantry in lead- I
jog oe the 88th regiment, cr Connaught. lt..ngk rs.—
The 74th, the Tilipltcstan, aad the Rifle corps had
their shares: General Citaceuun's loss is sincerely I
deplored 4 he was .m Officer in whom Lula
MOTOR had the greatest confidence. General
2441(tuNoti is a Highlander, and has served in the
Guards: He has left a wfe and numerous family,
for whom, no elarubt, the country wad provide. Mrs.
M.Kieeny resides at Clifton. Colonel Cousocius is
an Officer of great disti-.ction in the army : He was
the ftecretar y and friend of the late General MOORE.
Major NAPIER is well known for his gallant conduct
on many cccvions. Though Lord I.ITELLINGTON
was present, it is understood that the •nore immediate
conduct of the siege was confided to the gallant Hero
of Datossa—and no man in the army has had; wort
credit in conducting sieges than General GRAHAM.
. General Boetaiwice's wound is not a severe one;
and General VANDELEUR'S is very slight--;only a
black eye. Their extreme anxiety brought both
Lord WELLINGTON and Marshal BELESFORD so near, p
that both were in danger ; and the Marshal had a
Inuskevshot through-his great coat.
" The moment was awful and grand, when in the
utmost silence, at seven o'clock, in a fair moonlight
evening, the forlorn hope, consisting of 12 men and;
an officer, the gallant Lieut. GluwooD, advanced in I
front of the line—a thunder of firing commenced at
'2O minutes past seven o'clock, and, at 2O minutes
before eight the whole was ovcr. In this short time
we destroyed 600 Frenchmen. It ought not to Le for-
got that the Portnitese cocadotes bore a part, and
a very noble one ; same of them were employed in
the assault, but the principal part were with that very
Able and.dist.nguished officer, General PACK, of the
71st Highlanders. General BACK'S fence was in.!
tended to make only a feint, but so animated were his
Portuguese, that he scaled the walls with them, came
in the rear of them with the works ; when, to his
astonishment, he found not a Frenchman, all having
gone to support the dreadful attack at the two
breaches. In their way, however, General PACK
greatly contributed to the speedy issue cf the most
brilliant assaults that history can record. The assault
was made at two breaches in the w.all at the same time.
In half an hour the columns of British, which had
entered, had united in a regular line on the works, and
communicate d with the gallant Portuguese under Ge.
neral Pace Our brave fellows have been enriched
with great plunder, which they found.
" It is reported, that tsvo days after the place had
been stormed, MARNIONT came up with the cavalry
and light corps of his army, and was mortifita to the
utmost,being then able to effect nothing. The remain-
der of the Fr ench army, to the mount 11f 50,000 men,
were coming up. Lord WELLINGTON'S intention was
said to have been, not to attempt Ladojoz, which, if
MARMONT did not effectually interfere, would soon
fall, being low in provisions : &he did inter fete withl
aL his army, re'nforced by SOULT and Sec iisa's,
Spar 'ards would be freed, and if ever they were equal
to attempting any thing, would do it.
" Ciud d Rodrigo had, af,er its capture, proved c f
much ma re va.ue to us than we expected—in it we
rund an immense store of every thing for the advance
of the French army,and nearly 100 pieces of canton
ard ammunitien, with battering train. General Ar4t
DittEtat was removed to a brigade of cavalry. That
distinguished Officer, General KE.NIPTI had gilt his
brigade of the light division."