Star.
London, England, 1812-11-18 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT TO LAT WON GAZATIZ

are extracts.
October,
WAR DEPARTMENT.
D;hI:4I2ItILSTAFOSETiIOW° 7,7 17' "1 t
" Dispatches, of
have been this day received at Earl Bathurst's Office,
General the Marquis of
With and 211th
weddremtnessegtdonto, Ldoredabsheicponb,y
Rued; 31st October and 3d N be
"yen% n
Cabecons 26th Odder. tar
• I hit.* bee:. in much occupied by thi mu - en.k
and operations of the army since the 413th in
I have not been able to write to your "ten Loa t, that_
. '
The operations of the Castle of Burgos
nearly in the state in which they.were_contintted
when I ad.
dressed your LordshiOnn the 11th instant, till tl'e
-18th. liaving at that time received a supply f
musket ammunition from Santander, and having'
while waiting for that necessary article, completed-' a
mine under the church of Bt. Roman, which stacidi
an outwork of the second line, I determined that th:
breach which we had effected in the second line
should be stormed on that evening, at the moment
this mine should explode ; and that at the • same time
the line•should be attacked by escalade.
The mine • succeeded, and Lieutenant,Calussei
Browne lodged a party of the 9th Cacidores, and a
detachment of Spanish troops of the regiment of As-
turias in the outwork. A detachment of the keel
German Legion, under Major Wurmb, carried the
breach, and a detachment of the Guirds succeeded
in escalading the line ; but the enemy btouebt such
a fire upon these two last detachments, from the
third line, and the body of the castle itself, and they
were attacked by numbers so superior, before they
could receive the support allotted to them, that they
were obliged to retire, suffering considerable loss.
Major Wurmb was unfortunately killed.
It is impossible to represent in adequate terms my
seine of the conduct of the Guards and German Le..
gion upon this occasion ; and I am quite satisfied,
that if it had been possible to maintain the posts
which they had gained with so much gallantry, these
troops woold have maintained them. Some of the
men stormed ever the third line, and one was killed
in one of the embrasures of that line ; and I had the
satisfaction of seeing that if I could breach the wall.
of the Castle we should carry the place.
Another mine was commenced under the second
line from the Church of St. Roman,•of which we
remained in possession.
The enemy had on the 18th moved forward a cost
siderable body of infantry, and six squadrons of eas,
valry from Briviesca to reconnoitre our out-posts at
Monasterio. They attacked the picqbet at the bridge
in front of that town, but were repulsed by the fire
of a detachment of the infantry of the Brunswick
Legion. In this affair, Lieut.•Colonal the Hon. Fres
denek Ponsonbh 'who
..rsoo!manded at Monasterio,
was wounded, but-not seveiely# and I hope I shall
soon again have the benefit of his' assistance.
I had long had reports of the enemy's intention to
advance for the relief of the castle of Burgos with
the army of Portugal, reinforced by troops recently
arrived from France, and with that part of the army
of the north which was. disposable; and they did
advance in considerable force against the post ate
n.asteri J on the evening of the 18th.
The subaltern 'of the Brunswick legion, who Om•
mended a picquet in St. °Rata; disobeyed hisorden
in remaining in that village upon the appfoach of the
enemy, and he was taker with his picquit. The
enemy consequently obtained possession of the heights
which command the town of Monasterio; and our
outpost was obliged to retire on the morning of the'
T9IN tritthe Burgos side of the town.
I assembled theteotsps,-exceNing those necessary
for carrying on the operationrof the siege, as sou
as it appeared by the enemy's movement of thtklths
that they entertained serious intentions of endeavour.
ing to raise it, and placed the allied army on the
freights having their right at Meal, on the Arlan-
zoo, the centre at Rio Vena and Magaradas, and
the left at Soto PaUacio. The enemy's army like-
wise assembled in the heighbourhood of Monasteries
They moved forward on the evening of the,2oth with
about 10,000 men to drive in our out-past at Qata4
taua Pallge and Olmos.
The former withdrew by order, but the latter was
maintained with great spint by the Chasseurs Britan-
piques. Seeing a fair opportunity of striking a blow
upon the enemy, I requested Lieutenant-General Sit
Edward Paget to move with the Ist and sth divisirk
upon the enemy's right flank, which movement having. •
been well executed, drove them back upon Monaatt•
rio,_ and our posts were replaced in Quintana Palls.
On the morning of the 21st, I received a letter
from Sir Rowland Hill, of the 17th, in which be as
me of the enemy's intention to move toward
the Tagus, which was already fordable by individash
in many places, and was likely to become so by an.
army. The castle of Chinchilla had surrender .•4
9th instant.
The enemy's force is Valencia was supposed 10
amount to not less than seventy thousand men, a very
huge proportion of which it was expected, wow be
disposable for service out of that kingdom.
I had desired Lieutenant-General sir Rowland Hill''
to retire from his position on the Tagus, if be should
find that he could not maintain himself in it with ad-
vantage ; and it was necessary that I should be neat
him, in order that the corps under my comtund
.
might net be insulated, in consequence of the move-
ments which he should find himself under the mow
sity of making ; I therefore raised the siege of &We'
on the night of the 20th, and moved the whole NW'
back towards the Douro. •
I felt severely the sacrifice I was literal
to make. Your Lordship is aware. that I was newt'
very sanguine in my expectations of success is tW
siege of Burgos, notwithstanding that I consider'
success was attainable, even with the means is lay
power, within • a reaspnibly perio, If tkr
attack made on the first line on the 22d or the i ,
bad succeeded, I believe we should have taken'
place, notwithstanding the ability with which the
vernor conducted the defence, and the gahantrp lirtn•
which it was executed by the. garrison; Ottrlmans,
were limited; 'btu it appeared to mot th4t u"7
Ul'
should succeed, the advantage' to the causewo
great and the. filial success of the camp"(! "d he
,
Lave been certain. ••
0111"74444' I had every nano to b. sitisgetl-1

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if the officers and troop: during the siege of. Burgos,
Varticiitarty with the brigade of Guards. '
During the latter part of the siege the weather was
ter! unfavourable, and the troops suffered much
from the rain. The officers at the head of the artil-,
Iffy and engineer departments—Lieutenant-Colonel
lobe, and Lieutenant. Colonel Burgoyne, and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Dickson, who commands the reserve
artillery, rendered me every assistance ; and the fai-
litre of snccess is not to be attributed to them. By
their activity we carried off every, thing in . the course
of one,night, excepting the three 18-pounders de-
stroye3 by the enemy's fire, and the eight pieces of
cannon which we had taken from the enemy on the
Wein of the 19th ultimo, in the storm of the horn-
'work. Having sent our cattle to Meet the equip-
mot expected from Santander, we had not the means
of moving the latter.
The enemy was not avearelt..uf our movement, and
did not follow us till late on the 22d, when 10,000
gam encamped on this side of Burgos.
• The British. army encamped at Celado del Camino
and Homillos, with the light cavalry at Estepan and
Baniel. We continued our march on the following
day, the right of the army to Torquemada, the left
to Cordevilla, at which place we crossed the Pisuerga.
The enemy followed our movement with their whole
army. Our rear-guard consisted of two light batta.
lions of the Kings German 'Legion, under Colonel
Oslkett, and of Major-General Anson's brigade of
cavalry : and Major-General Bock's brigade was hal-
ted at the Venta del Pozo to give them support : the
whole under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir
Stapleton Cotton. Don Julian Sanchez marched on
the left of the Arlanton ; and the party of Guerillas,
heretofore commanded by the late Martinez, on the
bins on the left of our rear-guard.

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Major-General Anson's brigade charged twice with
great success in front of Celado del Camino, and the
enemy was detained above three hours by the troops
under Lieutenant-General Sir S. Cotton in the pas-
sage of the Hormaza, in front of that village.
fhe rear guard continued to fill back in the best
order, till the Guerillas on the left having been driven
in, they rode towards the flank of the rear guard of
Major General A nson's brigade, and four or five
squadrons of tie enemy mixed with them. Those
were mistaken for Spaniards, and they fell upon .the
Bank and rear of our troops. We sustained some
less, and Lieutenant Colonel Pelly, of the 16th dra-
goons, having had his horse shot, was taken prisoner.
The delay occasioned by this misfortune enabled
thk enemy to bring up a very superior hod, of ca-
valry, which was charged by Major General Bock's
Ind Major General Anson's brigades, near the Venta
del Pogo, but unsuccessfully, and ow rear guard was
hardly pressed. The efiemv made their charges ott,
the two light battalions of the King's German Lea,
giOn, formed in squares, but were always repulsed
with considerable loss by the steadiness of these two
battalions. They suffered no loss, and I cannot suf.'
ficiently applaud their conduct and that of Colonel
Halkett who commanded them.
The exertions and conduct of Lieutenant General
Sir S. Cotton, and of the officers and staff attached to
• him throughout this day, were highly meritorious,;
and although-the charge made by the cavalry was
lot StitCeSolll9 I "-hut .the satisfaction of observing
great steadiness in their movements. Major Bull's
bap of horse artillery, under Major Downman and
Captain Ramsay, iistinguished themselveask
The army c.,atinued its march on the 2411 t aind •
trok up its ground on the Carrion, with its right aild
Duenas and its left at Villa Muriel, and the lat bat-
%lion Ist Guards joined us from Corunna.
I halted here on the 115th, and the enemy attacked
our left at Villa Muriel. -They were repulsed, how-
ever, by the sth division of infantry, under the corn.
;nand of Major General Oswald, in the absence of
Lieutenant General Leith on account of indisposition.
I had directed the third battalion of the Royals to
march to Palencia, to protect the destruction of the
inidges over the Carrion at that place, but it appears
that toe enemy assembled in such force at that point,
that Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell thought it neces-
ury-to retire upon Villa. Muriel, and the enemy passed
the Carrion at Palencia. This rendered it necessary
to change our front, and I directed Major-General
Oswald to throw back our left, and the Spanish troops
upon the heights, and to maintain the Carrion with
the right of the fifth division. The bridge of Villa
Muriel was destroyed ; but the enemy discovered a
ford) and passed over .s considerable body of infantry
and cavalry. I Ina& Major-General"Pringle and
Major-General. Barnes attack these troops under the
orders of Major. General Oswald; in which ettatk
the Spanish troops co-operated, and they were driven
across the river with considerable loss. The fire upon
the left had been very severe throughout the day;
from which we suffered a great deal; and Major-Go:
meal Don Miguel Alava was unfortunately wounded
whilst urging on the Spanish infantry in the pursuit
of the enemy...
I broke up thin morning from the Carrion, and
marched upon Caheson del Campo, where I have
crossed the Pisuerga.
The enemy appear to be moving in this direction
from Duenas. I propose to halt here to-motrow.
P. S.—l have the honour to inclose returns of the
killed and wounded.
let" of Killed and Wounded of the Army under the Corn-
"and of his Excellency General tie Marquess of Wellington,
R. E. to the Siege of the Castle of BOrgos, froin the l lth to
tit Mk October, Itll2.
R°Tal Britisk Artillery-3 rank imkrigh Med; '1 tank iod Ale
, .woeaded.
ligri Military Artfficers-1 rank and file wounded. '
Coldstream Guards, Ist Bau.—S rank and file killed; 1 rank and
Me *untitled.
Si Pew Curds, In Batt.-3 rank and file tilled ; Slink sad
file wounded.
lit Foot, Sd Hatt

lieutenant wounded.
kJ Foot, or Qtiretes--10 rank and file wounded.
34.41 Foot, tit But--t. rank and file killed; I Ensign, Itstrinntir
I rank and file, wounded.
4614 Foot, 1ek.e.131,-4 irOdt and file killed; film* and filet
wounded. .• •
•
ftd Fix); Ist PA—frank and it woandioir •
isd Foot, td Batt..-1 serkant, i rank andofile, wonnekd.
a„,wouBl4,b hot, rani and file killed; I Ensign wounded.
'"‘" eouti sth Batt.-2 rank and file killeti;. L.rnult. 'and ale
nded. • 1
. .
CR Feot, ist Fart.,-.1 rank and tde wounded.
"lb Foot, it Bate..--I ittlyk 804413, killed; I rank andlhr,
wog wird.
Ist Line Batt. Gerntan 1.41(0-.4 Ralik and Me, killed;
2 rank and file, wounded.
2d bit o. 40 —$ Rank and file, killed;4 ranks:4 ills, wounded.
4th Ditto4ditto-1 Serjeant, 1 tat* &WA*. killed; 3 rank and
fake, woofed. - •
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• 446 k• • • .710.:'-.4,0

Total British Loss-1 Selene, 28 rank and file, killed; 1 Lieu.
tenant, Ensigns; 3 Salamis, 41 wok and fileotroendeC
'road Portuguese leass-4 Rank and filo, killed; 1 Captain, 117
rank and file, wounded.
General Total-1 Serjeanr. 27 rank and file, killed; 1 Captain,
1 Lieutenant, 9 Ensigns, 3 Serjeants, 86 rank and file, wounded.
S. A. Gammen, D. A. A. C.
sonatas Or Or MILOS woo was.
11th October, 1812.
Sad Foot—Ensign Quill, severely.
loth October, leis.
lit Foot—Lieutenant Rao, Acting Engineer, slightly'.
abeirioot—krislgn Baylie, slightly.
rOKTISOOOSI.
15th October, 1812.
12th Regiment of the Line—Captain White, severely.
(Signed). LA. GOODMAN, D. A. A. O.
Return of Killed, Woimded, and Missing of the Army under
the eonuttand'of his Excellency General the Marquis of Wel-
• linron, K. B. in the Siege of the Castle of Burgos, from the
inch to the *Hit October 1812, inclusive.
Royal Engineers—I tank and file killed ;1 rani and file wounded.
Royal British Artillery-1 rank and file killed; 2 rank and file
wounded.
Coldstream Guards, lst Batt.-1 Captain, 1 Ensign, 1 Selassie,
22 rank and file, killed; 2 Captains, 1 Serjeant, 38 rank and
file, wounded.
3d Foot Guards, lst Batt.-8 rank and file killed; 8 Lieutenants,
15 rank and file, wounded. •• . - •
11th Foot, Ist Batt.--1 rank and file killed; 1 &leant, 4 rank
and file, wounded.
24th Foot, 24 Batt.-4 rank and file killed; S rank and file
wounded.
42d Foot, let Batt.-8 rank and file wounded.
53d Foot, 241 Batt.-1 rank and file wounded.
58th Foot, 2d Batt.-1 Serjeant, 6 rank and file, killed; 111 rank
and file wounded; 2 rank and file missing.
60th Foot, sth Batt.-2 rank and file woonded.
6151 Foot, Ist Batt.- .2 rank and file wounded.
79th Foot, lit Batt —1 rank and file Wounded.
let Line Batt. King's German Legion—l Lieutenant, 1 litileant,
24 rank and file, killed; 1 Captain, 22 rauk and file, wounded.
Itti Ditto, Ditto-1 Major, 2 rank and file, killed; 8 Licata-
.. mints, 7 rank and file, wounded,
7th Ditto, Ditlo-- 12 rank and file killed ; 1 Captain, I Unites •
sant, 7 rank and file, wouneed.
Taltal British Loss—l major, I captain, 1 lieutenant, 1 ensign,
alesjeanti, 81 rank and file, kilt d; 4 captains, 5 lieutenants,
2 salaams, 119 rank and file, wounded; 2 rank and file,
niiuhtg.
Total Portuguese Loss-8 rank and file killed; 1 ensign, 2 ser-
leant., 4 i rank and file, wounded ; 2 rank and file missing.
General Total— i major, I captain, 1 lieutenant, I ensign, 3 see-
Jeanie, 69 rank an.: file, killed; 4 captains, 5 lieutenants, I
ensign, 4 serjeants,' 160. rank and file, wounded; 4 rauk and
file missing. (Signed) S. A. GOOOMA N, D. &A. G.
Nantes of the Officers killed and wounded,
Killed-18th October, 1812.
Coldstream Guards—Captain Harvey.

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19th October, 1814.
Coldstream Guards—Ensign burgess.
I A Line Batt. King's German Legion —Lieutenant &timer.
ad Ditto, ditto—Major Wurtub.
Wounded-18th October, 1814.
3d Foot Guards—Lieutenants Holborn and Knos, severely.
Coldstream Guards, Ist Batt.---lr.ptaln the Hon. W. (.Crofton,
slightly t Captain the Hon. I. Walpole, severely.
Ist Line Batt. King's German Legion—Captam Laroche, dange-
rously.—Yd Ditto, dit to, Lieut.. Hesse and Quade, severely.
6th Ditto, ditto—Caitain Backmeister, sett. rety, right arm am-
putated) Lieutenant Schlaeger, slightly.
(Signed) S. A. Guonas• N, D. A. A. G.
?Strati of a Dispatch from the Marquis of Wellington, dated
Cabeton, October' 8.
Since I wrote to your Lordship upon tl e 26th, I
'have had an opportunity of seeing the enemy's whole
army, as they placed themselves opposite to us, an
the Pisuerga, yesterday. They are certainly in very
great strength. The army of Portugal has received
a reinforcement of ten thousand men, including ca-
valry, from France : and I hive reason to believe
that there are two divisions of infantry now with this
,army belonging to the army of the north. 'The ca•
valry of the army of the north,is certainly with the
!.asetty of Portugal, and they have ar least 5000 good
' tavola} . r 1
No event pf, importance has occurred since
dressed your Lordship on the 26th. The enemy for-
med their army in the plain in our front yesterday.—
They have cannotraderififferent parts of our line
without doing us any injury, excepting that Lieute
nant Colonel Robe, of the Royal Artillery, was
wounded severely, but not dangerously, yesterday.
Rueda, October N.
The enemy crossed the Carrion on the 26th and
27th, and formed their artily on the heights near Ci-
*piles, on the last of those days, opposite our position
on the left of the Pisuerga, and their advanced guard
about two miles in front of their main body, and half
, that distance from Cabecon. • •.,
On the 28th they extended their right, and endea-
voured to force the bridges of Simaneas and Vallado-
lid, the former of which was defended by Colonel
Halkett, Vlith his brigade of the 7th division, and the ,
latter by Lieutenant-General the Earl of Dalhousie,
with the remainder of the 7th division. At length
Colonel Halkett, being hard pressed, blew up the
bridge. He at the same time detached the Bruns-
wick Oels' regiment to Tordesillas, towards which
~quarter the enemy detached troops on the evening of
the 28th. As soon as I found that this was the case,
I thought it proper to break up from the Pisuerga
and to cross the Douro, which object was effected
without difficulty on the 29th instant, by the bridges
' of Puente Douro and Tudela.
The bridge of Tordesillas was destroyed on the
enemy's approach tp that town, on the evening of the
28th, and l had sent orders to he regiment of-Bruns-
, wick Oels to take post on its ruins, in such manner
as to prevent the enemy from repairing the bridge.,
1 had the mortification, however, of learning, on then
night of the 29th, that this regiment had .been ob.•
lilted to abandon its posts, and as I had seen the
enemy's-whole army in march towards Tordesillas on
that evening, it was obvious that no time was to be
lost. 1 therefore marched the army at an early hour
I.yesterday morning to their left, and posted the troops
on the heights between Rueda and Tordesillas,
mediately opposite, and near the bridge of Tordesil-
last. We found the bridge nearly repaired on our ar-
rival, but the enemy had made no attempt to pass it,
and they have now no largo assembly of troops in
this neighbourhood.

1 learu thar some of them marched last night to-
wards Valladolid. and others towards Toro.
I have received letters from Lieutenaat-General
Sir Rowland Hill of the 29th.
The Tagus was every where fordable, and the
enemy ha& passed a small body of troops over at
Fueute Duenas.
Sir Rowland Hill had collected his troops on thil
Jacamah. He wag likely to receive my orders to
move upon Anvalo on the 29th.
as eee‘November 9, tett.
I take the opportunity oldie return of the messen-
ger Myers to Corunnal to inform you cat the army
kart continued in the position in which pl.wed.tiberst