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severely: Lbuisalet Heise, Llestasfit Hem,
severely (um amputated).
TORTErOCZNI
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44th Reg. Lint—Lleutemat Joao Baptista Reim*, Ensign Luis

Jeronimo.
PORITOOM Of 'NIBS WOVYDID.
94T11 JONI.
I Sth Reg. Liao—Captain Benjamin Jones, severely:

157 H JUNE.

l3th Reg. Line--Lieutenant.Colonel Don Joaquim de Camera,
severely ; Ensign Diego Ignacio de Souza, slightly.
24th Reg. Line—Captain Antonio Xavier da Rocha, slightly;
- Lieutenant Luis de Azeredo, severely; Ensign Jose Maria,
severely; Ensign Joao Baptista, slightly; Ensigns loaquiin
Herculano and Jose Manoel, slightly.
4th Cacadores—Ensigns Vasconelles and Tellies, severely.
sth Casadores—Captain Don Francisco Da Sylva, severely.

PORTUGUESE OFFICER 1115S1NG•
13th Reg. Line—Ensign Jose Pais.
Santa Marts de Cube, July I.
SIR—On the 29th of June last, I had the honour
to acquaint you, for the information of his Excellency
the General in Chief of the National Armies, that
the Cacadores and grenadiers of the first brigade of
the first division of this army had assaulted and taken
the fort of Santa Marta de Pancorbo. I have now
the satisfaction of acquainting you, that at eight
o'clock this morning, the Castle of Santa Engracia,
or principal fort of Pancorbo, surrendered by capitu-
lation. The garrison consisted of 650 men ; they
had provisions for several days, no very great quan-
tity of water, and that not of a good quality. There
were found in the castle 25 pieces of cannon, of a
calibre from sixteen to four pounds, many gun-car-
riages, and a sufficient quantity of ammunition for a
regular defence. The garrison surrendered under
the inclosed ankles of capitulation, and will march
to-morrow morning for Burgos.
From the 28th, the day on which the fort of Santa
Marta was taken, I had posted the sharp-shooters in
the vicinity of the walls of the fort, and, by blocka.
ding it most vigorously, I cut off all communication
with the spring from which they provided themselves
with water. 'The different detachments employed
upon this service, performed their duty with a stea-
diness and valour deserving every praise; and the
enemy could no longer procure exit water without
imminent risk. Taking advantage of this circum-
stance, I ordered several numerous detachments to
establish themselves as near the wall as possible, and
out of the range of the enemy's guns. A quantity of
ladders, and other necessary implements were pro-
cured for attacking the castle, but being anxious to
adopt every necessary step for economizing the lives
of my men, I hinted a second time to the Governor
to surrender, which he consented to accede to, under
condition of being carried back to Trance with his
garrison ; •but he yielded at last, upon my refusing to
admit this condition, and threatening to take the
place by storm. The successful rcAti:: of this business
is not a little owing to the intelligence and judgment
which my Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant Colonel JosC
Maria Reyna,clisplayed daring the cou: 2e of his con-
ferences with the. Governor. 'lle result of the Lieu-
tenant Colonel's negociation has provcd of no little
advantage to us.
During the space of twenty-lour hours, a battery
for. six pieces had been constructed on the summit of
the hill, by the indefatigable exertions of the sappers
of the army (and several peasants), under the direc-
tion of the Commandant General of the engineers,
Marshal de Campo Don Manuel Japino, and six
pieces of cannon, which had been collected by the
Colonel, Major-General of the Artillery, Don Matias
Ferraz, were got upon the bill with the greatest acti-
vity, under the direction of the Celocel, who was
ably assisted by the Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery,
Don Joz6 Jarabia, and the Serjeant-Major, Don Bar-
tolomo Gutierrez, and other subaltern officers.—
Eight hours after the battery was commenced, the
guns began to open upon the enemy, and besides
causing him considerable loss, impressed him with
sufficient respect for us.

I cannot but call the attention of the General in
Chief of the national armies to the valour and activity
displayed upon this occasion by Brigadier-General
Don Joze Latorre, commanding the Ist brigade of
infantry; by the Chief of the Staff of the Army,
Colonel Don Miguel Desmaysieres, who scarcely
took one moment's rest during the siege, which last-
ed three days, and to the good conduct of the officers
of the Staff who ►ere placed under his orders, and
that of the Commander and Officers of the infantry
and cavalry which composed the besieging corps.
1 must also notice the meritorious conduct of my
AiJes•dc-Camp Lieutenant-Colonels Dorf" Joze de
Ruiz, Don Joze Maria Reyna, Don Victor Vinader,
and Lieutenant Don Benito Diaz, and of my Mill.
tary Secretary Don Joze Se; fate and Salagar, who
carried my orders, on repeated occasions, to the very
walls of the enemy's fort, heedless of the latter's fire.
The enemy kept up a bri?lc fire from his guns, &c.
but the loss whicli, he occasioned us has been very in-
considerable. The enemy's surrendering the place
created great regret among the troops, who had con-
sented to take it by assault, and they only console
themselves with the hope of there being more places
to ccnyier. I have put a small garrison into the
fort of Pancorbo, and shall supply it immediately
with provisions and water ; but I shall not make any
addition to the works, without knowing first the in.
tentions of the General-in-Chief relative to the demo-
lition or preservation of this place. I have, &c.
(Signed) EL CONDE DE ABLSBAL. .•
Tn Don Louis Winsplien, &c. Est.

CAPITULATION OFTHE FORT OF SANTA ENGRACIA
DE PANCORRO.
We, Don Josef Maria de Reyna, Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Corps of National Artillery, Major of a Brigade of the same in
the Army of Andalusia, and Aide-de-Camp to the Conde de
Abisbal, Captain-General of the Kingdoms of Seville and
Cordova, and General-in-Chief of the Army of Reserve of
Andalusia, being furnished with full powers by his Excellency,
and Don Alexander de Ceva, Lieutenant in the Sist Regiment
of Light Infantry in the service of his Majesty the Emperor of
the French, and serving in the Garrison of Santa Engracis de
Pancorbo, being furnished with full powers by the Governors
of the said Fort, Don Carlos Auguste Durand, Member of the
Legion of Honour, and Lieutenant-Colonel of the 55th Regi
ment of the Line, have agreed upon the following articles:
Art. I. The Spanish troops will occupy the fort of Santa En-
gracia on the day and at the hour hereafter expressed.
Art. 11. The garrison will be made prisoners of war, and be
allowed the honours of war.

Art. 111. The Commanding Officers and O&cers will retain
their swords, horses, and baggage; and.the Sorjeants and soldiers
will preserve their effects, and be furnished with means of
transport.

Au. IV. The garrison will be exchanged by the first cartel
that take• place, and they will for that purpose be removed to as
small a distance as possible.

Art. V. The Officer commanding the artillery in the fort will
formally s'eliver to the officer of artillery appointed by the Gene-
ral in Chief, the artillery, ammunition, and warlike stores that
may be in the fort.
Art. VI. The Conde del Abisbal and the Governor of the fort,
will ratify this Capitulation to-morrow, the lit of July, at seven
o'clock in the morning, and one hour afterwirds the principal
gate of the fort will be occupied by a Spanish detachment : at ten
the.girri-on will march our, and after having laid down their
arros, will proceed to quarters in the fort or town of Pancorbo,
as the Governor may think proper, until the 14 of July, when
they will proceed to their destination.
spanish generosity guarantees the execution of this treaty,
Done in Santa Maria de Rivareaonda, 30th of June,.,113.
(Signed) loser MARIA DR RCYNA, Lieut. NI. Acting
and Aide-de-Camp.
(Signed) ALCIANDCR DE Cave, Lieutenant of the Slit
Light Infantry..
Ratified by me the Ist of July, 1813, at seven o'clock, ....re,

P. EL CONDE DLL MISSAL.
Ratified by me, Governor of the Fort,

P. DURAND.

(A true copy.) P. Wim try rt.
EXTRACT OP A LETTER PROM TUE MARQUIS OF WEL-
LINGTON, DATED OSTITZ, JULY 3.

have reported, in my dispatch of this day, that
Lieutenant-General Sir John Murray had raised the
siege of Tarragona, and bad embarked, leaving be-
hind him a portion of his artillery. On this trans.
action I do not feel myself sufficiently informed to be
able to write more.

I enclose copies of the letters which I have received
rel.►ting to Tarragona.

Camp before Tarragona, lone 9.

_ -
Mr Lonn—ln my letter of May the 28th, I had
the lionour to inform your Lordship, that, in obe-
dience to your Lordship's instructions, the British
army was then embarking. On the 31st we sailed,
and anchored to the Eastward of Salon Point, on the
evening of the 2d instant; on the 3d the army dis.
embarked, and I invested Tarragona.
Previous to coming to an anchor, I detached Lieu-
tenant Colonel Prevost's brigade, under convoy of
the Brune, to attack the Fat of St. Philippe ; and
in the night General Copons, at my request, detached
a brigade of infantry to co-operate. The brigade of
Colonel Prevost consists of the 2d 67th, and the bat-
talion of Roll Dillon, and to these was subsequently
joined the bngade of Spanish troops commanded by
Colonel Lauder. The Fort has been taken, and I
have the honour to enclose Colonel Prevost's Report
to me, with the returns which he has sent.

This capture, in the present situation of our affairs,
is of great importance, as it blocks up the nearest and
most accessible road from Tortosa to Tarragona.
Admiral Hallowell, with that alacrity and weal for
which he is so.much distinguished, sent Capt. Adam,
in the Invincible, to conduct the naval part of the
expedition, and added the Thames, Captain. Peyton,
Volcaac, Captain Carrol, Strombolo, Captain Stod-
dart, Brune, Captain Badcock. Lieutenant-Colonel
Prevost speaks highly of the exertions of these officers
and their men, and I know how valuable and-impor-
tant their services were found to be. The troops of
both nations bore their fatigue, and performed their
duty with the greatest alacrity and spirit, and deserve
every commendation. The Lieutenant-Colonel has,
in a former dispatch, particularly noticed the gallan-
try and good conduct of Ensign Nelson of the 67th,
and Ensign Jelin Dermott, of Roll Dillon's batta-
lion.—l have, &c. (Signed)
JOHN MURRAY, Lieut. Gen.
His Excellency Marques. of Wellington, &e.

P. S. I have omitted to say, that Captain Carrol's
services were particularly meritorious ; and Lieute-
nant .Corbyn, of the Invincible, who commanded a
battery manned by seamen, kept up a well-directed
and heavy fire. The importance of this acquisition,
and the rapidity with which the fort has been taken,
make it quite unnecessary for me to say how much I
approve the conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Prevost
and of Captain Adam.
- Fort San Philippe, Col de Balaguer, June 7.
Sta—l have the honour to inform you, that in obe.
dience to your orders, I proceeded on the 2d instant,
with the brigade under my command, consisting of
the 2d battalion 67th regiment, and Roll Dillon's re-
giment, to which was added a detachment of :II!
Royal, Artillery', with two field pieces, under the com-
mand of Captain Arabin, and Roll's Rifle Company,
to attack the Castle of San Philippe, in the Col de
/Magner. Captain Adam, of his Majesty's ship In-
vincible, joined off Salon, for the purpose of co-ope-
, rating with the troops under my command. We

larded on the Sd inst. at eleven o'clock in the fist
noon, about one mile to the eastward of the entrance
to the Pus from Tarragoca. I was then joined by
the Spanish regiments of Barcelona and Palma, u.
der the command of Don Jose Caries.

I immediately directed Roll's Rifles, the Light
Company of the 67th, and Rolls' Light Company,
under the command of Captain Muller, of Rolls',
to invest the Fort as closely as possible, which I.t
did so completely by two o'clock, that the enemy
could net spew himself before his parapet.
One sit•pounder was brought up the Sierra del
I'asal, a very steep mountain. within seven hut:dyed
yards of the Fort to annoy the enemy with Sbrapnen
shells.

The Engineer Officers not havirg arrived with the
entrenching tools till very late, nothing further cord
he undertaken that evening.

The Fort of San Philippe is situated upon ti e
eastern extremity of an insulated village, in the cen'
of the Col de 1341aguer, commanding complete'
great road through the Pass. It is a square fort.
some bastions, but commanded on two sides b.
most inaccessible mountains.

On the 4th, two 12-pounders and one howitzer,
under the command of Lieutenant Corbyn, of :,is
Majesty's ship Invincible, and manned by the crew
of that ship, were likewise brought up to the T 45.11.
This battery continued to play upon the Fort the
whole day, in order to attract the attention of the
enemy, whilst Captain Chyne, of the Royal Engl.
veers, was tracing out the ground for the breaching
batteries, within three hundred yards of the place,
and the troops busied in filling the sand bags. At
night, the whole of the seamen and troops were em.
ployed, the former in bringing up five 24-pounders,
shot, powder, &c. for the battery, whilst the troops
constructed the work. The ground being very un.
favourable, the whole could not be completed before
break of day.

The embrasures were therefore filled up. and the
work deferred till the following evening, when Cap-
tain Adam and myself sent a summons to the com-
manding officer, cffaing the most favourable terms;
but they were rejected. On the 6th the batteries con.
tinued a heavy fire upon the fort.. In the evening
,the working parties and seamen wept down early to
the battery..
The enentY4laving perceived the filing down, kept,
a heavy and galling fire of shells, round and yaps
shot, during the whole of the night, which occasion-
ed some loss.

Unfortunately about ten o'clock a most violent
storm of thunder and lightning commenced, which
impeded the works greatly, and as the seamen and
troops were quite exhausted, we found it expedient
again to delay bringing the guns tipaan the plat.
forms, and to keep the ewbrazures masked. In the
evening a battery of two eight-inch mortars, (com-
manded by an officer of the marine artillery, be.
longing to the Strombolo Bomb) was placed upon
the road, within a few hundred yards of the castle,
under the breaching battery, as was likewise one cf
two four pounders upon the heights to the right,
where the riles.= were stationed. At day-break
these three batteries opened to protect the working
party at the breaching battery, and kept up a
tremendous fire, until six o'clock. when that of the
castle having completely ceased, their expense ma-
gazines upon the batteries being blown up by the
shells from the mortars. The white flag was
heisted upon the castle : Captain Zehnfenning and
Captain Stoddart, of the Royal Navy, were seat in
and returned in about five minutes, with an offer of
surrender, upon conditions of marching out aad
grounding their arms upon the glacis. and of being
`permitted to carry their personal baggage with them.
As Marshal Suchet's approach was hourly expec-
ted, Captain Adam and myself judged it right to
grant them the terms required, AS we should by that
means get the fort in a good state of defence.
The advance of the division immediately took pos-
session of the Castle.

I have the honour to inclose you a returns of the
ordnance, ammunition, provisions, and stores, found
in the place, as likewise a return of the prisoners
taken.

I now come to the pleasiqg task of calling your
notice to the admirable conduit of the whole of the
Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and soldiers I
have bad the honour to command.
Their labcour and exertion hai been severe, but I
should be wanting in my duty did I not particularize
Captain Chyne and Lieutenant Gipps, of the Royal
Engineers, Captain Arabin, of the Royal ArtiUery.
and Captain Muller, of the advance.

The success of this expedition may in a great man-
ner he attributed to the zealous and indefatigable
exertions of Captain. Adam and the Officers and sea-
men of the Royal Navy.
I beg likewise to particularize Captain Carroll, of
his Majesty's ship Volcano, and Lieutenant Corbin,
of the Invincible. I impute our loss being so trilling
to the tremendous and well-directed fire kept up by
the latter from his battery. I have the honour to en-
close you a return of the killed hind wounded sine
our disembarkation.—l have the honour to he, &c.

(Signed) WM. PREVOST, L'Clli. Col.
Commanding 2d Br ;vide Ist Ditldcr
CA. true ppy.) (Signed) CRAL MIL h Llt, A V.I.

• Published la °street, 12th July.