Star.
London, England, 1809-08-17 00:00:00

ANOTHER LETTER-SAME DATE.

" I have the satisfaction to inform you, that a ves-
sel which left Campvere yesterday afternoon at four
o'clock, has brought accounts that Flushing surren-
dered the same morning at six o'clock, aftet a most
tremendous bombardment, in which many of the in-
habitants, of all ages and sexes, perished. The forti-
fications and buildings next the sea were levelled with
the ground. The bombardment lasted till three
o'clock in the morning of yesterday. The news of
the surrender was sent immediately to the Comman-
der at Campvere by a special messenger."

et MIDDLEBURGH, TUESDAY AFTERNOON,
AUGUST 15, 1509.

tc Flushing, after having been exposed, during the
two last nights to a most tremendous bombardment,
offered to surrender at half-past two this morning,—
The place has not yet been formally taken possession
of by the British troops ; but the delay has arisen, not
from any supposition that the garrison could possibly
hold out longer, or any consequent difficulty respect-
ing terms, but for the purpose of adjusting satisfacto-
rily some details of minor importance, which though
not essential to the merits, are necessary to the execu-
tion of the conditions of surrender. The garrison are
to be prisoners of war ) and, indeed, such had been
the progress made by the British naval and land
forces against the works of the fortress, that the ene:-
my could not hope to obtain any terms but those of
an unconditional surrender. It is understood that
the 95th, and the German regiment of Colonel Hal-
kett, will take possession of the gates of the town at,
six o'clock this evening, when the British flag will
be hoisted on the ramparts, and the whole of this
island shall then be completely in possession of the.
British army. The terrible havoc made by the bom-
bardment of Sunday in the town of Flushing, induced
the Governor to offer yesterday terms of capitulation.
ig The offer, however, was not considered admissi!
Me, and consequently the bombardment was resumed
with equal vigour, but more effect, last night, and
the firing did not ceases ill half past two o'clock this
morning, when terms ofnearly unconditional surrender
were proposed by the garrison. The nature of the
enemy's offer yesterday has not transpired, but the
rejection of it, in the most peremptory manner, is
said to have arisen from the demand on the part of
the French Governor of more favourable terms for the
Irishmen in the garrison of Flushing, than the British
General could with propriety grant, or the French-
men had any right to expect. That point is now,

'however, settled, and the fortune of war has on—.
firmed to British valour the unqualified reduction cf
the place.
4' It is not yet possible to collect any materials to
form a correct estimate of the loss on the part of the
French, or of the extent of the injury sustained I,y the
town. That must be the busitiess of actual olcfierva-
don and detailed enquiry. It is most satisfactory,
however, to be able to state, that the loss of the Briti:!:

army is comparatively small, when the strength of tlyr
enemyPs works, the obstinacy of thuir resistance, a► 4
the eager impetuosity of qur troops in the contest, are
taken into consideration. The whole of our loss doer

not exceed eight or niae hundred in killed, v.-.:unded,
and missing. The loss on the part of the line of battl,
ships, which had a most important and a most exposed
post assigned to them, is not yet known ; but from the
incessant fire, and the consequent havock and conli,
sion among the defenders of the batteries opposed t(.

them, it is fair to conclude that it could not Lave bee:.
inconsiderable. With the town tumbling about them
in ruins, and a well-directed and accumulated ti:c
against the batteries, it was scarcely possible for the
er:emy to return the fire with equal or adequate effect.
The ships, therefore, though most exposed, cculd
scarcely have suffered very materially under such cir-
cumstances; and the value of the acquisition, no less
than the splendor of the conquest, must be greatly
heightened by the inferiority of the sacrifice made fw•
its attainment.

" Every effort was made dur;ng the course of las.
week to complete the batteries, in order that no delay
should take place in the attack of the town, as writ
as the ships of war destined to co-operate with tl.e
army should come in to their station. By indclatt.
sable and unremitted exertions on the pact of both
services, the whole of the preparations were complete
at an earl hour on Sunday. About half-past 2P. M.
the bombardment commenced, and continued ss ithout
the slightest intermission until five o'clock.
" The town was set fire to in several places, and
the works _of the enemy materially injured. Such
was the tremendous extent and continuity of the ex-
plosion on both sides, that several Officers, who have
been in most of the great battles which hive decided
the fate of nations on the Continent, declare that they
never witnessed so terrible and destructive a cannonade.
Besides the impression made on the town and its defence
by this bombardment, an important battery in front of
the town was taken from the enemy, an acquisition the
more valuable, because it was so situated as to give the
enemy the means of greatly annoying the British troops
in their approaches. Humbled by all these circum-
stances, and depressed, too, by the disastroue: result
of another sortie, the enemy moderated his tone, and
Condescended to proffer those term's of the capitula-
tion which the Commander in Chief felt himself bound
in duty and honour to meet With Instantaneous
Lion. A short interval of hostility ensued, but the
awful pause served only to augment by contrast the
horrors of the renewed bombardment. Soon after
dark the tremendous cannonade was resumed, and it
would not be an exaggeration to state, that the whole
island was shaken by the effect of the explosioree-e
Taking advantage of this night, and the impress;on
made upon the enemy by the fire from the Engl'ila
batteries, the advanced party of Hauczx's German
r:ginneut and of the 52d, pushed on against two hat-
teries occupied by the French, in advance before the
town. A sharp and obstinate conflict ensued between
them and the party of the enemy statioaed on the Oat-.
terics. But the arrival of reinforcements gave the
enemy a temporary super iority, and our troops were
repulsed in the first instance with some loss.
" Not intimidated, however, by this check, they
advanced again to the attack ; and as they did not
discharge their fire as they proceeded, they were in-
termixed with the enemy in their own, batteries, berate
any effort was made to impede or repulse them. nit
conflict at close quarters, which succeeded, was not
of long duration, and terminated in the dispersion cf
the French, and the consequent capture a this ad-
vantageous position, and the formidable batteries
erected upon it.
The possession of these batteries by the British
army, placed the town at its mercy, and this conside-
ration, combined with the success of our operations
in all the other parts of the line, and the dreadful
carnage and destruction in the town, reduced the
French Commandant to make that proposition, which
caused the firing to cease this morning, and will place
the important fortress.of Flushing at the disposal of
the Sovereign of Great Britain. The dawn of light
exhibited flags of truce flying on every bastion of the
place, and the result has" been such as before stated.
" The operations will now be prosecuted with
promptitude and vigour for the accomplishment of the
ulterior okiects of the e.epedition. 'We know not whe-
ther Sir Jolts,: HOPE or Lord ROSSLYN have made any
movements in advance. The head quarters of the for-
mer were yesterday at Schoer, those of the latter 2'.
Gaps, while Bata was occupied by the Guards. It •
now supposed here that the French have not any ever
formidable force at Antwerp, so that when reinforccd
.by the army from this island, the army in Bevel tett
will be able to proceed to the accomplishment of ,Le
remaining objects of the Expedition. lildeed Lori
ROSSLYN and Sir JOHN HOPE were expected,
yesterday or this day, to pass the narrow chattel
the Scheldt, near Bathe, on their route to Antwerp.
so that probably the next accounts will contain intti-
iigence of the highest interest and importance."
I • •

The, folic-x-ing, according t 6 the latest accounts,
are the names and rates of the French ships of the
in the Scheldt, riz.—
Alszois
Anvi riais ........ 74 Friedland
Andacieux

C:.a:lemagne ...... 71 Josephine
r"cmmerce de I4ons 71 Pultusk
71 Thesce
::!:
r7,1a1 frfgater, and a number of brigs, gun-boats, &c.
:1:•i:orin; letters from IValcheren relate to
, rior to the surrender of. Flushing, but their
are interesting-, and serve to throw consider-
on the nature of the operations that were
-7. a7ainst the place :

rnITISH LINE 9, OFF FLUSHING, AUGUST LI.
:•!..y.; my last communication nothing has oc-
nf any material importance, either on our part

*%ll tlie enemy. Every effort is now. exerting
tt^ the necessary works for the bombard-
of Flushing. The batteries are almost corn-
ar.d it is confidently. stated, that to-morrow,
Anii:-ksiry the Piince of Wales's Birth-day,

....,ed :h3 commencement of that awful work of
)r la,t two days, the brigade a
:1 1' xvhicli are on the .left of our
!.-- ir.c..:s!-„m:ly ctnployei in working, and
s, at a mortar battery, which is erect-
of tile N.-)rth East of Flushing.
t*.le enemy would have attempted

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:hat work, and the ncsessary precututions
~.-I:akon do 'at Still an attempt. The 71st Re-
r.ader C,.! )1:1 PACK, and the battalion of
&.:!c!-.::;rats, under that inr)st active and gallant of-
!!;': Hon. Coloacl C,-.ci-fS.I::E, were for the last
tinier :Inns Nvithin rang of the enemy's

ra^o. Their position was so covered by strong in-
. ~,sores that the enemy did not perceive them until
•rni;:g, when they cor--nenced an ineffectual can-
:.
r.:RNt'Am's brig :ids., the enemy have never ventured
I) spew themselves wizhout the walls. From two
deterters, V.. 10 came over yesterdar, the one an Irish-
man and t:ie other a native of Nottingham, we learn
tea: the r:cnch cannot conceive what we are about
..-1-,L..her .1a :he; believe that we have raised half the
r.::nt:.:•.r of batter!v, now in such a state of forward-

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t!-.at the Irishman states his name,
t-, of Red-gap, in the county Kildare;l
that he h-..s ven four Tears in the French service.—
cantrad:cts t 2.3 statement that there was a consi-
der:fb:e prap,,rt:on cf the Irish Brigade in Flushing.
The rurnbt.r of erat brigade there, he says, does not
r.:rid bur hundreJ, and few but the officers arc
It is commln&cl by a Major FITZZIENRY, and
}:- i:e!nnged to Capti jn DooLv's company. The
nF the enemy's f,rce in Flushing, he corn-1
p;:tcs to ba within between 9 and 10,000 men, a Brea:
p77.7:irca •7f whom, he says, are wounded and sick.
r::!inw to each man consisted of one pound and
f bread, one glass of wine, and half a poi nd
per diem. The day before yesterday they
on their salt provisions, all supple:
Dy land or sea being now wholly prevented.—
..Irter also states, the anxiety of the inhabi-
--,!, tr. ca!Dittilitc, an .1 he has no danbt but that it
• kai:r: place very soon after cur w%-rt ks begin to open
s Intleee, it is the general opinion here,
" ••: 'i\!ONET having now very plausible materials for

...c;iption in thz 111,"*.,rur, will srrrender a town
these last days by a force of f:',5,000
a;:cl at diLrent times subjected to the fire of
The fire from our silipping has ceased
forthe last few das, in consequence of a
frorn Lord Cu %THAN!. S2veral Officers
.i Na.: y have expressed great chagrin at this (as
tart it), t onusa d interdict." It is said that
111 Mir tinder Sir JOHN I-lopr, con-
th! Guards, 20th, Ist battalion of the 921,
t ivattalians of the 4th, Ist or the 28th, Ist
C•lh, is: of th 2 :kit, Ist of the 91st, with Lord
:!!td the Marquis of fIuNTLEY's divisions,
;1:2,1i...re1y proceed up the Scheldt, towards
ru .Surttli P.ercland, Nvlrne they had
The foiluwin" disposition of our army
!lthing is tolerably. correct
is the 2dhri,,,,ide, under Major General GRA FIA:4
2d hat:alien of Royals, Ist or the sth, and .2d of
v Or! 'id brigade, under Brigadier Central Atitm-
of the c?.nren's, or 2d, the ITth, and 2d battalion
• . St,:eath brigiidt, under Majar General Larrit,
2(1 battalion of the 59th, ttd of the 11th, and Ist

men.

• ''re are the Sill brigade, under Brigadier Generll
•• •I. r.';':'.:+t•inf of the 2d battalion of. the 14th, 51st, and
• ci the 821. 'the 13th brigade, under Major Gene-
'+eP r, Cvacisting of the 2:1 battalion of the 43d, 52d, and
" " • ;11;ani•:•• of the Drith.

t-•..

(,) ti.e:eft ore the 18tii brigade, under Brigadier General
,nr:3, censisting of tile Cstly, three squadrons of Light

68th, and Garman Riflemen. Eleventh brigzde,-
', .•7 General PICTON, consisting or the 36th, the 77th,
•: : 1 a•talitti of detachments under the Honourable Colonel

C:..:4ANC.

'Arne! PACK, with the 71st light infantry; has a detached
-•:!.d at fort Rammakins. The 2d battalion of the 69d gar-
':anipveer, and the 9cl battalion ot the 23d, 2d of the 81st,
',NI, garrison Middleburgh.

" I cGmmenced this letter (seven o'clock in
rr.r.,rn;ng) the enemy have kept up a kind of dif-
cinnowtd,-, one time at such of our works as are
to thm, next round the lines, and then at the
1:::21::11g which invest the town on the sea side. Cap-
BitowN, of the 77th, a very young and promising
Q,:cr, has ken wounded on a working party. _ He
Las List a kg and receired a severe contusion in his

hand and shoulder. The British officer taken in-the 1
action which General GRAndoes brigade had with
'the enemy, was Major Rtm of the sth. Within
these few moments some Spanish deserters have ar-
rived within our lines, but being unable to understand
them I have no further intelligence to communicatth
Lieutenant General Sir EYRE COOTS has removed his
quarters to East Zauberg, and General FRAZER is
more on the left, at a small village called Ruthen.-- 1
The inhabitants manifest the most perfect apathy at
the result of our operations, and seem to cons.ultl
nothing but how they may extort both by depreciat-
ing our coin andraising the price of every commodity."

MIDDLEBURCII, ACCUsT 11.

" The batteries have not yet opened against Flush-
ing. The heavy artillery have been taken to the lines
from Terveer, with the utmost expedition that could
be desired, by the marine brigade. This brigade,
which consists of a detachment from each of the men
of war, amounts to about 400 men. It is under the
command of Lord A. BEAUCLERK, anti kas mani-
fested an extraordinary degree of activity and zeal,
in which they have been encouraged throughout by
the example of their Commanders. I have seen Lclrd
A. BE.UCLERK and Captain PAufsn, with their hand-
spikes, co-operating with the seamen in the most la-
borious part of their work, in raising the heavy can-
non, brought .from the shipping to the beach,—
Through the exertion of this corps, I have seen nine
21-pounders dragged from Terveer to the. lines, which
is a distance of seven miles, within a few hours. Our
lines extend about seven miles, and comprehend a
body of 17,003 mm. There are. not less than 100
pieces of artillery, including mortari, carronades, 24.
and 32-pounders, convenient to be mounted when the
werks are finished.

" The delay his also afforded the garrison an op-
portunity of receiving reinforcements, which were
taken to them, night and day, from Briskens, on the
opposite coast, until Tuesday evening, when some of
our gun-boats contrived to take a station which put an
end to this intercourse. It was expected that the Mar-
quis of HCNTI.:Y'S division would-have taken posses'
sica of Ca,lsand at the outset, which would have pre
vented this intncourse entirely. But the attack was
deemed too hazardous. There is much di'cussion and
controversy upon this business here. The misfortune
of net taking C.tdsand, which is said to have been one
of the main objects of the original plan, is very sensi-
bly felt. Through this misfortune the garrison of
Flushing have received an accession, ic is calculated,-
of .5 or Gf.)o) men, besides provisionsand ammunition,
&c. If it were not for this supply, Moxer would
most pr lo.ibly have surr.mdered before now, and that .
Jel ty miglitt have been avoided, which endangers the
sae:ecs of that which was the principal end of the
namely, the destruction of the fleet at
Li:l,). This, however, is still to be attempted. A
la ..*e fl kill, o: i;un-prigs, and gun-boats, with some
proceol%! fr.)m Rammakens on Wedaesday
last, in order t 3 ga up the Scheldt towards Antwerp,
under the comm r. 13 of Sir HOME POPHAM. Fort Lill°,
where the French fleet lie, is said to be strongly for-
tified towards the River, having :200 gun-boats, and
a chain boom, t,, defend it.

" The Marittis of HUNTLEY arrived in the Rom.
pnt, with his division on Tuesday, and on the following
day disembarked 41 South ileveland, in order to join
Sir Joitz: I lorE, ho will then have a force of 16,000

This rnom2r.t. I learn that the French have open-
ed the sluices, in order to inundate our lines.' But
they cannot, I am told, affect the works that are com-
pleted, or prevent our men from approaching Flush-
ing. 'Pie sluices were opened last night.
" The garrison of Flushing consists of Prussians,
Spaniards, Portuguese, and part of the Irish brigade.
The Spaniards are those who were prevented from
flying with ROMANA to the isle of Zwp.,:en.
" Upon oar arrival in this island, the Flushing
garrison did not exceed 3000 men; but ROW it is sta-
ted at 8 or 9000, and by some persons is calculated
even at 13,000 ; but this I thin': an ex:TAN:ration. If
they had so many, a greater number than 2000 would
hAve been sent out on the last sortie, whic:, was des-
perate."