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by the gorge, and escaladed that of La ittereeci, and
I am happy to add, that our loss was but trifling.
The Governor of St. Vincente then sent out a flag
to notify the surrendei of that fort on the terms I had
offered him; viz. the garrison to march out with the
honours of. war, to be prisoners of war, and the offi-
cers to retain their personal military baggage, and
the soldiers their knapsacks ; and notwithstanding
i
that the 9th regiment of Cacadores had actually !
stormed one of the outworks of St. Vincene, and
were in possession of it, I deemed it expedient to ac- 1
cept the fort by capitulation on those terms, and to
stop the attack.
I have already informed your Lordship that Major I
General Clinton commanded the attack against these ;
forts, which was carried on with great vigour and
ability—and he mentions in strong terms of commen- i
dation the conduct of the General Officers, Officers,
and troops employed under his command, paiticu- 1
lady Colonel Hinde of the 32d, Lieutenant-Colonel
Davies of the 36th, Captain Owen of the 61st, Bri-
gade-Major Hobart, and Ensign Newton of the 321 1
Regiment, who distinguished himself in the attack I
of the night of the 23d inst. and volunteered to lead I
the advanced party in the attack a the 27th.
He likewise mentions in strong terms, Lieutenant
Colonel May, who commanded the artillery, under
the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Framingham, and
the Officers and soldiers of the Royal and Portuguese
sißt till e e
rgory y
ne under ;
Lieutenant
command
Reid,
; a
and L 4
thei Lieutenant-Colonel
Officerstenant.:olof onel
the
Royal Engineers ; and Majoz Thompson of the 74th
Regiment, who acted as an Engineer during these
operations.
I The enemy had been eniployed for nearly three
years in constructin4 these works, but with increased
activity for the la.t eight or nine months.
A large ex pence had been incurred ; and these
works, sufficiently garrisoned by about 800 men, and
armed with 50 pieces of artillery, were of a nature to
render it quite impossible to take them, excepting by
a regular attack ; and it was obvious that the enemy
relied upon their strength, and upon their being suf-
ficiently garrisoned and armed, as they had left an St.
Vincente large depots of clothing and military stores
of every description.
1 was mistaken in my estimate of the extent of the
means which wouid be necessary to subdue thcse
forts ; and I was obliged to send to the rear for a
fresh supply cf ammunition ; this necessity occasioned
; a delay of six days.
The enemy withdrew their garrision from Alba de
Tormes as soon as they heard of the tall of the forts
of Salamanca.
The operations against the forts of Salamanca were
carried.c:n in sight of Marshal Marniont's army,
which remained in its position, with the right at Ca-
! btz4 Vellosa and the left at Huerta, till the night of
`the 27th inst. when they broke up, and retired in
three columns towards the river Douro; one of them
i directing its march upon Toro, and the others upon
Tordesilias.
The allied .rmy broke up the fcllostring day, and
are this d.ty encatrip.d upf.n the Guarena.
By accounts from Estremadura of the 26th inst. it
appears that the caemy still continued in the position
which they had occupied in Estremadura.
I have not yet heard that General Bantocildes has
commenced his attack upon Astorga. General Ca-
biera is at Benevente with his division.; and I under-
stand there are Spanish troops in Leon. I have re-
ceived no late intelligence 1r .n the South.
I enclose a return of the killed and wounded of the
army since my lan dispatch, and a return cf the pri-
soners taken in the forts of Salamanca.
No. IV.
Return of Killed, Wnumle4, and Missing, of the Army under
she Command of his E:celletey General the Earl of W LINO*
Tots, K.B. in the Siege of the Forts of t. Vincente, St. Caye-
tano, and La M.oced, at Salamanca, float the 25th to the 27th
June, 1812, inclusive.
Head-quarters, Salamanca, June 28, 1812.
2d Foot-1 rank and file wounded.
11th Ditto-1 cieutenant, 5 ran': and file wounded.
32d Ditto-1 Ensign, 1 rank and file, killed; 5 rank and file,
wounded.
36th Uitto-1 rank and file killed; 5 rank and file wounded.
55th Ditto—l rack and tits; wounded.
Portuguese Loss-1 rank and file killed, 2 rank and filewoundad.
General Total of British and Por. siguese loss.
One Ensign, 4 rank and file killed; 1 Lieutenant, IL rank and
tile wounded. _ _

atth &peak, 2Veittettaide, aseekeeeiithesesile&
cen and privates.
Sick and Wounded In Rospital—.lcatstain. S IitIitIOSINS, 67 sow
conunisaloned officers and privates.
Total-1 governbr, 15 captains, ittlieutenarts, 660 ameoattob:
domed officers and privates; 10 civil branch, 11 servants, net
naldiers.—Grand Total 706.
(alined) Jona WAreas, Lieut.-Col. sad A. A. 0. I
Puente la Pena, June 80, 1614. '
MY Lonb—T omitted to mention to your Lord•
ship in my last dispatch, the particulars of a very
gallant affair of cavalry, in Estremadura, under the
corrimariS of Lieutenant Strenuwite, the Aide-dee
Camp of Lieutenant General Sir William Erskine. '
Lieutenant General Sir Rowland Hill having
learnt that the enemy had left at Maguilla a great
proportion of the soldiers who had been taken prams.
ners in Major General Slade's affair of the 11th inn.
sent Lieutenant Strenuwitz, on the I Sth, with a de- '
tachment consisting of fifty men of the 3d dragoon
guards and royal dragoons, uttder the command of
Lieutenant Bridges, of the royals, to bring them in.
On his arrival there he fell in with a detachment of •
French dragoons, consisting of eighty men, v hone
he attacked with such conduct and effect as to kill
many and tike one officer, 20 men, and 25 horses,
prisoners, with the loss of only one man killed.
I have 'frequently had occasion to dem your Lord-
ship's attention to the conduct of Lieutenant Streou-
witz, and I ant haispy to have this fresh opportunity i
of doing so. I have the honour to be, &c. (*tied)
o.'ELLitidtOn.
ADMIRALTY OFFICE, JULY 21.
Copy of a Lester irony Vice Atodral Sir Edward Pelkw, Bata
to John Wilson Croker, Eaq. dared on baud the Caledonia,
• off Toulon, June 10.
Slit—l have the honour to enclose, for the infor-
mation of the Lords Commissamers of the Admiralty, i
the copy of a. letter, and its enclosures, which I re.
ceived from Captain Rowley, of his Majesty's ship
America,. stating the particulars of a spirite.l attack
upon the enemy's batteries at Languillia, and the caps
tore of a convoy that bad taken shelter tender thee.
I have the honour to bet kr. (Signed)
£DW. PALLET&
Ills Majesty' Ship America, off Lar.gallila, May 10.
SIR—I have the honour to inform yt u, that having
yesterday, in company with the Leviathanand Eclair,
fallen in with a con. oy of eighteen sail of the enemy J
deeply laden, which took shelter under the town and
batteries of Languillia, and Captain Campbell ce rt.
curring in opinion with me as to the pricticability of
bripging them out or destroying them by gc.ting pos.
session „f the batteriesrthe marines of b aft ships, un-
der the dire:tion of Captain Rea, of the America,
were landed this morning at da) break to uff•ct it.
A party under Captain Oven, Royal Matines, of
the Leviathan, was detached to carry a battery of
five twenty-tour and eighteen pounders to the;
eastward, which he perforffied in a very spirited and
jutlicions manner, the French officer who commanded
falling in the attack ; the main body in the mean
time rapidly advancing through a severe fire of grape,
carried the battery Zdjoining the town cf Languillia.
(consisting of four twenty-fur and eighteen poun. .1
Jens, and a mortar) though protected by a strong '1
body of the enemy, posted in a wood, and in several '
contiguous buildit-gs, upon the latter of which the
Funs were immediately turned with much effect.
the enemy were now driven from the Louses lining
the beach, by the Eclair, and the boats then procee.
ded to bring out the vessels that ware secured by ye.
rious contrivances to the houses and beach, their sails
and rudders beirg mostly reenove4 on shore ;-16
were towed off(.as per enclosed list), which being ace I
c,mplished, the marines were re-embarked in the
most perfect order, under cover of the Eclair, and
without molestation from the enemy, though a strong
party was advancing from the town of Alassia, to
reinforce them.
I regret to state that our success has been clouded,
and our loss on this occasion much extended by an
unfortunate accalent which occurred in landing the
party ; the America's yawl being sunk by a chance
shot from the only gun that could bear on the boats.
and before assistance could be afforded, I lament 1.
say, ten marines and one of the crew were drowned.
I have great satisfaction in the favourible report,
I feel it my duty to make of the officers, seamen, any
marines, onployed on this occasion ; the gallant and I
able conduct of Captain Rea, who commanded the
marines, was very conspicuous, and he reports in the
most favourable manner of Captain Owen, and Lieu.
tenants Neame, Cock, Cardon, and Hill, and of the
orderly good conduct of the whole detachment.
To Captain Bellamy I was much indebted for the
handsome manner in which the Eclair was swept in,
and the fire she kept up to cover and protect the
troops and boats during their operations, the ships
being prevented by the light and baffling winds from
getting close enough to act.
The services of the boats in landing and embark-
ing the troops,. and (being all armed with guns or
carronades) assisting with their fire, and the expedi-
tion with -which the enemy's vessels were brought
out, does much credit to Lieutenant Richardson,
first of this ship, who had the direction of them, as
also to Lieutenants Molesworth and Moodie of the
America, and Dobbs and Hambly of the Leviathan,
who were employed in them. I cannot conclude
without requesting permission to recommend to your
notice Mr. John Harvey, Master's Mate of this ship,
who has particularly distinguished himself both oa
the present and other late occasions of boat service.
• I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) Josue Reims:.
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, Bart.
Commander-in-Chief, &c. &c.
List of Merchant Vessels captured and destroyed by hie
ships America, Leviathan, and Eclair, at Laitgallb,Mit
10th day of May, 18t?.
Settees, No. 9755, of so toot, lades with leather sad sawidee
captured and brought out.
Settee, No. 3084, of 50 tons, laden with wine ; ouptowall aid
brought out.
Settee, No. 7093, of 120 tons, laden with salt; aaptaral r

Names of Officers killed and wounded.
S>id Foot.—Ensign Fitzgerald, killed.
llth Foot—Lie utenant (le:hcn, slightly wounded.
(Signed) JOIIN WATS ks, Lieut.-Col. and A. A. G.
No. V.
Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of the Army under the
command of his Excellency General the Earl of Wettixcron
K.B. in several Affalrs with the Enemy, from the 22.1 to the
25th June, 1812, both days Inclusive.
12th Light Dragoons-2 horses wounded.
Itith Light Dragoons-1 rank and file killed, 1 horse wounded.
lit Dragoons, King's German Legion-2 rank and file, 5 hones,
killed ; 1 rank and Me, 2 horses, wounded; 5 rank and Ss
missing.
2d Dragoons, Ding a German Legion-1 rank and file, 2 bane%
killed; 1 rank and file, 2 horses, wounded.
Ist Hussars, King's German I.egion--.1 horse, wounded.
General Tota'-4 rank and file, 7 horns, killed; 2 rank and
tile, 8 horses, wounded; 5 rank and Me, missing.
(Signed) JOHN Weraas, Lieut.-Col. and A. A.G.
General Total British Lou from the 16th to the 27th June, 1812,',
rIILLiD. -s captains S lieutenants, 1 ensign, S serjeants,
drumm. r, SS rank and file; 28 horses.
WOUNDED..-•-•I general staff. 1 lieutenant-colonel, I major,
captains, 10 lieutenants, 4 ensigns, 14 sericauts, 7 drummers,
317 rank and file ; 51 horses.
.Ids SUN c.-2 lieutenants, 11 rank and file; 5 horses.
4eneral Total Portuguese Less from the 16th to the 27th hoe,
1812, inclusive.
Kit ten rank and Me.
'WOUNDEf.--.2 captains, 1 ensign, 16 rank and file.
General Total British and Por, uguese Loss from the 16th to the
27th June, 1612, inclusive.
captains. S lieutenants, 1 ensign, 5 serje ats, 1
drummer, 103 rank and file; 28 horses.
Wounista.....l general staff, 1 lieutenant colonel, 1 major, 10
captaies, 10 lieutenants, 5 ensigns, 14 sergeants, 7 drummers,
SS3 rank and Me.
Missinn.-2 lieutenants, 11 rank and file; 5 horses.
eReturn of Prisoners taken ha the Forts of St.Vincente, St. Cay-

tano, and La Merced, at Salamanca, on the 27th Jana.l4l ught out.
- ' 1-. • • ' two .
Staff-1 governor, 9 servants, not eoldiers. • Settee, No. 5097, of 70 tons, laden widt loadtor ad onnidos i
Commandant-1 captain, 1 servant, not a soldier. captured and brought out.
Commissariat--lo civil branch, 4 servants, not soldiers, Settee, La Volante, of 160 tons, laden with sok ; capture" sod
Artillery-2 captains, 2 lieutenants, 55 non-commissioned officer* bight out:,
and privates. Settee, La Conception, of 80 togs, laden with ask ; captured and
Sappers-1 captain, 22 non-commissioned of ce and privates. t brought out.
15th Regiment of the Line-.-1 captain, 1 lieutenaat, 44 non. scum, 12Amompdans or 40 tons, mew
with
wises
captured
am
commissioned officers and privates. ' brought out.
17th Ditto-2 captains, 50 Don-commissioned officers and privates. settee.L•Ameweion —.of 6/ toss, laden wit", wine ; Ate
ad
65th Ditto---4 captains, 176 non-commissioned officers and pet. beeegit out.
vases.
Nome Dame do Carmel de Pane. of OD Moo lathe With
66th Dino-1 captain, S lieutenants, 7S nen-committioned nth-fix,sak, captured end brought Got.
cers and privates. mow[ ffendrfes;
Settee, no. 7240, of TO woe. Wen wishum
ISM Ditto-1 caPtaioi 1 Ikeittanant, 76 200.41011110144L0201 Aar% sapture4 and kw.' ca.
and privates.