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London, England, 1813-11-03 00:00:00

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• WAR DEPARTMENT.
DOWNING STRIZT, NOVINUIR 1.
A Dispatch, of which the following is an astrai
was yesterday received at Lord BATHUMIT9IIOffiCeiI
addressed to his Lordship by Field-Marshal the Mar-
quis of WELLINGTON, dated Vera, October 18,
The enemy moved General Paris's division from
Oleron to the neighbourhood of St. Jean de Pied de
• Port, as soon as our left made its movement on the
7th instant.
On the night of the 12th the enemy attacked and I
carried the redoubt in the camp of Sarre, which was
- held by a picquet of 40 men of the army of reserve
of Andalusia, who were taken, as well as 100 pio-
neers. There is reason to believe that they were sur-
prised, as the reserve for the support of the redoubt
had not time to give the picqua assistance. This
redoubt was certainly more distant from the line, and
horn the ground from which k could be supported,
• thin I had imagined it to be when I had directed
chat it should be occupied, and it was so near to the
houses of the village of Sane as always to be liable
to an attack by surprise, I have therefore not allowed
Ft to be reoccupied. •
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After having possession of the redoubt, the enemy
-,--iwasle an attack, on the morning of the I3th, upon
the advanced posts of the army of Andalusia, under
"the command of Mariscal de Campo Don Pedro Gi.
ron, with a view to regain possession of those works
which they had lost tin the Bth, which they construct-
ed in front of the camp of Sarre. It was at first ima-
gined and reported, that the real attack was on the
side of the Hermitage of La Itbune ;hut it was con-
fined entir, ly to the advanced posts of the army of
Andalusia, and was repulse.' by them without
difficuity.
I had every reason to be satisfied with the conduct
' of Mariscal de Campo Don P. Giron, and die Gene-
ral Staff and other Officers, and the soldiers under
his command upon this occasion.
I had again occasion to observe particularly the
,steadiness of the regiment bf Ordenes, under the
' • ,'-etibmand of Colonel Hore.

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Nothing of importance has occurred on any part
of the line, but it appears that the enemy have been
reinforced by considerable bodies of recruits, raised
by the recent. conscriptions.

I hAve received no reports from Catalonia since I
addressed your Lordship last.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, NOVEMBER 2.

Copy of a IA tttr from Admiral Lord Keith, K. B. to John Wil-
solt C roke•r, E'q. d.ted on board his Majesty's ship Sultan, in

Caw,int! Pay, 34th October,
.1813.

Sta—Captain Tobin, of bis b{ ijesty's,ship Andro-
tnAche, arrived here this morning with the French
frigate la Trave, of 44 guns, which he =puked on
the ‘2',;(l inst. after a short action. .

This frigate is the consort of the Weser, taken by
the Rippon, Scylla, and Royalist, on the 21st.
I enclose a copy of Captain Tobin's letter, report-
ing this capture, and am sorry to observe, that his
First Lieutenant, Mr. Dickinson, is severely wound-
ed.—l have the honour to be, &cc.

(Signed) • - KEITH. Admiral,
Andromache, October 2Sth, 1813, Scilly, N. N.E.
Distance 22 Leagues.

My Loafs—As the day opened on the 23d instant
the Andromache gave duce to a frigate under jury
masts in the N.E. quarter ;—about four p. m. (the
Salutes bearing E. by S. fourteen leagues) sbe open-
ed a fire on us from her stern guns, which was not
returned until a position was taken on ber weather
quarter, when, after a feeble resistance of about fif-
teat minutes, she struck her colours ; indeed such
was the disabled State of her masts previously to our
meeting, that any further opposition would have been
the extreme of rashness.

She is la Trave, of 28 French 18-pounders and 16
18-pound :arronades, only nine months old, with ti
crew of 321 men (nearly all Dutch), one of whom
vas killed, and her Commander, Jscnb Van Maren,
Capitaine de Vaisseau and Member of the imperial
Order of Reunion, the Second Lieutenant, OA°lme,
two Midshipmen (one of them since dead), and 21
seamen, wounded.
The Andromache has received no injury in her
hull, nor aught to mention in her sails or rigging,
while 1 lament to say, that Mr. Thomas Dickinson,
the First Lieutenant, is severely wounded, and one
seaman slightly.--L have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) GEORG% TOBIN, Captain.
To Admiral Lord Keith, K.B. &c. acc. &c.

P.S. It seems, that la Trave had two men wound-
ed by an English brig of war, on the 19th.

Extract of a Lever from Viee•Adntiral Otway to John Wilson

Croker, Esq. dated at Leith, the 29th October, 1813.

The Clio has sent in a small Danish cutter priva.
Leer, of three guns and 22 men, captured on the 22d
inst. off Hiteroe ; had not taken any thing.

Extract of a Letter from the Honourable Captain Percy, of kis
Majesty's ship Hotspur, addressed to Admiral Lord Keith,
and tilansmitted by his Lordship to JohuWilson Croker, Esq.
His Majesty's ship Hotspur, at Sea, October 26.
beg leave to inform you, that I have this day
captured, after a Chace of six bouts, the American
schooner letter of marque Chesapeake, of two hun-
dred and sixty-five tons, five guns, and twenty-nine
men, from Nantes.