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ffirers and troops under his costatuellie •
were highly colepicuous.
Major-General Colville, and the light Regiment, shoule attack the ravelia of Sr. Roque that of the O
upon his left ; while the 4th division, under the Hon.
' division, under The arrangements med.:. by Major-General Cole
Lieut.. Colonel Barnard, should attack the breaches vine for the attack by the 4th divisiou, were very in.
in the bastions of La Trinidad and of Santa Maria, dicious, and he kid them to the Amick in the mist
and in the curtain by which they are connected.-- gallant manner.
The sth division were to occupy the ground which In consequence of the aLsence, on account of sick-
the 4th and light divisions had occupied during the ness, of MajooGeneral Visodelenr and Colonel Beck-
siege, and Lieut.-Gen. Leith was to make a false with, Lieuten tilt-Col •nel Baraard commanded the '
attack upon the outwork called Pardeleras, and ano. light division in the assault, and distinguished him'
ther on the works of the fort towards the Guadiana, self, not less by the manner in which he made the ar.
with the left brigade of the division, under Major. rangements for that optration, than by his personal
General Walker, which he was to tura into a real gallantry in its execution.
attack, if circumstances should prove favourable ; I have also to mention Major-General Harvey. of
and Brigadier-General Power, who invested the place the Porto7ttese service, commanding a brigade in the
with his Portuguese brigade on the right of the Gua. 4th division, and Brigadier• General Champlemond,
diana, was directed to make false attacks on the tete. , commanding the Portuguese brig isle in the 3d dive.
du-pont, the fort St. Christoval, and the new redoubt sion, as highly distinguished : Brigadier-Genera/
called Mon-cceur. The attack was accordingly Harvey was wounded in the storm.
made at ten at night. Lieut.-Gen. Picton prece- Your Lordship will see, in the list of killed and
ding, by a few minutes, the attack by the remainder 'wounded, a list of the Commanding Officers of Re.
of the troops. giments. In LieutenantaColonel MiLeod, of the
Major-General Kempt led this attack, which went , 13d regiment, who was killed in the breach, his Ma-
out from the right of the first parallel; he was un- ' jesty sustained the loss pf an officer Seha was an or.
fortunately wounded in crossing the river Rivellas i'lament to his profession, and was capable of render-
below the inundation ; but notwithstanding this cir- ing the most Important service to his country.
cumstance, and the obstinarte resistance of the enemy, I must likewise mention Lieutenant-C.7olone, Gibbs
the castle was carried by escalade, and the 3d divi- of the 52d Regiment, who was wounded, and Major
sion established in it at about half-past eleven.— O'Hare of the9stll, unfortunatelykilled in the breach
While this was rhea on, Major Wilson, of the 48th —Lieutenant-Colonel Elder of the 3d, and Major
Regiment, carried the ravelin of St. Roque by the Algeo of the Ist Cacadores : LieuteColonel Hat.
gorge, with a detachment of 200 men of the guard court of the 40th, likewise wounded, was highly dis-
in the trenches, and, with the assistance of Major tinguished, and Lieut.-Colonel Blekeney of the Royal
Squire of the engineers, established himself within Fusileers, Knight of the- 27th, Erskine of the 48th,
that work. .. and Captain Leakey, who commanded the 23ci Re.
The 4th and light divisions moved to the attack giment, Lieut.-Colonel Ellis having been wounded
from the camp along the left of the river Rivellas during the previous operations of siege.
and of the inundation. They were not perceived by t In the sth division I must mention Major Hill, of
the enemy till they reached the covered way, and the the Bth Cie idores, who directed the false attack up:
advanced guards of the two divisions descended, with-. on the Foi t Pardeleras. It was ' impossible for any
out difficulty, into the ditch, protected by the fire o.: men to behave better than these did. I must like:
the parties stationed on the glacis for that purpose : is ,se mention Lieutenant-Colonel Brook, of the 4th
and they advanced to the assault of the breaches, led regiment, the Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Carlton, a
by their gallant officers, with the utmost intrepidity ; the 44th, and Lieutenant-Colonel Grey of the SOdu
but such was the nature of the obstacles prepared by who wits unfortunately killed. The 2d battaliow ed
the enemy at the top and behind the breaches, and so the 38th, under .Lieutenant-Colonel Nugent, and the
determined their resistance, that our troops could not I.sth Portuguese regiment, under Colonel De Regoa,'
establish themselves within the place. Many brave likewise performed their part, in a very exemplary
officers and soldiers were killed or wounded by ex- manner.
plosions at the top of the breaches'; others who suc- The officers and troops in the 3d division have dis-
ceeded to them were obliged to give way, having tinguithed themselves as usual in these operations.—
found it impossible to penetrate the obstacles which Lieutenant-General.Picron has reported to me parti.
the enemy had prepared to impede their progress.— cularly the conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Williams,
These attempts were repeated till after twelve at of the 60th, Lieutenant-Colonel Ridge of the sth,
night, when, finding that success was not to be at- alto was unfortunately killed la the assault of the
tamed, and that Lieutenant-General Picton was este- Castle, Lieutenant-Colonel Forge; of the 45th regi.
Wished in the castle, I ordered that the 4th and light ment, LicutenanoColonel Fhzgerale of the 60th,
divisions might retire to the ground on which they Lieutenant-Colonels Trench and Mennen of the 74th .
had first assembled for the attack. In the mean time regiment, Major Carr of the 83d, and the Hon. Ma.
Major-General Leith had pushed forward Major-Ge- jor Packenham, Assistant Adjutant-General to the
neral Walker's brigade on the left, supported by the id Division.
38th regiment under Lieutenant-Colonel Nugent, He has likewise particularly reported the good
and the 15th Portuguese regiment under Lieutenant- conduct of Colonel Campbell of the 9lth, common.
Colonel De Regoa ; and he had made a false attack ding the Hon. Major-General Colville's brigade du-
upon the Pardeteres with the Bth Cacadores under ring his absence in command of the 4th Division,
Major Hill. Major-General Walker forced the bar- whose conduct I have so frequently had occasion to
tier on the road of Olivenca, and entered the covered report to your Lordship.
way on the left of the bastion of St. Vicente, close The officers and men of the Corps of Engineen
to the Guadiana. He there descended into the ditch, and Artillery were equally distinguished during the
and escaladed the face of the bastion of St. Vicente. operations of the siege, and in its close. Lieutenant
Lieutenant-General Leith supported this attack Colonel Fletcher continued to direct the works, not-
by the 38th Regiment and the 15th Portuguese rc- withstanding that he we: wounded in the sortie made
giment ; and our troops being thus established iu 1 by the enemy on the 19th March, which were carried
the castle, which commands a- the works of the on by Major Squire and Major Burgoyne, under his
town, and in the town ; and the 4th and light divi- : directions. The formar established the detachments
sions being forni2d again Er the attack of the I under Major Wilson in the raveline of St. Roque on
breaches, all resistance ce used ; and at day-light in . the night of the storm ; the latter attended the attack
the morning, the Governor, General Philipon, who !of the 3d division on the Castle. I have likewise to
had retired to fort St. Christoval, surreudered, toge- report the good cenduct of Major Jones, Ca:,tain Ni.
ther with General Veilande, and all the Staff and the cholas and Capt. Williams of the Royal.Eugincers.
whole garrison. Major Dickson conducted the devils of the artil-
I have not got accurate reports of the strength of levy service during the siege, as well as upon former
the garrison, or of the number of the prisoners ; but occasions, under the general superintendence of Lieu-
General Philipon has informed me, that it consisted I tenant-Colonel Framingham, who, since the absence
of five thousand men at the commencement of the of Major-General Borthwick, has commanded the
siege, of which 1200 were killed or wounded during artillery with this army.
the operations, besides those lost in the assault of the I cannot sufficiently applaud the officers and sol-
i)laces There were five French battalions, besides diers of the British and Portuguese artillery during
two of the regiment of Hasse D'Armstadt, and the this siege, particularly Lieutenant-Colonel Robe, who
artillery, engineers, Etc. and I understand there are opened the breaching batteries, Majors May and
4000 prisoners. Holcombe, Captain Gardiner and Lieutenant Bou-
It is impossible that any expressions of mine can chier of the Royal Artillery, Captain De Reoberg Of
convey to your Lordship the sense which I entertain the King's German Artillery, and Major l'ulloh of
of the gallantry of the Officers and troops upon this the Portuguese.
occasion. The list of killed and wounded will thew Adverting to the extent of the details of the Ord-
that the General Officers, the Staff attached to them, nance department during the siege, to the difficulty
the Cornmarkling, and other Officers of regiments, of the weather, &c. uith which Major Dickson, had
put themselves at the head of the attacks which they to contend, I must*mention him most particularly to
severally directed, and set the example of gallantry your Lordship.
which was so well followed by their men. The Officers of the Adjutant and Qnarter-Mastcr-
M'aralial Sir William Beresford assisted mein con- General's Departments rendered me every assistance
ducting the details of this siege, and I am much in- on this occasion, as well as those or my personal
debted to him for the cordial assistance which Iles- Staff ; and I have to add, that I have received re-
ceived from him, as well during its progress, as in ports from the General Officers commanding divi.
sions of the assistance they received from the officers
the last operation, which brought it to a termination.
The duties in the trenches were conducted succes- of those departments attached to them, the zteatest
sively by the Hon. Major-General Colville, Majors number of whom, and of their personal Staff, are
-Geneve! Bowes, and Major General Kempt, under wrunded.
the superintend:nee of Lieut.-General Picton. In a former dispatch I reported to your Lardship
I have had occasion to mention all these Officers the difficulties with which I had to contend in come.
during the course of the operations, and they all dis- quence of the failure of the Civil. Authoieties of the
tinguished themselves, and were all wounded in the ! province of Alentejo, to perform their duty aulfsup.
p
assault. lam perticularly obliged to LieuteGeneral : ply the army with the means of trans ore ;these dig
Pictop, for the manner in which he arranged the at-
ficulties have continued to exist ; but L must do Ge
neral Victoria, the Governor of Elvas the
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, ustice to
tack of the castle, and for that in which he supported .
the attack, and established his troops in that impor- report, that he, and the troops under his cojmmand.
Mt post. • • I have made every exertion, and have done every thing
Lit utenant-General Leith's arrangements for the in their power to centribute to our success:
false attack upon the Pardeleras, and that under I Marshal Soult left Seville on the •Iseinsrant, with
Major-General Walker, were likewise most judicious, , all the troops which he could collect in Andalusia ;
and he availed himself of the circumstances of the and he was in communication with the troops which
I moment, to push forward and support the attack ;
had re
under Major-General Walker, in a manner highlyretired from E.stremadura, under General Drotset,
lon the Sd. and he arrived at Llerena on the 4th. I
creditable to him. The gallantry and conduct of Marshal So :lc s'tould advance ; and. I requested
Major-Generel Walkers who was.als2 wounded, aed kad intended to collect the etme in
seeneurtipe as,

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