Star.
London, England, 1809-01-23 00:00:00

ANOTHER LETTER-SAME DATE.

The Sir Charles Cotton schooner, and two trans-
ports, have just arrived from Corunna, and brought
over an Aid-de-Camp and several British Officers.—
The intelligence they bring is dreadful in the extreme.
The French army having by forced marches come
up with ours, after a part of them had embarked, fell
upon our rear-guard, which were posted about a mile
from Corunna, consisting of about 6000 men, who
were left to cover the embarkation of their comrades.
A dreadful and sanguinary conflict took place, which,
was sustained by our brave fellowa with an heroism
peculiar only to Britons.
Our troops who were in Corunna, preparing to
embark, hastened to the scene of action. Numbers
of our brave fellows were killed, wounded, and taken;
and great quantities of artillery, ammunition and
baggage, fell into the hands of the enemy.—The sad
remains of the British army (the wreck of our hopes)
are hourly expected here.
P. S.--I have just seen an officer of the 38th, who
has this instant, (5. P. M.) landed. He was in• the
action, and states, that Generals MOORE, LUDLOW,
and ANSTRUTHER, are dead. and that General BAIRD
has lost an arm.—General MOORE did not die on the
field of battle : he was mortally wounded, and ex-
pired on board the VILLE DE PARIS on Tuesday last.
General BAIRD if on board the VILLE DE PARIS, as
are also the remains of the lamented General MOORE.
.:The VILLE DE PARIS is hourly expected here.
PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 21.
This morning arrived the Alfred transport, Capt.
LUMLEY, from Corunna, with about 309 wounded
soldiers. By this vessel we have received the most
distressing accounts of the retreat and embarkation
of the British troops, from Corunna, which commen-
ced on Sunday last ; but the day following the
French, by pushing hard, advanced close to Corunna
' with about 50,000 men under the command of Soult,
who had been reinforced by Junot, and commenced a
general attack on the British troops, that were not
embarked, on account of the transports not arriving
in time from Vigo, &c. The covering regiments,
amounting to about 7000 men, among which were
the 81st Regiment, the 2d, and the Royals or Queen's
which withstood the attack in the most valliant man-
' nor possible, and occasioned dreadful slaughter among
the French troops; but we are concerned to say, that
the British troops have experienced great loss, parti-
cularly the 81st ; and the country has to lament the
incalculable loss of a great many of her best officers ;
,among whom is General Sir JOHN MOORE ; General
ANSTRUTHER also died through excessive fatigue :
General Sir DAVID BAIRD is dreadfully wounded,
with the loss of an arm, scc. and we have heard of
Major MILNE, of the 81st regiment, two other Ma-
jors, 4 Captains, and many other officers killed and
wounded, besides a very great loss of privates ; the
extent of which is not known, as when the ALFRRD
sailed, on Wednesday last, the troops were not all em-
barked ; but a heavy cannonading was then kept
up from the fleet, under the command of Sir SAMUEL
HOOD, consisting of ten sail of the line, which was co.
vering the retreat of the transports from the harbour,
and assisting the embarkation of the troops with their
boats.

The greatest confusion prevailed among the trans-
ports in getting out of the harbour, owing to their