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GEN tRAL. HILL'S VICTOrty Aldea del tret; Ebel Cares— de Don Antonio, Wag a i putting kin the ientie. - The 'lsth 'Light Dragoons,
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shorter' twobsciltdaltz that followed by the enemy,' and I at the same tune, took.peneession of the enemy's ar- '
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The DorrEnEn sloop of war has arrived aPiny. which afforded 'a hope of being able to intercept end , witty. One 61 the charges made by the two squa
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rng him to action jetnd I here joined by S was ate ; demi
of
the 2d iii ussars,
mouth, from Lisbon, in 18 days, with the officialand one of the 9th Light
;dards from Caceres. On the march I riv eceed-infer.
accounts of the late brilliant victory obtained by Geel Dragoons, was particularly gallant ; the latter corn-
neral
to
!that morning,inatien that the'enemy had only left Torre Mocha mended by Captain Gore, the whole under Major
Hite ; the result of which, we are happy
, and , ;ombe , of the
learn, has been far more glorious for the British aiensthat he had again halted his mainß
Hussars. I ought previously to have
at Arroyo
bod ly yadel Wino leaving a rearguard at mentio
ned, that the -British cavalry having, through
Captain HILL, tile General's brother, who is the lAlbala, which was a satisfactory proof that he was the darkness of the night and the badness of the road,
bearer of these dispatches, arrived in Town yester-
lignorant of the movements of the troops under my been somewhat delayed, the Spanish cavalry underl
day afternoon. As Lord LIVERPOOL was not its town, command. ; the Count de Penne Villemur was, on this occasion,
C sptain lint proceeded to Coombe Wood, accom- 1 I therefore made a forced march to Alcuesca that 1 the first to form upon the Plain, and engaged the
panted by Mr. PENN, one of his Lordship's under evening, where the troops were so placed as to be out enemy until the British were enabled to come up.
lof sight of the enemy, and no fires were allowed to 1
Secretaries, who afterwards conveyed the Dispatches The enemy was now in, full retreat ; but Meier-
}be made. On my arrival at Alcuesca, which is with- ' General
to the PRINCE REGENT, at oatlands. The loss of the Howard's column having gained the point
French, on the above occasion, in killed, wounded, in a league of Arroyo del Molino, everything tended 'to which it was directed, and the left column gaining
and prisoners, exceeds 2000. The Prince IYAREss- to confirm me in the opinion that the enemy was not 1 fast upon him, he had no resource but to surrender or
Ileac and General RENAUD, the late Governor cf only in total ignorance of my near approach, but ex- ; disperse and ascend the mountain. He preferred the
Ciudad Rodrigo, who were taken prisoners, have tremely off his guard; and I determined upon at- latter, and ascending near the EaStern extremity of I
arrived in the Dorrener.. tempting to surprise, or, at least, to bring him to ac. ' the ascent, which might have been deemed inaccessi- '
Upwards'of 600 of the French army were killed, tion, before he should march in the morning ; and the ,
1 ble, was followed closely by the 28th and 31th regi-
and, the whole of the baggage, camp-equipage, Corn. necessary dispositio. s were made for that purpose. ments, whilst the 39th regiment and Colonel Ash-
inissariat, &c. fell into our hands. The loss of the The town of Arroyo del Molino is situated at the , worth's Portuguese infantry followed round the foot
British in killed and wounded wns only 66. foot of one extremity of the Sierra of Montanclres ;7.1 of the mountain, by the Truxillo Road, to take him
Captain HILL left Lord Weeeneerroe's Head- the mountain running from it to the rear, in the form .
, again in flank. At the same time, Brigadier General
quarters on the 6th ult. of a crescent, almost every where inaccessible, the 1 Morillo's- infantry ascended at some distance to thil
The officialeaccouvit of the above gallant affair, two points being about two wiles asunder. The left, with the same view.
was this day published in the following Truxillo road runs round that to the eastward.
As may be imagined, the enemy's troop; were by
The road leading from the town to Merida runs
this time in the'utmost panic ; his cavalry was flying.
LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. at, right anglfs with that from Alcuesca, and the road
in every direction, the infantry threw away their arms,
to Medellin pas e; . between those Ist and
and the only effort of either was to escape. The I
DOWNING-STREET, DECEMBER 1., Merida. The groupd over which the troops had to
troops under Major-General Howard's command, as
CaptainHlLL, Aid-de-Camp to Lieutenant-General manccuvre being a pinin, thinly scattered With oak
well as those he had sent round the point of the moon.
HILL, arrived this day at the Earl of LiverpterP6 and coAt tress, my object of course was to place a
Lain, pursued them over the rocks, making prisoners
Office, with a dispatch, addressed to his Lordship by body of troops so as to cut off the retreat of the ene-
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General Viscount WELLINGTON, dated Frenada, 6th my by any of these roads. at every cep, until his own men became so exhausted
Nivember 1811; of which the following is an extract. The troops moved from their Bivouack- near Al. and few in number, that it was necessary frr him to
I informed your Lordship, in my dispatches of the cuesca, about two o'clock in the morning of the 28th, halt and secure the prison es, and leave the further
nd and 30th of October, of the Orders which I had in one column right in front, direct on Arroyo del pursuit to the Span'sh infantry under General Mo-
given to Lieutenant-General Hill to move into Es- Molino, and in the following order i Major-General rillo ; who, from the direction in which they had as-
tremadura with the troops under his command, eel Howard's brigade of ir fintry, (Ist battalion 50th, tended, had now become the most advanced. The
with his progress to the 2eieh of October... 71st, and 92d regiments, and one company of the force General Girard had with him at the commence-
He marched on the 27th by Aldea del Cano to 60th), Colonel Wilson's brigade (Ist battalion 28th, merit, which consisted of 2.500 infantry and GOO ca-
Alcaesca, and on the 28th, in the Meriting, surprised 2d battalions 3-Ith, and 2d battalion 39th, and one 'airy, being at this time horsily disperse.!. In the
the enemy's troops under General Girard at Arroyo company of the 60th), 6th Portuguese Regiment of course of these operations, Brigadier-General Camp
bell's brigade of Portuguese infantry (the esh and
del Moline, and dispersed the division of infantry and the Line, and 6th Cacadores under Col. Ashworth,
10th regiments), and the 18th Portuguese iufaatry,
corelry which had been employed under the corn. the Spanish Infautry under Brigadier-GeneralMorillo,
wand of that General. taking General Brune, the Major-General Long's of cavalry (od Hus- joined from Casa de Don Antonio, where they had
halted for the preceding night ; and as soon as I
Due d'Aremberg, and about one thousand three sars, 911 and 13th Light Dragoons), and the Spenish
judged they could no longer be required at tine scene
hundred prisoners, three pieces of cannon, &c. &c. cavalry under the Conde de Penne Viilamur. They
of action, I detached them with the brigade, consist,
and having killed many in the action with the toe- moved in this order until within half a mile of the
ing of the 50th, 71st, and 92d regiments, and Major-
eny, and in the subsequent pursuit. General Girard town of Arroyo del Molino, when under cover of a
General Long's brigade of cavalry towards Meride.
escaped wounded ; and, by all accounts which I have low ridge, the column closed, and divided into three
They reached .St. Pedro that night, and entered
received, General Dubrocoskie was killed. columns. Majpr-General Howard's brigade and three
Merida this morning ; the enemy having, in .the
I beg to refer your Lordship for the details of Lieu- 6-pounders under Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart, sup-
course of the night, retreated from hence in great '
tenant-General Hill's operations to the 30th Octo- ported by Brigadier General Morillo's infantry, the
alarm to Almendralego. The Count de Penne Vil-
le'', to his dispatch to me of that date from Merida; a left; Celonel-W ilson's brigade, the Portuguese infan-
limnr formed the advanced guard with his, cavalry,
cops/ of 'which I enclose. I have frequently had the try under Col. Aslaworth, two 6-pounders ands howit-
and had entered the town previores to the arril of
pleasure to report to your Lordship the zeal !Ind abi- zer, the right, under Major-General Howard; and , :epee e. .
the British. ,e se
lit) with which Lieutenant-General Hill had carried the cavalry, the centre.
The ultimate consequences ref, these .operations 1
into execution the operations entrusted to his charge; As the day dawned, a violent storm of rain and
need not point out to your Lordship; theii%mediate
and I have great satisfaction in repeating my corn- thick mitt came on, under cover of which the columns
result is the capture of one General of cavalry (Brune),
mendatiuns of hint, and of the brave troops under his advanced in the direction, and in the order which had
one Colonel of cavalry, (the Prince D'Aremherg),
command, upon the present occasion, in which the been pointed out to them. The left column under
one Lieutenant-Colonel, (Chief of the Etat-Major),
ability Glebe Oeseml and the gallantry and discipline Lieutenant Colonel Stewart marched direct upon the
one Aid-de-Camp of General Girard, two Lieutenant-
of the officers ind troops have been conspicuous. town, the 71st, one company of the 60th and 92d re- I
Colonels, one Commissaire de Guerre, 80 Captains,l
I send with General Hill's dispatch a plan of the giment at quarter distance, and the .50th in close co-
and' inferior Officers, and upwards of 1000 of non-
ground and of the operations on the 28th of October, lumn somewhat in the rear, with the guns as a Re-
commissioned officers and soldiers, already sent off I
by Captain Hill, the General's brother and Aid-de- serve. under an escort to Portalegre ; the whole of the ene-
Camp, who attended him in the action, and will be The right column under Major General Howard,
my's art llery, baggage, and Commissariat, some
able to give your Lordship any further details which having the 39th regiment as a reserve, broke off is)
magazines of corn, which he had collected at Caceres
you may require. I beg leave to recommend him to the right, so as to turn the enemy's left; and having
your protection. gained about the distance of a cannon-shot to that and Merida, and the contribution of money which
he had levied on the former town, besides the total
Merida, October 30, 1811. flank, it marched in a circular direction upon the fur.
dispersion of General Girard's corps. The loss of
My Lonn---In pursuance of the instructions which ther point of the crescent on the mountain above-
. the enemy in killed must also have been severe, while
I received from your Lordship, I put a portion of the mentioned. that on our side was comparatively trifling, as appe irs
troops under my orders in motion on the 22,1 instant, The cavalry under Lieutenant General Sir Wil- i
by the accompanying return, in which year Lordship
from their cantonments in the neighbourhood of Liam Erskine moved between the two columns of in- I
Portalegre, and advanced with them towards the Spa- fantry ready to act in front, or move round either of will lament to see the name of Lieutenant Strenuwita,
nisi froutier. •
them, as occasion miglirrequire. I Aid-de-Camp to Lieut.-General Sir William Erskine,
whose extreme gallantry led him into the midst of
On the 23d the head of the column reached Albu- \The advance of our columns was unperceived by
querque, when I learnt that the enemy, who had the enemy until they approached very near, at which I the enemy's cavalry, and occasioned his being taken
advanced to Aliseda, had fallen back to Arroyo del moment he was filing out of the town upon the Me.
prisoner. Puerto, and that the Spaniards were again in posses- ride road ; the rear of his column, some of his caval-
Thas has ended an expedition which, although not
sion of Aliseda. ry and part of his baggage being still in it ; one Imo
• i bringing into play to the full extent the gallantry and
On the t4th, I had a brigade of British infantry, gade cf his infantry had marched for Medellin, an I spirit of those engaged, will I trust give them aclaim,
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half a brigade of Portuguese artillery (sir pounders) hour before day-light. to your Lordship's apprpbation. No praise of mine
can do justice to their admirable conduct; the pi:
and some of my cavalry, at Aliseda ; and the remain- The 7lst and 911 regiments charged intothe town
tience and good still shewn by allearike dutingforc.
der of my cavalry, another brigade of British infan- with cheers, and drove the enemy every where at the
try, and half a brigade of Portuguese six pounders, at point of the bayonet, having a few of their men cut ed marches Lift the worst of weather;. their strict at-
Casa detantillana, about a league distant,, down by the enemy's cavity.i
tention to the orders they received, the precision with
On the 25th, the Count de Penne Viilamur made a The enemy's infantry which had got out of the which they moved to the attack, and theirobedience
reconstoissane.e with his cavalry, and drove the enemy town, had, by the time these regiments arrived at the to command during the action ; in short the manner
1 fi3.3 in which every one has performed his duty from the
Irons Armyo del Puerto- The enemy retired to Mal- extremity of it, formed into two squares, with the ca-
commencement of the operation, merits My
pertida,
partida, which place he occupied as an advanced post, valry on their left ; the whole were posted between 1 .
warmest thanks, and will not, I am are, pass unob-
with stem three hundred cavalry end some infantry, the Merida and Medellin Roads, fronting Alcuesea.
served by' your Lordship.
' his main body being still at Caceres. The right square being formed within halt musket-
[General HILL here expresses his warmeit appro.
On the 26th, at day-break, the troops arrived at shot of the town, the garden walls of which were bat
ion the 'conduct of the officers under his tom-
Ivfalpartida,
re and found that the enemy had left that promptly lined by the 7I st light infantry, white the 92d I ' nand.]
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place, tiring tsnytteds Caceres, followed by a small Regiment flied out and formed line on their right,
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This dispatch will be delivered to your Lordship
party a the we Hamra, who skirmished with his perpendicular to the enemy's right flank, which was
by Captain 11111, my First Aid-de-Camp, to whom I
Verueguarch I was shortly afterwards inf rmed that much annoyed by the well-directed fire of the 71st. 1
beg to refer your Lordship for all further particular!.
she ethnic of the enemy's force had left CiCt res ;'but In the mean time one wing of the 50th regiment '
I have the honour to he
Lieue•General.
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the want of certainty as to the direction he had taken, occupied the town, and secured the prisoners, and (Signed)R. HILL,
and the extreme badness of the weather, induced me the other wing, along with the three six-pounders,
To General Viscount Welling .
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tofu& the Portuguese and British troops at Malpar. skirted the outside of it, the artillery as soon as within , ~
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tida for that night. The' Spaniards moved on to range, firing with great effect upon the squares. P.S. Since writing the above report,- a good many
-Caceres. ' - Whilst the enemy was thus occupied on his right, more prisoners have been made; and I doubt not but
ene- Major-General Howard's column continued moving ',,he whole will aliount to 13 or 14 hundred.
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at !round his left; and our cavalry -advancing and cross- e., Brigadier-General Murillo has just returned from
'tip mg Ire head of theirsoluma, cut off the enemy's ca,, ''the pursuit of The dispersed, whom he folloWed for 1
tgi valry from 41 lefentry, cherging it repeatedly, and eight kaguss. H: reports, that besides those killed
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Having received certain information t'iat t' e en
my had matched4sTous Mocha, I put the troops
Malpattidit in motion -vs the morning of the Tit
aid advagcedhy the rog4 leading to Mai 'a, tliFoui