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duct of Catenaru Dmtta;o4,l commands the otn.
brigade, 1n the light dividdri
When the firing comsnenc‘d, the 6th corps broke
up from their position at Rovina, and marched to-
wards Rendo. The two corps joined at that place,
and continued their retreat to Alfayates, followed by
our eavaley,.part of which was that night at Soito.
The enemy continued their retreat that night and
the next morning; and entered the Spanish frontier
on the 4th. They have since continued their retreat,
and yesterday the last of them crossed the Agueda.
I have the honour to inclose the return of killed
and wounded from the 18th of March. lam con-
cerned to have to report that Lieutenant-Colonel Wa-
ters was taken prisoner on the 3d, before the action
commenced. He had crossed the Coa to reconnoitre
the enemy's position, and he was surrounded with
some hussars and taken. He had rendered very im-
portant services upon many occasions in the last two
years; and his loss is sensibly felt.
I sent six squadrons of cavalry, under Major-Gene-
ral Sir W. Erskine, on the 7th, towards Almeida, to
reconnoitre that place, and drive in any parties which
might be in that neighbourhood, and to cut off the
communication between the garrison and the army.
He found a division of the 9th corps at Jitnya, which
he drove before him across the Turou and Duas Casas;
and he took from them many prisoners. Captain Bull's
troop of Horse-artillery did great execution upon this
occasion. The enemy withdrew in the night across
the Agueda.
The allied army have taken up the position upon
the Duas Casas, which Brigadier-General Crauftird
occupied with his advanced guard in the latter part of
the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo ; having our advanced
posts upon Gallegos and upon the Agueda. The militia
are at CiucoVillis and Malpartida. The enemy have
no communication with the garrison of Almeida, from
whence they have lately withdrawn the heavy artillery
employed iii the summer in the sic of that place.
My last report from Cadiz is dated the 13th of
March.
I have not heard from Sir Wm. Beresford since the
Ist inst. At that time he hoped to be ableto blockade
Badajot on the 3d.
I learn by letters of the f.',oth March, received this
day from the South of Portugal, that after General
Zayas had landed his corps at Huelva and Morguer,
the Duke d'Aremberg moved upon Morguer from
Seville with :MO infantry and 800 cavalry, upon
which the Spanish troops embatked again. It is sta-
ted, that the cavalry had lost some of their equip-
ments. —I have the honour to be, Sze. (Signed)
WELLINGTON.

Return of the Killed, Wounded, and 11/41884ng of the British and
Portuguese Force. in the sevecal Affairs with the French army
from the 18th of March to the 7th of Apr il.
MARCH 18.-14th Light Dragoons—l rank and file, 1 horse,
wounded.
Ist Light Dragoons-1 rank and file wounded.
MARCH 19.-16th Light Dragoons-1 rank and file wounded.
Ist Hussars, King's German Legion-2 rank and file, 1 horse,
killed ; 2 horses wounded.
MARCH 20.-Ist Hussars, King's German Legion-3 horses
wounded.
MARCH Batt. 95th Foot-1 General Staff missing.
MARCH e9.—lst Hussars, King's German Legion—s horses kil-
led ; I horse wounded.
MARCH 30.-16th Light Diagoons-3 rank and file wounded.
APRIL 3.—Royal Horse Artillery-2 horses kille•1 ; 1 rank and
file wounded.
16th Light Dragoons-1 horse killed ; 1 horse wounded.
Isr Hussars King's German Legion-1 horse killed ; 1 milk and
file, 1 horse, wounded ; 1 rank and file, i horse, missing.
lid Batt. sth Foot—t Lieutenant, I Ensign, I Serjeant, 5 rank and
file, wounded.
SM Batt. 49d Font--1 Lieutenant, 1 Serjeant, 6 rank and file kil-
led ; 1 Major, 1 Captain, 3 Lieutenants, 4 Serjeants, 2 drum-
mers, 81 rank and file, wounded.
Ist Batt. 45th Foot-2 rank and file wounded ; 1 rank and file
missing.
Ist Batt. 52d Foot-3 rank and file killed ; 1 Captain, 1 Lien-
., tenant, 1 Serjeant, 17 rank and file, wounded.
ids Batt. 60th Foot-2 rank and file killed ; I Serjeant, I rank
and file, wounded; 1 rank and file missing.
Ild Batt. End Foot-1 rank and file wounded ; 1 rank and file
missing.
tat Batt. nth Foote-2 rank and file wounded.
2d Batt. 88th Foot-1 Serjeanr, 2 rank and file, wounded.
94th,Foot-2 rank and file wounded.
Ist Batt. 95th Foot—l Lieutenant, 1 rank and file, killed ; 1 Ges
Vera' Staff, 1 Ensign, 12 rank and rile, wounded
ed Batt. 95th Fuot-1 rank and file killed, 2 rant and file wows..
ded.
Portuguese Army-1 rank and file killed, 9 rank and file woun-.
ed ; 1 Lieutenant Colonel missing.
Atist."B„—lst Hussars, King's German Legion-1 horse killed,:
1 rank and file wounded. •
APRIL 7.--16th Light Dragoons-1 rank and file, two horses;
wounded. •
Total British Less-1 General Staff, 2 Lieutenants, 1 Serjeant,
15 rank and file, 8 horses, killed ; 1 General Staff, I Major, 2
Captains, 5 Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns, 8 Serjeao's, 2 drummers,
117 rank and file, II horses, wounded ; 4 rank and file and 1
horse, missing.
Total Portuguese Loss—l rank and file killed ; 9 rank and file
wounded ; 1 I.ivutenant Colonel missing:
NAMES OF OFFICERS KILLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING.
KILLED.
95th Font—Brigade Major Stewart (I ieurenant).
st Batt. 43d Foot—Lieutenant J. hl'llearmid.
Ist Batt. 9 itls Foot—Hon. Du:tcan Arbuthnot.
WOUNDED.
2d Batt. Sth Foot—Lieutenant St. Clair, Ensign Williams, se-
verely.
lat Batt. 43d Foot—Major Patriekson, slightly ; Capt. Daizel and
Lieutenant Rylanee, severely ; Lieutenant W. Frier, slightly ;
Lieutenant J. Creitlaton severely.
Ist Batt. 524 Foot—Captain P. Campbell and Lieutenant J. Gut-
v.ood, severely, not dangerously.
95th Foot—Lieurenant Colonel Beckwith and Second Lieatenant
W. Haggup, slightly.

MISSIXG.
Ist Portuguese Foot—Lieutenant Colonel Waters (late Ist foot.)
• FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 15.
Extract of a Dispatch this day received by the Marquis Wellesley
from Charles Stuart, Esq. his Majesty's Minister at Lisbon,
dated April 13, 1811.
Mat shal Beresford having completed the bridges
over the Guadiana, cross?d that river on the sth inst.
On the 7th the French attacked his advanced posts in
the neighbourhood of Olivenc•t, but were repulsed
with loss.
Tke French withdrew the garrisons, excepting three
hundred men from Qlivenca, and three battalions from
Badajoz. on the same day. The whole corps of Mnr-
tier consisting of six thousand men took up a position
between Albaeira and Sta-Martha on the Bth.
Telegraphic accounts, dated the 12th, mention that
the French have since retired by the road to Seville ;
and that Marshal Beresford's head-quarters were on
the 11th in Albaeira, and on the 12,11 in Sta-Martha.
The division of General Cole besieges Olivenca.
The accounts.from the frontier of Algarve, dated
the 4th, state, that until the Ist of this month Marshal
Soult had not quitted Seville.