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London, England, 1811-03-26 00:00:00

- e 1 The retiring divisions met, halted, and armed ita.
dined to form; a new and more advanced position
of our artillery quickly dispersed them.
The exhansted state of the troops made puesteit ipf.
possible. A position was taken on the eastern side o 1
the hill ; and we were strengthened on our right by ,
, the return of the two Spanish battalions that had been
attached before to my division, but which I had ldt
on the hill, and which had been ordered to retire. ~
Ip, The battalions (Walloon Guards and Ciudad Real)
to made every effort to come back in time, when it was
tion known that we were engaged.
amid I understand, too, from General Whittingham,
ictor, that with three squadrons of cavalry he kept in check
aval. a corps of infantry and cavalry that had attempted to
me to torn the Barrosa height by the sea. One squadron
well to of the 23 Hussars, Ring's German Legion, under
if pecu. Captain Bushe, and directed by Lieutenant-Colonel
a begun, Ponsonby (both had been attached to the Spanish
ishness in cavalry), joined in time to make a brilliant and most
s that the successful charge against a squadron of French dra-
which was entirely routed.
ping goons, •
' from
ning of the An eagle, six pieces of cannon, the General of
miles to the Division Rufin, and the General of Brigade Rosseau,
River. This wounded and taken ; the Chief of the Staff General
a half, conti- Bellegrade, an Aide-de-Camp of Marshal Victor, and
dthy plain of the Colonel of the Bth regiment, with many other
the plain, and officers killed, and several wounded and taken pri-
se, terminating soners ; the field covered with the dead bodies and
space between arms of the enemy, 'attest that my confidence in this
,orest being un- division was nobly repaid.
Where all have so distinguished themselves it is
attack on the rear , acarsely possible to discriminate any as the most de-
'etri, by the Van-' serving of praiser Your Lordship will, however, ob.
Brigadier-General serve how gloriously the brigade of Guards, under
immunication with Brigadier Dilkes, with the Commanders of the bat-
ral la Penas's siirec. battalions Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable C. On.
Anion of Barrosa to slow and Lieutenant-Colonel Sibright (wounded), as i
bout half-way to the well as the three separated companies under Lieu-I
secure the communi- tenant-Colonel Jackson, maintained the high cha-
which a bridge had ratter of his Majesty's Household Troops. Lieu.
s latter position occu- tenant-Colonel Browne, with his flank battalion,
ie right on the sea cliff, Lieutenant-Colonel Norcott, and Major Acheson,
Almanza Creek on the deserve equal praise.
:d sandy beach gives an And I must equally recommend to your Lord-
rn the western points of ship's notice, Colonel Wheatley, with Colonel Belson,
Lietenant-Colonel Prevost and Major Gough, and
ed on the eastern slope of the Officers of the respective corps composing his
arched about twelve o'clock brigade.
s the Bermes° (cavalry pa- The animated charges of the 87th Regiment were
been sent towards Chiclana, most conspicuous; Lieutenant-Colonel Barward(twice
.e enemy). On the march 1 wounded), and the officers of his .fhink battalion ere-
enemy had appeared in force cuted the duty of skirmishing in advance with the
advancing towards the heights enemy in a masterl manner, and were abl seconded,
by Lieu el Bushe, of the 20th Pyortuguese,
at position as the key of that of who (likewise twice wounded), fell into the enemy's
.iately'countermarched, in order hands, but was afterwards rescued. The detachment,
s left for its defence, and the ala- of this Portuguese regiment ' behaved admirably
is manoeuvre was executed, served throughout the whole affair.
ten. It was, however, impossible I owe too much to Major Duncan and the Officers
id difficult ground to preserve order and corps of the Royal Artillery, hot to mention them,
ad there never was time to restore in terms of the highest approbation—never was ar.•
tillery better served.
could get ourselves quite disentan- The assistance I received from the unwearied ex-
1, the troops on the Barrosa hill ertions of Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald, and the Of-
from it, while the enemy's left ficers of the Adjutant-General's department, of Lieu-
Iding. At the tame time his right tenant-Colonel the Hon. C. Cathcart, and the Offi.
tin, on the edge of the wood, cers of the Quarter-Master-Generals department, of
retreat in the face of such an Captain Birch and Captain Nicholas, and the Officers
each of the easy communica- 0f the Royal Engineers, of Captain Hope, and the
ist have involved the whole Officers of my personal staff (all animating by their
ler of being attacked dur- example), will ever be most gratefully remembered.
sion of the different corps Our loss has been severe—as soon as it can be ascer-
of Bermesa nearly at the tamed by the proper return, I shall have the honour
of transmitting it. But much as it is to be lamented,
•oism of British troops, I trust it will be considered as a necessary sacrifice for
eosition of the enemy, the safety of the whole Allied Army.
)fined on. Major Dun. Having remained some hours on the Barrosa heights,
ry of ten guns in the without being able to procure any supplies for the ex-
-1 with the brigade 'saluted troops, the commissariat mules having been
t ne's (of the 28th) dispersed on the enemy's first attack of the hill, I left
1 Norcott's twe Major Ross, with a detachment of the 3d battalion
t Major Acheion 95th, and withdrew the rest of the division, which
ed from the re- crossed the Santi Petri River early the next morning.
lt. I cannot conclude this dispatch without earnestly
-ee companies recommending to his Majesty's gracious notice for
nant-Colonel promotion, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Browne, Ma-
'allots in the Morcott,
of the 28th Foot, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
{link bat- Major of the 95th, Major buncan, Royal
. Artillery, Major Gough of the 87th, Major the Hon.
%inter _ E. Acheson of the 67th, and Captain Birch of the
Royal Engineers, all in the command of cos or de-
We pen.
tachments on this memorable service ; and I confi-
Gene_ dently trust, that the bearer of this dispatch, Captain '
t-Co. Hope (to whom I refer your Lordship for further '
onel details) will be peomoted, on being permitted to lay
ere the E gle at his Majesty's feet.—l have the honour to
In be, &c. (Signed) THOMAS GRAHAM, Lieut.-Gen.
P.S. I beg leave to add, that two Spanish Officers,
Captains Miranda and Naughton, attached to my
Staff, behaved with the utmost intrepidity. T. o.
Isla de Leon, March le, Ist i. •
MY Loan—l have the honour to transmit to your
Lordship the return of the killed and wounded in the
action of the .sth instant, and I have the satisfaction
to add that the wounded,in general are doing well.
Bythe best account that can be collected from the
wounded French Officers, the enemy had about 8000'
men engaged. Their loss by reports from Chiclana,
in killed, wounded, and prisoners, is supposed to
amount to 9000 ; I have no doubt of its being very
veld. ...
I transmit, too, a return of the ordnance in our
possession, and also the most accurate note that can
i'be obtained of prisoners, most of whom are wounded.
They are so dispersed in different hospisals, that an
exact return has not been obtained.—l have the ho-
nour to be, &c. (Signed)
THOMAS GRAHAM, Lieut.-Gen.
P.S. Detachments of cavalry and infantry have'
been daily employed in carrying off the wounded,
' and burying the dead, till the evening of the Bth in-
stant, by which time all the enemy's wounded that
could be found7ansong the brushwood and heath were
brought in.
. ,
Return of the Nature and Number of Pieces of Ordnance taken
iu the Action of Barrosa, on the ith March, lilt I.
9 Scven-inch Howitzers, 3 heavy eight-pounders, I foorionn-
der, with their ammunition wawa' and kpruportlon of horses.
(Signed) A. Duncan, Major, Royal Artillery.
Return of Prisoners of War taken is the Action et Berriosa, on

LONDON CAZ.ETTS
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I the 6tli Mar* 1111.
2 General Ohs, 1 Field Offleaf, 2 Captains, $ Si laalawa% 42a
rank and file.
N.B. The General of Brigade Beene' wad two gertekuptil222
dad of their wounds. (Signed)
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a combined attack on the rear of the enemy's line be.
fore Cadiz ; at the same time some demonstrations,
and an attempt to open a carnmunicatiori with our
troops, are to be made from this quarter, which is
thought to require my particular attention ; I have
thczefore placed the execution of the naval
part of the 'expedition under the able command of
Captain Brace•of the Saint Alban's. I have the 11,,.
nour to be, &c. (Signed) ta c.
• Mix.roari, Bay of Cadiz, February 9.a.
Sin--I have the honour. in farther reference tr,
letter No. 20, of the 20th instant, to lace ia rat itha
it being determined to let the troops of the expedi..
tian proceed by the earliest opportunity, and it betil
i conceived, from the appearance of rh• weather. thve
the Spanish part would be able to get out on the af.
ternoon and night of the 21st, the British n.ival part,
under Captain Brace, put to sea recordiagly, and
with the exception of one tratiarrt got into the Straits;
bat it being impracticable to make a landing either in
the vicinity of Cape Trafalgar. or Captain
Brace proceeded to Algesiras, where Gen. Gr ihant
and the troops were landed. and marched to T.trifa,
to which place, (the roads being impracticable for car.
riages) the artillery, provisions, stores, &c. owing, as
the General is pleased taexpress, to the ex trant Lh. ary
exertions of the navy, were ccnveyed in bo its not.
withstanding the unfavourable state of wiads and
weather.
The Spanish part of the expedition, though it twice
attempted to get out, was driven back to this 8,.y ;
and it was the 27th before it was enable:. t) reach Ta.
:We. I have the honour to be, fiLc. (B:gued)
tt. U. KEAI,.

10Bed ; 1 Captain,
SO horses, wounded.
Royal ArtHlery-;-3 Rank and file killed; 2 Captains, 6 Lieute-
nants, 32 rank and file wounded.
Royal Artillery Drivers-1 Serjeant, 9 rank and file. IS Yoram
killed; 1 serjeant, 7 rank and file, 22 horsis wounded.
Roy*? Engineers—One rank and file killed; two rabic and file
crounded.
2d Battalion of the let Regiment of Guards-9 Ensign., 2 Set-
jeapts, 31 rank and file killed; 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, s Cap-
Lune, 4 Ensigns, B serjeants, 45 rank and file wounded.
Detachment of the 2d Battalion Coldstream Guards-1 Ensign.
B rank and file killed; I Ensigns, 1 Serjeant, 45 rank. and ,
file wounded.
Detachment of 2d Battalion Sd Guards-1 Captain, 14 rank and
file killed; 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 Staff, 3 Serjeants, 63 rank
and file wounded.
Flank Companies of the Ist Battalion 9'h Foot-6 Rank and file ,
killed ; I Captain, 3 Lieutenants, 4 Serje.ints, 2 Drummers, 50
rank and file wounded.
Flank Companies of the Ist Battalion 25th Foot-9 Rank and
file killed; I Captains, 5 Lieutenants, 3 Serjeants. 5t rank
and file wounded.
Flank Companies of the Id Battalion Std Foot—e rank and file
killed ; I Captain, 1 Lieutenant, S Serjemits, 116 rank and file
wounded.
Detachment of the Id Battalion 95th Foot-1 Captain, 13 rank
and file killed; 1 Llentenant-Colonel, t Lieutenants, s Set-
jeants, 45 rank and file wounded.
Flank Companies of the 2d Battalion 47th Foot-1 Ensign, 1
drummer, 19 rank and file killeu ; 1 Captain, 49 rank and file
wounded.
Ist Battalion of.the 26th Foet-6 rank and file killed ; 1 Lieute-
nant, 5 eerjeants, 75 rank and file wounded.
24 Battalion of the 47th Foot-10 rank and file killed; 1 Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, 1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 1 serjeant,
rank and file wounded.

evtieraa a , Bay or Cams, March 7.
Ste—l have the honour to inform yini that tee
combined,English arid Spanish artily, melee their re-
spective Commanders, General La Pent and Lieute-
nant General Graham, moved from Tariffs 141 the
28th ult. towards Barbate, attended by such naval
means as circumstances of weather would permit. _
Preparations were made by me and our ally, And at:
ted upon, to menace the Trocadero and other points,
in oyder as the army advanced to faveur its opera-
tions ; and arrangements were made for a Lenthna,
and real or feigned attacks as circumstances might ii. e
termine ; and to this end the regiment of Toledo W./
embarked on board his Majesty's ships in the Ba:.
On the la instant General Zdyis peeled across the
Santi Petri near the coast, a strong body of epaoish
troops, threw a bridge across the river, and former
ln a tete-du-pont. This point was attacked-on the mglas
...,a,„ of the 3d and 4th with vigour by the enemy, ;me
ae though he was eventually repulsed, the loss.was nay
eofisiderable on the part of our ally on the 3d. As
the weather, from the earliest preparation for ilie ex-
pedition, had been such as to prevent the possieiky
of landing on the coast or bay, even without great
risk, and with no prospect of being able to re-embark
should such a measure become necessary—the eppre-
(a, hension of having a farce, which, with such pr specs,
s I could scarcely expect actively to employ, when its
v services might be positively useful elsewhere, in de.
fending the tote-du.pont, or in opening a communi-
nat
um
_..„. cation with the army from the Isla de Leon, induced
me to state my sentiments pn the subject, and the iv.
ginvent of Toledo was in consequence di,embaked.
'leutanant The sea on the coast having considerably impeded
land. our communications, we were soil uncertain iviiether
lersail the advance of the army would be by Medina or Cole!,
and of its precise situation, until the sth, when, at 11,
A.M. I was informed by the telegraph from the Ws
de Leon, that it was seen advancing from the south.
ward near the coast. But though the Implecable
and Standard weighed, the pilou refused to tale
them to their appointed stations, and, in the ppiniaa
of the best informed, the weather was of too threoce
ing a cast to venture a landing, and which, as el
army was engaged by noon, according to the tele
graph, would not have favoured its operations.
Under such circumstances, our measures were se
cessarily confined to feints, whilst that of the British
troops, led by their gallant and able Commander,
forgetting; on the sight of the enemy, their owu fa-
gigue and privations, and regardless of advantage is
the numbers and situation of the enemy, gained by
its determined valour (though not without tonsidera.
ble loss) a victory, uneclipsed by any of the brave
*achievements of the British armies.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) N. G. [CATS.
adrairal Sir Charles Cotton, Bart. Ects. &c. &c. •
_ MiLroan, Bay of Cadiz, March 7, 1111.
--,. . Silt.--I have the honour to inform you, that the
SUPPLEMENT' TO THE wind having come off the land, and the sea mini
LONDON GAZETTEEXTRAORDINARY. abated, two landings were effected, by way of diver-
' OF MONDAY, TWA. 25TH or MANCH. sion, yesterday mot fling, between Rota and Catalina,
and between that and Santa Maria's, with the Rore
. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, MARCH SIS. Marius, commanded by Captain English, of the Its.
Captain Carrol arrived at this Office last night with Dispatches placable, '2OO seamen of the squadron, and 80 of tie
from Sir Richard Goodwin Keats, K. 13. Rear-Adodral of the I Spanish marine, one division of %shah was under f e
Red, addressed to John Wilson Croker, Esq. of which the for- i direction of Captain Spranger of the Warrior, tie
lowing are Copies : 1 other under Captain Kittoe of th's ship; at the same
l MILFORD, Cadiz Pay, March 7. time Catalina was bombarded by the Hound and
Sta—l have the honour to enclose, for the information of the I Thunder bombs, and that fort and the batteries "
Lords Cocatnissioners of the Admiralty, Copies of my Dispatches'
to Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, Bart. of the 20th and 28 with much spirit by the gun and mortar boats, unaer
th of Fe- . the north and east sides of the bay were kept in check
bruary, and 7th of March. I have the honour to be, &a 1
(Signed) R. z. curs. I the respective commands of Captains Hall and l'el-
MILTORD, Baia Cadiz, February 20.
. lows. One redoubt of four guns, near Santa Mai iie
Sin—An expedition haying been determinedeupon ' was stormed be the marines of this ship, led by Cee
by the Spanish Government, to which Lieutenant tain Fottrell ; a secopeLto teaeruth of the Guadalate,
General Graham has consented to give his personal , wes taken by CaptiCut Fellowee'edivision of the Fle-
assistance, together with that of a considerable por-1, tilla ; and the guns of a'd the sea defences, together
teen of the troops under his command, I leave felt it • with the small fort of Puntilla from Rota (which t`ie
my duty, after fully stating in Council the uncertathe enemy evacuated) to Santa Mari,S, with the acre
t and risk to which at this season of the.year all . tion of Catelina, iNcre spiked, and the wer6 diatua,:*
ures connected with naval operations on the coast tied. Preparations were. also :Tiede to attack die tete-
etae subject, to lend the expedition all the aid and as. du-pont, and other fences of the bridge of Santa
• ein my power, and a body of troops exceeding Mania's; but a stro •corps of the enemy, consisting
' thousand, including cavalry, various military of 2000 cavalry and infantry, rapidly advancing_ 0$
and provisions, are at present embarked, either the road from Port Real, aware that our troop' ha
4 lii Majesty's ships named in the margin*, in such crossed the Santi Petri into the Isla do Leon, andab '
W of
cots as I could avail myself of, or in Spinish the purposes of a diversion had been answered, I
t
sinetheanofole7atro,gaenthdersrawalithl
atrrtlimpoerrutsusoffi. ot!etur
ofallsypeananisild doped the seamen and marines to re-embeyk, and t
boats (which got on board with difficulty) 1'243_11'
ktrans - eta in which a body of seven thousand troops put off many .minutes before the enemy arrived
•of the ii on are embarked, are whiting in this Bay the spot.
a favo rabic opportunity to proceed into the 'Straits, The energy had one Officer and .several sold"'
. .
with aeriew to force a landing between Caperralel. killed and .evounded, and an "officer and thirty P"
gar ante Cape de Plata at Teiriffa; or at Algesiras in ners were taken in the redoubt that was stormed,
!enure cif the two former places. General La Pena , test snaking their escape.
is the Centunander in -Chief of this expedition, and as Lieutenant W, F. Carrol, whose conduct on all
the object is to unite the Spanish forces at Saint Roche casions had been conspicuous, having had his
withehe troops sent from hence, with a view to make boat suck before. Catalina, and therebY suital'
9 Saint Alban's,Druid, Comas, Sabine, Tuscan, considerable Sphiro,Stea4i, loss, 1. hate given six weeks leave
WI Itebeff. • iven him
absence, and with it dupheatei of my d 'rata*

So
2d Bavalon of the 87th Foot-1 Ensign, S talents, 1 drummer,
40 rank and file killed; I Major, 1 Captain, 2 Lieutenants, 6
serjeants, 118 rank and file wounded.
Detachment of the 2d Battalion of the 95th Foot-6 rank and file
killed ; s Lieutenants, 1 serjeant, 1 drummer, 28 rank and
file
wounded.
Flank Companies of the 20th Portuguese Regiment-9 rank and
slediilltd; 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, I Captain, 2 Lieutenants, I
Ensign, 5 serjeants, 37 rank and file wounded. '
Company of the Royal Stair Corps-1 drummer wounded.
' Total-2 Captains, 5 Ensigns, 6 serjeants, 2 drummers, 127 rank
and file, 24 horses killed; 5 Lieutenant-Colonels, 1 Major, 14
Capains, 26 Lieutenants, 8 Ensigns, 1 Staff, 45 *cleans, 4
drummers, 990 rank and file, 42 horses wounded.
Grand Total of individuals killed and wounded-1243.
(Signed) JOHN BIACDONALD.

i.icutenaut-4.-aiono,
RANK AND NAMES OF omegas KILLED AND IVOUXDaI
LV ME ACTION OF BARROSSA.
KILLED.
Ist Guards, Acting AicVde-Camp to Colo-

Staff.—Fesign Eyre,
nel Wheatly.
Ist Regiment of Guards—Ensign Commerell.
Coldstream Guards—Ensign Watts.
Sd Guards—Captain Swann.
47th, 2d Battalion—Ensign Delacherois.
87th, 2d Battalion—Ensign E. E. Koagh.
95th, 54 Battalion—Captain Knipe.
N. B. Ensign Eyre is returned in the killed of the Ist Regiment
of Guards.
SEVERELY WOUNDED.
2d Hussars King's German Legion—Captain You (since dead).
Royal Artillery—Lieutenants Maitland and Pester.
lit Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel Sebright, Captains Stables and
Colquitt, Ensigns Sir )1. Lambert, Cameron, and Vigors.
Sd Guards—Lieutenant Colonel Hepburn.
Ist Battalion 9th Foot—Captain Godwin, and Lieutenant Seward.
lit Battalion 28th Foot—Honourable aptain Mullins, Lieute-
nants Wilkinson, Moore, and John Anderson.
2d Battalion bill Foot—Lieutenant M'Koy.
3d Battalion 95th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Barnard, Lieutenant
W. Campbell.
2d Battalion 67th Foof—Capt. Patrickson, Ensign Sutherland.
241 Battalion 87th Foot—Major Maclaine, Captain Sonsersall
Lieutenants J. G. Fennell and J. C. Barton.
24 Battalion 95th Foot—Lieutenants Cochrane and Hope.
DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Woolcombe (since dead.)
Ist Battalion 9th Foot—Lieutenant Taylor.
I list Battalion 28th Foot—Lieuts. Light and Bennet (since dead.)
90th Portuguese—Lieutenant-Colonel Bathe.
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.
Ed Humus King's German Legion—Lieutenant Bock.
Royal Artillery—Captains Hughes and Canter, Lieutenants I.
Mitchell, Brereton, and C. Manners.
Ist Guards—Captain Adair, Ensign Fielde.
Coldstream Guards—Ensigns Bentinek and Talbot.
ad Guards—Eusign and Adjutant Watson.
Ist Battalion 9th coot—Lieutenant Robinson.
Ist Battalion 28th Foot—Captain Bradbey, Lieutenant Blakecey
gd Battalion aid Foot—Captain Stewart.
Sd Battalion 95th Foot—Lieutenant Hovendee.
24 Battalion 47th Foot—Captain Fetherstone.
Std Battalion 67th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Previist, Lieutenant
W. Ronald.
20th Portuguese—Captain Barrieras, Lieutenants Dons Estavan,
Pantalchao de Olivlera, Ensign Fells Antonio Miranda.
Staff.—Captain D. Mercer, Sd Regiment of Guards, Aid.-de.
Camp to lirigadier-General Dilkes.
N.B. Captain Mercer is returned in the wounded of the 3d
Regiment of Guards. (Signed) JOAN MACDONALD,
Lieut. Col. Deputy-Adjutant-General.

Wounded. and Muhl**, ilte TOwors *fa aco
Id of Lieuienant-Ceseral Wahailt, is the Aaiun fore
with the Frugal Corprd'Arusoe cotuniaucitd by
atm
ler, on the kb of Mareb. IBM
the 2d Hussars King's German Lemon—A horses troo
Lptais, 1 Litutsusot, 1 Serjsaut, 31 rank wad Me, thot
,ousded. _ ; the: