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London, England, 1810-09-19 00:00:00

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DOWNING-MEET,

morning,
add, that they.

course of the
- no , upon which
can rely, of the cause or its surrender. An explo-
sion lifidbft.:liiinit kith; adsanced posts, and I ob-
served on Mouthy that The steeple of the church was
destroyed, and many houses of the town unroofed.—
I had a telegraphic communication with the Gover-
nor, but unfortunately the weather did not allow ofi
our using it on Sunday, or during a great -part of
Monday, and when the weather cleared on that day it
was obvious that the Governor was in communication
with the enemy.
After I was certain of the fall of the place, I mov-
ed the infantry of the army again into the valley of
the Mondego, keeping a division upon Guarda, and
the outposts of the cavalry at Alverca. The enemy
attacked our picquets twice yesterday in the morning
but feebly, and they were repulsed ; in the afternoon,
however, they obliged Sir Stapleton Cotton to draw
in his posts to the side of Fraxedas. Captain Lygon,
.of the. 16th Light Dragoons, was wounded in the
morning. and two men of the Royal Dragoons were
, wounded in the afternoon.

A picquet of the regiment made a gallant and sac-
cessful charge upon a party of the enemy's infantry
and cavalry, and took some prisoners.
The second corps under General Regnier has made
no movement of any importance since I had the ho-
nour of addressing your Lordship last. A patrole,
however, belonging to this corps fell in with a squa-
dron of Dragoons, consisting of one troop of the 13th
' British, and one troop of the 4th Portuguese, belong-
ing to Lieutenant General Hill's corps, under the
command of Captain White of the 15th, and the whole
of them were taken, with the exception of the Captain
and one man, who, I since understand, have been
killed. I enclose the copy of Brigadier General Fane's
rep-ort to Lieutenant General Hill of this affair, which
it appears was highly creditable to Captain White,
and the allied troops engaged.
No movement has been made, and nothing of any
trapoirance has occurred in Estremadura since I ad-
dressed sour Lordship last.
In the north, the enemy moved a small body of
infantry and cavalry on the 20th to Alcanezas ; but
Geiteial Silveira moved towards them from Bragan.
va, and they immediately retired.

Esealhos de Ciao, August 22.
SIR-1 have the honour to report to you, that the
trooiol the 13th Light Dragoons, and one of the
.:4th Portuguese-Dragoons, forming the squadron un-
der the command of Captain White, of the 13th, at
Ladoera, this morning fell in with a patrole of the
enemy's Dragoons, consisting of one Captain, two
Subalterns., and about sixty men. Captain White
fortunately succeeded in coming up with them, when
he: immediately charged and overturned them ; and
the result has been, the capture of two Lieutenants,
iltree Serjeants; six Corporals, cue Trumpeter, and
fifty Privates, and about fifty Horses. The Cap-
tain was also a prisoner, but escaped during the bus-
tle on foot.
I am happy to say, this has been performed with-
out the loss of a man on our side. ,Six of the enemy
are wounded. • Captain White expresses his obliga-
tipn to Major Vigoreaux, of the 38th regiment, who
was a Olunteer with him, and to the Alferes Pedro
Raymuodo di Oliviera, commanding the Portuguese
-troop (which he states to have done its duty extremely
well, and to have shown much gallantry) ; and also'
to Lieutenant Turner, of the 13th Light Dragoons,
to whose activity and courage he reports himself to
be•indebted for several of his prisoners. I trust the
whole will be considered to have merited the appro.
ibation of the Commander-in-Chief.
I have the honour to be, d.c. it. PANE.
I. Lieutenant-Cr: new Hill.

—.wed ; the mounting and supply of
batteries of d read are coinpleting ;
'tr yeast!: 42re incessantly constructing
The debarkations made by the ene-
risings in the mountains of Ronda have
back. The inhabitants of the kingdom
themselves make war upon the brigands,
whom they drive far from their homes. General Se-
bastiani has placed the fort of Malaga in the best state

of defence.
TOnTosA.—On the 3d of August, the garrison of
Tortosa made a general sally. It advanced on all
points at the same time, even under our entrench-
ments : the first posts gave way for an instant to the
shock ; but Generals Laval and Klopiski, at the head
of the companies d'ilite of the 44th regiment, and the
2d of the Vistula, threv: themselves on the enemy,
who was driven back into the place, with the loss of
1400 killed ; among whom were some officers of rank.
The Governor, Count D'Ulcas, received a danger-
ous wound ; we made 300 prisoners, among whom
' are 1 Colonel and 16 Officers. The cavalry which
sallied from the place have lost almost all their horses.
Our loss has been only 8 killed, and 33 wounded.—
Colonel Lafosse, of the 44th, and Major Michalousky,
distinguished themselves. •

TO THE PRINCE OF NEUFCHATEL AND WAGRAM.
" SIR—In my last dispatch, I had the honour to
acquaint you that on the 26th the fortress of Al-
meida returned our fire till four in the afternoon 3—
that then it ceased entirely ; that at seven a consider-
able explosion took place in the fortress ; and-that
the conflagration was kept up during the night by our
bombs and howitzers. This state of things deter-
mined me to summon the Governor to surrender,
yesterday morning. He sent me some officers to ask
a cessation of hostilities. I made known to them the
terms of capitulation which I should offer. Several
hours of the day were employed in negotiation, which
did not produce the success which I desired. I there-
fore ordered our fire to recommence at eight in the
evening, and three hours after the Governor of the
place signed a capitulation, of which I have the ho-
nour to send you a copy, together with that of my
summons. Almeida is thus in the possession of his
Majesty the Emperor and King.. We entered it this
morning at nine o'clock. The garrison are prisoners
of war, and shall be conducted to France. We have
found on the batteries of the place, 98 pieces of can-
non anti 17 requiring repairs, 300,000 rations of bis-
cuit, 100,000 rations of salted meat, and a great
quantity of other provisions.
44 I think it my duty to say something to your
Highness of the disposition of the garrison. The
Marquis d'Alorma, a General of Division, a Portu-
guese, and several other General or superior Officers
of his nation, employed in the French army, ap-
proached the fortress while the negotiation was going
forward. They were recognized from the walls, by
a great number of their countrymen, who loudly ex-
peessed their satisfaction at being freed from the yoke
of the English ; which was much increased, when
they learned that the Emperor had attached to his
service, and in their several ranks, the Portuguese
Officers who were in France ; and that far from
having reduced them to the state of humiliation which
the English make them feel at present, he hid admit-
ted them to the honour of fighting at his side, in his
great campaigns.
44 The horrors committed by the English are de-
plorable ; they cpt down the corn, destroy mills,
houses, and make a desert of that unfortunate coun-
try which they were invited to defend. They ;hus
violate the laws of nations and of war. This nation
is accustomed fo respect nothing ; its interest for'the
moment is its only law.
" It is the division of Loison, of the corps of thel
Duke of Elchingen, which has carried on the Skive of;
Ciudad Rodrigo, and Almeida. The two tither di-
visions of that corps, the three divisiois of the 2d
corps, and the three dirisionsof the corps of the I)uke
of Abrantes, have not yet fired a musket. The Duke
of Abrantes is at Ledesrna ; General Regnier corn-0
manding the 2d corps, is at Zarza Mayer.ihe sol-
diers are in good health, the army is well provisinuect.
and burning with a desire to teach the English that'
which we have'already taught the division of Crau-
furd. The Emperor may rely oa the bravery and
dispositions of the army, as well as on my zeal and
respectful devotion. I have the htinour, ticc.
(Signed) MAsiLNA,
Marshal, Prince of Ruling, Commander-in-Chief
of the Army of Portugal. .
" Fort Conception, August lit." - 114
COPY: OF SUMMONS TO THE ENGLISH GOVER:ilitiedi
ALMEIDA.
44 Camp bet ire Almeida, Mimi 27,Pifice,
44 M. GOVERNoz—The town of Almeida Is Its flames; all my
besieging artillery is battering it; and the English army caimot
come to your relief. Surrender, then, to the generosity of t
armies of his Majesty the Emperor aad King; r off. r you hono -
able terms. To induce you to accept them, consider w
took place at Ciudad Rodtigo, the deplorable state in which iba
town now is, and the misfortunes Which are reserved-for .Almtd•
dia, if you prolong_an yseless
'" Receive, M. Governor, the issurances of miAiglise/INSIMIIW
atien. • (Signed) " Masstxp. ,
-CAPITULATION
Granted in the name of his Majesty ;he Emperor of the French
and King of Italy, Protector of the Cainfederation of the Rhine,
&c. Sm. by the Marshal, Prince oC Esillagy;Comniantier-ise-
Chief of the Army of Portugal. to M. the English General,
Cox, Governor of Almeida, fur the surrender of that place to
the troops of his Majesty.
ART. I. The Garrison shall he prisoners of war, with the he i:1
sours of war • that is to say—they shall march out' with th
antis, which ;hey shall deposit op the &lads of the place. The
militia shall return to their hdmee, liter.O.Ting deposited their
arms; the garrison are not imitft during the present war
against France or her allies. 'lts
2. The Glitters of every description, and taut soldiers, shall re-
tab, the former their swords, and ;he latter their baggage only.
s. The inhahitants shall enjoy their property, and shall not be
disturbed for their °pinto:xis. •
4. The military stores and artlltery shall retrain elite dispos4l
of the French army, ow& tail begins up twthe Conasandagst

of artille.
• 5. The magaalnes, elsealt, Ike '1,11114 404 ffrench
Commissaries appointed fbr that effect. •" •".
6. The plans and memorials of the lithe* 14111Piilillbiap
the Commandant if. Engineers of the FrentarsiMPr: ?.ri '
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