Star.
London, England, 1810-10-26 00:00:00

SP.IIN.

ALICANT, OCTOBER 1.
On the 17th of last month the garrison of Tortola
(which up to the date of our last accounts has not
surrendered, nor is nearer its fall than sixt the fie*
week of the siege) made a desperate sally with *body
of 4.500 men from the town, to the south, where th,
French have an army of 14,000 men. They attack-
ed the enemy during the night, and coming upon
them unexpectedly, destroyed 3t battery of thirty isle.
ces of heavy cannon, newly erected, by spiking 4bit
guns, which had proved a considerable Annoyance to
the town. They killed besides about 700 of their be.
siegers, and carries into the town a large quantity 61
ammunition and some provisions, having theinselves
lost only about .50 soldiers. Since that period woo
cond attempt of the same kind was made, but tho
success was not so splendid as on the former occasion
the result, however, of these repeated attacks has been
that the enemy has thought fit to relax reedy his
exertions in the siege, and has drawn his army further
Ifrom the town. •

IT 0' Donncl, afser his success near Palamas, should
think of relieving this place, the French, in all. pro-
bability, will abandon the siege, as they have many
sick, andsuudergo much distress.
Blake, who is Commander in Chief, has an army
of patriou m Valencia, 30,000 strong, but not more
than half armed : he is expecting supplies of muskets
from England and Cadiz, when he will be able cumin
the French army under Sebastiani,- who has 12,000
foot and 2000 cavalry. They have committed man
ravages in Murcia and Valenca, but Blake is detertiO
ned not to attack them until he is confident of success.
In the mean time, the outskirts of the invaders are ter.
ribly galled by the patriot mountaineers. The army
of Sebastiani was 15,000 foot, but the desertion.
from it have been so great as to reduce it to 12,000. •
' ' The yellow fever, which has appeared with some
r virulence at Carthagena, will, it is hoped, not long
.irbo
tbntinue its ravages, as the season is far advanost4
and the cooler weather will stop its progress. The
lumber of deaths that have already occurred in the
le itre about 6 or 700.
Joseph Bonaparte, who was at Saragossa, has lift
it, and has returned to Madrid, but he has gone's
long round to the north, ss he was afrattl of•ecopise
threountry. }le has dammed lignal..iren
agfitalbt the .spoimiards in that part .t the kitig
troy are climbed*.

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• LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.'
'FRIDAY, AMUR 26. .
VOWNiSIG.STREET, OCTOBER 25. •• '
• Dispatch, of which the following is an !strut, was bit night
reccived.by the Earl of Liverpool, oils of his Majesty's Princir
pal Secretaries of Stare. .
!extract of a Letter from Lieutenant Colonel &sting, datCdßoutL
bon, July xi. .
I have much 'pleasure in forwarding, to ioor• Lordship p
copy of my dispatch, under this date, to the Right liottourabb
the Governor General of India; . and I hope the ctaduct of the
forces enacted to my command may meet with the gracious ap-
probation of his Majesty. . .• • - . . •
To N B. Edatonstont, Esq. Chbrlbeatirp to Cre7xina#4,l
•
Si R have the honour to iefiort• that the force;
.consisting of one •thattiand.eight:N264o4. 4atepe-414
and one thousand eight .hundred
troops, *ld& tii! Right *psonsigste theer,Cuternot
General-of. nClito in .Cduncq, hia been Pleated to*
fide to my Ordere.iand directianiS'
• the island of Bourbon, shrived. 'R..odetfOes On pie
20th of June, at whieb dine I was absenkost,the itn;
portant duty which has alreadxheen detailed, for thi.
information of iris fiordskii, in tny.letterselltlo.46di
.Of the. seine •• • :i-^

-.. . The intelligence which I Alien obtaisied-+ellithletlite
at once todecide upon a'plan of attack''"-"''``4:,..;•" !
••
- On* Seib Jane t-91#3nottiii. siiiighyi,V TWilltill,
ifilittle bi04.01,n4 I,trige**ar' r:Alsiri ,:b1
letatite tilt'd Bonaparte, anchored inVarlajornitsabill
J3oadicea off Fort Duican, in the.island of Roderignesi
. No time was lost in making the necessary arrange;
... ... .....
rnents list. the ~eduction of this island, as well as4o
...
parryinginto effeetthe ulterior object of the eipeditints:
• From -the unfavourable state of the weather We
•, were delayid at ROderiguesuntil the morning if _the
. Sd initan‘.When we Weighed anchor, and proceeded
'!.o.thejimipt.,p(Fende*vous, fifty miles to windward of
thejsland,rif Bonaparte,. which point we reathetat
four o'clack in the evening of the 6th, when, in con•
sequence bf the idiCiops arrangements made by
Conithoilore ROwl4kand the indefatigable zeal and
exertions of CaiiialitiVYM of the:Sirius, Lambert of
'the Iphiginia;Curtis of the MigiCienne, Willoughby
of the Nereide,...iia. joutina. Robb, first of. the
• Boadicea, the wbole-of the troopswererenscivdd•fned
• the transports. and 'embarked in the frigaiiii sOhieb
immediately stood in for the point; or dellkkifioii.:. '1
It will Appear by
.ifre dispoSition made; in 5h.c.P.1.4
of attack, :for striking the first blow..at ,the 'mantis
capital,. that .there were two objects in villWir-1 ",
prevent a protracted warfare in theinteridififis -
,try almost_ inagetWO e to 4r! invading _armx ;Am •
itecondly; i&insure; .the final reductiOn Or .1i0: Plana
in the **ea; time possible, by securing the priniipnl
.garrisoniAntdAteoovernor and Commander in Cl
'whom.l'kneei kite it St:fiattlta-• '. . ' "..
.1
. The first brigade composed of his Majesty's tetl!
regiment. the first battalion 6th regiment of Maara4
native infantry, and a • small detail of arillierf_444
'pjoili!eii, efimmffitlidi.4 by Lieutenant Cole el F. --
itgi
. .
. .
.iratTotalered toiand at Grand Chaloupe,. and. :
'seed by: tbelneuntains direct against. the side;
of the enemy'Acapitil 17 whilst the 'second, third an
fourth brigades were to land-at Riviere des ;ivies,'.
'andlto forte the lines of defence extending frOm the,
'l3ittOr redoubt on the north or seaside; to the redoubt
N0..11. on the south, And from thence to cross the
rear of the town to the river St. Denis. • • ...• • -
• About two o'clock I'. M... on the 7th, the( scrim'
ships having reached their stations, the' beeili• (rem
§t, Marie, to Within gun-shot of the IMperial battery,
was. reconnoitered by 'Captain WilloOghby .of th,
toyakaavy, and Lientenant-Colonel Campbell of his
Majesty's Sd regiment, commanding the 4th brigade,
or the advance.
The weather being then moderate, and the enemy
not appearing in strength, it was determined to debark
*4 trait* Accordingly Lieutenant-Colonel Camp-
bay . wit b, one ;hundred and fifty light troops of his
brigade, and 'Captain Willoughby of the royaLturryi
commanding a party of seamen, and appointed to
superintend the landing, immediately pushed Of, and.l
landed their men about four o'clock. Liettfllaixt7
Colonel Midedd, •of
.his, Majesty's. 69th regiment),
commanding the: 3d brigade, with one hundred and
fifty men, effected a landing nearly at the samotimet,
hit, at this moment, the wind, increasin g'iiifh much
viqlencerraised The surf to in unevected heightwisOd.i
several boats heinistOve on the beach, tholancling4.
more troops that evening became itnpraeticable,
This important 'object was not. • bow/ever,. given up,
until an erperiment, concerted- with •Coinntodorei
Rowley, was put in execution. A' small transport
(the thlney) was run upon the beach, in hopes that
the troops might be enabled to land over her stern or
cinder her lee, . Thieservice was pertOrmed by Lied*
tenant Lloyd, /d of ' the Boadicea, with the usual' in..
trepidity which. :distinguishes our navy = but the trio.'
knee of the weather, and natural dillicultics of 40.
illation, were such as to frustrate the intention proposed,
It now became necessary, if possible, to comattuu-
cate with Lieutenant-Colonel Macleod, the Senior
Officer with the detachment on shore, which in land-
ing had the whole of their ammunition damaged,
and had lost a considerable number of their arms..
Lieutenant Foulstone, of his Majesty's 69th Regi!
312 mt, in the most handsome manner, iolitnteered to
a:vim through the-surf, his services were immediately
accepted, and that officer accordingly conveyed 'my
orders to the Lieutenant-Colonel to take possession of
an I occupy St., Marie for the night. 4,,,..:44--'..