The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-09-15 00:00:00

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Sir T. Graham's report Otitis operation, in which I the' FAReT
'Dalhousle delayed his march till late succession. No man outlived the attempt to gain ; the eel division, mentions in terms of great praise
your Lordship will observe, with pleasure, another in the afternoon of the 31st, but he was in the even- , the ridge : and t4otigit the slope of the breach afford- ' the excellent conduct of Major-General Spry., corn.
distinguished instance of the gallantry and perseve- ing in a favourable situation for his farther pro- ed shelter from the enemy's musketry, yet still the [mending the Portuguese brigade, and the very dise
ranee of his Majesty's. Officers and troops, ender the grass ; and in the morning of the Ist, is that alloted . nature of the stone ettbflish prevented the great ever- • iinguished gallantry of Colonel de Regoa, and the
most try ing difficulties.. ; for him. . : tions of the engineers aidu working parties from being I 15th Portuguese regiment, onder hissommand, and
All reports concur in praise of the coudurt of the In these operations, in which a second attempt by ablest() form a ledgment for the troops, exposed to ,of Col. M'Crae, with the 3d Portuguese regiment
detachment from the 10th Portuguese brigade, under the enemy to prevent the establisement of the Allies ethe shells an& grape from the batteries of the castle, ; and Major-Geri. Sprye mentions in terms of high
Major Snodgrass, which crossed the river Uruirea, : upon the frontiers has been defeated, by- the opera- , as was particularly directed, in obedience to your I praise, Lieut.-Col. Hill, commanding the Bth Caca-
and stormed the breach on the right, under all the : tions of a part only of the Allied Army, at the very • Lordship's instrectiow: and; itt all tents, a secure ' &fres, rind Major Charles Stuart Campbell, cow.
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fire which could be directed upon thest from the I moment at which the town of St. Sebsstien was taken lodgment could never have been 'obigitted without oe- i mending the 3d regiment, in Col. M'Crae's absence
castle and town. •I by storm, l' have had great satisfaction in observing cu in a part of the cnrtein.- ' • 1
on general duty ; and he expresses his great oblig,a-
The garrison retired to the castle, leaving about the zeal and able ts of the officers, and the gallantry Imensulting with Colonel Dickson, commanding the In this almost desperate state of the attack, after : tions to Captain Brackenburg, of the 61st regiment,
270 prisoners in our hands ; and I hope that I shall -„and discipline of the soldiers.
' - his Aid-de-Camp, and to Brigade Major Fitzgerald.
soon have the pleasure tb inform your Lordship that e The different reports which I have transmitted to ! royal artillery, I ventured to order the guns to be I Major-General Hay speaks most highly of the ser.
we have possession of that post. I your Lordship from Lieut.-Gen. Sir T. Graham, will turned against the curtain. A. heavy fire of artil- ' vices of Colonel the Hon. C. Greville, of the 38th,
Since the fire against St. Sebastian had been re. , have shown the ability and. perseverance with which lery was directed against. it ; passing a few feet only in command of the 2d brigade ; and of the coil*.
commenced, the seemly had drawn the greatest part ,he has conducted the arduous enterprise entrusted to over the heads of our troops on the breach, and was. cuous gallantry of Lieut.-Col. Barnes, in the success-
of their force to the camp df Urogne, and there was i his direction, and the zeal and exertion of all the kept up with a precision of practice beyond all ex- fel assault of the curtain, with the brave battalion of
every reason to believe, that they would make an at.. officers employed under him. ample. Meanwhile I accepted the offer of a part of the Royatlebts ; and also of the exemplary conduct
tempt to relieve the place. I fully concur in the Lieutenant-General's report Major-General Bradford's Pottuguese brigade to of Lieot.-Col. Cameron, of the 9th feat, and Lieut.-
Three divisions of the 4th Spanish army, come, of the cordial assistance which he has received from ford the river near its mouth. VW advance of the. Colonel' Miles and Dean, of the 38th, and all the
mended by General Don Manuel Freyre, occupied Captain Air George Collier, and the officers, seamen/ Ist battalion, 13th regiment, under Major 504.:0- officers and troops engaged; and he expresses himself
the heights of San Marcia], and the town of Irun, and marines under his command; who have done grass, over tee apen_ beach, and across . the river ; as most particularly indebted to the zeal, Intelligence,
by which the approach to San Sebastian, by the high every thing in their power to facilitate and ensure and of a detachment of the 24th regiment, under and intrepidity of Brig.-Major Taylor, and Captain
road, was covered and protected, and they were sup- , our success. ; The seamen have served, with the artil- Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson,' In support, was made Stewart of the Royal Scots, acting as his Aid-de-
ported by _the Ist division of British infantry, under lery in the batteries, and have upon every occasion in the handsomest style, under. a very severe fire of Camp, formerly mentioned. •
Major-Gen. Howard, and Major-Gen. Lord Aylmer's . manifested that spirit which is characteristic of the grape. Major Snodgrass attacked, and finally car- Major-Gen. Hay like Wise aprons his great Wise
brigade, on their left, and in the rear of Irun ; and British Navy. .. ~ • I tied the small breach on the right of the great one, faction with the gallant sad judicious conduct of
by Gen. Lenges division, encamped near the Sierra .I I cannot sufficiently applaud the conduct of Maris- and Lieutenant-Colonel Niilleau's detachment occu- Lieut.-Col. Cooke, commanding the detachment of
cis Aye: it, rear of their right. In order to secure ical tie Campo Don Manuel Freyre, the Commander pied the ON orthe great breach. I ought not to Guards ; of Lieut.-Col. Hunt, commanding the de-
them still further, I moved two brigades of the 4th iu Chief of the 4th Spanish Army, who, whilst he omit to mention, that a similar offer was made by tachment of the left %vision, why., was severely
division, on the 30th, to the convent of San Anto- made every disposition which was proper for the the Ist Porthguese regiment of Brigadiei-General • wounded ; and of all theetber officers and troops of
mite one of which (General Ross's), under Lieute- i troops under his .command set them an example of Wilson's brigade, under Lieutenant-Colonel Fearon ; ' the detachment.
rant-General the Honourable Sir Lawry Cole, moved gallantry, which having been followed by the Gene- and that both Major-General Bradford and Brigadier- I Major-Gen. Hay conducted the divieion along the
vp the same day to the Sierra de Aye, and the other, ral Officers, Chiefs, and other Officers of the regi- General Wilson had, from thp beginning, urged ramparts himself) with the judgment and gallantry
on the morning of the 31st, leaving the 9th Portu- ' meats, ensured the success of the day.,. In his report, most aterinusly thee employment of their respective 1, that has so often marked his conduct.
guese brigade on the heights between the convent and ; in' which I concur, the General expresses the diffi- brigades in the attack, as they had so large a share! I have now ohly to repeat the expressions of my
Vera, and Lezaca. ' I culty which he finds of selecting particular instatisms it; the laboer and fatigues of the right attack. I highest satisfaction with the conduct of the Oificers
Major-General Inglis's brigade of the 7th divi- ,of gallantry, in a case in which all have conducted , .Observing now the effect of the admirable fire-, of of the Royal Artillery and Engineers, as formerly
sion was nand on the 30th to the bridge of Le. themselves so well ; but he has particularly mention- • the batteries against the curtain, though the enemy l particularized in the report of the first attack. 'Every
zaca ; and I gave orders for the troops in the Puertos ed General Mendizabel, who volunteered his assist- was so much covered, a great effort was ordered to drench of the Artillery service has beeneonducted by
of Echalar, Zugarramurdi, and Maya, to attack ance, and commanded on the height of San Marcia! ; be made to gain the high ridge at all hazards, at the Col. Dickson, with the greatest ability, .as was that
the enemy's weakened posts in front of those posi- ; Miriscal de Campo Losado, who commanded in the same time that an attempt should be made to storm the i• of the Engineer department by Lieut.-Colonel Sir
tions. I centre, and was wounded; Mariscal de Campo Jose horn-work. • f Richard Fletcher, till the moment of his much-
The enemy crossed the Bidassoa by the fords he- Garcia de Paredes, the commanding officer of the -It fell to the lot of the 2(1 brigade of the Ith-diet. lamented fall at the ltdenth of the trenches, Lieut.-
tweet' Andarwand the destroyed bridge on the high ' artillery ; Brigadiers Don Juan Diaz Porlier, Den sion, antler the command of Colonel the Honourable t COI, Burgoyne succeeded to the command, and is
road, before day-light on the morning of the 31st, i Jose Maria Espoleta, Don Stanislas Sanchez Salve- Charles Greville, to move out of the trenches for ranzious that I should convey to your Lordship Sir
with a very large force, with which they made a most : dor ; the Chief of the Staff of the Fourth Army this purpose, and the 3d battelion of the Royal 1 11.. Fletcher's sense of the great merit and gallantry
desperate attack along the whole front of the psi- • and Don Antonio Roselly; and Colonels Fuentes Scots, under Lieutenant-Colonel Barnes, support ~Cesewia H'enderson, in the attack of the Island,
sion of the Spanish troops on the heights of San ' Pita, flue commanding Engineer; Don Juan Loarte, .by the 38th, under Lieutenant-Colonel Miles, f eeer
:I on the morning of the 27th ult.; 'and of the purse-
Ala rcial. They were driven back, some of them? of the regiment de la Constitution; and Don Jua* I. tunately arrived to assaultehe breach of the carts , veering exertions of Majors Ellicombe and Smith, in
even across the river, in the most gallant style, by : Uarte Mendia. . . I about the time when an explosion on the rampart oe. pushing forward the operations'of the two attacks—
the Spanish troops, whose conduct was equal to that' Major-General Inglis, and the regiments in MS ithe curtain (occasioned by the fire of the artillery).►the latter Officer having had the merit of the first ar.
of any troops that I have ever seen engaged ; and brigade of the seventh division, conducted themselves
' created some confusion among the enemy. The ear--1 raggements for the attack on the right.
the attack having been frequently repeated, was upon , remarkably well. The 51st regiment, under Colo.. sow pass was gained, and was maintained, after as Lieut.-Col. Burgoyne was himself Wounded, and
ern occasion defeated with the same gallantry ' net Mitchel, and the 68th, under Lieutenant-Colo;
'serer* conflict, and the troops on the right of tilt only quitted the field from loss of blood ; but I am
and determinatios. The course of the river being , net Hawkins/ commit's(' cheap of position by Lays) breach having about this time succeeded in forcing the: happy to say he is able to carry on the duty of the '
immediately wider the heights on the French side, on ; troops from the heights between the, Bides's* seed • barricades on the top of the narrow line watt, found 1 department.
'which the enemy had placed a considerable quantity Lezaca, to those of San Antonio; andetheeeecorps 1 their way into the houses that joined it. Thus, after I The conduct of the navy has been continued ow
of cannon, they were enabled to throw a bridge i were distinguished. lan assault which lasted above two hours, under the ! the same principle -of zealous co-operation by Sir
across the river, about three quarters of a mile above ' Throughout these operations I have received every
smost trying circumstances., a firm footing was ob. Georget Collier; and the services of Lieutenant
the high road, over which- in the afternoon they . assistance from the Adjutant-General Major. Gen- tained. , O'Reilley,svith the seamen empleyed in the batteries,
marched again a considerable body, which; with rat' Pakenham, and the Quarter-Master-General It was impossible to restrain the impetuosity of the has been equally conspicuous as before. -
those who had crossed the fords made another de.' Major-General. Murray, and all the officers of the troops, and in an hour more the enemy were driven Your Lordship will now permit me ter call your
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operate attack upon the Spanish positions. This was , staff, and of my own family. I from all the coMplication of defences prepared in attention to the conduct of that distinguished officer,
equally beat back ; and at length finding all their ; • I transmit this dispatch by Major Hare, Acting 1 the streets, suffering a severe loss on their-retreat to Major-General Oswald, who hashed the temporary
efforts on that sideiruitless, the enemy took advan- i Assistant-Adjutant-General with this-army, attach- I the castle, and leaving the whole town in,our 'posses- commandeer the &th division in Lieutenant-General
tage of the darkling% of a violent 'storm to retire their ed to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Graham, I Ilion. Sir-James Leith's absence, during the whole of the
troops from this front entirely. I whom I beg leave to recommend to .your Lordship's Though it must be evident to your Lordship, that campaign, and who resigned the command of the
Notwithstanding thats as I have above informed' protection.—l have the honour to be, &c, . the troops were all animated with the Mosteenthusiere division on Sir James Leith's arrival en the 30th
your Lordship, I had a British division W- 'NaTON. ' devoted `taestry ' ulti,
lank of the -Ith Spanish Army, I am• happy
able to report, that the conduct of the latter
conspicuously good, and they were so capable ,
fending their post without assistance, notwitbstan,
ing the desperate efforts of the enemy to
that finding the ground did not allow of my
use of the Ist or 4th divisions on the flanks
enemy's attacking corps, neither of them
least engaged during the action.
Nearly at the same time that the enemy crossed
Bidassoa in front of the heights of San Marcia', '
likewise crossed that river with about three 1/4
of infantry in two columns, by the fords Wow .
in front of the position occupied by the 9th P'
guese brigade. I ordered Major-General -
support this brigade With that of the 7th
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GAZE77'g E.T7llt 40E1)&04 Ati lesittle of the enellil?4
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L - .VDON 1-, , I the Earl' of Da*Mill 40 'must that ,he i brigade Of tua arta dititions,apea- glens)led, by ~,,,jaa-lor-• obi 'be Teleethistlycgrried. of, after *resift' e .. •
TUESDAY. Sart. H. ' • ..-• : . . .
' '• • mould lil.f.ewiaa move tpinektim..
.flidnegna, with. the ;•General Robinson, .with an hamedlitta , .
septierts of most allietslkontesion am the breast,, end tiatlegete
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WAR DEPARTMENT. . th.ditlaten• and to • tnl'Altdallsellettllo support rdetadtments, Wrier a 111141040 ,Oa frimm in reserve left sett broten. -• I •
••• itajm!-Crearal Ittglia:hr ._llllll44Militeir power. i the remaiader of. the likietiteijime‘. WeiniCirac of Ma- • M'ajorefleneral Hay succeeded to th 4 .iodi vPs ad •
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printer-Wed, Sept. 14, • • ~ ajor-General leg)is (40011/40.41V0hattottaintain 1 jor-General Sme's Am! • st-4 the and abtleonducted tha attack to fhb 'frit,. Lieitt•-
ailigeassi, and he ' first brigade ir4k.ll44got
Major Here has arrived at this Office with disz.l)mtheighrta between LeS4M; ;.4..a150 the 'Gen& Sir J. • Leith eiprieses his greet obligli'binrto
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otSass An- I fifth battalion orele....catiiti_eis .4 Garteral Bradford's Major-Generale' Hay and Itoblnscti (the latter was
patches addressed td Earl ►Bathurst, by Fidit-Mir4; Withdrew to those in frost r•tatt
shat the Marquis of Wellington, of which the feh )ani7-7-a; which he Maintairinit.76red""lit. ,0•4?. sin , 3,
•• i brigade, endee/410,60111;. the wlsble.nnder•the di-1 -obliged to ltdre•the field from a severe wound in,the , , .:.• "
lowing are copies : . wan the, mean time M Lisa,* moved :
ret.iion of Limit. SieJames Leith Oonimanding face), and to Liear.-Colonels Berkeley end*Gornin
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I,7ats, Sept. goat& Owe. bilgade of the light die
~ , to Leta* by • thalfth division. • . • - :Absiitent-Adjutant-General and Aigistant Quarter. .
MT I.ollo,—The fire against the fort of Si. ,Se, ,Thicialkst, kept the enemy.in
l 4 i Med covered the Havingorrangetivery thing, with Sir J. Leith, I Masttr*Getieral of the sth iliiision, fortheir•tes.lnue
bastion was opened on thi t6th of August, and di- march eif the Earl of DI h"111 CAW iailt MajorzGea• crossed the Ursine* to the batteries ef • she right at- services during this arduous contest. He warmly
rected against the towers which flanked the' Cefthin Itatlis..:! , , :,. =I .:.t • . ~,-,t i , thck,--whirl',every thing could be most dittlitetly 'recommends to your Lordship's notice his Aid-de- .!• .- • s
seen, andfrom whence the order& for the fire of the Camp, Captain Belches, of. the. 691 h foot ; anti) in ' '".
on the eastern face, against the demy-bastioa en the -The enemy, however, havitigNettanowtedy tellett, in
south-eastern angle, and the termination of the cur. their attempt upon the P°sqieefil. the Spanish army batteries, according to eircatitstanees, coaid-• he itn-' lonjenction with Major-General' Hay, he bears testi. - - •
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tamp of the southern face. Lieutenant7General.Sir on the heights of San Marcia; mad Wing that Ma. lnediately sivon. , . mony .to the; highly-meritorious coed let •of Capt. • - .
T. Graham had directed that in establishment sheukt, jpr.Gen. Inglis had taken a poi** ftawkwiskis,they , The. column, in filing out of the tight of the James Stewart,. of the .3a, battalion Royal Scuts, , •
be formed on the island of Santa Clara, which was cot ld not drive him ;at the satextiese that it covered . trenchess was as befOre • etPttsed tsi II heavy fire9f ••Aid-de•Camp to Major-General -Hey';; arid ht fie. ' - -
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of the Spanish Army, , .
effected on the night of the eGtit ; and the enemy's and lAtotectet! the right
.i IL --my, and shells and kapershat; .and a mine was exploded in. 'commends to your Lordship's notiee, Major-General
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detachment on that-island were made prisoners.-, :the apgroeches to. San Sebashassly tcyarstise, and 'the left angle of lie tnunterscarp of tive.horti-work, oßobirtson'sAkl-de-Camp, Cale. W . NO., 4th Fobt ;
Captain Cameron, of the 9th, had the command of I that -their•sitoatien on the left of the .I)asiews os, was which did greht ''climir- Dkut did- ntit check .the or- , is. also Copts: Williamson and Jo. es, or that ni -
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the detachment which effected this operation, and i htico!Ong at, every moment
magic critical, retired dour of the troops in advancing to theottetir... :there !•ment ; the former was severely %sounddd in the cum- - '
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Sir Thomas Graham particularly applauds his con- !duet the night. • ~-,:s • was never-any thing ao fallacious as the external ap-I,mand of-the-41K,
.following. the forlorn hope in the ' 6.
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. • duct, and that of Captain Henderson, of the Royal . The fall of nun during the esiminil aid night bad penance' of' theist-each ; without some desAiption, , beststyleosed kemainang lung after his wound. Capt. ••. A •
S 9 swollen4o, Bidassoa, that the,rear of their oo- the almost insuperable difficulties :of the Welsch:din. I Jones encoded lo the command of the brigade,
E,lzineers. • •
The conduct of Lieat. the Hon. James Arbuthnot, lean Was obljged to cross at the bridge ...j Vera. . in . not beestiimited. ,
Notwithstanding its great extent, ,and ondaihted it with great ability. -
of the Royal Navy; who commanded the boats, waaoßederueire‘t this object, they attacked the.posts of there was but one.Poitit.wberssit vray.possible to enter Sir James Leith likewise particularizes Capt..Tay. ;
hi,ltly meriturlaus, as liheirlse that of Lieut. Bells rlitllejor7Geaerni skerretes brigade elf the-legt• it diri- , and there by single filet. Ail the inside of. The wall tor; 49th regiment, Brigade-Major to the first' bri- • - .
Mon, ateboitt, three in the morning, bah from the to Jim right. of the curtain formed a perpendicular ode, and Lieutenant Le. of the 4th w
of the Royal Marines. Blanc, foot,ho . .
All that it was deemed practicable to carry into Puerto de Vesatand from the left-of the Wawa.— • scarp of at least 20 feet to the level of the streets 4.14 ed the light,infentry company of the regiment imme.
• in order to facilitate the approach to the *Jthougit the,,statare of the ground rendered It ;In- so that the mu+OW•ridge of the ctirtain itself, tweed tsrately aftai the forlorn hopes and is the only surviv- ~
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breaches before-made in the wall of the town, has., possible tepresees entirely the passage of- the brad by the breaching at its etxl:mid front, Was the oplit. ing officer of the advance. - '
beg been effected,on the 30th of August, and another after day-lighte it was made under the bent a•great ...accessible point., • .-f - . • i- ISr M•jor-General aokinson goatee *is testimony of 4.7 -'
breach having been made at the termination of the part of Major-General Skerrett's brigade,, and alto 1 •• Derint-the sespeation ttil,"tbe operations 'of' ihk„ttaise of Captains Willisamewinirjenes, turd Lieut.
curtain, the place was stormed at eleven o'clock- in enemy's loss in
.the operation must have been very siege, 'fatal want of ammuniticin,..the enemy had ' Le Blanc, above-mentioned. He likewise commends •
the day on the 31st, and carried. The loss on our considerable,
,Whilst this was ping en seen the left- preparerievery meths of defeace.which art could-de- highly Capt,Livesay, who succeeded to the cosainaed ' -
side has been severe. Lieutenant-General Sir James of the army, Mitriacal, de.Citenio 0411 Pedro Ginn. ' vise, so that great numbers of men we#e covered by iof the 47th foot, on Major Kelly's being kill's!, apd
Leith, Nit° had joined the army only two days be- attacked the enemy's posts in front, of,she pesstof intrenchments and traverses, in the lorn-work, on ,• kept it till wounded, when the command dCllptled on
fere, and major..Genemls Oswald and Robinsony Echalar, on the ph and 31st. LieatAtetteral the qtle,ramparts of the Curtain, and insrde of the town ! Lieut.' Power, who-Ably performed the duty ;as
were tmlortunately wounded in the breach ; and Col. Earl of Dalhousie made,Gen, Le Corium& these in Nppositi to the biettCh, anti ready to pour a most de- I also Capt. Pilkiegton,, who succeeded to the corn- -
Sir Richard Fletcher, of the Royal Engineers, was front of Zugatramtudir with the, 6th
.poroiguese- structive fire of musketry oh both flanks of the' mend of-the 59th, on• Capt. Scott's being killed, and
killed by a musket-ball at the mouth of the trenches. 'brigade, on the 31st ; and the Hon. Major-General approach to the top of the narrow ridge of the cur- ! retained it till wounded,` when the command of that
In this Officer, and in Lieut.-Col. Crawford, of the . Colville made Colonel Douglas attack the orny's i tain. - I battalion fell to Capt. Hilford, who fed it with great •
9th regiment, his Majesty's service has sustained a i posts in front of,the pass of Maya! on thew/me day,sl Every thing that the most determined bravery' credit; and alsolirevet-Major Anwyll, Brigade-Ma- „ ;
serious loss. I with. the 7th Portuguese brigade. All theme troops ' could attempt was repeatedly tried in • vain by the jor•of the 24.1 brigade. -
I have the honour to inclose Lieutenant-General ' conducted themselves, well,---The attach made by troops, who were brought forward from the trenches I Major-Getteral Hay having now the comntand of :,
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on on each • . WELLINGTON. tic and devoted gallaystry, and that all•are entitled ultimo._
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appy to be P. S. I inclose a retorn of the killed and wounded ,to the highest commendation ; yet, lam sure; your !faring carried on with indefatigable attention all
tter was so., io the operations of the alit, ult. and ist instant ;' Lordship will wish to be informed more particolarly'.theJeborions duties Qf the left attack, no person was
.pable of de- ! and returns of the lots before Silts Sebastian from the concerning those, who, from their sitstations, dad more able. to give Sir James Leith the best infortaft.
otwitbstand. 2eth of July to thp 31st of August.
. . i„,,,, . opportunities of gaining peculievadiitinction ; audits tiophnd asilstance: 'TMaoSrairiiiiJiamoretskyLet:::dachkencoc:
to Carr it,
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.- • • the distance! was at myself doile not 'feeble me to, ledges he did with. a liberality and seal for the ser-
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~ Oyartan, Sept. 1, 111.13: perform this act of justice from Personal ebseiratiets, lice; iii!the highest degree
inks of the M. zoittbs4 In euebienCa.,to yope.LardabiA ow i ban taken, every pains to celled •information from Aim*: his ralueb'e aervices..te tile. last, .by acting as
I were in the. ,clers of the preceding
.44.4 attack *lO ;ffigili*lthe eeperior Officers. Lieet.-Gen. Sir James. Leith .a volunteer, and aecompanylpg Lleirtertant.Generil
lodgment on thebreachl'at4.34". .. Uatis../Ehich:;fleet I justified-, ist the Meet manner,. the confidence re. Sir James elth to the !A-styli* on the occasion of
y crossed the' extended to the left, so ,ptito 4tinkrafe•lhe 9utiftloo4 'Totted in his tvied•judginent and; distingnished go. .the eeeeutt.. t hare MAI .14411ifoctioic In assuring
latchti, they tower, the end and heel 1 thaductkin.iismediately = ,-.- ' • -.11._. 4;,, . • ~... tali. yonr.Lnrdship of my. perfect eppeebatiovi .of Major-
me divisions over the left 'hestieq.' es weitm.ttie.feeea 460. bur i • apmbeatlred sad My Aileatiersef thatialativiiiiiii eat:. Gear Oswald's condatet,,,4#lo *Pea the t tit (Bit.
I beg to assure your .14411494, that CelonelDis:
beta* Senn, Hive itself, Vito a .7
, .enh: aim at atom) iscleflte ilanded by I.luutesaut-Culouel Rust, eels 5.4 veMatratvraer 'ion formed t part of Ope lettlisolsaut of thearsay.' .
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A_ 2_ igrildefferre 4 r neitthillearildrad4rill" rake( I.ll46ltiliati" teglllhC^"rtdreei itof:nathe 9th Portu. tt: 11. yesterday ;i . Iwiik the honour, to iyport4e
si fwgits to Yobr Lordship,. t .411,1‘111S.petieverestea-pf ill Miedrestef.the NO, Wadies% mod ear biadred selhattli**bat , • limey, Deputy Quarter-Master-General; and* Lieu-
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