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Merida, Dec.so, 1811.
MY Loam--In pursuance of your Lordship's in-
structions, I .put the troops under my orders in
march from their several cantonments, and entered
this province on 'the 27th instant, by Albuquerque,
Villa de Rey, and St. Vicente ; and by the intelli-
gence which I received from various quarters, I was
led to entertain the most sanguine hopes that I
TO TIMBER. MERCHANTS AND RUILDF.RS. should have been able to surprise.the enemy's troops
TO RE SOLD BY PRIYA FE CONTR ACT, I stationed in this town. I was, however, disappointed,
AN extensive Forest of FIR. TIMBER, in Pee- in my expectations, by finding in La Nava, on our
hies-biltre, Scotland, situate 011 the Banks of the River
Tweed, and only' ti miles from the Port of twilit, where there is ' approach to that village yesterday, with the column
every facility for shipping it to the London Market. This Forest Albuquerque, a party of theenemy,
from
contains Trees of large dimensions. being considerably • more of about three hundred voltigeurs and a few hussars,
than one bun.lred years growt a autl fit fur buildings of every de-
scriptmii. 'there is n most excellent Saw Mill, drove by water. • •
being part qf a detachment which had arrived there
thnt the purchaser of the Ti.nber may lie accommodated ~,,,h the night p mg, apparently on a plundering ex-
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C di llvillage about two leagues dis-
. -
street, Temple-bar, Ls;udtta. LOW% post paid. • 'taut.

I invested Ciudad Rodrigo yesterday. Since the
enemy have had possession of the place they have
constructed a palisadoed redoubt on the hill of St.
Fraitcisco, and have fortified three convents in the
suburb, the defences of which are connected with the
work on the of St. Francitce, and with the old
lime by which the suburb was surrounded. By these
means the enemy have increased the difficulty of ap-
preaciditg the ears; and Jt was necessary to obtain
possession of the work on the hill of St. Francisco
before we could make any progress in our attack.—
Accordingly Major-General Craufcrd directed a de-
tachnient of the light division, ander the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Colbourne, of the 52d Regi-
ment, to attack the work shortly after it was dark.
The attack was very ably conducted by Lieutenant-
Colonel Colbourne, and the work was taken by
storm in a short tim9 ; two Captains and forty-seven
men were made prisoners, and the remainder of the
garrison were put to the sword. We took three

ieces of cannon. I cannot sufficiently applaud the

iconduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Colbourni, and of
lithe detachment under his command, upon this occa-
sion. lam happy to add that our loss in this of it
'has not been severe, six men having been killed ;
ICaptain Mein and Lieutenant Woodgate, of the 52d,
Lieut. Ilawksley, of the 95th, and fourteen men)
having been wounded.
The success of this operation enabled us immedi-
ately
to break ground within 600 yards of the place,
notwithstanding that the enemy still held the forti-
fied convents; and the enemy's work has been turned
into a part of our first parallel, and a good com-
munication made with it.
Lieutenant-General Hill arrived at Merida en the
30th of December. He had 'hoped to surprise Ge-
neral Dombrouski (who I had been led to imagine
was killed in General Hill's last affair with the
enemy) in that town ; but his advanced guard was
discovered on the 29th, by a patrole from a small
detachment of the enemy, which happened to be at
La Nava, which effected its retreat to Merida, not-
withstanding the efforts of a detachment of Lieute-
nant-General Hill's cavalry to prevent it. General
Dombronaki retired from Merida in the night, leav-
iug a magazine of bread, and one hundred. and
slaty tboueand potluck of wheat in the town, and
several unfinished works, which the enemy had been
constructing.
On the Ist, General Hill moved forward with the
intention of attacking General Drouet, who com-
mands the sth corps, at Almendralejo. Ti.is Ge-
neral, however, retired upon Zafra, leaving a ma-
gazine in the town, containing four hundred and
fifty thousand ;muds of wheat, and some barley.—
On
the 3d, Lieutenant-General Hill sent a detach-
meet, consisting of the 28th regiment and two
s4uadrons of the 2c.1 hussars, and some squadrons of
the 10th Portuguese cavalry, to Fuente del Maestre,
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Aber-
cromby. Our cavalry defeated a body of the ene-
my's cavalry which was there; having taken two
officers and thirty men prisoners.
Lieutenant-General Hill having found that Gene-
ral Dcouet had retreated upon Llerena, and that it
would be impossible for him to follow to a greater
distance', returned. to Merida on the sth, in order to
place the troops under his command in better canton-
ments, during the bad weather.
I have the honour to enclose letters from Lieute-
nant-General Hill, of the 30th of December7 2d and
6th of January, giving an account of his operations,
returns of killed and wounded, &c.

Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the Arms/ under
the Command of his Lxc'ellency General Viscount Walington
K. B. in earn i:•g, a Redoubt before Ciudad Rodrigo, on the
night of the Bth inst
I lead-quarters, Gallegos, Jan. 9.1812.
43d Reg. Ist Batt.-2 rank and file, killed ; 7 rank and file,
wounded.
52d Ditto, Ist Batt.-2 rank and file, killed; 1 Captain, 1
Lieutenant, 2 rank and tile, wounded.
52d Ditto, 2d Batt.-1 rank and file, killed ; 1 rank and file,
wounded.
55th Ditto, lit Batt.-1 rank and file, killed ; 1 Lieutenant, 4
rank and tile, wounded.
95th Ditto, 2d Batt.— 1 rank and file, wounded.
95th Ditto, 3d Batt.-2 rank and file, wounded.
Tot.ll-6 rank and file, killed; 1 Captain, 2 Lieutenants,
17 rank and file, wounded.
(Signed) CHARLES STEWART,
Major-General and Adjutant-General.
Note.-1 Captain of Artillery, 1 subaltern, and 46 rank and
file, taken prisoners in the Redoubt, and 3 pieces of ordnance, 1
howitzer, and 2 four-pounders.
Names of Officers wounded on the Bth of January, 1812.
Ist Batt. 53d. Reg.—Capt. Mein and Lieutenant NVoodgate,
both severely, but not dangerously.
Ist Batt. 151 h Reg.—Lieutenant Hawksley, severely, but not
dangerously.

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OA K TREES, of different dirrien.,ion., stmiding in Kings.
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