The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-05-11 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENTARY GAZETTE.

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A dispatch, of which the following is au extract, lois been •
received by Lord Liverpool. addressed to kis Lordship by the
Lori of Wellington, dated Niza; 16th Aril, 1812.
Marshal Sault collected his • .at Fromm, is Eatrema-
dors, On the tab inst. and havilsg tbrre heard of the Tall of
dojos. he retired before day..lt two the 9th tewsulls the trent
tiers or Andalusia. Lieutenant-Greene! Sir Thomas Graham
directed Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton to follow rbeJr
rear with the cavalry ; and he attacked and defeated rho French
cavalry at Villa Garcia with Major-General Le Marchant's and
Major-General Anson's brigades, the latter under the command
of Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable F. -Possonby, on the
morning of the 11th inst. I have the honour to inclose Lieut.-
General Sir Thomas Graham's letter; Inclosing Lieutenant-Gen.
Sir Stapleton Cotton's report, and the return of the killed and
wounded on this occasion; and I have only to add my cony
men lotions of the conduct of Lientensuit-Ge;naral Sir Stapleton
Cotton, Major-General Le Mare-haat, and the officers and troops
under their command. .

The enemy re ired tin tat day from Llerena, and, since, en-
tirely from the province of Estremadura.
I have not yet beard whether General Ballasteros had entered
Seville. The CondC de Penne V illemur, with a detachment of
the sth Army. which had been seat from listremadura into the
Condado de Niebla,' had approached that town by. the right of
the Guadalquiver, and was engagi d with the enemy s g+rrisou of t
Seville, and of the fort convent on that sine of the river, ma
the sth inst. and had obliged them to retire within their works.
The Conde de Peiine V illemur retreated on the lUth, according
to a suggestion which was made to hint by me in consequence of
the fall of Badajos, and the certainty that I had that Marshal
Souk would return immediately into Andalusia without risking
an action, to which it was not in my power to bring him ; and I
trust that the Conde de Penne V illernur will have communicated
to General Billasteros the intelligence and suggestion which I
desired might be conveyed to him.
Since I wrote to your Lordship on the ith inst. I have received
reports of transactions in the neighbourhood of Ciudad Rodrigo
only to the 9th inst. The eritcray still kept the place blockaded,
but had made no attack upon it, nor had repeated their visit to
Almeida, having sullen:4 some lob,* ia the reesunoisauce of that
place on the fid inst.
It appear% that nn the 7th, the greatest number of the troops
in the neighbourhood of Cindad Rodrigo broke up, and march-,
ed towards Sabugal, where I believe that Marsliai Marmont
came himself. Major-General Victor Alien, whom I had kept
in from of Ciudad Rodrigo with the Ist llussars, till the end of
March, was followeP(although at a distance) through Lower
Beira, by Marshal Jlarmoni s advanced guard ; and having
quitted Castello Branco oil the Nth inst. they move on ; and the
advanced guard, consisting of 2500 men, of,whielt six squadron+,
of e•tvalry entered Castello Branco on the evening of the 12th.
Brigadier-General Le Cur, with his brigade of Militia having
been tiLliged us retire upon tintoadaa, wises lee—itawr -s€e *feisty
advance. • -
In the mean time, having hearii that General .then had retired
across the Tagus, orderedlim to cross that river again, which
he did oil the and the enmity retired from Castello Branco
betme daylight on the morning the.l4th, and Brigadier-Gen.
Le Cor and alajor-General A 'fen entered the place.
: • The enemy have as usual, in this expedition, robbed and
murdered the inhabitants of the country. llat the injury which
they have done, as far as I can learn, hat been confined to these
acts of atrocity ; all the stores in cur magazines at Castello
Branco, and our hospital there having been removed .to this side
of tbeTagas.
I cannot sullicientiv applaud the firmness and good conduct of
Brigadier-tieneral la-- tor. Ile remained in Castello Branco,
till he saw a sw.erier aneniy advancing mon him; and lie then
retired in goal order, no farther than was neressary.
As soon as I heard of Soule's retreat irons Villa Cram:a. I put
the army in motion towards Castille. The advanced guard has
arrived at Castello Branca this idly ; and I shall go there my-
self to..:11(1TrOtl..
I have heard of no movement in the north.