Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-11-01
ST FOREIGN NEWS.
LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.

LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.
Dssvning-strees, September &.
COPY Of a dispatch received yesterday, by Sc
cpetaFys yindham.
CAMP On Tie lesaaiaf e 1Nasas, July s, 1906.
SIR,
Iris with the most heartfelt satisfaction
thar have .th4 haaor Of reporting 10 yon,
for the Information Of MS lnajs ssy, the par.
,iculars Of an action. 10 Waicn the lrench
army oaarsg4eiia this province have sos--
tainea a signas defeat By tbs t-oops under
nv command. General Rsgnier, having
been apasized OF cur Decentralization a, 81.
Euparsia. appears 10 have made rapid
march from Il eggio, unitIng, IS he aaganc-
ed, his dstsched corps, for the purpose OF
a,,acs1cg. and1ish ms char acseTlstic conn.
dence, of defeating Us. On the atternoon
of the Sd lost. ifeceived intelligence THAT
he had thar day epcamPed nsar Msida,-
Z abons ter a,i!es distant from cur position;
thar his iorce consisted al the moment OF
I. about 1000 iafan,ry AID 500 cavalry, tege-
,her VAN four pieces IF artillery, and lnat
be was 10 expectations of being joinsd with
IN a tlay or TWO by 5000 more troops who
were nsrehing after lhem ia second divi.
sion. determined therefore 10 advance
towards his position, and, having left tour
companies of Wastsvilie's regiment under
major Fishsr 10 proteceshe stores, and &C.
cuoy work which mad been thrown uprat
our landing place, the body es the army
marched tie next morning according to the
following detail:
Advaacsd cogps, lieut.. colonel Ksmpt,
witbswo Founders, light inianry batra.
lien. Detachment royal Csvsican rangers.
De,achmen b, royal Siclian volun GERS. Isl
Brigade, brigaaier gen. Cole, with three
4 pnuadsrs Grenadler battalion. 27h
rssimeos. Cd Brigade, brigadier general
Acklaud, with three Founders. 7ssh
regiment. SIS. regiment Sd Brigade.
col. Oswald, with Two 4poundsrs. 58h
regiment. Wa,ssv,!!e's regiment, ) com
panses. 2C.h regiment lieu,eaan, colonel
Ross. landed during the action, Reserve
Of artillery. major Lemons, toas pound.
ers and two hcwtzers, Toiad, rank and
file, including the royal artillery, 4795.
General R@gnier was sacamped on the
side of woody hill, below the village Of
MAZDA, slopipg into the plain Of s., Eu-
phemia his laaks were streng hsned by
thick impervious underwood HE a
ma,o, river periecsly fsrGable, bat of
which the sides are extremely asrshy, ran
along lis froDs; my approach 10 him from
the sea side (aloug the borders OF which !
directed my march, until had asarly ,u<n.
ed his lef) was across spacious plan,
which gave HIN every opportunity of nj
nuiely obsesyiag my movements. After
some Ioosa firing of the Aankers to cover
the deplolments Of the two aralies, by niue
o'clock in the morning the opposing froats
were warmly engaged, when the proves
of the rival nations seemed now fairly TO
be at trial before the world, and the supt-
riority was greatly aad glorioasly decided
TO be our owe. The corps which formed
the right of the advanced line, was the
battalion Of light infantry commanded by
lieutenant colonel Kemat, consisting of the
light companies OF the 2o,h, 9th, as,h,
58,h, 61st, 81ss and Watteville's, toge-
Their with $50 chosen battalion men Of the
3S,h regiment, under major Robinson.
Directly opposed to them was the favori;e
French regiment the Is, Legere. The TIVE
corps at the distance of ahous 100 yards
fired reeiprocslly few rounds, when, as if
by mutual agreement, the firing was sus.
peaded ,Iand 10 close compact order and aw-
flu! silencs, they advanced towards each o.
Their, until sheir bayonsss began to cross.
AZ this momentous crisis the enemy be.
came appalled,. They broke and endea-
voured to fly, bu, it was too late; they
were oversaksn with tbs most dreadful
slaughter. Brigadier General Acklaad,
whose brigade was Immediately on the LET,