Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-07-15

Tended by the eith, 7tst, and 10th regi-
ments, under the command of Col. Came
ran, sustained BY the battalionS OF light
i,flutrv, belonging TO the Sd division, and
commanded by Major Woodsate. and by
.i,e light troops belonging to the list dlyi-
ION, commanded by Majors Geek, M'Do-
na!I and Alley; by the 9th regiment OF
nortuguese Cacadores, commanded by Lit.
rol Plate; the light companies OF Col.
S,.,,,a,.mond' sPortugucse brigade, COM
,,anIsd by Col. Sutten; the light compa-
n;os Of Col. Ashworth's Portuguese Dri-
.ailc, commanded by Col. pynne, and IL
SSally the piquets of the 81 division. uhaer
-. command OF the Hon. Col. frehch'
C,J Cameron was wounded seriously IN
ibis service. and the command at tniS
noiut deyolved upon the Hon. Col. oauo-
gan. .od fd,r;no the
,t,acts Of the enemy by the 7tth regl-
',ant under the command Of Major Rus
Ell Manners: by the s3th, under the
ao,nmand of Lieut.. Col. Wallace, belong
inr to the brigade under Col. Mkmnon
and On one Of these occasions inc SSth'
r,st. and 7sth regiments, under the COM
n,ud of Col. NrKinnOn, charged the enc
INV and drove them in most gallant man
nav ont &c the mace. Col. M'kinnOn has
mentioned on this occasion with peculiar
praise the good conduct OF Lieut.. Col.
wallace. Brigade Major Wild, and Lieut.
and Adjutant Stuart.
The contest, at this point, lasted until
n;uht. during which our troops MAINTAIN
ed their posts. and after which the enc
INV made no attempts upon cur positiohs'
They manifested an intention OF at
1aeking the posts Of MajQr-General Ers-
kline. at Aldee &c Bisto, that morning, with
the cd corps. but that general having or
dered the cd battalion Of the Lusltanian
Legion. commanded by Lieut.. Col. Ohney'
70 make feiut cf passing the ford OF the
Duas Cassas, supported by the light IN
fsutry Of the 9Th division, the enemy found
themselves compelled to retire.
Tn the course of this night the enemy
Legan to retire from their position on the
Duas Cassas, and this morning at break
of day their whole force was IN MOTION.
7 am unable to decide if this movement
be preparatory to some new attempt "nien
NAV have for lis object the raising Inc
blockade of Almeida, or to a eeni'fmeu
retreat but have good reason to De-
lieye that they will be compelled to em-
brace the latter determination.
The enemy's superiority in cavalry was
very great-the cavalry OF the allied ar
nv being very weak in consequence oil us
recent fatigues its being variously dc,
tached for the purpose OF foraslnS, anu
the reduced state of the brigade OF fortu-
suese cavalry, which were acting with TINS
army, in exchange for a brigade OF brl-
fish cavalry detached to Estramadura' 10
serve with Marshal BeresiOrd.
The result OF general action, brought
on by our attacking the enemy under such
circumstances, might have been doubtful !;
as they might have avaiied themselves OF
the necessary concentration OF our forces.
not only to dispute the action which would
have ensued, but to throw succOrs INTO
the fortress Of Almeida.
When the great superiority OF the enc
my's force, to which We were here opPoS-
ed, is taken into consideration, your Tx
eellency will judge what has been the con-
duet Of our officers and soldiers. The ae-
tons. though no one was on large scale,
we're frequently repeated and severely dis
puted. Our loss has been great, but the
enemy's much greater in the single
place of Fueates they lost 100 killed and
many prisoners.
n Here follow the usual compliments to
the officers who had distinguished item,
selves. Those peculiarly noticed are 1t
Gen. Sir Brent Spencer, CoIonels Mkin'
i non, Cameron and Cadosan Lord Blan'
y .yre, 1t. Coils. Williams. Kelly, Eustace
q and Dixon, and Major M'intosh.
q BY my last adyices from Marshal Be
resford. learn that he had invested Ba
daios. by the left of the Guadiana, ant
that he was conveying thither whatsoever
Il l. OF bot InR n