Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-05-30
NEW YORK, May IS.

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NEW YORK. May IS.
Yesterday arrived at this port, the ship Ann
Williams, captain Dayton, in "a days from
Lisbon, which port he left on the Goth of
April.
The prisoners taken at Badaioz and sent to
Lisbon, sailed from thence for England the day
eaptain D sailed.
Captain Dayton has furnished the editors of
,be Mercantile Advertiser with the following
detail Of the operations of the British in their
attack on Badajoz;
6 After the fail Of Ciudad Rodrigo, which
Absnnened on the 10Th of January, the trenches
and breaches. were fixed up, and the army
commenced It's march to the south. About
NE l4th of March the whole combined army
arrived at Elyas and its vicinity. On the 10Th
( army was put In motion, and the invest
,,eotof Bodaiuz took place that evening"
IN the 18th the combined armies broke
Ground. On the 18th the fort Of Picerini was
oten by storm, commanded by general Kemp
sn5 the troops of the third division, This
brtis of great Importance to the troops work
;nq on the trenches. The enemy had $50 men
n the fort, and only 6+ escaped the gates Of
eternity. Ats o'clock in the evening of the
sth April, the English attacked Badajoz at
three breaches. The tight division attacked
The small WALL the fourth the principal ones,
tbe fifth the small breach and the third divi
sion. commanded by general Picton, were or
dered to make false attack, which he did;
but not being satisfied with this, he scaled the
walls with his whole division at the very mo-
ment the other divisions were employed in
attacking the breaches. The breaches were
found TO be nearly inaccessible, and the con-
test, of course terrible on both sides but IN
this great conflict general Picton had effected
his plan, his whole division having scaled the
walls, and formed in rear betwiXt the main
body and the citadel, which cut of their re-
treat from il. On this citadel they had form
ed several batteries; and had the tower been
hken, they could have destroyed the city and
made great havoc among the soldiers The
maneuvring Of the third division, when COM
pleted, formed mp in battle array, and COM
menced a FIRE upon the enemy This put
them in great confusion; SO much Sc. that
they gave way at the breaches, allowed the
English to enter, aud began to retire upon the
citadel, but found it altogether impractcable,
by the third division cutting off their retreat.
They then were under the necessity Of giving
themselves up to the English; who took gen.
philippcn, IL ofhcersS 293omcnp prisoners,
and sent them TO Lisbon, where they arrived
on the 10Th OF April.
.Prior to the hostilities againt Badajoz they
consisted of $500 men. From the manner IN
which, the whole business was conducted, ii
is supposed TO have been one Of the greatest
achievements the annals of British history
can produce The English lost upwards OF
4Ooo-The following is an account OF the OF
6cers killed md wounded:
El2rd-Lieut col. Ridge, 5th regiment;
col. Harcoust, 10th; colonel Holder; major
0Hara.
Ft'ouadsd-Tieut. gen, Picton; lieut.. gen.
colyilIc major general Kemp; brig gen.
Hewey; major general Bowers; MAJOR gen.
Walker; lieut.. col. M,Leod, 4Sd regiment !;
lieut. col Gibbs, SD; lieut.. col. Akin, 48th'
toL BIackney, 74th; lieut., colonel French )
majors Garlic, Murphy, Mall, Brook and
Owed -