The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-10-16

rartmeat, ard ct the stat! corps. Tor the as
s'stancc received from then. particularly
the Hon. lieutenant Col. Dun.ias, and Lieu
ienan, Col. Sturgeon OF the latter, and Ma
,jor Scovell OF the FORMER and 10 lieuien-
ant Col. Waters, 1T present at The head &c
the Adjutast Generals department at head
quarters, and to the Officers at the depart
inent as well as n, head quarters, as with
the several divisions of The army and Lieu.
tenant Colonel Lord rit2roy Somerset, aAG
the officers of my personal staI. Am0ng
the latter particularly request your l.>nd-
shipto draw the attention OF his Royal
Dighness TIE Prince Regeut to his Serene
Highness the Hereditary Prince Of Orange
whose conduct in the field, as well as upon
every other occasion, entities him TO my
highest commentator, and has acquired for
him the respect and regard OF the whole
army.
have had every reason to be satisfied
with the conduct Of the Mariscai del CAM
lpo Don Carlos d'Espagna, and of Brigadier
Don Julian Sanchez, and with that or the
| troops under their command respectively !;
and with that of the Mariscal Gel Campo
Don Misre Alava, and of the Brgac er Don
Joseph OIawloa, employed with this army
by the Spanish Government, from whom, &
| from the Spanish Authorities, and people in
general, l experienced every assistance
could expect.
IL is but Justice likewise to draw your
Lordship's attention upon this occasion. TO
the merits of the Officers of the civil depart
ment OF the army. Notwithstanding the in
creased distance of our operations from our
IN sra zines o,,,i that the country is COM
pleteiy exhausted, we have hitherto wanted
nothing. owing to the diligence and atten-
ton OF Comnissary- General Bissett, and the
officers OF the department under his direc-
tion.
Olmedo, Jgty %, 1Sl2.-The army have
Continued their march in pursuit of the enc
my since addressed ynu OH the oath inst
and we have continued to take many prison
ers. part of the enemy's army crossed
the Douro yesterday near Pucute de Dou-
no, and the remainder, their lett wing, were
IN march towards the bridge of Tudela this
morning, at nine O'Clock, when last heard
from our advanced posts
The main body of the Allied Army is this
day on Adaja and Zapardiel rivers in this
neigh6orhood sthc light cavalry being in front
in>pursuit of the enemy.
IL appears that Joseph nonaparte left Ma
drid on the 21st, with, the army of the cen
ter, supposed to consist of from 10 to 10. 600
infantry. and he directed his march by the
Escoriel, upon the Alba de Tormes He
arrived at Bao Sc Snncho between Avila and
Arevila, on the Goth. where he heard of the
ueleat OF Marshal Marmont, and he retired
in the evening, and between that time and
the evening of the 25th, he marched thro'
Villa Cistin to Espinar. A non commission
| ed Officers patrole of the 18th Light Ora
soons & the LIST Hussars from Arevalo, took
in Blasco Sancho on the evening of the 25th,
| shortly after Joseph Bonaparte who had left
the place, two officers and 27 men of his
own cavalry, who had been left there to fol
low his rear guard.
have reason to believe that Joseph Bo-
parte had no regular account of the action
OF the 22d, till he passed the Puerto de eau
darama yesterday, but he then returned,
and was directing his march upon Segovia.
have not yet heard how far he had advan-
ced. All accounts concur with regard TO the
great loss sustainedby the army of Portugal.
BY accounts from 1t. Gen. Sir Rowland
Hill, TO the oath inst. it appears. that the en-
envy had in some degree reinforced the
Troops in Estramadura. The Lit. Gen. had
removed to Zafra.
ABSTRACT of killed, wounded, & missing
OF the Allied Army under the command
OF General the Earl of Wellington, in the
battle fought near Salamanca, on the 22d
July, 1912.