Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-09-18

his port ls2 transports, 6 gun boats,
orig, l schooner, 8 ships and 3 trigates'
having ON board English battalions, the
ROYAL German Guards, the Royal Siei-
liam ditto, the LIST and I'd of Estero OF the
sane division, the Majorca division with
the 5th of light grenadiers OF Mal:orez'
Cordsya and 6 uadalaxara, the I'd OF Bur-
sos, the battalion Of Calabria, the Eng
lish and Brunswick hussars, the English
light troops, the Portuguese, Sicilian &
English companies of artillery in all
l4,5oo infantry. 800 cavalry, and 200
artillery, with 400 mules of the brigade
of artillery, 80 pieces of batlsring can
non, 2 mortars and 4 bowitzers, and a
competent number of physicians, surge.
ons, comnissarics, sc. sc. The expe-
dition was commanded by Gen. Sir Jno.
Murray, having under his orders the
following generals: Clinton, M'Kenzie,
Campbell, Donkin, Nottingham and A
dams, chief of the staff.
The expedition sailed in an easterly
direction, and on the Sd June anchored
at Cape Salon. The troops commenced
landing in the road next to the Cape In
the port of Tarragona. In = short time
the pl zee was su rounded with troops
marching in columns, and without the
least annoyance from the enemy. -Four
cannon were placed Immediately In the
parallel of Fuerte-real at 600 toises from
The walls of the city. The enemy open.
ed a weak fire on our troops, and With
very little effect. On the Alb, the Gan-
non was advanced 50 feet further, but
without raising covert way or entrench-
mem. Another battery was erected In
the direction Of Olivo, which point was
Immediately abandoned by the enemy,
and our troops took possession OF it,
The Mallorca division and part OF the
division of general Clinton were order
ed to attack and possess themselves OF
the pass Of Ba!asuer on the 9th the
garrison of the fort, consisting OF $50
French, capitulated.
The enemy made sortie, and the
English suffered small less but as
the whole of the garrison of Tarragona
did not exceed 1900 men, they were un-
der the necessity of observing the strict
est economy in the disposition nj their
forces, Nothing was done by our army
from the 4th to the 18th, excepting the
destruction of merton on Fuerte-real;
probably because it was the opinion OF
the general that the place would surren-
der, and he accordingly ordered general
Donkln to summon it. The Governor
ans cred, that as his walls were sound
and his garrison complete, he was under
no necessity of entering into any ar
rangement of the kind.
Finally, on the 18th, gen. Murray gave
orders for the expedition to re-embark;
for the cannon to be spiked, the carria-
ges, Wagons and stores to be burnt, &
the cattle and even the horses to be kill
ed. The order, however, for killing the
horses, was not executed.
The reason assigned for this precipi-
tate step was, that intelligence had been
recelved of general Caen having march.
ed from Barcelona with 5000 infantry *
500 cavalry. and was on his way to re-
aeve Tarragona and that Suchet was
marching from Valencia WIZ nearly aD
equal number OF infantry,but without Ca
valry. But general Copons had also ar.
lived with reinforcement for our army
If 5000 infantry, 2 squadrons OF Cavalry
and the pioneers. ado to which admiral
Pellcw was before Rosas witn ! ships
and frigates, and landed 200 marines,
in order 10 divert TIE attention OF gene.
al De Caen, VIII came, as 1t was alter
wares known, TO support that point In
preference of relieving Tarragona.
On the 18th, general Murray ordered
some OF the troops TO land in order to
recover tie artillery, but Immediately
ordered them on board again, and the
Acct set sail On the 18th, 10th * 18th,
The expedition was at anchor, and the
loops landed OF the shores OF Hospital
let, but they were re-embarked on the
next day, after blowing up the Castle OF
Baaquer. On this day 18TH the new
General Lord w. Bentinck arrived, and
npon observing the situation OF affairs,
p,dered the expedition to Alicant, and
general Murray to London; but both are
at present in this place, where the con-
voy arrived on the Oath, having lost 8
transports which got on shore, and one
on board of which was three hundred OF
he V alorca division & several offlcers
foundered, and every soul on board pc
rished. The Mallorca division marched
afterwards to Viilaloyosa with the ex-
cep,ion of the corps of Burgos, which
in consequence OF orders from the gene
ralissimo remained in Catalonia.
Sir Thomas Graham'S DESPATCH.
ToLosA, 26th June, 1918.