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Wmrt.ontfon and Liverpool papers received m ' , -. - - t r- r,.n r.h n i.i ir oxmmt a vna nn nannf consftnifn if raite ud mis uuhiuu un iravne. m . -"-u n r. t the Office of the Baltimore reuenu v-.;.""&. vvuaviru.wVv ,.r- . - - - y "Fportea by p-en t ' u atA owiinance stores taken, in the' several baU the morning of the 27th I ordered gen. Sher; of heavy cavalry : ami ,1 Fane' sen' fill ette. teties, and lortress ot Ter Verre, but whicti orose 10 retire wnn. nis corps 10 u suuiuji m goons sutiered considerabl i e 2 will be hereafter transmitted' with a return thi fine, leaving gen. Mackenzie jjivith a divi- had the effect of preveiuin LOXPON GAZE ITE EXTRAOHPINARY Monday, August 7. 0f the prisoners taken "since our Downing street, August 7. pOSed to amount to one thousand Dispatches,' of Whtch .the tenoning are jore Owen's squadron, with Li R II. Q Middlcburgh, ad August, 1809. I cannot conclude without tx pressing in the c I on and in second line, a division of infant- battalions of Spanish inf,., y' 9tl My Lord I have the honoi ot acquainting strongest terms my admiration of the distin- r, mvLr the orders of major general Hill. Gen. Campbell took the enemy ' vonr Lop ship, that having sailed from the ,.U;Shed ability with which the fleet was con- There Was a valley between this height and The Brie. Geh. memi. 8.0anfc a ) hts Downs early in the morning ofthezSM ult. ,il1clctj through the passage into the Veiref' rani;e of -mountains-still further upon the onduct of the 97th, the 2d b with Rear" Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, in Gat, nor can the advantages resulting from ' 'eft, which valley was hot at first occupied, asnd of the 2d battalion 53r, r.., attal101 feet kvl' ng ing by the division of the army under Lieut, state of wind," was impracticable, in any other pected ai tion. - upon Lieut. Gen. Sherbrooke'siW landine sup- W ot infantry and a brigade of cavalry, as an that part of the enemy-, ,,i: e fc . Commo- ad aaced post in the wood, on the right of Al- At the same time sr. ; eutenant Gen. biic ie, winch covered pur leunanK. on eng. i,en, AlexamW r 7 aDtti copies," were last night received at the office lhe Marquis of Huntley's ' division, remains The 'position taken up by the troops at Ta- on in the centre of the'-comb of Lord Viscount Casilereagh, one of his at anchor in the WielingJPassage, and tht di- la era extended more than two miles ; the on the right of the British. '"- majesty's principal Secretaries of State, ' from vision .of Lieut. Gen. "the Karl of Rosslyn, gund-was open upon the left, wher the This attack was most s'uece Lieutenant-General the Earl of 'Chatham, dat- amj Lieut. Gen. Grosvetior, are arrived at the-Bish-army was stationed, and it was com Vy Brig.' Gen. Campbell . aA ivliHH!ctMircr. -i.l' and 3d Auiiust, 180P. unrKnpno-'in 'ih'-Vi-f flat m . uled bv a height, on which was. in es- kinc's rep-iment rf uPPited de be lhat day a fresh gale from the west ward, which in on the difficivty of the navigation was leis tended immediate ly in front of the town of British army, ' rpfltH a h-paw swe . and tne smai craitne- vi wt.vM 7 ii,i;uilu W lyJIJiam'tl IIIU 1 . '. . 1 rt , 1 . . . . . . niftnD Uk I IT U'IU I I r 1 r I Willi r I III r r- M 1.. .1 ftl . A. . . 4. elter for them in the anchprage ot the h;s derived from the zealous exertions of the much intersected by banks and ditches. The but the brigade of Guards, whir!,. 1 t also warmly Tdavera (iowi to the Tagus. This part of This attack was most gallantly r e the service the ground was covered by olive trees, and a charge with bayonets, of the whol ertions of the mucli intersected by banks and ditches. The but the brigade of Guards, whir C .w., --.i . ' H - --7 . 1 - I " j - ' vi ktivii iCLinno n be necessary to secure uicaiiii'aijc . hi out whose aid. Uie advance ot (he armv must nisn lmantry. All tne avenues to tne iown ana tne division was ob ml tk ' ' i i . j dire ti as with a view to future operations up the Last necessarily have been suspended, the strength tfere defended in a similar manner:, the town the original position, under cover cf Scheldt. . - 1 - of the tide rendering the landing of the hor- was occupied, and the remainder of the Spa- line of Gen. Cotton's brigade of caval The left wing of the army under Lieutenant ses for a time extremely difficult- Ihavethi nish infantry was formed in two lines, behind I had removed from the centre ard' General Sir Eyre Coote, particularly destined honor to be, kc. the ahks on the roads which I d from, the . 1st battalion 48th regiment. ' for the operation against ! Walcheren, arrived (Signed) "CHATHAM. town ancj the right, to the left of our position. I had moved this regiment from it' on me ?n uu iuuriu"b Kjt .uw w. " -" j-. a. o nce wnung tne aoove leuer, i m vmc;- tcmrc, ueiwcen uic iwu aiimca nai position on me neignts, as sooniJ wind continued to blow iresn irom mc west have received 'intelligence from Lieut. Gwii. there was a commanding spot ot ground, on served the advance of the Guards, and I ward, and occasioning a great surf on t;he sir J. Hope ; that the reserve of the a. my whidiwe had commenced to construct-a re- formed' inPtfie plain, advanced upon tj beach, bothjon the side of Zoutland, as well had effected their Iandineron South Beevel md, doubt, with some open eround in its rear. my, and covered the formation i: I - - .a wi ur T as near Deinberg, it became expedient, in and that a detachment hail octu pied the t wn Brigadier general Alexander Campbell was Sherbrooke's division. nrArv tn pflprt 3 landing. tO CarrV the Whole nf f-npc nonterl at tliie ei-rt tuil li a rlivffeinn nf nfant. SKnnlw offot. tU .,1 r .1 iicti iuiuut;u jut "an"" r--'w,t)''r ... i oiiijcu j nrx i n viYt. aLijjuiLcu in ma rear -ujr ttmi vuuuii liiK, in wnicu apparently ail the into the Veer Gat, hitherto considered ini- Middleburg capitulated without fil in g a brigade of dragoons, and some Spanish caval- troops were employed, he tomrnenttl praciic mie tor large snips , wiiiuii uciui; ouo- snot, But tne; enemy made a sortie trom f ish- ry. , .retreat across the; AIlerche,.whichaS cessfullv accomplished, and the necessary, pre- iner, when a smart action took place, in which. About two o'clock on the 27th, the enemy ducted in the most regular n.vtJ. .... paiatious for debarkation being completed,-1 we had about 300 men killed and wouiud. appeared in strength on the left bank of the effected ducjng the nitjht, leaving 'J jiavu ine sawsiacuoii ui avijuaiwi.. j,wut,-.Uiu- x 11C ,OS5 OI ine enemy was mucn gre ner. -iiuercnc, jhu pianuesieu an liueu'.iuu io ai- nanas twenty pieces ot cannon, ammari shin, that the troops landed, on the!, Breesand Three of our trun boats were sunk.l tack cen. Mackenzie's division. tumbrils and some niisonf.R. about a mile to the Westward of Fort der j"By the official returns, 5 19 prisoners were The attack was made before they could be Your Lordship will Observe bv tbJ HaaU, without opposhion, when a position .taken at Tet-Veer. withdrawn ; but thetroops, consisting of gen. ed return the great loss whiih'-we havl was taken up for the night on the Sand Hills, The British lost from the time of their Mackenzie! . and colonel Donkin's brigades, tained of valuable officers and soldiers J .with hast CapeUe in irent. L-iemenant: uen- landing the 30th July to the 1st Aug. 1 otti- and general Anson's brigade ot cavalry, and long and hard fought action, against era! fraser was detached; immediately to the Cer, 2 sergeants, 2 .drummers, 41 rank a.d supported by eemeral Payne with the, other tbn double our numbers nfi ))e't '.inst Forrader Haakiand Ter Vere, the file killed; 13 officers, 15 scrce.ants, 1 drum- four regiments of cavalry, in the plaiti between my has been much Greater; I am infr,, forne1 of which on biaapjaraach was cvacuat- mer, 184 rank and file, wounded; 34 tank Taiafeta and the wood, withdrew jn good or- that intire brigades: of infantry havebctn . d by the enemy, buttlv town nf Vere, Which -and file missing, j . f ,ler, but with some loss, particularly by the 2d troyed ; indeed the battalions that rein was strong in its defences, and had a garrison 'battalion 67th regiment, and 2d battalion 31st were much reduced in numbers Rr si of about 600 men, held out till yeseniiy The surrender of Flushing was reported, regiment in the wood. . i - counts their loss is 10000 men, (J morning, notwithstandiri the heavy and well but no official advice had bsen received- Upon this occasion the steadiness and tlis- Lapisse'and Mcrlot are killed, Gem, SI J'..ol K... K,mviK iroc.plc jnri Vlin.hnatQ If mng onAi.i:n O U f n I 4 Inlinu !-... A c I K vl.unt atA nf I hi. th : ! J r I . , i I VllltOlC'l un.uii.ic J'mi - v. .vw - n nj icujucu ill rHJUUIMl WUIJCl 5 Ul l'l ; J I St liuiiih. ji u. tjui iccuiivui) wi.vi v..w ijuHl iUitl UOU1CI are WOUnflCfl. I unirior fViu nrt.ro. linar ftav. and Until the nlace nf lnlv. tl,i Vov(.lv-t UnA i-iri nr&il 1 . ,.'iA I .a I f nl irrt fill! It rprrimpnf Wfrp rnnmii.' IIOIIS : I k.,. n..i!r..lnJ. i i. i.l was cloicly inyesied. v v; ' Sir James Saumarez's. squadron had nade and I had particular reason for being satisfied Major Gen. Mackenzie, who bad fistM iariy on ine ,n jniiug ui ucuu an umciai aiiacnpn Arcnangei. utisst i arm. wiiu mc manner in wnu,u mjoi ciitai ea nimseu on me Tin l um oi mfi tatiou from 'Middleburgri, trom wnence tne took 100 ships in the harbor, bden with Mackenzie withdrew his advanced guard. Len. Langwerth ol the King s German garrison htd b-eii withdrawn into Flushmg, talhnv and other valuable commodities. " -As the day advanced the enemy appeared on; and of Brgade-Major Beckett,! havinar arrived in camp, terms of capitulation Toe Empemrof Austria had reoaised to in larecr numbers on the right of the Alber- Guards. were a'-eed u;on copies of which I have Campsin to accelerate the conclusion f the "r he, and it was obvious that he was advancing Your Lordship will observe, that the ill the honor herewith to enclose as well as that Negociations for Peace. It was report that lo a general attack upon the combined army, of the enemy were principally, if not em' of the cAtison of Ter .Vere ; and the divisions a Conirress, would be held at Presburer.. j set- General Mackenzie continue J to fall back directed against the British troops. Tk ol the nny, under -theorders of Lieutenant tie the terms of peace. gradually upon the left of the josition of the nisi commander iri chief, his ifficers andu Gveneirar lord; Paget', iantl Major General Nothing of American affairs. combiaed armies, where he was placed in the mahifesfed every dhflositiQn to render tut Gra.v n, ntoyed forward, and ook up a po- The Triton reports, that the Hen etta second line, iii the. rear of the guards, color.el ance; and ihose if. them which wtrT sitioa with thCTight to Malisk'uke, the centre Charlotta, was to sail from London on the 1 1st Donkin being- placed -iw the same situation' 'did their duty s but the ground which at (i i v perskirke, and left to St Laurens. of August for New-York. ' further upon the left, of the position of the occcupied was so important,, and its froi advanced to the investment of Hushing, which From the Gazette Extraordinary. Tear of the king's German Legion v;( , it proper to urge them-to make any m operation was warmly contested by tne ene- Downing street, Aug. 15. 1 he enemy immediately commenced his ment on the left of the enemy while he any. in this movement ne was anven by Despatches ol which the lollowmg are copies attack in the dusk ol the evening, by a can- engaged with us. . Mujor General Graham's division, on the and extracts, were this day received a. the nonade upon the left of our position, and by 1 have reason to be satisfied with the right, from the batteries of Dykeshook, the office of Lord Viscount Castlereagh one of an attetmpt with his cavalry to overthrow the duct of all the officers and troops. ' Vvereter, and the .Nole, while Brie:. General his maiestv's n'rincioal secretaries of state. Spanish infantry Dotted,' as I have before much indebted to Lieut. Gen. ShoM Houston's brigade forced the enemy posted from lieut. general the richt hon sir Ar staled on the right- This attempt failed en- for the assistance I received from him on the road from Middleburgh to retire, with thur VVellesley, K. B. dated ,Talavera, Ja- tirtly. . the manner in 'which he led on his idiv the loss ol four guns, and many filled and ly 29. .' Early in the night he pushed a division a to the charge with bayonets. wou.uted. Lieutenant General L.ord r"aget s Jalavera de la Reyna. Julu 29. lohir the valley on the kit ol the heicht occtt- To Lieut. Gen. Pavne and the cavalry, division also drove in the posts of the enemyj My Lord, 4 ried bv general Hill, of which he cained a ticularlv Gen. Anson's brigade, to Maj.C an I took up his portion at vVcst Zouberg. . Gt- neral Cuesta followed the enemy's march momentary possession, . but Major General Hill and Tilson, Brigadier Generals M Nvn'iiri); could exceed the. gallantry of the wih. his army from the Alberche on the Hill attacked it instantly with the bayonet and der Campbell, Richard Stewart, and Can troops throughout the whole of this day, and morning of the 24th, as far as Santa )blla, regained it. . - - , and to the divisions and "brigades of inij snv Avarme' praise is due to tne several gen- and pushed toward his advanced eruard a far This attack was repeated nv the night, but under their commands respectively, pan eral othcers tor tneir judicious uisposiuonm as 1 urnjos. tailed, and again at day light in the morning larjy the aSth regiment, commandea dj the advance of their respective columns. To For the reasons-stated to your iordshio in of the r8th, by two" divisions of infantry! and White, the 1st battalion 4Sth commandei lieutenant eenerd Sir Eyre Coote t feel much my dispatch of the 24th. I moved onlv two was reDulsed by maior ceneral Hill. col. Donnt Man. afterwards, when that u ' . ; . . 'i .:' . '"- f i - r . . - .. . 1 indexed tot his exertiousm this seiryice, and divisions ot infantry and a brigade of cavalry Major general Hi 1 has reported to mem a was wounded, by Major Middlemore; v the prompt and able manner in which he' has across the Alberche to Casalegoes, under the particular manner the conduct of the gyth re- battalion 7th, commanded hy lieut, cel. executed his orders. The light troops under command of lieut. ererieral Sherbrooke, with a ciment ; and ' of the- 1st battalion 48th reei- VVm. Mvers the 2d battalion 53d, comrp Brig. General Baron Rottenburgh havebeen view to-keep up the communication between ment, in these different affairs, as well as that ed by lieut. col. Bingham ; the (( auiuu.njiy wuuuticu ami nun iin. u.Hi.ti3 vucaia aim me, ana wnn sir i vyit- 01 niajur-generai i nson, ana prigauicr-geue- mantlea oy col. L.yon;:; tne isi uauui'"-- commanding the several corps engaged, I son's corps at Escalona, . ral Richard Stewart. ' tachment commanded by lieut. col. Bunbti have every reason to be most perfectly satis- It appears that general Venegas had, not Vet;have lost many, brave oiSBcers and sol- and the 2d battalion -31st, commanded fied. - lhe 3d battalion of Royals, and the carried into execution that part of the plan of diers ih the defence of this important point in Major Watson, and ef the 45th, comma1 uaiiu. .cumugiiics ui me am ucuiicni, iuiu- Ajt-iauuns wiucu reiatea vo nis corps, and our position, among otners i cannot avoid to by lieut. col. Guard, and stiujiauoi"'. tailed the right under"difficult circumstances, that he was still at Damielrih la Mancha'; mention brigade major Gardner; and major- commanded by Major Davy, cn the 27th with great gaUamry, and killed and wounded and the enemy in the course of .the 24th, general Hill was himself wounded, but-J-aio r" u -1a r -uAt- Gaul a great many of the enehfy. . 25th and 26th, collected all his forces .in this happy to say, but slightly. mo X 7eon ... . v.. i-.w ... ... i"'-- " i - " , uvinvvii lumiuj tinu x uicuui n uhibi una autlliui wm luuuntu "..;,.,. II J ...... -mm'. I ltfl ""s Fraier's division marched in the. evening up- leaving but a Small corps of 2000 men in lhat bout noon, by a general attack with the ene- r ' , f t tl)e best ore R.tiprn. AtrheA 2 r.orns fothc rrt.ir. ularp - r ..lJ- fo .U,. .1.Q f ,l,o rcrea anttJOrmed again Hi i f tion. of -Uumakons which, when, elfecied, " - Hisr-r:ijted army thus consisted of the corps of the positbn occupied by the Biitish army. f he artdlery under Brigaciie . S ,. I iiilut-.. 1T TtM l t i-kJ At l IM. 1mi r . It it X . I a. I. 1 t" I I ' 1 m. 1 .. IVIU I IVHH MIHII. I 11)1 1'llllUl kiiv ' wmpitw -iuc -iui.iiiiiv.,h .o3uui. "i manual n-iui, oi mi'oi general oeoasii in consequence pi uie repeaiea attempts.' . - . -veQS I h ivt to regretl the temporary absence of uni, and of 7 or 5000 men, the guards of Jo-pon the heights on0urleft by the valley, 1 greatest service, And I .hade very Bug. Gen. Br. vwnewho . was wounded late in seph Bonaparte, and thegarrison of Madrid, had placed two brigadesof British cavalry in satisfied with the assistance 1 l the day. but I trust not to. be long deprived and it was commanded by Joseph Bonaparte, that valley, supported in the rear bv the Due the Chief Engineer Lieut. LqKI f t.: i u. i. .i t i ,-. f . . Aslintiii, (.rnrrpl Mricraflier vjCIi. " lusscmna. .. , , itiucu oy marsnais jouraan ana victor, and auuquerque..s division ot bpamsh cavalry. v,v tf 1 have the'KonpLto jnclose a return of the gen. Seaastiuhi. u The enemy then nlaced licht infantry in the C Slewart and the Q'la,ter a.L ivji killed, wounx!e-.-nndJ5issingDeeply as the On the 26th,- ereneral Cuesta's advanced ranee of mountains on the left of the vallev. co1, Murray, and the oBicers oi - j r a division of Spanish ments respecuveiy, aim uun,- Bassecourt. the otl.icers.ot my pejsenai .o- ot every British soldierjs at all times to guard was attacked near. Torrijosr and oblig- which were, opposed b h lamented, the loss vdl notappear to havered to fall back, and the general 'retired with "infantry under Lieut. General D bw great when theerious impediment- k his army on. that day to the left bank of the The general attack becan by the march of I also received much assistance . ... .p.i... . .... . it t . . . . . - . . ' v ; . .. . . - . . r... uc. . tne me power o luc enemy to oppoic viDercne; irenerai Sherbrooke continued at severar-columns ol lntantrv into the-vallev O'Lawlor, ot the bpanisu-m"' ,nf to offr progresi jrtf considered, as well as the Casalegos, and the enemy at Santa Olella. with a view to attack the height occupied by Brigadier General. 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