144 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



lievre, of the Newfoundland regi- 

 ment, who had the immediate 

 charge of the militia under col. 

 Fraser ; of capt. Eustace, and the 

 other officers of the king's regi- 

 ment, and particularly of lieut. 

 Ridge, of that corps, who very 

 gallantly led on the advance ; and 

 of lieut. M'Auley and ensign 

 M'Donnell, of the Glengarry re- 

 giment ; as also lieut. Gangueben, 

 of the royal engineers ; and of 

 ensign M'Kay, of the Glengarry 

 light infantry; and of ensign Kerr, 

 of the militia, each of whom had 

 charge of a field-piece ; and of 

 lieut. Impey, of the militia, who 

 has lost a leg. I was also well 

 supported by capt. Fraser and the 

 other officers and men of the mi- 

 litia, who emulated the conspicu- 

 ous bravery of all the troops of the 

 line. I enclose a list of the killed 

 and wounded. The enemy had 500 

 men under arms, and must have 

 sustained a considerable loss. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 



(Zigned) G. Macdonald, 



Major Glengarry light infantry, 



Lieut.-col. commanding in 



the Eastern district of Upper 



Canada. 



[True copy.]] (Signed) 



Noah Freer, Mil, Sec. 

 Return of the killed and wounded 

 intheaction qfthe'2,2nd February, 

 181S- 



Total loss — 1 Serjeant, 7 rank 

 and file killed; 1 field officer, 2 

 captains, 5 subalterns, 4 Serjeants, 

 40 rank and file, wounded. 



Stipplement to the London Gazette 

 of Tuesday, May 18, 1813. 



Doxvmng-street, May 1 8. 

 ' A dispatch, of which the fol- 



lowing is a copy, was this morning 

 received by earl Bathurst, from 

 lieut.-general sir John Murray, 

 Bart — 



Head quarters, Castalla, 



Afril 14, ISV3. 

 My Lord, — I have the satisfac- 

 tion to inform your lordship, that 

 the allied army under my com- 

 mand defeated the enemy on the 

 13th instant, commanded by mar- 

 shal Suchet in person. 



It appears that the French ge- 

 neral had, for the purpose of at- 

 tacking this army, for some time 

 been employed in collecting his 

 whole disposable force. 



His arrangements were com- 

 pleted on the 10th, and in the 

 morning of the 11th, he attacked 

 and dislodged, with some loss, a 

 Spanish corps, posted by general 

 Elio, at Yecla, which threatened 

 bis right, whilst it supported our 

 left flank. 



In the evening he advanced in 

 considerable force to Villena, and 

 I am sorry to say, that he cap- 

 tured, on the morning of the 12th, 

 a Spanish garrison, which had 

 been thrown into the Castle by 

 the Spanish general, for its de- 

 fence. 



On the 12th, about noon, mar- 

 shal Suchet began his attack on 

 the advance of this army, posted 

 at Biar, under the command of 

 col. Adam. 



Col. Adam's orders were to fall 

 back upon Castalla, but to dispute 

 the passage with the enemy, which 

 he did with the utmost gallantry 

 and skill, for five hours, though 

 attacked by a force infinitely su- 

 perior to that which he com- 

 manded. 



The enemy's advance occupied 

 Hie pass that evening, and col. 



