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general, pushed through the town, 

 and forced their way across a bridge 

 of planks into tlie enemy's en- 

 campment, of which, and the bat- 

 teries, immediate possession was 

 gained. In the mean time some 

 artillerymen stormed and took the 

 enemy's remaining field-piece. 



Enclosed I have the honour to 

 transmita return of ordnance taken. 

 Lieutenant-col. Williams will have 

 the honour of delivering to you a 

 stand of colours of the 68th regi- 

 ment, James City light infantry, 

 and one of the 1st battalion 85th 

 regiment. The exact numbers of 

 the enemy it is difficult to ascer- 

 tain. From the woody country, 

 and the strength of their position, 

 our troops have sustained some 

 loss ; that of the enemy was very 

 considerable : every exertion was 

 made to collect the wounded Ame- 

 ricans, who were attended by a 

 surgeon of their own, and by the 

 British surgeons, who performed 

 amputations on such as required it, 

 and afforded every assistance in 

 their power; the dead bodies of 

 such as could be collected were also 

 carefully buried. 



I beg leave on this occasion to 

 express the obligations I owe to 

 lieutenant-colonel Napier and 

 lieutenant-colonel Williams, for 

 their kind and able assistance, to 

 major Malcolm, and captain Smith, 

 and all the officers and men, whose 

 zeal and spirited conduct entitle 

 them to my best acknowledgments. 



I have the honour to be, &'c. 

 Sydney Beckwith. 

 Quarter- Master-General. 

 Right Hon. J. B. Warren, 



K. B., &c. 

 Meturn of Ordnance Stores taken in 

 Hampton, on the 251/1 of June. 

 Four twelve-pounder guns on 



travelling carriages, 3 six-pounder 

 guns on travelling carriages, with 

 limbers, and a proportion of am- 

 munition for each of the above ca- 

 libres ; 3 covered waggons and 

 their horses. 

 ^ Return of the Kilted, Wounded, 



and Missing at Hampton, 26th 



June, 1S13. 



Total— 5 killed; 33 woonded; 

 10 missing. 



London Gazette Extraordinary, 

 Atig. 16, 1813. 



WAR DEPARTMENT. 



Downing-street, Aug. 16. 



His Serene Highness the here- 

 ditai-y Prince of Orange has arrived 

 at this office with dispatches ad- 

 dressed to earl Bathurst, by field 

 marshal the marquis of Welling- 

 ton, of which the following are 

 copies : — 



San Estevan, August 1, 1813. 



My Lord; — Two practical 

 breaches having been effected at 

 San Sebastian on the 24th of July, 

 orders were given that they should 

 be attacked on the morning of the 

 25th. I am concerned to have to 

 report that this attempt to obtain 

 possession of the place, failed, and 

 that our loss was very consider- 

 able. 



Marshal Soult had been ap- 

 pointed Lieutenant de I'Empereur, 

 and commander-in-chief of the 

 French armies in Spain, and the 

 southern provinces of France, by 

 a Decret Imperial on the 1st of 

 July, and he joined and took the 

 command of the army on the 13th 

 of July, which having been joined 

 nearly about the same time by the 

 corps which had been in Spain 

 under the command of general 

 Clauzel, and by other reinforce- 



