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assure your lordslup, that the 

 troops conducted themselves with 

 their usual gallantry, and only re- 

 tired, when I thought a further 

 perseverance in the attack would 

 have occasioned an useless sacrifice 

 of brave men. Major-general Hoy, 

 major Frazer, colonel the hon. C. F. 

 Greville, and colonel Cameron, 

 commanding the Royal Scots, 38th 

 and 9th regiments, greatly distin- 

 guished themselves. Major Frazer 

 lost his life on the breach, with 

 many of his brave comrades. 



The conduct, throughout the 

 whole of the operations of the siege 

 hitherto, of the officers and men of 

 the royal artillery and engineers, 

 never was exceeded in indefatig- 

 able zeal, activity, and gallantry ; 

 and I beg to mention particularly 

 to your lordship, lieutenant-colo- 

 nels Dickson, Fraser, and May, 

 and major Webber Smyth, of the 

 royal artillery ; lieutenant-colonel 

 sir R. Fletcher, lieutenant-co- 

 lonel Burgoyne, and majors Elli- 

 combe, and C. F. Smith, of the 

 royal engineers. 



The three officers of this corps, 

 employed to conductdifFerent parts 

 of the columns of attack, behaved 

 admirably, but suffered severely. 

 Captain Lewis has lost his leg; 

 lieutenant Jones was wounded in 

 the breach, and taken ; and lieu- 

 tenant Machell, after his return, 

 was killed in the trenches. 



I beg, too, to recommend to 

 your lordship, lieutenant Camp- 

 bell, of the 9th, who led the 

 forlorn hope, and who was 

 severely wounded on the breach. I 

 have the greatest satisfaction, too, 

 in assuring your lordship of the 

 most cordial support and assistance, 

 affijrded by sir George Collier, 



commanding his majesty's ships on 

 this coast, and of all the officers and 

 seamen of the squadron employed 

 on shore. 



No exertion that could be afford- 

 ed was wanting ; and lieutenant- 

 colonel Dickson has represented 

 to me, in the strongest terms, the 

 steady and gallant conduct of a de- 

 tachment of seamen in the bat- 

 teries, under the command of lieu- 

 tenant O'Reilly (first lieutenant of 

 his majesty's sliip Surveillante),and 

 of their exemplary behaviour while 

 on shore. I beg, too, to mentioii 

 Mr. Digby Marsh, master's mate, 

 acting as lieutenant in the batteries, 

 after lieutenantDunlopwasseverely 

 wounded. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) T. Graham. 

 To Field- Marshal the Marquis 

 of Wellington, K. G. 



London Gazette Extraordinary, 

 Sept 14>, 1813. 



WAR DEPARTMENT. 



Downing-street, Sept. 14, 1813. 



Major Hare has arrived at this 

 office with dispatches addressed to 

 earl Bathurst, by field-marshal the 

 marquis of Wellington, of which 

 the following are copies : — 



Lezaca, Sept. 2nd, 1813. 



My lord ; — The fire against 

 the fort of San Sebastian was open- 

 ed on the 26th of August, and 

 directed against the towers which 

 flanked the curtain on the eastern 

 face, against the demy-bastion on 

 the south-eastern angle, and the 

 termination of the curtain of the 

 southern face. Lieutenant-genera 

 sir T. Graham had directed that 

 an establishment should be fcHined 

 on the island of Santa Clara, which 



