210 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



of the enemy I have not yet been 

 able to ascertain, but it is consider- 

 able ; her officers say, about forty 

 killetl and wounded. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) J. F. Maples, 



Commander. 



Extract of a letter fiom lieutenant 

 general sir Thomas Graham, to 

 the marquess of Wellington, dated 

 Ernani, September 9, 1813. 



I have tlie satisfaction to report to 

 your lordship, that the castle of San 

 Sebastian has surrendered ; and I 

 have the honour to transmit the 

 capitulation, which, under all the 

 circumstances of the case, I trust 

 your lordship will think I did right 

 to grant to a garrison which cer- 

 tainly made a very gallant defence. 



Ever since the assault of the 

 31st ultimo, the vertical fire of 

 the mortars, &c. of the right at- 

 tack, was occasionally kept up 

 against the castle, occasioning a 

 very severe loss to the enemy ; and 

 yesterday morning a battery of 

 seventeen 24-poundersin the horn- 

 work, and another of threel Spound- 

 ers, still more on the left, having 

 been completedby theextraordinary 

 exertions of the artillery and engi- 

 neers, aided by the indefatigable 

 zeal of all the troops; the whole 

 of the ordnance, amounting to 

 54 pieces, including two 24<-pound- 

 ers, and one howitzer on the Island, 

 opened at 10 a. m. against the 

 castle, and with such effect, that 

 before 1 p. m. a flag of truce was 

 hoisted at the Mirador battery by 

 the enemy ; and after some discus- 

 sion, the terras of the surrender 

 were agreed on. Thus giving your 

 lordship another great result of the 



campaign, in the acquisition to the 

 allied armies of this interesting point 

 on the coast, and near the frontier. 



Captain Stewart of the royals, 

 aide-de-camp to major-general 

 Hay, who so greatly distinguished 

 himself during the siege, is unfor- 

 tunately among the killed since the 

 last return. 



I omitted in my last report to 

 mention my obligations to the 

 great zeal of captain Smith of the 

 royal navy, who undertook and 

 executed the difficult task of get- 

 ting guns up the steep scarp of 

 the island into a battery which was 

 manned by seamen under his com- 

 mand, and which was of much ser- 

 vice. Captain Bloye, of the Lyra, 

 has been from the beginning con- 

 stantly and most actively employed 

 on shore, and 1 feel greatly indebt- 

 ed to his services. 



Besides the officers of artillery 

 formerly mentioned, who have con- 

 tinued to serve with equal distinc- 

 tion, I should not omit the names 

 of Captains Morrison, Power, and 

 Parker, who have been constantly 

 in the breaching batteries, and in 

 the command of companies. I beg 

 leave to repeat my former recom- 

 mendation of captain Cameron of 

 the 9th foot, who volunteered to 

 command the attack of the island, 

 and who conducted himself so ably 

 on that occasion, and during all 

 the time he commanded there. 



Convention proposed for the ca- 

 pitulation of the fort of La Motte 

 of San Sebastian, by the adjutant- < 

 commandant Chevalier de Son- 

 geon, chief of the staff to the 

 troops stationed in the fort, charg- 

 ed with full powers by general' 

 Rey, commanding the said troopSi 

 •on the one side ; and by colonel- 



