1S4 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



«lis|.ositioii lo attack them, when 

 f liey letiied, leaving about 300 pri- 

 soners in his hands. 1 enclose the 

 Earl of Dalhousie's report of this 

 uft'uir. 



In the operation which I have 

 now reported, I have had eveiy 

 reason to be satisfied with the as- 

 sistance I received from the Quar- 

 ter Master and Adjutant General, 

 and the Oflicers of their depart- 

 ments respectively ; from Mariscal 

 de Campo Don Louis Wimpfen, 

 and the Officers of the Spanish 

 Staff, and from Major Gen. Alava, 

 from Colonel Dickson, command- 

 ing the Allied artillery, from Lieut. 

 Colonel Lord Fitzroy Somerset, 

 and the Officers of my personal 

 Staff. 



I send this dispatch by uiy Aide 

 de Camp, Major Lord Wm. Rus- 

 sell, whom I beg leave to recora- 

 mendtoyour Lordship's protection. 



1 have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) 



Wellington. 



I enclose a return of the killed 

 »\(\ wounded in the late opera- 

 tions. 



On the Htighls nCar Bluye, 

 April 6. 



My Lord, — On the 4th I crossed 

 the Dordoijne at St. Andre de 

 Culizac, and advanced next morn- 

 ing uiih the troops I stated in my 

 liist letter to your Lordship, my 

 SI ronri brigade, my ca^adores, and 

 the 7th Portuguese regiment, four 

 gun.s.iuin one squadron of the 12th 

 light driigoons. 



I learned that Generals L'Huil- 

 lier and Des Barreaux, with 300 

 cavalry, and 1,200 infantry, had 

 retipcd by Etauliers. I tiierefole 

 m.ovetj on that point, inlentling lo 

 ^<uir«, :bHck again on Ulaye, if I 



found these officers had continued 

 their retreat on Saintes. General 

 L'Huillier commanding, . thought 

 proper to remain at Etauliers, and 

 drew out his corps on a large opeii 

 common near that, occupying some 

 woods in front of it. 



The flank companies of the <3th 

 and Brunswickers soon cleared 

 those woods, and Major Jenkin- 

 son's guns had a fair field for his 

 practice. The infantry and cavalry 

 gave way, and retired through 

 Etauliers, leaving scattered parties 

 to shift for themselves. One of 

 these, about 80 men, was gallant- 

 ly charged by the weak squadron 

 of the 12th dragoons, under Major 

 Bridger, and taken prisoners. 



In all we took about 30 officers 

 and 250 or 300 men. Great num- 

 bers dispersed in the woods, and, 

 in a short time, it is thought, the 

 whole of their infantry conscripts 

 will leave them. 



1 have the honour to be, &c. 



Dauiousie. 



My loss yesterday was very 

 trifling. 



Ahshact Return of Killeil, Wound- 

 ed, iind Missing, of the Anny 

 under the (Jommand of his Ex- 

 cellency Field Marshal the Mar- 

 quess of Wellington, in action 

 icith the enemy from the 22nd of 

 March to the 8th of April, in- 

 clusive. 



Total British Loss — 3 rank and 

 tile, 3 horses, killed ; 1 colonel, 1 

 captain, 1 lieutenant, 4 Serjeants, 

 24 rank and file, 30 horses, wound- 

 ed ; 1 Serjeant, 9 rank and file, 9 

 horses missing. 



Abstract Return of Killed, Wound' 

 ed, and Missing, of the .trmy 

 under the coinwand of his MxceJ* 



