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ANNUAL REGISTER, I8I4. 



with the construction of the diffe- 

 rent points of defence on the right 

 of the position. 



To Maj.-Gen. the Hon. 

 Charles Coiville. 



Return of Killed, Wounded, and 

 Missing, of the Army under the 

 commandofhis Excellency Fitld- 

 Marshal the Marqiiess of Wel- 

 lington, K. G. in a sortie made 

 by the Garrison of Bayonne, on 

 the morning of the \Ath April, 

 1814. ^ 



Total British Loss — 1 general 

 staff, I major, 3 captains, 3 lieu- 

 tenants, 3 seijeants, 2 drummers, 

 129 rank and file, killed ; 1 gene- 

 ral staff, 2 lieutenant-colonels, 2 

 majors, 10 captains, 16 lieutenants, 



2 ensigns, 1 staff, 27 Serjeants, 5 

 drummers, 370 rank and file, 1 

 horse, wounded ; 1 general staff, 



3 captains, 1 lieutenant, 1 ensign, 

 7 Serjeants, 2 drummers, 218 rank 

 and file, missing. 



Total Portuguese Loss — 8 rank 

 and file killed ; 2 captains, 1 Ser- 

 jeant, 18 rank and file wounded ; 

 3 rank and file missing. 



WAR DEPARTMENT. 



Doioning-street, May 8, 1814. 



Captain Milnes, Aide-de-Camp 

 to Lieu tenant-General Lord Wil- 

 liam Bentinck, K. B. has arrived 

 at this oftice, bringing a dispatch, 

 addressed by his lordship to Earl 

 Bathurst, of which the following 

 is a copy. 



Genoa, April 2{),ISU, 



My Lord,— My dispatch of the 

 6th instant will jiave made your 

 lordship acquainted with the oc- 

 cupation of Spezia, and with the 

 movement of the troops down 

 to that period. 



Upon my arrival at Leghorn, I 



learnt that there were only twd 

 thousand men in Genoa. The pos- 

 session of that harbour and fortress 

 was of such very great importance, 

 that I determined to move on as 

 rapidly as possible, and to take 

 advantage of its defenceless state : 

 not succeeding, I had a safe retreat 

 upon Spezia, from whence I might 

 advance the infantry by Pontre- 

 moli towards the Po. 



Upon my arrival at Sestri, I 

 found that the enemy had been re-" 

 inforced at Genoa. The garrison 

 consisted of between 5 and 6,000 

 men. 



The roads in the mountains) 

 being very bad, and the means of 

 transport as well by land as by sea, 

 being limited, I was not able to 

 concentrate the army till the 14th. 

 On the 8th, the enemy was dis- 

 lodged from the strong country 

 near Sestri. 



On the 12th, Major-General 

 Montresor's division drove the 

 enemy from Mount Fascia and 

 Nervi ; and on the 13th establish- 

 ed himself in the advanced posi- 

 tion of Sturla. The country was 

 extremely mountainous and diffi- 

 cult, and the troops met with con- 

 siderable opposition. 



On the 16th, dispositions were 

 made for attacking the enemy, 

 who had taken a very strong posi- 

 tion in front of Genoa ; his left 

 upon the forts Richelieu and Tecla, 

 his centre occupying the village of 

 St. Martino, and from thence ex- 

 tending to the sea, through a coun- 

 try the most impassable I ever 

 saw, thickly covered with country 

 houses, only communicating with 

 each other by narrow lanes be- 

 tween high walls. 



On the 17th at day-break the 

 attack began. 



The 3rd Italians, under Lieut.- 



