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tise of gunpowder, have resisted 

 an army of ten thousand men, 

 with a regular battering train of 

 artillery, and have at last defeated 

 and repulsed them. The wall of 

 the town has the additional disad- 

 vantage of being commanded with- 

 in half musket shot, and flanked 

 or taken in reverse in almost every 

 part. 



The conduct of all the troops 

 has been admirable, and that of 

 Lieutenant-Colonel Gougb, and 

 the 2nd battalion of the 87th regi- 

 ment, exceeds all praise. Equal 

 credit is due to the indefatigable 

 exertions of Captain Smith's royal 

 engineers, to whom much of our 

 success is due. I have on all oc- 

 casions received the greatest assist- 

 ance from the military experience 

 and the great exertions of Lieute- 

 nant Colonel Lord Proby, second 

 in command. 



We have to regret the loss of 

 two officers killed : Lieutenant 

 Longley, royal engineers, and 

 Lieutenant Hall, ^Tth regiment. 

 I have &c. 

 (Signed) J. B. Skerrett, 

 Colonel. 

 To Major-general Cooke, &c. &c. 

 Return nf killed, wounded, and 

 missing in the action at Tariffa on 

 the ^Ist of December, 1811. 

 Koyal Engineers — 1 lieutenant 

 killed. 



2d Battalion 47th regiment— 

 1 lieutenant, 1 rank and file, kill- 

 ed ; 1 lieutenant, 2 rank and file, 

 wounded. 



2d Battalion 87th regiment — 

 5 rank and file killed; 1 lieute- 

 nant, 1 ensign, 21 rank and file, 

 wounded. 



2d Battalion 95th regiment — 

 1 rank and file killed ; 1 rank aud 

 file wounded. 



Total — 2 officers, 7 rank and 

 file, killed ; 3 officers, 24' rank and 

 file, wounded. 



Names of officers fcilled andKounded 



Royal Engineers — Lieutenant 

 Longley, killed. 



2d Battalion 47th regiment — 

 Lieutenant Hall, killed ; Lieutenant 

 Hill, slightly wounded. 



2d Battalion 87ih regiment — 

 Lieutenant M. Carroll and Ensign 

 Waller, slightly wounded. 



(Signed) T. Bunbury, 

 Brigade-Major. 



Tariffa, Jan. 5. 

 Sir, — In my letter of the 1st in- 

 stant, I had the honour to relate 

 the particulars of our proceedings 

 here, and of our victory at the 

 breach. Since that period the 

 enemy has kept up a partial fire, 

 and the breach was yesterday com- 

 pletely open for the space of 25 or 

 30 yards. 



From the movements of the ene- 

 my last night, I was induced to 

 suppose he intended another as- 

 sault, and the garrison waited in 

 eager expectation to give him ano- 

 ther proof of British valour. To 

 our astonishment, this morning at 

 daylight, the columns of the ene- 

 my were already at a distance, 

 having taken advantage of a dark 

 and stormy night to make a pre- 

 cipitate retreat, leaving in our pos- 

 session all his artillery, ammuni- 

 tion, stores, &c. &c, I immedi- 

 ately ordered Major Brand, with a 

 part of the 47th regiment, to fol- 

 low the enemy ; he took possession 

 of his artillery, waggons, and a 

 quantity of stores, time enough to 

 save them from the flames, the 

 enemy having set fire to them. 

 We have made some prisoners. 



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