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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1812. 



those of my personal staff; and I 

 have great pleasure in adding, that, 

 notwitlistanding the season of the 

 year, and the increased difficulties 

 of procuring supplies for the troops, 

 the whole army have been well 

 supplied, and every branch of the 

 service provided for during the late 

 operations, by the indefatigable 

 exertions of Mr. Commissary-ge- 

 neral Bisset, and the officers be- 

 longing to his department. 



The Marshal del Campo, Don 

 Carlos d'Espana, and Don Julian 

 Sanchez, observed the enemy's 

 movements beyond the Tormes, 

 during the operations of the siege ; 

 and I am much obliged to them, 

 and to the people of Castile in ge- 

 neral, for the assistance I received 

 from them. The latter have inva- 

 riably shown their detestation of 

 the French tyranny, and their de- 

 sire to contribute by every means 

 in their power to remove it. 



I will hereafter transmit to your 

 lordship a detailed account of what 

 we have found in the place ; but 

 I believe there are 15') pieces of 

 ordnance, including the heavy train 

 belonging to the French army, and 

 great quantities of ammunition and 

 stores. We have the Governor, 

 General Banier, about seventy- 

 eight officers, and one thousand se- 

 ven hundred men, prisoners. 



I transmit this dispatch by my 

 aid-de-camp, the honourable Ma- 

 jor Gordon, who will give your 

 lordship any further details you 

 may require ; and I beg leave to 

 recommend hira to your protection. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 



Welltngton. 



I inclose a return of the prisoners, 

 and of the ordnance which has been 

 taken on this occasion. I have not 

 yet been able to collect the returns 



of the killed and wounded ; T there- 

 fore transmit a list containing the 

 names of those who have fallen ac- 

 cording to the best information I 

 could obtain, and I will forward 

 the returns to your lordship as soon 

 as possible. 



Gallegos, Jan. 22. 

 My Lord, — I have the honour 

 to inclose the returns of the killed 

 and wounded of the troops engaged 

 in the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, 

 which it was not in my power to 

 transmit to your Lordship in my 

 dispatch of the 20th instant. I 

 have the honour to be, &c. 



Wellington. 



Return of killed, toounded, and 

 missing, of the army under the 

 command of his Excellency Gene- 

 ral Lord Viscount Wellington 

 K.B. at Ciudad Rodrigo, bettveen 

 the 15th and the 19th days of 

 January, 1812. 



Total British loss between the 

 15th and 19th of January, 1812.— 

 1 General staff, 5 Captains, 2 Lieu- 

 tenants, 8 Serjeants, 1 drummer, 

 113 rank and file killed ; — 3 Gene- 

 ral staff, 1 Lieut.-Col. 2 Majors, 



19 Captains, 28 Lieutenants, 5 

 Ensigns, 2 staff, 28 Serjeants, 5 

 drummers, 403 rank and file, 

 wounded ; 5 rank and file missing. 



Total Portuguese loss,— 1 Ser- 

 jeant, 18 rank and file, killed; — 1 

 Captain, 3 Lieutenants, 1 serjeant, 

 91 rank and file, wounded ; — 2 

 rank and file missing. 



General total,— 1 General staff, 

 5 Captains, 2 Lieutenants, 9 

 Serjeants, 1 drummer, 131 rank 

 and file, killed ;~3 General staff, 

 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 2 Majors, 



20 Captains, 31 Lieutenants, 5 

 Ensigns, 2 staff, 29 Serjeants, 



5 drummers, 



