APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 



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the top and behind the breaches, 

 and so determined their resistance, 

 tliat our troops could not establish 

 themselves within the place. Many 

 brave officers and soldiers were 

 killed or wounded by explo- 

 sions at the top of the breaches ; 

 others who succeeded to them were 

 obliged to give way, having found it 

 impossible to penetrate the obstacles 

 which the enemy had prepared to 

 impede their progress. These at- 

 tempts were repeated till after 

 twelve at night, when, finding 

 that success was not lobe attained, 

 and that Lieut.-General Picton was 

 established in the castle, I ordered 

 that the 4th and light divisions 

 might retire to the ground on 

 which they had first assembled for 

 the attack. 



In the mean time Major-Gen. 

 Leith had pushed forward Major- 

 General Walker's brigade on the 

 left, supported by the 38th regi- 

 ment under Lieut.-Col. Nugent, 

 and the 15th Portuguese regiment 

 under Lieut.-Colonel De Regoa ; 

 and he had made a false attack 

 upon the Pardeleras with the 8th 

 Ca^adores under Major Hill. Maj.- 

 General Walker forced the barrier 

 on the road of Olivenca, and en- 

 tered the covered way on the left 

 of the bastion of St. Vicente, close 

 to the Guadiana. He there de- 

 scended into the ditch and esca- 

 laded the face of the bastion of St. 

 Vicente. 



Lieut.-General Leith supported 

 this attack by the 38th regiment 

 and the 15th Portuguese regiment; 

 and our troops being thus establish- 

 ed in the castle which commands 

 all the works of the town, and in 

 the town ; and the 4th and light 

 divisions being formed again for 

 the attack of the breaches, all re- 



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sistance ceased ; and at daylight ii» 

 the morning, the governor. Gen. 

 Philippon, who had retired to fort 

 St. Christoval, surrendered, toge- 

 ther with General Veilande, and 

 all the staff and the whole garrison. 



I have not got accurate reports of 

 the strength of the garri«on, or of 

 the number of the prisoners ; but 

 General Philippon has informed 

 me, that it consisted of five thou- 

 sand men at the commencement of 

 the siege, of which twelve hundred 

 were killed or wounded during 

 the operations, besides those lest 

 in the assault of the place. T.icre 

 were five French battalions, besides 

 two of the regiments of Hesse 

 D'Armstadt, and the artillery, 

 engineers, &c. ; and I understand 

 there are four thousand prisoners. 



It is impossible that any expres- 

 sions of mine can convey to your 

 lordship the sense which I enter- 

 tain of the gallantry of the officers 

 and troops upon this occasion. 



The list of killed and wounded 

 will show that the ^'"^^sral officers, 

 the stafi" attached to them, the 

 commanding, and other officers of 

 regiments, put themselves at the 

 head of the attacks which they 

 severally directed, and set the ex- 

 ample of gallantry which was so 

 well followed by their men. 



The duties in the trenches were 

 conducted successively by the Hon. 

 Major-Gen. Colville, Major-Gen. 

 Bowes, and Major-Gen. Kempt, 

 under the superintendance of 

 Lieut. General Picton. I have had 

 occasion to mention all these offii- 

 cers during the course of the ope- 

 rations, and they all distinguished 

 themselves, and were all wounded 

 in the assault. I am particularly 

 obliged to Lieut.-General Picton, 

 for the raannerin which he arranged 



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