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Total— 9 killed ; 26 severely, 

 13 slightly wounded ; 2 missing. 

 J. P. Stewart, Capt. 



London Gazette Extraordinary, 

 Sunday, August 16lh, 



WAR DEPARTMENT. 



Doijoning-street, Aug. \6th. 

 Lord Clinton, aide-de-camp to 

 the Earl of Wellington, arrived 

 this morning at the War Depart- 

 ment, with dispatches, addressed 

 by his lordship to Earl Bathurst, 

 dated the 21st, 24th, and 28th ult. 

 of which the following are ex- 

 tracts : — 



Cabrerizos, near Salamanca, 

 Jtdy 21 St, 1812. 



In the course of the 15th and 

 16th the enemy moved all their 

 troops to the right of their posi- 

 tion on the Douro, and their army 

 was concentrated between Toro 

 and San Roman. 



A considerable body passed the 

 Douro at Toro, on the evening of 

 the 16th ; and I moved the allied 

 array to their left on that night, with 

 an intention to concentrate on the 

 Guarena. 



It was totally outof my powerto 

 prevent the enemy from passing the 

 Douro at any point at which he 

 might think it expedient, as he had 

 in his possession all thebridges over 

 that river, and many of the fords ; 

 but he recrossed that river at Toro, 

 in the night of the 16th, moved his 

 whole army to Tordesillas, where 

 he again crossed the Douro on the 

 morningof the 17th, and assembled 

 liis army on that day at La Nava del 

 Rey, having marched not less than 

 ten leagues in the courseof the|17ili. 



The 4th and light divisions of in- 

 fantry, and Major-General Anson's 

 brigadesof cavalry, had marched to 

 Castrejon on the night of the 16th, 

 with a view to the assembly of 

 the army on the Guarena, and 

 were at Castrejon under the orders 

 of Lieutenant-General Sir Staple- 

 ton Cotton, on the 17th, not having 

 been ordered to proceed further, in 

 consequence of my knowledge that 

 the enemy had not passed the Dou- 

 ro at Toro ; and there was not time 

 to call them in between the hour at 

 which 1 received the intelligence of 

 the whole of the enemy's army be- 

 ing at La Nava, and daylight of 

 the morning of the 18lh. I there- 

 fore took measures to provide for 

 their retreat and junction, by mov- 

 ing the 5th division to Tordesillas 

 de la Olden, and Major-General 

 Le Marchant's, Major-General Al- 

 ton's, and Major-General Bock's 

 brigades of cavalry to Alaejos. 



The enemy attacked the troops 

 at Castrejon, at the dawn of day 

 of the ISth, and Sir Stapleton 

 Cotton maintained the post, with- 

 out suffering any loss, till the 

 cavalry had joined him. Near- 

 ly about the same time the ene- 

 my turned by Alaejos the left 

 flank of our position at Castrejon. 



The troops retired in admira- 

 ble order to Tordesillas de la Or~ 

 den, having the enemy's whole 

 army on their flank or in their 

 rear ; and thence to the Guarena, 

 which river they passed under 

 the same circumstances, and ef- 

 fected their junction with the 

 army. 



The Guarena, which runs into 

 the Douro, is formed by four 

 streams, which unite about a 

 league below Caniznl, and the ene- 

 my took a strong position on the 

 heights on the right of that river, 



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