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I inclose a return of the strength 

 of the garrison, which marched 

 out yesterdajf, at four o'clock, ou 

 their road to Ciudad Rodrigo. We 

 have found in the place one hun- 

 dred and eighty-nine pieces of brass 

 ordnance, in excellent condition ; 

 nine hundred barrels of powder ; 

 twenty thousand stand of arms ; 

 and considerable magazines of 

 clothing, provisions, and ammu- 

 nition. 



We have likewise found the eagles 

 of the 13th and 51st regiments, 

 which I forward to England, to be 

 presented to his Royal Highness 

 the Prince Regent, by my aid-de- 

 camp, Major Burgh. 



1 see, by a letter from General 

 Ballasteros to Lieut.-General Sir 

 Rowland Hill of the 29th of July, 

 that he had been in Malaga on the 

 14th of that month, after an en- 

 gagement with General Laval, 

 near Coin. General Ballasteros 

 was at Grazelena on the 29th. I 

 have a letter from Lieut.-General 

 Sir Rowland Hill of the 8th inst. ; 

 and although General Drouet had 

 been in movement for three days, 

 it does not appear that his move- 

 ments are of any importance. 



I inclose returns of the killed, 

 wounded, and missing, in the 

 affair at Majalahonda, on the 11th 

 instant, and of the loss in the attack 

 of the works of the Retiro. 



This dispatch will be delivered 

 by my aid-de-camp Major Burgh, 

 Avho will be able to explain any 

 further circumstances relating to 

 our situation ; and I beg leave to 

 recommend him to your lordship's 

 protection. 



P. S. Since writing this dispatch, 

 I have received a letter of the 10th 

 instant, from General Maitland, 

 from Alicante, in which that officer 



informs me that he had on that day 

 landed at that place. 



TRANSLATION. 



Capitiilationproposedby General the 

 Earl of Wellington, Commander- 

 in-Chief of the Allied Army, and 

 accepted by Colonel La Fond, 

 Commandant of the Fort of La 

 China, litk August, 1812. 

 Article 1. — The garrison shall 

 march out of the fort with the 

 honours of war, and shall lay down 

 their arms on the glacis. 



Art. 2.— The garrison, and per- 

 sons of every description in the 

 fort, shall be prisoners of war. 



Art. 3. — The officers shall be al- 

 lowed to retain their swords, their 

 baggage, and their horses, accord- 

 ing to the number allowed them by 

 the regulations of the French army; 

 and the soldiers shall keep their 

 knapsacks. 



Art. 4. — The magazines of the 

 fort of every description, shall be 

 delivered to the officers of the re- 

 spective departments, and the 

 French commaudants of artillery 

 and of engineers shall furnish lists 

 of the contents of each depot. The 

 plans of the fort shall also be deli- 

 vered to the commanding officer of 

 the British engineers. 



Art. 5 This capitulation shall 



take place at four o'clock in the 

 afternoon, and the gates of thefort 

 shall be occupied by the troops of 

 the allied army as soon as this ca- 

 pitulation is ratified. 



Signed on the part of General 

 the Earl of Wellington. 



FiTZROY Somerset, 

 Lieut. Col. and Mil. Sec. 

 Ratified. Wellington. 

 Signed on the part of Colonel La 

 Fond, 



R. De la Brune. 

 This 



