238 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1812. 



This capitulation is ratified by 

 the Colonel commanding the Fort 

 of La China. 



(Signed) La Fond. 



Return of Prisoners of War, taken 

 at the Fort de la China, in the 



Retiro, and in the General Hos- 

 pital la Atocha, on the 14/A of 



August, 1812. 



Staff — 1 colonel, 2 captains, 2 

 subalterns, 7 staff, 3 civil officers, 

 16 Serjeants, drummers, and rank 

 and file. 



Artillery — 1 lieutenant-colonel, 

 8 captains, 10 subalterns, 355 Ser- 

 jeants, drummers, and rank and 

 file, 46 horses and mules. 



Engineers — 1 lieutenant-colonel, 

 2 captains, 1 subaltern, 70 Ser- 

 jeants, drummers,andrankand file. 



Detachments of several regi- 

 ments of infantry ; forming the 

 garrison — 1 colonel, 2 lieutenant- 

 colonels, 9 captains, 19 subalterns, 

 1,450 Serjeants, drummers, andrank 

 and file. 



Independent garrison company 

 —1 captain, 3 subalterns, 91 Ser- 

 jeants, drummers, and rank and 

 file. 



Total taken at the fort — 2 colo- 

 nels, 4 lieutenant-colonels, 22 cap- 

 tains, 35 subalterns, 7 staff, 3 civil 

 oflHcers, 1,982 Serjeants, drummers, 

 and rank and file, 46 horses and 

 mules. 



Staff— 12 civil oflScers, 1 rank 

 and file. 



Sick and convalescents — 1 cap- 

 tain, 5 subalterns, 4 civil officers, 

 428 Serjeants, drummers, and rank 

 and file. 



Total taken at the general hos- 

 pital — 1 captain, 5 subalterns, 16 

 civil officers, 429 Serjeants, drum- 

 mers, and rank and file. 



General total taken 2,506. 



N. B. Besides the above num- 

 ber, 6 rank and file British, and 6 

 officers, and 144 rank and file, 

 Spaniards, were retaken in the fort 

 of La China. 



John Waters. 

 Lieut.-Col. and A. A. G. 



Supplement to the London Gazette, 



of Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1812. 

 [Published on Wednesday, Sep- 

 tember 23.] 



WAR DEPARTMENT. 



Doifining-street, Sept. 23. 

 A dispatch of which the follow- 

 ing is a copy, has been this day re- 

 ceived at Earl Bathurst's office, ad- 

 dressed to his lordship by Major- 

 General Cooke, dated Cadiz, Aug. 

 30, 1812:— 



Cadiz, Aug. 30. 

 My Lord, — Since my letter of 

 yesterday's date, reporting the 

 entry into Seville of the allied corps 

 under General La Cruz and Colonel 

 Skerrett, I have received a dispatch 

 from the latter, of which I trans- 

 mit a copy herewith, and a return 

 of the killed and wounded of the 

 British detachment. 



I have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) Geo. Cooke, 

 Major-General. 

 Earl Bathurst, &c. &c. 



Seville, Aug. 23. 

 Sir, — I have the honour to re- 

 port the movements of the detach- 

 ment under my orders since the 

 date of my last; the result of 

 which, — the capture of the city of 

 Seville by assault, defended by 

 eight French battalions, and two 

 regiments of dragoons, entrench- 

 ed, — will, I trust, be considered 

 as honourable to the allied arms and 

 serviceable to the cause of Spain. 



On 



