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celved with extraordinary courage, 

 and were driven back by the whole 

 English division, with charged bay- 

 onets. But the English brigade of 

 guards, which was carried on pre- 

 cipitately in the ardour of battle, 

 advanced too far, and was in conse- 

 quence obliged to withdraw under 

 thefireof thesecoodline, composed 

 ofthebrigadeof cavalry of general 

 Cotton, and of a battalion of infan- 

 try detached from the height by ge- 

 neral Wellesley, as soon as he ob- 

 served the remote situation of the 

 guards. General Howorth, who 

 commanded the English artillery, 

 T?as distinguished for his extraordi- 

 nary courage, and performed the 

 most important services. 



Lieutenant-general Don Francis- 

 co deEguia, my second in command, 

 was posted on my left with the 3rd, 

 4th and 5th divisions, under gene- 

 rals the marquis de Portago, Don 

 Rafael Manglano, and Don Louis 

 Alexandre Bassecourt, butthelatter 

 was ordered to support the division 

 of cavalry of lieutenant-general the 

 duke of Alburquerque, which was 

 detached to reinforce the British ar- 

 ray. The dispatches No. 4, 5, and 

 6, from these generals, are inclosed 

 for the information of his majesty. 

 I took under my particular or- 

 ders the center and the right, with- 

 out neglecting, however, the super- 

 intendance of the rest, and with 

 much satisfaction Inoticed the con- 

 duct of the generals of the 1st and 

 %d division of the marquis de Zayas 

 and Don Vicente Iglesias, as well as 

 Don Juan Berhuy, and lieutenant- 

 general Don Juan Henestrosa, &c. 

 The loss of the enemy was very 

 great. They left on the field of bat- 

 tle from four to five thousand men, 

 and the number of their wounded 

 u computed at 5,000 more. Two 



or three generals were killed, seve- 

 ral wounded, and at least 400 other 

 officers. We have taken 19 pieces 

 of artillery, and many waggons of 

 ammunition, and the rout was one 

 of the most complete, considering 

 that we were acting on the defen- 

 sive. The English have lost gene- 

 ral JVIackenzie, brigadier-general 

 Langworth, and other officers of 

 distinguished rank and merit. The 

 total of their officers, killed and 

 wounded, is 260, and that of their 

 rank and file, 5,000. Our diminu- 

 tion is much less. Don Rafael 

 Manglano was wounded, and 50 

 more of our officers were killed and 

 wounded, and 1,150 rank and file. 

 Our artillery was served with abi- 

 lity and fortitude, and the names of 

 such officers, whose talents were 

 most conspicuously displayed, are 

 mentioned in the dispatches from 

 the respective generals. 



I should be negligent of my own 

 duty, if I did not communicate to 

 your excellency, fortheinformation 

 of his majesty, that the conduct of 

 the British general in chief sir Ar- 

 thur Weilesley, and that of the ge- 

 nerals, subordinate officers and sol- 

 diers, under his command, is above 

 all praise. I have seen the enthusi- 

 asm with which these faithful allies 

 have in copious streams poured 

 forth their blood in the defence of 

 our liberty, and no language can 

 adequately express the sentiments 

 of gratitude with which our breasts 

 are animated. With the highest sa- 

 titifactiou I have noticed my army 

 hailing our companions for the vie- • 

 tory obtained, and mingling with 

 exclamationsindicativeof ihewarm- 

 est affection, the appellatives of our 

 country, and Ferdinand, with those 

 of our powerful and generous al- 

 lies. 



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