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ed were much reduced in numbers. 

 By all accounts their loss is 10,000 

 men. Generals Lapisse and Mor- 

 lot are killed ; gens. Sebastiani and 

 Boulet wounded. I have particu- 

 larly to lament the loss of major- 

 gen. Mackenzie, who had distin- 

 guished himself on the 27th, and 

 of brig.-general Langworth of the 

 King's German legion, and ofbrig.- 

 maj. Pecket of the guards. Your 

 lordship will observe, that the at- 

 tacks of the enemy were princi- 

 pally, if not entirely, directed 

 against the British troops. The Spa- 

 nish commander-in-chief, his offi- 

 cers, and troops, manifested every 

 disposition to render us assistance, 

 and thnse of them which were en- 

 gaged did theirduty; buttheground 

 which they occupied was so im- 

 portant, and its front at the same 

 lime so difficult, that I did not 

 think it proper to urge them to 

 make any movement on the left of 

 the enemy, while he was engaged 

 with us. I have reason to be satis- 

 fied with the conduct of all the of- 

 ficers and troops. I am much in- 

 debted to lieut-generalSherbrooke 

 for the assistance I received from 

 him, and for the manner in which 

 he led on his division to the charge 

 with bayonets. To lieut. gen. Payne 

 and the cavalry, particularly gene- 

 ral Anson's brigade ; to niaj.-gene- 

 rals Hill and Tilson, brig.-gens. A. 

 Campbell, R. Stewart and Cameron, 

 and to the divisions and brigades 

 of infantry under their commands 

 respectively, particularly the 29th 

 regiment, commanded by colonel 

 White; the 1st battalion 48th, by 

 col. Donnellan, afterwards, when 

 that officer was wounded, by maj. 

 Middlemore; the2nd battalion 7th, 

 by lieut.-col. Sir W. Myers ; the 2nd 

 battalion 53rd, by lieut.-col. Bing. 



ham ; the 97th, by col. Lyon ; the 

 1st battalion of detachments, by 

 lieut.-col. Punbury ; and the 2nd 

 battalion 31st, by major Watson ; 

 and ofthe 45th, bylieut. -col. Guard; 

 and 5th battalion 60th, commanded 

 by major Davy on the 27th. The 

 advance of the brigade of guards 

 was most gallantly conducted by 

 brig.-gen. Campbell; and, when 

 necessary, that brigade retired, and 

 formed again in the best order. 

 The artillery, under brig.-gen. Ho- 

 worth, was also throughout these 

 days of the greatest service ; and 

 1 have every reason to be satisfied 

 with the assistance I received from 

 thechief engineer, lieut. -col. Fletch- 

 er, the adjut. -gen. brig.-gen.thehon. 

 C. Stewart, and the quarter- master- 

 general, col. Murray, and the offi- 

 cers of those departments respec- 

 tively, and from col. Bathurst and 

 the officers of my personal staff. I 

 also received much assistance from 

 col. O'Lawler, of the Spanish ser- 

 vice, and from brig.-gen. Whitting- 

 ham, who was wounded when bring- 

 ing up the two Spanish battalions 

 to the assistanceof brig.-general A. 

 Campbell. I send this by captain 

 lord Fitzroy Somerset, who will 

 give your lordship any further in- 

 formation, and whom I beg to re- 

 commend. A. Wellesley. 

 From Sir A. Wellesley, Talavera, 

 Aug. 1. 

 Since I had the honour of ad- 

 dressing you on the 29th July, the 

 enemy have continued to keep a 

 rear-guard of about 10,000 men on 

 the heights to the left of the Alber- 

 che. The extreme fatigue of the 

 troops, the want of provisions, and 

 the numbers of wounded to be 

 taken care of, having prevented me 

 from moving from this position, 

 Brig.-gen. Crauford arrived with 



his 



