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guese regiment, under the com- 

 mand of lieutenant-colonel Me- 

 chean, made a gallant and suc- 

 cessful charge upon a body of 

 another division of the enemy, 

 which was endeavouring to pene- 

 trate in that quarter. 



Theloss sustainedby the enemy 

 in his attack of the 27lh has been 

 enormous. 



I understand that the general 

 of Division, Merle, and general 

 Maucum are wounded, and ge- 

 neral Simon was taken prisoner 

 by the fifty-second regiment, and 

 three colonels, thirty-three offi- 

 cers, and 250 men. 



The enemy left 2,000 killed 

 upon the field of battle, and I un- 

 derstand from the prisoners and 

 deserters, that the loss in wounded 

 is immense. 



The enemy did not renew his 

 attack, excepting by the fire of his 

 light troops, on the 28th, but he 

 moved a large body of infantry and 

 cavalry from the left of his centre 

 to the rear, from whence I saw his 

 cavalry in march on the road 

 which leads from iMontagoa over 

 the mountains towards Oporto. 



Having thought it probable that 

 he would endeavour to turn our 

 left by that road, I had directed 

 colonel Trant, with his division of 

 militia, to march to Sardao, with 

 the intention that he should oc> 

 cupy those mountains, but unfor. 

 tunately he was sent round by 

 Oporto by the general oflBcer com- 

 manding in the north, in conse- 

 quence of a small detachment of 

 the enemy being in possession of 

 St. Pedro de Sul ; and, notwith- 

 standing the efforts which he made 

 to arrive in time, he did not reach 

 Sardao till the 28th at night, when 

 the enemy was in possession of 

 the ground. 



Although, from the unfortunate 



circumstance of the delay of colo- 

 nel Trant's arrival at Sardao, I am 

 apprehensive that I shall not suc- 

 ceed in effecting the object which 

 I had in view of passing the Mon- 

 dego, and in occupying the Sierra 

 de Busaco, I do not regret my 

 having done so. This movement 

 lias afforded me a favourable op- 

 portunity of shewing the enemy 

 the description of troops of which 

 this army is composed ; it has 

 brought the Portuguese levies into 

 action with the enemy for the 

 first time, in an advantageous 

 situation ; and they have proved 

 that the trouble which has been 

 taken with them has not been 

 thrown away ; and that they are 

 worthy of contending in the same 

 ranks with British troops, in this 

 interesting cause, which they af- 

 ford the best hopes of saving. 



British army.—'YoiaX loss.— 

 One major, one captain, two 

 lieutenants, one ensign, five Ser- 

 jeants, ninety-seven rank and file, 

 killed ; three lieutenant-colonels, 

 five majors, ten captains, sixteen 

 lieutenants, one ensign, twenty- 

 one Serjeants, three drummers, 

 434 rank and file, wounded ; one 

 captain, one serjeant, twenty- 

 nme rank and file, missing. 



N. B. The officers and men re- 

 turned missing are supposed to be 

 prisoners of war. 



Portuguese arw7_y.— Total, killed 

 ninety, wounded 512, prisoners 

 and missing twenty. 



17. Two small Danish cutter 

 privateers taken by captain Stud- 

 dart, of the Pallas. 



23. The French luggerprivatcer 

 L'Hirondelle, of four guns, taken 

 by captain Loring, of the Niobt. 



The Edward, of fourteen guns, 

 captured by the Sybille. 



Also several small Danish pri- 

 vateers in the North Sea. 



