SOS 
[Jan. 
Slate of Public Afairs in December, 
The front of the position was now open, and 
the troops rushed in from every quarter. 
During the operations on the right, Colonel 
Gillespie pursued his advantage to the left, 
carrying the enemy’s redoubts towards the 
rear, and being joined by Lieutenant-Colonel 
M‘Leod, of the 59th, with part of that corjps, 
he directed him to attack the park of artil¬ 
lery., v/hich that cthcer carried in a most 
masterly manner, putting to flight a body cf 
the enemy’s cavalry that formed, and at¬ 
tempted to detend it. A sharp fire of mus- 
!ketry was now kept up by a strong body of 
the enemy, who had taken post in the lines 
in front of Fort Cornells ; but were driven 
from them, the fort taken, and the enemy 
completely dispersed. They were pursued 
by Colonel Gillespie, with the 14th regi¬ 
ment, a party of Sepoys, and the seamen 
from the batteries under Captain Sayer, of 
the Royal Navy. By this time the cavalry 
and horse artillery had effected a passage 
through the lines, the former commanded by 
Major Travers, and the latter by Captain 
Noble ; and, with the gallant colonel at their 
head, the pursuit was continued, till the 
ivhole of the enemy’s army was killed, ta¬ 
ken, or dispersed. 
Major Tule’s attack was equally spirited, 
but after routing the enemy’s force at Cam- 
pong Malayo, and killing many of them, he 
found the bridge on fire, and was unable to 
penetrate further. 
I have the honor to inclose a return Of the 
3oss sustained, from our landing on the 4th 
to the 26th inclusive. Sincerely I lament 
its extent, and the many valuable and able 
officers that have unfortunately fallen j but 
when the prepared state cf the enemy, their 
numbers, and the strength of their positions, 
are considered, I trust it will not be deemed 
Ijeavier than might be expected. Their’s has 
greatly exceeded it. In the action of the 
26th, the numbers killed were immense, but 
K has been impossible to form any accurate 
statement of the amount. About one thou¬ 
sand have been buried in the works, multi¬ 
tudes w’ere cut down in the retreat, the rivers 
are choaked up with dead, and the huts and 
woods, were filled with the wounded, who 
liave since expired. We have taken near 
five thousand prisoners, among whom are 
three general officers, thirty-four field-offi¬ 
cers, seventy captains, and one hundred and 
fifty subaltern officers; General Jansens 
^nade his escape with difficulty, during the 
action, and rdached Buitenzorg, a distance 
of thirty miles, with a few cavalry, ths 
sole remains of an army of ten thousand men. 
This place he has since evacuated, and fled 
to the eastward. A detachment of our troops 
is in possession of it. 
S. AUCHMUTY, Lieut.-Cen. 
General return of the killed, woundedj 
and missing, from the 4th till the 26th of 
August, 1811. ~ 
Total killed—Europeans, 1 lieutenant co¬ 
lonel, 3 captains, 9 lieutenants, 2 ensigns, 
2 stafl’-serjeauts, 6 serjeants, 91 rank and 
file.—Natives, 2 jemindars, 2 havildars, 23 
rank and file. 
Total wounded—Europeans, 3 lieutenant- 
colonels, 2 majors, 14 captains, 36 lieute¬ 
nants, 7 ensigns, 1 staff-serjeant, 32 ser¬ 
jeants, 2 drummers, 513 rank and file.— 
Natives 2 subildars or serangs, 4 jemindars, 
9 bavildars, 1 drummer, IG? rank and file. 
Total missing-13 rank and file. 
Total horses—14 killed, 21 w'ounded, and 
3 missing, 
P. A Agnew, Adj.-Geru 
Return of ordnance found in the citadel 
and arse.nal at Batavia and Weltevreede, and 
taken bttw'een the 10th and 26th of August. 
In the citadel of Batavia on the 8th of 
August—50 brass guns, 180 iron guns, 230 
iron and brass cannons and mortars, 4000 
shot, and 280 shells. 
In the arsenal of Weltevreede, on the 10th 
—64 brass guns, SO brass mortars, 1 brass 
howitzer, 213 iron guns, 308 iron and brass 
cannons and mortars, 18,397 shot, 20,496 
shells. 
Field-pieces of horse artillery, taken in 
the actions on the 10th of August—4 brass 
guns. 
Taken In Ccrnellsy ^6th cf Auguit. 
Horse artillery, with limber, &c. taken in 
the field cf battle—24 brass guns, 5 brass 
howitzers, 29 iron and brass cannons and 
mortars. 
In the arsenal—23 brass guns, 2 brass 
mortars, 11 brass howitzers, 10 iron guns, 
46 iron and brass cannons and mortars. 
On the batteries—44 brass guns, 3 brass 
mortars, 2 brass howitzers, 101 iron guns, 
ISO iron and brass cannons and mortars. 
Total—209 brass guns, 35 brass mortars, 
19. brass howitzers, 504 iron guns, 743 iron 
and brass cannons and mortars. 
P. A. Agnew, Major-General. 
REPORT 
