communication with the rest of the army, I reinforced Gen. Millaradovitch with the 8th corps, giving him orders to prevent the Marshal's advance, and to take a position near the villages Syroberenic and Tcherniska. Major-Gen. Bourkonski perceived, about three in the afternoon, the enemy advancing. The thickness of the fog prevented him from ascertaining his numbers, who kept marching forwards till they were close to our batteries. The enemy attempting in vain to pierce through our lines, received, at the distance of 250 paces, a general discharge of musketry, and of 40 pieces of cannon: the effect of this fire upon the enemy was extremely fatal. Finding he had no hope of escaping, he at length sent a flag of truce to Gen. Millaradovitch. At midnight, the whole corps d'armé of the enemy, amounting to 12,000 men, were obliged to lay down their arms. All their artillery, in number 27 pieces of cannon, all the baggage and military chest, were the fruits of our victory. In the number of prisoners are above 100 officers of different ranks. Marshal Ney was wounded, but saved himself by flight, and was pursued by the Cossacks beyond the Dnieper. The loss of the enemy is enormous: according to the report of the prisoners, four generals of division were wounded. We have not lost above 500 men in killed and wounded. The army is at present at Krasnoi, and the advanced guard at Dowbrowna, from whence we shall follow the movements of the enemy. Gen. Platow informs me, by a private letter annexed, that the enemy left behind him, 17 wersts from Smolensko, a great quantity of artillery, amounting to 112 pieces. Letter of Gen. Count Platoff to the Gen. Field-Marshal, dated Nov. 17. AFTER the signature of my report to Your Highness, Capt. Parkin arrived with the rations, and states that, at the distance of 17 wersts from Smolensko, in the great road, he had counted 112 cannon, besides a great number of tumbrils and carriages. I am not able to send Your Highness a report in form, not having received it from the Governor of Smolensko. I join the unanimous voice of the troops in pronouncing, Hourra! your most Serene Highness. Royal Cheshire Militia-Ensign Richard Monk to be Lieutenant, vice Sawrey, promoted. Dated Dec. 5, 1812. Royal South Lincoln Militia-William Hall, Esq. to be Captain. Dated Dec. 11, 1812. Holland and Boston Local Militia-Adjutant Samuel Dudley to be Captain, by Brevet. Dated Nov. 23, 1812. Dorsetshire Regiment of Militia-Charles Oakley, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Nooth, resigned. Dated Nov. 13, 1812.-William Small, Gent. to be Surgeon, vice Broughton, resigned. Dated as above. South-East Regiment of Local Militia-Charles Hulse, Esq. to be Lieutenant- War-Office, December 22, 1812. 3d Regiment of Dragoons-Cornet Thomas Trotter to be Lieutenant, vice Griffiths, deceased.-George Orlando Gunning, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Trotter. 4th do.-Ensign Thomas Ellis Hodson, from the 25th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hawley, appointed to the 1st Dragoon Guards. 8th Regiment of Light Dragoons-Cornet J. D. Fearon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mapowder, who retires. 11th do.-Cornet William H. Stewart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Schreiber, promoted. 17th do-Captain H. P. Davison, from the 18th Light Dragoons, to be Captain of a Troop, vice Grant, who exchanges. 18th do. Captain James Grant, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Captain of a Troop, vice Davison, who exchanges. 20th do.-Lieutenant-Colonel George Wyndham, from Meuron's Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir Robert Wilson, appointed to the 22d Light Dragoons. 22d do.-Colonel Sir Robert Wilson, from the 20th Light Dragoons, to be Lien- Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards-Gentleman Cadet the Honourable William 11th Regiment of Foot-William Allen, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice 22d do. Henry Ramus, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Johnson, who resigns. 23d do. Henry John Pemberton, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brice, promoted. 24th do. Ensign Duncan Rose to be Lieutenant, vice Walton, killed in action.William Mellis, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Rose. 30th do. Quarter-Master Serjeant Wilson to be Quarter-Master, vice Poyntz, deceased. 32d do.-Ensign Henry Quill to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Turquand, who retires. 33d do.-Edward Clabon, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pattison, promoted. 40th do.-Lieutenant J. Chetham, from the 79th Foot, to be Adjutant and Lientenant, vice Bethell, deceased. 50th do. Lieutenant Roger North to be Captain of a Company, vice Sandes, dead of his wounds. To be Lieutenants. Ensign John Godfree, vice Gunn, deceased.-Ensign William Crofton, vice North. To be Ensigns. Bateman, Gent. vice Godfree.-Volunteer J. Richards, from the 71st Regiment of Foot, vice Crofton. 53d do.-Captain James Mackay, from the 63d Foot, to be Captain, vice Groombridge, who exchanges. To be Lieutenants. 56th do.-Ensign Terence M'Dermott, by purchase, vice Nelson, who retires.-Ensign James Cowburne, without purchase, vice Shaw, cashiered.-Ensign Warburton Grey, without purchase, vice Newman, cashiered. 63d Regiment of Foot-Captain S. W. Groombridge, from the 53d Foot, to be Captain, vice Mackay, who exchanges. 69th do.-Lieutenant Honourable William Curzon, from the 9th Foot, to be Captain of a Company, by purchase, vice Davys, who retires. 78th do.-Major James Fraser to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir Edward Ryan, deceased. 80th do. Ensign Peter Mosse to be Lieutenant, vice Lumsden, deceased. Archer, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Mosse. 89th do.-Lieutenant Thomas Daniel to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice Adamson, appointed to the 5th Royal Veteran Battalion.-Lieutenant Francis Richard Rowe to be Captain of a Company, vice Dunscombe, deceased. 91st do.-C. S. Williams, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Heywood, appointed to the 21st Light Dragoons. Royal Staff Corps-Lieutenant Frederick William Mann to be Captain of a Company, vice Leicester, deceased.-Ensign John Pardy to be Lieutenant, vice Mann. 1st Ceylon Regiment-Second Lieutenant H. I. D. Courtayne to be First Lientenant, without purchase, vice Jenkins, promoted.-Samuel Braybrooke, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, vice Courtayne. 2d Royal Veteran Battalion-Lieutenant George Parker, from the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Anderson, placed on the Retired List. 4th Garrison Battalion-Captain Malcolm Maclean, from Half Pay of the 7th Garrison Battalion, to be Captain, vice Carter, who exchanges. BREVET. Major Thomas Downman, of the Royal Artillery, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.-Captain Henry Goldfinch, of the Royal Engineers, to be Major in the Army. GARRISONS. Major-General Gore Browne, of the 40th Regiment of Foot, to be LieutenantGovernor of Plymouth, vice Lieutenant-General England, deceased. HOSPITAL STAFF. To be Hospital-Mates for General Service. John William Watson, Gent.-Hugh Kennedy, Gent.-Josiah Schembri, Gent. vice Gibb, promoted.-Edward Tonge, Gent. vice M'Gregor, promoted. The King's German Legion. 38 Regiment of Light Dragoons-Ensign Lewis Versturme, from the Regiment of Meuron, to be Cornet, vice Humbolt, promoted. 2d Battalion of the Line-Serjeant-Major Fischer to be Ensign. 7th do....... Hunt, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Sebisch, promoted. 8th do. Alexander Carmichael, Gent. to be Ensign. The Duke of Brunswick Oels' Corps.—To be Ensigns. Infantry-Serjeant-Major Julius Geyer, vice Gruttemann, promoted.-PaymasterSerjeant Carl Haberland, vice Dinar, promoted. Meuron's Regiment-Colonel Henry Davis, from the 22d Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Wyndham, appointed to the 20th Light Dragoons. MEMORANDUM. The under-mentioned appointments, as stated in the Gazettes of the 20th October last, 14th ultimo, and 8th instant, have not taken place, viz. 24th Regiment of Foot-Ensign John de Neys to be Lieutenant, without purchase. King's German Legion. 5th Battalion of the Line-Ensign Louis Grissmann to be Lieutenant, vice Winckler, killed in action. 1st Battalion of Light Infantry-Herman Meyer, Gent. to be Ensign. ERRATUM in the Gazette of the 20th October last. 24th Foot-For Volunteer Henry Wigmore, from the 5th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice De Neys, promoted-Read Volunteer Henry Wigmore, from the 5th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice De Neys, who resigns. Downing-Street, December 26, 1812. A dispatch, of which the following is an extract, has been received by Earl Bathurst, from General the Marquis of Wellington, dated Frenada, Dec. 2, 1812. I enclose the return of the killed, wounded, and missing, of the troops in the operations from Salamanca to Ciudad Rodrigo. Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of the Army under the Command of His Excellency General the Marquis of Wellington, K. B. in the Operations from the 15th to the 19th November, 1812. General Staff-1 missing. 3d Dragoon Guards—15 rank and file, 12 horses, missing. 4th Dragoon Guards-2 horses wounded; 3 rank and file, 4 horses, missing. 5th Dragoon Guards-1 serjeant, 11 rank and file, 9 horses, missing. 1st Dragoons-4 rank and file, 1 horse, wounded; 1 trumpeter, 1 rank and file, 2 horses, missing. 3d Dragoons-1 rank and file, 3 horses, killed. 4th Dragoons-3 rank and file, 2 horses, missing. 9th Light Dragoons-1 rank and file wounded; 3 rank and file, 3 horses, missing. 11th Light Dragoons-2 horses killed; 1 rank and file wounded; 1 rank and file, 1 horse, missing. 12th Light Dragoons-1 rank and file wounded; 1 serjeant, 3 rank and file, 3 horses, missing. 13th Light Dragoons-1 horse killed; 1 horse wounded. 14th Light Dragoons-3 horses killed; 3 rank and file, 3 horses, wounded; rank and file, horses, missing. 16th Light Dragoons-1 horse wounded; 2 rank and file, 2 horses, missing. 1st Dragoons, King's German Legion—2 rank and file, 1 horse, missing. 2d do. do.-8 rank and file, 8 horses, missing. 43d Foot, 1st Batt.—1 serjeant killed; 2 lieutenants, 10 rank and file, wounded; 17 rank and file missing. 51st Foot-1 captain killed; 1 serjeant, 7 rank and file, wounded. 52d Foot, 1st Batt.-1 captain, 2 rank and file, killed; 2 captains, 3 serjeants, 27 rank and file, wounded; 8 rank and file missing. 95th Foot, 1st Batt.-1 serjeant, 1 rank and file, killed; 5 rank and file wounded. 95th Foot, 2d Batt.-1 rank and file killed; 2 rank and file wounded; 1 drummer, 8 rank and file, missing. 95th Foot, 3d Batt.-1 rank and file wounded; 9 rank and file missing. 1st Light Batt. King's German Legion-1 rank and file killed; 4 rank and file wounded. 2d do. do.-5 rank and file wounded. Duke of Brunswick's Light Infantry-1 rank and file killed; 5 rank and file wounded. Total British loss-2 captains, 2 serjeants, 7 rank and file, 15 horses, killed; 2 Total Portuguese loss-1 ensign, 36 rank and file, killed; 1 lieutenant, 1 ensign, (Signed) S. A. GOODMAN, D. A. A. Gen. Names of the Officers killed, wounded, and missing. 51st Foot-Captain M'Cabe. KILLED.-British. 52d Foot, 1st Batt.-Henry Dawson. Portuguese.-20th Portuguese Regiment-Ensign Joa Joze de Arcveda. WOUNDED.-British. 43d Foot, 1st Batt.-Lieutenant George Rideout, severely (leg amputated); Lieutenant H. M. Bailie, slightly. 52d Foot, 1st Batt.-Captain J. H. Currie, slightly; Captain Thomas T. Fuller, severely (not dangerously). Portuguese-19th Portuguese Regiment-Ensign F. Pinto de Casteo, slightly. 2d Portuguese Cacadores-Lieutenant Gabriel de Carma Lima, slightly. MISSING. Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Edward Paget, K. B. (Signed) S. A. GOODMAN, D. A. A. Gen. Office of Ordnance, December 19, 1812. Assistant-Surgeon James Bennett to be Surgeon, by augmentation. Dated Dec. 2, ! Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers-First Lieut. Frederick Reid to be Captain, by augmentation. Dated Nov. 1, 1812.-Second Lieut. Charles Park to be First Lieut. vice Reid, dated as above.-Second Lieut. Charles Bennett to be Do. by augmentation. Dated as above.-Second Lieut. John G. Griffiths to be Do. by augmentation. Dated as above.-Second Lieut. John Beveridge to be Do. by augmentation. Dated as above.-Second Lieut. Alexander Matheson to be Do. by augmentation. Dated as above.-Second Lieut. Richard White to be Do. by augmentation. Dated as above.-.. ... Wilson, Gent. to be Second Lieut. vice Park, promoted. Dated Dec. 1, 1812.-James Mills, Gent. to be Do. vice Bennett, promoted. Dated as above.-P. R. Boyle, Gent. to be Do. vice Griffiths, promoted. Dated as above.-David Kinnear, Gent. to be Do. vice Beveridge, promoted. Dated as above.-John Daniell, Gent. to be Do. vice Mattheson, promoted. Dated as above.-Frederick Bate, Gent. to be Do. vice White, promoted. Dated as above.-P. Smith, Gent. to be Do. by augmentation. Dated as above. The King's Own Staffordshire Militia—John Fitzherbert, Esq. to be Captain, vice Newton. Dated Nov. 28, 1812.-William Holmes Dutton, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated Oct. 5, 1812.-William Lucius Cary, Gent. to be Do. Dated as above.-Robert Russell, Gent. to be Do. Dated as above.-George Storr, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated Oct. 19, 1812.-Philip Lugar, Gent. to be Do. Dated Nov. 17, 1812. East Regiment of Staffordshire Local Militia-Edward Whiting, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated Feb. 19, 1812. Western Regiment of Local Militia-John Partridge, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated May 1, 1811. Southern Regiment of Local Militia-William Eccleston, Esq. to be Captain. Dated April 25, 1812.-William Bird, Esq. to be Do. Dated June 4, 1812.James Palmer, Esq. to be Do. vice Wyatt, resigned. Dated as above.-John Brummell, Esq. to be Do. vice Peel, deceased. Dated as above.-John Hall, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated June 16, 1809.-Edward Buckerfield, Gent. to be Do. Dated as above. Northern Regiment of Local Militia-Samuel Bagshaw to be Captain. Dated June 15, 1812. Central Regiment of Local Militia-Thomas Adie, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Scarlett. Dated May 8, 1812. Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry-The Hon. Thomas William Anson to be Captain. Dated August 3, 1812.-John Cruse, Esq. to be Do. Dated as above.-Charles Coupland, Esq. to be Lieutenant. Dated as above.-Edmund Peel, Esq. to be Do. Dated Dec. 5, 1812. Stone and Eccleshall Volunteer Cavalry-John Anston, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Jackson. Dated Jan. 4, 1810.-William Stubbs, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Anson, promoted. Dated as above. Tamworth Volunteer Cavalry-John Flavell, Gent, to be Lieutenant, vice Nevill. Joseph Grundy, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Flavell, promoted. Dated July 29, 1809. Leek Volunteer Infantry-John Haywood Aslop, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Godwin, resigned. Dated May 6, 1808.-Peter Davenport, Esq. to be Major, vice Powys, do. Dated Sept. 17, 1812. Longport Volunteer Infantry-Enoch Keeling, Esq. to be Captain, vice Lakin, resigned. Dated April 25, 1811.-Benjamin Adams, Esq. to be Do. vice Stanier, do. Dated as above-William Barker, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated March 25, 1811.-William Bindley, Gent. to be Do. Dated April 25, 1811. DEATHS. At Belem, near Lisbon, on Dec. 14, 1812, Thos. Rogers, Esq. Paymaster of the 88th regiment, deeply and universally lamented. He fell a sacrifice to the incessant fatigues in which he participated with his corps in all the arduous services in the Peninsula. Being attacked with a fever at Madrid, he was removed, for the benefit of the air, to Belem, but survived only to expire in the arms of his afflicted and disconsolate wife, who is left to deplore her irreparable loss. |