ment of the enemy by an incessant fire wounded; Durosnel and Fouler taken, from all the batteries.In the night be-Upwards of 7,000 men, and an im tween the 224 and 23d the enemy ac mense number of horses were buried on complished his retreat to the Lobau, and the field of battle; 5,000 and some hun, at three in the morning his rear-guard dred wounded lie in our hospitals. In also had evacuated Esslingen and all the Vienna and the suburbs there are at prepoints which he had occupied on the left sent 29,773 wounded; many were carried bank of the Danube. Some divisions pur- to St. Polten, Enns, and as far as Lintz; sued him closely, and took possession as 2,300 were taken. Several hundreds of near as possible of the necessary posts of corpses floated down the Danube, and are observation.- -Thus terminated a conflict still daily thrown upon its shores; many of two days, which will be ever memoramet their death in the island of Lobau, ble in the annals of the world, and in the and since the water has fallen in the history of war. It was the most obsti- smaller arms of the river, innumerable nate and bloody that has occurred since bodies, thus consigned by their comrades the commencement of the French Revolu- to everlasting oblivion, have become visition. It was decisive for the glory of the ble. The burying of the sufferers is not Austrian arms, for the preservation of the yet over, and a pestilential air is wafted monarchy, and for the correction of the down the theatre of death-His imperial public opinion. The infantry has entered highness, the Generalissimo, has indeed upon a new and brilliant career, and by undertaken the duty so dear to his heart, the firm confidence it has manifested in of acquainting the monarch and the counits own energies, has paved the way to try with the names of those who took the new victories. The enemy's cavalry has most active share in the achievements of seen its acquired but hitherto untried glo- these glorious days; but he acknowledges ry dissipated by the masses of our batta- with profound emotion, that, amidst the lions, whose cool intrepidity it was unable rivalship of the highest military virtues, it to endure.-Cavalry and artillery have is scarcely possible to distinguish the surpassed themselves in valour, and in the most valiant, and declares all the soldiers space of two days have performed achieve- of Aspern worthy of public gratitudements sufficient for a whole campaign. His imperial highness considers the intelThree pieces of cannon, seven amnuni-ligent dispositions of the chief of his staff, tion waggons, 17,000 French muskets, and gen. baron Wimpffen, and his incessant about 3,000 cuirasses fell into the hands of exertions, as the foundation of the victory. the conqueror. The loss on both sides-The officers commanding corps have was very great this, and the circum-rendered themselves deserving of the bighstance that very few prisoners were taken est favours by uncommon devotedness, perby either party, proves the determination sonal bravery, warm attachment to their of the combatants either to conquer or die. sovereign, and their high sense of honour. The Austrian army laments the death -Their names will be transmitted to posof 87 superior officers, and 4,199 subal-terity with the achievements of the valiant terns and privates.Lieutenant-generals prince Rohan, Dedovich, Weber, and Frenel, gen. Winzingerode, Grill, Neustadter, Siegenthal, Colloredo, May Hohenfeld, and Buresch, 663 officers, and 15,651 subalterns and privates, were wounded. Of these, field marshal lieut. Weber, S officers and 129 men, were taken prisoners by the enemy. The loss of the enemy was prodigious, and exceeds ail expectation. It can only be accounted for by the effect of our concentric fire on an exceedingly confined field of battle, where all the batteries crossed one another, and calculated by the following authentic data.-Generals Lasnes, D'Espagne, St. Hilaire, and Albuquerque, are dead; Massena, Bessieres, Molitor, Boudet, Legrand, Lasalle, and the two brothers Lagranges

troops who were under their direction. Col. Smola, of the artillery, by his indefatigable activity in the proper application of the ordnance, and his well-known bravery, rendered the most important services. -The commanding officers of corps and columns have furnished a list of the generals, staff, and superior officers, who particularly distinguished themselves.....

Lieut. gen. count Klenau, who exhibited fresh proofs of his well known valour, both in the reconnoisance of the 20th, and in the engagements of both days, bestows particular commendations on the conduct of col. Trapp of the staff, of col. Hardegg of Schwarzenberg's hulans, of major Scheibler of Rosenberg's light horse, of lieut.col. Lutz and lieut. Laghetty and Mang of the first battalion of jagers. Lieut.

BATTLE OF TALAVERA.-From the London Gazette Extraordinary, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1809.

Downing-street, Aug. 15, 1809.-Dispatches, of which the following are Copies and Extracts, were this day received at the office of lord viscount Castlereagh, one of his majesty's principal Secretaries of State, from lieut.-gen. the right hon. sir Arthur Wellesley, k. b., dated Talavera, 29th July, 1809.

gen. baron d'Aspre, at the head of his and contempt of every danger.-But a brave grenadiers, whom he led with the grateful country will not fail to hold in most determined intrepidity into. fire, honourable remembrance the departed hedeems lieut. col. Bissingen and majors roes who found death in the arms of vic Puteany, Kirchenbetter and Winiawsky, tory. In this number those particularly worthy of particular commendation. Sub-worthy of mention are, col. de Fiennes, of lieut. count Rezewusky distinguished Bellegarde's-major Danzer, of O'Reiley's himself in a manner that does him the major Gerdech,ofFroon's-capt. Charles highest honour. This young man was Kaiser and Konovsky, of Rosenberg'scaptain in the Austrian militia, and being capt. Surgeant, of Reuss Greyz's-first afraid at the commencement of the war lieut. Cazan, of Chasteler's-and lieut. that he should be obliged to remain with Zakazill, of the artillery, who displayed his battalion in the interior, he endeavoured the most extraordinary proofs of valour, to procure his removal to a regiment of and with his dying breath recommended light horse; and as there was no vacancy, his widow to the paternal care of his mahe entered as cadet and volunteer into jesty. Kienmayer's hussars, in which he was soon promoted to a sub-lieutenancy.—On the attack of the grenadiers he voluntarily accompanied lieut.-gen. D' Aspre into the thickest of the fire; and when the field-marshal's horse was shot under him, he sprang from his, and presented it to him with these words" You want him more than I." He then joined on foot in the assault made by the grenadiers, till a wound which he received put an end to his exertions. As a reward for such extraordinary zeal, his imperial highness has appointed sub-lieut, count Rezewusky Talavera de la Reyna, July 29, 1809 captain in the hulans. Many individual My Lord; General Cuesta followed the traits of heroism are not yet known, and enemy's march with his army from the consequently cannot be recorded. Thus Alberche on the morning of the 24th as far corporal Prager of Zettivitz's, took pri- as Santa Olalla, and pushed forward his soner one of the enemy's chefs d'esca- advanced guard as far as Torrijos. For dron before the mass of his battalion. the reasons stated to your lordship in my Corporals Donner and Horner, and the dispatch of the 24th, I moved only two diprivates Pressich, Herma, and Schmerha, visions of infantry and a brigade of cavalry of the battalion of prince Kinsky's legion, across the Alberche to Casalegos, under the were cut off by a fire of musketry from command of lieut.-gen. Sherbrooke, with their corps, and surrounded by the ene- a view to keep up the communication bemy's cavalry, they fought their way tween gen. Cuesta and me, and with sir R. through, and rejoined their battalion. Wilson's corps at Escalona. It appears that The Oberjager Fickerberger and the Un-gen. Vanegas had not carried into executerjager Schaffer of the second battalion tion that part of the plan of operations which of jagers, penetrated into the French em-related to his corps, and that he was still at peror's guard, and seized one of the ene- Damiel, in La Mancha; and the enemy in my's captains in the midst of his ranks. the course of the 24th, 25th and 26th, colThe private Larda, of duke Albert's cui- lected all his forces in this part of Spain, rassiers, retook a six-pounder which had between Torrijos and Toledo, leaving but a fallen into the enemy's hands, and brought small corps of 2,000 men in that place. it back with its equipage. Serjeant Pap, His united army thus consisted of the of Chasteler's, snatched the colours of his corps of marshal Victor, of that of gen. Sebattalion, from the hands of the dying bastiani, and of7 or 8,000 men, the guards first lieut. Cazan, who had himself taken of Joseph Buonaparté, and the garrison it from the ensign who had been killed, and of Madrid, and it was commanded by headed his troop with the most exemplary Joseph Buonaparté, aided by marshals intrepidity. Among the artillery there Jourdan and Victor, and gen. Sebastiani. are few but what highly distinguished On the 26th gen. Cuesta's advanced themselves by deeds of the most daring guard was attacked near Torrijos, and

obliged to fall back, and the general retir- kenzie's and col. Donkin's brigades, and ed with his army on that day to the left gen. Anson's brigade of cavalry, and supbank of the Alberche, gen. Sherbrooke con-ported by gen. Payne with the other four tinuing at Casalegos, and the enemy at regiments of cavalry, in the plain between Santa Olalla. It was then obvious, that the Talavera and the wood, withdrew in good enemy intended to try the result of a gene. order, but with some loss, particularly by ral action, for which the best position ap- the 2d battalion 87th regiment, and 2d peared to be in the neighbourhood of Tala- battalion 31st regiment, in the wood.vera, and gen. Cuesta having consented to Upon this occasion, the steadiness and distake up this position on the morning of the cipline of the 45th regiment, and the 5th 27th, I ordered gen. Sherbrooke to retire battalion 60th regiment, were conspicuous, with his corps to its station in the line, leav- and I had particular reasons for being saing gen. McKenzie with a division of infan- tisfied with the manner in which majortry and a brigade of cavalry, as an advanced gen. Mackenzie withdrew his advanced post in the wood on the right of Alberche, guard. As the day advanced, the enemy which covered our left flank. The posi- appeared in larger numbers on the right tion taken up by the troops at Talavera of the Alberche, and it was obvious that he extended rather more than two miles; was advancing to a general attack on the the ground was open upon the left, where combined army.-General Mackenzie conthe British army was stationed, and it was tinned to fall back gradually upon the left commanded by a height, on which was in of the position of the combined armies, echellen and in second line a division of where he was placed in the second line, infantry under the orders of major-gen. in the rear of the Guards, col. Donkin Hill. There was a valley between this being placed in the same situation further height, and a range of mountains still fur-upon the left, in the rear of the King's ther upon the left, which valley was not German Legion. at first occupied, as it was commanded by the height before mentioned; and the range of mountains appeared too distant to have any influence upon the expected action. The right, consisting of Spanish troops, extended immediately in front of the town of Talavera down to the Tagus. This part of the ground was covered by olive trecs, and much intersected by banks and ditches. The high road leading from the bridge over the Alberche, was defended by a heavy battery in front of a church, which was occupied by Spanish infantry. All the avenues to the town were defended in a similar manner; the town was occupied, and the remainder of the Spanish infantry was formed into two lines behind the banks, on the roads which led from theme in a particular manner the conduct of town and the right, to the left of our position. In the centre, between the two armies, there was a commanding spot of ground, on which we had commenced to construct a redoubt, with some open ground in its rear. Brig.-gen. Alexander Campbell was posted at this spot with a division of infantry, supported in his rear by gen. Cotton's brigade of dragoons, and some Spanish cavalry.-At about two o'clock on the 27th, the enemy appeared in strength on the left bank of the Alberche, and manifested an intention to attack gen. Mackenzie's division. The attack was made before they could be withdrawn; but the troops, consisting of gen. Mac

The enemy immediately commenced his attack in the dusk of the evening by a cannonade upon the left of our position; and by an attempt, with his cavalry, to overthrow the Spanish infantry posted, as I have before stated, on the right. This attempt failed entirely. Early in the night he pushed a division along the valley, on the left of the height occupied by gen. Hill, of which he gained a mementary possession, but major-gen. Hill attacked it instantly with the bayonet, and regained it.-This attack was repeated in the night, but failed, and again at day-light in the morning of the 28th, by two divisions of infantry, and was repulsed by major-gen. Hill. Major-gen. Hill has reported to

the 29th regiment, and of the 1st battalion 48th regiment in these different affairs, as well as that of major-gen. Tilson and brig. gen. Stewart.-We have lost many brave officers and soldiers in the defence of this important point in our position; among others I cannot avoid to mention brigademajor Fordyce, and brigade-major Gardner; and major-gen. Hill was himself wounded, but, I am happy to say, but slightly. The defeat of this attempt was followed about noon by a general attack with the enemy's whole force upon the whole of that part of the position occupied by the Eritish army.-In consequence of the repeated attempts upon the height on

our left by the valley, I had placed two | menced his retreat across the Alberche, brigades of British cavalry in that valley, which was conducted in the most regular supported in the rear by the Duc d'Albu-order, and was effected during the night, querque's division of Spanish cavalry. leaving in our hands twenty pieces of canThe enemy then placed light infantry in non, ammunition, tumbrils, and some prithe range of mountains on the left of the soners.-Your lordship will observe by valley, which were opposed by a division the inclosed return the great loss which of Spanish infantry under licut.-gen. De we have sustained of valuable officers and Bassecourt The general attack began soldiers, in this long and hard-fought acby the march of several columns of infan- tion, with more than double our number. try into the valley with a view to attack That of the enemy has been much greater. the height occupied by major-gen. Hill. I am informed that entire brigades of inThese columns were immediately charged fantry have been destroyed, and indeed by the 1st German It. dragoons and 23d the battalions that retreated were much dragoons, under the command of gen. An- reduced in numbers. By all accounts son, directed by lieut. gen. Payne, and their loss is ten thousand men. Generals supported by gen. Fane's brigade of heavy Lapisse and Morlot are killed; generals. cavalry; and although the 23d dragoons Sebastiani and Boulet wounded.--I have suffered considerable loss, the charge had particularly to lament the loss of majorthe effect of preventing the execution of gen. Mackenzie, who had distinguished that part of the enemy's pian. At the same himself on the 27th; and of brigadier-gen. time he directed an attack upon briga- Langworth, of the King's German Legion ; dier-gen. Alex. Campbell's position in the and of brigade-major Beckett, of the centre of the combined armies, and on the Guards.-Your lordship will observe, that right of the British. This attack was most the attacks of the enemy were principally, successfully repulsed by brigadier-gen. if not entirely, directed against the BriCampbell, supported by the King's regi- tish troops. The Spanish Commander in ment of Spanish cavalry, and two batta- Chief, his officers, and troops, manifested lions of Spanish infantry; and brigadier- every disposition to render us assistance, gen. Campbell took the enemy's cannon. and those of them which were engaged -The brigadier-general mentions parti- did their duty; but the ground which cularly the conduct of the 97th, the 2d they occupied was so important, and its battalion 7th, and of the 2d battalion 53d front at the same time so diflicult, that I regiments, and I was highly satisfied with did not think it proper to urge them to the manner in which this part of the posi- make any movement to the left of the tion was defended. An attack was also enemy, while he was engaged with us.-made at the same time upon lieut. gen. I have reason to be satisfied with the Sherbrooke's division, which was on the conduct of all the officers and troops. I left and centre of the 1st line of the British am much indebted to lieut.-gen. Sherarmy. This attack was most gallantly re- brooke for the assistance I received from pulsed by a charge with bayonets, by him, and for the manner in which he led the whole division, but the brigade of on his division to the charge with bayoGuards, which were on the right, having nets. To licut.-gen. Payne and the caval advanced too far, they were exposed on ry, particularly gen. Anson's brigade, to their left flank to the fire of the enemy's major-gens. Hill and Tilson, brigadierbattery, and of their retiring columns; gens. Alex. Campbell, Rd. Stewart, and and the division was obliged to retire to- Cameron, and to the divisions and briwards the original position, under cover of gades of infantry under their commands the 2d line of gen. Cotton's brigade of respectively, particularly the 20th regicavalry, which I had moved from the ment, commanded by col. White; the 1st centre, and of the 1st battalion 48th regi- battalion 48th, commanded by col. Donment. I had moved this regiment from nellan, afterwards when that officer was its original position on the heights, as soon wounded, by major Middlemore; the 2d as I observed the advance of the Guards, battalion 7th, commanded by lieut.-col. and it was formed in the plain, and ad- sir Wm. Myers; the 2d battalion 53d, vanced upon the enemy, and covered the commanded by lieut.-col. Bingham; the formation of lieut. gen. Sherbrooke's divi-97th, commanded by col. Lyon; the 1st sion. Shortly after the repulse of this general attack, in which apparently all the nemy's troops were employed, he com

battalion of detachments, commanded by lieut.-col. Bunbury, and the 24 battalion 31st, commanded by major Watson, and

1 serjeant, 83 rank and file missing.-1st Batt. 88th Foot; 2 officers, 7 rank and file killed; 25 rank and file wounded; 30 rank and file missing.-1st Batt. Detachments; 1 officer, 1 38 rank and file wounded; 3 officers, 13 rank serjeant, 13 rank and file killed; 2 serjeants, and file missing.-1st Line Batt. King's Ger-, man Legion; 2 rank and file killed; 7 rank and file wounded.-1st and 2d Light Batts. ditto; 4 rank and file killed; 2 ofücers, 2 serjeants, 23 rank and file wounded; 5 rank and

file wounded.-5th ditto, ditto; 6 rank and file 11 rank and file missing.-7th ditto, ditto; 19 killed; 2 serjeants, 32 rank and file wounded; rank and file killed; 1 officer, 5 serjs. 1 dmr. 43 rank and file wounded; 1 dmr. 76 rank and, file missing.

of the 45th, commanded by lieut.-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 brigadier-gen. Campbell, and when necessary, that brigade retired, and formed again in the best order. The artillery, under. brigadiergen. Howorth, was also, throughout these days, of the greatest service, and I had every reason to be satisfied with the assist-file missing.-2d Line Batt. ditto; 3 rank and ance I received from the chief engineer lieut.-col. Fletcher, the adj.- gen., brigadier-gen. the hon. C. Stewart, and the quarter-master-gen. col. Murray, and the -officer of those departments respectively, and from col. Bathurst and the officers of my personal staff. I also received much assistance from col. O'Lawlor, of the Spanish service, and from brigadier-gen. Whittingham, who was wounded when bringing up the two Spanish battalions to the assistance of brigadier-gen. Alex. Campbell.-I send this by capt. lord Fitzroy Somerset, who will give your lordship any further information, and whom I beg leave to recommend. I have the honour to be, &c. ARTHUR WELLESLEY.

Return of the Numbers of Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the Army under the Command of lieut.-gen. sir A. Wellesley, k.b., in action with the French army, commanded by Joseph Buonaparté in person, in front of the town of Talavera de la Reyna, on the 27th of July 1809.

General Staff; 1 officer killed.-14th Light Dragoons; 1 rank and file wounded.-1st Light Dragoons King's German Legion; 2 rank and file killed; 1 officer, 1 rank and file wounded; 1 rank and file missing.-Royal British Artillery; 2 rank and file wounded.-Royal Engi- | neers; 1 officer wounded.-1st Bat. Coldstream Guards; 1 officer killed; 1 officer, 2 rank and file wounded.-2d Bat. 24th Foot; 1 rank and file killed; 6 rank and file wounded; 5 rank and file missing.-1st Bat. 29th Foot; 10 rank and file killed; 1 officer, 42 rank and file wounded; 1rank and file missing. -2d Bat. 31st Foot; 1 officer, 1 serj., 22 rank and file killed; 4 officers, 3 serj., 85 rank and file wounded; 2 rank and file missing.-1st Bat. 45th Foot; 4 rank and file killed; 1 officer, 13 rank and file wounded; 7 rank and file missing.-1st Dat. 48th Foot; 8 rank and file wounded.-2d Bat. 48th Foot; 3 rank and file wounded-5th Bat. 60th Foot; 3 rank and file killed; 1 officer, 4 rank and file wounded; 1 dmr., 18 rank and file missing.-1st Bat. 61st Foot; 3 rank and file killed; 1 officer, 3 rank and file wounded.--2d Bat. 87th Foot; 1 officer, 26 rank and file killed; 10 Officers, 3 serjeants, 124 rank and file wounded;

Total-7 officers,

serjs. 122 rank and file killed; 24 officers, 17 sejs. 1 dmr. 465 rank and file wounded; 3 ollicers, 1 serj. 2 durs, 202 rank and file missing.

Names of the Officers killed, wounded, and missing, of the Army under the command of lieut. gen, sir A. Wellesley, k, b. in action with the French Army, commanded by Joseph Buonaparté in person, in front of the town of Talavera de la Reyna, on the 27th July, 1809.

Killed.-General Staff; capt. Fordyce, 81st reg, deputy adj. gen.-Coldstream Guards; Lodge.-1st Batt. 83th Foot; leuts. Graydon lieut. col. Ross.-2d. Bait. 31st Foot; capt. MDougal, 91st reg.-2d Batt. 87th Foot; and M·Carthy.—1st Batt. Detachments; dieut. Ensign La Serre.

Wounded.-1st Lt. Dregs. King's German Legion; lieut. Heimbruck, severely the arm. -Royal Engineers; capt. Boothby, severely in the thigh.-1st Batt. Cold-tream Guards; capt. and adj. Bryan, severely.-20th Foot; lieut. Popham, severely.--2d Batt. 31st Foot; capt. Coleman, licut. Geo. Beamish, severely ; ensigns Gamble and Sorden, slightly.-1st Batt. 45th Foot; lieut. col. Guard, severely. --5th Batt. 60th Foot; capt. Wolf, severely. -1st Batt. 61st Foot; major Coghlan, ditto. --2d Batt. 37th Foot; capt. Macrea, severely; capt. Sommersall, slightly; lieut. Kavanagh, ditto; lieuts. Bagnall, Kingston, Johnson, and Carroll, severely; ensign Moore, slightly; ensigns Knox and Butler, severely.-Rifle Corps, King's German Legion; captain During, slightly; lieutenant Holle, severely.-7th Line King's German Legion, adj. Delius, severely.

Missing 1st Batt. Detachments; captain Poole, 53d Foot; capt. Walsh, 91st Foot; and lieut. Cameron, 70th Foot.

Return of the numbers, killed, wounded, and

missing, of the Army under the command of lieut. gen. sir A. Wellesley, k. b. in action with the French Army, commanded by Joseph Buonaparté in person, at Talavera de la Reyna, on the 28th July, 1809.

General Staff; 4 officers killed; 9 officers