an attack made by the enemy on our position in front of the citadel of Bayonne on the 14th instant. Yesterday morning, a considerable time before day-break, the enemy made a sortie and attack in great force, principally on the left and centre of our position of St. Etienne, in front of the citadel. The left of the position was occupied by picquets of Major-General Hay's brigade: the brigade itself had been directed to form in case of alarm near the village of Boucaut, as it was merely serving provisionally on this side of the Adour; the centre by picquets of the 2d brigade of guards, and the right by picquets of the 1st brigade of guards. Major-General Hay was the general officer of the day in command of the line of outposts; and I regret much to say, was killed shortly after the attack commenced, having just given directions that the church of St. Etienne should be defended to the last. The enemy, however, by great superiority of numbers, succeeded in getting in towards the left of the village, and got momentary possession of it, with the exception of a house occupied by a picquet of the 38th regiment, under Captain Forster of that corps, and who maintained himself till the support coming up, Major-General Hinuber, with the 2d line battalion, King's German Legion, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Bock, inmediately attacked and re-took the village. The enemy attacked the centre of our position likewise in great numbers, and by bearing in great force on one point, after a sharp resistance, they succeeded in compelling one of our picquets to retire, and which enabled him to move up a road in the rear of the line of picquets of the centre of the position, and which compelled the other picquets of the 2d brigade of guards to fall back till the support arrived up to their assistance, when the enemy was immediately charged, and the line of posts reoccupied as before. Major-Gen. Stopford, I regret to say, was wounded, when the command of the brigade devolved on Colonel Guise. In consequence of the enemy having gained temporary possession of some houses which had been occupied by the picquets of the centre of the position, Col. Maitland found the enemy was in possession of ground on the rear of his left, and immediately advanced against him rapidly with the 3d battalion 1st gu rds, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. W. Stewart, on a ridge of ground which runs par liel with the roads, and Lieutenant-Colonel Woodford, of the Coldstream, as cending the hill at the same time by a simultaneous charge, these two corps immediately dislodged the enemy, and re-occupied all the posts which we had before possess ed; and from the time the enemy was dislodged, he did not shew the least disposition to renew the attack. Colonel Maitland expressed his satisfaction at the conduct of both his officers and men, and also his obligation to Lieutenant-Col. Woodford, for his prompt concurrence in the movements abovementioned. It was towards the right that Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope was taken. In endeavouring to bring up some troops to the sup port port of the picquets, he came unexpectedly in the dark on a party of the enemy; his horse was shot dead and fell upon him, and not being able to disengage himself from under it, he was unfortunately made prisoner. I regret to say that from a letter I have received from him, I find he was wounded in two places, but in neither of them dangerously; you will easily conceive, Sir, that only one feeling, that of the greatest regret, pervades all the troops at the Lieutenant-General's misfortune. The enemy having commenced their attack between two and three o'clock in the morning, a considerable part of the operations took place before daylight, which gave them a great advantage from their numbers; but whatever end they might propose to themselves by their attack, I am happy to say it has been completely frustrated, as they effected no one object by it, except setting fire to one house in the centre of our position, which, from being within three hundred yards of their guns, they had rendered perfectly untenable before, whenever they chose to cannonade it. From the quantity of fire of every description which the enemy brought on us, you will easily conceive our loss could not be inconsiderable. In Major-General Hay, who was well known to you, his Majesty's service has lost a most zealous and able officer, who has served a considerable time in this army with great distinction. The loss of the enemy must, however, have been severe, as he left many dead behind him, and he was afterwards observed burying a good number of men. In regard to prisoners, we had no opportunity of making many, from the facility the enemy possessed of immediately retiring under the guns of their works. To Major-Generals Hinuber and Stopford, and Colonel Maitland, commanding brigades, as well as to Colonel Guise, who took the command of the 2d brigade of guards after Major-General Stopford was wounded, I beg to express my best thanks for their exertions and promptitude during the affair, as well as to LieutenantColonel the Hon. A. Upton, As-. sistant - Quarter - Master-General, and to Lieutenant-Colonel Dashwood, Assistant-Adjutant-General of the Division, from both of whom I received every assistance, and also from Captain Battersby, my Aid-de-Camp, till he was wounded. I must also express my thanks to Lieutenant-Colonel M'Donald, the Assistant-Adjutant-General of the left column, for his assistance, he having joined me after Lieut.Gen Sir John Hope was wounded. Indeed, all the troops throughout the whole business behaved with the greatest gallantry. I am, &c. (Signed) K. A. HOWARD, Commanding 1st Division. P. S. I omitted to mention that Major-General Bradford had moved up one battalion of the 24th Portuguese regiment of his brigade, in the support of the brigade of the King's German Legion, when Major-Gen. Hinuber drove the enemy from the village of St. Etienne, in the early part of the morning. Colonel Maitland also reports to me, that he received great assistance from LieutenantColonel Burgoyne, of the Royal Engineers, who had been charged Total British Loss I general staff, 1 major, 3 captains, 3 lieutenants, 3 serjeants, 2 drummers, 129 rank and file, killed; 1 gene ral staff, 2 lieutenant-colonels, 2 majors, 10 captains, 16 lieutenants, 2 ensigns, I staff, 27 serjeants, 5 drummers, 370 rank and file, 1 horse, wounded; I general staff, 3 captains, 1 lieutenant, I ensign, 7 serjeants, 2 drummers, 218 rank and file, missing. Total Portuguese Loss-8 rank and file killed; 2 captains, 1 serjeant, 18 rank and file, wounded; 3 rank and file missing. WAR DEPARTMENT. Downing-street, May 8, 1814. Captain Milnes, Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant-General Lord William Bentinck, K. B. has arrived at this office, bringing a dispatch, addresssed by his lordship to Earl Bathurst, of which the following is a copy: Genoa, April 20, 1814, My Lord,-My dispatch of the 6th instant will have made your lordship acquainted with the occupation of Spezia, and with the movement of the troops down to that period. Upon my arrival at Leghorn, I near Sestri. On the 12th, Major-General Montresor's division drove the enemy from Mount Fascia and ed himself in the advanced posiNervi; and on the 13th establish tion of Sturla. The country was extremely mountainous and difficult, and the troops met with considerable opposition. On the 16th, dispositions were made for attacking the enemy, who had taken a very strong position in front of Genoa; his left upon the forts Richelieu and Tecla, his centre occupying the village of St. Martino, and from thence extending to the sea, through a country the most impassable I ever saw, thickly covered with country houses, only communicating with each other by narrow lanes between high walls. On the 17th at day-break the attack began. The 3d Italians, under Lieut.- Colonel Ceravignac, attacked with great spirit a height in front of Fort Tecla, drove away the enemy, and took three mountain guns. A part of the 3d Italians moved up the hill towards Fort Richelieu: while Lieutenant-Colonel Travers, descending from Mount Fascia, with the Calabrese and Greeks, got possession of the highest part of the hill above the fort, and some of his men pushed forward actually under the wall, when the garrison, afraid of being taken by escalade, surrendered. Fort Tecla was hastily evacuated, and the greater part of the enemy's force made prisoners. The fortunate possession of these strong forts, together with the heights, completely exposed the enemy's left, which in consequence retired. The attacks upon the enemy's right were made in three columns by Major-General Montresor's division, supported by that of LieutGeneral Macfarlane. The troops advanced with great vigour, and although the intersected state of the country enabled the enemy to maintain himself for a considerable period, his left being turned, he was obliged at last to retire precipitately into the town. The impossibility of making use of artillery, and the cover every where afforded both to the attackers and defenders, prevented any serious loss on either side. At noon, the army, under cover of the houses, took a position within 600 yards of the narrowest and most assailable front of the town, from whence the very bottom of the wall was discovered, and the defences could be easily destroyed. Preparations were immediately and with great activity made by Lieut.-Col. Lemoine, commanding the artillery, and Captain Tylden, the principal engineer officer, for the construction of the necessary batteries; and it was hoped that an assault might have been given on the following day. On the same day Sir Edward Pellew's squadron came in sight, and anchored in front of Nervi. In the evening a deputation of the inhabitants, accompanied by a French officer, came to beg that I would not bombard the town; they urged me to agree to a suspension of arms for a few days; during which, from the accounts from France, it would appear, that peace must be made. I answered, that these were arguments to use to the French commandant, but not to me. It was for the French general to abandon a town he could not defend, and for me to push an advantage which fortune had put within my reach. The next morning several communications passed between myself and the French general, whose object was to gain time, in the hope that some arrangement elsewhere might avert the necessity of his surrender; but as I would not listen to his propositions, it was at last agreed that commissioners should be appointed on either side: by whom the enclosed convention was made, and the French garrison will march out to-morrow morning. It is now three years since Lieut.-Gen. Macfarlane has acted as my second in command; and upon this, as upon all occasions, I am most thankful for his cordial and honourable co-operation and assistance. Το In the whole course of the service, the navy have borne a distinguished part. To Captain Sir Josias Rowley, who conducted the naval part of the expedition, I have to express my particular acknowledgments; I am equally indebted for his advice, as for his hearty and most effectual co-operation. From the energy and bravery of the Hon. Capt. Dundas, who was principally charged with the directions ashore, and who took an active part with his marines and guns in the military operations, the army derived the utmost assistance. I regret to say, that in this service, Lieutenant Mapleton, First of the Edinburgh, was wounded. I beg to recommend him, through your lordship, to the favourable consideration of the Lords of the Admiralty. Captain Hamilton, of the Rainbow, rendered essential service to the advanced corps of the army. I have the honour to enclose returns of the killed and wounded. There have been found in Ge noa a very considerable amount of naval and military stores, of which exact returns will be transmitted as soon as they can be prepared. I have the honour to be, &c. W. C. BENTINCK, Lieut.-General. CONVENTION concluded be. tween Lieut.-Gen. Macfarlane, stipulating in the name of his Excellency Lord Wm. Bentinck, Commander-in-Chief of the combined Army acting on the coast of Genoa, and Sir Charles Rowley, Bart. Commander of the Squadron under the orders of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, Bart. Commander-inChief of the English fleet in the Mediterranean, on one part ; and the Chevalier Dubignon, Colonel, commanding the 28th Legion of Gendarmerie, and the Chevalier Chopia, Inspector of Revenues in the 28th Military Division, stipulating, in the name of Baron Fresia, General of Division, Chief Commandant of the Fortress of Genoa, on the other part. Art. I. The fortress of Genoa shall be given up to the combined English and Sicilian troops. All hostilities, therefore, cease from this moment between the troops and the garrison of Genoa. Art. II. The said combined troops shall take possession of the city of Genoa to-morrow morning, at five o'clock; that is to say, they shall occupy at that hour the gates Pille and del Arco, as well as the quarter of La Pace, situated between those gates. They shall likewise occupy, at the same hour, Fort Quetze, and all the other ex |