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Newspaper
Java Government Gazette
Location
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Date
Apr 17, 1813
Page
5
The Gazette records orders that officers serving with temporary rank in seven regiments shall receive permanent rank from the date of their commissions. The move formalizes tenure in the British army and affects officers across multiple corps.
War Office announces brevet promotions to majors and lieutenant colonels in the army including Major Hartman and Major Archdale. Crowds cheer Lord Wellington at St Pauls Mansion House and Somerset House as Lord Wellesley salutes the king, prince and duke after receiving public thanks.
His Majesty grants Arthur Marquis of Wettington a royal augmentation to the Wellesley arms. The grant, by the Prince Regent, commemorates Arthur Wellington’s leadership in Spain and Portugal and the recent victory near Sala fan, with the new badge featuring the Crosses of St George St Andrew and St Patrick.
Lord Wellington rode in a plain carriage through central London after an illumination display. A vast cheering crowd followed from Charing Cross to St. Paul’s and the Mansion House before returning via Piccadilly and Apsley House, praising his conduct and military service in Europe and India.
A report from the War Department in Downing Street dated August 16 1812 details Lord Clinton delivering dispatches about a general action near Salamanca on the evening of the 22d, with allied troops under General Wellesley pursuing the retreating French forces and positions at Tormes and Arapiles. It notes the movement of divisions and cavalry, fortifications, and the enemy’s attempts to turn the allied left while describing the captures and casualties. The letter also mentions the enemy crossing the Douro and assembling near La Nava del Rey, with continued operations through July 24 1812.
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