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r . I LIShON MAIL. VALENCIA D'ALCANTAR A, OCTOBER IL CHIEF STAVE OF THE FFFTH ARMY. ~The General of the van-guard, Conde de Penne, ha; directed the feilowing official dispatch to his Ex cellency lha Gencral in Chief of this army. Most Excellent Sir—l knew oa the lath, by par ticular advises; that the enemy had naarthed from Maeda, in number .5000 men, according to some ae. ants, altaough others made them am , unt to but 40(; 1 , o a f a inch 1000 to 1.500 were cavab s y.— Supi o ing that thelatter was the force of the enemy, )(air Excellency will see, that it was more than dou ble my force, and besides being superior in . number, they had field-pieces. I then was certain the intention of the. enemy was to beat me in detail, because Brigadier Murillo, second Commandant-General of the Infantry, was on that day in Torremacha. In the night, between the 12thand 13th, I ordered him to join me •in Caceres, and judging that the moved ent of General Girard would be combined with the divisions of the 'Tejo, and that in the night lie would pass a column in my rear, that is upon Arroi del Porco, I resolved to retreat upon the Saler,, passing through Casar de Cacius and Brozus, to pro tect by this means the parties stationed in Alcantara, Garativiihas, and other immediate places. . Having taken this resolution, I put the troop un- ' der arms at one in the morning of the 13th, and knowing that as General Girard was to march in the night between the 12th and 13th, he would soon be iu Caceres, I doubled my adyanced posts, giving orders that the small corps of sharpshooters, which acted as a reletve to them, as the enemy approached, should retire upon my first line of cavalry, posted in the road or Casar, without running any risk, since this w. , uld have produced the death of some men • 'is ithOut any utility. My second line was placed fOO paces in the rear, but ready to succour me ; the legion of Estremadura formed the corps of reserve. The infantry, in two columns, under the orders of Brigadier Murillo, tat rolled at two in the morning, to take a position t o oon.the heights which there are behind the town of Casar. The two companies of the sharpshooters of the Union and Legion regiments, posted in the en. trances leading to this place, had orders to retire be fore the last line of cavalry ; .by this I wished to let the enemy see I did not retire through fear, but in consequence of that just calculation, which-every Ce ntral should make before entering into any action Whatever, concerning the good or evil watch may result from it. Notwithstanding the repeated orders I gave the sharpshooters not to engage in any action, their va lour caused the loss ot ten men—the enemy suffered similarly, and bad one officea killed by Lieutenant 11. Ramon la roadie, who attacked and individually sabred them. _ Upon this a column of infantry de scended to the road of Casar, to sustain their cavalry, which made every effort to charge ours, who ever received charm sword in hand. The tnemy net discovering the whole of his force, convinced me that he concealed some movementupon ,my right sank,. and in consequence I gave directions to continue our march upon the road of Brocas.— Scarcely had oiquitted Cesar when I was informed the enemy's cavalry had attacked our right and left, /charging the intantry, who marched iu two columns supported by two columns of cavalry, and that the two coropantes of sharpshooters were in danger of not being nb.e to save thetraelyes, because they were in the rear of the infantry, on account of the beflr.Ce in which they had been employed ; I therefore gave ("r -aters to Colonel Espino, who commanded toe rear, to halt and save these two companies, which he punc tually executed, meriting the greatest eulogium. To the sienna C o mmandant-General I gave orders to place the infantry in a defensible position, whilst I was occupied in giving various_ directions to the ca valry, var,o, notwithstanding the difficulty of the ground, never ceased to give proofs of their bravery. Chiafs, Officers, and soldiers, all deserve the greatest praise fat the valour and intrepidity which they ma nifested during tie whole time the enemy pursued us, for the space of three leagues. The Coiefs, Officers, and soldiers of infantry, do notodeserve les;—they, with fixed bayonets, awaited the attacks _which the French cavalry continually made upon them, despising the snouts which the enemy gave. Colonel Darvine, who always seeks op portuniues of giving proofs ot his valour, attacked at the head of his cavalry. .Captain Hillier, of his Britannic Majesty's troops, gave to tie other infantry officers the beat example to valour, and-I intreat your Excellency will be pteased to make VA. known to las Excellency Lord Welling ton, with the thanks which I gave this officer for tins conduct. [He afterwards points out and eulogizes different lacers who distinguished themselves.] s o his Excellency Xavier Casinos, 6a.ozi,:a, Cimino 54. to the beneficence of Great Britain, it on the one hand our enemy has every where sca.tered destruc tion, desolation, and death, we have on the other a generous ally, who exerts herself to assuage our suf ferings, and as much as in her power to remedy our misfortunes and calamities. " Among all the unfortunateinhabitantsofourde laced provinces, you, worthy comrades, are those have the preference in the distributions which the gene. rous and benevolent hand of a powerful nation distri butes with an unheard-offiberality among our country. men. Our houses shaliberepaired, agriculture, distres sed in the extreme for want of cattle and seed, saon shall again flout ish ' - our golden slays shall return, and we shall again be happy as heretofore. " And what, my comrades, ought to be ur grate. ful return for such great, such unamited belefits ? merely the discharge of our obligations, your duties, that we may merit the eulogium of our country, our mother, and recompence as we ought, our faithful allies, from whom we have received on every occa sion assistance, succour, and protection. " Our amiable Sovereign, though at,a great dis tance front us, continually has his eyes fixed on us. He observes us as a tender father and a vigilant Prince, and he will munificently reward those who distinguish themselves in the defence. of the throne, religion, and their country. A thousand times have we sworn to sked the last drop of our blood for duties so sacred. Let us be firm, and desirous to be the sons of our country—let us engrave our-names in the temple of memory. Let us merit the applauses of our unconquered and faithful allies, and prove our selves worthy subjects of our immortal Sovereign. " Long lire the Prince Regent and all the Royal family ! Long live the Invincible George 111. ! and long live the Great British Nation ! (Signed) " DE Jost CLIMAILL. D'AZILVEDO MONZADA. QUI." OVIEDO, OCTOBER IS. We know that the French troops which had ad- Tanced to this side of Buena, have retrograded to Rabin, where they remain, extending their advanced posts to the bridge of Ajba. By an official dispatch from the Commandant cf the first section of the van-gnard, we know that the troops of the said section, who did not exceed 400 men, maintained a brilliant action in the neighbour hood of Torre de Rodriguez, defeating a very sure nor number of the enemy, with very tittle loss on our part. The French lost 60 Mien. We had two killed, and fifteen wounded. Our troops continua to occupy the line from Cailzan to Cabilhas. ocrosza 16. 2 That all and every person, a subject ..a King dom, wh-i leaves it without a passport from one or other of the above Secretaries of State, shall incur the punishment of denaturalizati. , n, and the loss u 4 his property and honours ; the simple fact of departure milieu% to incur such pains without any sentence tx declaration whatever. 3. That the Captains and Masters of Portuguese vessels shall be bound to snake declaration, on oath, that the 'individual& named jn their respective ship lists, really belong to their crew, under a penalty of 200,000 reis. 4. That the Consuls of £reign nations oblige the Captains of foreign ships to give security that they will not early away natives of this kingdom without passports from the above Secretaries ut State ; and that a copy of the present edict shall . be sent to each of the said Consuls, signed by the Intendant General of Police. 5. Lastly, that the Masters of foreign ships who carry out any Portuguese without the abovernentioned passport, shall be liableto a fine of WOO cruzadoes, to be paid into the Exchequer; that the boatmenwho take them on board the said ships, below the tower of Belem, shall be condemned to the loss of their boats, sails, Scc. fur a period of two years ; and, that no one may plead ignorance ef the present edict, at shall be published by the intendant of Police, both in this ca pito and in the provinces ; the said Intendant being charged with the execution of the same as welt as art the Civil and Military Authrri,ies in their several de partments. (Signed) By the Four Lords Governors of the Palace or . Govan:mat, Oct. IQ, 1811. ofthis kin) LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. 011 DER OF TITS TM'. •His Excellency the Gener.il in Chief cannot do otherwise than mauiie t Lis bat fiction at the bril liant comiuct of the ►an-guard division of this army, upon it, mtreat fium Cactre.s on the 13th inst. which it accomplished in face of evenly, who, by pur suing, enabled it to give the greatest pouf .••t its VA lour and discipline. His Exceltocy returns his thanks to Gen. Conde de ?Mike, f r having conducted these operations , with that judgment itA skid which se much distin guish him, and to all the Chiels,Officers,and s &hers of the van-guard, who on .that day so completely fulfilled their duty. ALEIRA, OC 10BER 4. The army or Sucher, According to the best ac counts, amounts to 20,000 man Ile garrison of the Castle of Sagunto consists of 3000 men, with provi sions for eight - months. Wt are assured, that, in consequence of the inef fectual assault made on that fortress, the enemy car ried off to their rear-gu-ird 7 carts full of wounded. All the inhabitants are animated with the best spirit, and full d confidence irr their chiefs. The scouts of *hi fnsileers of Flora incommode the loose parties of the enemy ; one of them has put to the sword twenty three French, and soother seat in seven bones they heti taken: • Ir ' . • • - • . . - la • • ' • PROCLAMATION OP TIII COLONEL or nil =ITU OP temp tothenh soaagthstandisi the laws sod prods- Lit atAes. Hill was to move from his madmen's SANTAREM. - * .• MMUMMVE #llkil have elpeasediT Prohibited the same 1 on t his expedition on the 22d. " Soldiers! you have fulfilled your duty in the ' and hsp Royal Highness being desirous of wernntang By the accounts which I have received from c i ai r ointg of defence entrusted to us. You hive under- such a shameful and PeTnicents abuse , ParUctdarlY as to the 15th ins.. I learn that Marshal Sachet ial psi. ,a moment when the greatest effort 4 are - necessary to gone excessive fatigues, and suffered a thousa n d vations; and, still preserving the most exact and rip- repel and frustrate the attempts df the common me- entered the kingdom of Valencia, from Turou, with rout cliseipline, you have merited the eulogiams of .my : he has thought fit, in conformity to the regula- 20,000 men, and had adyancel as far as MurviNtri. - the Government, and the thanks of our General, the tio n of the 9th of Januar y , 1792, to direct, that dur- He made three attempt to obtain possession of the chief reward to which a soldier who marches in the Mg the continuance of the present War, the edicts of fort of Sagunto, near that town, by escalade, on the career of honour and Flory ought to aspire. i the 6 th of September 1645, of the Bth of February, 4 ' Sent for a ccrtatn time to recover and restore the 4 th of July. and the sth of September, 1646. and 39th of last month. in all of which he was repulsed your strength in the bosom of yeur country, in the the 6th of December, 1660, be strictly and entirely with great loss, and left behind him his !addax, asylum of your homes, you have found (with horror , obserired ; and he has resolved in consequence : • He was still at Murviedro on the 4th inst. into Valencia. AU the strong holds of Val= • • I say it) your houses demolished, your temples pro - ! Ist. That no Minist e r resident in this capital, or in i In the mean time General Blake had thrown 1 7 4, . fatted, your sacred images mutilated, your fields ra- t h e p rovinces, s ha ll grant passports to leave the king- aett .. • vagcd, and finally, all your property, all your sub4s- . dons; and that perms who claim them shall apply tence, destroyed and annihilated. I only . to his Royal Highness,-throogh his ,Secretaries were occupied. and the greatest effiats were m 'king 44 It appears as if our enemy, degraded far below of State for foreign affairs and for war, or fir the to bring a large force into that kingdom, in order to kingdom,, his a ar. the human species, wished to render totally sterile and naval service, c onformabl y to ever y sucli applicant's • unr.oy the enemy's communications with unproductive the very land he laid waste, but thanks ; situation in life. I The utmost confidence appears by the accounts to be placed General Blake, and the people of Valencia appear determined to cooperate in resistance to the enemy. There has been no movement in the North since I last addressed your Lordship. Prenada, October se, Ist The detachment of the Army of the North, which WAS at Ledesma, moved from thence towards Sala manca on the '2Bth iast. Excepting that movement, the :mops of th, armies of the North and of Pot-Lt....31, have mach- none since I addressed you last. The last report I received from General Hill w dated at Malpartida de Caceres on the 26th. Gt.ae ral Girard retired from Caceres on that morning. By the list accounts which I have receised from Cadiz of the 18th, it appears that General Ballastr roc' had retired under the guns of Gibraltar; and that the French were at St. Roque, and had taker pos. ' session of Alges;rag. I have received no firther accounts f om Valencia. It appears from all the accounts which I have re ceived, that the Guerillas are increasing in numbers and boldness throughout the Peninsula One prty, under Temprano, lately retook, at the very gates of Talavera, Lieutenant-Colonel Grant, of tit, Pert..., pet& service, who had been taken in the Inin.ting of September in Upper Estramadura, while enaplen.- el in observation of the enemy's movemews. Bcsli the Empecinado and Mina were very successful against sr-me of the enemy's pests and detachasents, when their armies were lately collected for ,the of Ciudad Rodrigo t and Longa was likewise very successful in thoweighbourhood of Victoria, in tie middle and tow. rds the latter end of September. I.IIE Ll'L:`l tit; S'l'At:. LONDON. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 19. Plater OF !moms PHIS DAY AT ONE II'CLOCE per Ct. t. 4.415. 'or money 644--Ditto far mount 6lli $ iffirr Ct. Voilocr.i 63.1y.-4 per Cent 79{ Navy Fre Ct. 1061 97—Bolitis 17.. Ills. re.—Otonion BilW(sJ.) par to Qs. pm.—Ditto (Ct.i.) 31. Ss. preen. • •••••••••••••••111 The various statements w:fich He give ytsterdAy, on the suhi_ct of General victory, wise .o ample and accurate, that our Readers will find bur few additional particularf in the Gazette account, which will be seen in a preceding column. The Go. vernment t alker' of yesterday was. dated Forel.. Vifa, and not Liao*, November 18, which w s a mistake of the press. A copy of the above BulleLa was sent by the Marquis Wll.l,esurt to the Lora MAYOII. A Malta Mail arrived this morning, by which we have received Gibraltar ChAnicles to the 27th of October ; hut which; with the exception of the detai:a respecting the occupation of St. Roque by the (hems-, and with which we are already acquainted, contain no intelligence of interest. BALLASTEROS seems to be preparing to follow the French, who lett St. Roque in great haste. There i, no alteration in his MAJerry's state. The PeiNen ltconsvr was considerably recovcrel yesterday from the effects of his late accident. Admiral STIRLING wall proceed shortly to Jamaica in the Alumnus* frigate, to relieve Admiral Row. LAY in the naval command on that station. Since the determination of the Board of Trade, on Thursday last, regardiqg Licences, several represen tations have been made to that Body on the s.thjut, which have induced them to insert several alterations in the Resolutions they then adopted. It is now re quired, that for every hogshead of sugar weighing 1200 weight, one hogshead of wine only :ball be im ported; and for every £lOO value of British manu factures, whether woollen or cotton, one ton and a halt of wine may be received in a &hie] port. Where coffee is exported under licence, according to the for mer arrangement, it must be expressed that the cons modity is of a good and merchantable qual ty. The brigantine George, of New York, Joins 14141Entoy master, from Arundahl in Norway, bound for the Isle of Man, with deals and fir timber, was lately stranded n•ar the island of Strops, in the Pent. land Frith. She I.ly on the reef of rocks ealicd the Skerry, on the S.W. point of theisland, for s. , me days, but after taking out part of the cargo, was g. t off, and brought to the harbour of Thurso, where the remainder of the cargo has sine been I 'ruled.— The vessel's hull is considerably damaged, but be hewed to be capable of being repaited. Happily no limes were lost, but the master got himself sew . ' ely scalded, by being thrown by a jirk of the main.boom uptm 'the boiling coppers, soon after the vessel had struck upon the Skerry. I BOINPARTZ has ordered the Quirinal Palace at Rome to be repaired and ornamented, and it is re. with parental& he mauls speedily to visit shit serittl his &apes. . I. FOREIGN-OFFICE, NOVEMBIR IL A Dispatch, of which the following is an extract, has been ro c:Fred this morning by the Marquis Wellesley, from Charles Stuart, Esq. his Majesty's Minister at LJabou, eared Novem ber 2, 1811: The movement of General Girard on Caceres, induced General Hill to break up from Portalegre on the 22d. He reached Alburquerque on the 24th, and on - the 26th his Head-quarters were at Malpartida.— General Girard having fallen back from Caceres on this day to To, rem.tcha, was endeavouring to gain Merida, when General Hill came up with, and Sur. pried him at Arroya dos Molinos, on the morning of the 28th. One column of the French hqd proceeded on the road to Merida before the commencement of the action, and although pursued, will probably be ena bled to cross the Guadiana, before the arrival of our troop. Genial Girard was badly wounded, and escaped to the mountains with about 300 men, fol lowed by the Spanish corps under General Murillo ; '2OO French were killed and 1000 taken, including Generals &on and Prince d'Aremberg, two Cole nels, and 40 Officers, with all their artillery and baggage• LETTER FROM TILE FIRST SECS4ON OP THE VANAUARD OF THE SEVENTH ARM, TO THE SUPERIOR JUNTA. Most Excellent Sir—On the first inst. at three in the afternoon, I knew that the enemy, consisting of I'2oo infantry and 100 horse, attacked the pints of Cabizon; Sol, and Udeas, and that my advanced posts which were there had retired to Tucenho and S. Vicente de Monte, where they remained till seven the following morning, when they opened their fire and obliged our light troop. to retire to Roizen, on whose heights were situate the section under my command. Shortly after the second French column appeared, and by four points attacked our position, which we were obliged to abandon after two hours firing, for the top of the mountain where all the roads join. Here, placing my left in a wood, I again offered them battle, which they would not accept and in consequence I advanced to my first position,' which the enemy had abandoned, taking the direc- Freneda, October 23, ism Lion of Cumillas. The loss of the enemy consisted The enter rise of Don Julian Sanchez to carry off of 60 men, 'and mine in two killed and 15 wounded. I have the satisfaction of having prevented these val- the cattle from Ciudad Rodrigo, adverted to in my leys from having been plundered and laid under last dispatch, was very well conducted and very sue contributions, the only obi. ct t-f the enemy. cessful. During the night of the 14th, he posted his (Signed) C. RALO. troops near the places at which he had been informed Torre de Rodriguez, October 4. that the cattle from the garrison were usually brought The intelligence received from Spain by the Cou to graze in the morning, and ht expected that they rier of yesterday is extremely interesting. The prin cipality of Catalonia has taken a new turn lately, to j would come to the ground on the left bank of the that which had been observed since the taking of Agueda, between the hills en the El Bodon road and Tarragona and the Castle of Figueras. , the fort, and he placed two detachments of cavalry General Lacy, In whom ta the inhabitants of Ca behind these hills The Governor, General Regnauld, lonia have the utmost confidence, has adopted such energctical measures, and which have produced such had come out of the fort and across the Agueda, Advantageous results, that all the provinces of the attended by some Staff Officers, and escorted by a principality and the kingdom. of Arragon are again 'party of about 20 cavalry; and he was surrounded !xy reanimated, and their inhabitants so resolutely deter- ,Do detachments mined to exterminate the enemy, that we may expect the French will suffer considetahle losses. Captain-General Blake has also changed the aspect hills, n Julian's and was taken with two of his e sc o r t, under as soon as he entered the . the fire of the guns of the place.—The remainder of of things throughout the whole extent where his rapid the escort escaped, one of the Officers attending the and well-directed operations have been felt. The Castle of Sagunto, alter experiencing sever al assaults from the enemy, completely repulsed them ' , . with immense loss ; so that we have the best found- u ;Governor shi having been wounded. le r oll y afterwards, Don Julian'i detachments on ight of the Agueda, drove off the greatest num. ed hopes that the troops of Suchet, who proudly her of the cattle which had been sent to graze under considered the taking of Valencia as a mere trifle, the guns of the fort, on that side of the River. will repent of an undertaking which was represented The enemy's troops, in front o f t hi s arm y, h ave as so easy. made no movement of importance since I addressed In our following Diaries, we will give the para. culars of these int resting,events. your Lordship last. A detachment of the ar my o f t h e • LISBON, OCTOBER ea. . north, which had crossed the Tonnes with a view to ROYAL EDICT. plunder the-country between that rivea t i ut the Yeltes, It having been represented to the Prince Regent has returned to their cantonments, deriving our Lord, that many persons, ft rgetful that the de- much advantage from this exp e di t i on . fence of their country is a sacred duty, dictated by . I have directed General Hill to endeavour to force ' reason and nature,- resort to all means in order to el; A A:41,4,...' of . 3 ._ ga. ,. from the recruiting service, even retiringfront ' rar ' 's w" — "*"", " "M s t° Teti" from Ca' el: from the vessels wh i c h l eaw J o; ports , on b oar d awes, E. in that position, they distress for provisions . which trney am"idinitted without the neceesary N.W.:. the troops 'tuttler . ,the tootle de Pone Villantur' - sad potts, or with such pauparts as are inconsiderately d erma l m il it os 6444 to Central c ost i sooo . - , ow DOWNING-STRUT, NOVEMBER 19. Dispatches, of which the following are extracts, have boon this day received at Lord Liverpool's Office, addressed to his Lord ship by General Viscount Wellington, dated Freneda, itd and Seth of October, 1811 :