The National Register. — London, England, 1813-08-22 00:00:00

I ATTGIT -,.. 1 li F The g'orions intelligence so confidently anticipated in our lets', leached t is exu'ting metropolis at one o'clock on Monday mornieg. Its hearer was.. the Prince of ORANGE, and its attival was proclainied by a Royal Salute from the Park and it(!wer guns. The dispatches were published the same eveninl. in ,tt Extraoidin ery llazette, which was hn thediarely tra lived in•o French and German, and several msand coi.!es scot to the Continent tir distribUtion The , hi• new vast re is now spread over the %mild, .and such ttaitinued successes on our part, must have at last to- Wry dispel d the min in which ti•e aim. of Fiance were holden h: ensla,ed na'ions, whi. deemed their conouerors inviocibie heroism has, broken the spell, and k:t cited corre,notalinv spn it amongst Continental States. Not onk•Sov eieigns ate awakened, but their subjects are moved, and tl.(;. :treat 'fomilv of Europe bezlins to think se iioo.dv of shaking off, the yoke of their c•mmon pp; essor. r.Time deuiils of the obtain. to efingemen.s, which after five days amios; ineess.int 6.1 tin , * terminated in the retreat of enernv beyond the Spanist , frontlet, will be read with iote , -est in he dis r a,ches themselves. We • -' llo o eVer, give a brief outline of these important and glo operations. 'With elr• events up to the 20th of July, the reports of. the eilemy had, last week, made us acquainted. All the ad a',lttaAes whit h iris superiotitv of force bad enabled him to obtain, wet .-ontincd to the occupation of the Puerto de lkayie. On the .27th, mid \\ ELLING TOv joined. his army f out S , Sebastian at and Iluarte, thus throwing himself hew en Pampeluna and ti,e enemy, who vainly en deavoured to reach that town, though he bad penetrated within a few in les of it. Het e the fiist serious engagement occurred Ala the repulse of the French begin.. They attacked a IA on the .ight, the possession of which would enable them to cominunit. , te with Pampcluna. This post was chiefly defended by the Portuguese, who maintained it bravely until they were relieved bv the Briish 40 h . = and two Spithish regiments. Notwithstanding his repealed effints, the ceemv was unable to. carry the hill, and on the 28th +he sixth division of infantry having.joined our army. was also exposed to the most ,impettioos attacks which ,very repulsed with the utmost gallantry. The assonants would have found it di ffi cult to make good their retreat, had not other corps of their army advanced and ex tended the hAtle on the who'e line. Every whyre they were repulsed with considerable loss, excel t where the 10th Portuguese Regiment was posted. Pressed by su perior numbers, it gave way, and rendered it necessary for the adjoinieg British regiment to quit its post, whilst the enemv for a moment established himself on our line But the advance and the bayonet s of the 28th and 48th soon drove him down the hi; immense loss. Foiled in his .attempts to pierce our centre, the enemy bad recourse to a feint. Ile left on 0,,50u %es l steep heights in our front, what appeweil to he the whole of his army, whilst he sect etly moved the greatest portion of his force bt:hind othe , hills to his right, to fall with superior numbers upon our left under Ser ROWLAND HI LL, stationed at some ,lis tance from our centre. This sinful manoeuvre did not de ceive our Comniander. Notwithstanding the difficulties of the opt red. he attacked the troops the enemy bad left behind him, (hove them from their position, and followed them till he reached the le-it of his main army, then pressing hard upon Gen. HILL,' who, compelled to retire before such a force, had taken a second pOsltion, which he defended with the most undaunted, though almost hopeless intrepidity. The enemy no sooner perceived Lord NV Et I,ING TON threaten __ • . Tag 14-11164 A mouro;NZaimm 1 VICTORIES. . L'itr.GisT ing his rear, than be desisted from his attaek, and in the course of the night effected his retreat. Sir ROWL AND .111 L L then became the assailant in his-turn, and joined in the pursuit On the 31st the French had fallen back to the pass of Donna Maria, from .wheuce they were driven, after a brave resistance, by. Sir Row ANn and Lord DA enoust Oa the •2d instant they still occupied the Puerto de Echelar with two divisions, and their whole army ranged behind. But being gallantly attacked by Major-Gen. BARNES'S Brigade. they retired entirely ieto France, where the pursuit ceased. In all these actions the enemy is strted !in the letter-to the 1.0 R D MAVon, for Lord WLILINGTO N'S dispatches-do not mention the amount) to have lost about 15,600 men; killed, wounded, and prisoners, whilst the loss of the Allses, even comprehending - that :e pet iencel before St. Sebastian, does not exceed 8,400.. Previous to entering Spain, SOUL T had issued a Proclamation, informing his army that he had or ders to drive us beyond the Ebro, and for that purpose to bad brought with •him a train of artillery, and a corps of ca valry, which could only he of use after he had crossed the mountains of Navarre Those he sent back by a difirent road as soon as be commenced his retreat, so that they re entered France in safety. A convoy Of provisious, destined for Pami'elnna, however fell into our hands. The value of the..e glorious tiiumphs will be better appre ciated.. when it is known that they were contested on the part of the enemy with greater skill and mote resolute cou rage than on any former occasion. Their columns were headed by troops that had never yet been engaged with the English, and whose manceuvring was beautiful. SouLT himself was personally very , conspicuous, and narrowly escaped being tAert. His officers ako distinguished them selves most honourably : many were seen with colours in their hands, leading on their men—others with drums beat ing,. at the head of theme troops ; hut the soldiers, though brave, were not thourlit fully equal to their officers. The ammunition of•the besiegers before Si. Sebastian being expended, and the approach - of SOULT rendering it doubt ful whether it might not be necessary for our army to re treat still further, the siege was raised on the 2.gth of July. the trenches abandoned, "and the battering artillery embark ed. We have not yet received the English detail of this slperation, but private letters state, that two hundred Per tuguese having remained too long in the trenches, were made prisoners by the garrison. The siege, we understand, has not yet been resumed. SOUL T, it is asserted, his already been powerfully rein forced, and has reoccupied the Puerto de Bera, a o:emen d, us pass, excellently fortified by art, and pos , essing great natural advantages, preparatory to a new inroad into Spain, to relieve Pampeluna. It is thought that be will move round our right by the Jaca pass, which leads to Sal agos,a and the Ebro, and thus endeavour to get into our rear, or com pel us to retreat to avoid being cut off. CL AUZEI, it wa s added, had already moved in that direction. On the other hand, Lord WELLINGTON had ordered up all his cavalry, which induced a belief that he intended to enter France, where alone it could act. The following letters from the Army, contain some additional interesting particulars. Extract from a letter dated the 3d of Angtst :—" We never yet saw such desperate fighting, or experienced resistance so obstinate as on these days (the 28th and 30th). The manoeuvres of the enemy were admirable, and all his positions chosen with-infinite skill, either for attack or defence, victory or defeat. He could as=ail us from most of his crowned points with great advantage, or he could reinforce and protect his troops on these stallions with celerity and effect. If successful, they -4 .St