The National Register. — London, England, 1808-11-21 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. duplicates of a dispatch which he had sent to the President of the Supreme Central Junta of Government at Aranjuez, and is as follows : " ,iosT EXLELLEN. sin, " The enemy having received great reinforcements from .France within these : few days, atal having collected the whole Of their forces into one hod, attacked yesterday our troops posted at Sornosa, s ho. fought w ith great bravery ; but after au action that lasted the whole of the day, they were forced by th, enemy's superior number, who threatened to cut them oft, to abandon their positions. 1 cannot yet inform your Excellency of the amount ofour loss, or of the particulars of the action, not having yet received the reports of the Commanders of the divi sions engaged. A thick mist, which concea:ed the movements of the' enemy, favoured greatly his attack. Wherever I was pr.-scot. I witnessed the utmost bravery on the part of our Ge nerals, o.ac-rs, and Soldiers, and from the obstinate resistance which they made to the enemy in VVCIN point where they were attacked, 1 am persuaded that th.. , v have all behaved themselves like true Spaniards, and in this conviction, and in the belief that the enemy has suffered enormously, I am confirmed by his not attempting to follow us. When I saw the troops falling back, and the greater part of them taking the direction of the high road, I formed a junction of the different corps engaged in the action, and led them to the Sierra of Viscargui, on the left flank of the enemy, from whence, after allowing them to rest for about two hours, I marched them by Legama to the Heights of Bilboa, the rear guard of the army being covered in this retreat by the Marcella de Camp, De Nicholas Malty, and this morning I left them at 'Whoa under the command of that officer, while I proceeded to take new positions for the army, adapted to its present circumstances, availing myself for that purpose of the Asturian troops, the army come from the North, and the second division of Gallicia, which were not engaged in the action. I communicate the whole to your Excellency, for the information .of the Supreme Junta. " God preserve your Excellency many years. " Rirandegui, Nov. 1, 180 S. jOAQVIM BLARE. "To his Excellency Count Florida Blanca." " P. S. I am this instant informed, that the whole of the Trench army has appeared before !Whoa, in consequence of which, and the orders given to General Malty, that town will be evacuated, and the troops under his command. will fall hack to join the rest of the army, the head-quarters of which I mean to establish at Valmaseda." -- "Networ• • BATTLES OF THE 91sT OF OCTOBER AND UR OF NOVEMRER. The following is the substance of the of f icial account On the 31st of October, - four 'divisions of General Blake's army were attacked by 23.000 French. After fighting as be came val hot Spaniard- during the ?whole day, General Blake, is order to prevent being surionatieil,sleteriniued to fall back, and to form a junctiincn kb 'the divisio ns of the . Asturialis and the Marquis de la Romanic. ' The retreat waiteonducted in the best order, without the toss of cannon, coloun, .pribouers. They halted during the night of the ist of IS - ovens - her, at Bilbon. (ieneral Blake having'resolved to take pout at Valtaaseda, the army marched on the 2d for 'another position, where it was joined by the Asttiriali, the trOops 'or the North, and the fourth division of Galicia ; a small detachment having been left,at BUNN'. On the SI, the French appeared before that city in great force, and the few troops that were there evacuated it in good order, and fell back on Vatmaseda. " In the action of the 314 t, all the divisions displayed the greatest gallantry, ia maintaining their positiem against a very superior force during the whole day, with unexampled energy, and left the field of battle with reluctance; the enemy. notwitn standiog his superiority, was unable to gain a toot of ground. The loss of the Spaniards was considerable, but that of the French much greater ; so that they were incapahle of molesting the Spaniards in their retreat, which was effected in the most orderly manner, without the loss of a single knapsack. The army being concentrated at Valmaseda, General Blake received information, on the 4th, that a division of the enemy, consisting of 10,000 men, was marching• on the heights of Ontara, with a view of cutting off a division of his army posted in that ' lie therefore put his troops in motion at • day-break of 3th, and at one o'clock attacked the enemy. After an ob stinate battle, which lasted sill dark, he completely put them to the nitd i with'great slaughter, and the 10.. s of many prisoners, one howitzer, two ammunition waggons, and a vast quantity of NOV. 21 pros i ; as. Till 11 o'clock of the night of the sth, Whet. tie at: !t was sent off, prisoners and baggage continued to teroup,!:t in. The number and rank o f th e prisoners cannot he exactly stated, as our troops c on t inue d t h e parfait, and there was the best founded hopes they w o uld b e a bl e to capture a great part of the French division, who, finding their retreat by .he higa road cut &tiled by the edge of the mountains, sit'i Ong the collie., in which direction they svere closely pursueo. 9 11 the morning of the 6111, all the ar•ny marched forwl:a : a n d c..rnestly solicited permission to enter !Whoa at the pot,.; tht bayonet. We anxiously await the result Of this c. • •;;Lise, which, there h every reason to hop,., , tilt prove sue... :ul." PHOVINCIAk.. The body of a man, quite naked, and a shorkin: spectarle, was found last week on the sea-coast of an unfrequeuted part of Gower, near Swansea, which iiad been throu it on shore by the tido. After an inquest had been held by J. C. Collins, Esq. Coroner, the remains of the unfortunate unknown was Ini• ried. A ludicrous circumstance occurred on the night of the 25th tilt, at Broomhill, near Whaling. Some villains attempted to rob the burn of Mr. John Pratt, of that place, but while they were breaking in, two chimney sweepers who were lodged therefor the purpose of starting early in the teeming with their work at the farmer's, were roused by the not-e, and one of theta calling out " I am coming," the depredators scampered off in great terror. A few days ago, as the workmen employed in making the new turnpike-road on Odd Down, near Bath, where cutting through an embankment, the!tliscovere.la heap of human bones and skull=, some of the latter a ith teeth nearly a perfect state; !apposed to be the remains of the people alai.. in the Crumwel lian wars. COUNTRY MARKETS, PROM SOURCES TEAT MAY BE DEPENDED ON Nov. Alresfurd Andover I7 Ash borne Banbury Basingstoke l7 Birmingham 17 Boston l6 Canterbury l2 Cambridge 12 1 Chesterfield l2l Chichester Devizes . 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