The National Register. — London, England, 1811-11-17 00:00:00

:•,/~ -.-- Tilt NATIO • After having driven the enemy beyond the Guadalaviar. I have secured his complete dispersion. lam now about to push with celerity the works of the siege of Murviedro. Blake has remained in Valencia, the tranquil spectator of two combats, in which three divisions of his army have been de feated. Some peasants bad endeavoured to form an assemblage at Onda and latcena ;* Meneau; Chief of Battalion of the 121st, killed their Chief, with about 150 of his people, and dispersed the rest ; these villages are occupied, and restored to tranquillity. The garrison of the fort of I'eniscola attempted a sally on the st instant, and with one piece of cannon attacked our advanced post at La Venta • the Chief of Battalion, Ronfor, of the 114 th, in consequence hvanced to support the post; the enemy Was repulsed with loss, and left in our hands one Officer and eight soldiers prisoners. The works of San Carlos de la Rapita are advancing rapidly, and in a few days will be in a respectable state of defence. I in, with respect, &c. Marshal Count SUOMI'. Camp at Murviedro, Oct. :3, 1811. ' l'Auts, Nov. s.—On the 29th ult. his Majesty returned by way of Deventer to the castle of Lou. On the :10th their Majesties set out fur Nimeguen ; they passed through Arnheim. On the :11st the Emperor took his departure early in the morning for Wesel. The Empress set out for Dusseldorf, where she was to I pass the night. PALACE Or Loo, Oct . . 9.B.—Their Majesties condescended to accept the fete which was offered to them by the city of Amster- dam. It took place on the 22. d. PARIS, Ocr. I.—Gen. Daendels, Governor-General of the I , Island of Java, has arrived in France by the corvette the Sappho. Ile brings the most satisfactory accounts of the state of :hat colony. The news of the union had been brought by the brig Claudius Civilis, which arrived in February, and was received with pleasure. Gen. Jansen ' appointed Governor-General by the Emperor , had arrived at Batavia on the 25th of April, with three frigates. On the 16th of May Gen. Daendels delivered up to him his au thority in presence of an assembly of the Supreme Council of the Indies. On the '2O t h Gen. Jansen received the Constituted Au thorities, who took the oaths in his presence. In June he re ceived the oaths from the Kings and Princes of the country, who have testified the greatest joy on the new situation of the colony. On the 16th of May, Gen. Daendels, by a Proclamation, noti fied his resignation, and recognised his successor. A Proclamation of Gen. Jansen, dated the 4th of June, alludes to an order of his predecessor, by which the inhabitants were prohibited from having in their houses more than two vases full of purified water; directing that the same precaution be resumed, should the city be declared in a state of siege. It would appear that the fears of an immediate landing of the enemy were dis p, lled. The army was in good condition, and the necessary measures were taken for the defence of the island. IMPERIAL DECREE. Palace of Amsterdam, Oct. 13, 1811. Napoleon, by the Grace of God and t he Constitution, Emperor of the French;, &c. &c. We have decreed, and do decree as follows:- 1. The Deputies to the Legislative Body from the departments of the Zuyelerzee, the Mouths of the Meuse, the Mouths o! the Issel, of Friezeland, of West Ems, and of East Ems, shall assem ble in Council, at Amsterdam, under the presidency of the Arch-Treasurer, Governor-General, on Thursday the 17th of October. . Our Minister of the Interior is charged with the execution of the present Decree. (Signed) NAPOLEON. Count Darn, Minister Secretary of State. SPAIN. OFFICIAL LETTER. PROM DON JOSE OBISPO TO GENERAL O'DONNELL• " The necessity of supporting the flying column, under the command of Lieut.-Gen. Don Antonio Garcia De los Rios ; which, in consequence of the orders of his Excellency, the Ge neral in Chief had lett Segorbe on the morning of the 30th ult. and the consideration merited by a village which had generously maintained these troops, was the cause of the action of that day, of which I have not a been able to give your Excellency an account 'betore for want of the Lecessary information relative to the dif ferent corps engaged. " When on the 9.Bth of the same month I retired from Turret Torres, for the reasons that I stated to your Excellency, lest in 4oPiga 'the Captain of the ilrit battalion of volunteers of Wagon, U • ~~ AL REGIST Don Mariano Moreno, with a detachment of 2CO iufantry and so horse, in order to observe the enemy and his movements on the high road, making frequent reconnoitrings in front. .On the 519th the enemy's scouts advanced to Torres Torre•, whence, having no doubt discovered our position, they returned to their former posts, " On the 00th, at eight in the morning, the Officer before. mentioned sent me notice that the enemy was advancing in force, and that his advanced guards had already began to fire. I im mediately gave orders to the column under the command of l.ieut -Col. Don Antonio de los Rios to hasten his mai ch to sup- . port 111th, and repulse and pursUe the enemy, if his force per mitted. At nine o'clock I again received advice that the van guard of zhe enemy amounted to 2200 infantry and 200 horse, un which account it was judged proper to retreat by the high road. Considering therefore that the column of V.ios, consisting only of the battalion of Avila, 145 men of the regiment of Caritseua, and 100 of the battalion of Daroca, with 60 horse, might be sur rounded by so superior a force, I found it indispensible to orcier it to take post on the heights on the right, and sustain itself there, while I, with the remainder of the infantry and cavalry, held the enemy in check. 'l - his Officer immediately formad a close co lunm, and, leaving in hi, rear-guard the part of the regiment of Carinena which he had with him, under the coil - invalid of the Captain Dun Joaquin Sierra Chaudi, began, his . retreat, which he executed without difficulty, protected by that force, which fought witii the greatest bravery, while the ,cavalry, under the orders of Col. Dom Bernardo Morena, protected that of the tie taehtnent of Soneja, and held the enemy in check in his rapid march to Segorbe, with an uncommon serenity, promptitude, and valour. At this time, after having dispersed the cavalry • under the command of Lieutenant-Colauel of Hussars of Arr..- gun, Don Francisco Romeo, in the high-road, in platoons, with 200 men of the regiment of Carinena, for want of a more adean tageotts situation, and the rest of that regiment, under their Col. Don Ronson Gayan, in order of battle on the left of the same, 1 ordered the Brigadier-General Don Manuel Carbon to take the position of Rios with th 4 battalion of Daroea, which scarcely amounted to WO men, and to act as circumatances mighfrequire, and to join the former if he were prevented from taking that po sition, as was the case. These dispositions did not in any way alter those of the enemy, who hastened by the highway his march, notwithstanding the incessant and lively fire of our in fantry in its well-conducted retreat, till the latter having arrived at the head of the bridge, and being reinforced by another com pany of the regiment of Carinena, under the orders of Captain Arazun, they not only stopped the progress of the enemy, but obliged him to take shelter behthd a house in the vicinity of the same. " In this situation I endeavourpl to send orders to Brigadier M. Carbon to fall upon the left of the enemy, and attack him with all his force; but, as the distance war great, and he had occupied the Gardens with strong parties, the passage was ab solutely impossible, and the precipitation with which he fell upon our centre would have rendered all diligence useless, in effect. Notwithstanding the well-directed discharges that the battalion of Corinena, proceeding upon a column of French in fantry, which, with increased numbers, attacked it in front, and another which threatened it from the neighbouring height, our cavalry could not sustain the attack of 400 horse, who-fell upon them, and would have destroyed them if this brave corps, which had orders to retire by the high road, supported by the same, had not made a discharge which checked them, and, at the same mo ment, countermarched by the only road which remained open, entering the city at the same time as the enemy, without a single man having left his post, and incessantly pursuing that march, from position to position, till they bad placed themselves in safety. " The cavalry made the greatest efforts to face about, but the bednes4 of the ground, and the advance of considerable forces by our left, did not admit of this manoeuvre, and there remained no other resource than abandoning the high road. " In this action we have lost Officers cot muck merit, who will long be regretted by the Cortes, and soldiers who may be, held up as examples; but if we consider the forces which attacked us amounted to at least 5100 infantry, and 450 horse, and that ours scarcely consisted of 600 of the regiment of Carinena, and 230 cavalry, it will be easy to conclude what the conduct of out troops must have been. I can assure your Excellency that there was not a single man who didmot fulfil his duty ; I saw (Veers ;; and soldiers dispute the honour of offering themselves to the 1 greatest dangers; and although wounded, not abandoning their I posts. greatest dangers; anuanuoubo _ posts. It would require much time to particularize them all to your Excellency, because all were heroes, and ail have readered themselves worthy of the national gratit ude. " I cannot exactly state the loss of the enemy; but If the well• directed fire of our infatitety• for two hours and a half which they disputed on the ground, and the regular retreat made by the dew tachment, without ceasing to combat, be considered, IC must bav been tossidtrable; and io this inualiesto Duals ps-. ~~ ,_=~.~. F ,~~ `'_ r - - _t.sr4.