The National Register. — London, England, 1813-08-15 00:00:00

NATIONAL -RECTST FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. MINISTRY AT WAR.--ARMY IN. SPAIN. His Majesty has appointed Ma the l)nke of Dalmatia, his Lit !it.- General, • commander of his atones in Spain. This Marshal tnnk con , manti on the V2th July, and immediately made his ti) march against the English, who *tie bbitgurg Pam p;oll.l and St. Sebastian's. LETTER FROM Gr..NFR tL IVRY, COMM‘WIIING AT ST. SF-11AVTI,AN'S TO 1115 FACI:I,I.I•ACV THE DUhlt OF FELTRE,. MINiiTiR AT WAR, DITED JULY T 3. 11lonsieg1ieisr,--Ou the Al, tins English General of Division cent me a flag of mice ; I rellist d to receive I t.. The bicaeh wo s s praetii able. On the and '2;tlt, the enemy continued to fire with from to 3:1 peires of cannon ; he desttoyed all t he fronts of the houses from tae Zitriola to St. and opened two new Lacaehes. I was assure l that the , Fec • and was practicable, and the tlii;4l ronch so. From the he set fire to the town at si'eral points, and I kept it op by that continual throwing of bombs. The town has already s sottered much. This Morning. the 2:ith, at four o'clock, the enemy took advantage of the conduit for the conveyance of the water from the fountain. of the town, to establish a mi : ie with which be Iliew up the place of . arms, which entered the covered way. Upon this signal, some colimms of attack were put in motion. The direction of the flee from his hatteties, on the afternoon of the e_lth, node me presume I should he attacked during that night or in the morning, and I nude my dispositions accordingly. Every where the enemy was received with the greatest vigour ; ail who reached the breaches wet e Lined or wounded ; the coltmuis which had distributed themselves in the covered way, where as quickly (Liven hark and prevented from establishing themselves on it. This deed of arms does the greater honour to the garrison of St. Sebastian's ; and I shall have the bottom ofamptaitaing your Excellency in my first report with the names of the brave men who particularly distinvtished themselves. I estimate that the English have lost fi•ont 11. to 009 men, in the breaches, in the covered way, or from the fire ofartillery, howitzers, and sheik which were thrown. on them, near the fausse bra ye of St. John's bastions, or on approaching the breaches. The English General asked me to bury his dead. I granted an hoar. I have brought in 531 wounded, (of whom 13 anc oflieers) - of those found upon the breach, or at the foot of it ; besides '237 prisoners. The enemy carried off his more distant wounded.- The wonmled assure us, the enemy had fifty officers killed, of whom the Major General commanding the first column was one. I write in great haste to your Excellency. Marshal the Duke of Dalmatia has done me the honour of int4ming me, that he would put himself in motion, in order to dehlockatle us at Pamplona. Count Songeou, to whom I confided the command of the left of ' my operations, whilst I directed those of the centre and the right. seconded me admirably ; the chief of battaßion Illam•ltard, of the 6.2 d of the line, who commanded the exterior posts ; Gillet, chief of battalion of the engineers ; Captain Doat, my Aide-de-camp ; the chief of battalion Brien, commanding the artiller y , have rendered the greatest services. I shall have the honour of sending the Duke of Dalmatia a par. ticolar report, and the names of the officers, sub.officers, and soldiers who particularly distinguished themselves on thisday, in order that be may solicit for them the Emperor's thanks. • I reeommend those brave men to your favour. The chief of•-bittalion Dessal;y, of the 2 , ed of the line, was killed upon the breach ; Captain Bidon, 'Handing the sappers, was killed at the po st of honour. Our loss does not exceed 40 men put hors de . combat. I beg your Excellency to accept, &c. (Signed). :REY R. . • -~-.: 515 • where he was to • taKt a pOsiiion : he' had 'observed a movement of the enemy's line iipoh his right. I have, not received, during the day, any report from Count gl'Erlon : he was to attack the Col de Maya I have likewise heard nothing from . Oencrel•Vil:atte. ishe troops chewed great ardour, and the Ge;wids mock de. votion; the 6th and if):11 tight, and particularly the both of the line, condoeted themselves excellently. When the operations shall afford me a little more time, I shall have the honour of giving your Excellency a more circumstantial report. I have the hOhour, (Signed) The. D6ke of DALMATIA,‘ Frtom THE SAME TO THE sime. Liiseoin, July lii, 11 at ni:414., The enemy, during the ni,,lit. ',evacuated his poi-it ion of Col de Roueevaux ; he also retired ft tou that of Litehrs, before which toont Keine . was with the divi !ions of the right win_ , . 'At break of day I ordered the troops to march ; the divisions of .the left, commanded try lieut.-General Cause!, followaal the road which leads to Pamplona ; the ativaaced•guarit came in contact with the ervemy's posts before Viseartie, and drove thvm to the heights before Znbery, where they rallied upon their title ; the (balcony of the road, and a thick fog which began in the morning, retarded our march, therefore it was already late when the head of the column was able to seize upon the heiAts that are before Linscoin and tfErro, where there was a ttifling eugagement; bat I did not judge it proper to at tack the enemy's position this evenihg, where they have nearly 15,000 men, of w holly O or 10,000 arc two English divisions, and the remainder Spanish ; they Also :Bent sonic pieces of artillery. • Lieut.-General Count of Liming, to inane twee on his right, keeping the et est of the maim taina, iii order to successively seize upon the delronehes which open from the valley of Mishit', and thus oblige • the enemy to retire, which would have favoured Count d'Erhas dehonehing. This morning,at 10 o'clock, the guides were not willin'_ to conduct hint in that direction ; the fog did not admit of their distingnihotl ohjects at ten paces distance ; they feared leaeling the cohimo upon come precipice, which determined Count Reille to join that . of the left of Evoral. I hive established him in the rear of Linseoin ; to-morrow lie will form the attack on the left, should tire enemy maintain his position. Count tf Erlon yesterday wrote me, in the afternoon, that agreeably to my.directions, the divisions of the centre had attacked and car ried the strong position of Col de Maya, not evi distant hug the vigorous resistance made by the enemy'. The cont mantled by General Darmagnac, evinced on this occasion an extra ordinary ardour. After this attack, the enemy divided his troops in two columns : one descended the valley of Bastan, the other took the mad of Eohasar. Count d'Erlon ordered them to be pursued ; hot he afterwards thought fit to countermand that movement, and join the division of the centre at Col de Maya. The enemy still maintained himself upon the Atchiala mountain. I regret this unforeseen accident the more, as I had ordered Count d'Erlon to manoteuvre, in order to approach me. I have just reiterated the same order to him. In this battle the English have lost many men ; we have.also taken from them eight pieces of cannon. They also lost many ill the attack made by Count Reille. The 10th regiment has been almost destroyed. A battalion of the 6th Light latantry of Foy's division charged that regiment with the bayonet, and overthrew it: In short, they have also InA many in the attack on the inbun. tain of Altabisca, by General Baron Clair•el, in which several *orb,- •cers of rank were killed. We have made many prisoners. lam ignorant of what passed yesterday and to-day on the Lower Biliagsoa. I have received no accounts from General Villatte, who has, besides, his instructions. 1 never saw hoops better disposed, nor Slew more ardour. The national guards of Landes, and the Lower Pyrennees, and the Mountain chasseurs, which I employed to the lioutier, rivalled them in ardour. I shall mention them in the general report, when I shall have the honour of addressing your Excellency. . I have the honour, Zia.. (Signed) The Marshal Duke of DALMA'CIA,, . COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE DUKE OF DALMATIA. TO THE - MINISTER AT WAR. . I Bivouac, nporethe heights of Altahisca, ith of. July, 11 o'clock at night. Monsieur Le Doc,—Lto-day stacked the enemy's right, formed of two English divisons r and Murjllo's Spanish division. We drove them from a very strung position, which is before the defile of Aitabisca. An extraordinary thick fog surprised us at halt' past three o'clock. at the moment we were pursuing the enemy, and prevented us from attacking the heights (plateau) of Alt.:hisca; to morrow at the. break of day this shall take place.. We have only been able to make two Imudred prisoners, but the English have suffered much. General Reale was not able to arrive at Liudus, SPAIN. CADIZ, AIM( 7.—ln the Sitting of the Cortes yesterday, Senor Pored, in the name (A the Extraordinary Cominitte eof - read the plan of a law on the subject of taxation. The old hmuzve, Govcra• 1