The National Register. — London, England, 1811-08-18 00:00:00

ARMIES OFFIC.I Cat cans, %gages in haste upon Of the their for bread ; Mountains of Arragon, where they are falling into the Minds. of the geits darmerfe, and of the moveable columns which were sent in pursuit of them. Marshal Suchet has marched upon ' , hype, where he was expected on the 13th of July. The as-. sir,i"age at Olot dispersed in itaturn, on his approach. Campo-. verde, abandoned - by all his folloWers, was obliged to embark on the 14th at Mattaro, pursued by the inhabitants of the coast, . . who plundered his baggage: • .Some days before the departure of CAmpoverde, General M. 14Iatthieu sent a detachment to Mattaro, which burnt and de stroyed the Magazines which the enemy wished to form'at that poliat ; an hundred of. *the-Insurgents were killed ; ten English soles of war vainly endeavoured' to protect Mattaro; their hot Ere cost us only three men and three horses. The English at present are before Palamos, without daring to sand. The fortress of Figueras is more completely shut up than ever; ail the horses hive been eaten, a little flour is all they have left; the lines are watched with double vigilance, to prevent all escape oo the part of the garrison; who must soon surrender at discretion. The enemy's Commandant, from the want of provisions . , has dismissed unconditimuliy the pristisiets which he took in the „ . fart, amounting to 850. .• . its In the mean While a corps of the arrof of Arragon on march against Valencia, and is . collecting withirrreieho! th at town, a depot • of ammunition and.provisioni, fortlepur i peat of forthwith reducing the province. , • DISTRICT OF TIM ARMY OF TILE Nowfxr. • The Duke of Istria having learned that an asses:Mese of Oat- . Baum was forming in the valley of Vierzo, and threatened to • cut off the communication between Leon arid at Aetlifiall, thonght it necessary to concentrate part of his tto6pv. # and for inoment to draw nearer to hitit the eorpo of Geo. Iforiale"; who received orders to repair to Leon about the 20th Of lane, after haring eufficientl y protected the line of the Deba. fortifiea ti.»is tktorga being considered useless and hOrtherisorSO, She 1 otiT.e of Istria ordered them to he razed. • On t he 23.1 of lune, the advanced guard of the insiSrgents nude its appearance at &nay - ides. General Viellesaux forthwith set out with three battalions, and 60 ehaeeurs, The ardour of the troops could not be restrained ; the s h a r p shooters dashed forward. In pursuit of• the enemy, and drove them to Quittudilia del Vaile. In this position the enemy's arnirvr,is perceived, 7600 at& g; they were too far Engaged to he able to retreat • the General made his dispositions without calculathig the ininiber of the' eiltniy, and ordered the village to be attacked. It was carried with impteitirAty; in TUC Of the efforts of the enemy, who was comioillerf takeapOsition in the rear. The 119th took post to the right, beycind the - village; the 122 d was opposed to the. cunt - ifs columns Which had formed on the roads to Fontoria and Qointana Dejor; the Chief of Battalion, Durel, kept in cheds, 0.11 the left, the troops whiCh came from Astorga, and which Made fruitless efforts to turn him. Chi action thus begun was successful; our soldiers won the fl ell of 'battle, on which were fouild 600 of the enemy dead ; the number of their wounded was much more considerable. This brilliant affair does honour to the last.moments of Gene ral Valletaox, who was killed at the close of the combat : while dyiist he saCv the defeat of the enemy; together with him we larateot tic loss of so brave men; we hed 87 wounded. The Chief of :Battalion, Pati, Aid-de-camp Meda, and e r :rpt. Grassi, of the'Atli Chisieurs; deserve praises ; as well as all the; officers • and soldiers of this detachment, • The enemy had retired beyond Astorga ; General Bonnet 11 recondbitted Mm'about the 10th of filly ; all the necessary mea sures were taken for attacking the assemblage, conntande4 by • Suntocildes. ' The band of Pastor, lately formidable in Biscay, is now re - dewed :o a fevibanditti,whOse niniibers the gens d'armerie daily diminish. , Longo, another Chief of brigands, is hotly pursued by the morrable coinums: he no longer knows where to find an asy lum • his foltesi;ers gee availing theMselves of the am nest y to sum:metier at discrethm. . Gen. tharsenne is arrived at V..lladolid to take - the chief corn ;rand of the army of, .the NQrth. He immediately sent the ge total flf ttivisoU Dtimoutier, with •10,000 men and I.sooborse, tvite'eposition no the Coa, hi adiattee of Cindaa Rodrigo. ii; . •:its;•!;.7. oisrdiviiions of the army of re s e rve have entered by Pative- V ' • • •• \ P • 4 , 1 0,1 A • - . A Lr se,Q ,;7 • • .•••• r ww . Z.•.. • • • . • *„ c Luna and Vittoria. The fine appearance of these troops, of whom the lowest soldier has Brenton r years service, has strongly surpribed the inhabitants, and given them a new pledge of the uselessness of all the efforts o f England. • • • • • •• • - , •••• - - • • DISTRICT OF THE ARMY : OF THE CENT E. Major Mondgny, commanding the depots of cavalry at Ma drigal, having learned that several united bands were moving upon Penarandu, concerted measures with the Commandant of Arevalo. On the first of July, two columns assembled at Flores D'Avila under the Orders of Major Moutigny: At dayp break the enemy were discovered bivouacking near Penafanda,. to the number of 1000 men; the Major so rapidly charged them with his troop, that the brigands had not time. to. mount their horses. The streets, the houses, and environs of Pena randa were instantly covered with dead bodies; A ttear.,4oo bri gands were left lying in the town, 100 were take*, thei rest were pursued, and sabred in the coin-fields.. 'lhrte hunare'd horses , one .itandard, 50 carts laden with, salt, and all .the baggage oi the band, remained in the hands of the roldiers. - Morale/4. , one of their chiefs . ,..was found among the dead. • • The Junti.of Valencia had giVen to Caeneral.Sayas the C6IIV. .mand of all the united bands of the province of Cuersci; on the 3d of July that General vaade•a Movement towards Jadraque.; reconnoitring parties belonging to our posts in Guadalaxara ex changed shots on the same day with the enemy's advanced posts near Hite. On the sth July, General Hugo was in readiness to march against against the enemy, and to force his p ositions in order to drivg him back upon the left of the Tagus. General lashoussaye %Vas ordered to advance in order to cut off the enemy's retreat. Sayas did not await them • he immediately commenced a retro grade movement with his troops to the amount of 6000 men, marching straight upon the "fagus. General Hugo set out in pursuit of him, while General Lahoussay e, leavin g Guadalaxara, advanced by forced marthes towards the bridge Of Audon, where he hoped to cut off the enemy's passage, who appeared to be retiring upon Cuenca. General Sayas had al ready passed the Tagus, and collected his force at V a l de On the 11th General LahOussaye :crossed over his troops iii haste; at the entrance 'of a defile his_advanced guard fell upOn the taValry of Manco, supported by a battalion of infantry tvhich Sayas had sent to take possession of the bridge of Alllll3ll 50 dragoons and a company of the 75th of the line -intrepidly eharged the enemy, routed and pursued them smiord in hand as far as Sancon, where all our eay alr y assemble d ; the en a n d was at last come up with between Alcocer and Val de Oliva., Three battationg and two squadrons were drawn up, and thought td defend themselves by forming a square; the French cavalry soon . broke through them, and all t hat were not sabred on the spot were - taken. • A thousand prisoners, a number of whom are Officef,,4oo kilted, one st i andarda all their baggage, about 200 horses, and a considerable tonvoy of cattle are the result of this affair. The renrains•of the troops of Sayas precipitately fled towards Cuenca. General Lahoussaye will not cease the punuit till this corps shall no longer exist. The misunderstamlings among the Chiefs, the desertion of the soldiers, the absolute want of every thing, powerfully contribute to its destruction. More that I'2oo guerillas have already returned to their ho ,es ; Martine', one of their Chiefs, has surrendered with all his Officers,; Sayas is retiring upon Valencia. The King has arrived at . Madrid ; he received upon his road the most unequivocal testimonies of the love of true Spaniard s ; his presence has electrified all minds; opinions are apprOxi• j mating. ' ARMY OF PORTUGAL. The English army has taken up cantonments around Porta legre, and keeps upon the, defensive. The Duke of Ragusa has his head-quarters always at-Merida, from whence he scours . the country as far as the enemy's lines. liadajoz being in a fornirtlaW state of defence, and provisioned. for eight mont hs, Ragusa means to put his army into . quarters for t r l e ie fres D h u m ke of refreshment, in the Valley of the Tagus, withonly an advanced guard on the Guadiana, during the heats of the month of Au gust, which render the Valley of the Guadiana extremely un wholesome. The fifth corps will, during that period, keep up the communications between the army of Portugal and that of the South. DISTRICT OF THE ARMY OF THE SOUT.H. • The first corps is constantly exerting the greatest activity in the works of the blockade of Cadiz. Puerto Santa Maria and Puerto Real are become very strong places ; new batteries.lnive been erected both on the side towards. the sea, and . tic n ail the approaches by land ; they are connected by tines wlikh aloo are defended by very strong towers. On the 13th of June, the garrison of the Isle of LeOri atteMpted 'really against our works at the Arrecife 1, 0 00 meiladVanted i to our out-posts, while all the ba..teries and enemy's gun 4 -b6ats is kept.up a violent fire upon, the lines of CLiCiana ut all this OFFICIAL NEVIS FROM TIIZ Anxigs IN SPAIN. -taLostit.—Marshal Suchet, after the capture of Tarra- , marched towards the interior ef Catalonia. The assem- -6 which Ciurpoverde-tiad attempted to organize .dispersed ste themselves; the Marshal's presence made to fall hack Agramont the corps asSentrilcd it Igualada about the end e siege ; it i; entirely disbanded; the men a re hastening to homes in small bands, selling their antis and their hake ) read ; most of these •parties threw' themselves into the Aft hdndi of