The National Register. — London, England, 1811-11-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONM BEGISTER. any promises at all-to SAIIRAZIN, before they knew what service he was able to render the country, and it does not appear from any thing he has stated in The Philosopher that he furnished Government with any of 13170NAPARTE'S plans, or with any informa tion whatever previous to his arrival in this country. The way in which Ministers acted towards him on his arrival here, affords, indeed, almost decisive proof against the General's statement. He was immediately put under arrest, and treated as an enemy, which could not have . been the case had he been invited by 4 , brilliant promises," as be asserts, to accept the protection of Great Bri tain. The fact is, the General appears to have been disappointed, in tonsequence of the slight no. tice shown him by BOVNAPARTE, to whose views he was not sufficiently subservient.—This at ffrst created jealousy in his mind, which afterwards grew into revenge, and as he could not find the means nor an opportunity of gratifying this in France, he Bed to this country, having first en. deavoured to collect all the information he could respecting NAPOLEON'S plans, for revealing which to the British Ministry he appears to have calcu lated upon receiving a high reward. With regard to these plans, however, he tells us, that ig when they were once obtained I was laughed at, and in stead of the strong promises made, I was told that I could not be received into the English army." From this statement it might be inferred, that if any thing like a promise was given by Ministers, it must have been on the condition that the disclosures the General said he could make, were of import. ance to this country. On inspection, they turned out to be 'of no value, and therefore the General was laughed at for his vanity. Pitying, however, his situation, he was offered a pension of 6001. per annum—a sum, in our opinion, fully suf ficient to enable him to live decently and even respectably in this country, and much more than ought to be given for Me peg onnanee of nothing ; for it still remains to be shown, notwith standing all that General SARRAZIN has said about the utility of his plans, in what respect they were calculated to benefit this country. We have no wish to injure any individual whatever, far' less to oppose the claims of the injured. But before we can listen to these claims, we should like to be sa tisfied that they are well founded ; and now that General SARRAZIN, from the line of conduct he has adopted, is evidently under no obligation to keep terms with Ministers, he ought to bring forward the proofs of the charges he has brought against them, and state distinctly the nature of the plans which he says were unjustly rejected, otherwise he will not only be regarded as the calumniator of Ministers, but as setting up pretensions to the no• tice and favour of the public to which he has no legitimate right. FOREIGN IN FELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FROM THE ARMIES IN • SPAIN. ARMY OF .A.liklkA,GON. TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE 'l tINCE OF NICUFeIIAa . T1..71, AND WAGRAM, MAJOR-GENERAL. MONSEIGNZUR—Your Serene Highness has been infante& by my preceding reports, of the di ffi culties encountered in form ing our approaches . bef ore Saguntum, in consequence of the nature of the ground. We succeeded, however, after twenty days' labour and fatigue, injnaking a practicable breach;bitt. during this period General Blake had time to summon to his aid Mahi, General in Chief of the army of Murcia, with the whole of the force which the insurgents had disposeable i amounting to 6,000 men. The division called that of Albuera. under the orders of Lardizabal and Zayas, joined to the divi sions of Villa Campo and Obispo, commanded by O'Donnel and Miranda, forming the army of Valencia, united with the guerillas, composed a corps of above 20,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry.—On the 24th of October this corps advanced, and took post on the heights of Puch, supporting its right on the sea, flanked by the English fleet, and its left resting upon Livia.— Blake perceiving that Saguntum was on the point of falling, and that the battery of eight twenty-four pounders which I had con structed would soon decide its fate, marched up to me, to give battle and oblige me to raise the siege.. I directed Generals Balathier and Bronikowski, with six bat talions, to continue the blockade, and the works of the siege of Saguntum. General Campere, with fifteen hundred men, ob served the road of Segorhe, and served as a reserve to the troops of Generals Chlopiski and Robert. stationed by the-defile which leads from Giletto Betera, and to occupy my right. The next day, the 25th, at seven in the morning, i reconnoi tred the enemy. The heights of Puch, and those which covered the road to Betera, were defended by artillery and infantry.— At eight o'clock my sharp-shooters were briskly driven back ; and from that moment I was convinced that I had to contend with far different troops from those of Valencia. Some strong columns outflanked me on my left, under the protection of some English vessels; the enemy's troops filled the village of Puzol, which I had quitted ; six thousand men attacked my right, which were full a league from me. Finding myself thus outflanked on both sides, I formed a determination to penetrate the centre of the enemy. Scarcely had I quitted a height, which 1 considered convenient to favour my attack, when one thousand cavalry and 6000 infantry came to occupy my place. 'l'he hussars of the 4th charged with valour, and, though three times repulsed, returned again to the charge. The fire of nine twenty-four pounders, which were battering in breach at Saguntum i could not repress the enthusiasm of the garrison of Saguntum—which, observing a movement in their view, in which they believed they might soon take a part, went so far as to throw their caps into the air, and cry " Come on to victory!" This first effort was checked by our infantry, which arrived in colun.na. I ordered General Harispe to attack the enemy. — He advanced, with General Paris, at the head of the 7th of the line. The 116th, and 3d of the Vistula, canting after, with their arms on the rest, deployed under a heavy fire of grape and mus quetry, like troops accustomed to conquer. The brave 7th car ried the breast-work with the bayonet, repulsed the enemy, gni pursued them. Our artillery occupied the breast-work—but the enemy returned to the charge : our artillerymen were sur rounded and sabred. General Boussart St. George, chief of a squadron, at the head of the 13th cuirassiers, vigorously charged fifteen hundred cavalry, which General Caro, brother of Romana, brought up with great resolution. The conflict was long, but the valour of the hussars and cuirassiers tri umphed. The Field-Marshals Caro, Governor of Valencia, and Almoya, who came from Cadiz, were wounded and made pri soners by Quarter -masters Bazin and Vachelot, of the hussars. Six pieces of cannon were taken. During this time the enemy was making some progress on the left : some pickets of our cavalry were obliged to fall back by the Spanish cavalry. General Palombini, at the head of four battalions, received them with the greatest coolness ;—the 2d light, and the 4th of the line, Italians, by a well-served fire, re pulsed the charge, and covered the field of battle with dead bodies.—ln directing the division of General Harispe to the cen tre, I ordered General Hubert to move with his corps upon the ~Al&sigi... : -1;--- "t=:==iiinftiil=l