The National Register. — London, England, 1808-08-14 00:00:00

U! F ti 9 • N r- .t. `4,44‘.,1 ~- , . rt; • ' •••-••••••••••- . 7 Tare's • • • • .y.•%••• A . • • • AUGUST 14. ~.~~, TUB NATIONAL. ItEGITE/t. ••• 'been Immolated to the ferocious ambition of that detestable fa mily. However Mr. Cobbeft, whatever information you may rove received, a nd whatever may be your wishes, I congratu late my countrymen and the Spaniards, that neither the sugges tions of your head, nor the feelings of your heart, have a deci sive iatinenee'on the 'access of the united cause. Cirri. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE THE SPANISH PAPERS. ....,, m isp....° CORTINNA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, AUG. 1. " The following official dispatches have been received by ex press : " Mad Quarters at 4 ndujar Six o'Clock La the Evening, Julll9, 1;08. " Moss. SERENIS Satasons, " At half-past five, an Officer came in with a Sag of truce, requesting that orders should be given to General La Pena to suspend hostilities whilst General Dupont should hold a confe rence with General Reding. I replied in the negative. A few moments after I received a letter from General Pena himself, informing the that they bad solicited terms of Capitulation. I grant them no other terms than that they shall be prisoners of war, with permission to the General and his Officers to wear their swords, and to take with them a portmanteau each, tilled with their clothes only, in consequence of the pillage which they have committed in our towns; assuring them, however, at the same time, that they shall be treated with the same respect as those belonging to the squadron at Cadiz, and in amanner wor thy of Spanish generosity. Whilst the details are preparing, I beg leave to acquaint your Highnesses, that we have taken some cannon and prisoners and, in short, that General Dupont is completely hemmed in on all sides. " May God preserve your Highnesses many years. "The Most Serene Seignor .X.erixa DE CiST4IIOII. a The Most Serene the Supreme Junta of Government." 44 N. B. A dispatch of the same date, and communicating the same intelligence, has been received from Seignor Count Tilli ' a member of this Seprerse Junta, who accompanies the General of the army." ...- . . NOTE OF THE SUPREME JUNTA. " SEvtt.t.r, JULY 20.—The Supreme Junta has the most entire satisfaction to inform the public, that by a dispatch re ceived this day, by express, from the Most Excellent Seignor D. Francisco Xavier Castanos, Captain-General of the Forces of Andalusia, of which a literal extract is hereto annexed, a mn't convincing proof is giving of the military talents with which the operations have been conducted, inasmuch as the te stilts exactly correspond with the well-digested plan which had been formed. So fortunate have they been, that from the very tir-t encounter, the enemy has continued to fly with the utmost disgrace, and his flight has been a complete rout : this efrect having been produced by events which he certainly could not have prevented. Moss. SERENE SICIGYOIII. 4 In my dispatch of the 17th, I acquainted von with the - •itllp of our operations and proceedings. On the 13th, General Rodin; wrote to inform me, that at nine in the morning he en tered Baylen with his own division and that of the Marquis de Compeigne, which I ordered to join him; and that the enemy were ten om that place to Guarroman, having left behind only guard, which *as put to the rout. I instantly wrote to ng to attack Andtdar, in flank, with the two divisions, whilst I should attack it in front. I was pre pariaz to execute my plan at day-break this morning, when, at Lao o'clock, 1 was apprised that the enemy were evacuating A ncluiar, and mak a mre cipitate flight by the road to Madrid. I cannot conceal try iNprise, that the inhabitants of Aedujar did 'tot give me the slightest notice of this movement. • Fixting that the enemy were making their escape from me, nrilered neiteral layelia, with his division and some reinforce ments, to harass their rear; a disposition so much the more pro les, a I had just received a letter from General Reding, in fi.rmin; me that he had matched from %yin' at three in the itia;•aing, with the intention of making his attack upon Andujar ' at eleven; so that in consequence of his active and opportune movement, Dupont will find himself placed between these two divisions and that of General La Pena. I flatter myself that the result will correspond with the well-combiord dispositions of .~ ~._ _ the pfan. Your Highness may hourly tape : et intelligence of the intended attack of to-day, for 'which every thing is prepared. I occupy this city ivitb the division of General Jones, w here have Liken a position adapted to circumstances. The enemy have left 900 tick, and it k believed that General Vedel was killed in the Wait' of Meogibar. I have also received advice from Commandant Cruz, that he had proceeded with his sharp. shooters to Los Banos, in order to cover the movements of the respectile ; and, if Col. lialdecanos has followed my instructions to him, a most favourable opportunity 'will or( ur of twcupyit►;; Despenaperros; since, in a dispatch which we have intercepted, dated the Ifith, from the Chief of the Staff of the French army at Ilaylen, to the Commautiaut of Santa Elena. the latter i, directed to march lo Cuarrantan, leaving only 500 mm at that point. May God preserve your Must Screw Highnesses many y cars. • Bead-quarters at ilndnjter, 8 o'clock in the morning, July 19, 1808. 4 The 1110.4 Serene Seignor X. 4 T►IER DE CAMINO*. • The Most Serene Sei:nors the President one Members • of the SoprPme Junto of Government.' " By the same Courier Ex traordinary has been received a dis patch front the Most Excellent Seignor Count de TIM, a Mem ber of the Supreme Junta, ss hick, in addition to the communi cation from his Excellency the General in Chief, mentions the deplorable situation to which the enemy has reduced the tours of Andttjar. It is undoubtedly a matter of surprise, however well practised these banditti arc in the arts of corruption, that there should be room to suspect any of the inhabitants of that place of disloyalty, or adhering to the enemy. But should these suspicions be confirmed, they may well tremble at the ex ample which this Supreme Authority is preparing, in order to satisfy tho public, and to prevent similar proceedings in other places which may have the misfortune to fall into the enemy's hands. This dispatch also coot►►ins the inventories of two maga zines which the French left behind them at Audujar ; but as it likewise mentions a third which there had not been time to exa mine, and as we are in expectation of the still more fortunate results of a deci ,, ive action, the whole of the requisite details • will be subsequently communicated. 6 4 'IVAN 1141.1715T4 PAIRDO, Secretary." DEFEAT AND SURRENDER OF TIIE FRENCH ARMY UNDER GENERA!, DUPONT. LETTERS FROM GENERALS CASTSMOS AND T 11.1.1, TO THE scrurmc JEST& OF STAIN ♦NU 11IE INDIES. MO&T SERENE SEIGNOR, " I have the satisfaction to communicate to your Highness the most complete victory which has followed the battle of Ilaylen. General Dupont, and the whole of his divi.vion, with arms, ar tillery, baggage, &c. are prisoner: of war. Those troops which had not entered into the action, although they had sustained no disaster, are included in the capitulation, and obliged to roma to France by sea ; so that there doe, not remain a single French man in Andalusia. The general details will be communicated by ray nephew, Colonel Don Pedro Augustin Giron, Adjutant- General of the Infantry ; and whilst the circumstantial details of the whole are preparing, I think it. proper to inform your Highness, that the bravery of the troops and Officers, their C 0,4 stancy, suffering, and privations, correspond w itk the jut opi nion which your Highness entertains of them, and with the con ception which 1 had formed of their patriotism and zeal for the public cause. " I take the liberty of requesting of your Highness to per form for me the vow which I had made of dedicating this action to the glorious St. Ferdinand. " God preserve y our flightless many Years. " The Most Serene Seignor ,-VArlele DE C4STANO 3 ." " Head-quarters, at Atidujar, July 21." " To the Most Serene the President of the Supreme Junta of Gorernment." The following is u Dispatch from his Excellency Seigror Count Tilli :-- " Yesterday the 20th instant, Spain, or to speak more pro perly, the army of your Highness, gained the mo.-t complete victory which this nation has witnessed fur many ages. Th• result is an exact copy of the action of Pavia. In a moment, the Andalusians were freed from the French armies. The divi sion of Dupont, with all its baggage, booty, and all its Gem:- rah, are prisoners of war ; and besitk4 these the division; st hick occni , :ed his Majesty's dutoictions, front the saassit of the litierrj• N I, A PI I 0.1 Pi 1:. Vr". • • " t ,~ i R Ii E~