The National Register. — London, England, 1812-03-29 00:00:00

N ATlONAl,_zimasarrEg,, %lA° frequeniSUccei s S of the Guerillas continue to increase their rilmbers, • so that tmless they should•eet with a general disaster, they will in time swell into regular and expe rienced armies. The .French have sustained two severe defeats in Navarre, where the partisan ESPOZ Y MINA has issued a decree, proclaiming war and d eath, without quarter, against every Frenchman in Navarre ; .that every Frenchman taken with or without arms in that province shall be hanged, and their uniforms placed on the high Toad ; that any person assisting. a Frenchman to escape shall be. immediately shot ; that any person speaking against, or concerning this decree shall be shot ; that any house in which a Frenchman shall he harboured shall be burned, together w ith a variety of other provisions, dic tated by a similar spirit for preventing the supply of Pam plona.with stores or provisions, and putting a stop to all communication of information to the enemy. In Catalonia it will be seen that General LACY has occasioned severe losses to the enen i i-. The accounts now received are anterior to those oi his defeat, given some time time ago in the French Papers. We trust that it will have inoved neither so decisive nor so sanguinary as it has been represented. The 4 . ollowing are some of the most interesting details of iqtelligence which these papers have brought. COKUNN MARCH Ve—From ledina Pintar, Don Pedro Pablo Albark A Commissary of the 7th army, writes officially, on the gist of Januaiy, to the Gentleman *occupying the same employment in this "to'' n ; of Whose letter the iellowing Is the :;tilistatice :--e 'That on tile letle Jenuary there was a bloody engagement, between . the forces of the enemy and those of Lipoz y Miea. "l 'he flying ca valry, beoweing to General Mendizabal, were also in the engagement, which ended in the deicat of the enemy ; who left 600 men dead on the told of battle, ul.ilst ours amounted to 150. General Reale, Governor of Pamplona, with nearly the whole B,arrison, who marched out to suc conr his friends, escaped only by the Swift Riess of hi': horse ; and his ca valry and infantry, in the most disordered state, returned to the fur tress. It wa a glorious day for our army, and certainly very flattering to General Mendizabal. This General has treversed all the provinces his jurisdiction, in every part of which he was received with joy by the inhahitants, who ordered the bells to be rtuig, and rent the air with cries of " God save King Ferdinand !" It is impossible to describe the enthusiasm and feelings of the people, who loudly demanded arms. MARCIi ll—Extract of a letter from Brigadier F. Espoz y Mina to General Mendizabal : SAN uVESA, FEB 7.—After the action of January 11th, on the right hank of the Ebro, I marched with a small corps of infantry againt the enemy). g e irrison at which I compelled to retire to its strong ee; troop teal; from their magazines about 2 , 000 faneg as of herlty. lo the inean time, my second ie. command, Cruchaga, scoured the c , .;untry ‘vltit tilt; rest of the cavalry as far as the walls of Pamplona, where the vile slaves of the Tyrant of Europe were obliged to take refuge. I then made arrangements to march against General Soulier and his brigade. He was quietly posted at Sanguesa, with the third regiment of infantry of the line, some gens d'armes and Poles, amounting in all. to 1600 infantry, with 170 horse. I came upon him in the morning of the sth instant, and began firing, very unexpectedly on his Fart. One company of the 4th battalion, supported by two others, forced the bridge, with a valour which was admired by the enemy; while other parties of troops entered the town on another side. Soulier attempted to recover his troops from the surprize into which they had fallen : bus after a severe engagement, he was obliged to retire towards Sos, across the plain, two leagues in length. I followed hint with the cavalry at,cl infantry; and though the enemy attempted to protect themselves, by forming a squari; several times, they were ultimately driven within the walls of Sos, so much panic-struck that they tremble at the very name of the divi:;ion of Navarre. General Soulier received two balls; one Colonel, one Lieutenant- Colonel, and several other Officers remained on the field of battle ; and 1 am certain that the enemy must have lost 900 men in killed and wound ed. My loss is also considerable, being at least 30 killed and 200 wounded of the infantry, among whom are several Officers. I must, in justice, inform you, that all the Officers attached to my suite, and that of Colonel Cruchaga, have either been wounded, or had their horses killed under them. [Here he mentions the names of Officers wounded.] It is impossible to describe the bravery, I might rather say the fero city, of both Officers and men. Your Excellency saw them in th e action of the .llth of January, but you could not have formed an idea of the valour they displayed 011 the 51b of rekruary. I must particularly MAPCII ,22 recommend the regiment of hussars, who lost 103 in men and horses among them Lieutenant Flich, a Prussian, who received two balls, and lost his horse, particularly distinguished himself. FRANCE. The private communications from France continue to state, that NAPOLEON has appointed a Regency to govern during his absence, and sent his EMPRUSS and his son to Vienna under the protection of her father, whilst he pro. ceeds " to hurl the Imperial thunders at an immense dis. tance." The late organization and increase of the means of internal &fence, will, it is said, enable him to carry all his veteran force with him, with the exception of a j sufficient number to keep the Spaniards in check, and it is added, that not having the smallest doubt of the most signal success in the approaching campaign in the North, I he will, immediately after the conquest of Russia, turn his arms against the Turks, and make Constantinople the seat of his eastern, and Paris that of his western Em. pire. That such a plan shou l d s p rin g in the mind of NA ' Poi,EON, is not astonishing, as the boundless extent of his ambition is well known, but that he possesses the means of carrying it into effect is at least doubtful, when be 'Laves such powerful enemies as England and Spain is his rear. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The arts of France have once more triumphed, and the report of renewed hostilities between the Turks and the . Russians is confirmed. According to the terms of the a rmistice, a notice of twenty d a y s was to be given before active operations should be resumed. This notice, issued on the 9th of January, expired on the 10th of February last, and in consequence the two armies, that hal spent the latter part of that time in prepuratinns, have since been engaged in active warfare. The Tm ks had reoccu pied, but in small numbers, the right bank of the Danube, and were attacked by the Russians on the 11th and 12th ult. After some partial cannonading during those two days, the Russian advanced guard crost,ed the DAnube ion the 13t1t of Febluary, without experiencing mt.ci dtf ficulty : The Turkish posts, not being numerous en,ugh to make a stout: resistance, fell back towards Rudschuck, where the GRANnVizrEn. is with a force from 20 to 25,000 men, which as it were, the kernel of the grand army I! he purposes to assemble on the banks of the Danube. 11 Detachments are on their march from all parts of the 1 1 Ottoman Empire. The Turks occupy s!rong p ositions, l ! 1 in which they have already been abl e to maintain them. se 1 • I yes with advantage, and the Russians do not rossess• it is asserted, such a superiority of numbers as to insure success. The Russian General had given orders to all the corps of his army, cantoned during the winter in Mol davia, and on the banks of the Dniepei, to set out immediately, and oceed in various di) ectiuns towards the Danube. Tile Russian head-quarters have been again transferred to Giurgewo, to which-place the General in ChiefL.N GERON repaired on the eve of the ren ewal of hostilities, with several other generals, and a numerous staff. Whilst Russia is compelled to bear the heavy burden of this distant and sanguinary war, we have but little hope she should be able to maintain herself against the more powerful hostility of her late ally NAPOLEON. TRADE WITH FRANCE. That France deeply feels the want of trade is daily be, more evident. Whilst she closes all the harbours piNNEMI I t l