The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-01-04 00:00:00

.) , • ct. BATTLES IN SPAIN. -..m.. COPY OP tArrre FROM WANSIFIAL Tit Dtllll OF ThElflso.7o MARSHAL TUL DOZE OT DALMATIA, JiAttl> TOLEDO, NOT. 22. Ibloxv.' Lt MAatcwa i—fly the letter which you did me the honour of writing to me from Araqjtrez., on the 18th of this month, you inform me, that, in obedience to the orders of his Majesty, 1 sh6uld join to my command of the fifth corps, that of the fourth, and with the force thus corn. • bincd, under the command of the King in person, proceed to meet the enemy. The 4th corps had previously, on the same day, crossed the'i'agus at the Bridge de le Reyna, and taken a position at Antigola. At day-break ) on the 18th, it encamped upon the plain behind Ocana, and the fifth corps followed its example. This plain was, the evening before, the field on hich a very brilliant affair of cavalry, conducted by (;,•tieral Scbastiani, took place, and in which the enemy's cavalry, though thrice the number of ours, was corniletely defeated. The intention of his Majesty, in making us defile by Arstrjuez. was Avith a view of attacking the enemy near Santa Cruz, or to pursue him in the event of his making a retreat. I considered that column of cavalry ) which had been routed the night before, only as a detachment. On reaching the plain with the 4th corps, I discovered, with no less surprize than joy, that I had been under a misapprehension. The whole of the enemy's army was engaged—the most desirable thins that could happen, as it saved us the trouble: of prolonging our march to meet the enemy at his cantonments. They had arrived, there in the night from Santa Cruz, Villa Topaz, Des Barrios, Tombleque, and other [places adja. cent, Ocana is situated in the plain above-mentioned, and the country, within the circuit of a quarter of a leigue, is open ; farther on, are delightful clumps of olive trees, with such intervals between sufficiently extensive to admit of, manoeuvring, and 3et thick enough to favour such movements as it might be desirable to conceal from the view of ;he enemy. The Spanish army was drawn up in order of battle, in several lines, the right and centre in the direction from Noblegast to Ocana, and its left' extended beyond the latter town, which connected the different parts of their line ; a curtain, de. fended by a deep ravin, formed their position ; the ravin extended from the town, nearly to the extremity of their right. /Living reconnoitred the ground, I determined to make my attack on the enemy's right. Gene ral Leval, who commanded the divisions of. the Duchy of Warsaw, and of the Confederation of the Rhine, of the 4th corps, instead of General Sebastiani (who was charged with the general conduct of the cavalry), was ordered, in consc. quence, to attack thu right of the enemy, by turning the ravin. Ile made the first movement in column, by battalions, and the enemy's sharp. shooters, who were in the wood, being driven o il cif it by his, be formed his line its compact co: lupins, and in that order advanced upon the ene. my, *horn he attacked with great vigour and ef fect. A heavy cannonade began on both sides, and the enemy, menaced on his right flanktfound himself obliged to engage with his front► Elated with the success of the first effort, the divisions of the Confederation of the Rhine and of the Duchy of Warsaw redoubled their exertions, and pushed the combatants upon their main body. It was there they had concentrated their forces ; and the same ravin, turning round the, town in the front of as ellipsis, again made its appearance in form of this new scene of action, and contributed greatly to their support. A considerable num bers of troops d'elile were placed in the raein, And supported by batteries. Possessing superior ad. vantages of ground and• numbers, the enemy acted on the offensive in his turn, leaped over the ravin, and, protected by artillery in front, at tacked the colu•un of the 4th carps. At this moment, Gen. Leval recei►ed a wound, one of his Aids-de-Camps was killed, and two guns ware dismounted. . , The first division of the sth corps forming a se. cond line was following, immediately in close to le' 03, when I perceived a wavering in my first line. I gave orders to General Girard, who com. mande.d that division, to advance precipitately to the front, through the interim' of the first line.— The troops under his for waited with im. patience the signal to ie to action. They march with celerity, pa through the intervals with precision, and enga the cuemy's battalions with the bayonet. The battalions of the 34th, 40th, and 64th re. gimeuts, deployed from their mass with great im. petuosity, while the Bbch, which was posted on the left of the line, continued to present their breasts to the enemrs cavalry, tempting them to make a charge. 'lo the most tremendous dis , charges of artillery and musketry on the part of the enemy, our battalions, who had passed the pint w here our batteries were erected, reply only with a well-directed fire from a few ranks, and demi-battalions. After several destructive rounds, whisk could not shake the courage of our intre ' pid soldiers, the enemy's artillery was attacked clJsely, s►lenced, and forced to retire in the rear of their line. Three places were abandoned on the point against which the 88th directed their efforts. Thu ".i.t7ulse is given ; the battalions of the sth corps fly to the charge, advance from one success to another, and are supported by the battalions of the 4th. Our troops carry all before them, goon dislodge the corps of the enemy which was posted at the town of Ocana. A rapid change of front, on the part of the 4th, succeeded by a charge, in which they were seconded by the 3lth, forced -the enemy to Sy, at the same time abandoning their arms. This movement secured to us thivictory. While these feats were being performed cur the left and centre,. the divl. sion um* the orders of General Desolles, com. po►ed, Ijor the moment, - of the half of the second brigade •f posers! Gazan, half of the 55th and bSth Regbasts, was stationed in front anti en the right of Ocala ) to keep its theck the troops which .. • -;„ tree k 40rA " • ;Nf. .~'. • occupied that town, and the enemy's left. The moment they were apprised of the progress inattei on the centre and left, the division crossed the Win, and made a vigorous attack On the right of Ocana, and drove the enemy from that' with the greatest precipitation. Thee the ca. 'dry under Sehastiani was put in motion, it ad vanced with rapidity, and in an instant came up with the enemy, who, in his flight across the wood of olive-trees; endeavoured to make for , Barrios 'and Guatbia. In vain did he attempt to effect his retreat in square column—his columns were broken. The division of light 'cavalry, composed of the regiment of pikemen, of the 10th hussars, the 10th and 21st mounted ch.is. aeon, commanded by General Benregard, sabre a numerous column on the left, and oblige 5000 men to lay down their arms, after having 'put to eight the Royal carbineers, and about 3000 horse men. At the same moment a brigade of dra. goons, putting itself in motion, in the interval left 'between the Ist and 2d division of the sth corps, charged a column of the enemy, which they immediately routed, compelled them to lay down their arms, kiiliug a vast number with their sabres, and took several pieces of cannun. They pursued• them, the sword in their backs, to Guardia ; at every step prisoners are picked up, and in the evening 20,000 men, 50 pieces of can non, and 30 stand of colours, were found in our possession. Such is the result of this memorable battle, in which 55,000 filen, composed of the best troops which the insurrectional Government of Seville could bring 'together, and 80 pieces of cannon, could not resist 24,000 soldiers of his Majesty the Emperor. Your Excellency has been a witness of the intrepidity which these troops of every description have manifested. General Officers, Officers and men—all have - done their duty in the most brilliant manner. [Here follows a long list of Merl, wbo dis. tiaguished themselves.] (signed) LE MARECHAL DUC DEVLIN'S°. BATTLE OF ALBA DE TORNIES, Nov. 20. The Duke Del Parque, not having dared to ' receive battle at Carpio, and having resolve&l to retreat, carried his intention into effect very pre. cipitately in the night between . the 2Gth and 27th. The dispositions for the attack were ordered, when we were informed of his movement. The army was immediately put in pursuit of him, partly towards Tcicno, partly towards Canta la Pudra, and the cavalry towards Pohida, on the road to Salamanca. On the 28th, at four .in the morning, each column put itself in motion, from ' its particular positions, the light rivalry' leading, followed by the second division of dragoons, and 1 the infantry of the 6th corps. At Vittoria we received certain information that the enemy had taken the direction of Alba de Tonnes.—Still we despaired of overtaking them, as they were ten boors in advance, and had already reached the foot of the mountain. - Btit fortune reserved fur us the opportunity of a decisive success. At noon'. Gee. Lorcet, with 400 horse of the 3d hussars and 15th chasseurs, pushed forward, followed at an in terval of an hour, by the dragoons, and by Gen. Marchand, commanding the Gth corps. On arriving on the Almar, Gen. Lorcet met the enemy's posts, and threw them back upon the town. All their army was found still there, posted one part upon the right bank of the river, and the other part, with the whole of the cavalry, upon the left bank. General Lorret, finding himself too weak, gave ground a little : the enemy took confidence from this, and was already .adsancing with the sharp: shooters of his cavalry and. infantry behind the Almar. The second division of dragoons, aug mented by the 15th and 25th dragoons, and four pieces of light artillery, came up at (our o'clock. They were ordered to proceed under cover of a curtain, which covered their march upon. the .plains by which the enemy was advancing. The first brigade, composed of the 30 and 6th of dra. goons, under the orders of General Millet, ad. vanccd in order of battle. As soon as 'General Lorcet reached the left of the enemy, a general charge of the two brigades was ordered, and was , executed with such vigour and promptitude, that in an instant the enemy's lines were broken, in spite of a shower of grape and musket bullets. Their cavalry fled without exchanging a stroke of a sabre, and partly repassed the river. The in fantry was cut to pieces, and five pieces of can non taken—There remained a second line of in fantry. In the disorder into which success itself had thrown our cavalry, it could not Fond-. nue its, charge, and it returned. at full gallop destroying all that it had . previously passed, till it came and formed itself a second time behind the brigades of General Carrie and Colonel Ornano, which were advancing: The 15th and 25th were plaited in column on the flanks to t charge the enemy's cavalry, which had returned to the:support of their inlaatryt This charge, which had for its object the breaking of the second line of the enemy's infantry, had the same suc cess as 'the former ; the enemy's cavalry took flight in the most cowardly manner, never to appear again. Colonel Ornano, at the head of the kith dragoons, took four pieces of artillery. From that time there was not another cannon , shot fired, and the 25th dragoons found Ahem selves on the rear of the enemy's line. They had time, however, to retire to a height dim cult of access, and to form a square of 3000 or 4000 men. General Carrie was surrounding this body also, and there was reasonable ground Ito hope that it would be forced to lay down ifs arms •'• but night was rapidly coming on, and was about to snatch our prey front us. Officer '1 after Officir, hastened to call - the light artillery, whiCh 'was at some distance, and in the mean time the square was summoned to surrender ; but it ' could not be approached, as troops of this scriplien pay little respect . to the usage of nations, and the character of flags of truce. In the mean time, the night fell, there was no artillery nor infantry, the euemy was on the point of escaping I across the ravines that bordered their left. A I charge was feigned in order to intimidate them to surrender. But this demonstration having I nu effect ) . the* lino returned upon the mai of ' • ::' . • L r ~ t . the. square io keep it in cheek, while the first brigade of ,dragoons watched it in front. Ge ' neral Marchard hastened the march of his 'lnfantry'' it arrived running; but it•had to climb a rocky aouutain, and had aleeatly made a. Imarch of eight leagues ; it had been in notion since four o'clock in the moiling, it was now half past fivein the evening. At length the first bri. gade, commanded by General Mattcutie, an in trepid Officer, arrived•within two hundred toises of the square, . at the same time with the artillery. It was night, and those who - know the position could scarcely distinguish the enemy above from below. General Maucune was placed in the proper direction, end notwithstanding the dark. ness, received orders td carry the square, and to enter the town. The brave infantry did not he sitate an instant : while it advanced, 15 or 20 cannon-shot were .directed upon the squire. At the first shot the vedettes of the dragoons saw the enemy break, and throw themselves into the ravines, the soldiers throwing away their arms and accoutrements ) in order to escape more ra pidly. It was impossible for the cavalry to fol low the fugitives. General Maucune, finding the enemy's position abandoned, .pursinni the co lumn by the sound of confused voices. lie •ar rived at the town at the same moment with the enemy ; he entered resolutely ;•• fell on the tail of the fugitives, without firing a shot, killed 200 men with the bayonet, and made himself master of the bridge, together with two howitzers. The• night was so dark, that' it was impossible to make any farther. movements; each corps rested upon its position. In a few moments we saw all the force of the enemy upon the left of the Tormes extinguished. They all took to flight, in the most frightful disorder, in evvry direction, seeking safety in the neighbouring woods and mountains. With the exception of the brigade of Maucune, the infantry had no occasion to take any part in the lrusitiess, and the affair has been decided principally by the cavalry. This affair may be considered decisive; atid the ene my's •army, beaten and disperril, w ill not be able to present itself again ter along (init. This battle, from its importance, and from the resnits with which it is likely .to be attended, is one of those that do most honour to the French cavalry. Fifteen like( s of cannon, sixteen standards taken sword in hand ; a General ; many Colonell, and more than one hundred Officers killed ; three thousand men lying dead on the field of battle, or is the direction of the pursuit; and 15000 muskets taken or destroyed, are the trophies of this victory. We have made but few prisoners. The reports hitherto made, state but from 1600 to 2000, among them is a Colonel of artillery. Our loss bears,no proportion to that of the ene my. The total is but 18 killed arid 57 wounded. I have the honour to*, 'KELLERMAN. The General of Diviiion, Commanding in Chief. Kwerwiwa.osei TAE IN.—A few days since a genteet.looking fellow, calling himself Thomas Mandeville, went to the Shakespeare Tavern, in •Plymouth, and most completely got on the sumo side of the landlord, by informing him that he had a cargo of oats, the arrival of which he hourly expected from Waterford, at the same time pro ducing samples, bill of lading, &c. in 'fact, every thing appeared so correct, that Mr. Adulteration, in expectation of a good customer, dill not hesi tate to accommodate him with board and lodging; together with a new great coat, &c. In the me:tn time the pretended merchant went conNtantly to the Custom-house to ascertain the arrival of the Atalanta (the ship which was said to . watts the cargo on board). At length the'artival of the supposed Captain of the Atalanta was announced, and being introduced, the natural inquiries re ipectiog_the voyage, state of the cargo, &c. In the midst of their festivity, a Gentleman from 'Tema. ton happened to drop in, and being Amen the sample, readily became a purchaser of the cargo ; but the ship having been represented to have had an unusually tedious voyage, and the crew, in con sequence, reduced to short allowance, an advance 'of cash was proposed to bind the bargain and re. viettillt; the ship,. which being unsuspectingly ac. ceded to,.and the time and place of delivery ae. pointed, they took their. departure, leaving the host and purchaser to contemplate each other on imaginary bargains! . . Early in the morning of Christmas:allay, thi house of Mr. Stuart, in Downing.street, Was broken open, and robbed of plate to theamount of betwaett sixty and seventy pounds. Mrs. Stuart was sitting up with a c;tild that was W I when she heard a noise below stairs; the noise was continued, and Mrs. S. ventured down, stair= by herself ; she found the back door and the back parlour window open, but did not see any person. 4. aka abut thelp E aud• resernesi IT stairs. When sho got to the first floor she looked down, and saw a man in the passage, and when he muted, she heard something rattle. Mt. Stuart thou gut up and endeavoured to pursue him, but in vain.— Some carpets and other valuable property were packed up ready to be carried off. Yesterday morning The inhabitants of Litt!e Salfron.hill and canal passengers were thrown into the greatest alarm, fur the safety of a pauper, a maniac, who ran round the roof of the Workhouse with a poker in his hands, breaking the tiles. lle was expected every moment to fall upon the ground : he was at length secured, and . put into a strong room. A most barbarous murder -was on Tuesday, the 10th ult. committed at Carrigavantory, in the county of Wat•rforil, on a poor man of the name of Hearn. This, unhappy victim of cruelty, on having, seine time since, taken a few barren acres,• was threatened with a night skit. 'Oil its being re peated, he went for sometime toTramore, as a place of gaiety; but, haying returned to his humble dwelling, his door was forced °pi:n(4l,44,d un be ing dragged intothe open air, he, by, 41:i assassins, was shot through the head and belly. lie ex. pired in a few hours ; bust in his last inumonts men. tioned the names of tWle Men in his neighbourhood, 'lathe perpetrators of this horrid edam. • a. • ~• ?'l 7 . „' . Aor!-, - ' SHOCKING ACC', . .• • 1 I ENT. • • On Sunday night, Mrs. Vanryne was Wiwi death, at her house, in Prince's-court, D u k e : street, St. James's. An inquest was h e 'd , Monday, at the Bunch of Grapes publie-haa,„ Eu Duke-atreet. It appeared in evidence, that 4 ; deceased was near 80 years of age. She had lived' in that house upwards of 40 years, and for seve ta " years past was 'suable to go about without at t i st, ante, and was attended by her daughter, I N, used frequently, at the desire OS the dec,:a.ed, luck her into the parlour, while she had u ..., :asion , to •be absent ; and, on Sunday evenin g , ter daughter went out and left her mother, i n thri parlour, as ustml, with a book and cankl There was no other person in the house. surag time afterwards, a smell of iire being• very power, ful, alarmed a mall who was pasting ;- he 'te s t into the house., and broke open the Rarlour door, when he beheld a most distressing spectacle—at some distance front the tire pt ace, the floor was burned, in tho shape of a coffin, and, of the u th fortunate old lady, only one leg , with a stciekin• on, the rest of th e h od ; havingnemrfaalieleoditiittlothtelie p a rlour,o rapartments in a coin, plow mass of cinders, the back-bone aloha' r e , &trained uoconsined. The Jury returned a v et . diet of dicciitenial Death. The Ostler of thu Marquis of Granby public. house, at Thames Paten, on Solidity rournim, tast discovered'a magpie's nest, containing tw o eggs:—at the time he 'discovered it the old bird was sitting. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, the se r . rant maid of Mr. thine°, bakbr, in Chandler. street,. Grosvenor-square, having besot sent ep stairs with some tea to her master's lodger, a so. man aged 90, discovered, on entering the room, the woman laying by the lire.place with herclothes in 'dames : the screams of 'the maid immediately brought up the family, who rendered the untortu. nate old woman every possible assistance—bat it is not thought slot cur survive. The great Catholic counties in Ireland •are ra. pidly coming forward to petition the Legiplature Inc the removal of the disabilities 'Meeting that bady : Tipperary, Cork, and Limerick, hive al. ready petitioned separately, and appointed Com. minces. The county of-Clare will meet this day,• for a similar purpose; a requisition 'has been sign. ed by six of the most independent anti respectable Catholic Gentlemen of .that cuunl, for a general meeting of the Roman Catholiei of Clare, to pe. roi ou Parliament for a repeal of the remaining Penal Lang affecting that Body. lufur nation having been sent to the Mayor of Cork, from Seotland,that divers forgeries had been committed by a person, in Edinburgh anti other places, who . was supposed to have gone to Ire. laud to embark fur America, a sharp, look out Was kept iu the harborir: A few days ago a ship from Glasgow put into the Cove of Cork, bound for New York, and on soarciii.g which the person charged with the forgeries was. discovered and taken onto custody, fur the purpose of being con. veyed to Scotland, to take his trial. A letter from Launceston has an account of as unprovoked murder of an innocent man, by a sod. tiler belonging to a regiment quartered in that part of the co u ntry. The soldier was ordered, with use men more, to'assist the Excise Officerjn the seizure of a few casks of brantly whit!' he had in. telligeisce were lodged in the peiish of Ludgvan, awl which they did seize, and were carrying home: In their way back, a lisoing boat hail just landed • three men tsprin the strand, and as the soldimeap. preached them, without speaking a word, the murderer presented his piece, • and shot one of them through . the body. The man languished about thirty hours in the greatest misery. lie be. longed to • IgeW/yit ; a harmless man as 'eves breathcl, aatti has left a wife and four children. The soldier is commit ted 'to .Lautreetton Kaol,,and appears to be a most audacious haertetwd villain. • I, ii ACH ALLENEE. _ MESSRS. - CURRIE and CO. Seigeons, late lu his Majesty's servicie,thallenge 'the whole World to prove a single instance where thAr Aledicinertnil Method of Cure have failed Of the desired effect. The practice of many years in this particular branch of their profession, has not given rise to one immicees.sful Case. They continue to direct their savlies to the tretitinent and cure of Venereal Complaitits, and that Derangement of the S 4etn, which is the coosequence of the pernicious:id waste ful effects of a habit long and-most unhappily pursued by the youth of both bests. hi the one it I* found .to be the source of barrenness ; the other have its ravages fa wdly developed tit titian by a distressing state of debility, Which, if no; timely remedied, terminates in impotence. _These are its remote and ultiapite effects, while ConstnWions, Loo of Muscular Power, rind various Nervous Complaints, usually characterize the earli6r stages of this solitary vice. • of per sons languishing under the disorders toeitlent to such • a itatiii. their treatment iksimple, and has never proved_ unsuccessful in the. course of a lung, laborious, nod notch extentbsil prat : tice. In the lIIN4 obstinate and complicated cases Of Vote real Infection, such as Obstructions in th.• Urethra, Sptino Excrescenres. Hurd 'rumours, Callous liicersi'licuptioas, St initial Weakness, Gleets, as also - • • . , S,CRICTUEES, •.r ' • - - Whetter recent or of lung duration, and which have baffled lae skill of otherPractititmers, are, by their pretreat Unproved plan of treatment, effectually and permanently cured, n ith- ' out the patient suffering tares crucial ing loam aad Marini% - inorrini,ge which freipientlifolloiss the application of the iu liar caustic. In the c. urse of twenty venal{ exclusive practice in this inetropolisOmuseino• caries of Stricturestniv;- beenancl are their (lire, the tirial eradication of which are effected by a sa fe, eer and expeditious morle of practice. saperi ir to any 'Woes yet adopted. 'The weakness, lions debility tiro::eeditig ti too this complaint, ore spec- I ntitoit ei.st,wed to sound mid vigoria I , health. But iv hert: the ttelalit has filf years existed, a•pri per !terse% I ra , ll. to their restorative reincilees, after a Strii - tore inis been dest ribs cd, is indispensably requisite to revive t. slitinhering spa' is , . of Life, aml to re-annotate the t'oasti•uths • Several Noir ewer and GENTLEhi es of the first vesper- • ability, have been under the care of Messrs. CU It Si seat CO. for tfie' removal of complaints of the Ili-et:lra , Sok- • *tires, &e. and having' received it radical nod p.111E1114 rt• Care, particularly requested that retereuces might be start to them, as satisfactory evidences of the decided superiuri:y of Messrs. CURE I F nod CO's plan of tceatinent. hinny t ietat kitten have had strictures trims 10 to 40 Veart; bad been under the care of, Messrs. II onie,.. H,enviindes, nod I ulcer Surge , its of equal eminence, who aueinpfhlzhecuFe by lie application of the Lugar Cau s tic, success. • Messrs. Currie And Co. may be consulted by either sex with the, greatest delicacy, secrecy,. and honour, at their lonise, No. Itri, Hatton tardtiti. Patients in the Country tire requened to state the partial. lata elf their case, ago; and general habit of living, &c. itt•- **losing a remittauce for advice and mediAties, when the sortie will Ire givettor ilent to aity past of the kingd .• To en sure that secrecy so essential to their undertaking, the IMP age of letters may Ire added to the acre uat for medicine. itch dime. ISOb-31.fi, Hatton Garden. 40N31)0)1 Printed and Pul)l4l4ed' by D. Low tui l M tblr ITATC3MAN bi 110%-ttrfelo • • ,y