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t of debts to I/seen, MOO of Aioftt descrtal their houses** oar approach—eo that on out march to the dewy we had been often obliged to force the dbots , it order to get a place to cover the men. As fur the officers, vresignei ally preferred pitching car tents. On our . coteries Sitia k u e had ordeis not to go into any town, except to pnrelinie provisions—so that since that time the risen bow always built hats for the slight ; but often, after • lidiswitto amok would not take that trouble, but prefer sleeping underitess. " this town is shockingly ilmpuiled by the eneiny-uat least two out of three of every house in town are destroyet A• for the population of the country destroying the enemy iu their retreat, Ido 111.4 took f.rr it and my reasnii, I think, you will aceuuut a good ope—l Cannot see any population; if there is, 1 do not know where it is cooecaled, as we hare often unveiled ten or fifteen mike without seeing • house, except it he the walls. 1 believe the people are, fur the mist part, gone to the sea-roast, or jolord the army. " he/Vanish soldier may 6ght writ; but they are a set 1f ntirerable loolnng fellows. However, 1 believe Curets in -4 nu conottcoring the attack, and sin nut sure Mit he :',;!‘i red the French+, who ate generally now supposed ixceed ia,ooo wen, thi- side of Madrid. We are all at this dirappotatment —Had we attacked them on to e Veiling we came rip, them is not a man coolil liner Aped. lam confident they never suppuscd the Eighth s' we.. tube sear what it is, or they never would hare waited long. It is priciest they went off in great besie, as they bare 'left in their huts, Ow river, n toonlier of tables, plates, dishes, ke which they +amid not convey • i+it them. sins siniy to say there is no likelihood of our pushing (steered to-morrow, us we hare this trivalent receive., a par[ orTstertlay's allunaurc of brraJ, 3111. to six, and urine to be purchased; aii.l the 441,1i;;.1.11 to 11:IVC the awe err, ground, and then hand. IKw confident /4 anitkiler 4 Ilk A 's enemies will speak of this business, at the ~ante time 1 an not think any blame ran be attached to him I balm he bad emery reason to expect large 'applies from the , Jsula ra ihn neighbourhood. tine thing assists in keep ine.the men from tompleining—that is, a regular supply e wine (a pint each man foi• the List two Jays) abich the Coin- Mimetic' bad not hero able to wet fur 1/00/4/ time 'before. I am terry to writr su 'sing about grievances, which I hope silhoot increase —1 am, &e. " T. C." Tet.AVERn, /VIA an " NIT Dew" Rut—lnstead of receiving a letter, dated Madrid, you find 1411 C dated ,aine as last, and now hope Sir Arthur will lw content with dating his from the Plains Of Talavera, Meow, famous for the actions of the 2;th and 9C$ hat , et Lust for ROMP lime, " My lot was dated, and. I hr-here forwarded, the rich, at which time it was every one's opilOan, that the enemy retreated; hoarier, it appears r...e odvanced pitted kept pars with theta till they received iriuforeentends of several thousands. Sir Arthur, in the morning of the 2;th, pmt lilstauW at the head of ear alrauri: Gettinal orheitzic's and, twit is said, indwval tlitia to tura tihout and attack hiss. " The [wont of '!cis business was sustained by the SIM II/ 4/ /I/4 1111/I thu !abrade, cuelesatto4, of shout Limos nom, • ,j 1 Mont woe o'cliwk, p. in. whim the tipuniards, by a coucerted pigsdheigat: to give way, winch t•.• y did in ei.ctficut order, Stailemittealtel the !reenter poet of astir force behind the tbvia. Sit lby the ti:r the enemy came up, they had liken up I pas. eitiou hi a wood, with thew right to ft/C.1 . 41W, t A u winced *ant Tel 44.1.4, opposite the enemy's left, while stir whole mire torossi out of the wined they weir halted in, sa d eemip:e.l a must position, with our lett on a sleep hill, Lot rate m 41-41,15, 4A11'4141114,1 to the Spanish lines, cover ing .1 port of the enemy, Guru their r i ght to therm remit, The C.l- 'he c.pol ty of theirssovsimias, got hold of Imute cuatiatiatehng hills opposite nor Ink With • mountain al their right, and the Tagus on their )eft, the u.rupetiutaf Ibis bill, where our left was pow. seLuted to he the great to i let of the enemy, duriug the The neomi coistuitaci.d at half past sit ° vet o er, p vizovous shack of th:eacmy on this poi k, which was dAlredro by General Nitro division. They Cash Inured liner eaertiims to get piosession of this hill, it'd wawa, after bass repulsed and mires doses e time they attempted to irrentl, theyeritlirlrew for the multi. could 1101 UN their ettae'r of our Aght, hid was happy In fend they del out succeed better in that point, and could eta Mend of lutviiig gained an inch of ground, either on us or the , t;mniarile. We lay on our arms the whole night, and were in pest hopes they lost retired however, at da:,•-. light we were tench el sappanated at finding them than - 4n PAW of us, art.-mim t gam the hill, the attack on which ecrnair...red at tire o'clock n. e. with th.c must dreadful cannonade of round. crane, and slit lls from • nu. memos artillery. This destructive are was */ w II directed, that, outeitlicasidieg every lAtsetlal we cou.d this!' of to ooneest 00t0e...e. ins the 'ode of the hill, mid iti.lg 4141414 en oar tons, the sanks were theistsi eery much, w ittiont a Single shirt in rotor', except from three or four pieces of ill-directed Span:sit artillery. They now teoewed their at tempt to take it by storm ; their infantry advaureill up the hill fur this parposc, and met with DO oponaition, ex ce pt (rum sour field-pieces, till they arrived near the hip, whets they were charged by the 2911 i, .2.1, tittli, awl, I believe, Milli regimrrits, who strove them wild. . l a.elier down then they came op. Ibis division now ref aril to the fiori of the moon- CUD, and dispatched a column if Montt •zoriso to ilk. potaft.t. Piull of a tower "LI top, which, 1 thought, ,milt to be Oren- Ord icy us la fore, as, by Mcattw of the cosy descent us the other side, we could with ease le rot utf,' iii ease of a re v:: so of frtune, from the road leading from Ito-pest to Tahaven, which was Site same we conic to the latter by,— The 2Jrl light I/messing and I)ragoon Guards now muse Itoll//11 the hill, in a valley haloes% the hill and ratio:auto, which kept thin Treueli ilivisom from attemptirsz stn thing f.' ther, till reinforced Ivy too other they admineed, and rointurneed Minting • Si our those, while the ether re/nai-led its eilonto rca.hr to receir. sus cover!. 'I were then iwaored to mivaner, and dill so very rc., t ulorly, under a very heavy tire of musketry. Ott tssenrosseMot: ch - trzn, the catmint, soh' eh hail deployed, sioreened by double mark time in gettoog into entomm, Le-Suer the tiatigoon, came it.. -. The 234, not withstanding, r , • tin In the point of 144 bayonet, is !ittliee the enemy etttold whew some iymptoin of h:^aking ; bR rimer the vont car, —they remained so steady as 4 wall, Ih1) . saw neveral shells fall in the matte of tlirm--nril Sept up such a loisk liie, that they some enmpelled the 23d to retire in disorder. 'Elie (tuned* 4/1W entire 517, bat reef prs.teatly declined elroting. The ibis of the 2 i.I mud have heels seey great; 1 went over the feeld the ihorniug, mid saw more than 1 could imagine—lturees aid nest eu.spletely hotrod to ashes This meet &ay was tow of those views its action whirls seldom ocrai, and indeed tine of the ,finci.t 1 eve, saw, se !I. e. A .. d 1.. menined : the 23-1 a.:vaneimf. muter repeat7d t boots sad 1141414/4 ;Inns the troop, tor the Ittti--ths enemy'. r• V I a I li hie tronnlox fo get kdo column, as a place ef security...the elotalliness of tlime columns, which Now lus4ied mere like tban mase—and the persevering bowery of the lllllchafifflg, and actually guilt; Toted sue of the cos Mains. Ido not think any painter or pen capable of pictur ing it in hell its beauties. " dcfure the charge, 4 or 5000 of die Spaniards rot up the mountain, in rear of uur caval^y, and in a short time corn- MEM a a very spirited attack on the French, who bail the top, fur near a mile, completely lined with infinity. They kept up so quirk a fin•, and seemed so determined to carry their point, that iu about two hours the enemy began to give way in that quarter, but continued disputing it fur several boon after—when, near sun-act, they kft it in quiet pos session of this column of /hominids, who certainly behaved' nobly. " About three o'clock, t was glad to find the enemy had gained BO grutuol-on the right or centre, though I could not, for the forest of trete, distinguish hue matters went on in that quarter. About four o'clock, our battalion was called upon from its lurking-place on the top of the hill—when we were exposed to a heavy fire of shells, by which we lust too men, without a shot in return ; rind were ordered to proceed giggly down the hill, to cheek a column that was again ad vancing tuatara) the other side (towards the right and centre) of the bill. ".After forming PM`, oar Commanding Officer wounded, and standing the lire of this coition), sirppoi led by a henry discharge of Artillery, (mahout :ire minutes, we fired a vol ley, and instantaneously came 10 the ; halted, fired once more, where. d, and charged a second time ; when the enemy went to the right about, and retired. Although they did not wait the point of Inc be once, we succeeded in the grand object of making them retire. On retniming, we re ceived the thinks of Sir Arthur on the spot, and I under stand we hart the ratite repeated to us in this day's Public Order.: —ln fact nothing he steadier or inure deter mined than our conduct. ,ifter this they retired to some 11,11111, unit again commenced with their shell., which they continued till about 7 in the evening, when they began to form t heir caimans of, infantry and cavalry, es if intending to keep it up during the night. }lowers, niter remaining under arms the a hole night, .:xpecting if possible a more dreadful lin, tie this day, to fined they had retired—mid a man was to be seen. " Our light infantry brigaile, with some guns, arrived this morning, and have pursued, hn order to keep then) in view. Their tonahms could not be kss than zw,090, bar tag Neu joined by Jaren!), and the army from Toledo. Joseph was present, it is said, during the whole tine. Their kw is very Brest—hut, I am Ifruid, not iir proportion to tams, which cannot he km in killed and wounded than 5,000 Imo, out of out mule than 12,1100. We lint aibusit tau pri vett..., and 6 uftirri•.l--tior nitwit we had no more satisfaction lima slammed* per man , the officers' wound., I Wiese-, are nut dangerous. u 'Fire town and field of battle, at this moment, present the most dreadful smile you ran imagine. Some of the wounded hare rcoaiued two dam moires., far want of me dual .esit.tairce--and numbers, who could mit he carried at in that, e been burut ; this orca,iorteti by the enemy's shr!l , ,uhieli act fife to _t very field that had the least herbage; skit se,thire 411.11, apwar is at this tune of the year quite parched r ond eousoouently setting fire to their wittetatu, and blowing them up. This at the iwouirot could not be helped. Sometimes wbuie fields were ou Ere at note, which often co. rend their advauce. " Want of tunic and fatigue prevent me continuing a de tail w Melt any moderate innii might fill out(-s ; however, one thing we were much deceived in—the enemy's oats bers—rsally, it was doubtful eta late hour yesterday. what would be the result. All we can boast of, after 17 or Ito hums hood fighting, is pursessioss of the field of battle, and, l behave, in pieces of artillery. l have often heard of the vut superiority of the inanagerni.it of their great guns, which 1 mast say was far short of what it really is. " Provisions are still very scarce. The army had a num ber of into by the mistake occasioned by the darkness of the night of the 27th, unreal times our lint has been f u sed fit tug on another. The regionent Huey Shepard Ia attached to sad,) suffered very nuncio 5 however, he has escaped, bat rather sick, fighting so lung at a time, as well as ethers. " I rem. in, are. " T. C." (From the Deldie reemi , ?, Peat.) lOH lIIGA /A TELLIGENCE. FROM THE SPANISH PAPERS. VIRDOBA, AUGUST 3. The approach of one armies towards Madrid has excited in that cirital a general commotion ; many left it on the .Stir of July. by the road of Alcoreoii, with surplice of provisions and whatever they could collect, in Hider to receive their deliver ers; in Madrid, the hotels, coffee-houses, mid all the honors of that description, were and are open night and day. The populace with hugs proclaim id mu the streets Feriiiiiiand VII., and the French, shut up in El Relit°, posted placards, in which they stated, that, as the enemy was approaching, who ever wished to secure their persons and take arms, should rendezvous for their defence at the said Rehr°. The Guyertior Utilised went out on horse. liack, escorted by enealry, towards the Toledo Gate, selling the people to treuiptillias themselves, that the enemy had nut yet appeared ; on the i7th be eve orders to place double guard', at the ent mime of all the principal streets of the capital; uu that and the following day, the exaltatimi in Aludrid atiain d.u, h height. that they insulted the French in the itrett4 w.th shouts .* Lorog lice Ferdionnd N . I 1.;" ihrowi..g their 1..04 up lilt. the air; Ulla the a hob• night there ever, - dimeee among the colu mn.' p. opts. Calla Gil have Iweii placed iu the Sqiisre del PaLicio, in till f-; mitt Slitters., and to that of Del „Angel. On the above-meiiimind iktys, neither lettCrs of wifely were issued, nor were parr purer. required. Latterly, it is said. the gates of 34441rit1 have been shut. The division the Mar gni+de Zara''u arrived on the 2titli at 1 e,oes; those of (;irons mid Vigeilet are at Aratijitee and that of Castejon at ()edam ; the skirmishing parties exteed to V eltlemuro. The people go out' in hudies to the roads, welcoming the tamps es their deliverers-it is a moat naming scene, to behold persons of every Lis. °tiering jars of water, bread, a me, and cheese, to the Badqjus Lliary.) CADIZ. AVOCIIT I. We hate the greatest satisfaction in informing the public, that Gerona still defends itself with °battlers . and beant; the sepulchre of the Fret;eti, who hove the temerity to attack it. Ow the 13th and 11th tt covered itself with kry, repolmig the ha.t troop: of the enemy In li every ee'atilt, - slid leaving the ground covered with deuu bodies. TARRAGONA, JULY 10. We are assured, that the French who besiege I Gerona, attempted, on the 15th, to eider the city at two places ; but our artillery, which was pre pared, drove diem back, causing them considerftlale loss; in consequence of which the fire of the lee• siegers is suspended. BADAJOS, AUG. The battle of Twlerera de la Reyna was so 0.1%6- nute and bloody, that, during the two first 11111'6., scarcely any quarter was gavot on either side. The enemy expected SIICCOUFII, and, it is probable, that the division of Souk was advancing by forced marches to their support. AUG.B. The following 0.. d, r of the day was ptildi,beil to our many, on the 2.1 instant " SOLDIERS or 7111: AII.IIY or ECTREM \ OUR t ! " On the 27th and soth days of July you fought * bravely you repeatedly repulsed the enemy, who was compelled to Ily, hel o t the field of battle curried with his dead; this glorious victory is due to your firmness and union, to your ineesiniot and well supported fire, and to coi.tidcuee lu y our olliceis and chic& ; always o:sterve the same, you will always be invincilde : The French are not men, except ellen they find nu resistance; that which they met wit from the reli ant Coglish troops, war alb.. routed mud put thew to flight : we know that the French soldiers now refuse to enter tato ' , lion, after seeing their last hopes destroyed. " Soldiers am satisfied with your valour and firmness ; I congratulate you OR your trinutph, and I lel> , on your uni,m suit discipline. " I not call soldiers, nor consider as a part of the army, those base cowards, who abandoned their regiments on the days of battle, Rectos in 110 IFIII of 111111{C‘,/ cool with the design of producing disorder; such wretches, besides the inftioy which corers them, shall be decimated as stunt as they me apprehended. " Head- quarters, Talavera de la Reyna, utl Aug istin. (S ;;wed) " CLTILSTA." AUGUST 9. A general ringing of bells, end a discharge of artillery (which has been repeated with three suc cessive Melilla' illurninatice) iviasouriced on the 2d inst. by order of this Supreme Junta, the victory obtained iii the fields of Talavera by the combined army, over the opprciorire of the country ; sad at the same time, a solemn Te Deane was chanuted is the Cathedral, at which the Junta and other antherities and chiefs attended ; the joy being uni versal, the congratulations incesrent, and the ob ject of frequcut public praise, the magnanimous efforts with which our faithful friends, heroes in generosity anal in concurrence to the defence of our cause, have *lied their blood" and acquir ed new claims •to our gratitude and admiration, and that of all lovers of the welfare and liberty of that people; the Chief, who, in the plains of Medellin, renderd *mons to the enemy the bravery of the Sdanish soldier, although he could not pre,ent us with a victory, was equally admired on seeing ful filled the general expectation, that he would one day console the country for its sufferings, by lead ing its sons to a complete and signal vengeance.— The celebration of the triumph, which justice oh taius over destructive oppression, is a spectacle of the greatest interest; in which patriotism excites itself to the highest enterprises; all the virtues. ap plaud it, and humanity celebrates the day as its own ; others, equally' glorioue, will doubtless shine forth, and hasten the epoch hi which the triumph ant nation may proceed securely in the path of in dependence and happiness formed by itself, at the expense of contiuued and heroic aacrifices.—(Barla .o: Diary./ AUG. 1 1. It was at first estimated, according to letters from the army, that the loss of the French at the battle of Talavera de la Reyna, was not less, iii killed, wounded, and prisoners, than 1'2,000 men. It now appears, that the dispatches of (rem Cuesta do not make their loss more than half tbat number. Yet it is the general opinion, that it (Isamu have been less than Iti,ooo, including the dispersed. and the wounded which the French carried away with them ; which, according to some accounts, were so numerous. that they filled four hundred carts.— The rout would have been complete had our Lrinies been able to follow immediately to Madrid. But the troops were extremely fatigued and wanted provisions, with which we were not able to supply them, with the promptness which circumstances required. 14' tide our troops were looming the dead ON the field of battle, information was unexpectedly re ceived that Souk had entered the province, with an army, and was imireliiiig upon Polite Ile Arcebispo and Alinaraz, in well to intercept the provisions, and cut off the retreat of our army, us to place it between two firm Cementls Wellesley and Cuesta penetrating the designs of Soult prepared to frustrate them, taking, by retrograde muveinents, new positions; the for mer at the bridge of Alinarez, and the latter at Poole de Arcebispo, on the left of the 'raps. They slid lint fail to tnke the precaution of destroy ing the 'fridge of boat., which had been con structed at Almarez. Victor immedattely turned sailsletily upon Talavera de la 'Reyna. Untor tarlate town Last Hight, un express arrived, dispatched from Merida to the Junta here, who asserts, that a Cou rier, who passed through that town, brought an account that Soult had been repulsed. We imp tiently expect the arrival of the Courier, to learn whether this account he confirmed. So long as our armies maintain themselves in their present positions, we have no fear that they should be in want of provisions, es innumerable carriages, with supplies of every kind, are conti nually taming along the high road of Seville and Bantam:. Soule wounded English have pissed through this plaet on their way to Lisbon. The cursed Soak has been the cause that our ariuy is nut now at Sontosierni, and of the evils the Madrid and Talavera are suffering. Our bead-quarters are at Mesas. At Pante de Arcrinspo the French lost 4,01/0 men; and they say that Soult lost six pieces of artillery at Placen tia, and that lie offered to capitulate. The English ure ut Almnri•z, and their head quarters are at Uteleitows.—(Cerreio de Lishea. Ask 14.1 . 471.014 TUB 0011[114741 1 ,NT 114tETTS 0? SIVILIA, AVOVIIT 8. •••••••• The following twe disputcben, relative to the "'~" battle of 'Palavers, have been received from (pe n , Ciresta " Muer ExcEt.r.elr Sin—l communicated to y'ou, ou the night, before Last, iii nay ad,rices train the left bunk of the Alberche, my suspicions that 1 should he attacked be the forces Which the enemy had Itsfleeted at Toledo, if 1 eotitinued separated from the English. 'Phis conjecture in duced me to repass that river yesterday morn iii g, mid take the position that had been agreed upon. with General Wellesley, the twu enures a tine before•Talavera, availing ourselves of the valleys, and• the other advautuges of the ground. Selmerlv had we finished forming our line in the said position, when the enemy, yesterday, about flee in the eveisitig, presented himself i n a ll his force, sernounting s . a. we conjecture, to front 33 to 40,000 men, .euchuliug 5,000 cavalry, Led at. tacked with the uthaosit fury our whole line, direct. ing their principal efforts against the left, where the English were posted, with intention of thrums their left flank. 1 lie attack rind defence were equally obstinate, till recourse was had to th e k r . omit ; but at length the enemy were twice reptile•il, with great loss in killed and wounded ; the at win lasting till hull-past eight at night. The English likewise suffered much loss, especially in officers; our's has not been considerable ; our troops iu ge neral, behaved with bravery and firmness, exc pt three i.• four corp., which manifested some feeble.• nes*, of which I shall eeeak when more at leisure. " Vet) , early this morning the eueiny renewed his attacks, which have continued till the, present time, that is seven in the eveiiiiig; but they have been revoked in all, as I hope they will be in any others they may make; Joseph Napoleon was present is person tilt this evening, but we now knew that lie has retreated with his guards, and repassed the Alberche, with !ten ears of wounded. " I have not ton- to enter Mtn further particu lars, ac I have passed three days 011 the field of battle with all my troops tinder arms. Gel preserve your Excellency ninny years! GEEGORIO DE LA CUESTA.* " Heart-quarters, Tat , daily as, nitro." SECOND DISPATCH. "MOST EXCELI.ENT SIR—At seven, yesterd.iy evening, I communicated to you infermittina o f eiee repeated attacks of the enemy, and our resol fence. When night came on, hostilities began to relax, but withaut the enemy abandoning his posi tion. A little eefare -break. the enemy beg:ot to retreat, and ha,,, repassed the Alverche, in the di rection towards C.izategss and Santa °hallo, de. spairing of being able to dislodge us, or even to move It; in our position. They have left the field of battle strewed walk carcases auel . evoundeel, who had neither time nor power terrotare. They Lava buffered a dreadful loss, which would have been greater, if our troops had not been prevented from pur suing them, by fatigue and want of pf(i1141001. hk.wi.se sii:Trred much iu the loss of three Generals, several ,eiiiialteria of- ' ticeni, and a number of men; but they cautiot , be denied the glory of having• fought wide much valour sad discipline, and forced the French to acknowledge, that they never yield in any enter prise, especially if c ttttt 'molded and eon - dewed by their intelligent, active, and brave header, Sir Ar thur Wellesley. " The Spanish troeps, and especially those which had the greatest slime in the action, left me ne thitg to wish for with respect to their courage and gallantry. 'llic fierce mild we:l-supported tire of our iufantry repulsed the repeated attacks of the enemy; stud the charges of our ;:avalry caused them much loss. The King's tteginteset has, in. particular, covered itself with glory ; unit, in cuts junction with the English, took, several nieces of " 11,10, 4 cud made promoters a General, a * Colonel, anal several Officers ; and 1 request that its Colonel. Iliigadier Dou Josef Maria de Lastres, may Le promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General, fur having attacked at the bead of his regiment, go.- lug the best example. " From the accounts of the•priaoners, we know that the whole guard of Joseph Napoleou was re cent in the attack of yesterday morniug, aid that it was upon that that Joseph placed his principal reliance; but when lie saw it repulsed and routed, he immediately fled to Saute Olalla. We Utica ise know that his satiny, in concernatlon and confusion, took the road towards Toledo, without provisions tor env, means of subsistence. "To couclude, the pressure of time only permits me to say that this has been the most glorious and important action of the war, and that which L hope will open to us the road to the Ebro, as scon es we can procure tile necessary supplies fur the troo M ps. ay God preserve your Excellency many years!" "GitrGORIO DL LA ClnillTA." " Mad-quarters, Tatum's, July 29, iso9, ten in the sussing." Accounts from the mine General Cuesta, dated the next day, the 30th, from Talavera, state, that the enemy, to the number of 10,000 men, were still to be seen on the heights on the other side of the river Alberche. Jur vanguard occupies the head of the bridge ; the fipanirie main army in front of Talavera; and the British forms in line oo our lei'', a little in the rear. It is likewise cud, that by the confession of the French them.elve:,, and by accounts worthy of credit, their lrise ed between 9 and 10,000 men ; among the wound ed is Marshal Victor, severely so. A General of Div6ion is killed. Negrete and CaM lacio, were present in the battle. Part of the army was employed in burning the dead. General Venegas, from Deana, under the .ninc date, writes, that having dispatched Colonel Don Felipe a Corte, with 150 horse, to *wick a post held by goo horse, an.l ',Pro infantry, he executed his commission with so much gallant 7, that he dislodged them from the litir.hts of Cuesta de la Reyna, killing 90 men, and tusking it; prisoners. —(Government Cavite, Aug. 3 .) SIVILLE GAZETTIC EITRAtIRDINAFY OF THY GOVERNMENT, General Venegas writes, from Hs head-quarters at (katMa, under the date of the Sth inst. that, on that day, the Pit, ed. and 3d divisions of his army hail covered thrinselver with glory, on the oailks of the 'raga., at ; where, bane three times attacked by the enemy, with the great• est obstinacy. they repulsed thews as ofterr--the , a