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f ''rehitn,,thoUght he *dt, Aie to teiie'upon 'the two rising grounds upOn the left bank of the Guardia, and reserve them ; but'this attack was made with few troops, his troops had not halted, and, scarcely formed ; the enemy perceived it, marched upon the troops which he had thus thrown in advance, and forced them to retreat. In this battle,avhich was of short duration, we experienced some loss. The division of dragoons which sup . ported the infantry, vigorously, charged all the English cavalry ; but General Carrie, a little too far advanced from the 13th regiment, fell into the enemy's. poWer. " The army remained in its position all the night of the 19th.; it even remained in it all the day of the 20th. The extreme heat, and the fa tigue experienced on the 18th,' rendered this re-. pose necessary to assemble the' stragglers. At four in the evening the army resumed their arms, and defiled by the left to proceed up the Guarena, and take a position in' front of Olmo. My intention was, atahe same time, to threaten ' the enemy, and continue to proceed up the . Gua rena, in order to pass it will facility; or if the enemy marched in force upon the Upper,Gua rena, to return by a rapid movement upon the po sition they should have abandoned. The enemy followed my movement. " On the 20th, before day, the army was in motion to ascend the Guarena; the advanced guard rapidly passed that river, at that part where it it is ,but a stream, and occupied the commence ment of an immense piece of grouad, which con tinues without any undulation to near Salamanca. The enemy endeavoured to occupy the' same ground, but could not succeed: ; then he attempted to follow a parallel rising ground, connected with' the position they ha.d just quitted, and which every Where offered them a, position, provided I should. have marched towards them. The' two armies thus marched Parallel with all possible ce , lerity e always keeping their masses connected, 3 11 order to be every moment prepared for bat tl The ettemy thinking to be before hand with us at the village of Cantalpino, directed a Lunn upon that village, in , the hope of being he. fore ' us :upon the rising' ground which commands it, attd- towards Which we 'marched ; but their ex pectations. were deceived: 'The light cavalry whicln .sent thither, and, the Bth ,division which at the head of the column; marched 'so rapidly, that the trebly were'obliged to abandon it : be sides the . road from , the other plain approaching too Closetooar's,- and that which.Sve had having . the ad - Vantage of Commanding it' with some pieces of cannon, judiciously placed, .greatly annoyed, the enemy, for a great part of the armywas obliged to de file under this cannon, and thereniainder Was obliged to repass tbemoantaiu to avoid them. At last, I put the Dragoons in the enemy's track. The enor mous numbee of stragglers 'which were left be hind would have given us an opportunity of mak ing 3000 prisoners, had there been a greater pro uortion b e tween our cavalry/mad their's ; but the tter, disposed.'so as to arrest our pursuit, to press the March of the infantry by blows from' the flat sides of their sabres, and to convey thcise who could no longer march, prevented us. Neverthe less, there fell into .our hands between 3 and 400 'lieu, and sonic baggage. In the evening, the army encamped upon -the heights of Alftea Jtubea, having Its posts upon the Tormes. The enemy reached the position of San Cleristoval. • " On the 21st, having been informed that the • enemy did not occupy Alba de 'Tormes, I threw a garrison into it, The same day I paSsed the river • in two columns, taking my direction by the skirts of the woods, and establAhing my camp between :Alba de Tormes and Salamanca. My object in taking this direction, was to continue the move meat by my left, in order to drive the'eneniy from theneighbourhood of Salamanca, and fight 'them With greater advantage. I depended upotetaking a good defensive position, in, which the enemy could undertake nothing against me ; and in short ;Come near enough them to take advantage 'of the first faults therthight make, and vigoroaSly attack ahem. "On the 22d in the morning, I went_upon the • 'heights of. Calbaraca de Azzeva toreconnoitie the enemy. I found 'a division which had just arrived there : others were in march for the. same plaCe. `Sonic - firing took -place for the purposeof. occapy ing the posts. of observation, of which we respec tively remained masters.. Every thing announced that it was the enemy's intention to, occupy the Position of Tejares, which was a league in the rear of that in which hethen was, distant a league, !rid an half from Salamanca. They, however, :'assembled considerable forces upon this ,point ; and as their movement upon Tejares might he aif,, cult if all the French army was in sight, I thodght it ; right to have it ready to act' as. circumstances •, ▪ aquireat. " There were hetweenais and the English some isolated, points called the Arapiles. .1 ordsred. Ge • 4eral Bonnet to occupy ,that which belonged to the position we Ought to take ; his troops did so 'with promptitude and dexterity. The enemy or their!s.to beoceupied, ut it was command . . ed. by our's at 250 toises distance. .1 had destined this point, in the event of - there being a general „movement by the left, and a battle taking'place,. to be the pivot and point of „support of the right to all the. army. The first division had orders td Occupy and defend the ridge of Calbaraca which is protected by a large and deep ravine., 'Tie 3d, divisionwas in the 24 line, destined ' to support i t, and the 2d, 4th, sth, and 6th, were at the head of the wood en masse, behind the pOsition . of Arapiles,,and Could march equally on all sides; Whilst the 7th division occupied the left head of the wood, which formed a pant extremely un "tven and of very difficult access, and which 1 had lined with 20 pieces Of artillery. The light ea- Yalry was charged to clear the, left, and place it self in advance of the 7th division. The dragoons • remained in the 2d line, to the right of the army. Such were the dispositions made towards the mid - die of the day. " The enemy had his troops parallel to me, ex-, tending his right by leaning towards theanotin lain of Tejares, which always appeared to be his point of retreat. ' 'There was in front of the ridge occupied by : the artillery another vast ridge easy of defence, arid n kp 'Which had a more immediate effect °tithe enemy's Aovetnents. The possession of this ridge — gave e the weans . , in case 1 should have manoeuvred ;. towards the evening, of carrying myself oil tl~e enemy's communications on Tamames. This post, which, was otherwise well occupied, was inex pugnable ; and. in itself complete.: the position which I had taken. It was besides indispensably necessary to occupy it', seeing that the enemy had reinforced his centre, from whence be might push forward en masse on this ridge, and cbmmence his attack by taking this important point. "In Consequence, I gave orders to the sth divi sion to take position on the right extremity of this ridge, the fire' from which exactly crossed that from Arapiles ; to the seventh diaismo, to place itself in a secondlioe to support this ; to the se 7 cond to hold itself in reserve to the latter ; and to the 6th, to occupy the ridge at the head of the wood, where a large number of pieces'of artillery were yet . remaining. I gave like orderS to Ge.-= neral Bonnet, to 'cause the 122 d to occupy a point situated : between the great ridge and the point of Arapiles; which defended the,entrance of the vil lage of Arapiles ; and finally, II gave orderS' to General 'Boyer, Commandant of the Dragpons, to leave a regiment to clear the right of:•Geoeral .Foy, and to push the three other regiments to the' front of thewood,, on the flank of the second di- Viion, in such manner,as to be' able, in case the enemy - should attack the ridge,' to attack them by. the right of this ridge, while the light cavalry should charge his left. • • ' " The most part of these movements were per formed with irregularity. The fifth division, 'al . - . ter having taken the , post, assigned to it, extended itself on its left without any cause or reason; .. The ith r division, which had orders to support it, marched to its position, and in short the-second di-, vision Was still in the rear. I felt all the conse quences Which might result from all these irregu laritieS, and. I resolved on remedying them myself on the spot, which was a Very easy matter, the • enemy as' yet not having made any movement at all. At the same time I received the report of the, enemy having caused fresh troops to pass from - his left to his right ; I ordered the 3d and 4th divi sions to march by the skirts of the wood, in order that I might dispose them as I found needful. It was half-past four o'clock, and I went, to' the ridge, which was to be the object of a serious dis pute, but at this moment a shell struck me, broke my right arm; and made two large *mock on my right side : I thus became incapable of taking any kind of pat;t, in the command. . "The precious time which I should have e,mploy ed in rectifying the placing of ,the troops on the left, was 'fruitlessly passed ; the absence of the Commander gives birth to anarchY, and from thence proceeds disorder (3) ; theanWiiile the time was running away without the enemy undertaking any thing. " At length, at five o'clock, the enemy judging that the situation was faVourable, attacked this ill-formed left wing with impetuosity. The divi sions engaged repulsed the en6ny,.and were then:-' selves repulsed in their turn, but they acted with out concert and without method. The' division which I had called to sustain the point; found themselves in the situation of taking part in the combat without having foreseen' it. " Every General-made extraordinary efforts to supply his own particular dispositions such as were on the whole requisite, but if •he could attain it in ,part, .yet he could not atta;n it completely.. The artillery covered itself with glory, pertormed prodigies of valour, and in the midst of our losses Caused the enemy to sutler edm orously. He di rected his attacks, against Arepiles, which was defended by the brave 120th regime.sl, and was there repulsed, leaving more than SOO dead on the spot. At length the army retired, evacuated the ridges, and retired to the skirts '.of the woods ; there the enemy made fresh efforts. The division Foy, which 1?), the. nature of ' the business, was charged with the covering of the retrograde move ments, was attacked with vigour, and constantly repulsed the enemy. This &Vision merits the greatest eulogy, as does - likewise its General . . From this moment, the retreat was ,eflected to wards Alba de Tonnes, without ,being disturbed by the enemy. Our loss amounts to about : 6000 ; men hors de combat. • . " We have lost nine pieces of. cannon, which be ing dismounted, could not . he carried off ; all the rest of the baggage, all the pai.k of artillery, all the materials belonging to the army have been brought away. • " It is difficult, M. Le Due, to express to. you the different sentiments which agitated me at the . fatal moment, when the wound which treceived caused my being separated from the army. I would with delight have exchanged this wound for the certainty of receiving a mortal stroke a the Close- of the day, to have preserved the facul ty of Command; so well did, I know the import ance of the events which had just taken place, and how necessary the presence of the Commander in ,Chief was at the moment when the shock of the two armies appeared to be preparing, to give the whole direction to, the troops, and to appoint their movements. Thus one Unfortunate ,moment has destroyed the result of six weeks of wise combi nations, of methodical movements; the issue of which 'had hitherto appeared certain, and which eve,ry thing seemed to presage to u, that we should reap the, fruit of. " On the 23d, the army made its retreat frotn Alba de 'formes, oh Penaranda, taking its direction to wards the Douro : the whole of the enemy's ca valry harassed our rear-guard, compos i ed of the cavalry of the Ist division. This cavalry fell haek, and left the division too much engaged, but it formed itself in squares to resist The enemy. One of them was broken, the others resisted, and especially that of the 69th, which killed 200 of the enemy's horse by push of bayonet ; after this time they,made no attempt on us. " GeneralClausel has the command of the army, and takes "such measures as circumstances I am going to have myself transported to Burgos, where I' hope by repose, and care taken, to re cover of the severe wounds'that I ,have received, and which afflict me more, from the dire influence which they have had on the secc.ess of the army, than froln the sufferings which they have caused .ine to endure. "I cannot do sufficient j ustice to the bravery with (3) General - Bonnet, who would, hare succeeded to the command as the - oldest General of DiVision,. was wounded'a few moments after the General. fa Chief. Tins event eon tributed.to prolong the-uncertainty, •and want of unity of aQtion. . . , which thi Generals and Colonela have fought, the good dispOsitign which ) animated them in that I:lac:nit circumstance. I ought 'particularly. to ideation General Bonnet, who i 4 :putation has been 4o long establiahed. I should likewise name General Taupin, who commanded the 6th diyision: General Clause!, though wounded, did not quit field, but to the end, gave:an eilaniple of great personal bravery. The General Of Artillery and Colonel Pigion, connna.ndinir the, reserve of artillery, particularly diStinguished themselves. On this day, unfortunate as it has been, there area of traits worthy of being .noticed, and which honour the French name. I Will collect them, and solicit froT. his :Majesty . , rewards for the brave men who have.deserved theM. - I ought not to defer mentioning the gallant conduct Of the brave - Sub-Lieutenant Guillemat, 118th regiment, who sprang into the enemy's ranks to obtain' a" flag, which be seized, after having cut pti the arm of the person who carried it ;' he has b roug ht this. flag into our ranks, notwithstanding the severe bayonets wounds he has received. , " We have to regret the, losS of the General of Division Ferey, dead of his wounds ; of General Thoinieres; killed upon the field, of battle ; and of General Desgraviers: Generals Bonnet and Clau se!, and the. General of Brigade Menne, are wounded. " I beg your Excellency to receive the ass aaance of my high cOnskieration. Sicrned (with the lett hand) " Tie Masbal Duke of It A.GUS.A." After the first movements of the English army, his Catholic Majesty, under whose• order's were placed all the French armies in Spain, Was deter 'mined to unite all the disposable troops he had belonging tothe. army of the centre, to march at the same time with the Marshal Duke of ItagniA against the enemy. On the 2Dth of July; his Ma jesty •hadin effect assembled a considerablecorps, At the head of which he had adyanced between the 21st and 24th of Jul)? to AreValo. The retreat of the ; army . of POrtugal having • taken place before his Majesty could join it; ,he was obliged to con fine himself to checking Lord Wellington's army, which he has successfUlly done by this diver4ion. The greater part of the enerry",s; forces having .marched upon the Army of theCentre; his Ca tholic Majesty. at first thought (4 covering Arid, and sending froth it• the persons most at tached to his service, and , the ;most important object. . A considerable convoy, escorted by Dar magnae divisions, has been for-. sußately conduCtett towards Valencia: On the 18111 of •Augtist, the King - hart' his head-quarters At Villa Robledo. The intention of his Majesty was to unite the troops of the Army of the Centre, according to circtunstunces, either with the ATUIV of the south, or thO Army of Arragon, to fight the: English with advahtage. SE:.4LIN, SEPT. I.—We learn that the Turi:ih Commanders in Bulgaria and Bosnia sent, in the beginningof August,Deputies to CzEnst GEORGE, to summon him to cause the Servians to lay down-their arms, so that the disarming might be completely effected before the Turks re took posseSsion of that proymce: It .an nouncect to him at the same time, that the. .Ser vian chiefs, who intended to retire into Russia, must quit Servia before the arrival of the Turks. It is said that C . ZERNI GEORGE sent back without an answer the deputies of the Pasha of Bosnia ; but that he replied to the PaSha. off Buigaria, that his intention and that of his nation was to subMit to the Porte under certain conditions which he proposed.. He, at the 'same time, sent, his Secretary and two Servians of distinction to Constantinople, to implore the cle mency of the Grand Seignior in favour of the Ser n.vi-an peoPle. Thus the unfortunate inhabitants, who, have sacrificed their. blood, their treasures, and their children 'for Russia, have been aban doned by, her, notwithstanding-the solemn promises she made, never to •separate their. fortunes tvom hers. , • • COPENHAGEN, SEPT. 4.--We have just received advices from, PetersburA, • according to • which 6 .General KUTUSOW, the same who commanded at Austerlitz,' has been appointed General' in Chief of the Russian armies, after having been raised to the.title of Prince.- He has under him ' BAGRA TION and BENIGSEN. BARCLAY DE TOLLY appears to have fallen into complete disgrace. This intelligence has produced Considerable sensation at St. Petersburgh, tot since the opening of the campaign, the Russians have had no engagement which they have not attributed. to themselves the advantage. In fact, it has ap peared surprising, that an army should retreat im mediately after the victories it has gained; but it was. answered, that this made a part of tbeplan of the :Generalin-Chiet. :Its is therefore evident either that injustice is done to a General who has always been victorious, or that the people arc deceived by representing retreats as victories, and the loss, of several Jyrovinces advantages. PARIS, SEPT. 19.- . ---Letters from Valencia, dated the 16th August, state, that Marshal the Duke of Ar.BtiFikA, after haying concentrated his forces, had marched towards Alicant. The kingdom of Valencia continued to enjoy the greatest' tran quility. - • CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG: 10.—On the 28th July, Mr. LISTON, the new Ambassador from Great Britain, had his solemn audience of the Caitnacan. The Divan has fixed to-morrow for the same ceremonial towards his Excellency. On the 29th General ANDREOSSY, new Ambas sador from France, has notified, in the usual man ner; his- arrival to the Turkish Ministry, by M. DE VAL, Secretary to the Ambassador. The Drogman of the Porte; on the 31st, paid the usual visit of ce 'remony to General AsmtEossy. The lady ,of this Ambassador has also arrived some days ago. OLD BALLEY, SEit, .EL'ard „Tc 12,1 Yates was IndictO 551..45. 6d. the property of i\less: tils e rs. It apptntrs that in consequeuce p oi picions which Mr: Reid (who. c Ountry part of the business in which the ;,lis was chief cierk;) entertained - respecting a'B c,;„t 7 duct, he was sent for froui Portsmoth •t. three weeks back. Oii being accused h received money on account of his employers be had not paid to the VaShier, he dictated a 1:::t to that gentlemen of all the sums which he coni'essed had embeziled, to a very considerable amount.. this list was,contained,the snit) stated'in the indict ment, which the prisoner acknowledged, and•wky; ,proved to have received fKoni a, gentleman Pownell;in discharge Of a/debt Line George Smith, to MesSrs. : , .leux and Co: :case was so clear against the prisoner,' the Jury; without, hesitation, found him guilty. POLIcE Bow - STREET. Wednesday •evening,. Trinvn Snit t was brought -up on a charge of assaultilo: and robbing. Mr. Batchelor; of the Temple, of h Watch. Mr. Batchelor stated Not as he wls nirniitg home, between seven and eight o'clock, the prisoner ran ag a inst him near the ,end of Qaeen-street, Lincoln's-Inii-fields,- snatched watch out of his pocket, and - , :vas making ot:r it, when Mr. Ba:_ehelor seized him, but immedi ately received a blow from another inan, wEt :h obliged bins to loose his hold of the prisoner, who then ran away,through Lincoln's-inn-fields, into Duke-street,.Whither be was pursued by 'Mr. and several other persdns, one of A'vilorn attempteei. to secure him ; but some of his associates prevent ed,it. Fortunately, however, Limbrick, one the Bow-street officers, who lives in Duke;.strei!i:, hearing tht cry of stop thief,.rati out and sect rccl the prisoner. The watch is Supposed to have been thrown away by the prisoner in his. flight,. as one of-the witnesses. head something drop frolmilitn. Mr; B. being positive to the prisoner's person ; he was fully committed for trial for the highway robbery. Two Well known characters of the names ci Ducl,tiel and Nightingale, -were tak'en into "custody by-the same-officer, on suspicion of being concern ed in - the foregoing robbery; but none of . the witnesses being able to identify their persons they were-discharged. . Gutt,Dilm.t..7---A young man, the On of a Co lonel in the army, yesterday underwe'ut a second ml.mination, on a charge of having , assaulted.his father, and having threatened, to do him some bodily injury with a knife, which he took. .up for that purpose. When the charge was first mad-, the,Aiderman imagined that si,ch unnatural arc, outrageous conduct could only be attributed - to in sanity, ordered him to he sent to the Compter, in order .that the surgeon of" that prison' might have„ an Opportunity of examining into the,..state of his triind. The report of Dr. Hodson was yes terday brought up, from which it appeared th,lt the 'prisoner expressed hit contrition for his con duct, and :attributed his Unjustifiable violence to intoxication. Sir foxy EAM Elt had the pa:tici conducted into his private room, when'the parent having expressed a wish not to proceed further is the charge, from the apparent sincerity of his son's sorrow, the worthy Alderman addressed the of -in a strain of severe admonition, which he seemed to feel with great poignancy; after whit: a reconciliation ,took place between him and his indulgent pat ent. • MNRLE ' OROUGH-STRErT.-Dennis D:rris, valet - to Lord Hawke, was charged with' as. , qultinga Sheriff's officer, of the .name of Weldon, in . the execution of his duty, and was held to bail for the assault. IiATCLIFFE=HIGHWAY . AIURDERS. Morris Fitzgerald, - alias De Mede, was yci terday brought from the Nore to town ; he was ironed, and lashed to a grating. He is a.strbng, robust 'fellow; his hair a light yellow, and about. five feet ten inches high. He has confessed thatsbe, with Williams, who hanged himself, and two'moreinen; who are not yet in custody, we; %7 the murderers of gr. Mares and 'Mr. ton's fa . milies, add that he himself murdered. Mr. Mary's chi:d, by cutting its throat. fle , has late ly Written letters to some of his acquaintance; in town; in which he made a full confession of tI4 horrid transactions. The names of his accom plices have not yet transpired. SMITHFIELD MARKET, SEPT. 25. This nay's Market was not well supplied with different kinds of Cattle • York and Lamb aro dearer ; Beef, Mutton, and ' Veal, were cfleaptr, and the trade for the most part wass-but indifferent. The business done in the Haymarket was trifling ; Straw fetched last price ; Hay and Clover have fallen in price. The following Prices and num bers are a correct statement To 'sink the Offal, per Stone of Sib. • Beef, 4s. Od. to ss. 4d. Mutton, 4s. Od. to 55.2 d. Veal., .Ss. Od. to is. 2d. Lamb, ss. to 75. , 2d. Pork, ss. Od. to 7s. Beasts, 820., Sheep and Lambs, 7000. Calves, 140., Pig:, 2 SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET. Hay, 3L ss:to 51. 10s. Straw, 21. ss. to 31.85. Clover, 51 Os. to 71.113. CORN-EXCHANGE, SEPT. 25.—This day we have not many fresh arrivals of Wheat, but having abundance of remaining supplies, of the new crop, which - is not of the first quality, sales are named at a declension in prie of about 3s. and 4s. pf.r quarter, a few select samples of old exceed the quotation ; Rye and Barley ne ITly at the late re duction ; Malt varies but little ; White Pease are slather higher ; Beaus of each description nearly at the late advance ; the supplies of new Oats now come to hand freely, and this trade named also at little variation ; Flour is expected lower. Wheat - -70 s. 90s. 1305 , .. Tick Beans - - - 945. 995. Fine ditto - - 1345. 140 s. Oats - - - - 535. 575. Os. Rye - - .645. 68s. Poland ditto - - 625. 645. Barley 545. 60s. Potatoe ditto - - 655. 66 Malt - - -90 s. 935. Rape Seed - - 601. 661. White Peas%(boil.) A 2.. 88s. Grey (RUA) - - - 775. Ms. Bums - - - 945• IQO. Firie Flour - -115 s. 12us. .Seconds - - , Ms. 115 s.