The Sun. — London, England, 1811-07-15 00:00:00

Mj. sty'; layout those brava men wlio have so ‘4. cutt.batted. I am, &c. Count SVOHRT. ficul.f,Z,ltarterkat TArraion't, lune x 9. P. S: Captain Anima, tny Aidei.de-Ctimp, is tile . bearer of &patch, which .he will ecovey to you With 4.1 - expeditloli. fie shared in all,t,tte labours of t he "asainorig ths; foremost wWo mounted to -the asitott, and cad give yttir Screne litglinetts all it.e ii,f)rt-u;, ion yo 4 way tiesire, • , ctilarly recommend hi'm tp y-,ur kind atten. firm, .oild ii reatrynn too lain fir bun flom`his Maw jetty the rink'cf ahef cl'Escatlion. • (Stned) Cnuni TO the ahov4 is allot xed a f- ft titled return of the' pris„ncrs t.iken on the 2-th of June. gi and to tal ibrat, inclodiot.; 407 (Akers, Among the j:h.tvr are niettliont..tl Don In.:n tie Couttera, Govern r Oantl.tal; B.'Kpur, Stih-chiel of the t.stfi .(-;eneral Co-rtiri, and two Aides-Ale-entnp ; c4brer, 0: metal of 'Engineers, and Lirt,i,iier NlLssinat 70 kir,Glitqray'S THP.P.KISCH N i EWCHATUp, Jo)t-OLNEft4L S UGC.. „ • , , I had Or Itonour ot giving an account to , .yonr Vighnessplali the efforts which I lad made to pLice tli, , ,..arwy to a mine, for entering the 4dd, acid m tt,rrtlvring in aid of the at My of the south. ,As was - ignormt Of',ttw prrei*e situation. nt the enemy, I thoq t it my duty first. to oppreacth him, for the purpose of availii)g tpyselt rtt circumstattees, and allo to dit.-gui,e hum :01111.: time my Vett, intentions. I, therefore marcheik my troops on the mad or' Roirigo, and that of Placentia, and,l. ad. yanced in ret silo on. ILe ; 411) to .It9drigo Wit the . greater p.trt of the cay . alt.y„ and a, strong agyapeed guAr.d, .1 avi.filed rnyiielt of thii opportuffily to, throw into Itotlrtgo. a great ,quanttly ot supplies,ond set out in thicmiljki in the liope of stuTriisitil thq clip sion' Oetlefed CrOUltild, Avati oantolied Ottve from . Andrigo, ~A Jew hours were ;Rtthcient for apprisio that (at ne.rol of tny.. art ivol at Itodrigo, and Ito itnotediately.pet hitnselt to march to r retire Oehittn the a, leaving hia cartiry in oh. se; vaton, mid al;a4donitig several magaztots ot vi4tos. l\lonthron with. his cavalry mitiouvred the c„lv 4) of the evenly, wished them with g r e 4l dot f ,titALle. some proolnets. I learo c d thlt Lord 6i,eticcr, who commanded ; the army In ftd ~. 16-eoce of Lord Wellington, hid under his or der. ihreediv,;iilijkvi,..wll4:h were avirched : from t•Litikg of the C. 3 to, Castel bronco, i ,poneleded a port of ttrese weyi• tl. stint 4 to erosi to the hit of nii; of the Trigus :on 11 1 e.tirtappeirahce of their kiette,; , I r, ; 1 11", cl uPott a r‘spid Inarch; I " stritt ordet,s to cerivrat.llenier to set OW ,Irom „cute .14obse ikt,ii Loo Where he wrth two di% to march upon Fldoosanii Placentia. briti„ , quipage, on w,llich.j i 18.14.0pe4, in order, to CI i ti6us,ritit having yet . stri ived fronOladrid, UI) ,i , ;,4 . ch %Vats delNy,/di it, the Mem, lime %,d w 3,, a ittditer:ot urgency, for,oll the repor:s th.oioctql t:lat 13}1 c0i(a great v - t ; ttot bri!aObes betu rpitqc . ; that two hit.] alt early Oven given, too tlitit the enemy etlhL, 'lnn It mako theultelVes that importithl Whatever were Winch Utoso groin circumstances, we thed 4‘) th it my advanced guard ar ri Led at tits 11“.1 e v ening u, f s t nilij / ,/ where it Join , d tine pest s.of ,tl.eartny of - the Sbuth. (,)n the wowing .of the D'4c 4aguo, mind tr,),w.'ii elliceried,,thc. : nceessary rneasutes for, di; iog the crieo,yr torn his, entrenched, po4iti9tni‘a ond re,iei ing ; but the enemy rc7t in all !Lisle, recrossed the quqtlialla,. and .re. ento . ed Nang 11, u 'About is being in our power to with lii,tl, It is excessively vexatious that ,he did steel dime to 4wait un, fox a signaJ unary would have marked our arrival in these regions. Wee tc rc c.f fladajozycsterclay, where we were able tiil;t:it.r;ive refill, otir min e) es jA bat vigour Gene. rat Piritippoo, the GovcrnOr, and his brave garrison, lisd ei x t ted - in the defence of that tomtits, and how lunch theiipotauct waS ixoriby apritise. I ciinn . ut..refrain from praising he excellent spirit wlriarliat aattnated the army doting a Iclit n g and 14ainloi . nnirch, under a bullring sun and anndst many jortvattons brit/ it ,woula be 'dilliegit to ex: peel too runny proof, of, zeal for the service of Alajerity, trot) the,braVe regiments which compose the Army Portugal.. I hive ti,e honour, &c. Tile Marshal Dulte of ItAoosA. 0443i0Z, TAkte • TO MS iflOttNESe Flttlice OP 41EVFCI3ATELI, DIApni•OUNIIRAL,' moNseiGgyva.-4 hasten tp inform your fligh nesi drat. the tOrtr e sa of Bo c ujoz is relieved, arid that the troints which besieged it have retired into the . interior of Portugal; to join the rent of the Anglo. I , ,rinoese and Spanish army, commanded, by Lord NV,llingt.in, wh i t had. taken diorama diretlion. tile fahinstant, • 1 set out from Llererta with the iro , vs of the. Army of the' South, which I' ind eatis d to be united : General Count D'grfori, who, must join nie two days' after, followed the moven , :ent ; tite head of his Onturnn arrived on the 13th at I:7:age, where was' the bib' &tilts ; r ad vatic,d upon Lob Sarnos, where found myself in the midst .of the estahliihments of the enemy's army . . • 0,1 the IDat 1700k . 11 positiOO at 'Fnente Oct Maestret on the I 7th at- Almendialejo, from whence, on the Itith, 1 communicated with .they Imperial tinny of, IfOringail which the advanced guard had arrived cc- Aleritht ; and the . attune: day I v oii ctr i e d .with the -I)nke of h4aplll4 the pito ior m o v ements of t o ile ••'• • t)11 Ott' It/ It we were info, intd that the siege of Badajoa watt and that the eoerny. had *bin. d(lneti !its hngifienir tt Ale4eto, eVi4,ettilteci 01iltehZ1, mid $484 withdia' wing hilttroows'to 'the right hank of the Guiftli,ina, on the side of EiVoN. ?t, tt iv eittorrlOoti'et the 1411)q day the artny 11440 rt tticip, men( its tftivithce, received a is tter from Gene. Pt,tlipron, liovernor of Hathijoz, which mr) .. , firmed the ri-tteot of, the ttintny ; on the 2trth our troops grtvvei mri the Goadiarta, before Othanta„ . and at &d, jiff ; the army of Portogal Mantatitytred by. the right bank, and 'took the road of `l"latrdrq ; the Army ot-the south dt/iled by Santa Martha and the Altuera, • whit* a column advanced along. rho 111°01000f upon the Jett, The cavalry of the two armies is tro.day ii recounailiilliCZ upon Villa ry "MI • I#lllll, 4.111,1 Til snout Di vArttspo 'ma nn, iru order to aticerta:n the ntuVernent4 had disliositiomi .Of the cmenyy.. Opoti the repuri which they ;,hall give, I kliaa decide r - with - the Duke of /Lts,9l ) 4, In Cite Ulterior operhtit,tis .Wittch .the Army ut Portugal and tat of the South Will ,to teitipt.. • Iltekrrittion of . he t ‘.O iti*mieti on the imitLs the Gnatittti3 h true el' the. most mai keit evems the war of Spint;•it will be in its cmisequenees of tbe..greuteSt etilti for the brtieht of ttiettervicts the sinneror ; • its first result 1 u beet) the 10..Srft a.• Lion ut BatLijut ; tie southern tuvin , es ut bpain are also.entirely relieved on the Steleot Portirpt, and tranquility, which was for u ronfoton,tlisturbed no sever4l jolults, ris re-est4blishinu. Thu Duhe , et ilaguso and tnratit in g!ve battle to the enemy l• but 1.. rd Weillngtnn has prudently retired before we mutts COtllti or with Oloo:. yet Ilk tutees amounted to 60,000 men of «Isom 30,0n0 Comprebenditig the two divistinis ut Cicne• rat ,Spencer, - which lie 11 id withdrawn •tiutn the north, 14,600, P-rtoguese; anti' 16,0(it) Spaniards : he luttl in 11113 11UOVIVE 4606, CUltiq. It is vesatrups that :t general titf,tir has not taken ;dace ; the event would not have have bten un• uri lain ; but it is f 4., be linved, that atropputtunity will oder itself. • . • I must now "give your .i'ligliness an accoent of the . sltuation in wiricb, we found z, acid of the glorious defence of its -,brirve, gintison. 'l'loe The General of litigtide Phi!ippon, who cotinnatici 7 Cd as Governor, (tits had the rare merit of creati,y 6 for himself moons, and of run•:ering tWryiceable tot iis t!elenee all that there woe of Frenchmen in Bi dajoz ; while aii h a vigorous 1141iti he kt let dots o the mitatutants, and . empitqed them tutu on the works Of die , rhilitiCatilails which were Rlce?salo4 imoroying. 1 vat, sotto have (tie iiotit,4ll of sew ! . tog your Hiehlic,s a copy Ot the Journal ut itre siege ; •tit present I can'unt) the proteipa tratraetions, arid by you to represeat to toe E4l ! pcfol,,Gllllll4l deserying toe fruits to his good eptnion. i oat e the hollow to ask oar lino the title Ui Count, and a suitable clid‘owttwol also solicit rewards for oilier, militat) ti.en all reuks, ISO have distinguished .titc“ l 3eivc'i by bni• bent exploits. On the lath of nth,. the day of the battle which, fought with the allied army, at Ateuvia, had allvit , SY ekliirfAS *thee tnettettco. s were untried by the ,enetny tiefole fludijoz, :44t: 4.4y4:4111C the fire against the place; tow ; • (in the eVetlitsg of tue 15th ,ttie .orsiegers with drew all their troops', and tolittalthetu to toor other fo'ce at. Alouera; - they did net re•aPkar 114! 10th. During 'this . ab6eine Gee4tet Peal azqd the whole of die works, whiett they hod e.ii,ht rd." and brought within the fortress the platforms anti t.-cines which lie hound then.: ; even took some convoys tram the enemy, %Ill) were arranging mat- Aerts for restoring the works of %besiege ; but . .OeY did not, the second tune, open the trenches tilt 'the night at the 30t bof May. The Ore against the P CO CO inn) n Ce an the 3d 01JUSle,fluil coolital el without in erruption ti 1 the raisieg of the siege. 00 the, 6111, three breacets, Here already made, on ' e , in 04 ,0 b o dy of the pi toe, ea. f‘‘ 0 in Foft 531 . 1 Chrimovsl ; the illst nt the float of the Castle, between Ttiony bastion ;atii; cite Guadima, to toe left of the hate'- thin . San Itotoe ; but .Lieneral. Philiepein iminechately. set to semis to e>carp•it, .end ordered an t onenchment to be made. in itiko eround of the Castle ; thiS last measure was period ..ly undetstcud, the enemy. made only a false attach oh this point. AtFort San Christoval there was only one prac ticable breach in the night id the 7th ; t,suo Eng ilish;threw .thetilelkete into the, 'ditch at the furl, . applied their lachlers, nod .attempted the assault ;• thrice they ret urne d to ;.thee charge; 75 brute fel loWs, cominanded by Capt. Chauvin, eeth, steadily repulsed them, and .intlidted on Abell) very great loss; we feel some withers wounded with thrusts of the bayoeet on the height of the breach; the SUCCCSI wits CUlllpleie the dead, the wounded ; and the ladders, remained in the ditch. On the iOllftwing days, the encrny.contintied 'his fire on the fott, .and endeavoured to eoltit'ee- the breach. in the eight tanthi,V,ooo English presented themselves anew, to give The assault.— Capt. dondion,. of the Suit regiment of-light-infan try, eommataled at San Christoval his garrison consisted of 140 inen,.every soldier tied leer leaded muskets , by his:side ; General PlitliPpon leul or dered to be placed 'a ;great quantity *of 'charged bombs on the parapets; , :of which. Stumm lliette,. of the sth regiment of ertillely, 104 lite diration ; (this soldier had tiofore distinguished himself at the first assault of San_Chtistoeal.) Already the enemy had applied 4Q.ladders; Cite head of their eolutnn had reielitel the height of their !area •ta r ,111 t L'rette calls out, ,Qlptain, shall we blow •op the lust mine i" The bombs• and grenades descend, exploding they break the ladders, and spread death and dismay among:the enemy s. While, with the h)yoriet, the earrisou drive them dosi , r) to the but tom of the breach; in instant the ditches Ware filled with dead and wounded, among whom wrre se . vent! English officer s ; i n t hi s co n fusioo .some English,' officers dernanded. succour $ the brave. Joodiou ordered them to refit a ladder; and ascend into the fort, where they should surrender as pri soners, .This, was accordingly done. At clay-break the etierey's General wrote to. General Philippoo,." demanding a truce of three hours in order to carry off the wounded, wm ho reained" in / the ditch or under the Are of the fort. 'flits deM'and was acceded to. The loss of the English in this whir exceeded COO men ; we had not I u men rendered , unfit for servive. jt was eue.of• thefineat military teats on record. The loss of the English in, the siege, ,of Badajoz may ht. , eatintated at •3,000 men at least ; the Portugotse and Spaniards have also sustained some . On tiansmiiting to your highness. the journal , of ' tie sicte, I shall have the honour of presenting you With the names of those who: distinguished thernielves, and who have deserved the favour of :the I;rnperor, that you. - may represent their condutl accordingly., • Tho chi c ( of Battalioo L,m,,re commanded, the. enginvers j the:Chief. of Battalion Colin ; the ortil ry ; the latter tell sick: during the. siege : he - tilts well seconded• by Colonel' GonTalts, and the Chief of hatOtion Marti, both in the service of his Ca tholic; Majesty. I regret that I cannot, it, 'this first. report, nkentiqa the names ef- all the brave ZONDO.N. MONDAY, nny 15, WI I. This morNing we received the following most gra tifying intelligence,' but in communicating ,it to ogr Readers we think it u►ar duty to add; that we can by no mans pledge ourselves for its truth. No official accounts upon the subjeet have reached the Admirally ; but undoubtedly the newt might bat waived by the %coy described in the follnwing let ters, before the regular dispatches could arrive:ma' rALMOUTII, JUL? 10...*.Arriyod this day the litincess charlotte packet, Capisin Rurnyav, with Mails arid Dispatcbesiriain Lon, t days passage, si)e.ningo accouat q(l,4rd I ,Srsi,t / tNoTou lissin4 rece4ed adsjces eser.laud Nal 'Vaunts, statical; 757-51a7uTt:77TC t't Car , whh the: 1:410°n pert in the Olaf fool, and 'captured g sal) U 1 the line, tbirtigatett, and t c ote*, with from oust to O A OO troops eat he'd , " 3 wbieb were ,proceeding lot Mit 'relief of ft'ho ci 3i ' T 1 a news %ris generally eredittd 'ort w Lis 'an . 11 . :: • . Lard Waa.t.iigofOar had i*C.C(OI44I the ti , 0 1003 . and taken up i 4 po4ition Partaiegre, %!11?ert3 caa'3 • oined, by GetieiA Sir BnHNT litati j Souvr ha ti aised the siegeef Cadiz, at.dwatrariell advauding towards liatiajcia, The Prirlceellio` tqi.4 end livlsingham ()nacos. were boll) lying 14 on •; , the-ships Mimesis Hodlll.~ria, of this. 1411 i : L i isb were safe arrived out. Ytliterday arrived .1 he fiCllOO 6 Cr /10 G., , ert Co , 34 i torn Messina; 40 da bra to tsey witli' attlphur and ; t he bog Poikiiiels Cart. 14p., fromß io d t buciro, Do day: s VA*: l'he Piincess Liixateck was oil OA Libbon on the ht lust. , 1), l ad 11,:::a ii% 114 ANOTilEit 1-FTIBB, SA5lt? DATE. f ° The 'Priucess Chu" N I te luickrt ho. sti'l'ed I.iBisbn i t ] 19 dip, atld brings sr, a c ; to flat, l itv vioos to his ieoving Lisbon, inielii3ent: hau l I) `. ° received from b)rd WeLLINoToS of an actiooe ifig 'taken place betwecn the liliiiill andi 0 6 fleets. o f the Bay , of Roos, in w hic.h. the 11 °1 had defeated the h itter , and Like!) nine Ol. t `Um; aild t hree frigates. It is ;110 saiii ttlis fra? stio.idroil had on boar d about 9 000 o°oo, ilist plies intended for RarcelOtta.... ANOTIIiikt LE TTICIC. ' el, By the Princess Charlotte packet, Opt. .4 111 naing, which left Lisbon on the 93d Vit. a" ti °,; rived yesterday at Falmouth, We hall recerll'i following glorious news,. frOm Soares wilich:o thirds: nay be relied on. Sir ettstass Ca° 0 erlpturecl she` Toulon fleet.; he caught. ' 4 ' lli P li , t , Bay of Losls, and took thowhcle of 094°3.4;3i ink; of rive soil of the line, ttree frilict''',oi Cwve re, NV.OII Silt Ihol3l,lnd troops oa 3.lttVi'r‘•,l flecountm say nine thousand, on their wry t a lona or Tarragona, .t i 0 , . This news hod bqeri'rece* d by,L 4 W ii ' ° ' oc .or, ~ 10 t o Tos. just befdre the Officer, u' ho is Prricea ifild, PrOCCS, Charlotte with dispatches P0, 1 ' 1 ! ~.: I , 61411, lett the }3ritish bead.q.l3ifers st .1. „. " 1 Lord Wat.t.t.NOToN bad reeeigedn it ftoo V!` e r e UjA rj tatty of ityamonte, at tiro mouth or t''' - if4 ft and had (.6 d it it table (0 his 0;1'4'11; `vio 14114' BgAiiit,-;RDs Scerctary - II e inirli°''' '',l. . g3 ,e . rie. thee 44115 Cir who has biou g ht. thee °14;(1:: . w ok great rejoicing at Vilbon it: const, or Lail WEt.t.trak-rost, who b:ifl rillooloss, Airair(4-Ifird been joined 1.)) Sir littef •'l' o bichi, with the 1?ulk of' the .140rthern Atel; i„to,s .'he. FOrtugueie and Soa •ha • i ''ollo 10111' n , np!... iv 11 1 ,0 coo , , t9isav,e ,increased the alliecOorce 10 ' ' : t ls' 040 (In the other hand, .Sotn..r h,,d bcen..(9. i o , W. , / oor4Tand VICTOR, and wg4 al the Avl4rectii of '4O to .56,000 men, of whom t3OOO W e 7 ,re i i ii , Lard, Wits.l,4NO,,ros was (Ming hack (°. as ' . 00 14' non, AOCI Seitivr was advancing, --11 0 , t her stood, that Lord WELLINGToN bad 10 Vi 4 oil verai object's, of chusing" such grounj fur 114 ° o l',,t 15 4 .... ... ... - conflict, as should be least ad tpted to , iii l '. . 10 I ,„rr cavalry, and of drawing the edam,' O ° 14r l'' it :ihd Pl', as in (he clience of a defeat oil otlf P3aniiiiillo bring us near the'centre Of oar resource,:iii,' , event of a victory over the coin'', v/1)14',..„4/I'i fi4ently anticip'sted, eipose theio to 0 "7 .4,1 0 1 more disastrous retreat. It is a's° on3erst', oi Cod' / ' General GaitfiAst is advancing itela 0001 Lord WOO ~L,, that Spanish detachments Win 1 0. r ntli)10911.C(. pi arerili:YWhiatVhe .the. fi n :retul.vt ibYßacrir:olll:---115 fall ; 1°- o v c lf t il battle is OP 3, of Sout.T. A great and decisive, die s i istO All is confidence irs'the.allied aloy; ut.coorpif and Portuguese feseling erittall:Y,6o°r°° -.0,0, $' ' !Ord Wl3.:'° ' ' 1 1 the genius And fortune of , I t i r s, Post ailore .1 our, own countrymen, who " • s i: , r , 00 b il ' ; • ' - the mean time ,' however, no Prcc3' 1 . 1 .. ~ ,i Ja ' 4 , . the pool° . a .11.11- - -Orgletcrd CO' prOVidd.: AWOL' . hoc fr.lllp .. iltOnacit.eveAryil tibbiengooontry of illePtei°% ',, 'ie . . The- Prinetss' C ri h; 1 1 0 1) fielecPor:tlie:id !net' ll° 7.11)! 11Q;;I:11}; I 4 th Olt . .10 $ Miti 0 1 Y 'II SI) iP4 iiitiLrfitne;ol::a ; 3041, 1!11 Dintlem, Leyden, ikilnilla, Oa ~ 1 o ity 1 ..„ acts 10):' ' , i it can the 23d, .vdith the Pio" -', . The cor'", - for. flglalta' Pr convoy of - trfin9Pqrt.9 ...idle! IP with the filth Dragoons, had not P''' , . , when 411,0 packet left it , 011 ' 3 the d el ' i or Wader .osis *0 this day present to Q ' - 1 e °p t wee d 0 from the Frencli payers resl3/6"3 t , l dove' ; -n on 50turd". t to m ' ?apvaAl;t)l';;fl'otuir'el risfapb:s7c7 °I: VI. I 1 1 4:11 : .er :I, rpg: r 1 . i 1 1). I :r; tall fortress of "farrogo,nl 1131 '' ii,_.„ or ti r..., fallen knto the , bonds of the 0 6";cie. rosi Ocoo 1114ted and most Viljut r est' i stool', °. ! i; French Gener''' ds iglilli tails given by the spa niru , ~„s c o - 1 brJvc e nv inhuman massacre or ote 4 It o incite . 0 0 in defence of their comity at ) via l be re ~,ii halloorl;srt, it, fireibrieferoinseolo4eotes iinvso:tirli'r 071, svilli: rr . . It (11 rtittrprit Vra Wei the . firmness t.ittcr which M. Tlieran, the Rayal.Commiary the Vitninee, Liss displayed, es well as te itrll.d al heads of the Spattish Administration who were itt battajez, .oit the tarn the ~ene,ity, having learned the. fluiveluents *Ur arroivs, began to A Widow ter besieging aitillery; on the 17th ill their troops had disappeared I on the tatti the communication with` ;:itilloz was re-opened by the illeilll4 of parties whicharrived there by both banks of the Guadiana.. On the 20ih I arrived at 13adajuz, with the Duke of Itigusa; • . Thus the enemy hate derived from their late ex- . ppdition into Estteinadnra, and their attack ou 13s-. dajoz, only the disgrace of .having tailed iri both' enterprises. The loss of the English is atleast 8000 of their, own 'troops; the .Portughee have lost :3or 4000 and the Spaniards . as tunny : tftt.y have ptoohred tie* triumphs to the anus. of the Etor.tori and have a:Certained iu,faiiour of the Army the sig nal vittory which was gained'at A.lbueris on tht.t tilt. where 1 accomplished the main obleOt had in vi , :w—Ptliat 01 making 4'cii%ersiOn in favour ot . B daioz, acid of enabling that lortiies: to ptolorig - tia tesistattee. Is now evident that-the. oattle of Al gainedus ztt le ist twenty (yap, dorift„; which time we ive t e eoabled to knake.arraro,it-ittents for brlogiog up new f , r;:,.roents, 40 the prottiot Portugal was obit, to t.it,,e It -art in the operations; • thus, the s c eod 4) . ) •ct had in bmw in coal...tog my fi,,t muvem Ut, had bed', also accotn po4 ; ;hid the troops which tough' at Mt rent it it e 'l!ol,ce.!seci 'a stogie day to at upon theollen the etterny. 1 t.ave ttiez.bnntiur to transmit to your - Highness the Get:el al Orders Which I yestcrday issued to • the al illy. I am, Ntirshal the Duke of Usi.mtvirs.. lune at; att. IMPERIAL ARMY t)F THE SOUTH Of SPAIN. GENERAL ORDERS,' The Gener.il in -Chief hastens_ to inform the artuy, th it the ItupefirtlArmy of Pottogsl is in combined oporations' with the Army of the Soath ; ,trie junction was effected three days.ago at Merida. itt 'Chief. also announces the deli verance of fi, , dijoz, and 'he presents as an example ot !expeirience c zval, and'valour, the chiefs and brave garrlion ref' that important fortress, of which the Ge neral- of Brigade Philippon is Governor; aigreat number of soldiers of all ranks have distinguished themselves' during the siege . ; their names shall be laid before the EMperor, and- the •rewinds. %Welt they have deserved 'shall be solicited. The defence of Beciajoz will ,be cited in militaly annals as one of the ttost rerearkahle exploits of war; Thu Atvglo-Portnzuese anil Spanish army has successivoly aitempiecl the sieke, atttl has suffered very considetable losses ; within the last ,gb days three breaches were mule, .one irt the body of the Inrtres,i, and two in fort San ClirlittAtal : 111terte''. my twice assaulted that fort, and. was IiViCIS re pulsed,Aeasing the ditches &led with his dead.- , - Tlw loss of the English its the skge of alci3jot cAnnaled at 3000 'ffloo ; Ihrte ate in the fortress! some hundreds of thou. prisoners. The 4ctie6lot Brigade Philippon,,and the' brtitkit garrison or Badajuz, have covered tho.nselVes with glory by "heir defoce, : , 14 il4 mportant event ascertains , thei4Blotj , Which the Aim.) . of the South gained on the brinks .4 the Albeera, on the ititri ult. over the Anglo-Porto-, gurse and Spanish army. On that memorable day): 00,000 French': atight 45;000. enemies, and in tlicied on them a very. .great - 10 , 4 ; that of the &I -lls!' amounts ; by thew own confessioh, to acoth) wen, of whom tOOO were inide;prisoner*;• si% ce louis and tiVe eautthit were also taken ; from them. The Spaniards and Portuguese acknowleclgeTtlisi they* lost More tan 3000 men. We had hiSit , to reglet a great number of brave men ; our, loss, how ever, did not amount to one halt at that of., the enc.. t id m i: v y ,itr;teswi b o u n t a h , e. ao,hcjoeintt shed ; Ire e w iLla e l d , t 0C mttkf l e ta d o in favour of Badajoz, and retard the works of itie siege. :be.: enemy could not prevent that 6t ) j et t (tom being attamud ; for during the battle General . Ohilippon wade . a sally,. and destroyed th e works of attack .which t he .English had erected thus the,d.lence:couict be prolonged for at least 80 (I „y s. , and the. necessary time watt gained for c o lm'. bitting, with .the imperial Arm y ,of Yortegpli a gi'ana movement" .which eutirelyrelieved Badajot; Th e English,tlten, -leave only derived from their 131 e expedition into Estremadura the disgrace of having attempted it , a lass of 8000 Qt their nation, and of 5 0r.6000 Spaniards and • Portuguege, and they ! hate procured: new. triumphs for the Imperi.ll armies. , . - The General. in Chief itata already laid before the Emperor the names of the soldiers of all rinks who distinguished themselves at the battle of Ajimiera; At the same tiine that he mentioned the corps which' bigliattelvtl themselves .by their valour; He • will hasten .to announce the rewards, which, on his' ap-, 'plicalion..bis N.lajesty shall have designed to grant;; (Signed) 11rIar4hal 'Duke of attads:Tts...,' .• , GentrA in chief of the Army of ilia Sott4h.' cipy), • IQcgu y Commanclot; H. k 8 N. `4 O LI QUIS uicrk lALIVM