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vauquier on the north, entirely inclu- ,
ding the counties of Culpeper and Ma
dison. Beside the products of these
'Couniies-n great quantity might be ex
pcttcu irctn Other adjacent comities,
nrd 'particularly front those inhabi
tant* rear the head of the navigation ; j
so that at least a division might be
made as to the surplus produce of that
coiibiry with the ruvig. t'on ot Shenan
doah river, to which, in several iiistnu
cca the projected improvements will
make i ear approaches, and in such
case the navigation of the Rappahan
nock would have the advantage, b\ j
more than half ihe*di*tance,and conse
quently iu saving, at least half the es- j
piT.se of portage, which the people of.
that country pay for such part of their j
pioduce as is now conveyed to market
by the roundabout and difficult navi*
gat ion oT the Shenandrph aud Potow
inac rivers, to Geoige-Towu, Alexan
dra, Ac.
[To be Continued.^
VERY L.ATE FROM ENGLAND.
New-Youk, Nov. 15.
The ship Danube, cant. Pierce, arrived si this
port last evening in 23 day* from Belfast. The
Ediiora of the Mercantile Advertiser have rea
ceived by her tbe Belfast News.Letter of (he
19th Oct. containing the offlc al account of
the deft at of the French in Portugal, and the
destruction of the Turkish ai my ; both which
artie'es follow and comprise near.y all the in
telligence oLany interest that has come under
their iJrupeciKn.
J.-.ONDON, vJCr. 15.
Trom the London G^zct r. Extraordinary.
Downing street, Oct. 14, 1810.
A despatch, of which the following
is a copy, was received this day at the
Earl o' Liverpool's ‘Office, addiesstd
to his lordship, from lieut. gen. lord
viscount Wellington, K. B. dated
Coimtra, SOth Se.pt. 1810.
My Lord, »
Wi ile the enemv was advancing
from Celer.r-o and Francosa npon Vi
z u, the different divisions of militia
ant! Qrdenanza were employed upon
their fl-iuks and ruar; ami col Trant
with hiA division, at'aiked the escort
o' the military chest and reserve artil
lery, near Trojal, on the 20th inst.
He* took 2 officers n:ul 100 prisoners,
b it tin- enemy collected a force from
the frentand r.-ar, which obliged him
to re'i'e again towards the Douto. I
undevs.and that the enemy’s commu
nication with Almeida is completely
cut cfF; and he possesses only the
ground on which his army stands.
My despatches of the 2-Oth inst. will
h ve informed you of the measures
wh’ch 1 have adopted, and which
wer- in progress to collect the ?r i y
in the tie giioorhnod, and if j ossi
ble to prevent the enemy Irora cb
tr'u.ing possession < f t'-qs town. On
thr 21st the enemy’s a lv-tnced guar-,
pushed ou to Sr. Camtadao, at the
junction of the rvers G;:x ,.nd Dao ;
and * ri^. grn. P ck re ired across the
former, and j. i ed brig. gen. Crawford
at Mattagca having deitrcyed ihv
bridges over th se t»> o rivers. The
enemy'* advanced guard crossed the
Crix, hav'ng repaired the bridge in
the "3d, "Tid iUc whole ol the 6th < on-»s
vvim c«-l!ec:c<i on the si le of th - river
—and I therefore withdrew the cavut
ry through the Si tra de B saco, with
the exception of three squadrons, as
the ground wai tin.avoi able for tiie o
perat'ons < f ih.tr afmv.
tin iliM ock K n.l_1
C h corps crossed the Or x, in t!-s^
neighborhood oj St. Cmofv.cUo} ar.d
brigadier geneial P ,ck.’s brigade te
tired lo'the position which I bad fixer!
upon for thu army on the irp of S.e -
ra «le busaco. These u cons were fol
lowed in the movement by ti.e \vh< L
oi tt e coj ps of Ney & Kignier, the 6.1*
ai d Sid, but it was conducted by brr
g-iditr gei.tr..! Crsw‘urd xrith grefct re
g darity, and the troops tw k their po
ttiiion wkiout- Auntaitiitig any loss 0j
import a nee. The 4th Portuguese Ca
cadores which had r tired on the right
of the other troops, and the piquets of
th< 3d divis r-n of infantry, which were ;
pasted «t AntonrO <ie Cantario, wider
major Smith, i f the 4.7ih, wc;c engag
ed with the a !v. nee of Hegniei’s corps
in the afternoon, and the former shew
ed that stcadiv*s and gallaotr-, which
others o! the Por'uguese troops have
since mrfni fitted. 'I he Sierra tiusaco
it> a high ridge which extern* from the
Mcndego in a tmr'nern direction about
eight milts. At the h gl est point of
the ridg", about two miles from' i s
tertnidH too, is the fnnvrM and-gar
den of Buwcft. The Sierra of tiusa
co is connected by a mountain. ous
tr‘ct of country with the St-rra tie Ca
rarmila, which extenrls in a north • «vt
Ci y direction beyond Vifctru, and »e*
pai -trs the valb \ ,of the Mondcgu from
ihr vn!l y of rhe |J«»uro. 0» the left
of the W ndep", nea.lv in m iin- with
thcSirtiMiie tiusicn is another n V
oi the s in c description, which is cal
led the Sierra tie Alorccliu, tovered bv i
he river Alva, and connected hy other t
nountaiueous tracts with the Sierra de ]
tsirell.*.. AU the roads to Coimbra (i
frwm the eastward, lead over one or|j
ather of these Sierras. They arc very <
diifi'olt for the pa^a ;e of an ar <y, the
approach to the top of the ridge oo beta
sides being mouotaineous—As the e
nemy’s whole army was w.i the Tight
of the Mondego, and as it was evident
that he intended toTcrce our position,
lieut. trtneral Hill crossed the river,
by a short movement-to his left, ou
the morning of the 26th, leaving colo
nel Te Cor, with his brigade oh the
Sierra de Marcella^ to cover the right
of the army ; and major general Fane,
with Ins division f’f Portuguese caval
ry, and the 13th light dragoons in front
of the Alva, to observe and check the
movements of the enemy’s cavalry on
the Mondego. With this exception,
the whole army was collected upon the
Surra de Busaco, with the British ca
valry observing the plain in.the rear of
his left and the road leading from Mor
j tagoa to Oporto, through the moun
[ t:iim ous tract which connects the Sier
I ri de Busaco with the Sierra de Cara
mula.
The eight corps joined the enemy
in front on the 26tb, but he did not
make any attack on that day. The
light troops on both sides tvereengag.
ed throughout the line.
At 6 in the mornng of the 17th, the
enemy made two desperate attacks up
on our position, the one on the right,
the other on the left of the highest
point of the Sierra. Tne attack upon
the right was made by two divisions
of infantry. One division of the French
infantry arrived at the i op of the ridge.
when it was attacked in the most gal
lant manner by the 88ih Regt. under
the command of^^^hon. lieut. col.
W llace ; and thiflHffr rifgitncnr, un
der the hon. lieuUxol. Meade, and by
the 8th Portuguese regiment, under
licut. col. Douglas, directed by major
geo. Picton. These 3 corps advanced
with the bayonet, and drove the ene„
ray’s division from the advantageous
ground which they had obtained, i'he I
other division of the 2d corps attacked
further on the right, by the roid lead
ing from St. Antonio de Cantara, also
io lront of major gen. Picton’s divisi
on. His division was repulsed before
it could reach the top of the ridge by
the 74th regiment, under the hon. lieut.
col. French, and the brigade of the
Portuguese infantry, und. rqol, Cham
pelmond, directed by col. Maikionon.
Major gen. Leith also moved to his
; left, to the support of uaaj. gen. Picton,
:& aided in .he defeat of the enemy on
this p.^sr, by the 3 J bat. royals, the 1st
and 2d bat. 28th regiment.
Xo these attacks major generals Leith
and P.cton, coir. Mackinnen & Cham
pelrnond, of the Po*tug ese service,
who wus wounded,licut. col. Wallace,
the Lor., lieut. col. Meade, licut. col.
Sutton of the 9ih Portuguese regiment,
major Sumh, 45dt regiment, who was
:iitortu..a,oiy killed, I eut, cel. Doug
tai and major B rtningham of the 8di
i’- rtugnese re giment distinguished
diems Iv Major gen. Picton reports
cf ti:t* good conduct of the 9t'u and 2lsi
Portuguese regiments, commanded by
1-cut. colonel Sul ton, and by lLut col.
ile Arc ujc Bacellar, and by the Portu
guese artillery, commanded by lieut.
colonel Atentch'.ld. I huve also to
mention in a particul tr manner (hi
conduct oi capt in Daiifu-y, of the 88th !
rcgiirertt. MVjor jgen.r&l Leith re
puns me go«,u conduct oi trie royals,
1st hat. 9th, and 2d b«t. 38ih regiment
—and I beg to assure your luidsh p,
that I never witnessed a more g,diant
attack than that made by the 38lh,45ih
.1” J 8th, Portuguese regimen., on the
enemy’s division whi< h had reached
tile ridge ol ihe Sierra.
On the kit, the cnemv attacked with
three divisions inlan ry, of the 6 h
corps, that part oi the Sierra occupied
by the left division, commanded by
brig .t ier general Ouwfurd, and by
the brigade ol Portuguese infantry,!
commanded by br gucl.tr gen. Puck.
Ore division of infantry only noa .e
any progress towards the top of the
hill, and hey v/erc immediately charg
ed wih the bayonet by brigadier geu.
Crawlurd, with the 48 h, 52<J. and 9(> h
regiments, and the 3d Portuguese Ca
cador.’S, and driven down with »m
mcnte loss.— Brigadier general Cle
inan’s brigade of Portuguese infantry,
wl’rh wa. in reserve, was moved up
to supnort the right of brigadier gen.
Grawfurtl’s d<vision, and a b *ttallio'n
•l tbe I9;h Portuguese regiment, un
der the command of lieut. col. Mac
bean, made a gallant and successful
charge upon a burly of another division
of the eiiemi, which was endeavoring
to pcfteirute in that quarter,— In ihis
attack brig. pi n. Crawlurd, lieut. col.
Beckwith ol tne 95 h, and Barclay of j
d*5 42d, and ’he commanding officers
of the regiments engaged,distinguish
ed themscrlve?.
Br,sides these a'tacks, the light
roups of the two armies were engaged
hrougboot the 27ih, and the.fourth t
?ortu'acse C.^s-ikloree, and the 1st
ind lbih regiments, directed by brig, i
;cn. lJack, and commanded by lieu*, j:
:ob de Rtgo Bonuo, lieuc. cok Kill, s
*nd major Armsrroog, shewed gr; at t
Steadiness and' gall -ntry.-a—*The loss i t
sustained by the enemy in his attack t
on the 27th, has 'been-enormoos. 1 t
understand that the general ot division ]
Merle and gen. Mancun are wounded, i
and general Sitnou wa-* taken prisoner J
by the 52 J regiment, and 3 colonel*, 33 , i
officers, and' 250^ men.—The enemy I
left 2000 killed upon the field of bau
tie, and I understand from the prison
ers and deserters that tne loss in woun
ded is immense. The enemy did not
renew his attack, excepting by the fire
of his light troops on the 2Uih, but he
moved a large body of infantry and
cavalry from the defi of his centre to
the rear, from which 1-saw his cavalry
in march on the road which leads from
M' rtagoa over the mountains towards
Oporto. r ‘
Having (bought it probable that he
would endeavor to turn our left by that
road, I had directed Col. Trant, with
his division of militia, to march to Sar
dao, with the intention that he should
occupy those mountains, but unfortu
nately he was sent round by Oporto by
the geueral officer commanding in the
North, in consequence of a small de. j,
tachment of the enemy be^ng in pos
session of St. Vcdro de Sur ; and not
withstanding the effort which he made
i to arrive in time, he did not reach
Sardao till the 28th at night, after the
enemy was in possession of the ground.
a? u was probable that in the courte
of the night of the 28th the enemy
would throw his whole arcny ’upon
that joad by which he could avoid the
Sierra de Busaco, and reach Coimbra
by the high road to Oporto, and thus
the army woiald have been exposed to
be cut off from that town, or to a
general action on les3 favorable ground
—and as I had reinforcements in my
re r, I was induced to withdraw from
the Sierra de Bnsaco. The enemy did
break up in the mountains at 11 at
night of the 28th, and he made the
march expected. His advanced guard
wa3 at Avelaus, in. the road from O
porto to Coimbra yesterday >• and the
whole army w as seen in march t hrough
the mountains ; that under rr.y coin
j maud, how eye r, was already in the
1 low country* between the Sierra de
Busaco and the sea ; and the whole ,
of it, with the excep ion guard, is this
day on the Jcft of the Mondego.
Although from the unfortunate cir
cumstances of the delay of coloucl
Trant’s arrival at Sardro, I am appre
hensive'that I shall not succeed in ef
fecting the object which I had in view
in passing the Mondego, and in occu
pying Sierra de Busaco, I do not re
gret my having done so. This move
ment has afforded me a favorable op
portunity of shewing the enemy the
description of troops of which this ar
my is composed ; it has brought the
Portuguese levies into action with the
enemy for the first time in an advan
tageous situation,* and theyhav^ pro
ved that the trouble which has Lei n
taken with them, has no; been thrown
away, and that they are worthy of con
tend* g in the same ranks with Brit
ish troops, in this interesting cause, 1
which they afford the best hopes of [
saving.
Throughout the contest upon the
Sierra, and in all the previous marches,
and in all those which we have since
mudo, the whole army have conducted
themselves in the most regular man*
n r. Accordingly all the opera ions
have been carr.ed on \vi h ease, the
soldiers have • uffered no privations,
have undergone no unnecessary fa
tigue, there has been no loss of stores,
and the army is in the highest spirits.
I have received throughout the service
the grea e.»t assut-ncc irotn the gene*
r l and staif o>. ccrs. Lieut. Gen. Sir
Brent Spencer has givrn me the assis
tance which his experience enables
him to afford me, a^.d I am particular
ly indebted to the adjutant and Q. M.
G^n. a. d the officer? ot their depart
ments, and to heut. col. Bathurst, and
the officer* of the personal staff—to
brig. gen. Ilowarth, and the artillery,
and particularly to limit, col. Fletchtr,
tapt. Chapman, and the royal engi
neers. I must likewise mention Mr.
Kennedy, and the officers of the com
missaria, which depu tn>enttias been!
carried on ir.o^i successfully.
I should not do justice »o the service
or to my own feelings, it I did hot take
this opportunity of drawing your lord
ship’s attention to the merit* of mar
shal Bertsford. To him exclusively,
under the P irtugucse government, is
due the merit of having raised, form-!
ed, disciplined, and equipped the For-1
tugurse army, which naa now shewn
itself capable of engaging and defeat
ing the enemy- 1 htvr, best iet, re
ceived front him upon all occasion*, all I (
the assistance v Inch hiaexp' rimce md |1
abilities, aaU knowledge of uua cuuu-(i
ry., tun e qualified hiut to afford ous i
The enemy has made n.> u.ovcmeut c
n the Enratnadu.a, or in the northern 1
rovinces since I addressed your lord* 1
hip last. My last accounts from Ga- * i
liz are of the 9th. I enclose a return ! <
>f the killed and wotfhded of the allied
irmies in the course of the 25ih, 26th, i
!7lh and 28th inat. I send this dis- l
>at< h by my aid-de-camp, capt. Burgh, ]
,o whom I -beg to refer--your lordship
V»r any further details, and to recoin*
nend him to your lordship’s notice. I
lave the honor lo be, &c.
WELLINGTON. I
Return of the kiU d, wounded, miss- '
ing and prisoner > ofjwar of the Por- !
tuguese army, on the 27th Sept.
Killed—4 captains, 2 subalterns, 1
serjeaot, 1 drummer, 82 rank and
file.
Wounded—1 Colonel, 1 Major, 5
Captains, 18 subalterns, 9 Serjeants,
478 rank and file.
Prisoners and missing—2 serjeanrs,
18 rank and file.
Total—killed.90, wounded 512, pri
soners and missing 20.
The precise loss of the British army
is 97 killed and 434 wounded—of the
Portuguese, 90 killed and 512 wound
ed. The dispatches state, that the en
emy is now in possession of no more
ground in Portugal than his troops oc
cupy. *
*. The loss of the French in killed,
wounded and prisoners i^ stated at 10,
000, some accounts say 15,000. The
British army had not been engaged,
but it is reported they had gut betw ixt
the French army and Almeida.
In addition to the foregoiug, private
arrminf. orun tlnf / ' 1
had sailed for England, it was report,
ed, that the French had been so press,
ed with the pursuing army, that it>,
000 men, with one General and 37 Of
ficers, had surrendered ; and it was al
so rumoured that the Fren-h had no
bread for two or three days previous
to the action.
The morning Chronicle states that
Lord Wellington had obt lined so much
the advantage cf position on the 2ath
the day after the battle, as to place
Massena in a si uation of great embar
rassing nt and difficulty by cutting off
his communication with the points
from whence he had advanced J And
the French commander harf^ in conse
quence of these movements no choice
but to try the experiment of an .ther
attack upon the Jdritish positions, or
to surrender his army.
It is said that Gu3tavus Adolphus
was arrested at PhUau, iu attempting
to make his escape on board the iiri
tish fleet.
This morning we received by ex
press, the London papers of Monday
last. They do not, however, contain
any thing in addition to the foregoing
important news, which we were alrea
dy in pcssossioa of by way of Dublin.
DEFEAT OF THE TURKS.
Official account of the Russian army.
** The general in chief, Kamenskoy,
having left Lieut. Gen. Count Lauge.
ron before Rudschuk, marched on the
5th September, against the enemy ; he
arrived on the 7th, in the evening, with
the army, forming five columns in the
vicinity of the Turks, and ordered a
general attack to be made on the fol.,
lowing day. It begen at 10 in the
morning, and at 7 at n-gnt the 1 urkiah
army was no more; a position which
seemed impregnable, entrenchmcuta
defended with the u most obstinacy,
nothing could withstand the gallantry
& pc r->erverance of the Russian troop.-,
that memorable day covered them with
fresh laurels. As soon as the attack
organ, Major Gen. Ilovvaiski attacked
md carried three icdoubt?, and ren
dered him>elf master < f the whole
intrenchment, which covered the ene
my’s camp on his left flank, near the
Danube. In the mean time Mr-jor
Gen. K .utnofT arrived from the ofher
side also on the Danube, ar><T engag d
another Turkish camp nhich had been
f ruled there. In this manner the en
emy saw his entrenchments surround
ed by our troops, but notwithstanding
his hopeless situation and a very brisk
cannonade kept upen our part, he con
tinued to defend himself in the moft
obstinate manner. An attempt having
been made on his left flank p'oving un
successful, the Gen. in Chief, in ordtr |
to bring that matter to a close, adopt- j
ed the measures of ordering- Count J
Kamenskoy, Generahof infantry, to o
pen a heavy cannonade, and detach im
mediately after twelve battallions to
carry the intrcach-.nent by assault,
while he on his side detached Major ;
Gen. Sabanajoff with ten battallions to
take the enemy’s camp in the rear,
rhis General soon after entered the
rurkish camp, and this unexpected at
tack, executed with the utmost rapid\»
Ly, decided the victrt'). A great part;
if the enemy’s horse took to flight, and
were pursued bv our cavalry, who Icill-!
:d a large number of them. The Gen.,
3 chief without.th ' least loss of tiaid/ *
rdered Major Gc veral SabanajofF to
ead on part of his troops against the
ast apd strongest Turkish entrench
nent; but observing that the darkness
>f the evening prevented the troops to
tcf^he postponed the at ack until'*''tha;-2*'"
lext morning, and ordered -the troops
o retreat* •* Dur ing that time col. Tkr- •
ier attacked the enemy’s flotilla, cap
tured some vessel*, sunk a great aum- . -
ier, and dispersed the rest.
During the night, the Turks finding
themselvew surrounded,- sent an officer-*5^
to capitulate, and soon after surrender
ed at discretion. The whole camp, a)l
the arms, baggage and artillery, 173
stand of colours, and upwards of 5000
prisoners, have'fallen into our hands# - ’
Amon£ the prisoners i&Achmet, a Pa
cha of three tails, the commander of
the flotilla, a Pacha of two tails, and a
great upmber of officers of distinction.
The Seruakeir Couchand H di Pacha, .. ,
was killed.- All the entrenchments and
their environs were covered »vith slain
Turk). Tne enemv’s Ijjs in killed ex
ceeds 5000; our lo s is tfifl ng. Thus
was an army of 40,000 men dispersed
and de$tidjyed in nine hours time,’* . '
New Yokk, November 16. • >
LATENT FROM PORTUGAL.
Yesterday arrived »it this pc#rt, the brig.
Sylph, FqTbes,38 d-ys *roa» Lisbon,, which
poit she left ou the 7ih oi October.
Opt F. informed us, th-.t up-b ttle be. ..
twe err the Allied atmies and the French,
had taken pi «ce since the 98;h of Stptemi
ber, (ihe official detail of which we pub.
lithed in cur last paper^ What Lord Wei.
lington’s headquarutSweri.it Viita Fran
ca, and the French ar<j»y m sght. Th-it J
• be French occunied Onorrc anil Fi»m»r cl
and that general Massena hsd been rem- • - >
forced with Alarsh.il Mutuvi’s divisim
Cf nsisiing of abiUr 12rUjf) men. Lm-d
WHlington had L« tn jo ned by the Mar
quis Hocnaha, with ah nrn.y of about 14,
000 men, who were in the nigh*st spirits,
and well equipped. 3030 troops arrived at
Lisbon hum hind < d 2 days oetoie cap:.
F. sailed, and mimed atvly joined the Br -
’■ ish a*r»iy A great -nil decisve battle
was momently expected to take p ace.
.The Allied army were n the highest ipt
riu and Confident of victory ; but to pro- _
v tie aga nst a dtfeat, a p.ut or the liri- "•
t sh Transports had nt-ved down t. e Ta
os, and ini hinbargo was lad ua ail ves
sels in L sbon, on the 7tn Oct*‘b:r, thfc ' *
day capt. F ailed; who Iclt the port «. .i*
•y iu the morii ng,and was informed ot die
Embargo aiier dropping down the Tagus.
Capt. Pntmhtrr informed us, *hat great
darm prevailed amongst the inhabitants '•
o; hi bon, £c st veral Aimer-can vessels
r.ad bet u discoatiuue’d discharging tluir r
Cargoes. ■
iu addition to the above wc have peru
sed a letter irotn the c.,p am ot an Amen
can vessel \p hiabr.n to nis owuers in this .
city, d.ud victober 6th, from winch tue , •
to!lowing is an extract1 ue minus of ’
p opie are so agitated by the rapid, mov. - ''
inents ol the two armies, .hut they are in_
capable of tixmg on any thing. I ahculd
have tailed this day ; our finding the com
bined forces under r.ord Wellington iaii^
mgbackso rapidly, alter a partial engage
ment of his left W.ng with a dciacbm at of •
the Frcucit; I am induced to wait a lew '
days longer. Tqjt alarm is so gr. attaint
business is entirely at a stand. Noti.ng
but flour can o? sold. Within these iwo ’
days paper money nas lallea 12 per cent,
it is now fluctuating between 33 and 41
below par. The lie»d quarters aif Lunl
Wellington’s army were at V.h* Franca,
yesterday, and today at Ma'ra, 30 or 40 •
miles from Lisbon, where he intenus to
receive the French to determine .the fate
of Portugal- The line of defence is form
ed from thence to A.verca. Thus the at
my ir situa eu iruiii me sea to me banks, t
; he Ta^u^. Alverc* is only 16 miles Irons
Lisbon. Bsresfntd is there. Mdrtier, w.th *
16.000 mtu, according to the last acconu s,
was at Tomar; ai.d Kom&i.a, wall 10,0 0
Sp .mards at Abrantes, < bserving his
move menu. Sune prisoners were brought
in here yesterday, among them Lienctal
S mniSj badly woui.tled. Massena has dev
dared that after striking the tits bi. w be
would not stop until he a** driven the En
gl.s>h into the sea, mid it is feared he will .
ictip his promise The French force is
estimated at from 75 to 60,000 men ; :he
combined f« rcei ure nearly ejuxl; so that .
something dreadful ami ikcic ve must take
place in a day or two. Ls*t night the
I -rge boats and lighter* were put in requ . '
tition, and ser.t up ihe river, sad to ot f,r
tr nsporting the sick anti i.evy baggage.
The headquarters of the French army are
At Bat-this.”
From the livening Post,
T.atest from the sett of war.—Cipt. Farhe*
of the br g Sylph, arrtvrd here < euertlsy m0r..I
ing, In. 25 dv,i (rom Lisbon, left there 7rh of
Ort'. ’er,ana has brought 1*atugucse papers to
*h« 6th, containing the larcst in tiligcnce from
the sen* of war. Captain I\ kites il.it there
had b-en no fighting since the bat le of the 2->ih
September, the official account of wioch wo
jmbiisbed jrest id y. That ih« English .in that
bittc hsd the advairage but that tt was by no
means decisive. Another m rr bio tly bsula
was hourly cxpec ed, which woo'd decide the
fa*eof the cotinury. 'Ilia English and Potts, •
j;uf*e were in high spida but wbtc takwj eve. *
ty precau ion to se. ure a-retrea*, in ca e of a
reverse of fortune. An embargo was |*J*i on a I
vessels in the port of Lixbjft, to take place ot
the 8ih, in order, as was supposed, to secure *
shipping to car y off such of t.ic inhabitants and *
•heir effeAjas ir.igirt wi.h \o leave Li bon ifrtie
English forces ahouM bad.:.es;cd Gen aorta*
na, witn 11,000 Spanish troops had f rnied a
junAion with ’Lord Wellington, and d/avsens
hsd been joint.i by Regnier i<um B»d tj r wi h *'
10.000 met*. The armies were wi bin >4 m b *
ol i.isboi, sn<l the advanced goivcts wuhht .1
nulea of etch other. The French were in wtrit
of provistonf and every thing lor ihcir comiort, *
aad were st»ou Co > Itk trvnry tiling op he expert*
«d bi.lfe, for nntfett they con d gun i.,mc .1* k '
vantage ovcr’thtf combined forces in a f*w days