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for-0, eirl‘tv hack the ..rtiTpeets of Enskela
anti PiAsila, I ordered the ahoy to retreat '1
abort a mile. intending to halt at Wirat. The
ceenty ad-sauced torattns us 'abbot half a mile:
On our arrival at IVirek. we' ere ithmetiiatety''
attacked by a new foree, who fbritied a inaction
with the ether detsichitent'ef Russia, troops,
which by this time NM revue up. The battle
ram meld at halt' pest Your ec.lock in the sav
m er-
ion, an was melamine' , great obstinacy
and Lavery on both side, till ten at eight: and
though the msnflieting armies were within twenty
paces or each other, the. enemy; r Mention with
rids, was repulsed. esti ebliged to pass the night
capon tbesnow, exposed is the-inclemency of the
weather, withent making a tingle effort to extri-
cate themselves.

roßstoN INTEELIGIENCE.

PTEN4II PAMS.

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'EI BUMETIN OF TIIE ARMY OR
SRAM

Minalv, DEC. 5.

The id, at nowt, His Majesty arrived in person.
on tln•heights which impend over Madrid, on which
were' already placed the divisions of dragoons of
Generals Latour Manhourg and Lahoussaye, and
the imperial torsetguards. Tit anniversary of the
coredistion. that rpaque which has signalised so
many days for ever fortanate for Frun, e, awakened
to all !scuts the most sgreealde recnilectimiti, gni
Inspired all the tromps With an enthusiasm
manifeste4 itself in a thousand esclatnations: The
wee her was lwantiftd, and like that enjoyed
in France in the mouth of May. The Marshal
Doke of Istria sent to surnman the towo,•where a
Military Junta nsa formed, tinder the presidency of
Ate Mariviis of Goatelar, who had under his orders
General Morita, Caplaiu-Ger end of Andalusia, and'
Intinctut-fleie ral of Artillery.—The town con-
tensed a number of armed peasants, assembled
from sill quarters, 6000 troops of the line, and 1011
pieces of oantion. Silty thous ,4114 men were in arm'.
...Their cries were heard on every side ; the bells of
SOO. thatches rang • altogether ; and every thing
presented the up; earence of disorder and se•wlne?s.
'The (;coeval of the troop, of that line appeared at
the affront-IA posts to mistier the ominous of the
Duie of I,tria. He was ercompauies? by 30 Inca
of the people, whose dress, !oohs, ant? *melons
language, recalled the ter ollectitkoethe eseasidis
of September. When the spitnialt deucral wee
aslsed whetherhe moved to etjtoseminneit, children,
and old men, to the horrors of noisseult ?hemani-
freed secretly the grief witTpiltrelt be was pent-
trated ; he mmle }sown, by Slots. that he, as well
Hs ell the honest melt of Madrid, groaned wafer
eppremine Laud when he raised his voice, his worms
were dictated by the wretches who watched over

him. No cloud; could be entertained of tffe ex-
Mimi to which the tyranny of the multituda was
carried, when they saw biro weste down all ,his
words, an•; caused the reamed to be verified by the
assassins who surrounded him. The Aid-de-Caiwp
of the Duke of Istria, who haabeen sant into the
town, was seized by men of ttre.lowest class of veo-
ple, and was about to be massacted. whoa the troops
of the line, indiviant at the outface. took him
under their protection, and caused him to be re-
stored to his General. A little time after, some
deserters from the Walloon Chmed* atone to the
camp. Their depositions convinced els that the
people of property, and honest men, were a about
influence ; and it was to be concluded, that conci-
liation was al Nether impossible.
The'fil.irquia of Perales, a reputable man, who
bad hitherto appeared to enjoy the confidence of
the people. bad been, on the day before this, ■c-
eused of putting sand in the cartridges. He was
immediately str►tugled. It was determined that
all the cartridges should be re-made 3 or 4,000
rr►nnks were employed upon this work at the Retire.
All the palaces and houses were ordered to he open
to furnish provisions at discretion. The French
iolantry was still three league* from Madrid. The
.T.lnperor employed tl.e evening in reconnoitring
the town, and deciding a plan of attack, consistent
with the considenition due to the great number of
honest people always tni be found in a great capital.
.t seven o'clock tl►e division Lapissi of the

corps of the I)eke of Defiant:l arrived. The moon
.►core with a brightness that seemed to prolong the
d.l. The Emperor ordered the General of Bri-
nth., Maisson, to take possession of the suburbs,
surd cli.egeirthe Genera: of Brigade, I.ouriston, to
wipport him in the enterprise, with four pieces of
.artiNcrry• lrelong:nzto the guards.
The sharp-shooters of the 16th regime:►t took
poweitsion of sonic houses, ■nd, in particular,' of
tl►c grand ccinetery. At the first f, re, the enemy
„hewed as much cowardice sr he did of arrogance
all the day. The I)u►.e of BALM() employed ;tII
the night in placing his artillery io the post; tie-
signed for the attack. At midnight, ete I

nee of

ri;ufelsutel sent to Madrid a Slamrh 11.itlineliniit-
IColonel of Artillery, who had been taken at So.
titosierrn, and who saw, with affright, the obstinacy
of his fellow-citizens. lie toot: charge of
Hexed letter. No. 1. On the 3d, at nine in the
earning, the .•ttne flag of truce returned to the
hearl-glinrters with the letter No. 2. But the INe..
neral nr BriTatle, I.rtintannt, Tin (Meer. .i,rcat
merit, had already placed 3U pic•ccs eif artiNcc, hula
ic4il commenced a very smart. f'''re,3 !ri;vre'it
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the bread:, their battalion followed ems, anti in
less than a quarter of an hoar, t,OOO lortii who de-
fended the Retiro, were knocked on the head.—
The Palace of the Retiro, the important posts of•
the Observatory, of the porcelain manufactory,
of the grand barrack, the Hotel of 111faline Cell,
and all the outlets which had been fortified, were
taken by our troops. On another side, W pieces of
cannon of the guards, accompanied by light troops,
threw shells, and attracted the attention of the
enemy by a false attack.

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