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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 Sitiaku 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, sad
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 right 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 toilet of the enemy, duriug the
The neomi coistuitaci.d at half past sit
°vetoer, 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, except (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. .la.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.,tulorly, 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'.

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