The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-12-04 00:00:00

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MICE SIZPINCA-ILALFPltiillif,

sand men, has banes destteiged by the Portnguere
on their march WOW bfasseca.
Yesterday arrived here übont add French' prima-
en. taken by our light troops in Asanibirja : they
belonged tom corps of 400 men, which was com-
pletely destroyed.
Persons continue to arrive from places which wave
occupied by the French. When they were in (rout
of our hires, they sheltered 'themselves from tll4.inA
clemency of the season, chiefly by in..,king i k 1641 of
stied. with the doors, shutters,seindows. Ite. Of the
neighbouring houses.
Letters from Cortez° of the lath inst. Mate, that
the head qua rrrr Varrived there that day : they add.
that the ternibee of deserters was very c•iiisideriblei
and that it would he still greater, were the deeertious
not obstructed by local circumstances.
From the time when the enemy arrived in front
of our lines, until he left that potion, his laesin
desertion mayor:111mo, Lo 3,75) into; which cleriy
.leas the great amount of •lus fusses since he in.
vaded tins country.
It appears that the movement of the French lots
produced results the most calamitous to tiu. clump -
The positions which the different division's of oar
armies immediately occupy, after they are evacuated
by the enemy, enable them closelyto watch his
direction and insimuvres. The devastation ems
mitte,l by the French to the places which they
occupied, or through *hie!) they passed, is mast
dreadful ; but all the circumstances ob d is
the positions which they evacu rte. prose that the/
redly sustained the most urgent want of things of
the utmost importance; is particular. yte. m. of
coorrymico. Ti.eir cavalry has Also suffered swig
great dimiuutisi, in corr.-queer* of the vest moms
ber of hors, s whirls doily died tlirorign err ess:vis
fatigue. It is also said, chat Masies4 it tertowly
indi•p• sed.
CADIZ MoV. 6.
They writ* from Anemia, wader date of rte, 21st
r,t.ist sr_t, .os COMM in pre by Oc.ohc i
we'," by a.veriesy of well combined tativeru•-nts,
ha• tt Icogth succeed. d is compelling Mait.eo
:to
retr.-.at t!..e utmost precipitoti‘o. lie i.e.riied
himself, for that purpose, of a trveDratiGu..leuudeit
sterna, duriie,: which he cifc.sed his wrest, pat m
the utmost coidUsion, and wits • very consider:Op,
lots in killed and wounded.
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room AN OFFICIAL LOW,it;•:CAT11111 ,alp
WILLLIIIIOTO% TO DON 1053
DATED PIRO NEGIVO LOTai
Nothing of importance has oteurreil since to
date of my hist disottehee of the 3 I in.torit.
the Stli instant the enemy rec.nisiitreil ihu @mei-
rons of Abrent.s, and moved urvi.r racer of silt
shove operation, a smell body of horse sad foot to.
wards Villa Vella, eirdently with the streo,..ol of
obtaining possession of the briave across the-Lyme,
which was formerly in tnat place ; !iodine it husis.
ever destroyed, the above detachments r.-turi.ed to
Solireirs Formosa.

" The enemy has collected the larva* number or
boats, which n was so his power to obtain, lo ordet
to throw a bridge ',cross the Zrsi re ; it es ter), had
and shall, I trust, he destroyed.
"By 'be Last vermin's which I Wile reetiv•-t1 fret'
Badaj4z, dated the 4'h imt. I tied that Morti;i's
corps remained at that time still in Seville. •*'

was in a very ei; kly state.
On the Ph Inst. Marshal Bereaford was investeti
with the ifisop.ia of the Order of the Broth iu the
Palace of Ma:ra, by :I.larslial-Grar.ral Lod Wel.
linaton.

The 'art 'mutat, from Abrantes stole, stilt the
bridge, winch the enemy hail thru*n *emt ftse;
Z-s-re, has been destroyer' by the urrillow of that
r: r,

TAte4nosui. OCT.

Our General-in-Chief being enrettreiy ea r tied
with ►he distwuiNhed mannrr in which thr r•fl'i re
and seamen of His Britannic Majesty's rii4 ate Cm*.
brims conducted themselves in the emit s which
took place in &gin and Praetor's, on the 10th and.
14th of lot month, under the immediate orders n(
Major-General Doyle, ordered a certain nuiniser of
medals to he struck. %kith the
Gratefultlirou to Ildtesb lstrtpiditi•

mad on the Ire Vet's..

Eletutl A!!4aoce "

The slid me.lals were dri.retrd r abet
Major•Cener4l for tilstribution among 11,e brava
men who fought so gallant!), led ou I)) their noble
Commander, Capt. Fame.

ststt.se, OCT.
The troops of the diris;ini of Nfortitt hate +se.
gun to enter this place. and 110111 C preparations in..
Mcrae that thty will stamedia ely .riarth for Car.
mona. To-day it is *insu red ih it the who's
territory of Cordoba is ri.ess, and twit the ..isati
garrison which defended the tem..' h.s h et. it,.
Ntroyed. In this capital th. i-essants found and
'rimed upon arras 4541 arnmomtiol . marl haw. iltr.
nosed themselves to make a sigo.,oss
There is likewise 'nisch said respiectoi
but there is no found:vino for belierriag man Se.
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