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rstrc SIX-PENCS.

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seized Alan:ibis do Cuitrigni on a vonrer
dispatched be Dupont, end were pubbshed by. the
SUpreine Junta of Seville-3,
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• • JULY 15.
Toed?. otm.n.tos. feceurbwit.itit nrkritafssveitil
calLttitlt.-itisrittkr v 1 l rrabNcti AltMiLi LX
erste. • • • .
,(Ihav'elbe +leaner to iiiforin you, that the eve-
My' flps ariverreejno tie -front of our position, with
all his.foreas, before Atldujer, "coristveng of /Mtn -
15,Que to 16,000 nteu, end .nittliter, col isting iu
part. of Tfspoundere. While r e were alsr7ked in
front, a 414 rof 3.000 form had kresetl. the .
river below Audi jery canoe hrongli the.tiliddle of
thebiara onrlevir.. 'fakit GU: provineial ragjineut
was de'taChed to cog t& auesawslcdiss.sts•
plibintheiti. Aa a trie factay aOOO toeecer
teem Whiclianut at Villanueva, thvettened oneleft
fleck, Two. luttaiiow; of the le,;:iattairetv-serit
to oppose tbwhr, awd a-isrisk engit;mitaut ensued; •
Imt the eifilrit,, in spite of his superiority, could not
throe our troops into disorder; :sloe rife adjoining •
post, by means of wirreh us obtiiogel oar provisions,
was net insulted— 1 .to take manner, the enemy sent
a considerable body beyond Aleop La r,.it anted on the
road to darn, by Bayleo. General Liger do Lair
covered this position. in order to defend the load to .
Carolina, and. General &del passed it the Hanle
night with his whole die Won, in order to reinforce
it. Ido not yet posirei :he veers:airy detail, ; Lit
I have reason to belltve that Gcatrral &del will
nave maintained his post profitubly. Gen. Gobert
marclied this morning to Boyden, if, order to soh
port General IffeJel. His .division is extremely
weakened, hosing been obliged to detach six other
hattaliens three of which vtere stationed in tbe:
Ilancha ;ad the Sierra, for the security of the anrs
inuaicatioe. It is of the utmost imphrtintee tl t
this co: ors reiti.ite itself as poen as postiilile.
enetny has taken a position upon the loci kilts lieft:e
A odujar. Every thing announces that to-morn w
a new attempt will he-made more serious than ti., t
of to-flay. e shall resist to the utmost. Your
Excellency knows how difficult this position is, more
especially since provisions are to he procured in tl.•
day with the greatest difficulty. The soldier :s
olinged to reap the corn arid usake the ',read at the-
seine time, the peeinutts hoeing leji the harried t
jobs tie rebels. 1 implores your Excellnocy to rod.
the necessary reinforcements, iss older to resume
our *operations instantly. The interests of His Nlcs
jesty the Emperor and the King of Spain demand
; and it is a matter of deep reg•et to have gitca
the enemy 3n opportunity to act offensively against
us. To-day we have thstaired an insignificant lore
in repelling the ethic!: of the enemy. General
Bedel preserves his position, and the enemy has out
yet gained any advantage OVer US."

Ttrille SAME. Jt: ET 16.
•• 1 have the !sooner of transmitting to your 8.100
ce!1i..4.1-diapr....te of my leler of temerstlay .
*. Inc ctic.tay ruaintrri th • some position, and
occupies the heights its fro ^ ot. Aoclupir. 11. )las
ens-to: ide hatteri.4 within cannon-4410t °Few-tete
dx poet. We suspect that he wilt renew hi:, attack
tnis day, and we will receive him will the most tine
detemottation to maintains one Position. Generel
derided guards the road from Jaen to Laylen ; and 1
hare charged Isiin'to watch that from Jaen to Übe-
da ; 1 have also charged Geseral Gobert to guard.
the road to Carolina; Lief the utmost importance
in maintaining our communication with Madrid.
The enemy manifests a regular plan in his attacks,
and our lunation has given hien courage. 1 believe,
as i nave suggested to your P.seellency repeatedly.
that nesougtit to lose no time in reseniin,..;
feariveOpoi irons ; it not,thefire ef insurrection may
'Tread from the South to the other provinces •
sod the regular troops, whkh are dispersed, ntay be
drawn to take is with the rebel*. lt is bet-
ter that we, for tile, present, take no notice what-
ever of tho.:e partial non ements which may arise in
scone points, its order that we may be abte to march
with sufficient force against the army of the South,
wtoch 'is •in open war against u.. further, I beg
your Excellency to observe, that it is more than a
month mice we have occupied A ntliipir ; than this
' country has heft ravaged by the banditti, and that
we eimoot draw from it hut the most scanty means
of subsistence. The troops would hare had nu'
sustenance, if the soldiers had not been daily em-
ployed in rea:iitig the wheat, and made their own
bread; but now that they are conetantly order
arns, they cannot employ those means. Your Es-
cellency will know how impatient the army is to re-
some their eperations, and the moment of doing 1.0
can never come tcu soon. 1 beg your Excellency
to awitir:t His Majesty of the zeal of his troo;,s in
his service. Yeiterday they gained somewhat ine e
confidence. All motives concur to induce us to
tight ituitatitly a decisive battle," &c.

JULY 16.