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London, England, 1809-01-13 00:00:00

FROM THE SPANISH PAPERS.

Gazt:TTE EXTRAOUDIS IRV.
Publishtvl at Sat agusaa, liatnrdaq, Dvecinber 3.

" In consequence of the actual situation of this
city, threatened with a siege by the enemy, it has
been, until now, found impossible to lay before the
public an official account of the details; of the at-
tack mud obstinate bottle 'Ought at Tudela 011 the
ENI Ult. ; a battle equally fatal and glorious to this
army, which, aupporteil only by its own atrenelle
and it own valour, maintained the contest fur eight
hours, in the midst of the most dreadful tire. It
is impossible to convey an adeluate idea of the
number of heroic achievements performed by the
officers and soldiers, whilst one hell of the army
mum defending their posts with discharges of mte-
ketry, and the other was maintaining the contest
with the bayonet, until the Humber of slain un
both sides left scarcely room for action, and both
the contending atones retired. The Captain-
(leneral of this excellent arum of reserve has re-
ceived the followiaig detailed viispatch from Lieu-
temint-General Don Juan O'Neill, who com-
manded the troops in the engagement, from
Illueca, whither he retired with Field Marshal 1).
Felippe St. March :
' Most ExeessENT Setexon—A few hours af-
ter any conference with your Excellency, at Ca-
p arttime respecting the good condition of the troops
tinder nay COIUMIOHI, at that importune point, (full
of ardour and enthusiasm, from the superiority
which they conceived themselves to possess over the
eimany, who, tOr so longg, a period, had not dared to
iittack us, and from advantages of greater magni-
tude, which they voiticiputed in the direction of
Pampelitna ; and when your Excellency, convinced
of the Necessity of not pennitting a favourable op.
puitunity to lacer, for executiii, designs in which I
cordially coocurred„ proceeded to consult with the
CaotaM-General of the Army of the Centre) .1 re-
ceived a dispatch from the Caotaiu-Ginieral of the
Army of the Centre, and the Ileepresentative of the
Supreme Central Junta, D. Francisco Pallifox,
dated the _tat instant, informing me of the ex-
trame urgency that all my troops should immedi-
ately put themselves in motion, and proceed, by
way of Turlehe, to the right of the line, which was
to he formed upon Cascaute and Tarragona, as far
as the 11WIghti of Moncayit ;end charging use put to
lose a moment. since they had given orders for the
march of the Army of the Centre, and were on the
point of attacking and defeicing the enemy, in
order to save that army ; object, the Attain-
itittit of which would be of the greatest import-
:nice to Spain, cad totally disconcert the plans of
the euemy.
• Surprised at the novelty of this dispatch, so
completely at vanance with the titan or had agreed
upon at Caparosso the day before. I sot to intOrtu
your Excellency, and before l received your 411.•
steer, your dispatch, dated at 'Tudela on the same
day (the <2lst), reached me, e'recting, that in con-
sequeoce of what the Captain-Geneml of the Centre
lied dated to ton, l should, the itirtmit l received
it, march with the whole of nay army. said the
troops belonging to the. Centre attached to it, fur
Tudela, there to fix my head-quarters, it being
understood that the troops that occupied the poste
of Cintriunego, Calahorra, and the other parts of
the Ebro, were already on their march for Borja
and Tarrazonm, and coosequeittly that any delay
might be very iiourious, and expose the army to
be turned in that quarter. Oit the same day, as
my troops were just setting off, I received our
Excellency's answer, continuing, your previous or-
der, in consequence of the ahoy of the Centre
hoeing already cointurnced its movement.
" I cannot describe to your Excellency the fain-
cation felt by the troops under my command, in
coil-equeuce of this retrograde movement, as all of
tlieoi, previously H 11111 l Med In the precevfilig fortu-
nate movenietits, found all their hopes frustrated,
111641 1411 w theweelves removed from the advanced si-
tuation that they always occupied in (rout of the
enemy. An event so unexpected dishesirtelied
theta; and in order to inspire them with the same
degree of ardour which they had hitherto manifest-
ed, and to prevent time fatal consequences of which
was sporeliensive, l exerted my authority, accons-
panying it aids the most energetic permission, and
shelving them the order of that evening, mccordiug
to which the safety of the whole army depend"l
upon our retrograde moverneut, and, in short, tel-
hug them that it was the result of the express orders
of your Excellency, and must be obeyed.
• 'rills repreeelitation, iii sonic degree, tran-
quillized them, and I proceeded with my trinips to
'rualelit, where your Excellency, the Stignor Re-
presentative, and the Captain-General of' the Krill
of the Centre, were already arrived. At nine in
the inoreiog of the filllowiiig day (the gad), Colo-
Del Don. F. Ferree sent to inform me, that too Co.
loam of the enemy were deployiug in front of
Ahlitae. In consequence of this intelligeoce,
the Captaia-General of the many of' the centre hav-
lug, the preceding evening, informed me„,that the
colony had entered Cintounego, l ordered the ge-
?teruk to In beaten, apprising, at the same time,
me 044,6414 ;client', that, as ('ommander-in-Chief,
he might *nuke the necessary lispoaitivas. Ile 00.
dered some reinforcements to advenee, and soon
after caused General St. Merck to do the saine on
the left, sending various corps of my divisinii to the
heights of Sauer Barbara, to renifOree that Onport-
ant point, and to million the trOftirl alrerlfly OCell-
pyiug it, belonging to the division of t:cu. HOCH.
• As he left me on the high road, with the re-
minder of me trump!, I sent him my Aide-de-
camp, 1). R. Gelabert, to ascertain what I was to
do. as the engin:espied was already begun. Ills an-
wer was, that. I should proceed to the centre of the
line, where he was !mined. Soon alter, Ile ordered
the reinivindiT of the troops to jobs him, and lie as-
evened sue lime command of the whole of the left
wiog. I worm!. l found the heights nu the
left occupied by the enemy. who threatened to turn
u-; but having received his order to attack them,
are! an aosuresice that the division of General In
Pena would advance to any assistance, I determined
to a:Nei:otr the nttack by eckelluas of battalions.
The battalion of the Royal Spanish Guards cum-
ntetteeri it with sock onexatorpied gallantrr, that
.the creiny 4e:trimly :thaialoned that important post,
the field of battle cowered with d,reid bo-
dies. TLC same success attended the attack in

Rent, by the regirrients et the vat attic. sof Os-
tile and tirgorlyia. While I was induhying in the
satisfaction produced by our success, and consi-
dering the little gained. two ordeily Officers of
cavalry came to desire we, on the part of the
• Captain-General, not to be alarmed by Lie ap-
pearance of a column of infantry, with a consi-
derable hotly of cavalry, who were advancing on
the left, as they were the tramps of General la
Pena coining film' Cuscante. Congratulating my-
self upon this aid, which would, have decided the
battle on our favour, 1 rode along, my left to direct
General St. March to continue the attack in the
same order, when that General surprised sue by
telling me that it was necessary we should retreat,
as our right had been forced, that the eneiny were
in Ttidela, and that all the troops that occupied
the centre alone position had retreated. Thia in-
telligence astonished Inc the more, us the Captain-
Geneng bad sent me no information of this event,
a circumstance which appeared to sue impossible ;
bet a tiring being beard in the rear of the olive
plantations, 1 was convinced of the fact. In this
melancholy situation, the division of General la
Pena not having moved, mid that which V/114 an-
nounced as his division proving to be a corps of the
enemy. of Amu 11000 iduutry, and tfoOu' -
velry. I gave directiuus fur retreating in the
hest n0..-;Ile order; placing the second regi-
ment of Valencia in an oblique position to co-
ver the retreat of our troops. The troupe were
surrouuded nu an soder, but they gallantly cut
their way with the buyouct. 1 put inyaell at their
head. iota left General St. March with the cavalry
to protect this daring arid only resource that was
left to ns. The General discharged this trust
with the same exactoess that lie did every other
duty confided to him during the action. IOW as-
sure your Excellency, that I never witnessed un
occasion in which till the officers and soldiers more
completely performed their duty ; but of those
who were under my orders, 1 ought to wake par-
ticular mentiou of the third battulion of tile ltuyal
Spanish Guards, and the 'eglantine of Castile, he-
gorbia, and 'Turin. D. M. V alas o, Commander of
the Artillery of my division ; 1). A. Mita, Com-
mander of General St. March's ; D. J. Alonitio ;
D. It. del Pin*, who, though surrounded by the
enemy, spiked a part of the artillery which they
could not bring off, are very 'nue!' entitled to con-
sideration for having entirely destroyed three co-
lamas of the enemy.
The enemy's loss cutout be less than 8000 web,
as we may assure ourselves, when they admitted it
exceeded 4000. 1 have nut yet received all the
ramps of the loss on our side, but I doubt whether
it amounts to 2000, in killed, %stimuli-J, and tin,-
sing. I bare the satisfaction of having 'eyed half
of the artillery, which Wad brought off by unites
almost impracticable, and of burn% been a scar
Pnertator °revery thing that It:oases! to the last mo-
ment. I can assure you. that in this unfortunate
event all those under my commend have doin their
duty to their King and conittry ; end that had the
t'aptaiteGeuerel ordered the army of the centre to
support us, it would, beyond all doubt, have been
the moat glorious day for Ills 111ajeety's arms, of
ally recur.led in the history of this war.
• .1i :451 K..iierve your Excellency- Mater years.
Illurca. Nov: Ja, Ms. • JUAN O'N.F.ILL.
T., his Excelleuey Seirnor Don.losepit Palstos.'"

InICL,4ND.

CLONIILL. .1 AN. 4.

On Monday, as two young lads, WWI Or Mr.
Forbes, of Kingston Mills, near liallypturen, were
coming to this town to school, to a chaise, they were
stopped on the road near Corm (between
Ardtitian awl Cluglicem) by Brennan and an-
other wan, each armed with a blunderbuss and a
case of pistols, and robbed of what cash they had.
colaMiting of shout seven guinea*. The robber*
had, but s few ininu:es before. *topped a Mr.
Williams. oa his way from hence to Cork, from
whom they took al,aist eight guineas.