The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-03-24 00:00:00

~,~

r.
•
_

- 'PR ICS •ts-rsscs.

_ . . ..----......
..4 JOJV J11001(E. •
wort Intall lila LETTSO. VI LLD LOLL 1100ILE,
TO LORD CA4ITLSOSAOII. DDLIDD ?.$ /0111
CLOPLION ID POSTVOAL •50 seritga as &mg
lIEFOILD TOD *WWI Or CODDONjo :
Letter t. is dated Labor). 9th October, 1610 Ft.
acknowledging to Lord Carteracaom to whom
they are all addresied, the receipt of his ..pot d-
intent to the commend of as army of. 30400 in-
friary and SOOO cavalry, to be employed in the
north of Spain. and stating his deternsmatios to
',roasted by hand. in couisellellY *nib the *dee"
the Spanish Generals. -
Letter e, is doted Liebe*, Oge. Iffi le it be
says-0 it is immersible to be mem assist's this i
414 u to get forward; bet Wm modistes to take for-
ward troops without the means to amble them to
act ; and however light the apriparmst there tixe.l,
vet the difficalty of procitnng it is very essimieret•
ble. Add to this, • COlarntioanat; • estremej
zealous, but giPts new cod inexperienced in die
important duties which it now CA* to their lot to
execute."
16.4=163,46.is
littelliLitbn.
am:gala 27110044th Octoeirk•the
aiullery, cavalry. and a corps of isfantry, total
ti.ot 0. the great rood leading from liodajoia. to
blailrid ;by
that he has written to General KAY
to march from Comma to Amtorga„popseong him-
self to march to SAIAIVIIIIIIAL HellviilB " Co-
loud Lopez, the officer mot tone from Madrid,
was with me two day*. He is Very evglfideni that
we shall not want supplies, and it is uposs this ge-
neral asriraiire 'of -the Spanish Goverantiest. Shot
I ens leading the army into Spain without ary es-
talnisbed magazines. In this situation Nothing is
more ementialtv requisite than sanney, nod motor-
timately we have IMMO skrle to promise hero. eery
little. Sie DAVID Satan has coese winbset any,
and his troops !mid only to the gab Sopmasher,
and from this we could °sly send bus SAMS.'
Letter 4. is dated Salamanca. Ilerwinhaslo4..
It states the arrival of the troops there is Ong or-
der. It concluder tbos— •
" The iiformation which your Lotdrhip mast
already be in posseerion of. renders it perhaps less
necessary for we to dwell spots the state 4 affairs
in Spin, so different from that which was to be
expected. Had the real strength sod contpoeition
of the Spanish Armies Irma knows. sod the de-
fenceless state of the country. I asueeim that Ca-
diz. slid not Cortionsi, would have been chorea
for the thseiribeirkoutio of the troops from Eng-
land, asul Seville or Cordova. ant Solitioara.
would have been selected as the popper place foe
the assembling of this army.
OW to
" The Spanish (iovernamitt do pat .
,101 mi
have cootemploted. the prembiliby ell at-
meet
woke
_ ._

tee*, and are cettiude irate
that-which is OM make epee -- • .4
albitiferior even in member to the feelMkt ' •
which Beate coninsawkd, iodating
emir, did uot eecee4_32ooo 415itleark""""*
eorttosi of them mete peasantry. . ' •
• •eeeus and PALAFOL dotted do lot '
and are not, I seeped. of • Wow de- -
sc. and until lately they-were much Asher.
in or, • notes rho armed twee whatever "sista,
either hi siinediste prutrction, or to reinforce the
armies. The Freoch cavalry from Burgos. in
small detachments, arc over-running the teuvince
of Leon, raising contributioos, ro watch the tuba
bitanta submit without the least resistance. The
enthusiasm of which we have heard so solidi tin
where appears ; whatever good-will there is eked I
believe amongst the lower orders there u a great
deal) is taken no advantage of.
" I am at this moment to no communication with
auy.of the Generals commanding the Spanish er-
emite. lam ipso' ant of their plan% of of throe of
he government. General CAS rasos, with whom,
after repeated appl:atlas, I was desired to coin-
menicate, for the pureose of combi g the opera-
tions of the British army. was deprived of hie come
mewl at the mement 1 had begistm ray corn speed-
ence with him. The Marquis of ROMANS, who is
appoiuted his incansor, is still at St. Alder.
It is difficult for me to form any plan for
myself beyond the
.:.ssettibly of the army. I
shall then he in a state to undertake something:
and if the Spaniards, roomed by their misestimate,
assemble round us, and become once more enthu-
aastie and determined. there mac still be hopes cf
expelling the French. It is my wish to lay before
your Lordship, for the information of Goveniuse or.
things exactly as they are. It answers no good
purpose to represent th otherwise. for it is
that we must. nseet them.
I feel no despondency myself. nor do I wish to
excite any in other*, but our situation is Ilkley sows
to become so arduous one. Reverses west ter ex-
pected; sad though 1 am coutident this arrive wilt
always do its duty. )et ultimate +meters will de-
pend mote upon the Spanieres themeless. mii.l
their enthusiastic iletot to their a Wise. thil.l 4,11
the efforts of the British, who, without such ail,
are rat ..ufficiently numerous to resist time
srliti.l. will le••_•einerliately of posed to them."
Letter Se is dated Salamanca. 2qth Nuvembi r.
It announces the total defeat of the otos? of CAs-
TANOS and PALAVOI. Ile coact-Wes that ti this
ei rot his junction with General Bette to hetaave
quite impracticable; and that even although united,
alter the sperarosits of the little resistance toede by
the Spaniards. the British army alone could lists
no cluiliee of resistiog the 1., uoirlable ',umbers
that will be immediately brought against ir. eMy
persevering longer." says be, .. I *h.& certain& es-
erifter the army, without be.ieftting Spam. I have
therefoee determined to retire." Ile ceaeld acs
with saying, " If landed at Cadet, we may still lie
useful.,,
Letter 6, is dated Solattiersca. December 5.—
In this letter, after ansooncing the success or the
French at Sommierre. he says—
" Your Lordship may believe that it was hot
without south ref/edam. mud eatresoe nate-tie .e,

~.

•