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CO/1111441, A 110.19.
The following is an extract of a letter fr. libi-
dos, &Lees the _lst iustaiit
" Eugbah army, coasi•eing of 17,u00 men.
began tt,eir march for Caldes un eer- 14th sestina.
'the Fromh were no wooer infoiimd of the air
prurich, than they precipitately retired from Alia-
barrota without greet a seigle shot. Oa
Moutlay,the .stlethe /ernes,
were attacked in the eveuing, by the Freliesi ad-
vent:est guard, else) lieVerttwlesa ....:111y tied to
join clemency under the euinuirusrl et *rheruiers and
l)e Laborde, posted at the die tree of a teasel
from that tows.. at itlisere C.:ustiosbeire.
" Hare it inu a. nigger ,ate irogageeniesc took el lee
on e thel7tn; and no ttestundieg tee esierny'e ed-
vertregeteus positions on the stimuli!" of Um mesh-
Louring inamitaiers, the Eweeteli carried every tiring
Lettere them, and attacked the Vrerica with tikett
artillery ; they compelled them to fly is dismay,
and pursued them us far as Crux d i .vliseracursha,
sithated be. awl the tillage of Zaisteneeke. The
!,,tswitr. of Oporto were en:egged re this gtorioni
action, uud ue.otespairsed the English fide corps ;h
their ativineee to the heights of elenstaailia, whie:u •
are covered with x very thick bruatoterel.
" The eugagernent lauded from eight •in the
morning until dye en the efteruetin ; the fury int,-
'tire-ideal ten froth sides retarded at: .rescoptrau.—
Bnt victory decLered for us, mid the ere!lefl tied,
ilirectiug their retina towards Tierea- e virus. Der
f, garde was badly wowed, d iu the week. 'lll%
"'reach had teed killed, and we have Jul/ of their
wonrided in our hospitals.
it On Thnrsdey, the 18th, a number of peruses
met ea the road hieteeen eellas and Tie reesVeddre,
64 carts tilled with. wounded .soleriere, gullet/to
Lieboae mod haw a se-eat number of dead bixbqi.jej
Nis way.
" In the hospitals of Caldas and Obides there
are five Leatugueie wounded, and betseen Igreja
and Bolin= "net a siegie dead body bee, been foetid.
The Euelish hate iu our hoseitele, J6O wounded ;
dui: boss iii kill, if aas from 150 to ...0;1.
" 071 the lath. this Portage:ere sany marched
from Leiter towards Chilies, ahem they Itrr.t.,(l ova
the Lode making a very britliant appearaucee lad
yetterelay they retired from thence at °biles.
"-Tie; English have advanced as far as Laurin-
heia„ where they stir caotioutel yietereley ; a body
70044nen, who loint-ti at Painioen, juiced them
ova i'erriche, turn they expect 14,000 retort.
" Oil the loth. the t':euch parsed thrselei,
reoniz, about three le-,dues ou this side of the Svra a
de; ILloiste,res their search to Torres Vetiraii, where
they errived the same night. 'EMI- pleintle.-ed and'
committed every kind ot outrage ea their mareti.—
lel aim find stehou, the Freach had shout 31517 U
, teeope.
" lunot rnareeed out to meet us from Lisbon ea
the itithsat the head of several thouseriel mere fie
issued a Proetnination to inform the inhabitants of
Lisbon that he was going to chaetese the rebel,,
whom he deaserilarn it being armed with hludgere e
with the exceptien of a small nunlike of arm., fur-
:fevered by a few English rho lied joined thews nod
' tiset he would return in three days. lie formed a
juitctiwu with L is,n. Thornier', atc. at Terre. and
Surrikle-Alonttelnoto, Lei erg uea tare of the ssurn-
, her of the )Cn;glish troops, anal discovering hie WIS.
• !tike 'Only when he saw them in the field of battle.
'"Another engagement toek place tins des: at
Torres, the noise of the Grieee n 'vote lace.. heeid in
that dimetieo, but no account has yet reacted us
of the result. it is said that the Es.glish are our-
rouuding the French at Torres, where the heel de-
eirinn will take piece.
" At Lisboa theta are left only • kw soldier' to
gueril the eery.
" Pe:riche is about to be snicked. The French
General yeeterday sent away tree, it ed the Portu-
guese %die choose to ge ; and mote thaitio artele-
rvinen have jolted the k'ortue,neee army. A con-
siderable n amber of she police guard have also Bed
from Liehoii.
" General Ilucellar set out from Abrantes for
Santaresn, and thence for Kio Major, mu order to
join the Portnguese army. The itiemut Lo ioou was
informed that he was in his he made a pre-
eipitate retreat to Muer, where tie formed a sac-
non with Junot. The trench hate dad Croat St.
Lima. after e'e.kiag the wails, and throwing the
powder end ball into the sea.
" Lotion was on the 17th at Alcoentre, where he
performed his ussiel military bravadoes ; for it is in
this character only that he hits figured in Porteral.
His exploits have consisted only in pluudershe and
niatAacring a disarumed population, tied in imam. -
fully tlyiug from every place, where tie repeated ,11.!.
resistance, Or to which why swee was ap;troa lung.
" pert for nothing ir, the villaeee he passes
threne.h. The Portuguese army is ulosirdassily ere-
vided with eve. thing, ated the Euetesh vanity
*oh them 604 waggoki4, hucled with .orwrisiew
all kiesile. They punceually pay focevery thing the y
want. even fur tile water brought to thein. I['teat
a noble contrast t"