The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-01-24 00:00:00

THE BRITISH ARMY.

The folios ing is a narrative of the proceedings'
:if our army in Spain, anal, to the l4th, as given
by an Orderly Serjeant of I;rigadier-Geueral
!qessart, who accompanied that ( taker, and Major
iltrkeley Puget, of the 7th MEtgOOttil, brother of
Lord Paget, from Cortimin
Fie says, they honied io the Mount's-bay on
I.rellneeday 'netting, from the Ala armed brig.
-.:lith left Coronas on Saturday se'imight. When.
the) left Comma, the British army had rel. lied
that place; and the 7th light dragoons were em-
barking. Sir John Moore bad conducted his re-
treat with ruck skill, that, though closely pursued
I,y the Fienala all the way, they had not been able
to toter Mtn to action ; hut the fatigue to which the
cavalry lied been exposed was so weal, that though
few men hail been lost, the horses had suffered se-
verely. That fine regiment, the 7th, had scarcely
too liorset reinnining fit for servire. The trans-
ports and nitsi of war from Vigo, hail not reached
Corumia when the Ann sailed ; hut, a few hours
after, they ware 14;•en front the mart-head approach-
,"g Cot General Stewart was of opinion
that tihe wlole of the srmy would be brought off;
though, probably, is ii ri the loss or a part of their
cannon and stor'.a. It was understood that the in-
fantry wt•rr to emlook in divisions, and that the
%bole wire to sail for Enchant They may ha ex-
el to arrive in the course of this week.
Ile says, that lie marched from 1.1%13011 with Ge-
neral •, Lpe's bri4nde to Madrid, thence to Sala-
tutoteu, where lee lea ame orderly to General Stew-
art, and liaiinately to COllllllll3. In all this march,
of thirte hundred miles, they had never
seen a Spa.: : regiment ! That the fatigues and
privations »inch the British army sustained were
extreme; and dist, although among the Spanish
gentry the olTwers sotnetones met with civility,
the peasantry (indifferent to !motifs., aml alarmed at
the appearance of snldiez...) would shut their doors
against them. In the mean time, the strictest dis-
cipline was obsened, and every attempt at plunder
leverely punished. The couatry, in general, ex-
hibited nothing but poverty and wretchedness ; the
reads were hart; frequently flooded with rain, and
sometimes covered with mow. Our leave so tiers
rate frequently a whole day without sustenance,
and slept, at nights, nn the hare ground—happy
if they could approach a and creep under
trio neck for warmth and shelte-. !hider this ar-
t umulatinn of evens, many men died ; the horses.
when knocked up, were shot, and left, with all their
accoutremeats, upon the road.

Our inform:sat *Headed Gen. Stewart, when
he led his regionein, the lath dragoons, against
tie Imperial Gnarl, trader la.f.ht ..e. It seems
the English in tiled' retreat over a river, bad
blown up a budge ; hot the French horse dis-
coveted a ford shove it, where they ciossed.
They then formed, and were nearly double the
number that we could bring against theta.
Our brave coustrynsen. rejoiced at the sight,
forgot the disparity of cambers. They advanced
ainartly upnu the enemy, who stood to receive
them, and, at a short distance, fired upon tho
British. General Stewart then advanced beyond
his line and gave the words" Draw !"—" Charge!"
The British 'noshed ott—vthe French received
them firini) —and fur a quarter of au hoar the
clash of halms kip our infteinant) rang like a
peal of bells. (;moral Stewart was opposed to
General Lefebvre, whom he made prisoner. Se-
veral other Freaeli offi-ers were test) taken, and a
great man) 1111,11 on Isetlo aides. But here, as
CM 014 pluius of Maida, Brit' courage proved
tu.rre firm aunt determined than that of the French.
The proud Imperial Guard (the officers of whom
declared the y hart never before been beaten) gave
way before as inferior ituailwr of British Dragoons,
and retreated -across the ford. At this moment,
three Cillll/4111 weie brought to bear upon them,
and tau bread river was discoloured with their
blood.
Genrrat Moore, while he exacted the severest
Aiseinline, gave such an example in his own eon.
• t, won the heart of every one. lie was per-
not the tarn ; present every v here ; soul
forgot his osu fati 1114 and privations, n Iris anxiety
to nalteve them. of his beau.. tom:ades. 111,4.1:a-
-im ter as a t ..ateral has been consummatial by tias
waited) ratriatt.
Whio, the den kit Corantau, the wl.als of our
army had arrived on that place, except the briga.ie
of General flopo, which was statinivii without
the town ; and, front the post they 0c..-.pird, tlfey
could plainly see tin French troop« about three
tuiles dorrent. The British ships of war in the
harbour, how, ver, were au $l-flossed to zee eons
Llenee to the troops that they would all be
Larked in safety ; but it is expected that thvir can-
non and heavy baggage st 1w left behind. As
to horses, few of our cavalry regiments have ahnee
one hilliJrcil rem...an:ex; sad sever I pie:ars ot ar-
tillery Lad bee., eoianduned to the retreat, for want
of huises to draa them. _ _

It wuu iThr;)i,.,er4lnorlerg4talicling army
tiLit ,t was to trturt, dirtct to

LON DON,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24.

Re yesterday announced the arrival of general
Lord PAGIET, with an account of the re-embarka-
tion of our army at Commit', with the loss of its
gallant Commander, Sir JOIN MOORE, killed, Sir
D. BAIRD, second in eornsumd, mortally wounded,
and SOO men, killed, wounded, and taken prisoners.
Lord PAGET lek Corunue on the 17th, with three
Aid►-de-Camp, in the Cossack. of 22 guns, Capt.
Dtosg, and lauded at Fahnototh on Friday, from
whence he set oat in the carriage of Mr. VIVIAN,
father of Lieut Col. VIVIAN, and arrived in town
on Sunday night. The melancholy news, of which
he was the beater, having spread through the town
at an early hour, excited great anxiety and des-
pondency. Alarm and dismay were depicted in
almost every countenance.

The Duke of YORK'S Office was crowded daring
the whole morning, and his Royal Highness was
there in person. He more than once Caine out to
endeavour to satisfy the anxious and clamorous
inquiries of various gentlemen, relatives or friends
of the Officers now or lately in Spain. His Royal
-scarcely
assured them dust he was in possession of
scarcely any fact of moment, beyond those which
were already known to the public ; the dispatches
addressed to Government here mot being as yet ar-
rived, though hourly expected.
The fact is this—The Cossach frigate was order-
ed to take home Lord Psis r. who has suffered in
his sight from the effect of time ophthalmia. While
the Cossack was working out of Commie harbour,
a very he:ivy was heard from the laud. Oil
this Lord PAuar mrislied the Captain of the ship to
go on shore, in order to ascertain the reason and
nature of the action then taking place. Ile did so,
returned on hoard, and proceeded on his voyage.—
The vessel, winch was charged with the dis-
patches, in endeavouring to get out of the harbour, at
the same time a ith the Cossack, ran foul of another
chip. The damage which Ale sustained was tri-
fling, hut it necessitated some ,Isla}. Instead of
putting her dispatches into the Cossack, she, ex-
pecting to repair the injury which s:ie hail sustain-
ed, in a few !intim and ueing, it W. 4, thou4lit, a
faster sailer th frigate, retained the dispatches.
She is not yet

The only pion liars, therefore, known, are those
picked up by Capt. Dikaiv while on shore, thase no-
ticed by Lord Psorr, and the intelligence brought
by the Sir Charles Comm schooner, and two trans-
ports, which arrived on Saturday forenoon, at Ply-
mouth, from Corunna, with an Aid-de-Camp,
several British cavalry, officers and soldiers, and
some baggage. For the sake of order, however,
we shall begin with the commencement of the re-
treat of the Bntish army on the 29d last. It ap-
pears from all accounts, that on the first notifica-
tion Ly Mooax to his troops of his listen-
tion to retreat, a general spirit of dissatisfaction and
impatieneemauifested itself among the private men.
They exclaimed, that .4 they were come to fight,
and not to retreat ;" nor could their Officers effec-
tually succeed in pacifying their irritated minds.
This ill-humour did not subside during the whole
of their retreat from Benevente and Astorga, to
Common but betrayed itself in all their words and
actions. Some of them even proceeded so far as
to precipitate down the hills, over which their
route lay, the caissons containing the chests of dol-
lars for the payment of the army. They said, they
wanted no pay, they only wanted permission to thee
the enemy. Never, indeed, did exist a more brave
and gallant army, or one more solicitous to meet
the foe. Severe privations, and hope long deferred,
but now disappointed, prialaced this feeling in the
breasts of these gallant men. Most of the cavalry
were dismounte4, and many of the horses died
from titigue, or, being knocked up, were killed.—
In many instances the saddles became a mass of
corruption, from the sore condition of the horses'
backs; and even the for caps of the Dragoons
were full of maggots. In :his condition the army
, arnved in the vicinity of Corunna, oa the 11th inst.
The transports from Vigo did not make their ap-
pearance until the 13th. On the 14th, about 100
sail arrived, and thy remainder entered the port on
the following day.
Such was the state of our army, and our trans-
ports, on the 13th, on which day our cavalry hail
embarked, mid the infantry, to the number of
about 35,000 men, remained on shore.
Let in. mos look to the situation of the French
army : The puulic are apprized of the various
shirtnishew which its van had .with oar rear, up
to its arrival at Lugs. BONAPAIITE. accorthog
to the latest accounts, did not proceed in pursuit
farther than Sulatnanca. On his arrival at that
place, he ordered Sotit:z to advance to Ferrol,
while Jt; NOT received from him the commission to

regain the htmour that he relight be thought to
Nate lost at Viiiseirs, and to drive us into) the ice.
In order to execute this injunction, Jt;:vot drew out
his foi res on Monday g, the Ihth. and sit-
tseked our arras. The Frenrk came on with in-
ct,,teriviab:r impetuosity, and were perpetually
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plied with flesh troops, frosts
but face were as constuatly repulsed by the hilliness

of onr soldiers. Tbe brunt of 6c-battle stasprinci-
pally sustained by `,OOO of our troops, brithwAl ss
a covering corps to protect the embarkation.
These brave fellows, who fought like turas, (or
rather like Britons,) suffered greatly. Tnef, how-
ever, sold'their lives dearly, dealing death around
them in every direction in the enemy's ranks—Our
C;taterals were all on shore, and set a noble exam-
ample. About two, the Guards advanced with
fixed bayonets tonne onset, and the enemy, without
waiting fur them, turned their backs, and fled.
Tiwir whole line was soon thrown into complete
disorder, and they ne..er made any further resist-
ance. Our troops pursued, and made a prodigious
slaughter, till dusk, when they retreated back toCo-
mune. During the uight, all our infantry embarked,
withont any molestation front the French. At 9, on
Tuesday, the 17th iust. all the army, except 3,100,
wereon board the transports, and 110 doubt remained
of their-being re-embarked before two o'clock on
that day. As long as Lord PAGET could discern
with a telescope, he could only perceive two small
parties of the enemy, who very cautionnly appeared
of the heights, over Ferrol arid Comma, with two
small field-pieces belongiug to each. The magni-
tude of our victory is, indeed, demonstrated suffi-
ciently, by the very act of our re-embarkation,
without attack or impediment from the enemy.
As far its the brilliant event of the engagement
of the 16th inst. can, therefore, balance the culit-
mitoss termination of our expedition to Spain, we
have that consolation ; and it is certainly no con-
temptible source Of satisfaction. But of what solid
national avail is such a victory ? Ferrol and CO-
-111111181 are not less in the hands of BONAPARTE.
Lisbon must be so. Even Cadiz, it is to be
feared, must be surrendered, with the French
and Spanish Beets. Our army, though we
lust wily about 450 men in. the late action,
is diminished by 6,000, since it landed.—
AU the camp equipage, baggage, ammunition, and
many of the horses, are sacrificed. The whole
army must, in fact, be newly equipped, before they
cart enter again upon any efficient service.
The whole of the infantry were engaged, but the
4:2d, 50th, ad Royals, 4th Foot, and 2tith, suffered
most severely. Of the killed and wounded few are
known.

Sir JOHN Moine, whose death we announced
yesterday, was killed by a cannon ball, which
struck him in the breast. It was early in the ac-
tion. The French had only brought one cannon
to bear upon our array, when the hero fell.

Sir DAVID BAIRD, oho wasfoortully wounded,
is since dead. Lieut.-Col. NADIR!, of the 92d,
and Lieut.-Col. M.Kettzte, of the sth Foot, are
among the killed. Lieut.-Col. %VyKcw, of the 4th,
is wounded. Among the Officers reported by Lord
PAGET to have been safe on board the transports,
when he sailed from Corunua, ace Lords CDARLES
and ROURT MANNERS, brothers of the Duke of
RUTLAND, Lords CRIARLES and WILLIAM BEN-
TINCK, sons of the Duke of PORTLAND. and.thc
Hon.— CAVT.NDISH, son of Lord G. Carcx
It is a melancholy fact, which we relate not
without pain and regret, that the far greater num-
ber of our soldiers who fell or dropped, or were
left wounded, on the retreat, were massacred.
' The following particulars are extracted from our
Falmouth Letter of the toth inst. received yester-
day:

This day arrived the Cossack, Captain DIGIT,
with dispatches from Corium% Lord PAGET, and
three Aides-de-Cainp. The Cassaek sailed on Tues.
day last, at which time the British army, about
15,000 men, had embarked, previous to which,
on the whole of Monday, they had been engaged.
The loss on each side was considerable. Sir JOHN
nolitt was At led early in the action. Sir Della
BAIRD bad lost an arm. Some part of the troops
had retreated towards Vigo. The urmies engaged
with the British, were those under Generals SOULT
and Ju NOT, which had formed a junction, compris-
ing a force of 65,000 men. Prior to the battle 3,000
men had embarked. We lost in the action about
500 killed and wounded. When the Cossack left
Corunna, the French had entered it, and was can-
nonading the transports, all of which were under
weigh, convoyed by the squadron under Admiral
D.. Coußcy.
Lord PAGET has been attacked with the oph-
thalmia only in one eye. He was last morning et
Lord CASTLEREAGH'S Office, apparently in good
health, acd cheerful. It is calculated, that nearly
two miilions sterling, 185,000 stand of arms, and
930,000 yards of broad cloth', have been sent to
the Spaniards, from the Ist of July last up to the
Ist of the present month an.l that 20 mlilions
sterling will wit pay the expense of every kind, in-
curred by England, since the commencement
the Sinthisli Insurrection. e are not yet iu pos-
session of all the facts that have lest to the

torts termination of our CRIllp11;11 in Spain, but to
ose the lawn ige of an intelligent Provincial Print,
•• there i. one obvious and leading one, and it is thi.;
that all the exertions which the Supreme Junta has
used t.• enure the eneigies of the Spanish nation,
lin, prove,' also tive. Their Proclamatiodu, indeed.,
breathed entliu•in.m, but it emitted only upon pa-
• Pe' • they decreed armies which were never enitio-
died ; and (as I.o...tilting inanntiovres, it would ap.
peal their Gizettes reported •victories which were
never cridta;ued. The) exatigitrated tips ammo' or

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their forditietti excite the confidence o #titethre
and to incline the doubtful and wavering to de-
clare for them. But all this has failed of effect.—
What intasurei our Gevernment will now adopt to
reduce nOlf•rAnTE remain to be 0101V11. it here
bad repeated hints uf late, that the Spanish Ciders,
CAsTANns, ;MURIA, and others, despairing of suc-
cess, had made their peace with the Conqueror. It
was this, perhaps, that enabled him to follow
JOHN Moore to Commie, secure in the mean time
that the diversion Sir ions hoped for in the
South, could not be inade.—i•PLORIDA BLANCA is •
death-11as Moet.A given up the fleet et Cistlizos
a peace offering?—Shall we attempt to destroy it
or bring it away by force ?--is the floating 'lraq,'
which mi. have been lately told Government in-
tended to send to the Spanish coast, designed for
this service .s—But last week only, an expedition
sailed from Portsmouth for Spain.—Wili our
troops at Gibraltar destroy the Spanish lines of St.
Roche ?—Shall we take possession of Ceuta:, -to
flank the Rock, or simp:y its place if taken?--
What will be done in vanish America ?--Will it,
or rather, will it not, exhibit an iitimense scene of
ciril carfare ?--xXliat will be the fate of Sicily ?
of Austria ?—acd of Turkey (Lae. the
revolutionary leaven ferment and capand to the
East aud West, the North and South !---Heaven
shield these islands from it, baleful influence!"

The Thanks of the liotise of Lords were voted,
Just night, to Sir A aTtluit WELLsostr, and the
Officers and men who tehieved the Victory of Vi-
ineira. The Earl of 11OIR.► moved an amendment,
inclioding Sir H. MLA I), but it did not meet the
sense of the Hilly!, and biz Lord,hip eo a-rited to
withdraw it.

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A Mail from Jamaica arrived yesterday. It
Wall brought to Falmouth by the Carteret packet,
which sailed on the nth December.
Yesterday, at half-past two o'clock, a Cabinet
Council was held at the Foreign Office.
His MAJESTY is expected in tasvn, to-morrow,
to hold a Court at the Queen's Palace.
Mr. CHARLES ELLIS is flow mentioned as likely
to be the new State Secretary for Ireland.
Dr. LAWRENCE is so much recovered from his
fate iadispnsitioo, that it is expected he will be able
to attend Ins Parliamentary duty in a very few
days.
Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY returned yesterday to
town from Ireland, cud attended the House of
Commons ; but it will be seen in our Parliament-
ary Report, that a lumber of Members were not
present sufficient to transact business.
General BAIED was second in command of our
army in Spina. By his death, and that of the la-
mented General Morsae, the chief command baa
devolved upon Lieutenant-General HOPE.
Owing to the badneso•of the roads, and the SIO.
• verity ofthe weather, the made bad sot arrived at
the Poet-Office yesterday, in time• for the geueral
delivery of letters and paper. beabretwo o'clock.
Sir Wit. %lynx€, hot. Dean of the Arches'
Court of Canterbury, has resigned ; and the lets
KIN G's Advocate, :tsir J. Ntcoost., took his seat ou
Friday, as Dean of the Arches. The Ktera's Ad-
vorate is not yet appointed.
We are happy in being able to state, that the
Pariltien, of la gut... which was „reported to have
been lost on time coast of France, was safe is Grua,
vas Lake, Cornu all, on Wednesday.
The Earl of FIFE was so extremely iil, yester-
day, that he was not expected to survive long.
Earl SreNcea has been confined for some tone to
his room, through indisposition.
Admiral Sir Hocks CVETIS, Bart. is appointed
Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, rice Admiral
MONTAGU. The selection of this gallant Officer,
far this situation, has given universal satisfaction to
the people of Portsmouth, where he is deservedly
a distinguished favourite. .
The Superb, of 74 guns, bearing the flag of
Admiral It EMS, a frigate, two brigs of war, and
the Gorgon storeship, are frozen up about nine
miles from the Wing°, near Gottenburgh.
The Leonidas, FLACTON, Of Newcastle, with tin..
Ler from Prince Edward Island, bowel to London,
having lost her anchor and cable, was picked up
near the French coast by one of our cruisers, and
carried, on Seturdey, into Dover.
By the death of Sir Faasets "INCEST, Bart. the
Noble Families of llowaap, Praxtuisx, BENNET,
BOUVERIE, and Sr. CLAIR EiIbILINE, will go into
mourning. He is succeeded in his title aud estates
by his eldest son, now Sir F RANO!. VINCENT.
The Right Hon. the Earl of ST. Vier:axe gave
a grand dinner, on Saturday last; to Commas CAI,
LIS WLSTERN. Esti. M.P. aud a large party of his
political friends.
The Carteret ar.d Duke of Kent pockets, from
Jamaica, with mails, are arrived at Falmouth. The
former slides! on the each November; and the
later on the I 2th December.
Tice Ocean, Captain Peactiase, and several
other Transports, are on shore at Corn:.•.r.
The EUza, of Jamaica, is cut out of the Bay of
Hilda, by.a French privateer.
The Peter, J AIMS, from Dublin. for Bristol, was
wrecked on the 16th inst. near NVexford.
The Fraiseis, Pour, from Liverpr.oi for Caracas,
has been driven ou shore near Dublas, and deserted
by the crew.
Yesterday, beisig the first day of term. the
Judges went in state to Westminster Hall, dressed
iu their state robes. The Court of King's Bench
sat at half-past one o'clock. The re maiuder el. the
day was occupied in justif inehail. Lord E'ien.
borough was not present. The Court of Fa-
chtcpser was oetiupied the whele of the day
with persons jristifying. Th.. hail rf a debtor was
opposed on the gmuud that one or View ass ru—
se
khed es a Kcal. man, alien lie was rawly delis to
a illitoufacturer, h,d a wife and eight children. and
was eat used from paying the poor rates as ace
count of his prwerte ; end that the other versos
proposed hs,! been entrusted With a :sound note, to
ascertain its Tabelity, and that he had never mottl-
ed it. It /NO Oaf Mae inaalbassma
bail.

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POEIUCLT INTELLIGENCE. ..

MOH THE FIENCH PA SE6.

TWENTT-FIRST BULLETIN.
OM IA re.)
The English entered Span on the g9tb Oritober;
during the mouths of November and December
they beheld the destruction of the Army of (;41lici.
at 4spi atm ; of the Artar.bf Estreioad um at Burros,
of that of Armpit and Valencia, at Tudela ; of the
Army of gestate at Sumo-Sierra; in hue, they be.
lielsl the fall of Madrid without making a single
movement, and without any attempt to succour the
Spanish armies, to whom, however, a division of the
liaglish troops would have proved of considerable
tv.sistance. In the beginning of December, informa-
tion was received that the columns of the British
army were retreating on Corunlia, where they were
to re-einb.irk. By Liter accounts, it afterwards up-
peared that they sad halted. and that on the 10I:1
Dec.:tither they sin nit from SHAM:Inca in order to
take the fieltl. As early us the 15th, light ca-
valry had marched from w noir of
the army passsd the Douro, mid arrived
on
the 33d in presence of toe Duke *uf Dalin•ttia at

I WENI Y-BECON BU LLETI N.

&dawdle.
Ac sown as the Emperor was apprised at Madrid
of this unexpected eleterininatiou on the part of the
Englis:i, lie marched id order to eta oft* their retreat,
and pursue their rear. liut notwithstanding the di-
ligence exerted by the French troops, the passage of
the moutitaiii of Guistlar.mna,tigh Vitt.; covered
with snow, toe inciessant rain, and the two &win;
of the torreete, tlekv ed their March full two days.
Ott the 22d the Emperor left Madrid. Hit
liettalittarti•rs were on the :.id at Villa-Casten the
sidtli at I.ol4lolkilldS, amid nu the 27th itt Medino de
Rio-Seven. On the 24th, at break of sky, the
euemy had begun to move, in order to outtluuik
the left of the Duke of Dalmatia, but having been
inforinesl during the morning of the movement
that took place at Madrid, they immediately be-
gan to retreat, ahandintiag their Spanish adherents,
whose passions they had inflamed, the remains of
the Galliciau Krill), that had couceived fresh hopes,
some of their hospitals, a part of their baggage,
and a great cumber of stragglers. They committed
great devastations, the tuevitable re,utt of tweed
marches of troops in retreat ; they carried away
with them miller, hones, cud *twel other ell'ects ;
they pillaged a great number of churches and con-
vents. lo the Abbe)' of Sahagun, which coutaiued
60 Monks, and which had all along been respected
by the French army, they committed every sort
of depredation. Every where the Priest* awl
the Aloisks were seen fly iug at their approach.
—This disorderly ("induct exasperated the coon-
try ageinst them, AA their dillerence of lam-
(nage, manners, and of religion, contributed not
little to that dispositiou of melee minds. They re-
proached the Speitiards with havitg no longer on
anus' to unite with theirs, and with Caving deceived
the English Government. The Spaniards return-
ed for answer. that Spent had numeitnis
bat that the English had allowed them to hi de-
stroyed. without having made any eifort to await
theta. During the fifteen days that have
limit
elapsed, they dill not tire a single musket. Ike
light cavalry only had given some blows with their
owned.. General Dureatel, at the heed of 400
ligyht horse of the guard, fell in at the disc of the
tee-dug With a eoluati of English infitiory oti their
march, sabred a number of soldiers, attd 4'41 ned dis-
order into the column*.
General Lefebvre, Disnonettes. Colonel of the
Chaucer' of the Guard, tithielied two days before,
with three squadrons otitis regiment, having taken
a quantity of baggage, of "mown, and stragglers,
aid fiuditig the bridge of Ezela cut down, imagined
that the town of Heuavente was evacuated. Car-
ried away by that impetuosity with whack • the
Freoch soldiers have been so often reproached, he
sweet across the river, in order to make for llama-
mate, where he fell in with the whole of' the ca-
valve of therear.guard of the English : a long contest
here ensued, of 400 men against oleo. There was
no realities numbers. Those brave Mows recrossed
the river. The horiteof Gen. Lefebvre war killed
be a ball He had himself received a wound from a
pistol shot, aud, being dismounted, was made pri-
soner. Ten of his chayseurs, who had also been die-
inosated, were likewise taken, 3 werodrowneil, and
20 were wounded. This sharp aftiir must halt con-
vinced the English wind they would have to dread
from such men in general action ; Gen. Lefebvre
waeloritteellv committed a fault, but it was the
taut of a Frenchman ; he ought to be blamed and
towateled at the same time. The number of pri-
soners taken front the enemy, up to this present mo-
ment, mut alto ere chiefly eintipueed ore...uttered in-
dividuals and stragglers, amounts to 3911.
Oa the Pith the beadoptirters of the Emperor
were at %%alder's': the herid-quurters oldie Duke of
Dalmatia at ;Manilla, of the Duke of Elehingen at
Villatora. On his deli:lnoue from Nlndritl, the Em-
peror appointed King Joseph hie Lieut.-General,
with the command of the garrison of the capital, to-
gether with the cor,,s of the Dukes of Oatitzie and
lielluno • the thiisettis of cavalry of Lasalle, 3111-
baud, and Latour Nloubourg, are left for the pro-
tection of the centre.
The weather is exceedingly bail. To a piercing
cold, heavy and continual rains have succeeded.
We sullen, bat the English must sutler still more.

BENAVESITX, DIEC. 31

On the 30th, the cavalry. commanded by the
Duke of Idris, passed the Ezela. On the evening
of the 30th, it traversed Ileastveute. and pursued
the enemy as tar as Peleliu' de la Vilma. On the
same day the head-quarters were established at
lienaveate. The English were not satisfie=d with
destroying an arch of .he bridge of Eselis. but
they also blew up the buttresses with mines, • da-
m Age wholly unprofitable, end which eculd be hurt-
ful only to the country •; the rear betook them-
wives to the most shocking plundering. The
soldiers. in the excess of their continual intms-
wtPuice. Imre reins to all the licentiousness of
brutal inebriety. Every thing in their conduct
bespoke rather an hostile army than sue which
seas to the assistance of a friepdly power.—
The contempt of the English for the SisatiMrds gave
a sharper Wire to the impression made 67 so many
etillipre. This a:pentane will throw a winery.

*sip to thane insarreethaa. instigated by. foreign..
Otis tatanot ht.:lp regretting that the English
bad nut siiit *a army iuto Audslufis. The army
that pawed tarosigh bensvente tea 'days ago, tri-
umphed already to hope, and already lavtag their
colour,' hung with tiaphies, notliii% could equal
the encluelty anal security they displayed. Uo t;>eir
return, their coum.enasice was badly clian,;eti.
They were hammed with fatigue, and seemed to be
borue down with shame of retreating without a bat-
tle. lu order to anticipate the just reproaches of
the.Spaniarils, the English continued inccsanitly to
repent, that they had brew pitunibeil to be joined
by numerous forces; and the Spaniard," repelled
their calumnious assertions by arguments to which

there was tio answer.
Ten cloys ago, when the English were traversing
the country. they evil knew that the Spithish ar-
mies had been J. stroyed. Coiniuneanea whom,
they employed to accompany the armies of the
left. of the centre, and of the right, ktiew toll well
that it sae not 50,000 room only, but I some) wen
that the Spumonis had put under anus; that these
1140,000 1111.11 had fought. while, for six weeks, the
English had remained uneinicerued speetuturs of
their struggle.. These Commissaries could nut
hut have made it known that the. Spaisla armies
had ceased to exist. The English, therefore, could
not he i.,:•not ant that the Sp ume:As woe without ur-
miee. 11 hen, ten days ago, they agent moved for-
intokicated with the silly hope of deceiviug
the vigitutice of the French (Several, they fell unto
tile shave which the French General bad laid for
drawing them into the open country. 'they had
before made suave marches on their return to their
ships.
Vol' ought, observe the Spaniards, to have per- I
elided in that prudent deteriumatien, or else yolk
should have heel' in force enough to bulauee the
'lest "a oldie French. Above Al, you ought nut
to have at first tole:metal with such conlideuer, only
afterwanla to fall back with so much ptecipitatiod.
You shatild sot have drawn the theatre of the war
among us, and exposed us to the ravagn of the two
aronvs. After having hrooght down upou our heads
such acenuvilations of disasters, you ought not to
throw the fault upon us.
11 e have not been able to resist the French troops ;
nor do you seem more able to make head against
them. Forbear therefore to ac use us, to outrage
us—all oar misfortunes we owe to you.
The English had reported throughout the coun-
try, that they had defeated 5000 of the Freud; eu-
%airy on the Banks of the Ezele, and that the field
of battle was covered with their dyad. The
auto of Benaveuhtvere much mar hied, upon visit-
ing the field of isaule. to have hiund there only
three Kierlishineu and two Frelieh. Tina Foulest,
of 400 'teen mmiraiust lOW, mines grk:tt litutuur to the
French. During the whole of the 4iftli, the river
essiattuutal to swell cunahlerahly, su that at the 4:109t
of the evening it becunne 10.1.ossilde to ford it. It
was in the twiddle of tile river, musket time moment
he was on the point,of being drew lied, that General
Leftiwre, beieg Curried away by. the. ennead to the
side occupied by the English, was wade prisoner.
The toes of the enemy, in kiited alld wounded,
in
that Adair of edvatiked posts, has been far greater
dam that of the 'Alia. The frigid of tile English
was po. precipitate, that they left at their heels-
tal their sick and wounded. ...a were obliged
to burn a fine magazine of tents and clothing.—
They killed 'the hones that were over I.itigued
or wounded, 3.01 d. which might eta beryl's* this it rt-
treut. lt scarcely here to be cre,liteJ!llan that
spectacle, so slineltibg to our manners, of hundreds
of horses shot with pistols, is revolting to the Spa-
niards. Many persons look upon it as a sort of sa-
enfice—eome religious rite—which gives riiem iu the
mind of the Spaniards, to very strageie pictisi es of
the re:igion of England. The Eiglish are retreat-
ing in the unload haste. All the ((yrinaile iu their
pay are deserting. Our army will, this evening, be
at Astorga, near the borders of (Whin.

TWENTY-THIKD BULLETIN.

BEN AVENTE. JAN. 1.

The Duke of Dalmatia arrived on the 30th De-
cember at Mancini's, where was the left of the
enemy, consisting of the Spaniards under General
Roman.. General Franceselsi overthrew them in a
single charge, killed a great number, tlaik two
Stan lards and made prisoners a Colonel. two Lieu-
won it-Colonels, fifty Officers, and 1,.500 men.
Ott the 3 bit the Duke of Dalmatia, entered
Leon, where he found 2000 sick. Roinaila .:c-
-ceeded Blake in the command, after the battle of
Espinosa. The remains of that army, which, while
before Bilbos, consisted or 50,000 men, were re-
duced to almost 50eXt at Mem:ills. These wretches,
without clothes. and oppressed with every misery,
filled the hospitals.
The English are held in detestation by these
troops whom they despise, and by the peaceable in-
habitants whom they abuse, awl whree substance
&vont, to order to support their own se thy.
The mind of the people of the kingilunt of Leon
is ranch changed. They loudly cry out for peace
mid then Kim; ; they curse the English and their
fullacious insinuations. Tit reproach them with
being the cause of the shedding of Spanish blood,
in order to feed the English monopoly, and perpe-
tuate the war on the Continent. The perfidy of
England and her motives are now obvious to the
meanest and most illiterate Spanish peasant. They
know what they suffer; and the authors of their
sufferings are before their eyes.
Meantime the English retreat with the utmost
hasten pursued by the Duke of Istria, with 9000
cavalry. Among the magazines which they burnt
at Beneveiite. were, independent or tents, 4000
blankets, and a great quantity of runs. We picked
up upwards of 400 waggons of baggage and Ismmu.
tatt• , left on the rood Irmo Believe-lite to Astorga.
The shattered retuabis of Bomana's army threw
themselves into the latter town, and increased the

confusion.
The events of the English Expedition to Spain
most funiish materials for a Sue opening Speech
to the English Parliament. The English nation
must be informed, that her army remained three
months in a state of inaction. while it wit. in their
power to assist the Spaniards • that its leaders. or
those whose orders they executed, have been guilty
of the extreme foil; of making a movemrut for-
ward after the Spanish armies had been destroyed ;
that, in a word. it entered swan the ',eve year by
running awry; palsied by an roomy. whom it did

sot dare to tight, and by Oro mom of those irrrooi,
it hod stirred.up to resistance, and whom it "ea its
duty to support. Such enterprirea and goal re.
Suits can belong oily to a country that boa oo (lo-
ve 000000 mot. Fox, oreren Pitt, would not have been'
guilty of such Wunder*. To' contend against
Fraiiee by hand, who has one hundred thousand
cavalry, fifty thousand horses for all sorts of
military equipment, sud nine hundred thousand
infantry, was, on the part of England, carrying
folly to the utmost extreme ; it betrays iudeed a
greediness fur disgrace; it is, in flue, to administer
the affairs of England just as the Cabinet of the
Thuiil en es could wish them to be isilinioisterell.—
It betrays no small ignorance of Spain, to have
imagined that any importance could be attached
to popular commotion. or to indulge the smallest
hope that by attuning in that country the, flares
of sedition, such a conflagration could he attended
with any decided result or au) material donation.—
A few fanatical Priests ore quite sufficient to com-
pose stud propagate libels, to curry a inomeutary
disorder into the minds of meu; but something
else is requires, to cause a nation to rise to arms.—
At the time of the French Revolution, it required
three years and the presence of the Convention to
prepare the means of military successes.; and who
that does not know to what hazards Franca was
nevertheless exposed'? France was, however, stirred
up. Supported by the unanimous n *ammo to
teassert rights of which she bad isceti deprived in
times of obscurity. ha Spain, it was ati w men who
stirred up the people, iu order to preserve the exclu-
sive posse-lion of rights odious to the people. Those
who fought for the I iiquisitiou, for the Franciscans,
cud for feudal rights, might he ,rited by an
ardent seal for their personal interests, but could
never infuse into a whole nuncio a firm resolve or a
permanetit opinion. In spite of the English, feudal
Irights, the Franciscans, and the Inquisition, bare
no longer any existence in Spain.•
After the capture of Rotas, General Gouviou
Saint-Cyr, shaped his march agaiut Barcelona, at
the head of the 7th corps. Ile dispersed every
thing that he found before that place, and formed
a junction w itlsGeneral Duhtsme. That junction
brought In. army to 40.000 men.
T 1... Dittos' of Treviso and Abrantes have carried
all the outwo; ks at Saragossa. 'rite General of
&ignitors, Lacoste, is preparing the means of get-
ting possession of that city without loss.
The King of Spain has guile to Aranjues, iu
order to review the first corps, commandt by the
Duke of Renat).