The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-12-04 00:00:00

LISBON PAPERS.

LI.BOW. NOV. 17.

Divers acettonts were yesterday in circoilatinii,
rriestive to the operahoos of the armies. The night
before Issi several ..final opts were fired et ars,
eouwtlr.rtn•e lit elcrli Is iitt.ober or ships were
rut ki gup the Tags . The cause of this
I k , but we .ire 1111111 re i w •It
.utu. 0;1*. I v810).0.1111: th t I Ord W. 5it!,;!..111
It with his troops, and that the -:-ejty
hits raisswi his camp. Should this really he true,
the retreat of the French cannot hut proyeextreme-
ly destructive to them, obliged as they. are to per.
form this retrograde movement, 1•u-sued by the
mart,' hero to ohms the defence of this kiogdoso
is committed. . •

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so,. 19.
Avaiga
The
enemy.. hitherto appeared in front
of our hoer, and seemed to threaten this capital,
began to retreat in the night hetween tie tith and
14th instant, is the direction of Sentatedi; he wee
Wasurdisawity peeved by our troops ; and the fol-
lowing day our advanced parties came in ii4ht of
the rear-guard of the French, who continued their
retied. Some prisoners have bees taken. The
enemy commits still greater excesses than when he
well advancing against us.

Lard Wellington's hascl-quertere were yesteaty
to raise in Santarem.

ploy. il.

We have not yet yr ,•eived soy
of the inovements of our armies, mud of the retreat
of the French; in order, however, to satisfy the
public curiosity, we will extract some interesting
particulars from divers private letters.

If Would seem that some unforeseen occnrrence
has occasioned the retreat of the French, because
they hare left some wheat and cattle behind. We
must be on our Kneed, it is true. with regard to
eatables abandoned by the enemy ; hat in this case.
it is to be ob.errecl, that they have burnt part of the
provisions which they left, in that in all probabi-
lity went of time prevented thins from destroying
the whole.

Some of the prisoners and deserter; affirm, that
the enemy carried a number of their furevi troop;
with th 1/1 on their retreat, disarmed and guarded
by Frimen soidivrs ; whi. li seem to confirns the re-
port; which were current some days since, that
very considerable discontent prevailed in the French
army, whether on account of the seurcity or bad
of provisions. or from *Mt other cause, is
not known.

The whole read from Alenquer to Santarem it
covered with dead horse% some d- ad human bodies,
broken solvate% km. Ir to:ne 'elutes, which were
found lodted, dead bodies were .I.icevered shut up,
probably with the intention of spreading infection.

Nov. It!.

On the 13th, late at night. Nlarisens commenced
his retreat, and Lord Weilington berm to pursue
hire. We are now given t 9 understand that the
French General was not in that want of provisions
AS suupi•se4 by many people here ; but that the
&tires, of his mops, in respect to clothing, par.
iseiilarly in shoes, was extreme.
There ~ a report heft in circulation, which,
however, is generally discredited, that IV.OIIO tam.
with • large convoy of proitsions and clothing,
have joined M ........

We wow feel satisfied that we are R.' j-. ftw the
remould,' of the year. I; is (11.10:4111 with som,. of
she bestsioroeused, whether sly bidet of (ow.
queace will take pleat she Leto ..igts.
It is siid that • corps. rensiautig of several thou.