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London, England, 1810-10-19 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

M untiu, sEP f. 17.

.I:),A,4ptet, a Cit:ef of Bausditti, w;s, ou the 4th
A month, at Tomtllo,ol, with men, and
t.. 0 pieces of cannot,. A detachment of the regi.
•n,lit of [laden, which was iu that citterter, was ur.
tiered to mike • retrograde mos...taros in order
to attract the enemy to rillanitaa. 'Erancisquet
fell into the snare, iusitishen be dfscoveredhis im-
prudence it af s p 341 late to escape. He was brought
to action by 400 of the Nampo infantry and GO
cavalry. The affair lasted only* a quarter of au
hour; but in that short period the enemy lost NO
killed, and had a %tomtitr of wounded. Among
th.- letter is Frauti,ttuct himself. The too can-
non, and all the ammunition, fell into our hands.
M. de Kruse, who commands the regiment of Naas.
14U, menu the highest praise.

LU11:1114, SP.PT
Letters from the frontiers of Spain cuutain the
following details :-
Since the investment of Almeida a great battle
has beep expected between the French and Eng.
lish armies. Lord Wallington had taken a atroug
position With his left wing on the. Douro, and his
right on Gouda. Siuce the retreat of the divi
Won of the 1 ft wing, which occupied the environs
of Purim:. that position formed au oblique line.
for the most remote troops had fallen hack as
far as Villa Nueva de Fmcia. 1. the mean time
it was believed that Almeida wont.' not be libana
doped to its fate, and that the English would snake •
souse attempts for the succour 4.f that fortress.-4.4.
This, however. did not take place. fur the English
&wend thought proper to withdraw his troops. .A
pert of the right wing of the army of the Prince of
Eaaliig has passed the Gown, new Hermosillo. and
kali directed its much towards Turreda 111opcortro;
014 corps of Geueral Regnier, which had come
from fostremadure, hint passed the Tagus near Al-
coa/mg sod has proceeded by forced marches by
adman a Vesllm into Portigal. for tht purpose of

pesetrating by Belatest* to Guards. This metal
cora NA be pretested by the &mesh. Gesiessi
Herder bee jawed the army of the Prime of
Eisibig, sad tbreateus to outfLok the Eughili

army.
Geberdll, who, with his division near Elves,
bad observed the umarements of the French in &-
impeders. trweived orders to take a positsou u the
Tight hes* of the vim Z•aara. foe the purpose of
preventing. ecileseral R.guier from ptiietratiog
'farther into Portugal. Tie position of the English
being in t►e mese bate espied to great dangers,
'key threw themselves between Vireo cud the
241181%. to sneer the roads lea•:ittg to Coimbra
sod Lisbon. A detachment of English and Per-
%armee troop+ hod remained at Guar& to pro-
tect *et place. The French army is in the put.
wait of the English army. and has made a Amia-
ble, of prisoners. and taken serval pieces of can-
tot; all the country between Guards and Piiihel,
wharf the Eegluti ',say was encamped doring the
siege of Cincled Rodrigo, is now actually occu-
pied by the French army. A French oorps, under
the edausood of Genets! Chided, is marching on
the right of the Douro, against Villa Real. and
makes great progress in that direction. The corps
of observation. on the left of the sense river, is under
the eueoesend of the Duke of Abrantes.
1111111111, IMF?. te.
The Intoottant-Georrel of the Cu-totsa ar Trieste
has notified to the merchants, that Ottoman ships
will henceforth be received in that port as neutrals.
VIENNA. DEPT. 24.
A letter from Bucharest states, that Rudschnek
espitulated won after the defeat of the Turks oil
the 7th instant.

r HE DRAWING of the STATE Lo P.
TEAT .41 ►asie THIS DAY at Ts* reCledt.