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the impottant position of the Teeters; after which
the Aritmgencee, couviticird of the impossibility of
mekieg a eertie with effect, retails-ed to cutsquer. or
to perish within the walls of thug cjty.
4 01J the sight of the Id of 'August. dig
following' day, tier eiOlmircittf'Stifultuiba
fruit& their batteries opposite the turatieu. A fou tut-
liag-hospital, which 4:mutinied the sick and 'sound-
ed, who from time to time bed been cbuieyed
there during the siege. unfortunately eitubOit tire,
and ass rapidly consumed. During this drendful
I.sfinetty, the exertion' of every dtweription of peo-
ple were almost unparalleled ; all attention to pri-
vate property was iustatitly abandoned, end every
body was seen hastemag to the relief of the sick
end helpless children who occupied this huildiug ;
but in this set of 6aetrauity 11110 e were more con-
spieuoint than the women, who persisted in their
hamaiie exertions, equally undsuitted by the shot
mid shells of the enemy, cud the flames of the
building ',croft them.
hi the 3d of August the French had com-
pleted their betteries talons the right bank of
tie Guerra, a that fells into the Ebro,
mid is separated wily from the s :ills of Sara-
gossa by the breadth of a common road. Nearly
opposite to the centre oh these batteries, and within
pistol-shot, was the gate of the Santa Engracia,
so called from u splendid coiseent mud church situ-
ated tit issue side of it. Ost the ith of Angtist the
French opened a tremendous lire upon this quarter
of the city. and iii en insinot the fund walls op-
posite to their batteries vanished, and the splen-
did convent of the 5411014 Etigracia aa. MI tire Mid
tnireitig Is runts.
The riven+ cote 1111 l s immealiatrly availed them-
selves of this entrance, to ruit!i into the city. took
in reverse the batteries before the adj.weitt
sues after a severe and sanguinary conflict, peue-
trAtlllg to tier Calle de Com nearly its the cesitre of
the town, were in possessiott lir fine tile day I irtfiell
of site ballot Sanigossa. The French Gettend
im-
medrately demanded the capitulation in the follow-
ing &tote
Quartet General -duals Eugraci r.
La Cartulat son.
The answer irninedmi ely returned ti as—
Quartet Qinterio—Zartzlaa.
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note side of the street Cozo, the tireadtii of
srlsech is shoot equal to that of was
tmar occopied by the Fteu, ia, in the centre of
which General Venher was seen giving his orders
from the Franciscan convent. The Arragonese
maintained their posit' nee the opposite side,
throwing lap batteries id the Openings of the streets,
within a few wire, of viio•lnr butteries of the.
French. The inteittening *trice Will 60011 beeped
up with dead, either .throw's from the windows
of the houses in which 'lief hii.l been sluiu. of
ltilletl in the. Conflicts below
N„ thing, iu the whole cog rse of* l'o Aster. inure
enthafrassed Den Joseph Palitos, besot this enor-
mous accumulation of the dead, and the singe-
him -ion of the contagious disorders which must
lnfallisly result front it. To an 4%w: warder it ass
almost certain eked, to apnea; In tee middle of
the street ; coil the eaptilicnt resorted to VISA to
push forward French pneoliers. aids a rope attac:ieil.
to them. ainirlst the *lend and the J,ing, to remove
the bodies of their countrymen, and bring theni in
for bnrial. The office Maybe:li they were employed.
and the pity of their owls soldiers. %reared Virile
In General from any Aguilar:wee, sand by this i_spe-
pedient the esila arising flout tiee him dile corrupt ion
of the. deed "eosin sonic tlrgrie sliania.ll.A. The
principal 118110,011 tOr attack in this singular species
•of warfare sews the ; the ::ressels and the Arm-
gonese. finder the cover of darkness, frerpieistly
sitcshcsl across the street, and attacked, each other's
ltetteries with the most undaunted imunige, the
struitale begins at the batteries ems often • arried
lino the: I ors beyond, and the author of this nar-
rative how nitre wren, iu every story of an house in
Owl:elk. dr COSO, intriptivocal marks of the mail:
news and d,speratimi with which such sort oft ou-
test must have heels carritil„ots. The batteries of
the contending pinnies wererM close to each rather,
that. mums inanssaie. a Siaallattl crept from his own
side, and Il,Natsattn. hiwself nrrlrr the iiiteriariliate
undies of the deed, attached a rope to owe of the
French catmint ; in the struggle which ensued, the
rope broke, and the Atrattimese were deprived of
their prise, at the very moment auto they thought
themselves secure of it.
On the sth of August. when the French were
• to tO renew their is to Moans complete
no...a...inert in the city, t•te Ar: Lpiiiese found their
,oninunit lbegia to fat ; sat eves, tins circuits-
Gru.ce created no diorite, dill it .UVU:rtht to any
one the idea of capitulation. The holy cry that
rseiileil Ihe Irises of the •,,pilltiot (irocra:, ar h- ride
•iinsong the peAllie, was, that if rtumunitinu failed,
tiss'y were reedy to attitel: the enttity with their
kiiiirts missile. At this awful cei- is, past 64-, in! the
day closed, a convoy of procsonsis and wool tor -
mos and II triiirole••inetit of 3,0110
of guards,' Swim, and yoluuie,. rr of Arra-
Kan. losexpeiltilly mails- their s-tory into the city,
•i•ider the command sit the isrothcr al use C.aistaass-
Cessersit. Dan Frainisco l'idefos.
For eleven tairecssive Jays Cie neist sanguinary
i-oodict ass roistioisiol trout otwet to street, from
'mica to homer. tend from to room. ;the
oopithice al icssy4 gaining by decrees itpiiii the
11;:ciialoted tronpa of the French) until tot: space
he the enemy owe rciluceil to
shout part of the cit 3 .
The spirit displai eel try the *nen was secoorted iu
I:,e went attOltria;lo itlittatier tits w0w.... of
Sarno-is.. The L.arhstcaa l'e'urita, a tidy t).. great
rank its at ents.ory, formed n corps of tr. -as
re► the relief of the *minded, and Inc the porpoise
of retrying wine awl prosionam to the Palates:
twine persons of the most utinuesotiotoble vericity
in Praragareas archaic thtt they have fr,:titseutly *Mite
lhit ,012194. Itehtnet,•, and beautiful artonatt, molly
ettendine to the dittos the had preserilied to her-
p-hr. of the most tremindous tire of
facet need shells; leer were they aisle to ber
ear., Ow moment that she. eatrrifti iata

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Ile .114.; Of (.I'o. 741r.tp.7.1.
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it a v..ey fo,mittabie 'revues its tke Lauds vE the
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