The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-07-27 00:00:00

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On the 2rl inst. at break of day, the attack was
renewed at all points and tiler haven. most mufti a
,
• epartre . loss, and convinced themselves of the per-
:Air-swing velour . of the defieuilera of this capital,
Abe French troops retreated, later a Are, which
hated twelve hours, without intermissions and
'proved estrentely• destivetive to their ranks. 711irs
onsemy's bombs. shells, end hells, without doing
Atty. considerable mischief, inervireaserved to in-
crease the hatred enteftained aritist the enemy.
7isocl to remind us of the sacred duties which we
owe to our religicia, one. country.
,gnu honours awl
:Aur Kii,K. ,
. The u.illantry tlis.ilaverl by the officers nod sal
Ater". awl lit I 1414 tewl*r by the ertiileei•thelb mill the
officer- rind troitpt, h h)‘ve:e.t.,tiole4l in the hatts4.
fie, ..iel punts Ansel:Al, is bi•yoisil all looter. iris
iicelleisey the Goivroor and Captaineacurral, in
_eviler to ifiew how much tie teals concerned in re-
warding distileptisked iiitrepidity and cat] ...iiir, has
di rectisl the ditrerent Ciniiin.,fii!ers to seul in a list
of the oUlocra and soldiers of the icyular troops. owl
the mass, who, have particularly distiw,tiished thrui-
;selves, in owlet to Imams on their, i albs Ilajr.sty's
Milne, t hn4ese at kis e.,.. di.t Ilction which Their eminent
services deserve, and transmit to po.terity the names
.of these wort c defenders of their testacy. 111 *X.•
. ' II if thine particular anti correct returns,
hail lieen 4)lCostia Tor the preset it to promote Cot.
o Autor.to Totres .to the tack of Brigadier=
Dew
, . emi, and appointed-Lieut.-CO.lml. Vow Norco
.eie Pont, of the volitnieers of Sara,tiorits and Don
dDdittingo Litippa otthe titilittitieni a
.Estrisnat-
data, who defended the gates is(kPoistillo and Car-
stens, tisloodoio the anti ; Captain Don Saliedor
Ceata,.BlhOr a the corp. 'of nrEidery ; awl Don •
Geroninso Pipeiro, and .Dou J'. Itosiute, Ensigns
of the same Corps, Lieutenants. ' The two latter or-
'llvetl iu llii: iitoriiiii;%, rroisi Biweeklies:lna without
.taking the least repose, immediately eisumod the •
icontosabol of the InitterOo of Portillo and Carmen,
where they rueero then:weirs, witb glory. A great
'Humber or arms Hare.r.til.l.l rate (Put 11•4.1!, ;Awl hi
ete porsgsioo of: Ilia French. slain in the action,
ywiriv precious art fictesiveye fivainl, of which they i
shod rolihed the ettnrchri
.1%1 private hewn: we:
gave taken segved rtattlber itc obogcriots 'inv.
.iintige.town p/ Exaa..twanty-tive of the riteiq's
raisilrf and font were thrius prisetiers. and brought
-!s this *ital.
By an ripreas which lett Valeritia pn the ;Itli of
Juir, the' piettvi itg intelligence
.64s been flicially
i'`;•ccived, that the French army. coininauded hy
.Geoorsi Alloncey, hotting approorrhed the said bille-
ts!, on the untsi nit. • the butteries opened hpbti
thtin, and kept up, for seven {Ours, with such itii-
-reniiitliv (Meknes', that the Feenoh were defeated
.gynth iintnanse stsughter. sad the neigithonniis
Acids were covered with their tile.al. The reetains"
elf the 4 ormy refreshed IS Ae stmost diliartir, ex-
-*Started with flairtne,• and destitute of proiisiunr,
pith a welt annalier of woundiml, on the road to
itliiiiri.;;WTiere *the main body of 4he army of Vs-
lentia a vsits them to cat off the iatnat of the fen
who rcin.qt,inad put theptto th.. P*lo/41, in retuin
for the ig is orvioTence spinet Otis capital.

/TOE BRITISH PRESS.
Lartrobt,
WEDNESDAY. Jute 17r
Ike give, in a sobsequant Column, an Order.from
the War OAlar, reciting, that the whole army is
oti active ever/ice. FfaVeral months have elapsed
since we tont.fil, that the whole of our Military
/tame would he is that s'plfe about this time.
We have received The Swarm, Eitroordiaary
larreet, of the Sel instant, elirstainii.g an account
of the Louthardinent and assault of the city of
Sarngossa, by the Fiend). 7:bey had been en-
nalisped, hat it is not tested low, long. in the
of the place, and en 'th: h 'of June they
NIP.° to bo'slogra it, 'nu.. bombardment con- ,
t't...und until the eveihis; of the Ist of July, dm.
. tog whlett interv.tl, „tau hoinbs nod shells were
...hortwo into the t-. ii, and the ,7-atea were nvollitted
by the Prbeich cavalry infantry-. A well-di-
re:2ml Ire, however,-Trom eras garrison, successfully
ripelteet the attack, and neighbouring Belch'
3 wa-le strcwe4 with the den: limbos*? the French.—
•-l'he smolt' was renewed by the French artil-
lery and infmttry, but they were again routed
with very ewroiderable bov. On the nd, at
Jay-tweak, the mammy attacked the town a third
ti:n, at all points, and after an ineffectual effort of
to carry jam place, were °Misted to re-
treat, without hiteir;g done any considerable mis-
}birf, sad only 'aspired the eonfidetwe of the
ppaninivhiin their own vslnur, and increased their
—4etestation of the French. Fiona the general
..aueortainty of date,. and Trimness of 'several of
*remoulds iross Spain, there is seine danger of
Mistaking several versions of one and the same re-
port. for rt:.conles of distinct several retinas.

In the meant ease we cannot onterlain any appre-
hensiolpof Oat tort, as •9s of us,tsiaLit, upoev
INitlhofissi is chtarly ...4:4sdiaputably a. triithiset •
&'Vh(r fligin,.dse victory rdstaissod hear *OW* Lai
blesioral PAtt sok, which, according to tarinus ac-
couuts, official and not official, took !dace oil the
June. In the official Proclamation of the
Supreme Junta of Seville. published •on the i9tli
June, it is *aid, that all the French, were
put to the sword, and not * single MIMI rM3111;11.to,
tell the dismal narrative to his eouistr,
It appears, however, from tbastiecouht is The sura.
pssa Gazette, that the victury.of the 15th was riot
so.decisive, or that the French had sollected,
twee', that and the 30th, a new array under the
walls of that city. We strongly incline to the litt,l
ter opinion. The prosiiusity of Saragossa to she
French frontier, and the stepor of the French
army at Bayonne, would enable lloNaraare to
push forward. in a few days fresh troops to supply
those which had fallen hi the nettle of the 18th.—.
Heiden the bathe oldie I.sth wits; outfought under
the walls .1-Saragossa, but in the open held, until
at a considerable •hatance from it, baweeis
and Nhillen, the thriner within the laser, upon die
confines of N ivarre. BOVAPARTE would lose
no time to reps r the loss •iustl ditivace of the
13th, and do away an impression so re. y far, ur hle
to the Spanish CAl'S'''. He has, *olefins', no doubt
beet' pouring troops into Spain aith all possible six-
Fe. ition, since the first dawn of socsiessful resist-.
. amp to his %teas ; 'grrtaittly the value of Sara-,
gloms is such as lIIIISt snake it the first object of his
cave. It is lint only a place of strosgth, but frorn
its situation it commands the coarse of thew Ebro,
andl is a &Niue of uniou betwecu Cataluaia and

We are happy to find also, in TA, Sarepspr
Gazette, a further confirmation of the detimt of the
army of General sloscsr. lie had retreated its
disorder from Valentin, with the remains of his
division towards *adrift, and, is we stated qn
Saturday, ass expected to be e!lttrelx out !Wiry
the Vilentian army, which was itislOtillla
durable strength to intercept,hien. •
The Patriotic Armies rope to ipertase jp
numbers in all part.; an I on the 15th instant, •tbe
ramie body of the ullician army atone, Was
A-
wards of eighty f;iousand strong. Yesterday (st.
James's day), hitherto a day etnoiyerss.l frstisity
in Spain, was looked forward to isith.greet ensUrtty
tad expe Aation. end etre seminal mind clespeittol
effort, as we stated in a former Number, woe mia-
tetaplatt.d by the Patriots. A private litter Mys--
/As 20tis ,VVslif. 1808, will *be rappedmilfd iy 400 r
c.,:, put .rity. for ths quantities of Maud
inimitably 4e &Add.

--wasewsw-
aew, we believe, was received from any
part of Amin in the course 91 yesterday ; but we;
Alb he a duty that we owe to our reeders.
*bile we repeat our own sou nine expeetation of.
the ulti mate nieces, of the Spanish eatiormed
tioo, not ,n conceal from them, that may. pep!
sots, of *bone opinion we think highly. view vthe I
present state and future prosi;ects of that country,
through a less favourable medium. They dwell
not only on the past success, end on the inercililake
exploits of N APO mon in other pans of Europe;—
they see with no less concenis that the Patriots.,
either from inteation or front nvor, have by nuj
Means severely adhered to troth in all their *Cs'
counts of the eupgemeats that have taken, place
between them and the French. The persons to
whom we id!ude, con.ider cASTANOS And IiIILSTA,
at the head of levee, newly raised, to be altos the:
incapable of facing in the field the tenni)* of lioxa-
emu t, habituated to victory. and conducted by
f;ener its of consummate talents, raised by unrit
front the ranks to supreme command. They null
in question many of the facts asserted by the irisur-
gents, anti they by no means anticipate the defeat,
Or the surrender of fYt:PoN T.

Admitting, as we wish to do, the full force and
weight of these observations, hinny of which are
unipscsticinnbly deserving of attrition ; we never-
thrifts continue to think that ibt soma/ Fad the
physical impedimenta which t'.e Coraicith Despot
mast ner...ssarily encounter in his enterprise, ate of
the most forusidithie mature. Of th../broier.. which
are fottnisd m thicharacter of the Spanish motion,
in their loyalty, their attachment to their peraiiar
habits, manners, mid religion, their indignatiog at
alma Perikbons outrage committed on them as a
people, in the persons of their Kings, and their Or
leirewp of the foreign yoke attempted to be im-
posed ors them ; on these points we hay. already.
more than ohm stated our conviction. We shall,
to-day, endeavour to convey some corret idea of.
the difficulties, of a physical kiwi, wail which the
French troops twist have to struggle in their first
entrance into Spain. They are &rived From loe
cal knowledge, the only galas itilinch ♦ diactuliefts.
Nature appears to have taken coasitierabit;paion.;
if we taay so express it. to prevent the junctbsni Or,
the reduction of Spain. wader the power of
her only neighbour, France. For we consider
the kingdom of Portugal as Merely a chime..
rergd lairtion of the Pierian Paninwta.---IProsm
&vomit to Perpignan, across 1... e Tatkillus villigh •
comeLty Spain smith Frainue. the :disialitsi
spoiCe is narctly two Isooderri alai forty milks life,
*hole intermediate country is c.siesipletety oveopised,
by the mums, and these mountains are no ober.

leas than Seventy tnilcs in depth; but in many part t
tit?), a‘e nearly 4nhies`that naniber. Pour•ioute,
or passat;eK admit brush the valleys or
from(latcony, Bern, mid Rousillon, on the North,
into Cuipincoa, Navarre, Arragon. and Catalonia.
The firtt and greatest of there marls, %Inch con-
duets straight to Madrid, is the one occupied by
BO N•PA UTE.. and which Jast:Pll hes t4Len in hie
route from Buy onne to that city. It lies far neat
tweaity-two Icagues through the Pyrenees, before
they tiuk into easy acclivities, Between Mondragou
and Vittoria. At every step, an army is exposed
to attack ; but, as NAPOLEON appear, to be coin-
pieta), master of the country, front the liidassoig
quite to Vittoria, it is to lie pratiimeil that hij
forces will encounter uo difficulties on their
march, except those caused by want of • mat
with*, and provisions. In many parts of oli
Castile, even bread and eggs are not to
procured. Even in Alava, and in Biscay, it is ditfi
cult for troops accustomed to the abundance thud
reigns iii France, to conceive the want of every kiwi
of sustenance. Water itself is not always to bel
fou all.
The second gram' eutrance into Spain is frod
Perpignan to Barcelona, through Bellegarde,,
..Junuttera, and the liiinous pate of Niters's, in Casj
tulonia. About fifty wiles of this road lie through!
the Gorgessof tbe Pyrenees, where, in many Plannas
a I dyed armed peasants may arrest an twisty."
Neither horses, provisions, nor accommoilii,ioni-ere
to be found between Bell game and thexity of
' rena. That nrcelona and the fort of Montjnif:
are in p7ssession of the French we know. But,
whether the fort and the pattage of Figueras are so,
may Ite matter of doubt ; and if, as 'Vie Patriots:
have asserted, they have surprised that thi trexs, the
French troops in Catalonia may he in a very;
.4augerous predicament. •

A third road conducts from Bayoone, by a tromill
town called St. Jelin Pied de Port, into Nisratrre.l
strait to the capital of that Province, Patapelune.
It is a most dangerous and almost impracticable
entrance, through perpetnal defiles and Prodigious
which cari.only lie passed lickweea May
mid the end of October. By this road, however,
it is, that NAPOLEON sent Ls F.ED RE to peuctiate
into Arregon. He appears to have crossed the
abro at Twitch, and, proceeding down its left
'bank, to have had various engagements ssitivthe'
Patriots, particularly at Mogen, and at Sarni/yak.
We newt presuale that the French still retain pos-
session of thii, entrance injo Spain; but we knew
little or nothing certain, relative to the actual state
of Navarre.

There is a forth road, from Tarbes, in Bigorre,
alrnz the valie)s that divide that province from:
Arragois. which nos:duets to Saragossa. It passes
through the Spanish towns of Jaca and Huesca;
Jaw it is rather a hock .pervious to la u tete* rs, dor-
ing yammer, than a road by wh..cli any troops out
paw. In winter, the snows mind the wolves reader,
-itiotsilly impassable.
....:IXase are the opiy ways by which NAPOLEON
tuft ieuhor can escape out off Spain. He fns
acted with consummate prudence, for every reason,
'hi mit vienjuriug to cross the aildapsoa in !person.
nictutp.the Books of the Rhine to those of the Nie-
men, for more than five hundred miles, there are
as mountains : scarcely betweea !Viayenee and
Tilsit are there even any defiles of cotriequel.ce.
Germany lap in fact, los.c;ven to invasion, as Train is
•stiaoult -to enter. BOWAPARTR, master of the Vis-
tula. and of the Elbe, in came of a defeat, might .ef-
-feet his retreat, mini. lested. But, if he were to
expose himself in the Castiles, or even tu Catalonia,
Poe would find it almost impossible to retire with-
out danger of destruction.

The itYpirdition was resslytyead on Monday fours
eartanoutli, but was prevented by die uufeveur-
!able state of the wind.

•
His Ad a,r terv's ship Chifenn• sailed fronsMadeira
with the Meet for India, on the 'Ali Jour. leaving
there the Tracers, Carmarthen, ken Spencer, Lord
Ride*, and Monarch East lodiasnen. which would
sail about thestli July. Two *halm. and another
teasel, which left Portsmouth with the eniffonae,
left Madeira an the Myth June.

The featuring extract of a letter from Gibraltar
may not prove uninteresting at thin period ; it is
from au Officer of General Sriecite's Expeditiou,
and is dated the 19th of June :—" The weather
holies set is 'extremely warm, occasioned the fever
to break oat io the veil-aliprinted army of General
SPE/Mk:lt, previous to its re-embarkation. The
lee breezes, however, were thought eilual to check-
ing it. Some gallant moldier, bed talten victims.
amongst them Capt. HVGlittlly Royal Artillery, in
the prime of life, sincerely beloved and regretted
throughout that regiment. His remaiss were in-
terred with all the respect doe to his rank ; his very
faithful servant ins much ooticeal is the *chino
train. A tomb hes been erected to his memory
with this motto, " Ries Sibi, ssd Petriar," inscribed
thereon, beiug that of his loyal family, which has
ever beeu dintingoinlied for embarking in the ser-
vice of their country; he rtes son of the late Gra.
ROnletsen and a brother of Lieut. Hewn>, olio
sionoonly fill on hoard the Royal George, in the
ever-anessiorable action of the let of Jane, 17:5."
We underdtand that Lieut.-Colonel Asousevoe
peopinorl to the East Battalion of the Mendip
ligsvog, wiler his command, to commute their t.rr-
' vice for that of Local Militie, as a measure which
he tiiw.lT approves, mid in which he hopes for their
unanimous arquieseente ; at the arum time, very
properly abstaiiiiiig from pressing them to an Mi-
-1 'mediate decision ou the .ul,ject.