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las we may likewise be attacked by the enemy.
iiiiice it is very.prolmble that he will esidealiour to
peewee himself of this kiniploin, superior to all
others in the worh,l, we shall hare au opportunity
of imitatittg your heroic conduct.
" ITURRIG.III.II."

7WE ICA R.

POSITION! OF THE. .IRAIIES IN SPAIN.

FRENCH (*AND ARMIES.
Sou ves corps, near guldanha, under orders, it is
supposed, to mate an attack upon Callicia, aid; in-
tent to ert iu the rear of the British army mid cut
off ifs roireitl to Corunna or Vigo, is estimated at - 30,000
Grnmal.iir SOT, St Burgos, with the troops which
he brought with him from Portugal, est:mated at - 10,000
The ..sth and tth dirisions of the Grand Army,
on the slit, item. Vittoria, making tol„Terier

- 30,000

The four divisious of the Ditkes of BILLY NO.
(oral •, D ,INTZIC, nod Marshal NEY, at and near
Madrid, under the immediate command of Don A-
P A %Tr, iiisalea at
Division ofravalry sent on to l'alsvera -
Roim's division g.ne to Cuenca

Total of die Freud, Grand Array in Spain -
BRITISH ARMY.

Sir ./otin Mooieo ilivisiun
Sir DA VID DAi D's

- 6,,rt00

-
- I

ati,uuu

17,00
13,u00

These two divisions were forotiuti ejuuctiun mt
the 17th last, between Salamanca midi Bent-velar,
at Toro, with intent, according to "minr act:minim,
to advaioce Irk• Valltelolid to fiIIIII3, CM the
Douro, awl thus interpose between Mwlwl and
Burgos. This, however, wont(' br a very perilon:
movement, as at Araiula they would 1111 l.! on their
right the French force in the vicinity of Nlintriil.
and on their left the French force ut Illargos unit
Vittorio, with Sou LT's division in their rear, be-
tween them and their te,ciu:Te., Sith,cilitent ac-
counts, however. *unitive a la_lief, t hut this plan, if
ever en•ertained, has been
British troops marching from Lisboa a:..1 °part°
to reinforce. Toone and B•itto

in,no9

Total British force
SPANISH ARMY.
Division of the Marquis Rom• A, at Leon on
the I;th, proceeding to joie Moon:: and BA IR D
DiaiSion of MOPILA and Put A, CAGTA Sus,
suppostd to have funned a junction on the line be-
tween Madrid and the Sierra Morena - - 40,000
Army of Arragnn, under PA L• 101, at SlUll7,o9ltia
ou the nd December

• 4U.UtIO

3.,,00.)

14,000

Total

- 64,(Mig

The only embodied Spanish corps in a pn,ition
to mite with the British troops under Mona':
and BAIRD, was that of 12.0111 AS A. 'file three
united would amount to 70,000 men, a force more
than equal any of the three great bodies into which
the French army was divided ; we mean the body
under BONAPARTE. near Madrid, the body be-
tween Burgos and Vittoria inclusive, and the di-
vision of Marshal Sout.T.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
THURSDAY, JANUARY S.
NEW VICTORY BY PALAFOX.

The Niabe,Capt. LORI NO. arrived on Tuesday at
Portsmouth.from Lisbon, with dispatches for Go-
vernineet. By her we have received letters acid pa-
pers from that capital to the gist of December.
Their contente are of great importance. From the
16th Bulletin of the Freach army, *inch stated the
arrival of Marshal We's corps at Guadalaxara
"coming from Saragossa;' and several concurrent
turnouts in the Spat.ish Papers, sauguine hopes were
entertained, that it had been the fate of that brave
acid loyal city to have di Ainguished itself once more.
by the defeat of the enemy under its walls. Those
hopes have been realised, and PALAVOI has gather-
ed fresh laurels. The Supreme Junta published.
at Truxillo, an extract front the official Report
made to them by that brave and • fortutiate
Geueml. The Report is dated the td of Decem-
ber, and states, that on the Ist a French force
of from 12 to 15,000 itbruotry, supported by awn
cavalry, attacked the exteusit e line of the canal of
Saragossa. Thrice was the bride, defended by the
brave Arragonese, taken and re-taken, but victory
at length declared in favour of the Spaniards. The
enemy fled with precipitation, leaving 2000 dead
upon the field of battle. The division of Asturian
troops, serving in the Arragonese artily, greatly
distinguished itself upon this occasion. Its bra-
very is said to have decided the fate of the day.—
It appears from this account, that the Supreme
Junta was at Truxillo, on the loth, but private
letters state, that they have renewed lo St. Mary's,
near Celli,, iii order to be out of the of BONA-
twat, whose cavalry might make a battik's inroad
to Badajos or even to Seville. We acknowledge that
we were not wit! t apprehensions for their safety.
The corps of cavalry, which he dispatched on his ar-
rival at Madrid, it will he remembered, proceeded to
Talavera, in the ►trait road for Truxillo. There is
strong ground to presume that it was dispatched
for the purpose of seising ►he Junta. The Por-
tuguese Papers also contain intelligence from Bit-
deka' to the 10th of December, giving au account
of the enthusiasm of the citizens of Madrid, and
the preparations made to resist the French. The
bitelligence from Madrid in these papers is not of
a later date than the 29th of November. Official
dispatches had been at that date received from
Mexico, with the assurance of the loyalty of that