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ton; and with admiration beheld the goodnesa and
(reverence of this French. The City and Province
were disarmed, whilst ten members of the Council
of Paketcm, Segovia, and Vali:aloha. were deputed
t go to Ilis Catholic 3lajeity, at Bayonne, there
to supplicate his clemency, 'in the act of tendering
the fealty of their fellow-citizens.
'l'h- Bishop oiSt. Atelero having instigated his
Diocesans to revolt, and abandoned himself to all
tie ttttt er of frantic excesses, General Merle proceed-
ed toward. the mouutains of St. Audem, where Ge-
neral Uucos had repaired. On the morning of the
'gist he fel! upon the instirgetits, drove them from
all their positions, and touk two 18-pounders front
them, whit h they had barely been enabled to tire
twice with grape, without wounding any body ; on
their part the loss was considerable.
On the 20th, ("corral Oueos arrived at Soneillo,
attacked the insurgents, end repulsed them to the
distance of one mile. On the ilst lie did the same
on the road of La Veitzo de I' Escudo, which Wai
tlefeuded by four gnus and 31100 men. On the
21d he was within tear miles of St. Andero.
On the •gzid Generals Nlerle and Ducos entered
St. Anders, the one on the tide of Torre de la Vega,
end the other along the way of l'Eseutlo ; and no
sooner' had they einem' the city, thau the peasants
returned in all parts to their homes, and the Mho-
bitants back to the city. The city of St. Anderu
haring mails. stibtuission, made solemn oath of Sae-
lite to I lis Catholic Majesty, as Segovia, Placesicia,
and Valladolid had dune.
In such malincrdirl the troops ander Nlarshul
Sestiereis, in a few days, take thirty pieces or artil-
hey, silty thousand stand of arms, disarmed Pa-
1110cia, V Irdolid, &e. which tritium' quiettic,ai iu
Nessus*, Guipttscoa, Alerts, amid Biscay.
During tit- first operations of Marshal Bessieres,
troubles had also broken out in the Sootheru extre-
mities of NaVIIITe and Aringon.
General Lefebvre des V ouettes set out front
I.':r:rhino, at the head of 3000 men, mostly com-
12a Polish pikeinett, and the first regiment of
the Vistula; he drew up towards lludela, where a
squad-of fruui three to four thousand men laid ar-
tired from Saragossa ; he attacked and dispersed
them on the uth of June, taking from them six '
pieret or artillery, and castigated the heads of the
insurrection. Ile caused the bridge over the Ebro,
which had been burnt down, to be re-established,
and marched at the head of the Polish pikenten,
upon Nlalteti, where the insurgeuts, reinforced
. from Saragossa, had taken a fresh post. lie ar-
rived there on the LAN, and immediately attaelsed
them ; one single charge of the Poles suffices' to
overthrow and put them to flight, leaving the five
paces of artillery •ehich they had behind them. tie
proceeded on the lath to Alagon, where the insur-
gelds. flown 3000 to 4000 strong, were put to flight,
owl lost their cannot, ; nor did thee, on the 16th.
offer any ulterior rt _istance in the olive fields and
suburbs of Saragossa. The actions of Epila en
illorste Tome*, on the 4.351 and U9th, had thitalsne
*Knits.
In all these different expeditions the insurgent:,
had from 3 to 3000 men killed, and mauy wouwled.
A vast iminiser of them have been made nrionsers,
and 30 pieres of el finery taken; whilst outs ens'
barely of from ao so ass lolled, and from fe
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,;::meratVerclier joined, on& r C ,raAossa, General
Irt~ byre, .:iid began to shot up the phice. On the
24 July, traviii. I,' wed off two haunters,
he took
the convent of'St Joseis% which coven d part of
the city. From the .d to the 13th of July, arrange-
ments were made to compress the insurgents more
sod more, and to gather the materials for throwing
a (lasting bridge over the Ebro. On the I lth the
tesject of the river was made br forces and teSine
troops were posted on the felt Wale, to protect the
formation of the bridge, which, on the ttth at noon.:
was rmoplet '4. In the intrwhipse different corps
bud met in the plains to break the communication,
but they 'overeat Alninnia, Calaaayud cute Taus' ,
defeated, losing in the various etigagemenh corny
men and urcessaries of war. The troops that beennt
the 1.-ft bank of the Ebro, Ix torn Saragossa, sits-
taiued also venom' attacks from detachnienCs of the
city, but the iusur;ents were repnlsed its every en-
counter, losing altogether, but especially at Jeusli-
rsl, nuoly men and many tleld-phxes, all eight-
pouivlers.
Th^ blockade of the pine., into which several
carps of Msurgents, who could no finger 101 l the
Held, had thrust u themselves, was now completely
formed.
Gziteral Duheeme commanded in Catalonia, hav-
ing his head-quarters at Barcelona. In some parts
of this province complete were also commencing
to a ink. The sparks tit revolt burst out in the
towns of Moores& and Tarragona. Ou requisition
made to them they promised sidnuissiou. Net
boa ever complying with the promise, General
S.:liwarts beset :Idauresa. and General Chahran
Tarragona: General Schwarts received directions
to repair to Montserrat, there to make researches,
information hating been given of new plots.
Oil the tith of June, he met the insurgents
at Bruck, overthrew them, and killed a auto'
rof them. lie also obtained advantages at Es-
peguera. Nlartoreil, and at Mullins del Bro.—
Other atroupuseuts of insurgent peasantry had for-
tified thenitelitai with cannon on the River Lobra.
go ; they had possessed thctust•lces oldie artillery
which they found on the coast. General Duhreine
calmed them to be attempted, and from the eth to
'the Oth they were !imbued at ail points, and their
artillery taken from them. 'llia eviiviiitiou was
terminated without any loss on our part, whilst the
Striurgents paid dearly for their temerity.
Fresh reinforcements of peasants front the moun-
tains having poured clown into the plains, they rut
of the road of Sfoutgat and Iloilea4v, and hes. t
the +avian fort of Mowed°, where they entrenched
themselves. On the I;th they were attacked. wad
alined as trickly overthrown. The Port of Mont-
gat was taken, the insurzriita lost many men, their
colours, and 10 pieces of different calibre.
General Lrechi. pursuing the fugitive's rm the
heel, arrived at the -.sail of Menem, vrbieh was
put into a state of defence. and barricadoed; heat-
tacked the town with the same celerity. took
oration of it, and carried elf ten ;;tea from the lint-
teries. General "Driliesnie directed the some co—
l:tam towards the Narcoses of St. Paul; on the wth
be iv tacked them, and, without delay.vinheal upon
the enemy, and took ten pieces et artillery from
*BM. In seguel of these various eugagetueute,

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