The National Register.
London, England, 1812-03-29 00:00:00

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frequeniSUcceisS of the Guerillas continue to increase their
rilmbers, • so that tmless they should•eet with a general
disaster, they will in time swell into regular and expe-
rienced armies. The .French have sustained two severe
defeats in Navarre, where the partisan ESPOZ Y MINA has
issued a decree, proclaiming war and death, without
quarter, against every Frenchman in Navarre ;
.that every
Frenchman taken with or without arms in that province
shall be hanged, and their uniforms placed on the high
Toad ; that any person assisting. a Frenchman to escape
shall be. immediately shot ; that any person speaking
against, or concerning this decree shall be shot ; that any
house in which a Frenchman shall he harboured shall be
burned, together w ith a variety of other provisions, dic-
tated by a similar spirit for preventing the supply of Pam-
plona.with stores or provisions, and putting a stop to all
communication of information to the enemy.
In Catalonia it will be seen that General LACY has
occasioned severe losses to the enenii-. The accounts
now received are anterior to those oi his defeat, given
some time time ago in the French Papers. We trust that
it will have inoved neither so decisive nor so sanguinary
as it has been represented.
The 4.ollowing are some of the most interesting details
of iqtelligence which these papers have brought.
COKUNN MARCH Ve—From ledina Pintar, Don Pedro Pablo
Albark A
Commissary of the 7th army, writes officially, on the gist of
Januaiy, to the Gentleman *occupying the same employment in this
"to'' n ; of Whose letter the iellowing Is the :;tilistatice :--e
'That on tile letle Jenuary there was a bloody engagement, between.
the forces of the enemy and those of Lipoz y Miea. "l 'he flying ca-
valry, beoweing to General Mendizabal, were also in the engagement,
which ended in the deicat of the enemy ; who left 600 men dead on the
told of battle, ul.ilst ours amounted to 150. General Reale, Governor
of Pamplona, with nearly the whole B,arrison, who marched out to suc-
conr his friends, escaped only by the Swift Riess of hi': horse ; and his ca-
valry and infantry, in the most disordered state, returned to the fur-
tress. It wa a glorious day for our army, and certainly very flattering
to General Mendizabal. This General has treversed all the provinces
his jurisdiction, in every part of which he was received with joy
by the inhahitants, who ordered the bells to be rtuig, and rent the air
with cries of " God save King Ferdinand !" It is impossible to describe
the enthusiasm and feelings of the people, who loudly demanded arms.
MARCIi ll—Extract of a letter from Brigadier F. Espoz y Mina to
General Mendizabal :
SAN uVESA, FEB 7.—After the action of January 11th, on the right
hank of the Ebro, I marched with a small corps of infantry againt the
enemy). geirrison at which I compelled to retire to its strong
ee; troop teal; from their magazines about 2,000 fanegas
of herlty. lo the inean time, my second ie. command, Cruchaga,
scoured the c,.;untry ‘vltit tilt; rest of the cavalry as far as the walls of
Pamplona, where the vile slaves of the Tyrant of Europe were obliged
to take refuge.
I then made arrangements to march against General Soulier and his
brigade. He was quietly posted at Sanguesa, with the third regiment
of infantry of the line, some gens d'armes and Poles, amounting in all.
to 1600 infantry, with 170 horse. I came upon him in the morning of
the sth instant, and began firing, very unexpectedly on his Fart. One
company of the 4th battalion, supported by two others, forced the
bridge, with a valour which was admired by the enemy; while other
parties of troops entered the town on another side. Soulier attempted
to recover his troops from the surprize into which they had fallen : bus
after a severe engagement, he was obliged to retire towards Sos,
across the plain, two leagues in length. I followed hint with the cavalry
at,cl infantry; and though the enemy attempted to protect themselves,
by forming a squari; several times, they were ultimately driven within
the walls of Sos, so much panic-struck that they tremble at the very
name of the divi:;ion of Navarre.
General Soulier received two balls; one Colonel, one Lieutenant-
Colonel, and several other Officers remained on the field of battle ; and
1 am certain that the enemy must have lost 900 men in killed and wound-
ed. My loss is also considerable, being at least 30 killed and 200
wounded of the infantry, among whom are several Officers. I must,
in justice, inform you, that all the Officers attached to my suite, and
that of Colonel Cruchaga, have either been wounded, or had their
horses killed under them.
[Here he mentions the names of Officers wounded.]
It is impossible to describe the bravery, I might rather say the fero-
city, of both Officers and men. Your Excellency saw them in the
action of the .llth of January, but you could not have formed an idea of
the valour they displayed 011 the 51b of rekruary. I must particularly

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recommend the regiment of hussars, who lost 103 in men and horses
among them Lieutenant Flich, a Prussian, who received two balls, and
lost his horse, particularly distinguished himself.

FRANCE.

The private communications from France continue to
state, that NAPOLEON has appointed a Regency to govern
during his absence, and sent his EMPRUSS and his son to
Vienna under the protection of her father, whilst he pro.
ceeds " to hurl the Imperial thunders at an immense dis.
tance." The late organization and increase of the means
of internal &fence, will, it is said, enable him to carry
all his veteran force with him, with the exception of a
j sufficient number to keep the Spaniards in check, and it is
added, that not having the smallest doubt of the most
signal success in the approaching campaign in the North,
I he will, immediately after the conquest of Russia, turn his
arms against the Turks, and make Constantinople the
seat of his eastern, and Paris that of his western Em.
pire. That such a plan should spring in the mind of NA-
' Poi,EON, is not astonishing, as the boundless extent of his
ambition is well known, but that he possesses the means
of carrying it into effect is at least doubtful, when be
'Laves such powerful enemies as England and Spain is
his rear.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
The arts of France have once more triumphed, and
the report of renewed hostilities between the Turks and
the. Russians is confirmed. According to the terms of the
a rmistice, a notice of twenty days was to be given before
active operations should be resumed. This notice, issued
on the 9th of January, expired on the 10th of February
last, and in consequence the two armies, that hal spent
the latter part of that time in prepuratinns, have since
been engaged in active warfare. The Tm ks had reoccu-
pied, but in small numbers, the right bank of the Danube,
and were attacked by the Russians on the 11th and 12th
ult. After some partial cannonading during those two
days, the Russian advanced guard crost,ed the DAnube
ion the 13t1t of Febluary, without experiencing mt.ci
dtf-
ficulty : The Turkish posts, not being numerous en,ugh
to make a stout: resistance, fell back towards Rudschuck,
where the GRANnVizrEn. is with a force from 20 to 25,000
men, which as it were, the kernel of the grand army
I! he purposes to assemble on the banks of the Danube.
11 Detachments are on their march from all parts of the
11 Ottoman Empire. The Turks occupy s!rong positions,
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in which they have already been able to maintain them.
se 1 • I yes with advantage, and the Russians do not rossess•
it is asserted, such a superiority of numbers as to insure

success.
The Russian General had given orders to all the corps
of his army, cantoned during the winter in Moldavia, and
on the banks of the Dniepei, to set out immediately, and
oceed in various di) ectiuns towards the Danube.
Tile Russian head-quarters have been again transferred
to Giurgewo, to which-place the General in ChiefL.N-
GERON repaired on the eve of the renewal of hostilities,
with several other generals, and a numerous staff.
Whilst Russia is compelled to bear the heavy burden of
this distant and sanguinary war, we have but little hope
she should be able to maintain herself against the more
powerful hostility of her late ally NAPOLEON.

TRADE WITH FRANCE.
That France deeply feels the want of trade is daily be,
more evident. Whilst she closes all the harbours

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