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MINISTRY AT WAR.--ARMY IN. SPAIN.
His Majesty has appointed Ma the l)nke of Dalmatia, his
Lit !it.- General, • commander of his atones in Spain. This Marshal
tnnk con,manti on the V2th July, and immediately made his
ti) march against the English, who *tie bbitgurg Pam-
p;oll.l and St. Sebastian's.
LETTER FROM Gr..NFR tL IVRY, COMM‘WIIING AT ST. SF-11AVTI,AN'S
TO 1115 FACI:I,I.I•ACV THE DUhlt OF FELTRE,. MINiiTiR AT

WAR, DITED JULY T 3.
11lonsieg1ieisr,--Ou the Al, tins English General of Division cent
me a flag of mice ; I rellist d to receive I t.. The bicaeh woss
praetii able.
On the and '2;tlt, the enemy continued to fire with from
to 3:1 peires of cannon ; he desttoyed all the fronts of the houses
from tae Zitriola to St. and opened two new Lacaehes. I was
assure l that the ,Fec•and was practicable, and the tlii;4l ronch
so. From the he set fire to the town at si'eral points, and I
kept it op by that continual throwing of bombs. The town has
already
ssottered much.
This Morning. the 2:ith, at four o'clock, the enemy took advantage
of the conduit for the conveyance of the water from the fountain.
of the town, to establish a mi:ie with which be Iliew up the place of.
arms, which entered the covered way. Upon this signal, some
colimms of attack were put in motion. The direction of the flee
from his hatteties, on the afternoon of the e_lth, node me presume I
should he attacked during that night or in the morning, and I nude
my dispositions accordingly. Every where the enemy was received
with the greatest vigour ; ail who reached the breaches wet e Lined
or wounded ; the coltmuis which had distributed themselves in the
covered way, where as quickly (Liven hark and prevented from
establishing themselves on it. This deed of arms does the greater
honour to the garrison of St. Sebastian's ; and I shall have the
bottom ofamptaitaing your Excellency in my first report with the
names of the brave men who particularly distinvtished themselves.
I estimate that the English have lost fi•ont 11. to 009 men, in the
breaches, in the covered way, or from the fire ofartillery, howitzers,
and sheik which were thrown. on them, near the fausse bra ye of St.
John's bastions, or on approaching the breaches.
The English General asked me to bury his dead. I granted an
hoar. I have brought in 531 wounded, (of whom 13 anc oflieers)-
of those found upon the breach, or at the foot of it ; besides '237
prisoners. The enemy carried off his more distant wounded.- The
wonmled assure us, the enemy had fifty officers killed, of whom the
Major General commanding the first column was one. I write in
great haste to your Excellency. Marshal the Duke of Dalmatia
has done me the honour of int4ming me, that he would put himself
in motion, in order to dehlockatle us at Pamplona.
Count Songeou, to whom I confided the command of the left of '
my operations, whilst I directed those of the centre and the right.
seconded me admirably ; the chief of battaßion Illam•ltard, of the
6.2 d of the line, who commanded the exterior posts ; Gillet, chief of
battalion of the engineers ; Captain Doat, my Aide-de-camp ; the
chief of battalion Brien, commanding the artillery, have rendered
the greatest services.
I shall have the honour of sending the Duke of Dalmatia a par.
ticolar report, and the names of the officers, sub.officers, and soldiers
who particularly distinguished themselves on thisday, in order that
be may solicit for them the Emperor's thanks. • I reeommend those
brave men to your favour. The chief of•-bittalion Dessal;y, of the
2,ed of the line, was killed upon the breach ; Captain Bidon,
'Handing the sappers, was killed at the post of honour. Our loss
does not exceed 40 men put hors de
.combat. I beg your Excellency
to accept, &c. (Signed). :REY

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where he was to •taKt a pOsiiion : he' had 'observed a movement of
the enemy's line iipoh his right. I have, not received, during the
day, any report from Count gl'Erlon : he was to attack the Col de
Maya I have likewise heard nothing from.Oencrel•Vil:atte.
ishe troops chewed great ardour, and the Ge;wids mock de.
votion; the 6th and if):11 tight, and particularly the both of the line,
condoeted themselves excellently.
When the operations shall afford me a little more time, I shall
have the honour of giving your Excellency a more circumstantial
report. I have the hOhour,
(Signed)

The. D6ke of DALMATIA,‘

Frtom THE SAME TO THE sime.
Liiseoin, July lii, 11 at ni:414.,
The enemy, during the ni,,lit. ',evacuated his poi-it ion of Col de
Roueevaux ; he also retired ft tou that of Litehrs, before which
toont Keine . was with the divi !ions of the right win_,.
'At break of day I ordered the troops to march ; the divisions of
.the left, commanded try lieut.-General Cause!, followaal the road
which leads to Pamplona ; the ativaaced•guarit came in contact
with the ervemy's posts before Viseartie, and drove thvm to the
heights before Znbery, where they rallied upon their title ; the
(balcony of the road, and a thick fog which began in the morning,
retarded our march, therefore it was already late when the head of
the column was able to seize upon the heiAts that are before
Linscoin and tfErro, where there was a ttifling eugagement; bat
I did not judge it proper to at tack the enemy's position this evenihg,
where they have nearly 15,000 men, of w holly O or 10,000 arc two
English divisions, and the remainder Spanish ; they Also :Bent
sonic pieces of artillery.
• Lieut.-General Count
of Liming, to inane twee on his right, keeping the et est of the maim-
taina, iii order to successively seize upon the delronehes which open
from the valley of Mishit', and thus oblige • the enemy to retire,
which would have favoured Count d'Erhas dehonehing. This
morning,at 10 o'clock, the guides were not willin'_ to conduct hint
in that direction ; the fog did not admit of their distingnihotl
ohjects at ten paces distance ; they feared leaeling the cohimo upon
come precipice, which determined Count Reille to join that .of the
left of Evoral. I hive established him in the rear of Linseoin ;
to-morrow lie will form the attack on the left, should tire enemy
maintain his position.
Count tf Erlon yesterday wrote me, in the afternoon, that agreeably
to my.directions, the divisions of the centre had attacked and car-
ried the strong position of Col de Maya, not evi distant hug the
vigorous resistance made by the enemy'. The cont-
mantled by General Darmagnac, evinced on this occasion an extra-
ordinary ardour.
After this attack, the enemy divided his troops in two columns :
one descended the valley of Bastan, the other took the mad of
Eohasar. Count d'Erlon ordered them to be pursued ; hot he
afterwards thought fit to countermand that movement, and join
the division of the centre at Col de Maya. The enemy still
maintained himself upon the Atchiala mountain. I regret this
unforeseen accident the more, as I had ordered Count d'Erlon to
manoteuvre, in order to approach me. I have just reiterated the
same order to him.
In this battle the English have lost many men ; we have.also
taken from them eight pieces of cannon. They also lost many ill
the attack made by Count Reille. The 10th regiment has been
almost destroyed. A battalion of the 6th Light latantry of Foy's
division charged that regiment with the bayonet, and overthrew
it: In short, they have also InA many in the attack on the inbun.
tain of Altabisca, by General Baron Clair•el, in which several *orb,-
•cers of rank were killed. We have made many prisoners.
lam ignorant of what passed yesterday and to-day on the Lower
Biliagsoa. I have received no accounts from General Villatte, who
has, besides, his instructions.
1 never saw hoops better disposed, nor Slew more ardour. The
national guards of Landes, and the Lower Pyrennees, and the
Mountain chasseurs, which I employed to the lioutier, rivalled
them in ardour. I shall mention them in the general report, when
I shall have the honour of addressing your Excellency. .
I have the honour, Zia..
(Signed) The Marshal Duke of DALMA'CIA,,

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