The National Register.
London, England, 1811-07-14 00:00:00

The length of these dispatches prevents our insert-
ing them this week ; but the following is their sub
stance :

The Duke of RAGUSA, Commander in Chided' the army Of
Portugal, put himself in Motion in the 1 eginnlng of June, with
the intention of driving below this Co; that corps of the English
a. my which WELLINGTON (on depw • tins for the siege of Ba-
dajoz) had lift in position before Ciudad Ro'drigo.
0:1 the sth of June, the Duke of RACusw arrived at cludad
Rodrigo with bit': advanced guard, and a corps of 54000 horse :
the enemy did not think proper to wait the arrival of the army,
and retreated during the right. At day-break, the Duke of
RscusA sent his cavalry in pursuit : only some paitir.s of 'Gen.
C tAUTUR WS division were met with, who were driven into the
Coa under the ruins of Almeida. Some prisoners were taken.
The English divisions forced their retreat into the mountains of
Sahugal and A.lfayates, in order to.gain the Tagus.
The Duke of RAGusA having, without a blow, succeeded in
pis plan of expelling the enemy front this part of the frontier,
immediatelrdirected the march of his army towards the Tagus.
General REGNIER took the command of the advanced guard,
and arrived on the 9th at Placentia.
On. tlief2th two divisions rased the Tagus at •Almaras, the
bridge of which was sedUreirestablished, and covered by strong
batteries. Quantities of provisiOns and stores had for some
tune arrived at this important point. The Duke of Rdinusw
'also received there a grind bridge-equipage, which he sent for-
ward with the rest of the army, in the direction of Merida.
Meanwhile'the Army of the South, under the Duke of DAL-
ATIA.'S orders, had receivednumerous reinforcements. Twelve
thousand men, under the Count D'EaLox, had arrived on the
eth at Cordonne, and followed the Duke of DALMATIA'S move-
Inents, who again advanced to Santa. Martha, and occupied
Almendralejo with right, thus being in readiness to commu-
nicate with the Duke of ou SA.
WELLINGTON, whose arm/ was greatly fatigued through
want of provisons and sickness; suceessiiely collected his troops
round Badajoz ; but feeling himself thus pressed, resolved to
make a great effort to carry the place before the junction of the
two armies. After a dreadful firing of artillery, a first assault
was given, but the breach was defended by Frenchmen. Sir
hundred English remained on. the spot. A second assault had
the same result; so' that the English lost more than 1200 men

in these fruitless attaeki. WELLINGI ON was about to make a
• desperate effort, when on the 16th the Duke of 11.ncusn arrived
at Merida, and effected his junction with the Duke of DAL-
VATIA. The two armies marched on Badajoz, of which place
WELLINGTON peeCipitateir• raised the siege, re-entering Por-
tugal with all his troops. Part of his battering artillery and
many of his 141 have been taken.
On the 41st, the-Duke of lasousa, had his head-quarters at
Badajoz.
The details of the siege are every instant expected to be
brought by General PIIILIPON, wti, as well as the garrison,
has covered himself with glory ; finl/2he breach was every where
practicable.
'buczrET, in a letter of June gives an account of the sur-
render Of Tarragona. He says, that the fury of filisoldiers had
been increased by the resistance of the garrison. A fifth assault,
given on the preceding day, bad led to .a terrible massacre, the
example of which would long be remembered in Spain. Four
thousand men were killed In the town, and a thousand killed or
drowned in endeavouring to escape.' Teri thOusansl prisoners
would be 'sent to France..

Solar. in a letter of June $l, states that be had, on the
been* lammed of the English havigg raised the Mega Of
liadajozinshat ...hey had abandoned their position at Albuera.••
evacuated Olivenzo—and withdrawn their troops to the right
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