The National Register.
London, England, 1808-08-21 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

. enemy's left wing. as I intended the third brigade to attack the
Oak& wing, but I received at the sainr insulin information that
0 clinsiderahle force had appeared at the village of Atapika. I
ordered Col. Grepenberg, the Chief of the Brigade, with two
battalions, to attack them, and thereby cover the attack en the
enemy's left wing. and,in the mean time the fourth brigade was
Ordered to proceed.tlirough the forekt to observe the motions of
. jibe enemy.
col•rnel Von Onbeln attacked the enemy" left wings AO as the
Itaemy had placed a number of riflemen mid infantry in the un-
teaped corn-Oeld, %filch ryas before them, a most desperate
tattle canoed. The Colonel, with his usual courage, advanced
with one battalion after the other into the village, but as the
enemy made a vigorous rcistance, and as 1 then learnt that
there were no troops at Alapaa, I ordered Colonel t;reiren-
terg to support the attack against the enemy's left win;;,
whereupon the enemy's left wing fell hack. I then immediately
Pedered Count Cronstedt to attack the right wing, when
the enemy at last retreated. and were pursued for half a mile
*mat* Ktiortattatte I and, in order to secure their retreat,
they burnt the village of Leochdale, which prevented our ar-
tillery from proceeding.
Four of our brave officers were killed, and thirteen were
wounded. and we had 140 men killed and Wounded.
The loss of the pigmy callow be estimated. as they carried
It was a great motpv wounded during the battle, and threw the
t illed into the river awl 'Mak*, %hich they burnt. We have
takes about bOO prisoners.—According to calculations made by
the euemy, and which have fallen into our hands. and agreeable
(o the assertion of the prisoners themselves, the enemy s force
wonsisted of &X)f) men, including artillery and cavalry. Our
reeve was S3OO men. C. A ibtamcnzvrz, Major•Gtneral.
Ideppo, .184 the 18th, 1808.
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PARIS, Awe. 2.—His Majesty the Emperor arrived at Tou-
louse op the 94th ofJuly.
Is the Newspaper called The Journal of the Empire, of this
lay, we read the following :—" For seine time past various re-
orts Isaye been propagated with regard to Spain and Portugal.
t has been asserted that the English have obtained some ad-
Vantages in these two kingdoms ++ bat the uncertainty and con-
trariety of these reports would alone he sullicieut to expose their
improbahillty. It is true, that the Luglish, according to their
Item custom, have endeavoured to excite disturbances 1 bat it
$s also certain, that " all their efforts to make themselves mas-
tees of the ports and Beets of Spain, have again and train beet'
Mfrustrated. We leant from nu; lientic information, that- they
114 are not in possession of (rite harbour or Beet." In Portugal
they have aqt succeeded better. They have dared to make
prepositions to dr Russian Admiral lying in the Taps? but
_time were rejected, with scorn and indignation."

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raps Tif a GOTTNARtIRGH MAUL
GertIVIIQRQII, Apo, $.-...A report has been current here
tay, said tobave strived in
.private letter% non* kanitq7-
rjr, that RAIVIia is alactot In Join France in a war againsl
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Austria, and thot a large Russian force is shortly expected in
09 PijisbclUrimpOof ltd.ningsbels,
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iRELAND.
At Aripagh Audios on this 414 inst. Alec. Campbell, Brevet
Major in the Army, and Capt. in the 21st Foot, was indicted fa:
*be wilful intwder of Capt. Buyd„,.of the same regiment. Mr.
dam',
assintant-qtvgeon of the regiment, stated, that on the '231
une, 1807, they titre inspected at Nwrv, by Gen. Ker. After
the 'evict! Major Casmpbtll and Capt. 111).(1 had 1-0 sue cm:versa-
les' respecting the manner in which the Major bad given the
rd of command, and fur i hich the thnerstlltad corrected hint:
fait. B. insisted it was not correct. Major B. left the room.
In about 10 minutes he was called to visit Can't. B. whom he
found sitting on a ckair, vomiting, having received a wound front
a pistol hallet : in IS hours he died.—lt was then proved that the
dittel took place in a small room adjoining thp mess-room i they
were not aBended by seconds.—Lient. M• Pherson stated, that qn
goiag up stairs he h'eard M:sjor C. say, " on the words of 4 dy•
jag man, is every thing fair ?" When witness got into the room,
rapt 8. replied. " Campbell you have hurried me—vou'ri
bad man." This he repeated. hut at Itngth he forgave Major C.
„Tile definG ;vas 'mfrely .as to character. The Jury found the
prisoner guiliy of murder, but recommended him to mercy.. lie
WPOWoerife4 Wr5F on Meals, bit Fettpigisi eiu lfrkic 181 h inst.

A few f vetting' since, the servant-man of a Gen.lc:nau near
Dublin, while in his master's garden puilin;: turnips, overheard
',nine men no the road, close by the garden wall, inz plans for
robbing the garden, w hull induced hint to put hi; h.tck 1„ the
door which opened into the road, for the purpose Inure dt.tineov
ascertaining their plait. One of the fellowp then came to the
door, against which the.servant was leaning, and put his !him
into the key-hole, R hich was large ettou,g,h to admit it, to try tE
he could have imy edict on the holt, when the servano, w ith
knife he had been trinoninz the 'ups Of Ott turnip., cut oft' the
first joint of the aff
linger. The fellows ran o, and the sutrerrt
cried. bitterly.