The National Register.
London, England, 1808-12-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGEttor. ''7."

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FROM THE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS.

FRANCE.

FIRST BULLETIN OF THE ARMY IN SPAIN.
V tyro at Nov. 9.—Position of the French army on the tsth

Oet-her•
head Quarters at V ittoria.
The Niarshal Doke of Conn :nano, with his left wing along
the Banks of the rragon and the Ebro. Ilk Head Quarters at
nafalia.
The Marshal Duke of Elchingen is with his Head Qnarters at
Guardia.
The Marshal Doke of Istria has his Head Quarters at Miranda,
with a garrison at Fort Pancorba.
The Gener.ll of Division Merlin occupies, with One division,
the belches of Durrtnro, and presses upon the enemy, who SCeill
disposed to aleark tLe heights of Mondragon.
The Marshall Doke of Dant zit., hav i lig arrived with the
Diviions of Sebaseiani and Laval, the king was plaid to
order the division Of Merlin to return.
The enemy being in the mean time in force at Lerin, and hav-
ing ovcopied L Tana, and several posts on the left bank of the
Eh;•o, the Kind ordered the Duke of Cornet:7l;mm to advance
n.:ainst tilts enemy.. General ‘Vattier cominan.ler of thecavalry,
and the Brigades of Generals Habert, Brune, and Razout, pro-
ceeded against the enemy's poses. On the 27th of October the
citenty tvcre defeated at all points. Twelve hundred men who
were surrounded in Lerin, at lirst sheaved a disposition to defeed
themselves; but General Grandjean having made his arrange-
ments, defeated them completely, making prisoners, one Colonel,
two Lieut.-Colonels, forty Officers, and I'2(X)soldiers. These
troops formed part of the camp at St. Roque before Gibraltar.
At the sane lime Marshal the Duke of Elchingen, marched from •
Longrono, passed the Ebro, took 300 of the enemy prisoners,
pursued then several miles, and re-established the bridge of
Logrona. In consequence of this event, the Spanish General;
rigaatelli, who cotninanded the Insurgents, was stoned by them.
The troops of the traitor Romano, and the Spanish prison ms
In England, landed by the Englillt In Spain, with toe di s isious of
Galicia, making together a force of 30,000 men, threatened from
Bilima, Marshal, the Duke of Dant zic, who, lead on 13.1. a noble
ardour, advanced upon them ott the 31st of October, and drove
them at the point of the bayonet from all their positions. The
troops of the Confederation of the Rhine, and particularly the
corps of Baden. distinguishel themselves:.
'i.e! Marshal Duke of Dantzic closely followed op his pursuit
of the enemy, the w hole Ist of November, as far as Guenes.
entered [Whoa. In that city considerable magazines were f. tral.
Several Englishmen were made prisoners. The enemy's lost,,
in
killed and wounded, ss :IS considerable; but we took very few of
them prisoners. Our loss consists of only 50 killed and 100
wounded. llowever praiseworthy this action was, it gas to he
ssihe.l that it had tot taken place. The Spanish corps was inn
situation Jo have been completely cut oil.
" The corps of Aiarshnl Victor having just arrived, WAS
(1,-!1,..1wd front Victoria to Orthina„ Ott the 7th of November,
eie.smy, ed by fresh troops from St. Andero, occu-
pied Cos height of GO-nes. The Marshal Duke of Dantzic
:,•!van,:ed against them, stud broke through their centre. The
t,S(h aid 3 regiateins distinguished then elves upon this

occ;1-inn.
1!,1d the-4• events occurred in the 'plait's, not a man of the
rn. ate m,clttld have escaped; hut the mountains of St. Ander') and
ar,! ilup:s‘,atile. 'The Doke of Danzie pursued the foe
;.i:e v hole of tae day in the passes of Vainiasedn.
•itrair.:. the enemy have lost, in killed and
'"llkied, from :!:),:)0 to 40f),1 men.
The Doke of D:totzie particularly praises the Generals of
lli.i, ca Laval Setia.tiarii, the Dutch General Clrassey,
',I• I.l,:oste, of thi Lt it Regiment of Light Infantry,Col. 'taco,
"*', :it' 63:1 Region..ot of the Line, and the Cols. of the Regiments,
(i! :tad Nassau, upon whom his Majesty has conferred
cok%;11-41,-
:MTV is abundantly supplied with provisions, and the
Nt,0.!1,•:. is very fine.
cctilwos arf..- c'ainz forward, and comhining their move-
is v;ppoied tictt the llt'ad Quarters wtit wove fur
tt; £,l,;.ht front ' it tot in.