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London, England, 1812-02-23 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

REPORT OF THE DITKE OF RGUSA TO THE PRINCE OF .1
WAGRAWI AND NEUSCHAT.a.,, MAJOR-GENERAL.
'4, Valladolid., Jan. 16.
MONSEIONzpit-I have the honour of informing your Vicelleocy
that I yesterday evening , received accounts of the I•"..tiglis:i having sud-
denly united and on_ the Sth passed the Aguedu, after having formed a
bridge of boats two leagues above the Place, with the besiO,iug ;inn-
Wet y. On the 10th the place was investeel and the siege immediately
comrit•nced.
" I lost not a moment in Marching to the relief of the place. I had
collected four divisions for the purpose of revietualling Ciudad Rodrigo,
but these forces were not now suffident. I was thyrefore obliged to
call two divisions of the army of.the North, and 133:Jr; VT'S
which I ordered to cin't the Asturias. These together amount to nearly
6),(01 men, with which I will march against the enemy. you may
expe,t happy and glorious events for the French arms, My army 'will
be united on the 21st.
As I ordered General MONTBRUN to return the latter °end of Ja-
nuary, I donut expect he will join me before February, He has under
his orders three divisions and a part of my cavalry,
(Signed) " Marshal Duke of RAG 138,4."
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SECOND REPORT.
66 Salamanca, Jan. 18.
66 MON SZIGN EU a—l have the honour of acquainting you, the momtnt
I arrived here, that according to the accounts which I have received,
the subtirhs of Rodrigo, as well as a redoubt I ordered to be constructed,
were, on the 10th instant, carried by surprise. This is an unfortunate
circumstance, as I always.consid,ered these works would require a seine
and ,tive us eight or ten days.
4, On the other hand, I am .informed, that the first pieces of the be-
sieging artillery only pas.sed• the-Agneda on the 'Nth. In waitinr the
imct:on of troops which are marching from different places, I have
pushed a strong advance guard as near as possible to the town, in order
w have it understood we are marching toots succour."

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THIRD REPLAtT, OF THE SAME TO-TI-HE SAME.
44 On the lgth at night the enemy apyeared before Ciudad Rodrigo,
and took possession of the convents on the suburbs.--On the 16th the
English batteries opened their fire at a great distance, and on the 19th
the place was taken by assault, and fell Into the power of the enemy.
There is in this event something so incomprehensible 'that I will not
perrtit myself to make ;try observation on it. I have riot yet received
the necessary info. illation.'
FOURTH REPORT, FROM THE SAMF. TO THE SAME.
44 Salamanca, Jan. 24.
" I had concerted with General DORSENNZ for the junction of our
troops, but the hopes I had conceived, of seeing the enemy's army,
pr )titi of a first success, remain beyond the Agueda, quickly vanished.
The reconnoitring parties which I dispatched informed mz that the
enemy's corps that had marched upon Temples, and which they consi-
&red as the united army, bad fallen back upon Agueda, crossed that
rivrl.i
and re-entered Portugal, after carrying away the bridges The
Engli sh have taken away part of the heavy artillery of the place to trim-
port it to Almeida. No rnglish troops have been left in Ciudad Rod-
t igo.—(Moniteurs ,1:0. 11.
ARMY OF PORTUGAL.
"On e 10th December the Duke of R souse considered It exppdi-
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ent to oh General MONI BRUN with three divisions of infantry, a
division 4 cavalry, and.thirty pieces of artillery, to march by Albacete
o,ent Valencia, and reinforce Marshal Su eurr. The march of General
Kie rnau:: having been unfortunately retarded by counter orders,
this Geueral only.arrived at Almanza on the 11th January. Valencia
Was taken. General MosiTeßnre continued his march towards Alicant,
dt:e4tirig several insurgent corps.
" On the 25th he arrived on the Tejo to rejoin the army.
"The Duke of Recluse, wishing to relieve the garrhion of Ciudad
Rodrigo, and revictual that fortress set out from Toledo the beginnite;
.t_i,f January, with four divisions oi his army, taking the direction of
1 diadolid; but Ciudad Rodrigo had been invested by the English since
ttt,t: 9th. Lord Weeerts b.rou, wishing to make a diversion in favour
ofte \rah:tic:a, passed the Agueda. The redoubt and convent which de-
fended
t the approaches to the town were surprised, and it appears the
"Aye was taken on thell9th, the bre*h having been pi acticable. By a
ceu(P;thie negligence e the Governor of Salamanca,
r:tou_strong, the garrison of Ciudad
44-pr_lgo had been without communication for two months. Originally
it was reduced by sickness and the surprise of the convent
nut 'nen. The General of Brigade, pARRIE, was Governor. We are
Yet suffi:ieutly
°Pillion of it, acquainted with the details of this event to-form au
r• I,e
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ofP. puke of Lieu* having arrived at Salamanca, with four divi-
7'. 4 his army, two divisions drawn from. the army of the North, and
Zino ler s division, which he withdrew from the Asturiae, indepen-
the BtfiLlbe division which he bad left on the Tej.,, marched totva:ds
scrosis t° give them battle, but Lord WieerelGTON had already
, e the Agueda, destroyed the bridges, and reeentered.Portuarzi,
lc' ?Worming this coup-de feain."—(Samf rVer ) '

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TURKEY.
JAN.I.--mYClity Servians, by ceverei chichargo. of
artillery, celebrated an i tage gained by :heir allies, the Futiculas
of which, afreeeivedlity -1-4 Excellency General Czerni Georges, was
s follims Vzier finding lr,i.acelt al.l.olutely 'Without fur.
ace for his Ca..-Ltiry, and provisions for his troops, teelt the resolution of
rivak',ng a furious sortie with hi, whole army, cooped no 1.. Rie.lsehtrek,
amountin;: to 2,1,0V1 men. With these he. attdcked the c-enches and
redoubts el the Russians, which., iterounded'ate city on all ,ides, and a
mofft terrible co'iilict ensued. The Turks trusted to their sabres and tcs
the speed of their horses ; while the Russians were defended by the ar
tillery of their litfr ; and Pachas and Beys with. the utmost courage pre-
cipitated themselves iirthe centre of the enemy's ranks. We are as.
cured, th:ii during this short, but violent strutzle, estimating the liss
!in bath side's 20,000 perished on the field of battle. The Grand Vizier,
disguised in the'habit of a simple Janisary, forced his wily thrott?h the
Russians, with a select corps of czvalry, which the latter mere pliable
to break or pursue. It is added,. that his I lighness has arrived In safetyat Schunda, where iierpas been joined by fresh bodies of troops.

AMERICA CORRESPONDENCR,

TO THE SENATE AND lIOUSE OF RErRESENTATIVES ON
TIM UNITED STATES, JAN. 16.
" I communicate to Congress a letter from the Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Britaio to the Secretary of State,
with the . answer of the latter. The continued evidence affovded
in thi's correspondence, of the hostile policy of the British Government
against our national rights, strengthens the considerations recommend.,
mg and urging the .preparations of adequate means for maintaining
them. . s • 66 JAmz4 IVLtni4uN.
66 Washington, 1er..16, 181 n."
The letter from Mr. Foster is dated the 17th December, 1811. it
complains of a statenu tit in ciretilatiop which tends to create want:eq-
. sary irritation, and which he blinks it right to notice.
t I find it as,,erted in the steterneet referred to, that I have, in the
name of my Goverrnient, demanded that the United States Governintut
should pass a law for the introtuction of British goods into the Amer',
can ports, and also that the United States thould undertake to force
France to receive into her harbours British manufactures.
" I betepermission, Sir, to declare that neither of these.demandshave
been made by me, and that my meaning must not have been'undere
stood, if such was conceived to have been its import. I could not have
demanded the passage of such. a law as above stated, because my 00,
vernment does not pretend to interfereevith the internal Government of
a friendly Power, nor did I mean to d'ernand that America should force
France to receive ot.r etapufactures.
66 All I meant to say was, that t .e admissitin of French c.ommerces
while tient of Engle rd has been excledeel from the United States ports,
was regarded by Great Britain as highiy nufriendle in America, and
that a continuation of snub policy would be eetaliale.l upon by great,
Britain with similar restrictions on her parts which was ao tar merely
an off ring of like for like. But while the American Non-Importation
Act excludes ilritish trade from the United States' posts, it must be
recollected that it goes still farther, and excludes also British armed
ships from Amer...net iiorts, wbile it admits those of the enemiep of
Great Britain."
" In the contirmation of 1113 letter Mr. Foster says—" Vie complain
that America does lion resist the repletion of the eterlin and Milan
Decrees, an &eject to permitting the Eroni:l4 to tn:Oe with her during
the contintience vgawst the cominerce of Etvlavd, but tl-:, is not exe
acting as has been represented, that America should force ilritish menu,
factures into France : it is pursuing only a just course of retaliatipp owl .
our enemy. if America wishes to trade with France, if Frencli Mine
meree is of *-nport,ince to her, we exp ct that she should exact of f ranee
to trade With her as she hap. a right to olentand in her quality of neutral i
but if the does not choose to exercise this right, all ire ask is, that she,
should abstain from lending her aesiceence to the trade Of_f r:,.:ice, and
not allow her commerce to be a medium of undermining the resource,
of Great Britain.
" I will now, Sir, take the opportunity of stating to you, that I 14wve
received front his Majesty's Secretary of State, the ecitre;pondence of
which you did me the honour to transmit to me a copy ip your letter
dated Octoher 47. My Government have not been aUc to see in it see
tsifactory proof of the re real of the French Decree*, and doubt whether!
the trade carried on by licenses betvseen France raid America will not
be regarded, even here, as a proof of the continuation of them in theip
fullest extent, for if they were to.any extent repealed, to that extent a;
least no license should be necessary, a license beteg given to allow what,
but for that license, would be prohibited,
66 The continned absence hitherto of any instrument by whichthe re,
pe 1 has been effected, is a matter also of surprise, for if there were any
fair dealing in the transaction, no reason can be given by France for n,...g
producing it : it is yery desirable that it shoold be produced, if soch an
instrument lie in existence, in order that we may know to what extent
the decrees have been repealed, if they really have beep so in any re-
spect. ''.lr. itaissen, however, does not appear to have been in posses.
sion of it at the date of hi i letter ef last Jt4y. It is, indeed, i)ecoie
partioilarly interesting, thst we slwolci sfy this ittstrii,ntspt 'Mee qie

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