The National Register.
London, England, 1809-04-23 00:00:00

?fit 'NATIONAL-

Afittit 43.-

• V t 6-14 N %,MAncn —T he prepai a t ions ft,H- de fence si i son-
thine. Inllungary the 5‘..? comities not only furnished the incur-
rerrtion v, ith the troops required, but even voluntarily organise
still more troops. 1n Pre";bur4, beside's the insurrection, 600.
Cavalry athi two battalions of infantry have been supplied.
Usher counties have set a like example. Also the thief Nobilitv
and Magnates have equipped troopt.nt their own ex pence.
STR R GU, APRIL 4.—This day the Prince of, Neuf-
chatel arrived here. His Imperial Majesty a. 1,3 soon expect-
ed here. It is said that the head-quarter,; of the grand army of
Germany will fora time be established here. Gen. Bertrand,
the Ernperrer's Adjutant, arrived here on the Ist.
ULM, Ain i t 6.—There are great movements in the army of
the Duke of l ivoti. A part marches from this neighbourhood
to the Tyrol, another passes by the Denanworth to the Is'er,
mid several regiments, cannou, &c. are convey ing by the Danube
tb Lower Bavaria.

MUNICH, APFIII, s.—Travellers from Saltzbwrgh bring the
concurrin; report, that the Aw4rian forces have so increased,
that in that town, the population of which does not exceed
11,01)0, more than '20,000 troupe are collected, and in the
neightmuring country about 30,0a0 are quartered. .

• It 11U11.GTI. APRIL formidable Austrian Army in
advaaci in; against tlio liavariaii frontiers. A courier
mho left Possau early Yesterday. has brought intelligence, th:.:l
no hostihlies have yet taken place.

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PR I VATI. LET I' La OM SPAIN.

CA DTZ,MA RCIf 23.

" On the lSth instant, the French passed the l'agits at the
Puente del- ArLohispo, and Almarez, to the tinnih:r of ;10,000
men. At the moment of thc ;111;!ck, El Puente was deferded by
6;100 men, who were turned by the hostile army, which forced
its way in spite of their resistance. Cuesta then retreated
with his whole arm..., in the best order, and w ithout losing a
single man. AccordinK to the dispatches of to-day, he (Cuesta)
is at Truxillo, but wi'th the imention of retreating furtheayshould
the enemy contioue to ad vahco, and of uniting himself with our
regiments of marine,' which w ma aging towards hiin, and
the King's sregrment, and that of Villavicinsa (hhth cavalry)
which having been inhumed hal left ties ille on the same destina-
tion. There hate übio gone nut to incorporate themselves w i tit
Citesta's arm v, another real p- latrlv equiped at Seville, as well
as at Badh,ioz : po that in a few days we may expect to count
41,000 fighting men. The army or- La 111 ncha, t.nder the eh in-
mand of UrhiLet, n hose head quarters nee rt! Valdrpf,nas, march-
ra4l.lly towards Toledo, ih nrder to fall upon the rear-;.;ttird
of tie enemy. The van-,:thtrd cotopncs.d of •1001 cavalr...• tied
the same number of light trohns, under the:comma ul of .11hur-
titwrntte, was, w! el the last tli-patches arri‘ed f ont thence,
within six leagues of Tolohlo ; and in this city the cnetuv had
concentrate:l their whole forces -e:,:cept the horly w hie% was t
advance against Cuesta, amounting in all to 1"?..,000 men, there
not remainiag inure than :-.:009 at Matirld, and '..000 at Ara nez.
15 rhina has in alt 3 ).000 ; hut lie and Cat-sta posse..;s a
greater 'mintier Of iheo th,ut the eneinv„, a greater number are
without arms; hence they are re:lured to remaining in the rear,
till an action takes place, when they endeavour to seizehmskeis
from the deal, the woinnied, and, if possible, from prisoners.
In this state of thio:.,,s, and tnnwing the activity which pre-
vails as to the arming. an OrZani Zing; t fle arllliCF, we fear nothing,
and have the greatest confident e that we shall see the enemy
driven back.
was
after his derihg attem
W ?it to surprise Barce-
lona, which as frustrated by the treachery' of 'come of his
o!licers, and after having, forced a passage through the hostile
army which surrounded him, though with ,ireat loss, has ret !ru-
ed to the head-quarters at Tarrenona, where Blake is to jein
him with the division which Laran formerly commanded, and
Which has now been eta rusted to him. The spirit of the people
-remains the same; things go well, anal they will persist t;1 the
;end is gained, thotn:h at the price of e;reat sacrifices. The in-
terior provinces occupied by the eminiy are at open war with
him; he commits his accuinstarett cruelties, hot nothing deters
the people:-he practices his usual fraials artifices, but even
these are•of no ave:l. In Cialliela Asthria affairs aro ~rowi-
ng very serious for them, and the rtitlians ltnaw not what to
do. Their arinies are dhnitilliing considertthlv, while oars
encreaseevery day, and are learning the art. of • war. This is
our real situation, mid I von to helieve nothine; t the con-
trary ; for 1 have purposely delayed writing till now. that I
might send you nothing which I had not thyself observed and
reflected on."