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CORUNNA EXTRAORDINARY CIAZr.TTE) SEPT. 2, 1811.
DISPATCH FROM DON JUAN PORLIER, TO DON bABRIEL DX

MENDIZABAL, GENERAL IN CHIEF OF TOE 7TII ARMY.

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Head-quarters, at Renedo, Aug 21, 1811.
MOST EXCELLENT SENOR—I thought it would have been in
my power to announce to your Excellency on this occasion, that
the whole of the province of Santander was now delivered from
the enemy, and that the troops of this army were in posscesien
itf the forts of Reynosa and Torreavc•ga, and of the city of •arr-
tander. I cannot, indeed, give your Excellency informal ien of a
nature so sati,f.ictory ; but I have to acquaint you, that on the
14th, after a very painful march of five days by Aguilar, Val-
. ikrredible, aid the valley of Torranzo, I attacked by surprise the
city of Santander, and the forti of Solia, Cainargo, Puente de
Arco and Torrelavega.
,I.'he force of the encany it these points on the commencement
of the attack u-as 2,000 men, and mine '2,500. .l.careelywas our
firing commenced at Santander, near the point of the windmills:,
when Gen. Rouget put himself at the head of his gArrison, cue-
sisting of 560 or 600 men, and at the eritrance of
.streets and
houses he attempted to make a desperate resistance---b tt leen •
Le was overthrown in a few minutes, and our soldiers subd red
lois men with the bayenet in all quarters where they atteinoted to
res?t. That General then abandoned the city with only 90 men,
and saved himself by an accident.
At the same time that the Ist regiment of Cantabria and the
Sharpslieoters and Hussars of Cantabria, obtained these ad-
vantages Colons 1 Don Juan Ugartemendia attacked Fort Solia,
convened the enemy to abandon it, and levelled it witli the
ground. . . . .
The 3d battalion of marines formed the centre of the troops
employed in this ace vice; and after. having Made prisoners or
dispersed the
.eneney who defend:a the bridge of Avec,
_they
knarched to attack the enemy at Camargo. The latter, however,
had j tired General Peolget and the garrison of Solis; the batta-
lion of Marines den-unshed the forts of Arce and Cantargo.
Colonel Don Joaquin Abreu, with some troops of this army
land the regitnent of Tuy, blockaded the enemy's garrison in
Torrelaveg:t, and maintained a steady .resistance against the
efforts of 7no men, who endeavoured to overpower him, in order
to keep up the communications with niintanaer.
The firing in this quarter lasted. 13 he Ors without ceasing; and
;he enemy kept it up with two „pieces of artillery, with which
they headed several sallies that they made.; but the compaties
of grenadiers and chasseurs of 'Puy routed them, and at last they
Tel inq u ished theireffortinthough they hadreceivejarei sreetn• nt
Of tIOU men. They shut themselves up in'their fort, from whence
they contieued their resistance; ;ma our troops took possession
of the provisions which they had in the contijocrus viltese, and
made serfie of theni prisoners. •
The vanguard, commanded by the Colonel of the Ist of Can-
tebria, seho attacked Santander, did not remain in the city ac-
cording to the orders which had been given ; but, notwith-
standing, he took 55 prisoners, and about 10 horses, among which •
stvere those Of General Rouget„ many equipages, and much booty;
besides the traitor Joaquin Aldamar, iniernlant of the provi .ce,
arid several others, who had taken lip arms to defendthe city. .
The troops.vvere equally successful at aY the points which t hey
attacked ; so that the enemy, from the ac counts of crrdtble and
impartial pensens, lost on this day between. 5 and 600 men, of
whom were 100 prisonens. In Santander they count among the
killed about 14 Officers, and the Commandants of the.place, of
the artillery, and of the gendarmerie Vankellermen, baron de
i3alcienk, and Quenebille. In Torrelavega. two Command tilts
and several Otlizers were killed. This is confirmed by various
accounts which have been received; and the enemy has collt.:ted
all the force which he had on the Deva and Nansa, and ordered
them to Torrelavega. Such is the loss
,Which he suffered, and
the embarrassment in which he was placed, that hitherto Gene-
ral Rouget has not returned tb Santandein and his isoldlero at
Torrelavega are begging setnplies of. provisions from the neigh-
houring jurisdictions. The torts of St. Liatia, St: VhaaChti and
• Cditlinbreg, detitollthel

I cannot yet send your t xcellency a statement of the loss which
the corps of this division, and those of the section of the 6th
army, have suffered ; but, speaking gent rally, I compute it at
two Officers and 68 privates killed, and four Offic4:rs isod 130
privates wounded,
Many distinguished themselves on this day, and all did their
duty; but among those who were particularly prominent, were
the See giant-majors D. Buenventura omaca, and D. Jose Abur7
ruza ; Pablo de Laszgo, Commandant of the Sharpshootrro
*Of Cantabria; D. Bernardo Gomez d'e Caso, Captain of the
ciiiqeurs of the regiment of Laredo; 1). Manuel I3azarra, Cap-
tain of the Sharpsnooters of Cantabria; and D. Pablo Lozano,
Lieutenant of the,,:insipavy of Chasseurs of the Ist of Contabria.
Colonel D. Juan Ugeartemerdia was wound..d, and two very
promising Officers were kdled; namely, tht:. ht-aVe Sanjarjq,
Lieurevant of the 3d, of Marines, and D Francisco Perez N'tc.-
guratza, Lieutermnt of the battalion of Gnyitscoa,
These troops command ainiost the whole ..1 the province, and
are posted or the banks of the Sala, Which the enemy has aban-
doned. They will co'.tinae their operations on every opw-
tunity. May God preserve, &c.
MAN' DiAZ POIWER, •
GIatALTAR. PAPER::.!.