The National Register.
London, England, 1811-05-19 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RtiSTEII;

mountains near the village of, Aunon, on the Upper Tagus. He
attacked them so !opportunely, that they fled in the greatest
disorder, favoured by a viol nt storm. Near 800 of them were
kilied or wounded, and fOu taken prisoners.
The i unaways, to the number of 1000, re-assembled a few
days after at Cobeta, where taiey were again surprised and de-
feated with great loss by General Montmarie. He then pro.
cceded to Huerta-Hernando' the haunt of the Junta, which
directed these bands; he• destroyed their mitgazines, their
printing-office, and -IWO musket-stocks.
ARMY OF PORTUGAL.
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The army continued its march; on the 23d of March it
quitted tke direction of Almeida, And marched upon Guarda.
There it continued till the 2dth, without perceiving the enemy ;
took the direction of SAittgal, in older to cross the mountain.
The tith and Sth corps had re-entered Spain, thg Gtoseral in
Chief was at Ciudad Rodrigo, and the 241 corps, undor the orders
of General itetniei , was in advance of Sabugal. On the of
April, General itegnier, informed of the .approach of the enemy.
made his dispositions in consequence, by taking up a position on
a height in the van cf Sabugal, wlience he could observe the
movements of the enemy, aud check them. A thick fog favoured
the drawing out of the English army, which consisted of six
divisions, and was 25,000 streng; it extended itself upon the left
of General Regnier, on the road of Paliainacur;' and after being
formed into masses on the brow of the hill, before arriving at the
Coa, they made their appearance at the fords of the river. '1 he
fog having dispersed, General Regnier penetrated the intention
of the enemy to get in advance of him on tha road of Alfaytes;
be immediately ordered his posts on the Coa, and the brigade
Heudelet, to fall back upon that point, while the brigade Sarrut
remaining on the height, kept the enemy in check ; this height
was soon attacked by the heads of the enemy's columns. 21
light infantry, and 36th ot the line, impatient to try their str, ntth
with the enemy, s, ontancously threw themselvcs upon the
masses which were ploughed up by the artillery, overthrew all
before them, and pursued the fugitives towards a hillock where
the ene tic's reserve was drawn up. The English Kcdoublt-ti
their efforts age !Ist the height ; General Regnier brought up the
Ist Brigade ot the 2d Div'sion to sup, ort the Brigade Sarrut;
the enemy was constantly repulsed) and knocked to pieces by
our artillery. l I.t .2(.1 c. rys, master of all its movements, made
its retreat in ocheluhs, in the best order. The enemy attempted
to overwhelm the last cschelon, which was waiting its turn to
quit the height; but the General of Brigade Soult, with a squa-
dron ot the Ist Hussars, and the lif2d Chas urs, made such a
vigorous charge on the Hank of the enemy's column, that all
woo were not sabred were driven a consideri:hle way off. Tin.)
last action placed the enemy at
.a distance. Ine 2d corps arrived
on the sane day at Alfayates.
Our loss in this affair Wai 200 killed and wounded ; the pri
loners whom we have taken, state the enemy's loss very high.
We havL: good reason to beli• we it was from 6GO to 00 killed
and wounded, as well by the n rtible fire of our ry, which
overwhemed them with chahnshot, as 1:y the brilliant charges
of our infantry, and above all, of our light cavalt y.

DISTRICT OF THE ARMY OF THE SOUTH.
The Duke of 'Treviso, as soon as possible, after the capture
of Batlnjuz, advanced upon Campo Mayor, Albuquerque, and
Valencia, in order to cagey these fortresses to destroy them, and
dius to deprive of new points of support those corps which he
knew were about to ba sent against him from Lisbon ; his plan
succeeded.
He ordered General Latour Maubourg to advance upon Al-
bhqurque with Some troupe and a brigade• of cavalry, while he
himself, with past of t!e division Girard, should march upan
Campo Mayor. The sight of French troops- and some cannon
shot, sufficed to terrify tl:e garrison of the fort of Albu-
querque. General Laostir Maubourg summoned them to sur •
render ; they capitula:ed on the 15th, and were conducted to
Badajoz ; the fort was razed, and rendered unserviceable.
A detachment surprised Valencia at the same time, and took
seven pieces of brass cannon, which wore destroyed for want of

carriage.
During this time the Duke of Treviso was opening the
trenches before Campo Mayor, a stronger fortress, vri,ich i's
gars isun were inclined to defend ; but on the 'lsth we were able
to erect two batteries of and W•poundexs, against the iNas-
tion of San Joats. On the lith the boniLardinent commenced;
Cn the gist the !reach wai prrcticuble, the place v.:as summoned
for the second time, and sui rendered ; the garrison marched out
with the honours of ware and e.ere condiraed to Badnjuz rig
tuners of war. 'The Marshal immediately caused the torifica-
tions td be blown vp. _ Of ;T. pieces of cain)un which were !n
the place, 15 were destroyed and left useless, rest were con-
*eyed to Badajoz. On the rdurning of the '2stk. the trench
army was on the river Caps aa4 all the 'b;s.eilnj artijery 1744
xe-auteruci Badajps.

~. • • ZIEGE OF CAD:Z.
S:.:rne days after the battle of Cl.iclaiet, the Mike of Belluno
sent some troops against the idtrties of insurients which were
scattered about Medina Sidotila : that town way retaken brour
troops, and the. insurilents: d:sersed. The labours cf
the siege have rt.sumed a new.actieit y. Ihe b.Jrnhardnient cot
tinues. The eff.:ct of our batterte: Las been 01.0 i as to °Meet
the ships and tran.ports of the tnemy, to conflie themselves to
a bad anchorage—a station so dangerous, that they Irv( re ex-
posed to tat: etteets of .a terrible w ich I.e.md from
the 2.7 th to the tulf.lt of Mart h. Ore hundred and fifty ves:cli
of all sizes lost their anchors, and ,were thiven upon the rocks
and perished.
A great deal or discord reign.> in Cabs ; the English pretend
that they Laic.' at Ctiiclana, in the pits of rai.ing the siege,
only hecause the Spaniards did not contribute to the success
the Spani.:rik on toe ether side, pretend, that they were not
supported by the I.:tv li, i. "!'ate tntth is, that the combined
army was really a:OX° )tronik; thu; the pailiards wf;re at the
head of the co:unats, and futight.weli ; they lost 2,000 men and
several colours t which inconiestibly pt tried that they were in
the. combat.. Nothing more strongly ekirach.rises the present
epoch, and the lying di*positiou of die Higlish, than the impu-
dence with which, they officially puh.ish .such great falshaodis
Which are contrat'ictea liy so many witnegses of the facts.—
There is no cunfidence to 'be placed in the iccounts, even the
official ones, which are ptilifished .in litigland ; they are a 9 drawn
up with political views, and to conceal front the people the
contest in which they are waged.
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