The National Register.
London, England, 1811-02-03 00:00:00

• ' FVREIGN* INTELLIGENCE.
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FRENCH PAPERS.
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DISTRICT OF T4l& ARMY OF THE soUTH. •
81tOE of CADIZ.—The Duke of Belluno, desirous of having
the whole of his flotilla united in the canal of the -Trocadero,
where: it. would only be between five and six hundred toises
from the isthmus which joins Cadiz to the Continent, had al-
ready caused the flotilla to be conveyed from SarrLucar as Eir
as Rota and Pert St. Mary's. Several glorious actions had been
sustained 14 this flotilla, but the most difficult remained to be
undertaken. It was necessrry to pass within 300 toises of the
fort of Pnntales, which is upon the isthmus of Cadiz, and sur-
rounded by- a numerous groupe of floating batteries and the
enemy's gunboats, It was therefore to be feared that the
French flotilla would suffer considerably in attempting to dou-
ble point Matagorda. The Duke of Belluno, therefore, resolved
to convey it by land from the river San Pedro to the Torcadero.
The flotilla watt dragged across this space of 500 tpises upon
rollers, to the great satisfaction of the army. By the 11th of
December, all the boats belonging to the flotilla were in the Tor-
cadero. Thas instant our tire opened. Red-hot balls and shells
were discharged against the town. We succeeded in throwing
bomb shells of twelve pounds to the distance of 9650 toises, and
howitzer shale of eight pounds as far as 9150 toises. Considera-
ble uproar prevails in Cadiz ; they are in great agitation there ;
rise gates ar• shirt, and it is only with the greatest precautions
Cut any communication is kept up with the suburb;. The
scarcity in Cadiz is extreme, and. the yellow fever makes great
ravages.

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DISTRICT OF THE ARMY OF TIIF. :CORTI!.
The Duke of Istria has arrived to take the command of the
army of the North of Spain.
AsTveriss.—On the 29th of November, in the morning, the
insurgents marched forward to attack the advanced guard of
Gericrai Bonnet, commanded by General Valletaux. The one-
nay, to the number of 6000, succeeded at .first in gaining a Jew
tpises of ground, but were ultimately compelled to give way,
and were pursued as far as Belmont and Miranda, the roads to
which flaces were covered with the slain.
AI:MY OF CATALONIA.
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Outhe 13th December, two ships of the line a frigate, and
about four or five more English vessels, appeared off Palamos,
and landed 900 Englishmen with four field-pieces, to the west-
ward of the port. In the mean time, a frigate, a corvette, and a
brig, made for the other side, and landed 600 men, in order to
take -possession of the port. "I he Chief of Battalion Emyon, of
the third corps, who had posted his battalion on the heights,
seized the favourable moment to fall upon the enemy, broke
their line, drove them hack upon the old walls of the town, en-
tered the place pelt mell with them, and pursued them to their
boats. Of. the 1100 English that disembarked, 800 were killed
or taken ; and it is not quite certain that so many as 300 escaped.
Five Officers, including Captain James, belonging to one of the
frigates, several miosll ipmen, and 150 soldiers have been marched
prisoners for Perpignan.

SIEGE AND SURRENDER OF TORTOSA.

TO FM SERttiE HIGHNESS MAJOR. GFNL•RAL THE PRINCE OF

NEUFCHATEL AND VIAGRAM.
MoNsetoxEux—ln obedience to the orders of his Mijestys
the 3d corps of the arrny of Spain proceeded towards 'f ortosas
after the seiges of 1 .erida and Mequinenza. The first division
blockaded the tete-de-pont on the right hank ; the second advan-
ced to the frontiers of Valencia, having detached a corps towards
Terruel to keep Villa Campo in check, and to cover Saragossa ;
the third division was posted on the lower Ebro, to secure our
supplies, the conveyance of our artillery, and to observe the
enemy's army in Catalonia.
The artillery immediately established a flying bridge over the
liver, which is 360 yards wide iu this place, for the purpose of
Opening, a communication between the two banks. 'The
officers reconnoitered the approaches to the prawn I fixed the
camps, and made the necessary preparations to push with vi-
gour and rapidity the operations of a siege which had been so
long delayed.
On the night of the 21st, under cover of a violent storm and
excessive darkness, !i;ctiCt workmen opened the first parallel in
*out of the bastions of4it. Peter and St. John. The left: at the