The National Register.
London, England, 1812-09-13 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL TlFffisTrn.

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d astonisaing manner, without the help of exteinal heat, and
bat t yneNtie.s of the operation is tt sure prognostic of a plentiful
intr-..st toe the year. The late Sir William Hamilton has given us
de--rintion Of thi• annual prodigy, and the reader find it
in Lie a Voyage de N et de tide, par L'Abbe de St. Nun.
Fie :Inn rises al 5 h. 48 min sets at 6 h. 12 thin.

This being Enther week the Roman church abstain from flesh. and
111,t WedoesdaN, Frid.iy, and Saturday ; this last being generally de-•
voted to the err: mony of ordaining the priests, deacons, and other mem-
bers .111 the cli rl!s.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

STPT. 13.

lie bridge o, li :I. eta tt .t in were to ,•t", k t
hem% 's lett, which 'was posteu on th • lit.igh.o t t litgolta
and El Morro.

At three o'clock on the morning or thr 1401, the arta, k c, 1,
with great vigour, and, aim altedv) tire or or s, .e

was driven fro►n the bridges of the town, and .1
and Morro; and at nine o'clock, us y

tate retreat towards Zornoza, pursued by 6en. Row va.L

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the vanguard, headed by Pottier : had the troops which -x.
attacked the enemy's right, arrived at the appointee! time, •
%vould have been most complete, and probably .Gencralltoote: ►
the greater part of his troops, would have been cot cif iron,
their loss on this occasion, far exceeded our:, which
killed and fifty wounded, It was highly gratity:ng to see lip-
!less of the newly raised troops of General Rencvaie's t
much praise cannot be liestewed on their Chief. in vt horn t`ity
the greatest confidence, and who is indefatigable in his exelticno iu
complete and organiv; his division.
Since the 13th we occupied Galdacano and Zornoza, our advance
cloc to Do rhngo, which point the eoeuny have strengthened, hnving
,wo guns on the bridge of Yisrreta, and occupying several houses ru
'he town ; they have also an encampment on the lelt of the town, un
the heights of Santa Lucia and Benno.
On the night of the 2t;th, we received intelligence that the enemy
were moving to attack us, and that a column had ed to Orduiet,
he high road from which to Bilboa j,,ins the road stotu Zornuza to
suhia, about a mile from the latter town. General S,lentizabal k-,c-
-t-rnnotd to fall back and wait the enemy on the left bark of the river,
in nearly the same position as that occupied by General ittnovales ou
the 11th instant.

On the night of the 21st the enemy advanced from Durango in three
columns, two by Zornoz3, the other by Villaro, with a view of
,essing themselves of the heights that led from Arrigorriaga, and
flanked those of Bolueta, v..hich was the right and the key of our poll.
Lion. enovales's division occupied from the heights of Bower.* to
those of Olaviaga, «rich supported our left, covering the bridges of
St. Anton, the wooden bridge, and the bridge of boats.
At daybreak on the morning of the 224, General Mendiz3b it, with
part of the vanguard, proceeded to attack this column, three ing t hat
the division of Iberia should meet us at Ai igorriaga.
were made, which see'ned to ensure the destruction of hi, • (-Awn?).
The enemy, on finding t hat we were in possession of the bridge of A rri-
got iaga anti roads leading to Bilboa, changed tneir direction, and a
most rapid march, favoured by the thickness of the woods, rif.-cied
tiieir junction with the second column, which was destined to make
simultaneous attack upon the bridge of Bolueta. General Mendi-
zahal, with the vanguard and Longa's division, arrived in time to resist
the enemy's attack. ; their principal efforts were to force tire bridge of
Bolueta, which was defended in the most gallant manner ; the en-my
suffering considerable loss without being able to gain a foot of gruund ;
their efforts on the left of our line proved equally unsuccess tu I.
General Renovales at the head of his brave peasant soidie's met
their atta,c?:, at every point : tire enemy attempted in vain to toicc the
two bridges of the town, and that of boats ; m:giit coming on the elle-
my retired to his position on the heights of St. Domingo el M.aro and
Begona. Arrangements were made fur a combined attack upon the
enemy's position, but finding that he had, upon being attacked by
isenovales, whoscrossert the river in front of the heights of Banderas,
early in the night, commenced his retreat, no time was lost in pun.
ming him, and notwithstanding the great advantage he had in point of
time, from the rapidity with which ,the division of Iberia marched,
we came up with him near the town of Zurnoza, and attacked his
rear with such vigour, that his. retreat became a confused and disor-
derly flight; insomuch, that they did not avail themselves, as they
might have done, of several strong positions which the road from
Zor, za to Durango presents. At one of the strongest of these posi.
lions they made an effort to stand, but the gallantry of the Com-
mandant-general Longa, who at the head of his troops led the attack,
animating them by his example, who charged the enemy.with a few
cavalry, and a small body of infantry, obliged
.him to abandon .this
position, anal by for safety to the town of Durango.
The enemy's loss has been very considerable ; we have taken some
horses and prisoners. As yet lam unable to give you a detail of this
victory, as my attention was occupied on our right, and iu the pursuit
of the enemy with the division of Iberia.