The National Register.
London, England, 1808-08-07 00:00:00

ATIVUST • 7.

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thi• auwning, having lasted incessantly foe thirty-six hour,. A
number of the enemy were killed, and their wounded were car-,
tied oil' in a numerous assemblage of waggnits to Burja, Tudela,
Walla, Mullen, and Alagon.
Jet,Ar g.—The arrests continued. The bombardment was
kept up. Three shells fell on the church of the Piller ; but nei-
ther these, nor some others which fell in the city, did much da-
niace. The Monks, with the Nuns, and other ladies, continued
bu•v in making cartridges.

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Jett 3.—From morning till night the fire did not cease. Our
troops showed great ardour.
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Jt:LY 4.—Yesterday Torrern was reconquered. The French
there lost all their officers. Their cavalry were reduced to LS
horses. and the infantry were almost totally destroyed.
Jut.tr s.—We learn, that the convents and public edifices at
Tudela, are inadequate to the reception of the wounded, and
that the enemy are conveying them in waggons to l'ampelona.
(f it% o captains of artillery who were wounded, one is dead.—
dead body, inclosed in a coffin, was carried through that city,
under an escort, on the way to Bayonne. It was most probably
that of Verdier, but of this we are not certain. We are assured,
that mrthe id instant the Navarese, in the vicinity of Baltierra,
put to death. a Apaiiish interpreter; who accompanied the French
ftrmv. fie had dispatches for Napoleon,' and a considerable.
qnantity of gold, which was concealed in a mattrass. The same
day, the people of Tauste, though destitute of tire-arms, made
prisoners thirty Cdirassiers, who were seourim; the country for
pro% kions, and carried them into Saragossa, with their hands:
tied behind them, though some Chasseurs made an effort to red
cue them.

SARAGOSSA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, Sust2o.
On the 11th, a Spanish soldier came in, who related that he
bail been made prisoner by the French. lle had a packet di-
rected to the Administrators of Saragossa, which purported that
it was put into his hands by the French General Lefebvre, in
order to be laid before the Most Excellein Captain-t ieneral of
this kingdom. The same soldier who brottglit the packet brought
w it!: him many seditious proclamations printed in Bayonne,
the Castilian tongue, which were entrusted him by the French
General. It was resolved by the Viceroy of this city, and by.
the King's Counsellors and Assistants assembled, that the note
Should he sent back unopened. The following reply was the
consequence, which, with the Manifesto of Bellay, and the pro-
clamation published yesterrlay,were this day seta to the enemy's
camp by the bands of Lieutenant-Colonel lion Manuel de Ena.
The following is a literal copy :

" Mad-Quarters, Saragossa, 18th June, 1808.
Mosi EXCELLYNT SEIG,VOR—If his Majesty the Emperor
ordered you to re-establish the trauquillity which this country
11,ts lost, it is to little purpose that you take this trouble.. It is
my duty to answer to the confidence which the brave people of
Aragou has placed in me, drawing me from Ow retreat in which
1 ua,,, to place its guar rianship in my hands. lt is at least clear,
that I ought not to be tett astray by a Spaniard hitherto so delu-
sive. 11 y sword guards the rates of tht- capital, and my honour
aniwers for its securit
.was umwcessary then to give too
much imPortallee to hi4,private affair. The troops which suf-
fered on the 15th and 16t a should not agaiti be brought into trou-
ble. Let thine at proper hours quiet in their beds, and 1 Will
be at my own hazard. Far from being; appeased, the indigna-
tion of the Spania7ds at the c vcesses of tile French is every day
mcreasiog. known that the spies you paid arc unfaithful.
A peat part of Catalonia- has placed itself under my command,
uo less a portion of Castile: The Captains-General of Ca-
talonia and Valentia arc united with ma. Gallicia, I:st ramadura,
Asturias, and the four kingdoms of Andalusia, are also resolved
to avenge their oppressions. . The French troops commit atro-
cities unworthy of Lien grey plunder, insult, and kill with On-
Puttil y, the hone,t hot:Arita:its who nave dime them no evil ; they
have outraged religion, and mutilated the siicrefl imttet.4 in at
outliner nioicard of. N Miter this conduct, nor the toile which
you hold ,ioce the days orthe 15th Jr 16th, is proper to satisfy
a valiant people. You will do what you can; I m ill do what
1 uth: to
bdo.

" The General of the troops of Aragon.
IPSEF DE PitAIFOX r METZ!..."

In consequence of the excesses col4nnitted by the French
troops, it is ordered that, with th exception of their arms and
Iburbe4o the property taken on thee shall be prize.