The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-06 00:00:00

FOURTH BULLETIN OF "FILE ARMY CF SPAIN.

" UrgOS; NUVeMber IS•
" His Majesty yesterday reviewed thedivisiou of
Marchand. He appointed the most meritorious Offi-
cers and,Sub-otlicers to.fill the vacant commissions,'
and bestowed rewards . upon . the soldiers that had
distinguished themselves. His Majesty,was highly
pleased with these troops, who hadijtrst arrived,
without a halt, from the borders of the Vistula.
,The Duke of Eilchingen has set off from, Burgo;,
litripergr reviewed :his Guard this inorrsing
upon the plain of BU-rgos. its Majesty afterwards•
inspeded:.the divi,ion of Pss9u.v.s, and filled up all
the vaealici`e4 in that -
;
"Jvents are in preparation, and all is, in prilress.
Nothing can succeed in war that not the resultof
a well-digested
,plan.
Am9ng the, prisoners were some who on •
Their buttons au eapie reverse!, ‘vith, tw9fiVfows,
and the motto, " io,gie..con• qux-lor of Prangt."-...'4.
BY this; bravastVe easiVrcognise
the c9antryilien'of'Do:n'c'F:A-ot, •
• " 1t wnoll.•be impoSsible to find' N.ybrze; troops
either in the mountains or the plains. Clownish
ignorance, silly conceits, cruelty towards the, weak,
and baseness. and (l9Wardie• towards the stiOng--,
st.ich thz,s-.ono "ye have,before us. Tbo Mc, „k 5

ar 1 the Inquisition have 'plunged this nation into

'brh
Trn thousand light infantry and dragoons, with
9.4 1-: i(1-pieces, Marched off on the ti th to .attack
the rear of the English division that was said to be at
•Va ladolid. These brave fellows went over 34 miles
-;rotind in two days, but our hopes were disaps
pooted. We entered Palencia and Valladolid, and
edvarcAl even six miles further, and found no Eng-
khrnen, but abundance of, promises and assurances.
In the mean time, it appears certain, that a
div sio,ta of their troops has disembarked at Corunna,
and that another division, at the beginning of this
month, entered Backijos. The day we fall in with
tilein will be a day of festivity to the
,French army.
May they moisten with their blood that Continent
which they have -desolated by their intrigues, their
monopoly, and their horrible selfishness ! May they,
instead of 20,000, be 80 or 100,000 strong ; that
Erglish mothers may learn what the calamities
of war are, and that the English Government may
• not always continue to sport with the lives and blood
of the people of the Continent,
" The greatest falsehoods, the basest means, have
been employed by English Machiavelism to mislead
the Spanish nation; but the bulk of it is still good. '
Biscay, Navarre, Old. Castile, and the greater' part of
Arragon itself, are well disposed. The nation in
general beholds, with the most profound sorrow, the
abyss into which it is plunged, and will speedily curse
t e authors'of so many. calamities. •
"'FLORIDA BLANCA, who is Mille head of the
insurgents, is the person who was Minister under
CHARLES 111. , He was always the sworn enemy of,
France and the zealous partisan of England. It is
to be hoped that he will, in the evening of his days,
ciiscciver the errors of his political life. He is an
old man, who, to the blindest attachMent teethe
English, adds the most credulous superstition. His
co,,fitUnts and friends are the most fanatical and
swp:d of the Monks.
" Tranqeillity is restored at Burgos and the en-
vi, oils. To -the first moments of fury confidence has
succeeded. The peasants have returned to their
• villages, and are again pursuing their labours."