The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-25 00:00:00

SPANISH

CO4I;NzzA,„ 1t5.--eing prevented, by want
of time, from giving in detail the advices received
by yesterdty's post, we shall at preSent insert only
tee substance •of thersi. We have the pleasure of
being enabled by them to assure rho public, for their
satislatlion and tranquillity, that thecircumstanceOf
there being no letters from Burgos, by the two, last
posts, proceeded not from the French having again
entered that city, as some were perhaps inclinedlo
think, but from some of the inhabitants, alarmed
by The movements of our army in Logrono, having,
without any other ground, abandoned the city; and
under the same impression the post-master also re.
tired with the letters, which most certainly be
received by the next post, by way of ,Madrid t that
various toadies of our troops, marching to-join the
army, had entered Burgos, where had also arrived
Seignor GALcuz with his 13,000 men, and a consi-
derable body of cavalry, mid likewise the troo;)s of
his Britannic I\taesty that had left Portugal
The retreat effe4ed by the, army under General
BLAKE from Valmasedae after a continued engage-
ment from eight in the morning until nine at
was as brilliant as a Via6ry could have been. It-is
positively- stated, that the enemy had upwards. of
5000 killed. Among the 'prisoners was a (general.
We must also have necessarily sustained same loss.
It, would be absurd to think otherwise. According
to report, the 4th division %dere the principal suf-
.
ferers,

Our brave Cauz, and his sharp-shooters of Cadiz,
it is said, have been conddled to ••Pampeiuna.----The
French did not measure their .valour with those
warriors until the latter had no ammunition left,
and even then it was only by a great superiority of
numbers, and much bloodshed; thatthey were made

prisoners.
-At 'rudela, there was a force of I 3,000 Spanish
infantry and cavalry ; -and letters- from thence say,
that 14000 more were expyacd tig'xt day, all eager
takome to atlion-I.vitti tlitAipeMy.
They write from `Catalb6V, tßat the reinforce.
tnents sent from Portugal, .Arragon; and Valencia,'
had..alreAy and that the
trooils (miler Seig,tror IttDING were on. the point of
druering it-r.thal•thfacrity at!tieiltlioiagisp:pf the
inliabitants•were daily incrzaSing,.,
deiltly perCt:ied. thetclip. (AftkloFe of -ttii%l~'rench
"-troops, and eveli 1,1:CH1 iliaireit, 'was very, :(*ttisicleri,..
ably -lowered ; and t4l it nu 'doubtasAnteriained;
that, within a 'try few -ithys, .burr6smE. rtz?tild soli.,
terms of capituiation;,
• •
:They '.true from Madrid, that thelistsirOttic.Ers,
coulliosin the Staff of Seignor cUESTA, is
Vised. latter. is:still at •Aratiiilez.;:b6l
ever appears in public.' Ilke'y • ialso write' from iii-at
oily, that the . chief command of tlie.i.tny of. the
centre is to be given to the MtirtitiiS
MANA ; that "Seignor, MoRLAiitQ be.lids C,ltlart er-
Alaster,General, and that Seignor BEAku will re-
tain the chief command of the army aaually under
• his orders.

SALtAGOSSA, Nov. 5.-All the Murcians have
this.day roarched.thr Navarre. The-General set off
last n ht for Tudela, where General CASTANOS is.
It is is supposed they will concert measures for an
attack upon the enemy, and we are confident of suc-
cess.

The accounts from Catalonia are highly flattering.
According to letters from thence, it would appear
the Catalonians will very speedily be delivered from
oppression.
MADRID, Nov. 9.—Last night the
.posts from
Castile, Galicia, and Burgos, came in at a very late
hour ; for it appeals that in the latter city there was
some bustle among the inhabitants, in consequence of
the French having sent to demand of them a great
number of rations. It is c:A-tain-they will not come
to fetch them, as the troops of Estrernadura have
arrived in that city, with their cavalry and an ex-
cellent trait of artillery.
The Central Junta is expe&ed to reatove to this .
capital by the 16th inst.
Every preparation is-=making to attack the French
at Logrono, before they fortify themselves there.
ARANJDEZ, NOV. g.HCOUDI FLORIDA BLANCA'
has leceived the following. Dispatch from -Field
Marshal Count BELVEDER, dated • Burgos, the 7112
.At. :

. . ‘
Most Serene- Seignor77ori the sth inst. I ar-
. rived With the first division of the arty under. my
.
;commald at, Aranda de Duero ;. and :.On the;6th,.,
.s,
lemiiineve.d my march as far as Lerma, though
,thew
n• exCesSie,_ fall of ram had rendered the- roads al.:
,i,mOst impassable: I' arrived, hoWesier, at dusk, the
• troops having' accomplisheclA march of seven leagtiel„ '
• tiotwitlh'..i.St)oling their having had to, walk up. to the:.
_knees in timd;4and though it.conjinued.to rain without
etlie interval of a single ,minute. On my reaching the,
q•lait-nientioned place, I learned thatall the inhabitants
• of :13nrgiii had left that city, in consequence of their
havirig ''received information of the appro.ach of the,
—., .
enemy. ' I immediately gave orders to prepare :for ~
nhuching this day in that direetion, allowing. the,
troops nu longer repose than was necessary to enable .
them to resume their route ; and not withstanding..,
some:difficulties itv.llich .occurred, in conserruence of
the incleMency of the-W'eatliticl arrived at half-past :,.
..fipir o'clock in the afternoon, having only halted the
• men ford quarter of„in ho„lff,_to.take some refresh-
ment; -when they had, performed one half of : this
• long day's march. •
.I had sent on before me ,BrigA
dier Don JOSBr. MARbt.DE.ALOS, to take the corrit
mand of the troops, to examine the situatiozr of the
enemy, to station the _corps that were, previously
there, and had evacuated the•eity,
.in proper p0ii.....
tioni, and to colle4 whatever intormation,he could
\., for my guidance. This. Officer has, in ,ev'ery:respeO,
performed his duty, .13.4 have ;also . th' Lieutenant-
,Colotfel ct fia)gineers, Don Jos PanTp•,, -and Cap..
tats Don SEBASTIAN S. JUAN, whom I pleeed 4-rldaia
his orders.
1 " The company of cbasseura of the army whom

I ordered to advance rorn. Aranda de Duero, with 40
dragoons, entered this place at day-break ; and in
conlevence of my itistruaions and subsequent or-
ders, joined the advanced guard in front of the ene-
my. -About five o'clock .this afternoon word was
brought that-The enemy were advancing. Orders
'were given: for the regiment of Tui, with some
horse, to proceed to meet them. They met a de-
tachment of 30 dragoons, forming the advanced
guard of a corps of 700 men of the same descrip-
ri,lrn, who were at a league distance from this city.
Egllt only of our soldiers were sent to reconnoitre,
but in the sequel they were joined in the attack by 40
of the above-mentioned regifnent of volunteer chas-
seurs of Spain, under the command of Cornet D. F.
CIVALDOS. They threw the enemy into disorder,
and killed ten of them. On our side we had only
one horse wounded, belonging to the serjeant of the
party. It is impossible to describe the ardour and
gallantry of the troops in .this petty rencontre ; but
as it would be improper that they should proceed
farther, both on account of the advanced hour of the
eveniL.g,' as well as to prevent their falling into any
ambuscade, and becoming the viiiims of their valour,
orders were
.given for them to retreat, and to re-
occorq their former positions.
All the Staff of my(Army, and the above-men-
tioned first division, have this -day arrived in this
City. The cavalry and the company of horse artil-
lery beronging to the second division will arrive to-
Morrow ; and the remaining corps of this, and also
the third division, will arrive in succession, without
delay, as I have given orders for their making all
possible expedition.

his detachment without bread or water, or any thing
to support their ardour, having already passed three
days in that citadel, destitute of every thing, with the
melancholy spectacle before t heir eyes of an immense •
number of wounded, whose cries pierced the heart.
This latter circumstance, more than the want of
provisions or ammunition, induced him to call a
council of War, to determine what was to be done,
having preiiously apprised the Captains, that. the.
cartridges in their muskets were the only ones re-
maining. At length, at half pat seven in the morn-
ing, it was resolved to capitulate, the soldiers being,.
from fatigue, scarcely able to utter a word, from
want of water, except such as drank vinegar in
place of it.
" Notwithstanding this determination, they con-
tinued upon the defensiVe until half-past three in the
afternoon, when he sent out a flag of truce,, in con-
sequence of the enemy having advanced their ar-
tillery to within 100 paces of his front, with an in-
tention of battering down the gate; but notwith-
standing this obstinacy and continued resistance, the-
flag of truce was received. The troops went out
with the honours of war, baggage, and equipage,
to proceed to France till they are exchanged, and, in
their own estimation,, their condition will be very
unfortunate'until they are-able to return to the held
of honour.

" To praise a particular officer or soldier would be
to do injury to the rest. All have proved theMselves
heroes, worthy of immortality. All were models to
each other. Their only recreation from fatigue con-
eisted in attending to the wounded, and administer-
ing to -them consolation in the absence of the:neces-
sary means of relief.
' "In this action served hs Aid-de-Camp the Lieu-
tenant of the regiinent of cavalry Of Spilt D. Jo-
SEF GARCIA, who is' 'at present here,: and who,
anxious to participate the:glory of these brave de-
fenders of their ''countrye did not • accompany the
cavalry 'of Bourbon, whom the Commandant LA
Under the date of the Bth, instant, the, Supreme: CRUZ ordered to join the.out-posts of Sesma. • --.
Junta of Government has reesaved. the following ace " l'he.company- of Catalans, under DeFtiesetsco
counts from 'persons of respeetabilityewho were eye' TEOG, equally distinguished :themselves with the
witnesses of the fads they relate. • . .. : ',cliasseurs; and also the . out-post“sf Sesma, under
" The surrender of the battalion of the sharp- the command of the Captain of Battalion of the
shooters of Cadiz is.known toithes public; .but,few Sharp-shooters of Spain, D. JosEF GIRON.
are apprized.of thecircurnslanees that occasioned it. "So far we state on the authority of eye-witnesses ;
Their Commander, CRUZ 11100110E0N, having been but we further learn,from positive information,Oiat the
sent to occupy the town of Lerin on the 20th Odo- French Gen. GRANDISON, the Commander of their
ber, and having examined his situation and the dis. division, returned their 'swords, after the capitu-
twice he was from Lodosa, upon which be was or- lation, to the Spanish Officers, in compliment tO
clered to retreat in case of being attacked, informed their brave defence, and 'that he treats' them with
the General of his division, I)cn PeDito GitimAßEsT, ' regard and disfination; assigning as an escort to them
that his retreat was absolutely impossible, as he had and their brave soldiers, who hate had the inisfor-
to.oass a 'plain which the enemy would most pro- tune to tall into his bands, from 7to 800 of his best
bably occupy with their cavalry previous to any at- - troops.
tack. , . " We also are positively informed, that our loss in
"On the 21st, the said 'SeigoOr GIIIMAREST pro- this affair, as glorious as it has been unfortunate,
ece.ded to reconnoitre the town, and approved of consists of from eo to 60 killed, about 50 wounded,
three points of defence that had been fixed upon, and and a few more than 400 prisonerS, including otbeers
it was agreed, that in the supposed case of an attack and privates. . ,
be should defend himself. until he was relieved. "- Among the killed is Lieut. D. JOSEF Baum ;
On the 24th and 25th LA Clan was employed in ' among the wounded; Capt.-Liene. D JOSEF MAR-
bweriog some mud walls belonging to the garden of ' TINEZ, Brevet-Captain 1). M. ESTISADA, and. Sub.-
the Convent of Capuchin's, which post the troops ' Lieut. D. M. ()now ; besides Capt. F. FARINAS,
were to occupy from the corner of the Charnel-house, who received a contusion, all belonging to the
in.order to cover the approaches of his left flank.— , sharpshooters of Cadiz.
He also fortified the palace as well as he could, j " The Supreme Junta, who have beheld with the
which he intended to use as
.a citadel, for the pur—most lively interest the heroic valour-of these troops,
Foie of making a last defehce. . These works were l so interior iu number to the enemy, and who, con-
forwarded in consequence of_ his receiving informa- : vinced that the same sphit animates the whole army,
ti,,;) that they Meant to attack him during the whole I entertain theretrOm the' most contident expedations
.of the 25th, which however they did not,do ; but ' of the. salvation of the country,, and the Chastisement
.they. incommoded him during the whol,, of the night : 01 the enemy, have taken the proper means to disko-
ef the 24th, with their detachments of cavairy,which ; vc:-, with promptitude, those who may have incurred
fell back to their, positions at four ,o'clock in the i any blame in this atfan, to adjudge suitable rewards
morning of that day, of which he sent information H to those who have deserved wen, and above all, to
to Lodosa, and the posts of Sesma and Carner,which : procure due information tes'pecting toe families of
were under arms during the whole of the-night. those cle.fenders of the country, that the Junta may
" Although the enemy did not execute their at- t assign a proper remuneration to the relatives of such
tack on the night of the 2seth, he redoubled his sen- las sacrifice themselves for their country—a duty
_tinels. and his yigilancess so
_that at four o'clock he which the Junta will ever continue to discharge in a
had a detachment ready to receive the enemy. manner worthy of the nation for whom they Con-
" At five it) the morning the firing began at the i tend.
advanced posts, and soon after the-enemy attacked-the : " Spaniards ! You will remark in one of the dis-
position at the Charnel-house and garden of the patches the astonishing condua. of our brethren,
Capuchins, with 2000 infantry and 300
:cavalry, who, whet) their ammunition was spent, rushed
whom his brave sharp-shooters repulsed with unex- upon
.the dead bodies of the enemy, to supply them-
atnpled gallantry. Seignor LA Cutiz, on perceiving i selves from their cartouches. ' _Neither Greece nor
their precipitate flight, leaped:from the parapet of Rome ever presented an example of such valour,
the principal gate, and pursued them with the 4th tsteadiness, and cool less. Such are the avengers of
company, and his 30 hcirse, as well as the nature of FEROINAND VII. such the defenders oftheeountry;
the ground, would admit; but the fire of the enemy's I with Whom, and aSsisted:bY God, the justice of our
reik•l'Ve.compelling him to fall back, .he resumed his cause, and our exalted patriotism, we tear neither
fOrmer positions behind the ruins. the numerous hosts of the enemy, nor the iniqui-
"At nihe o'clock, the attack was .resumed by tous means which .in other quarters have aided his
another body of troops, who had arrived to relieve detestable; . desiens"
0 . ,
the former corps, and they compelled the four first ,
—.
coMpanies to fall back to the palace, more by the j .
fire of their*artillery than that of their infantry; for VILLAFRANCA, .00T. 31.—0 n the 27th inst. ar-
t ife cannonade was so I owcrful and brisk, which
General of this army, and the prin.
—rubbish occasioned considerable damage. -
they chreated against the Convent, that the- falling ,
VivLs, Captain
cipality/of Catalonia: He landed the day before at
'
At half-past ten o'clock, they summoned him larradona, and there and here has met with the
warm reception. l'wei days before, there disem-
to surreakier, immediately after they had offered to his
barked et the same' port, besides the remaining part
stew three 8-pounders, one howitzer, a 6-pounder,
of .
tke Spanesh hussars, and other detachments from
fraen 3 to tiooo infantry, from 6 toBoo cavalry, which, .
Majorca the Spanish :troops that 'have come from
, lit the commencetrient of the first attack, had pro- ,
.
Po't tueal' for this principality. The latter :are wider
_itieded to occupy the avenues to thespalace on the ,
1 1 eee;ininaead oM t Field a D
rshal .- GRE ',
GORIO A-
right flank ; but this no way intimidated him; on
the contrary, he answered that he would neversur-
:- 1
ouNA,. and consist of various divisions of provincial
render while he 'had ammunition and bayonets.— 1
grenadiers at the two Castile.s, the light troops.of
Valencia mild Tarragona, and the 'Santiago regi-
-Their General upon _this answer, ordered his citadel
1 meat of, cavalry, and two companies of flying ar-
to ho 'attacked, with all his artillery arid two bat-
tillery. 'They have-also brought with them '20,000
talionsof infantry. From this operation our troops :
Muskets, for arming the Catalonian troops.
snstained but very little additional loss, whereaS that
of the enemy was so considerable, that they fell back ,On the ad the head-quarters. will be transferred to
_in disorder. Martorell ; alai we shall not be surprised if this
,
"At one o'clock they returned to the attack, but movement shoold cause the enemy to retire imme-
with no better success than in the first instance.— ! diately within ts,ie walls of Barcelona.
They satisfied themselves with leaving two compa- : I
,fARRAGONA, Nov. 1.----It appears that the most
soies ofgenadiers posted in the adjacent houses, who ;: serious weasureaS are on the point of being adopted
e, .
snost severely plies: esue,troops. agaiust the etiertty. -A' chnsiderable quantity of
At five o'clock they again sent in a flag of truce, ; field artillery has been sent from this city for the
summoning him to ,surrender under pain of being ' Lobrogat, and the battering train will speedily fol-
put to the sword. LA CRUZ felt himself placed in a , low, The quantity or shells, halls, powder, and
very painful situation; but seeing in the countenances ; other siores„ colleated here trtsin various quarters, is
of his brave Officers and soldiers a determination ' beyond calculation. I
es:laser to perish than surrender, .he answered the - God , bas' '
-INV.' oured ps wills a pecuniary, supply
. eueiny that they might save themselves any further froin-Cediz aria Valencia, and also with iBo,otio
troube, as 'he would rather die than yield. The • ' -•N i •
ltvres of l...ataionta, belonging to the Royal- }fe-
nt lee of artillery and infantry was resumeds and con- • 1
maw%
Mused until dark, when all our men exerted them. ,
s,elvcs to repair theirperapets, in expectation that Mencia,'.Nov. I.—On the 30th ult. marched in
the fellweing day would bring theill relief, as none 'here. the first battalion of the. regiment of Almeria,
had arrived that day ; but what was his aftlialiOn, ; 1200 strang, under the command of Col. Dun. JUAN
wbeh casting his eyes over- the plain he could-not ' "AC ; and yesterday arrived the second bettahon,
.perceive even a vidette, and what wa,s worse, he saw consiethig of an equal number.

" All which I communicate to your Serene High-
ness in compliance with my duty, and shall continue
pundually to apprize you of whateiter occurs.

" May God, &c.
" COUNT Di BELVEDER."
Headquarters, Burgos, Nov. 7." ..