The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-05 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

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Fl RAT BULLETIN OF THE ARMY OF SPAIN.
" 'VITTORIA, Nov. 9.—PositiOti of the French
twirl. on the 21-!th of Odober :
" Head-quarters at Vittoria.
1 f" The Marshal Duke of Cornegliano, with his
Ebro, Ills along the 'banks of the tirr,igon and the
head-quarters at Rafalla.
" The Marshal Duke •of 'Elchiogen is with his
head-quarters at-Guardia.
". The Marshal Duke of Istria has his head-
qtarrers at Miranda,. with a garrison in Fort 'Pan-
. curbs:).
" The General of Division Merlin occupies with
.6ne,division the heights of Durango, and' presses
upon the enemy, who seem disposed to attack the
laeOti of MOndragon.
The Mirslial Duke of Dantzic having arrived
with the, divisions of Sebastiani and Lave!, the
•IC-ing was-pleased to order the division of Merlin.
to return. • •

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" The enemy being in the mean time in force
at Leriu, and having
.occupied Viana; and -several
posts on the laft 'bank of the Ebro, the King ordered
' the Duke of Cornegliapo to advance against,•the,
enemy. Gen
era, Waltier, Commander of the ca-
YR„al
n rYn, and the brigades of Generals Habert, Brune,
aazout, proceeded against the enemy's 'posts.
at all 2716 of OEtober the enemy were defeated_
• ''" Points. Twelve hundred men, who weresur-
unded to Lerin, at first shewed a dispositioh to
aefend themselves ; but General Grandjean having
itlade his arrangements, defeated them completely,
lbaking prisoners- one_ Colonel, two Lieutenant-
ColOnels, 40 Officers, and 1200 soldiers. These
• troops formed part of the camp of Sr. Roque, before
Gibraltar. At the same time, 'Marshal the Duke of
Lk:hit-igen marched for Logrono, passed the Ebro,
took 300 of the enemy prisoners, pursued them se-
veral miles and re-established the bridge of Lo-
va% In consequence of this event, the Spanish
General Pignatelli, who commanded the insurgents,
Was stoned by them.
" The treops of the traitor Romans, and the Spa-
Sish prisoners in England,. landed by 'the English in
Pain, with the divisions of Gallicia, making together .
a .forCe 0130,000 men, threatened nom Bilboa Mar- '
'Pis the Duke of Dantzic, who, led on by a noble ar-
"our, advanced upon them on the 31st of October,
Pll.l drove them ar the point of the bayonet, from
of th'ir positions., The troops of the Confederation
the Rhine, and • Particularly the Corps of Baden,
otstint,uished
`` The Marshal Duke of Dantzie closely followed
• 14) his pursuit of the e,wmy, the whole of the Ist of
rhvetitber as far as Guenes, and entered Bilhoa. -In
'l4t city very.considerable magazineS were found.
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ehe,veral Englishmen were made prisoners. The
a7t Qty's loss,. in' killed and wounded, was considet.-
lue; but we took very few of them prisbners. Our
40as consists of only 50 killed, and about 100 wound-
However phiseworthy this-aCtion was, it was
JO be wished that it had not taken place ; the Spani4l
corps was in a situation to have been completely
t off.
" The corps of Marshal Vigor having just ar-
rived, was detached from Vittoria to Onions. On
the 7th of November, the enemy, reinforced by
fresh troops from St. Andero, occupied the height of
Guenes. The. Marshal Duke of Dantzic advaztcesl •
lEaln vt them, and broke through their centre. The
Bth and 32d regiments distinguished themselves
'-n this occasion. "
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Had these events occurred in the plains, not
nun of the enemy v ould have escaped ; but, the
kouritains of St. Aneero and Bilboa are almost irn-
lcrbia, bie. The Duke of Dantzic pursued the foe
da the whole of the day in the passes of Val-
•4idse.
kil;` In these various affairs, the enemy have lost in
killed and wounded frum 3500 to 4000 men.
GZl'he Duke of Dantzic particularly praises the
eneral 1.4 S of Division Laval and Sebastiani, the Dutch
Chassey, Colonel Lacoste, of the 27th
le3d."llt of light infantry Colonel Baco, of the
-re regiment of the line, and the Colonels of the
gl.llle'nts of Baden and Nassau, upon whom his
•majesty has conferred rewards.
The army is abundantly supplied with proyi-
4tons, and the weather is very fine.
,1 :I`i Our columns are marching forward; and'entn-
?lg their movements. It is supposed that the
!lead-quarters will move forward to night from Vit-

SECOND
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BULLETIN OF THE ARMY IN SPAIN.
" BURGOS, Nov. 12.—The Duke of Dantzic has
11%i
ttered Valtriaseda in pursuit of the enemy. On
ab,Aith, General Sebastian discovered the rear-
.o7l„t4 of the insurgents on a high hill, to the tight
-to ; he immediately diree-led his march
vallls them, routed -them, and made Lou pri-
soners.
i Mearti.vhile. the town of Burgos was in the pos-
s"°ndcli,„fl the army of Estremadura, which formed
three
--s'uns• The van-guard consisted of the
co ot- and
_,l?s of the rr
The
Guards, and the Students'
-oiversities of Salamanca and Leon ;
ttnr re were bP i''
of the several battalions and single regi-
el*
-: lue lne, and new formed regiments, raised
Bince the insurredion of Badajos, which made these
troops arnennt altogether Loan army of about 20,000
rtlell.
' The command of the cavaliy of the army being
'ZiVen to :Marshal the Duke of Istria, the Emperor
tonsigned the command of the second corps of the
.rhiy to Marshal the Duke of Dalmatia.
, o,n the 10th, . this Marshal marched-forward, it
`2Y-break, at the head ot the division of Minton, to
reconnoitre the enemy. Having arrived at Gamonal,
he Was saluted by thirty pieces of cannon; this was
7the signal to advance by forced marcb:s against the
leilv. The infantry of the division
.ot Monton
natie•the-attsek, supported by the artillery: The
Walloon and Spanish Guards were thrown into con-
fusion at the first shock. The Duke of Istria made
a charge \vial_ his cavalry on their flank, and the
lenemy - were completely routes;, 3000 men being
!'ft oil the geld. We have taken twelve standards,
,weotY-five pieces of cannon; and 3000 prisoners.;
'lt-1 teit are dispersed. Our troops entered Biirgos,
at the same time with the enemy, and the cavalry
Pursued them in all dire6tions. , ' This army of Estrernadcra, which was advanc-
e crb , ~
AS forced marches frotn 'Madrid, and Whose*tirst
Ittnta.kable att-was the-murder of it, Milorturiate
"iral Ile: Count de Torre., and which wasertiie-