The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-24 00:00:00

L 0 N D• 0 Al,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Q 5, 1808.

Wis yesterday had-the satisfataion bf cnrnri*l.
eating to our readers the substance:of the gratifying,
intelligence received ~Yy Gnvernnint from Admiral
KEATS, TeSpetSting ,the liberation of' the Spanish
troops in 'Denmark. The details of this most ii-n-
-pOtiant event were this morning published, in the
. .
following

LONDON GeIZETTE EATRAORDIfIAfir

Admiralty-Office, Aug. 0,21808:

• Dispatches, of which the following are Copies,
have been 1 his day. received at this .Office, f,roai Rear
Admiral Keats, addressed to the ora6le \Vil-
la& Wellesley. Pole :
Superb, oifSproe, in the Great Belt, August 1508.
' • Silt,

I have the honour herewith to transn.lit a copy of
my letters to Vice-Admiral Sir James Saumarez, re-
lative to the escape and embarkation of `great part..9f
the Spanish Army serving in tills part of Europe.—
An event produced as well by the honour„;patriot-
ism, and talents of its distinguished., Chief, as by
the assistance and prote6tion which I was direEled
by their Lordships' Orders.to afford, it:
If the weather proves moderate I hope to‘disem-
hark the greater part on the Island of Langeland this
day, where We have already a Post of .two thousand
five hundred men.

I have the honour to be,
(Signed) KEATS.
To the Hon. W. W. Pole, Secretary, &c.

Superb, oil Sproe, in the'Great Belt, Aug. it, i3A.
SIB, •

I have the honour and sitisfaaion to inforM you,
that , by ap immediate- ands ,zealous pursuit of the
measures recount-tended', in the Duplicate of In-
struEtions received by-the MosciuirO 'on the ,nth lust.
his Excellency the Marquis,-De ''l.,a.,Romana, and
nearly six thousand ofthe Spanish Troops under his
cotnmandere embarked this morning at Nyborg,
which place he took possession of on'the c tli.•
By a combination of the same, pan, more-than
one thousand have joined us 'this tuorniqg', by sea,
from Jutland, end another thousand are thrown into
Langelanch.to strengthen the Post held..l)i the .SPa-
nish Forces in that Island, where it is pr}posed to
land the remainder the moment circumstances of
weat!ler will' Permit of our moving. The arrival of
.the Spanish
.Officer
.in the •EJ‘gr, on the sth; of
whose spirited escape to the Squadron you. were in-
formed by Captain Graves, greatly facilitated our
means of communication.

No doubt could be entertained of thetc'tnoUr and

,patriotism .of soldiers, who, indignant at the pro-
posalof deserting tht:ir, alleg;iance, though surrounded
by hostile Battalions, planted' their colours in the
centre of a circlet bey formed, and swore on their
knees to be faithful to their Country. All were
equally anxious of returtaing toy it, But ,one Regi-
tnent in Jutland was too distant and too t•ritically
situated. to etre& its eicape; an two in zealand,
after having -fired on tl ie. French General E:riSion,
'who coramanded them, and killed one of his
de-Camps, have been disarmed. •
• Some untoward circumstances having occasioned
suspicion, and made.a premature execution; of the
plan necessary, the wind and current being adverse,
I left the Superb on the Bth, and %vent ip my barge
to the Brunswick, off ATyborg, and two hours after
my Flag was hoisted. 00 the 9th the General took
possession of the town.

AlthOUgh the Danish Gaivison yielded to circuni-
stanceS, an Armed Brig of 8 guns, the Fania, and
a Cutter, the Salorman, of twelve, moored across the
harbour near the town; rejeLled remonstrance on
the part of the Danes,, au& every \lifer • of security
made by the General and myself. The reduEtion of
these vessels being absolutely.becesiiary, and the
Spanish General unwilling' to a-a o3ti lely against
Denmark, such-small ves:lels and boats as.could be.
•
colleeled were put under tie command'pfcaptain
MtNamara, of the Eduar - Willo attacked .az:td took
•
them. On this occasion I have to lament, the INs
of Lieutenant Harvey, an Otii,2er of much merit, of
the Superb, and two seamen wounded; the enemy'
had seven killed and thirteen wounded.
I should have noticed that the Spaniards, irritated
at the opposition their friends who came to their
support met with, departed in some measure •ffoM