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London, England, 1808-12-29 00:00:00

troops. On. another Ode, 20 pieces of cannon-of the . • Gene:e' or'il,e same nan' el. The sth and 8-th rPi',
guards,' accompanied by light troops, Cirew.,,shells, 'of the French armies were butTassing the 13i(13,•0.1
and.attratied the attention of the enemy hy,a fals-e-L,,,2,,very far froin the line of the French army, and all t."'
a, rack. ..., .e. . 0 raciaories recounted Were , already obtained; triad the
. . business was almost completely-settled.'
NO. I.—TO THE RI
COMMANDANT OF THI"A:N OF ,
MADRID.
- `lido , bilhe - After a description of the disorder' thaireigued ill
- )3etere Madrid,-Deaa-3,,iiege-. aladrid, the- Bulletin proceeds, " The eii&ll.,` l'as-'
The
.circumstances of the war having
.eondated more than :0o pieces of cannon mounted'; a [Dori
the French army to the gates of Madrid, and all the considerahleliumber had been dug up, taken out 01
dispositions bt--Atig [wide to take
.pessosion of the 1 cellars, end fixed upon carts e a • grotesque train, and
town by storni, I hold it right, and conformable to, in itself sufficient to prove the madness of -apeul'l4
the uSage of all nations, to summon you, :Monsieur - abandoned to itself. But all means' of defence were
General, not to expose, a town so important, to' all become useless. The possessors of Retiro are always
the horrors of an assault, nor to render so many masters of Madrid. ' The Emperor took all possible
peaceful inhabitants v.-jai-ins of 'the' evils of . war.— care to prevent the.troeps from going from house' to
had
Wishing to omit nothing- to infOrm -yodel rotu;,,oliouse,,
~. The. city
,was ruined if many troops had
situation., I send you the present sunatirotts 416! bieen employed. ' Only some comPanies of bllarr
. tare p
onteof your Officers, who has been made prisoner,- ' i shooters advanced, and • the Emperor e oesrfultlY '''''
...- o,
'and whe has had 'an opportunity of seeing:, all the ', fused to send any to sustain them. At eleven o'clock.-
nioatis ,that the army has to reduce the town. I Re- the Prince of Neufchatel wrote the annexed letter,
'ceive, Monsieur General,.the_assUrances of my high No. 3, His 'Majesty., at -the same .tirge,--•°'dele '
the fire to cease on all points.. .
s At five o'clock General MORLA, one ofthel‘frct"
bers of the Military. Junta, and Don }3x2.144'
, Yelawrz, Sent fronV,the town, repaired- tcrO)
•
of the' Maier-,General. , They i that
bins
the most :intelligent *persons Were of opinion th
the town was destitute of resources, and that the
-continuation of 'the-tiefence .would be -the heigbt
of madness,
.but ;that, th& lower orders-.of the iv-
Lucre.
habitants, and the foneigiiers . at. Madri4,- --
- Ee''
determined tc/.
,persevere _in the. defence. ,
, lieving that they could not do it :with effe% tll4,
he t
:requested a pause. of a few hours, to inform-
._people of the real state of affitirs.TheKijor-Gen* Pre-'
sented the Deputies to the Emperor and icing, Ivfla,.
addressed them thus :--4°Yon inake-use'of the nal'''.
'of the :people to no purpose ; if you cannot re-
-_,
store tranquillity and appease their minds, It 1s be
, 'roll havee
cause You have excited them to revolt
seduced thentby propagating`falsehoo.ds. As.s.e_nlb , '
Ag
To THE GENIIIIAL COMMANDING IN MADRID. , the Clergy and the beads of the Convents,. the
Imperial camp before Madrid, Dec. 4.-Eleven A.M. 4 d let
Monsieur General CASTRLAAR—To defend Ma- 1 cedes, the men. of, property and influence, , .
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the town capitulate by six o'clock in the morrunk.i:l -
dridis-contrary to. the principles of war, end datip,t,i - .
t.t shall. be destroyed.. I will not, nor otight lot°
voa the
man towards the inhabitants. His Majestyitttlihie....f;n734
~,,,,,„,.. i . widraw my • troims, . You have npssaqaci-
rises me to send you a second summons. ' immenoe- won - into
r, -; i-, unfortunate French prisoners who had fallen
bAteries are mounted ; miners are -prepaied to blow ' i - al two '
up the principal buildings ;, columns of troops
,are at your hands ; only a few claYs ago,. you suffer
Sian' If)
- persons in the suite of the Rus::iati Arnbas -
the entrances of the town, of which some comps- s, t A
be dragged along and murdered in the, publ,l4 s're
flies of sharp-shooters have made themselves 'masf,
because they were Frenchmen barn.
.The in 7
ters; ,but the Emperor, always generous in the into
capacity and baseness of a General had put
course of his viaories, suspends the attack till two • L id of
•
o'clock. The town of. Madrid ought to 'look . for d ,-.---r
your power troops who surrendered on Abe. 05
battle, and the capitulation 1.1 been violate *
prote&ion and security for its 13car:Cable inhabitants ; oa
You, Mr. AloaLA, what sort of an epistle dia.
iY
for its Ministers; in flue, the oblivion of the past. ~ , • sr,
write to that General ? It well became y:PO'
Heist a white flag before two o'clock, and , send .-illQ9'
to talk of pillage, yon-Who, on' entering Roos' 15
Commissioners to treat fur the surrender of the they
carried off all the women, and distributed the
town 8: . Accept, Mons. Gen. -c. yak. ,'1 j. booty arnon pour sold- ! Wh- '-ht I,ld

consideration.

Major-Gen. ALEX. BERT

NO. 2.-(IN SPANISH.)
TO HIS MST SERENE HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF
'NEUFCHATEL.

It is indispensably incutnberii upon me, most
Serene Signior, to consult, previous to my giVing a -
categorical answer to your flightless, the constituted
authorities.of my Court, and, moreover, to ascertain
the dispositions of . the people, as impressed by the
circumstances of the day. For these purposes,
intreat your Highness to grant, for this day, a. Al -
pension of arms, in order that I may comply with
those duties, assuring you, that early in'thernorn-_,
jug; or this night, I will send a Qen.,et,9lTL:-eri
with my answer to your Highness; assurlaglyeu,
that I profess to you all the,consideration'alleto
your high rank and merit. -

MARQUIS CAStiELAAR:

Madrid, Dec. 3, 1808.

Major-Gen..ALEX. BERTHIER.

.ters _aat nigh. .
to hold such language 'elsewhere ? The exfic`al:
lion ought to have induced. you, to pursue a ditrerer7
lititiolcondue. Ste what has boen the condi° °I;
otive English, who are far from piquingthetnielves °iv
•b,elng rigid observers of the Law of Nations. Theic
have complained of the Convention of.PortUg'al,
they havecarried it into effeEt. To violate trilit'ule
treaties is to renounce all civilization.: it is
ourselves on a footing with, the banditti of the de.
sart. How dare your then„ presume to Policit....„
-capitulation, you I.vhO.violated that. of 133Yier1,,
See how injustice. and bad faith always recoil 111)%
the Talky, and operate to. their prejudice. I had•
4344 at Cadiz ; it was Under, prote6tion of S 11;
dire Med against it the mor,tars of the t°t4.
.0
where you commanded.- I had a. Spanish
my ranks ; I would rather hate ,*te-,-itd theme ealte
bark on. board the Englisli ships,'and be eblig`cl'Ai„:,
precipitate it from the rock of Epinosa, than to .
ar&l it ; I would rather prefer having 700)
enemies te• frght,:than.be daicient in
good faith. Return to Madrid—l give sou till
o'clock to-tuorrow morning—return at il\ot_
you have °ray to inform me of the sUbmission ttl'
people—if poi, yOn and yoUr troops shall G all bo

The 15th Bulletin is dated, Madrid; Dec. 7.—lt
contains particulars of the condud Of scveral Otli .
cers. who distinguished themselves; with'
tions.--It states tha: General LUBO3NSKI 1 .
15
the 2d, reconnoitred the remains of the army of
CASTANOS, near Gnadalaxara, -under the command
of General PE NA. Casrallos was said to have been
deposed by the General Junta: Then foliows a
long tirade .against the Duke Del Infantado, Which
ends with stating, that " he will lose his titles, his
property, valued at two millions of livres, a-year,
and he will go to , London, ,to seek the/ go-
tempt and ingratitude with which England: has NIL
ways rewarded the men who sacrifice the ''jionotar,
•. -
and their country to the injustice of their cause,--
The Bulletin continues, " As soon as the report of
the Chief of Squadron, Count Lubienski; was
known, the Duke of Istria put himself in mareli,
with t G squadrons of cavalry, to observe the enc-
my. The Duke of Bellurib followed, him with the '
infantry. The Duke of Istria arrived at Guadalakara, '
and found there 1116 rear guard of the enertiy,
Which was filing towards Andalusia, dispersed
and made 5.00 prisoners. The. General of Division

,

RUFFIN, and the brigade of dragoons of Bordesault, I put /o the sword !"
. .
00
informed tint the enemy were . moving towards I This 'speech of the Ernpernr,
tiOt :. repeated., in . -'•
-
Aranjuez, proceeded to that plaCe. 'net. enemy 1:
midst of the respegable pe-opl, 'the certaintY
were put to flight, and these troops were, itutnedi., ; !)ecorninanded in.person, thelosses sustained doPP.,
ately put in pursuit of all those that are flying to,: the' .foregoing day, carried terror' and .repentani:
.i. l. :- ...iv.t.. . •
1 nt-4,:a1l minds. - „Daring the 'night the most anit::
ward,. Andalusia. m.
' • . ~.. i:. i
• " The General oc Division, LAtioussAVk, epfereckl. nattilwithdrew themselves from. th‘t danger bY ill
-,ii, ...it— , At te1!: .
the Escurial on the 3d. Five or six liun4g4ipeft-fii anlit'a part of the troops was distanced.
sants wished to defend-the Convent, but were'6tiVA9l CYdrOnk General BELLIARD ' took the command °'
Cut by a brisk attack." . Madrid.; all the pat's Were put intO'the hands °f the ,
pardon was pro (The
Then follow further particulari of the tranquil French,.and a general. claimed., .. •
state of Madrid, and the orderly .manner in which Bulletin closes with' a.' paneie on the... 9 rdt'l". °...1.):'?.
- • the,,.:
the possession of .that city ~was taken, S. A ; served by the French; in:. taking possession. °f
-.4 a
:French soldier, foUnd guilty-of plundering a • num- 'town, the security 'enlioyed:by the inhabitants, 3n -'
her of watches, was shot in the, principal
,square.=-- with a tirade againstth'e'English.) '" •
ing,
The disarming was carried on without ditscUlty.-- L. . The tOth Bulletin; dated. Madrid, Dec. 8, beg'-'' i
The " King of Spain" (..fosrit) Ind formed twit, {:.like the preceding,-with the • praises and rewards 0 ;
:Antb
regiments of foreign troops - from
.the
.late: SplitiMill?distinguished-- officers. The General -of Div,,.j..
ar:.ny ; one, the. Royal foreiimers and .tipu- ca. -(1-pyfii,, having passed •Ihe.Tagus .at .Aranklez' a.
' '' -1 gl2 HEE tile
1.14 V of AEDING the Younger, a Swiss Genqbai,,:of,,a, .2, ..f.vinkfail towards °ca. na, and, cut off the retreat °f
, rverydifferent charatler fromthit of ihepiinislat'',;liealkin s of thell. rtny. of o,ndaliasia,.which Woe 4 to
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