The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-26 00:00:00

THE EXPEDITION.

following is an eca& return and arrangement
of the Forces destined for Spain and Portugal, in-
cluding the Expeditions already sailed under I,ieut.-
General Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, and hbior-
General SPENCER :
Commander-in-Chief not yet known.
Second in Command Lieutenant-General Sir H. Burrxrd;

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SP4NI,§II P4PERS.

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EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE 01,<9ARACOSSA,
OF THE THIRD JULY.
The day before yesterday,' the Ist inst. about
midni4lit, the French army encamped in "the envi-
ro,,s of this Capital, began to bombard the town;
and continued the bombardment until the evening
• of the following- day; during which time, upwards
. of one thousand four !Mildred bombs and shells
. were thrown into the place. The French cavalry
and infantry attacked some of the gates; but the
heroic v-dour of the inhabitants and troops of the
line succeeded in destroying, by a well-dtretted fire,
Which was kept up with uncommon briskness, all
who came within the range of their guns. The
• neighbouring- fields were strewed with the dead
liDdies.of the:French. The Patriots bravely main-
toioed their post, amidst the numberless bombs and
shells which struck their batteries.
in the afternoon of the Ist instant. the attack Was
continued by the French artillery and foot, but they
• Were also. routed with very considerable loss.
On the 2d inst. at break of day, the attack was
renewed at points, ano after having sustained a
severe loss, and convinced. themselves of the per-
severing, valour of the defenders of this capital, the
French troops retreated, after a fire, which lasted
twelve hours, without intermission, and proved ex-
tremely destructive to their ranks. The enemy's
bombs, shells, and balls, without doing any gon
sideranle mischief, merely served to increase the
hatred entertained against the enemy, and to remind
us of the sacred duties which we owe to our religion,
our country, our honatir, and our king.
The gallantry displayed by the officers and sol-
diers, and in particular by the artillerymen, and the
officers and troops, who were statictned in the batte-
ries and points attacked, is beyond all praise., His
Excellency the Governor and Captain General,
order to shew how much he feels concerned m
re-
warding distinguished intrepidity and courage, has
diretted the different Commanders to send in a list
tllethe officers and soldiers of the regular troops, and
masse who have particularly distinguiified them-
selves, in order to bestow on them, in his Majestyrs
name, those marks of distinction which their eminent
services deserve, and transmit do posteritthe nameself those worthy defenders of their county. In ex-
-I'eciacion of these partiOular and correct returns lie
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Icas been pleased for the present to promote .Col.
ANTONIO TORRIS to the rank of Brigadier Ge-
tCral, appointed Lieut. Col. MARCO DE PONT Of
at volunteers of Saragossa, and D in DOMINGO LA,
• t'PA Ii volunteers of Estramadura,wiio defended
tt,, o
a dates of Postillo and Carmen, Colonels in the
4.11).Y; C+ t. Don SALVADOR CESTA, Major of the
of artillery ; and Don GERONII4O PINEIRO, and
'IIP 130sETE,Ensignsof thesatue corps, LieutenantS.
he two latter arrived in the morning from Barcelona,
an without aking the least repose, immediately as-
-14/led the command of the batteries of Portal() and
Carmen, where they covered r v-s with glory.
great number of arms have: fallen into Our hands,
and in the possession of the French, slain in the ac-
tion, many precious articles were found, of whica
they had robbed the churches and private houses :
..,.vve have taken a great number of prisoners of war.
77-e.:111 the town of Exea 'twenty-rive of the enemy's
. y'dry and foot were made prisoners, and, brougat
so this capital.
~I.Y an express, which left Valencia on the 30th
dune, the pleasing intelligence has been officially
„t'ceivel, that the French aruy, .commanded by
kieneral INIONCEY, having approached the said capi-
tal on :the 2sth ultimo, the batteries opened upon
Mew anti kept up for seven hours with such unre-
/bitting briskness, that the French were defeated with
ituniense slaughter, and the' neighbouring fields"
Were covered with their dead, The remains of their
retteated in the utmost disorder, exhausted
with fatigue and•dtntitute of provisions, with a vast
number of wounded, on the road to M'adrid, where
the.main body of the army of Valencia awaits them
to cut off the retreat of the iew who remain, arid put
them to the sword, in return for the acts of violence
against this capital.

FROM THE OVIEDO GAZETTE.
OVIEDO, JULY 13,—The little information we
Possess relative to the state of Catalonia, must ren-
der the following news received here very in-
teresting :
Restrained by the Governors, Alcaldes Mayor,. 111 d Plana Mayor, _the
_Catalonians succeeded
disembarrassing themselves .f their impediments,ori:
to their to‘s n words, made a finish of them. In the
middle of June there were already at . the Molinas
del Ray 1500 inen from Lerida ; 500 from Turtosa
were soon expeetett, and as malay more Vatencians,
.10 lay siege to Barcelona.
The French in Barcelona are greatly in want of
powder and pr,,vistons. A vessel loaded with pow-
der, and another with pork, have been. takeu from
them. In consequence of this scarcity„ the peoples
were in the most critical circunistat.r.i‘., and the French
were quite at a loss what to do. If they tried to
escape by sea, there was an English Squadron ; if by
'land, there was a cordon of troops drawn from Mon-
,tado to Mataro. Their late attempts against the
fat of these places, and also that on Montealegre,
i'ttnittated rather unpleasantly for those heroes, as
,113, fancied they could
_take them without any
. 4.°llble ; but nothing can deprive them of the glory
cf. haying laid waste the whole plain of Barcelona,
all the cultivated fields, all the villages and the
-htitches. They have also burnt down a great num.
r of houses in the towns. of Matorell, Palleja, Mo-
lus del Rey, and other places, all within the dis-
tria of the City of Barcelona. Lastly., we are assur-
e 4 that a great firing had been heard between Ft-
gueras, Ampurdan, and San Fernando. The Junta_
t Catalonia have established themselves at Lerida,
-4 order to render the communication with Arragon
4d Valencia more certain.
Yesterday., by order of the Suprettie Junta of the
the people in all the churches invoked
the Divine protection of the God of Armies, in
whose Omnipotent hands are placed the destinies of
11" men, the prosperity of empires, and on whose
will depend the victories which we desire to obtain- over our enemies. We are of his holy religion, aid
valiant soldiers- eagerly fly to meet the enemy,2
T: is ecause the spirit of that religion kindles in their
castsar.the pious ardour 'and just determination to
ge the temples which. have been- profaned, the
r!ghts and property which have been invaded, and
the Precious bitt of freedom which has been trans-

pled upon. We w4o have not the happiness to par-
ticipat in their daily fatigues, ought. at leist to pro-
strate ourselves at: the foot pf the altar, cover our-
selves with sackcloth, and -with -fasting and prayer
supplicite our merciful Redeerner to give a complete
and easy vietory, and to defend with his shield the
precious lives of our dear brethren.
Filled with these sentiments of religion and piety,
the devout people attended in the Temples. In the
Holy Cathedral, and all the other chtirches, were
yesterday solemnized the Sacrifice of the Expiation
. and a pious Rogation.
CUIDAD RODRIGO, JULY 15.—The insorreClion.
continues in Portugal. According to the accounts
which have been received from the Captain-General
of Tras los Montes, dated from his Head-quarters at
Lamego, we learn that 'he had defeated the Aiaiy
Of LoisoN, when it attempted to pass from Aiweyda
over the River Douro, and afterwards through the,
neighbourhood of Limego and Troncon: The
French lost 600 men, two howitzers, and three
cannon, all their baggage,
.and 15 caissons richly
-loaded. The General has requested that the city of
Rodrigo shall produce a diversion to occupy the ene-
my for four-or five days at Almeyda, to allow hith
rime to attack their army, as he had reinforced his
own army with 5200 Galicians. •

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EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM ST. SEBAS-
TIAN,
OF THE II TH"JULY, 1808.
" Last Saturday, at half past one o'clock in the
afternoon; arrived here a person of the name of
JOSEPH, and found a city deserted by nine-tenths
of its inhabitants who fled before .his arrival to
shun his sight. There was not a Single indiVidual
Who returned the bows he made in his coach, and.
no shouts were. heard, but those of a woman in the
market-place, _who, on his passing by, exclaimed
" Long live FERDINAND His entry resembled
the funeral of a poor deceased in the Hospital.—
A certain Urquijo complained of this conduit, but
no-attention was paid to his complaints. The Con-
stitnted Authorities received him with ,the respea
which is due to a foreign Prilice, and told the Ur-
quijo, that _they could not . controul the sentiments
of the people. JosaFkr, ,'on taking leave, expressed,
his gratitude to the Constituted Authorities, and
found no fault with the want of attention on the
part of the people, which he attributed to their at-.
tachment to the late dynasty, but ueclared, at the
same time, that he hoped he should desewe and ob-
tain the same attachment, in return for the blessings
which he should bestow on his subjeets.“