The Sun.
London, England, 1809-02-03 00:00:00

THIRTIETH BULLETIN OF .THE ARMY OF

SPAIN.

‘4 Valladolid, Jan. 2 r .
a The Duke Dalmatia left Betanzos on the 1::th
inst. Having reached the Mero, he found the bridge
of Burgo cut. The enemy was dislodged front the
village of BUrgo. In the meanwhile Gen. Franceschi
ascended the river, which he Crossed at the bridge Of
§ela. He made himself master of the high road
from Corunna ,to Santiago, and took six officers and
Go soldiers prisoners. On the same day a body of
marines, who were fetching water from' the Lay near
Mero, were taken. Yrotn the village of Perillo, the
English fleet could be observed in the harbour of
Corunna..

" Qn the 13th, the enemy caused two powder

Magazines, situated near the heights of Si. Margaret,
at half a league from COrunna, to be blown up. The
explbsion was terrible, and' was felt at the distance of
three leagues.
" On the 14th, the bridge at.Burgo was repaired,
and the French artillery was able to pass. The enemy

had taken a position at two leagues distance', half
a league before Corunna. He was seen employed
in hastily 'embarking his sick and wounded, the
slumber of which, according, to spies and de-
serters, amounts to three or four thousand men.
The English, were in the meanwhile occupied in
destroying the batteries on the coast, and laying
waste.' the country on the sea-shore. The Com-
mandant of the fort of St. Philip, susPeaing the fate
intended fur his fortification, refused to admit them
in it. •

" On the eveniuct of the 14th we saw afresh Con-
voy of 160 Sail arrive; among which were four Ships
of the Line.

" On the morning of the 15th, the diviSTons
MERLE and MEE!ET occupied the heights of Villa
boa, where the enemy's advanced guard teas sta-
tioned, which was attacked and destroyed. Our
right wing was staikto'hi en' the 'point 'where the
road from Corunna and:that.frozn Corunna
to Santiago, meet. The, left was placed behind the
village of Elvina. The enemy was stationed behind
Some beautiful heights.

" The rest of rlie 1 5 h was spent in fixing a" at-

tery of tfa pieces of cannon ; and it was not till:the
16th, at three o'clock in the afternoon, that the
• Duke of Dalmatia gave orders to attack.
" The assault wa; male upon the Englissh by the
firat brigade of the division of MErtmoT, which
overtllr~s hem, and drove them from the village Of.
ElviniOgte second regiment of likht intisutry cover-
ed its4twith glory. Geuetal JALICAN, at-the head
the-Voltigeurs wrought a terrible ca:nage. The
enemy, driven from his positions, retreated to The
gardens which surround Coruuna.
" The night growing very (Ink, it wat necessary
to suspend the attack. The enemy availed himself of
this to embark with precipitation'. c%ly 6000 of our
men were engaged, and o'very arrangement was Made
for abandoning the positions'Of the night, and ad-
vancing next day to a general attack. The loss of the
enemphas been immense. Two of our batteries played
upon them during the whole of the etiogement.- \ye
'counted on the'field'ofbattle snore than 800 of t'[ edeacl bodies, • amwhiC b6dy of General
. among` which wag the
}fAMItioN, and. thtise 'of i •.ro other General Officers,
whose: nambs we are'utaCtiu.titifed With. We'have
taken .i..o.ofLers, ata, 4 pieces ,of can-
, Ifon. 'dile English hayoelt t,hein more than
.3500 bories, which 01.1 r 48;
amounts to 100 killed and 150 Wounded. „It ;

" The Colonel of the 47t1) regiment
,distin;!ii:.,h
ed himself. An ensign, of the. asst infantry killed
with his own hand an English officer, who had en-
deavoured to wrest-from him his. eagle. The Ge-
neral of Artillery BOMOLAT and Colonel FON'iENAX
have signalised themselves. •
" At day breakon the t 7th, we saw the English
convoy under sail, -On the 18th,-the whOle had dis-
appeared.
‘c The Duke of Dalmatia had caused a carranade
to be (I'l,c:barged upon the Vessels frow tlir fort of
Santiago. Several Transports ran
.aground, all
the,men, who were on board were taken.
We found in the establishment.of the Palloza (a
manufaanry, &c. in the suburbs of Corutina,
Where the English had previously been encamped),.
3000 Eno iish' muskets. Migazines also were t.eized,
•
containing a 1111 quantity- el ann-nunition and other
effects, belonging to the hostile army. A great num-
ber Of, wounded were'pieked up in the suburbs. .The
opinion of,the inhabitants on-the spot, and deserters,
is, that the number of wounded in the batik exceed's
$5OO men.

"Thus hai terminated the 1".'1,112,1iii) Expedition
which was seat lifter havwg fomented
the War in this unhappy`conntry, the Zuglish have
ahandonedit. They had diseiribitiked 39,000 men
and 6000 horses. We have taken iron) them, ;.ic-
cordink to calculation, 6.500 men, exclusive °Vibe
sick. They 'have re.einbarked very' little baggage,
vary little ammunition, and very few horses. We
have counted'sooo 4tilled-` and-lett behind. The
`men found an asyliim.on board their ves-
sels are harasJed andsdeje6ted. JIJ anOtilt:r Wisva