The Sun.
London, England, 1809-04-06 00:00:00

tIY the i•reiich, hi The Ciiiti•e•tif Whtcii 6eneial •
diet' was seen giving his tirdeit from the Francison
convent. The Arragonese indintainekt their posi-
tions-on the opposite. side,_ thcOwi% up batteries at
the openygs of the streets; *HMI a few paced of
iimiiar batteries of the French. The intervenin
space wassooriheaped up with dead, either ihrowil
from the windows of the hoases in which they had
been slain, or killed in the contlias below.

Nothing, in the whole course of the si,Kre mord
embarrassed Don Joseph Palafox, than this enor•••
mous accumulation of. the dead,
.and this appre=
hension of the contagious disorders which mu,t in.;
fallibly result from it,. To an Arraptiese.
alitiost certain death to :appear iii the , middle of
the street ; and, the expedient resAtted to vat tJ
push forward French prisomirs, with a rope attached
n them, amidst the 'dead and the dying/to remove
the bodies of their countrymen, • and: bring them iii
fur The in which they were employed
and the pitrof their'own 'soldiers, secured them la
geneeal from any antioyance„and by this expedient
the evils. arh!ing from the horrible corruption of thc
dead, iVits'in some degree nii.i.nished. .
04 the sth of August, when the French' V*o
eXpeCted to renew their efforts to obtain complete
possession of the city, the Arragonese fonod their.
ammunition begin to. fail ; but even this ciretrin-
stance created no dismay, nor did it suge-'st to any.
one 'the. idea of capitulation.
assailed the ears of the gallant general as he rOdo
among the people, was, that if ammunition failed,
thy were ready to attack the enemy with their
aWful Crisis, knives alone. At this The only cry that
is, just before the
day.closed, a convoy 'prov'isions and ammuni-
tion, and a reinforcement of 3000 men, composed
of Spanish guards; Swiss, and volunteers of Arm!,
grin, unexpectedly made their entry into the citY.
under the command of the brother of the Captain-

General, Don Francisco Palafox.
For eleven successive days the most sanguinary
conflia was continued from street to street, irons
house to house, and from room to room.
The spirit displayed by the.men was seconded ist
the most admirable manner by the women' of Sara-
gossa.. The Countess Burita, a lady' of 'great rank'
in.tbat country, formed a corps of women for dies
relief of the wounded, and for the purpose of
ing wino and provisiOns' to the soldiers: many •
persons of the most unquestionable veracity in Sara"
gossa declare that they lave frequently seen (bigy ~
tendingonng, to the;delicate,d4atnieds she
i
Utiffuadl
,tpvreetsncact.oi,ed eo, to leer'ollya.
self, in the midst Of: the Most tremendous fire.',ol.
shot and
.shells.
Daring the night of the 13th of. August, 114
French tire woo particularly destrunire, and when
their batteries *:rased, flames were observed to burst
out in many pi is of the building 4 in their: possvb".
sion and on the Morning. of the i4th, to thp great.
Surprise of the Arragonese, their column's Were sore!
at a.distance, 'reifeating over the plain, the r94ti
to Pamplona. Their .depitture had prolxibly beiN4
hastened.by intelligence, that the Junta of Vslenciri
bad diipatched duo() men to join the leVies in Arra"

gAirt, destined to:relieve the capi4ll.
Thus tem.inated the siege of SlragoisJ, ,A11;c",
whether it be considered w.‘th reference to 11)0 st111"-.
rithity of them?-ans of annoyance ill nosso,ioil
the enciny, to the utter in.:apabiiity 01 'l'°
re.sist a rel;-!-..r and continued entaegs 10
stances of cotleCtive and individual courage,
patience and heroism of ha defenders, of either
•
stxl in .every situation of cite, 'can uerieetned second
to none recorded. in the annals of ancient or tuoUr"
.titues.

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