The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-25 00:00:00

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CE SIXPENCE iiALFPEINTNY.

'FRE:IV'CIY AND D'UTCh'

JF1LY,10...--rXt iS a long time since h._
of insurgents, posted .in the Sierra Morena, wer.
kept in the mountains by the. presence 01. t!ltt 4,th
corps, commanded. by . Gen. Seb.a,tiani,
,and posted
beyond 'the Guadiana. It was lo no prtrpos,e yl:c
the General, in order to draw them into ,fte
left the enemy, the means of advancing apinst
The Spaniards 'Confined themselves to some attack::
,upon- oar advancedpOsts, and then fled w their inact
cessible retreats. At lengtli the .General, in orde-
to inspire them with greater -confidence, repasseA
the Guadiana; and proceeded slowly to Consuegra..—
The Spaniards, emboldened by this.retrograde tnove--
rhent; at length descended from. the Sierra\ Moreha,
and crossed the Guadiana, in order to draCv near the
corps of General Sebastiani.

The King, who bad prepared thiSmanceuvre,- set
out from Madrid on the 22d of Jane, accompanied
by his guard) and a brigade of the division bessones.
His Majesty'repaired by Illescas, Toledo, and Mont)
to Consuegra.; from whence the 4t,b, had just ad-
Vanceri: and continuing this progressive movement,
the' King on the 28til established his head-quarters
at Villa Rubin de los Ojos. An hostile division oc-
cupied this post two days before ; but they did not
expe& our troopS. The insurgents were no sootier
acquainted with the arrival of the King it Caustic-
gra; than they abandoned Villa Robina in the great-
-est disorder, and repassed the Guadiana precipitately.
On the 2gth ofJutte, the King repaired to Daymiel,
where he established his head-quarters; and rein-,
forceMents, which had been deemed necessary, be-
ing arrived, his Majesty 6rdereda movement in ad-
vance on the next day. The enemy, struck; with
terror, fled to the, Mountains of the ,Sierra Morena,
arid maintlined his ground no where. The' pro-
liinhed residence of the King at El-Moral,-where he
had fixed his head:quarters on the 30111 of June, hav-
ing no other objea, his MLijesty resolved to return
to Toledo, causing at the same time the position .of
Consuc'gra to be occupied by the 4th corps; as
well for the tacility of Procuring provisiOns, as on
account of the uitetior operations which events
might require.

LETTER OF GEL SUCHET TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE

MINISTER AT.WAR, DATED ALCANIZ, JUNE IV.
MONSRIGNEUR—The battle (if Saragossa had de-
livered that capital, and forced General Blake to
retreat; that of Belchite changed his retreat into'
that of a route, and delivered 'Arragon from his
presence. On the 15th, night had put an end to
the pursuit. On the 16th, the enemy halted :at
Bolerita, 'Mierei he was driven, and continued his
retreat. 1 went in pursuit of him on the 37111.. On
our march we picked pp-500 tiraiileurs of Mufcia,
among whom were 45 officers. Some hundreds of
men were killed. I slept at Puel la d'Albooton.—
At one in the morning I left my camp, and pre-
sented myself before Bechie on the 18th; at break
of day. The 116th and a 17th -regiments bad joined
me. The enemy, who had received in the night a
reinforcement of 4000 men, occupied tin! heights.
__His centre was defended by a fosse,- and protected
by the town, which has a Wall-and gates ; the left
and right were behind entrenchments'and a conveni,
and almost the whole front was covered by olive
grounds and vineyards, intersected with ravioes.
deployed my columns in the plain, I'made a batta-
lion of light infantry advance towards the centre in
the olive grounds, merely to occupy the tirailleurs
of the enemy, and while General Hubert inclined •
on the left column towards the heights between
Belchite and Codo, I ordered General Mugnier to
march in column by battalion \on the left of the
6paniards to turn them, and immediately to charge
them, after having shaken them by 20 discharges
of . cannon. This Movement Was executed with
great precision. The first battalion of the 114th,
and the first regiment oftheVistnla, charged vigor-
ously, in the midst, of a discharge of grape shot:—
Blake endeavoured to stop them by a cliarge of ca-
valry. Two squadrons of hussars repulsed him.—
At the same moment one of our balls set fire to one
of their howitzer caissons„ which blew up with a
great explosion in the midst of their ranks, spreading
death and terror .through them. ~His whole line
was thrown into utter conftision, and•passed through -
the' town, men, horses, caissons, cannon, all pelt-
melt. We passed through with, them. This tor-
rent carried away all the Test of the line. G:mer,ll
Hubert, who came up, accelerated the general
flight. The hole plain is inundated with fugitives -
throiving away their arms, and whatever they have
with them. Had I had more cavalry, netwithstand-.
ing the rapidity of the flight, I shoutd have taken a'
great number-of prisoners. . A sibgle regiment, ihe
first of Valentia, rallied at the distance of More than
two leagues from the field of battle, and endeavour-
ed to defend itself. The hussars of the' 4th broke
through it, and cut down all before the* only tak-
ing 2 or 300 prisoners, one standard, arid nine can-
nons (the last this army had left), 23 caissods, 1000
English cartouche boxes, 'shoes, hats, and cloaks,
as well as 3000 prisoners, remain in our power.
We have found more titan aOOO muskets, and the
fields are still covered with them. I have ordered
theM to be sought for.. We have found immense
flocks, and magazines of rice and biscnit, and burnt
25 .ammunition waggons. I have ptfrsued in several
'columns, and yesterday arrived at Alcaniz, Calanda„ •
and Caspe. The number of prisoners increases'
every moment: I have the hohour to -transmit to '
you some accounts, which describe tire situation of
the enemy's army, and, its officers. I add a plan of
the formation of this army, and I am about n. ad-;
dress a Proclamation tO the Arragonese. My 1-ss
during these two days scarcely deserVes to be lIOIICed,
as it does not amount to more than 40 killed, 4nd.
about 200 wounded. The Spaniards, when once
broke through, abandoned their laositions whiff uct