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ARMY OF ARRAGON.
IXTEACT OF A I.ETTEit HIS EXCELLENCY THE
lIINISTER AT WAR FROM THE DUKE OF AL-
BUFERA.

" IFTeuiLunartOt, San VeUlm, 7th Dec. ;so: .
My Lotto b0r.11,----The Catalonian
imes,
insyrgents;
atcustomed to practise the most odious c_r‘
.... _
, • . ' • - ewe(' at Dal,-e
ther haring for toe third time ten -
lona the attempts Of
poisoning ialid assassination,
have essayed by a feint: Jo surprise . fort
the San
Felipe on the Point de lial,aguer. .
" On the Ilth of November, 1000 men, led
hy Villamil, and dreised in the uniform of the
sth regiment of Italian infantry, 1' ta..en
fabto,aatnda
year ago at FigueraS, appeared at the.
replied in French to the cry of "
I under
Qt.ti dyvol •" but
being immediately discovered, even wIF h .
et the gates, they• Were received by a discha4T
grape-shot which beat them down, caused them
to lose a number of men, and
. killed.
tire. obliged them to re-
We had one officer and two mu _
cis
" Oa the ..15th and 16th Villamil renewed_().
attempts by other means: he first sent two
coleus summonses. Captain Let'elme, of
,the
115th, Commandant of the fort, replied like a
I
brave nian.- Villamil, assisted
by 3 or
1 i I mewas11
403
landed from an English ship of 80 guns, w ! )
mooreil in the face of thu fort, deployed his troops around the fort, and sheered some cavalry mance u,;
vering in the plain, whilst the infantry approached.
the ways nearest to the place and the high rolid
"Tile garrison and its Commander, 'equally in-
accessible to seduction and fear, contented them-
selves with stoKaing the enemy by some bombs
and howitzers, and
tack. With firmness awaited an at-
" On the 17th,, at nine o'.clock in the evening,
and in the most obscure daAness, frightful
bowl-
lags seemed to announce air escalade'. Every one
Was at his
.post, a lively lire of musketry toot . place, several dicharges Of grape-shot st'opreq
the most bardy, and after making a great deal of
'noise, the assailaats'again concealed themselves.
We kept in readiness to received them the whole
tight, hut at day-break they had disappered• Dui.'
ing this time Gen. Plicque had left.Tortosii,,with the
'I lith of theline, 2 pieces of artillery , and somehorses.
Having united himself at Perillo, with a detach-
ment, come from :flora, he marched the whole of
the night, and arriving at the position, he had
y time to see the retreat of
turn it the enemy, and to
into a rout. The Voltigeurs of the Hitn
.put themselves in pursuit, but could not conic op
with them. The;Neapo litaa Lorsechassenrs charged
a boat's crew, and a score of men, in a ravine,
wounded several, and brout nwaY 4 prisoners
a antity of arms, clothes,gh
a tpi
and ammunition were
; handonerl the I;Thglish who had landed from a
vessel called the Blake, used every'etfort to return on
board, from whence they diseharged several broad-
sides at the column; but without effect. The de-
fence of the pass of Dalagner does great honour to
the firmness and prudent measures of its corn:.
mandant, Captain ,Lefebure, and to the valour of
his garrison. We had only a few wounded : the
'enemy's loss in wounded was very considerabl . •
lie left about twenty dead at the toot of our paclii,
sadeb..
„pis the 21st of the same month, a convOv of
artillery, with one .I.pounder and thirty earritt'ges,
going to Eavara, were surprised, and fell, for' a
al toMent, into the power of Layel, the chief of, a
)and, who thought he co Id carry them off ;, but
Alf:I-tend .Bourgeoi's at 11111equinenza., being .
in-
formed of this' eveiit! hastened to send the 11th
of the line, in .suit as far as Tortola. Cul.
Pli4 .in
' ' I'm ' '
u. likewise caused it to be,t i.thont,themo.tlnL
lain by which the band d. s •
11th, lay its celerity, , irLctul its march.. 'The
mils not lotto- m enmin" imp
with the convoy, and '
retakin... :
The brigands fled in ni
: It theentirely.—
greatest disorder
Year Exceile- 'vill n- '

. ncy will no doubt hav4 received
from General Decaen, the detail of his operations
in Catalonia. Ott the 23(1; Getteral Mathieu
went with a brigade froutharcelona to Tarragona,
to free it front-the troops of Fin)ltA, who for a
Jong time past had ocenpitql the plain and hemmed
t in. ' Endes disappeated at his approach. Ge-
neral Alatthiett would have performed the same
operation against the fort San 'Felipe, at the point
at llalagner, but the troops front Tortosa had al-
. ready driven the enemy front thence.
I am, &c.
(Signed) " The D,ltke of ALiwinutA."
lErrett vaost TIIE SAME TO THE SAUE,, DATIIrI ti,11,1 Palatl'l,.., inc. 7...
14 MY LORI) DUKE,—On .the 16t1t ult. I gave
orders to the General of I)ivision Hobert, to g 9
'with a part of his division from Albityda towards
AleoY, where 1500 men, of Roch's troops', bad
reunited 'lite. eneray intended to stand the at-
lack ; but our van -guard,
under.
composed of three
'companies of voltigettrs, and 2:1 hussat's,
.11e. orders of Capt. Bergeron, of the 17th, having
baskl), charged and carried two positions;
r,3,,et, by making a general charge, liumvdiately
lUerk.e:lnt,d overthrew his whole line in such a ma'
General
_wartis
,at lit returned itt disorder from then
re d,licY, whither We . ild at. Scnne In I-
koners have fallen late o puirsut L , re to.-
among whom is
art oilieer mortally tvw'ottliuunlicil.deledll):: 'Vii,;:cientar:lll'llaiYhelitv't:
who
and three barses _ he::t by thiS attack was to have assisted a.
In?
vi
in which could not take
10 his position.
place, is retuned qutet y
'min°'l (11Q. 20th, General Baron Delort, Cote-
'minder of the viot..guarti °utile army, set out at
the all Juts-
Mght wiiit 400 infantry and .300 of i,„
, Lars, to surprise an advanced post.of the ellen y
. ervalry at Vula, which hadlatelyheen establisbli
t tere. In the middle of tile night the SPailis.l
~t(mPh, thavvn up in order of battle in the.stitta"'
:vivre charged with impetuo,lty by du: hussars,
Pursued them as far as the gate of Joint
4" aleggue on the road, sollYing on-who stoppell.
l'l° make resistance.' o.ne party escaped by fitv"";
if, . the ~dartittess ; 40 horses, about :30 men, 111141
'''' '4a.lor of ltorse.chasseurs Of Jaen were take 4,
as well as •
a unmber oP,arms and other cifeots.7—
.. Lieutenant Solihull, d the '24th dragoons, Wai
ounded by a lance.' This little expedition doesi
llenour to the disposition of General, Delort, ant
to the tr .ii t I them.
..., ()ups w o execu ct ,
"On the 22d, a reconnoitring party .11,1",ef the lOtit of the line, and 25 chasseurs ()t-
-ot fifty.
--ue tioyol Italians, left Vivel, near Segorve:ttt
4.orcait'of dP 1114ay to
r reit to the toad of ;A - h‘,

_briler of General Count Pannetier,.llo
tachedwith a brigade to that point.. The °dicer who
c'otrinfanded the iecchinoitling party, neglecting
his innstructions, 'and the precautions usual in the
suffered himself 1.6 lie supried by an ambus-
cade of the euewy; 32 men Were taken prisoncrs,4
idlica, and seven 47oandcd. To revenge this af-
front„ and drive Villacampa'S corps, who was en-
trenched in a very strong paition at Bexis, from
the frontiers of Arragon and Valvncia; I gave or,
ders to General Panneticr to March With the 10th
of the line, the Ist of the Italian light infantry,
and 150 horse, to attack and beat the enemy,
whilst General Lamarque was to march to the
same point from Lorca, with the ;id light in-
. fantry, and two hundred dragoons; hut notwith-
standing all the efforts of Genet it Pannetief
• deceive Villacamn3 en "" "
'll-, Eta ivrCO
to an engagement, that Chief hastened to evacuate
his position, as soon as he learnt we were march-
ing towards him. All his intrwichments have
been destroyed, and our cavalry haS' pursued
hinu
in the direction of Areas and Ademon. whither he
has effected his ,'retreat. Some of the mounded
prisoners of.thc.. 10th of the line were found at
Besis. •
(Signed): • " Marshal Duke D'ALsoFiltA."

WARs,kw,inr,c. Field-Afarsbal Prince
Sell wart Lenherg liivr established his
.head -quarters
t Bialystok--; those of General ,Reynicr are at
Brsese., This position of she Austrian army, and
of the7th corps, has'ohliged the remains of Gen.
Sacken's army to direct its march toward.;
to enter.. Lithuania, and remove front our Iron-.

tiers.
FRONTIERS OF PRUSSIA, DEC. 24.---We reckon
that from the commencement of this miii4th, the
military road has retaken its course, for the next
four months, front Magdeburg, throto4ll Mohhern
and Brandenbcrg, to Berlin._ A great number of
troops, both infantry and Cavalry, have ,pco,ed
through Mokkeru within the la it fortnight, which
are going to join the Grand Army.
AlLosautto, JAN,. 1.---The: following article, ap-
pearsin the Ciazettfe Univergel
". Never, perhaps, was the power of the great
French empire displayed in so extraordinary a
manner as at the present moment : 300,000 men
are disposable in the Interior ; the 100 cohorts of
the National Guard furnish 100 hattaliOnS, and
100 companies of artillery. These troops, rained
within a year, are composed of men from 22 to 30
years of age, and consequently of an ,age to sup-
port the fatigues of war. The conscription of
Isl 3 has furnished:l6o,ooo anon, raised since the
Ist of September. They arc armed, clothed, and
incorporated in the regiments, Thirtythodsliel
old troops, hitherto employed, in, the,st-rviee of the
marine, are also disposable, since the---s:tilors, and
gunners of the' marine replace them' in Cueie. ser-
vice Besides these 30,000 meo, who are I 0 the
interior, 30,000 others, commanded by General.
Grenier, are now traversing .Bavaria ; 70,000
form the torps.of the Duke of Castiglione, who-
is on the Oder'; and the wuich occupied'
Pomerania is at presc.ntat Dantzie. These three
corps, between the Rhine and the Vistula, form
100,000 men, all Freltmen, and of whom lot
one has taken part ia the battles of the Grind
Army. .4d.i to these, the resources which. itidy,
and the other shies, offer to FlanCe, mutt only
a.
ie.,' months will be necessary to. add 00,000.
figlitier men to those of whom Franceean'aleeady
dispose. , .
CoPeN FIAGEN, Dec. 19.---The intense cold still
eotinues, in .conseqeenee of the 'cast wind.-7--
Reamer's, thermometer is 13 .below Zero. Front'
our Custom-house to the , coast of §weden, the
Sound presents only one continued surface of ice
and should the frost continne a shorttime longer,
it will soon be passable olefoot. Some ships iron
our produces, which are detained. by the ice, have
already sent home their crews; •
BERLIN, Dac. -30.---We expect here, about the
middle of January, a corps of 30,000 old French
troops from .Italy.
WAnsAw„,DEc„ 22.---The Council of Ministers
has ordered, by a decree of the 20th of this
,month, the raising of a horseman, mounted and
equipped, by every. fifty hearths. This light 'tit:
Vaky, wlttcli May. be assimilated to the Cossacks,
in the space of a month, be in it condition to
cover the cantonments of the (nand Army, as
also the feontiers,againsetlic incursions of the light
troops of the enemy.. The success of
this levy,:
which mustroduce 'front 12 to 15,000 al
horseback, is certain ; since it finds Within the
country, horses, arms, and equipments. These
measureg, tlictated by the prudence and 'devotion
of the Grand, Duchy,. do not yet correspond' suf-
ficiently to what the love of our rwintry, and the
zeal with which we are animated against the eoe-
mies of the Polish name, require of us. The Con-
federation has yielded to the wishe, of the na-
tion, of which it is the repr esentatie alla the
organ, by calling the Nobility to aritas hy eller-
getic proclamation.
BERLIN, Dac. 29,,---Qa the 19th instant, M. de
li:rusk:mark, Minister ;roof Petiss;a to the Court
Of France, is to set out from Warsaw to repair
'hither. On the 14th, the tOth corps d'orinec was
still in its former position, and the Prussian head.
quarters were at .Alittau.
Notwithstanding the rigour of the cold, which
about the middle of the month was at Wilna
degrees, and the great quantity of snow whirl)
there retards the ,motions of the allied army, it
has hee,l able to enter into its winter-qw..:-ters ;
several ( )mficers have,obtained permission to go to
Xonigsbecg or Warsaw, "to repose after the fa-
tignus of the campaign. The.wountled will find
in these two cities wore resources for their cure
than lit smaller toWns. Others have profited by
the present sospensiOn of military operations to
tan France.
Dawritc, !2z.1,---The two uesiegnig trains
which were ordered beyond the Niemen, have. re-
turned into our arsenel ; they amount to • more
than -300 pieces of artillery, Which are collected
there. We every thy see depart equipage., de
rampagne.
Those which our town furnishes excee!l 300
pieces, and 2000 car r iages. .Our acientil is in the
greatest attiVity. t they work it night •atid ilia y.
he General of Artillery Pen superintelids
self tile works. For fret) years we have ti4t evase
epee
to labour titian the-fortificatiOns: The exp
has cochlear amounted to several ritillitels, th
ere-
be. considered as a .I"tress of

the first importance; It is provisioned with all
kinds of provisions, and aunnunition, for two
years..
. The twnhattalinns, forthing the:three brigades
of, fleudiller s division whiclit had left our town,
dir("Ctioll of Kohig,;berg, "are now at
Labran, ,NVibleat,, and Ins.t-,rbonrg. They are
thus in a *second line With she 10th cOrps, which
occupies the hanks of the :Niemen.
Ma.onEntinG, .11P-vg. 28.—We every day see fey
.reign troops proceed on the military ratite to join.
the Grand Army. We have calculated that More.
than .10,0(,0 have passed. during the last three
weeks.
LIAMBUAGJI,PEC, 30.--Aftcr an extremely se:
yere eold, Ave have iw,d, since the 2Gth, a coin-
OCte thaw ; i is now very ilLngerous to Cross the
tar:.
LEtrzrc, DEQ.3o.—According to authentic in-
telligenc;-. from Berlin, the army, which has so
much s :i4:cred from ,an extreme cold which -took
place so early, and against which it was not
pre
pared, is poste:l behind the Niemm