The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-31 00:00:00

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Ocr. 7.—ln .the-correspondence of the
enemy, intercepted at various times 'by our light
troops, have been' wand two letters written by D.
Jose Justo alceda, late Lieutenant-General in the
Royal Navy,;:tetithe Marine Minister of the Preten-
der, Don -.lose_de Mazaredo, in his absence front
Madrid. Thesr4i, dated the 25111 Febritary, says
I have this day taken-the oaths a's Lieut.-General.
As to Espinosa. and Salazar, I keow'not what they
will do, for they hate manifested much reptignance,
but I conceive' they will,be induced by O'Farrill's
last dispatch, to take a simple oath of allegiance."
On the gd of March, he writes, " l am extremely
sorry that neither my example nor 'persdision have
been able to Make any impression on the mind of
Salazar or Espinosa, •so asto.briug them to take ale
oath, which has been required of all of us, both as
Ministers, and as military men. O'Farrill has con.;.
tributed his influence and persuasion; and Vane.
Halen has, made every exertion that might be ex-
pected from his generous heart."
These two letters do bobbin' to the Chief of Squa-
dron, D. Jose de Espinosa-Tello, and the Intendant
D, Luis Maria de Salazar, 'both of them Ministers
of the Council of Marine, by manifesting the firm-
ness with which they have refuSed to giie the
smallest token of acknowledgement and obedience
to the usurper Joseph, notwithstanding the artifices
employed by his Ministers- to entrap the unwary,
instead of that candour and' .frtknesi which mark
the proceedings_ of men of noble and generous sen-
timents. It would.be improper to pass over in si-
lence the loyalty and patriotistn of these two per-
snits, Of*Co conceal the sort of i'ostruinents which the
-pretender eMploys to'corrupt the gclod and faithful
Spaniards, aboye is therefore submitted to the
public,- that they, may know the ,extent to which
those who 'were. folmetly oar fellow-countrymen
carry their intrigues.

NOTES BY THE .r.t4TOR OF THE MILITARY AND Pp•
LITIOAL 'GAZETTE ;Oi,' CATALdNIA, UPuN GENERAL

VERDIER'.S ACCOUNT OF TUE SIEGE OF GERONA,

AND THE REDUCTION OF MONJUIEH;

By these details your F,X.:,•el/c.oc will be enabled ta'ap-
predate the ppence and ~a.four manifested by the of
troops which h& :Majesty h 3 hail the goodoess to confine :o
rite."

Note.—The body of troops under the orders of
Gerleral Verdier,,is no other that the divkion con
manded by `General Norio, and which Cutisis, of
four Westphalian regiments, one Wtirt;hurg; one of
Berg, and a cinantity of iralian aavally. Ttte Ft enc.('
employ 'the troops ot their allies inAhoSe
which are.attended with the greatest difficulty and
dangtr ; and hence it is, that in the Various assaults
upon Monjuich, we never found , a Frenchman
among the slain, for French troops ate a privileged
race. In the process of time, should Napoleon suc-
ceed in his projeQs, we shall find the conscription
made in France, not to raise, battalions, bat to sop*
Officers, Chiefs, and Generals, to the troops of other
nations. For thus it is termed the Great Nation.

" This important conquest, Obtained notwithstanding the
dartcultis s of the graund, and the obstbraer, of an enemy
whose blindness is,dr4deraiu'e, linost:ast-:utes us, that in eight
or ten cl,:ys at utast the test of the I,lace will bit eOmpelled,to.
surrender." .

AQte.—qt*raL-Verdier seems at a loss how to
lessen the niqitt;Pf.the incomparable heroes of Ge-
rboa.: As he cannot- deny their valour, which he
daily experiences, he aims h into " the obstinacy of
an enemy -wito e blindness is deplorable." As to
the latter char\ge there can be no doubt ; for those
brave combatants are Iliad to that danger which.
they -disieuard ; and this blindness is deplorable for
the Frencl7 army, since it has.hot only kept them 2
long time in a state of in,i6:2ivity, but has occisionecl
them much 10,s, haying reduced to 17,000 men, the
force of 23,000, which they had at the commence-
ment of the'4eke.

" In this short 'race of tine Gerona have surren.
detect."

Note;—Geaeral Verdier thinks it next to a cer-
taintt-that eight or ten days at the most will be -suf.
ficient for tberedudtion of Gerona, and predicts its
sin-render within that short period. it General Vet--
dier is not a better Orßeer than he is .a proplwt, we
must entertain-, a•,very poOr opiniorrof his abilities.,
According to his calculation Gerona should have sur-
rendered on or before the,g2d of August; but we
know that it continued to defend itself with glory on
the 2;2d.0f September. •

The fort of Monjitich,,formerly one of the strongest
and inbst ad•tontageousty situate in'Enrope," &c.

a'ir and softly, General Verdier.; either
you do not speak truth, or the InspeBor General of
Marescot, is a very stupicl'fellow. You
talk of Monjuich, in a strain w Web rnakesit A place of
great iti)portance whereas his Excellency Seignior
m,iiescot, (tire do not exaaly know what title helms)
said it was only a paltry blockhouse. How is this I
Perhaps we know the reason ; Seignior Marescot
had not been employed in. the siege of Gerona. Ge-
neral Duhesine could have given him some ioforma-
lion on tbat head;

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,‘ --- inchiced'ilte enem?to abandon it to us, and to with-
draw into the: city without itt bring.possible'for us to cut off
'their retreat."

.Note.---How . could the castle avoid surrendering,
when Seignior Baron de la Planta took into hiS head
to summon Gerona ? Have yon found, good Sirs,
that what it costs us to drive you from our soil, is all
cle:ir gain on our side. But, putting that out of con-
s:ideratiorr, must you not confess that you have badly
conduCled the attack upon Monjuich, and that you
left off where you should have begun
.? It you are
not more un,-yipur.,guard with respect to Gel una, you
will have to_ pay. for it. The Emperor pardonstnis-
takes, hut not losses. Let General Dupont 'tell 11? w
this matter stands.