The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-13 00:00:00

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1/4IY IN SPAIN,

B T SII All

'Extract at letter-from 1111 Officer of, the 313.t1i
Regiment; serving; with the di‘isioir of the army
under the command of Gen:STEWART
July 3, Amitigt the ryrennees,
" We have ' only now descender( from ;be
heights, where We have been perched these last
three days, observing the motions of the enemy,
with whom we have had daily skirmishes since we
entered the valley of Bastin."

- " July 10.
" I have been about two hours-in'etimp. .I-was
relieved thiS morning from the first piquet mount- .;
ed by our brigade in France. We marched yes-
terday morning,. soon after' thiy-brealt, from the
ground wher.e..l conuneuce&this letter, to occupy
a pass in possession of the enemy tifZer
a nuist Motions ma:reb,,we reached anti gained.
The French having only a sinait guard Of
, •
regnlars and armed peasants, did nbt offer• the ve_
sistance srru had expected ; . and thus, we bacl no-
thing; to overcome, excepting only ,t be obstacle--;
which the ascent of every steep mounta:o pre-
sents
_As soon as we, 'reached the summit, the
.peasants told us we were in France, and pointed
out 'tiv'o of the enemy's towns, Ikgerne, owl St.
Jian, Pied de Port. .The valley below is heautiiid,
cuttivateti to the. highest degiifee, and in the enjoy-
Went, as it long Inici.been,. of -the. most prOlottivi
tranquility. Having Lift guards on the stunt-nits
of every ridge, the brigade Withdrew .to its hi-
vottac. illy picquet -was pasted on the nto:n
p is
by which, .they s3y,,' cannon turfy be hrt)t!, ht. I f
they can, it must be by the greatest exertion, so;
the hill is so steep that thbosands might be de-
stroyed by the mere'tbrowing down of stones,
if
it were defended in nog other manner. You may.
form an idea what an agreeable night 1 spent,
Lwhen I tell you, that it blew' a hurricane;. and
taine&incessantly. From a comparison of the
two situations,- my present appears delightful,
and my tent, which 1 was then wititoist, a. little
paradise."

" Miss of Espagny non' Eraza,.tnly
" 1 addressed you from betoyel'amplona on the
t..19.th of last month. We nnived towards the rotor
of.these mountains a few days after, and:entered
this enchanting vale. It has fourteen towns, of
which Ilizenda is the principal, and abounds with
, ,
every thing that the rW.,..!st-part of 14.1 „. 1 giami
afford. \Ve'have had to *dislodge the enemy daily,
atid,have at length succeeded in expelling him, in
spite of the .advantages he derived from the very
mountainous nature of the country. Ott the 7th
this brigade was moved up a tremeudons..bill,
which it was necessary to possess before our troops
could proCeed along the valley: The aftermion
happened to be 'extremely line; anti in the liOat'Se
of liVe !mini we were nearly at our joktiney's end.
A. 4 the '..1.1th regiment mut ottrotives ,t 1,104,1,010 .
the height, the enemy withdrew the picqutt of
which he bad been tusking a parade, and we. ima-
gined he, had alto!..etlicr retired : bat sonnr
had theicatling tiles' reached the top, thou .:the
mountain %vas 'overcast by ,:•o thick a eloud,.that,a
Was impossible to discover either the nature of
the ground, or the force of the enemy, who im-
mediately„opened a heavy-fire upOn us. Notwith- •
standing the distressing situation in which we
found oUrselVes, the two reginentivfortnedAine ;
alid having discovered the enemy, who had ad-
vanced within• thirty paces of us; 'without being
perceived, %''ve. poured in, a tremendous likt upon
hint, and gave bitn•three British cheers.
" This served as a quietus for some time; but
after great trumpeting and beating of drums', he
again advanced, and sent such showers Of balls,
that, hid they'laken effect, oily little torte, eon•
sisting only of 700.ruen$ would have been entire-
ly destroyed. ,Perceiving from the little execn-
tiOn the enemy did, how vain it was to tire
amidst so obscuring a mist, the General ordered
our 'Mel to sit down, and wait until our oppo-,
twins should advance to the very muzzles'ot our
pieces : this, however, he .deChtled to attempt,
and contented himself- with peppering us at a re-
spectful distance until nine at night'. We re-
mained on our arms all night; the men euriug
their evil stars at. having been disappointed'in
taking .the enemy prisoners but when the Inortt
ing dawned, and we beheld the ground ant: the
iluttiense force with whirl, we had been contend-
ing, far different sentiments.prevailed as it weas
then ►ascertained, that h<ad not the fug route tan
oppoi tunely' we. 'should halve been surrounded
brush a.nd tern, laying wait for i►s. Shortly ttr "whole dtvisiott, who hall been concealed in t,tlsl::ye:
r
who saw other troops
comiug to our assistance_, and part of our flare:. en-
deavouring- to turn his'llank, retired in great haste
with his 4000 men. General STEWARr :Issenthled
the Oflicers yeSterday, and expressed hi, high
the COMItIet hitit
leer
s 0 trying aS sittiati,m, of ‘vhich,
i he _hail made tt:,,speeittl.report to 1,0:%1
ITN. We vale t treaty kifteJ and
Vvounded. Nevec tiaerp 14.0' ‘‘'i
little, effect,. Nothing. etoild" stivpios the
ists int ,sell
the 'poor/ and long-oPPred olt ,
at seeing ; they emitv iftlllloqtately v:al,lto
,;i:l6linnst l
arc eiccOoni4oitilit(t)tti,%git,ttpittltitets, .totit.etttiili.(t3shto:ekiw lkt
tviiilslllliitrivgo
•
retuisc will enable' us to renew out
,glorious tolls
‘oviiiirohntsT:
tven:;.,7.6.)1,
utileonpeoctoyvv:;:rty::
atlettwai(ii
with renovated vigour." „

An amateur of the 'fruir-garden will not des-
pise the following disco Very of a Owl
Monmouthshire, Which is an effectaatie,,,arity ask
wall fruit against snails. losert behind the fruit
bearing branches Alie lateral shoot 4 ut gal;xiajPi-
nosa (or gorse, as it_ is generally clAlle4), in ally
*ay as will best stirroanil the tiloi-.--the vuo,
tl
facts thereof will suoti lie visihle.