The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-15 00:00:00

THE SUN.

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Tt'ESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1809.

The Girz3tte .Extraordinary which was published_
this morning, and which ,We present, to bur Readers,
will be read with exquisite pleasure. by every man
who feelS for the honour of his Country. - It ex-
hibits a splendid proof, not only of the intrepidity of
our gallant' Countrymen, which has alivays been a -
prominent feafure in the NatiOnal Charade:l; but
shews that they are, in all-points that constitute Mill-
tary Skill, the best Troops in- the world. The Battle
of Talavera affords:such a decisive proof of the trbth
.of this tribute to, their xnerit, as will never be
effaced from. the records of history. The Enemy
fo-,•.ght with great resolution and 'perseverance, and
were commandedby the most tAstinguished officers;
buc nothing could withstand the heroism, discipline,
and military skill of thcißruish troops, though sow .ch
inferior iii number to their opponents ; and we may
now' fairly say,. that their gallant Commander, Sir
A. WELLEiLEY; has ,raised himself to a level with
the highest charadters in military ann.ils.•

WE tlajs morning recoived Spanish and Portuguese
Papers, the former to the 313 t ult.and the !alter 1,1
the 6th inst. from %which we hdve made the 1olloN•-
ing extracts, respecting the late gloiiOus viaory

Supplement Extraordinary to the Lisbon Gazette of Aug. 3
" The following advices have just been received,
which we hasten to lay' before the public for. its
satisfattion, as the official'defails have not appeared,
of the most important battle gained, on the .281 h
July, by: the English and. Spanish armies, near
Talavera 'dela Reyna, and tVhirili will be memorable-
in history.: .
" The French lost 7000. men slain on the field of
battle, ,17 pieces of ordnance; some prisoners were
inade and an immense number wounded. Upwards
of 300 waggons with their wounded passed through
Madrid. The loss of the French is estimated, in
the Whole at from 20 to 22,000 men.
The English lost General' '‘MACKENZIE:. and
•
some other superior ()dicers; the same happened
to the Spanish.

" The enemy's foice-, prior to the battle, was cal-
culated at from fifty to sixty thousand men, the corps
Of JOSEPH BUONAPARTE, VICTOR, SEBASTIANI, and
NET, having formed a junction. The latter arrived-
with his division the night before the battle, hav-
ing come by forced marches from Salamanca:-
The French army, completely routed, is retreat-
lag in disorder to Madrid. The army of VENEGAS
was expeaud to reach Toledo on the 29th.

It is stated it) one of the Portuguese Papers that
the Spanish army, under General VENEt;AS, has
entered Madrid.

.This morning we received Hamburgh Papers to
the 6th, nud Berlin to the Ist. An, article from
Amsterdam states, that the English Expedition is
diretied against the Fleet at Antwerp, and that;
troops .are marching in all directions towards that
place. It is stated in the Ha•n4urgh Correspon7
de/am that the English have made an attack upon
Revel. The Preliminaries of Peace between, Aus-
tria and' France, have not yet been signed, and rein-
forcements are constantly marching to the French
army.

WE adverted yesterday to the malignant attact
made upon the chara of Sir ARTHUR WELLES-
LEY, in a Morning Paper. If the writer of that ar-
ticle is possessed of any,feelings, his punishment
MUSE have been sr.svere indeed, when he found that
within a few 'hours after he had written his insidious
accusations against a gallant and an absent Officer,
the Park and Tower guns announced that that ca.