The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-18 00:00:00

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PARIS, AUG. 30.—The English Cotn...*Elckiin
Spain baiing been oblized_on. his cetrea(to te'dV

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a great nimber of vvoznaed at Talavera, wrote :he
following letter to the General in Chief of the

French Army :

" SlR—The fate of War has placed in your
hands a number of 'English officers:and soldiers.—
They are brave, and merit the attention and regard
of those by whom courage is valued. I.have. the
hoiionitO recommend'thernioYOu;an-d to request
that that you. will pellnit me Co send to Talavera, for the
purpose of taking care of them, some Officeis, who
shall not-be considered prisoners of war, but be per-
mitted to return when: the wounded have somewhat
recovered. • .

" I also request your permission to transmit to
the wounded Officers small.sums of money•of which'
they [bust be very much in want:.
, "Itis in the name of humanity I address these
requests to you, and .1 ,have even. a right. to make
them, since I have always paid particular attention to
► tile French Soldiers w honi the chance of war has
is
rendered my prisoners, and have even, supplied‘tlie
OfficerS with money.
" I have the honour to he, &c.•
- • (Signed).. • • " ARTHUR WELLESLEY."

ANSWER OF-THE DUKE OF TREVISO (MARSHAL RIOR•
TIER.)
/MAD-QUARTERS, AUG.

" Stn-I have received the open letter addreiied
by you to the Commander in Chief,' and, request-
inehis...attention to the sick and wounded whom
you have been under the necessity of leaVing be;
hincl-yOti.— They are treated as our,, own sick and
woundf4l,.are? and T have studied to give all pos:
sible a4sistanOe to .thpse tbat ,haye fallen into my

Bands. ,: These, General,_ are debts which two brave
patiOns'owe to each other.

"-Pshall for-ward your letter to the Commander in
Chief, who algue can.answer'your- regnest td send
Officers to Talavera, until the sick and wounded
••
soineWhat rectlv.e,rd.. In the mean time I shall.
do myself_ the.pleasure- to supply them with what
money they may want.
" I have the honour to be, &c.
" The Marshal Duke of TREVISO.

While the English, 'after e)iposingr. their allies 'td.
all the disadvantages :of a pursuit, placed them..
selves-in security against' events, the Spaniards ima-
gined tha..they. could corer their retreat if they
took a position- at the bridge of Arzobispo. The
five corps passed the Tagus, partly by a ford„.,and
partly by the bridge, overthrew all before them,
and took thirty pieces of cannon, with..the powder
waggon. When the. Marshal the Duke of TRE-
viso saw the enemy's army fly before him, ha
satisfied with sending soine detachments after it,
who:every moment bring, in stragglers,' `deserters,
and prisoners. Some Hanoverian . deserters, left
the English army on the Bth instant, ten leagUeS from,
the frontiers of Portugal, to Which they aie,retreat-1
jug by the way of Badaips.. That 'army is leaiing
every where its baggage, artillery, aulsick behind
it is generally believed that its destination is Lisbon,
in order to embark the troops there. Meanwhile
they plunder on their route, and the enraged pea:.
stints murder all who fall into their hands.

While these events occurred on the banks of the
Tagus,..the' 4th corps returned to Toledo by the.
bridge of that town, and the division of MICHAUD
on the same day forced the.passage of the river by
fording at Anaver del- Tajo; which was defended
• •
by six battalions and, four squadrons of the enemy.
On the toill the troops of the 4th corps formed: a:
junction with the reserve, at Nambroca. On the
same day General \TENEGAS concentrated his army,"
30,000 strong, at Ahnonacid ; and on the t tth
th 6 King gave orders to attack him. An anion
of three hours was sufficient to drive the enetn'y
from this strong position, to route them complete-
-Iy, to take a great part of their artillery, and to
occasion them a very serious:loss. The enemy
left on,theleld 4000 dead, and we have' niade.about
4000 prisoners." 'We have also taken 35 pieces of
artillery, with too powder waggons, and 200 Other-
.
' waggons. Several standards are among our trophies.
An incredible number of wounded increases the
loss of the enemy, who unable to re=unite fled in,
, .
every direEtion. The troops destined to the pursuit
have therefore fallen in with only parties of fugitives,
scattered without order and incapable of the least,re-

sistance. _ _ .
On (fie Festival, NAPOLEON; the Emperor, ism:el
the, following Decree :
i:om OUR IMPERIAL CAMP, AT. SCHOEN-
.

BRUN, AUG. 15.

NAPOLEODI, Emperor of the French, &c.

Whereas it is our desire to commemorate, by a
lasting monument, our satisfaaiOn with the condu&
of our army and our people during the camp iignof
..Itna and the Vistula. We have determined, and
here decree as follows :

• I. There shaft be t:reeted on Ake Pbrit.Ne'of an
Obelisk of Cherbourg marb'e, • 180 leet high,
this ioscript;ob—The EMPERA: NAPQLRON TO TliF.

,;FRbNCII FEs?riar.

11. On the sides of the Obelisk shalt be repre.
sented all achievements which in these two cam-
pa ignstontributed tei file glory of France:

111. The Diredor-General of :`our Masearn is
charged with the ekbcution of -this monutient.—
Our Minister of the Interior shall present to us a
model of the Obelisk, on the Ist of Januaryo
and the work .shall, at the latest, be completed in