The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-04 00:00:00

CATALONIA FREE.

Head-quarters at Vicb, Feb. 8.
The enemy's army is retiring with the greatest
precipitation. They blew up the bridge of Mo-

lins del Rey to,retatd the march of gut. troops ;
but the latter passed the river by swimming, and
are pursuing them closely. In 'the forcesses the
enemy has left such small garrisons, that they
Can only serve to guard and deliver up the stores,
when-our troops prcseat themselveS.
MADRID, FEB. 9.—Yesterday, a letter was read
in the- Cortes from General Copons,,commanding
the Catalonian army, stating that
,the enemy was
retiring into France, and that he had sent a letter
to 'General Clinton, requesting his assistance in
the siege of Lerida, the surrender of which NV as
speedily expected.
The resolution of the COrsican to evacuate ca-
tahmia, shows the difficulties he is under to collect

troops to oppose the Allies. • lie has
,withdrawn
the t.roops from the army of Soult, replacing them
with. conscripts ; and now he is withdrawing thent
from the army Of .Sott:diet, -the greater part of
which is marching'towards Lyons.
We live nit forgotten that Buonaparte's suc-
cess at Lu'zen was in a great measure °wine to
the 30,000 troops which he marched from Spain
to Saxony; but let us hope, that at this favour-
able moment he will not be permitted ,to render
available against the Allies the troops which he
has withdrawn from the -Pvrennees. If Catalo-
lonia is evacuated, 11.6uSillon and Languedo4l may
be invaded, and the inhabitants assisted in rising
against the Cor'.>ican. His attention would thu's
be forcibly called to the Pyrennees, since it would
appear he flatters himself that on that side he
has nothing to fear, or at least nothing of much
consequence.
MADRID, FEB. 12.—The bad weather (and it
has been the worst ever known) has retarded the
operations on the Adour. But the return of good
weather, the skill of Lord Weilingto—n, and the
valour of the Allied-troops, are about to give us
new days of glory.
The accounts front Catalonia are very vague
according to some the enemy has left several gar-
' risons in the fortresses ; according to others,
good garrisons have been left only in Barcelona
and Figueras, and the other fortresses have been
blown up. Suchet, it is said, marched into France
with 8400 infantry, and 1870 horse. General
Copons in his 'dispatel says, that 6000 men had
been left in Barcelona ; that Suchet was march-
ing towards Lyons, and bad left only garrisons i
the Ampurdan.

SANTANDER, JAN. N.—The blockade of San-
tona is continued, and the force before it is aug-
mented to 7000 men. An assault is contemplat-
ed, and it is expected to be successful.
LISBON:FEB. 10.7----EXtraet of a Dispatch from
his Excellency Marshal Duke of Vittoria, addresS-
ed to the Must Illustrious and Eiccellent D. Mi-
guel P. Forjaz, from Head-quarters; St. Jeati de
Luz, Jan. 30, 1814
‘-‘ The enemy, In .the cotnie of the week, has
made different attacks upon' oar piquets‘stationo
at Jayetix and Aron, which have had the same
result as others of a similat kind ; hitherto,btith
partigi occupying the ground' they before held,
and little lOss bt.h sustained on either side.. In
one of these conflicts
,at the Puerto de Macaye,
on the 26th, the troops of General Morillo con-
ducted themselves admirably, and the loss of the
enemy in consequence was less inconsiderable on
that occasion.
" The hitest communications that I have liad
from Catalonia are of the 20th current, and by
them 1 am informed, that Lieutenant-General
Clinton, in concert with General, Copens, tootle a
movement with a division ot General Sarsfiel‘l at-
tached to 'the 2d army, and with an Anglo-Sici-
lian division under his-own orders., Ai the same
time that General Copens advanced a brigade ot'
infantry of Colonel Manzo, and some other
troops, with the view of cutting off a detachment
of the enemy at Lobregat, near to.Molins del
Rey, he was supported by General Clinton ; but,
unfortunately, the bad state of the roads pre,-
vented the advantage cbntemplated, and the enemy
I was enabled to retire."

[The Lisbon Gazette of the 9th Feb. contains
an Order of the Day, dated from head-quarters
at Ustaritz, and published by order of his Excel-
lency Marshal Beresford, in which are supplied
two extracts from letters of D. M. P. Forjaz, in
Which that Minister expresses his approbation 'of
their Excellencies the Governors of the Kingdom,
in the name of the Prince Regent, of the gallant
conduct of the Allied Atuiy, and particularly of
the Portuguese troops].