The Sun.
London, England, 1812-06-20 00:00:00

LISBON MAIL.

lASBONT, Juan B.—Nothing has occurred since
the Ahnaraz affair. On General HILL's with -
drawing so considerable a force from the South
for that purpose, the enenty seized the. Oppo-
rtunity of. driving in: the piquets of our cavalry,
(Gen. SLADE'•S brigade) at Llera., (keeping them
on the alert for some days ; at last a corps'
of six hundred, cavalry with the. rebel 110;-:
LINA and his followers, made: a surprising:
march to surprise a squadron of the Royals; but
they kept too good a look. out ; we however lost
a patrole 'of five men •and horses, which latter'be-
ing in goOd order, attracted the attention of the
Colonels of the 27th and 17th, who quarrelled
about them, fought, and the latter was killed.-r-
General HILL has returned to Almendralejo ; our
troops .in general 'proceed northwards towards
head-quarters, Puente de Guinaldo. The maiu,
breach at Badajoz is completely repaired, and
Qeneral DoYLE's Spanish regiment, 900 strong,
has entered it, and are to form a part of its fu-
ture garrison; they are well-clothed. and armed.
A plan is said to be on foot which promises the
the greatest advantages : each British regiment
is to receive. into its ranks 10 Spanish recruits
(not men already in arms) per .company, that.lis
100 each regiment.

JUNE 3.—Cadiz Gazettes, to the 29th ult. have'
been received ; the Following is the only article
of intelligence of importance contained iu them.

" Cadiz, May 29.

" The brig of war, Cacador, commnded by
Captain D. .J. M. Cliams-i, arrived, on the. 22d, in
this port, from the.Havanna, in 28 days passage;
she brought the correspondenCe, and 792,000
dollarS."
'L
ISE ON, JUNE s.—We have no intelligence
from- Our armies. -- •

LISBON., JUNE 4.-,-Yesterday it . was asserted
that Gen. LACY. had entered:Tarragona, where he.
was received with general and extraordinary joy.
by the inhabitaa.uts.of that unfortunate city, and
that the foyces which that General had at his dis-

position were quite competent to maintain posses-
kion of that important city.
-Official Dispatch from General ESPOZ and MINA to General

MENDIZABEL.

EXCELLENT SIR,

When the French thought me in the woods of
Upper Arragon, I marched 'in one day five leagues
to review the Ist, 4th," and sth battalions, and at
seven in the morning proceeded,with all my force,
from Arcos to Santa Cruz de 'Campezo. In the
morning of the following day, my confidential
people informed me there was a
.convoy in Vit-
toria, escorted by 2000 Polish infantry of the 11117.
perial Guard, and 150 horse, whO, at the same
time,were conducting a. portion of Spanish prisoners
belonging to the army of the immortal BALLES-
TERos. In a private council with my second in
command, Colonel G. cRuctiAGA, I-resolved to
intercept it, and redeem such brave soldiers,
worthy of their General and their country. The
remembrance of the surprize executed in' Arlabap,
on the 22d May last year, and the facility with
which they were acquainted with the movements of
my battalions, were two obstacles to be overcome;
I distributed some letters, stating my intentions
of doubling the mountains and joining the 3d and
4th battalions clOse to the Pyrennees„ and -took
care they should arrive at VittOria on the Bth, or
morning of -the 9th. SUccess corresponded to my
wishes : the French, satisfied of my marching to-

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Vittoria.

On the Bth, at noon, I marched my troops to
the Port of Grime, where they rested, to enable
them to walk that night seven leagues, which was
requisite, to arrive at their place of destinatiOn,
-when the soldiers conjectured they were march-
ing to the fields "of Arlaban, the most flat-
tering ideas presented themselves. No one
thought of eating ; their cares were reduced
to cleaning their trims, preparing their car-
tridges, mutually anuihating each other, and per-
suading themselves of victory. Night having
commenced, the march was vigorously and sip
.'le4tly 'commenced, not a man separated, and
,proceeding between' the garrisons of Salvatierra
'and Vittoria, nothing .was.to be apprehended from
the enemy.

At break ofday on the 9th, as -unfortunate for
many Frpchmen; as -memorable for the soldiers
of the matchless BALLESTEROS, the fourth bat-
calion, under the orders of its Commandant, Don
F. J. ASSURA, was situated in th.. neighbourhood
of Salenr.s, in the terrtory of Guipnscoa, front-
ing -the enemy's vanguard ; the first batta-
lion,
commanded by Don It. DE ALGURRIIIqi
formed upon the Left, the fifth, directed by Don S.
FrarsANDt, ion the right, the whole foiiued in
an oval, for the purpose of joining the right of
the fifth, with the left of the first, completing a
circle that sliould embrace the whole cOnvoy, "and
force of the enemy. By the advice of the skilful
Col. CRUCHAGA, I gave general orders that-no
:Soldier should fall upon the c(_invoy till the battle
was concluded under pain of being shot, and that;
after the first discharge; the three .battalioni
should rush in with the bayonet.,
The pleasure of- the volanteers upon receiving
Ln order so._ gratifying to their hearts- was incon-
ceivable, and which was to promptly decide the
action, -eon.vinced of their superiority over the
enemy in an attack with the bayonet. , •
The French column marched With confidence,
and quickly found itself enveloped by balls, and
befOre recovering themselves were in contact with
my soldiers. Their great extension did not allow-
of their being completely encircled, bat in arao7
ment their van -guard Was destroyed ; the remainder
made a- vigorous resistance, but desisted the mo-
ment they observed that my battalions (having set-
tled their buSiness with the van-guard) threw them-
selves impetuously upon them with the bayonet, to
which they • became victims. The serenity, order,
and bravery of my volunteers, formed a striking
contrast witii the disorder, confusion, and alarm
of the French. -In less than an hour the battle was
concluded and my soldiers bathed in enemy's blood.
The valley resounded with the groans of expiring
Poles and unworthy Spaniards; whilst at the same'
time the soldiers of the highly d.,!,serving'BAL-
LASTEROS threw themselves round the necks of
my
,volunteers. From 6to 700 bodies were ex-
tended -on the field- of battle;- 500 wounded
men conducted
.to VittOrria in 100 waggOns,
150 prisoners, and the -whole of . the convoy, are
the frnits of this day, and of an action. concluded
in a single hOur ; a rests r capable of satisfying the
anxiety of thy division for destroying French.—
But their pleasure in releasing 5 officers, and 400
brave Spaniards,-who preserved the honour of the
Spanish arms, is singularly great.
Their satisfaction in restorhig to-their country
such warlike men was so, abundant, that in the
name of the whole CRUCHAGA, raid to me,—
My General, give this -spoil, the 'name of the
division,_ to Don F. BALLASTEROS and the ,conn-
try, for whose interests you have always fought •
with so much glory." • .
Few moments have been so joyful to,me. as the
day of the 9th. My ann. is weary with exter-
minating, my eyes' overrunning with tears of joy
at the redemption of companions worthy a better
fate. (Here the Gene:al menti Ons that DESLANDE s,
Secretary to the intrusive King, who was the
hearer of important dispatches to the Elhperor,
and had left 'his carriage disguised as a peasant,
was killed, that his wife and two other ladies
and five children who fell into his power, were
sent to Vittoria, and then proceeds)—
We took the military chest of the 7th Polish In-
fantry, 2 flags, 8 drums, and the correspondence
with which.DEstAND-Es was charged.
. Nothing could have escaped if the Castle, Of
Arlahan,constructed in consequence of the ac-
tion of the 22d May, had not, protected with its
four pieces of artillery, all those who hastily re-
solved to retire thither.

Our loss appears inconsiderable, which consists
of only five killed, and fifty wounded, among the
former Sub-Lieutenant Dim DE GuAßDEsdeserves
a distinguished place.
•
An action fought between Salinas and the cas-
tle, only. three
.quarters of a league-distant, where
the cavalry could not act, arid' so advantageously
decided in an hour, is a sufficient reason for this.
division receiving the best,attention,s of Our Ex-
cellency and the Government.

FRANCIS ESPOZ and MrriA.

Valduerdo, April 11.

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