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PARiS, SEPT. 19.—The dispatches sent to the
Minister at War, by the Aide-tic-CainP of the
General in Chief of the Arinvy in( Portugal, base
informed ug- Of the movements of that army to the
termination Of the affair of Arapiles, nem-Sala-
manca, and we have seen, that the French army
having retaken a position beyond the Douro, the
enemy Made no further demonstration which an:,
nounced the project of acting offensively.
The details relative to these last events are
.
contained in the undennentichied report of Mar-
shal the Duke of Ragusa, to the Minister at
War :

REDO.RT OF MARSHAL Till': DURE OF 'RAGUSA, TO

THE MINI6TER AT WAR.

" Tutiela, July 31, 1512..

" MoNsrE,uu,—`flic interruption of the com-
munications with France, since the opening o-f the
campaign, having prevented file from giving you
the successive accounts 'of the events which have
passed, I shall commence this report from the mo-
ment at which the English began operations ; and
I am going ti have the liOnour,:to place before
you in detail all the movementis which have been
executed, to the unhappy event that has just
taken place, and which we were far from ex-
pecting. ,
•" In the month of May was informed the
English army would open the,campaign with very
powerful means--I informed the King of it, in
"order that he might.adopt's.uch dispositions as he
thought proper ; and.l likewise acquainted Gene-
ral Caffaielli with it, that. he, might take,measures
for sending me succours when the moment should
have arrived.
The extreme difficultylta
_procuring subsist-
ence, the impossibility of provisioning the troops
when assembled, prevent( cl me from' having more
than "eight or nine battalions in Salamanca, ,but
all were in readiness to join inc in a.feW days.

" On the 12th of. June, the enemy's army
passed the Agueda ; on the 14th, in the morning,
I was informed of it ; and the order for, assem-
bling was given to the troops. On the 16th, the
English army arriVect before, Salamanca.
" In tlr night between the 16th and 17th :I
evacuatedtbat -town, leaving nevertheless a garri-
son in the forts 1 had constructed ; and which, by
the extreme activity, used in.tilieir construction,
were in a state of. defence. I m relied six leagues
from Salaplauca ; and there, having collected five
divisions, I apprnached that town; I drove before
me the English advanced Posts,, and obliged the
enemy's army to slew what attitude it reckoned
upon taking ; it appeared determined to fight
upon the fine rising ground, and strong position,
San. Christoval. The remainder of the 'army
joined me ; I manoeuvred round thatpositiOn, bUt
I acquired. the certainty, that it; every where pre-
sented okstacles 'difficult to be conquered, and
that it was better to force the enemy to come upon
another field of battle, 'than enter into action with
them upon ground which gave them too many ad-
vantages ;' bpsides; different reasons „Made mei
desire to prolong the operations, • for I 'had just
received a letter from General Caffarelli„ which
announced to me, that he hdd colleCtcd his troops,
and was going to march to succour me, whilA
.my presence would have 'suspended the 'siege of
the fort of 'Salamanca. Things remained' in this
state for some days, and the armies id presence
of each other, .when the-siege of the fort of Sala-
manca was vigorously recommenced!
On. account of the trifling' ,distance which
there was between the French-army and thu place,
and by means of the signals agreed upon, I was
every day informed- of the situation of the place.
Those on the 26th and 27th informed me the fort
could still hold out five days ; then I decided to
execute the passage of the TOrmcs, and act upon
the left bank. The fort of Alba, which I had
carefully preserved, gave
.me a passage over that
river, a new line of operations, and an .important
point of support. I 'made dispositions for t....Ye-
euting this passage on the night between the AZh
and 29th. •

"During the night of the fa7th the fire re-
doubled, • and-the enemy, fatigued with a resist-
ance which to them appeared exaggerated,,., tired '
red-hot balls - upon the fort ; unfortunately its
magazines contained a large quantity of wood ; it
took fire, and in an instant the fort was a vast
fire. It was impossible for the brave garrison
who defended it, to support at the same time the
enemy's attacks, and the fire which destroyed
their defendes; magazines,. and provisiOns; and
placed the soldiers themselves in the most dread-
ful situation It was then obliged to surrender at
discretion, after having had the honour of repuls-
ing two assaults, and causing the enemy a loss of
More than 1300, men, viz. double their own force.
This event happened on the 280, at noon.
" The enemy, t 7 no farther object in his
operation` beyond theTormes ; and, 'on the other
'band, every thing ,indicating that it would he
prudent to await the reinforcements announced
in a formal manner by the Army of the North, '
I decided on. re-approaching the army of the
Douro„, secure of passing that river in, case the
enemy 'should march towards us, and there to
take up a good line' of defence,: until, such. time
as the moment for acting on the Offensive should.
appear. •
" On the 28th; the'army departed, and took a
positiop on the -Guarena .; on the 29th, on the
Trabanios; where- it sOjourned. Tbe enemy hay-,
ing followed themovements with the whole of his
forces, the army took a position on the Zapar-'
diet ; and on the 2d, it passed the Donro at Tor-
desillas, a place which I chose for' the pivot Of
my motions., The line of the Douro is excellent;
I made in detail every di3position which might
render stire a good defence of• this river ; an:i I
had no, cause to doubt my being able to defeat
•every enterprize of the enemy, in case. they should
attempt the passage.
•
The 3d, being the day_after that on which we
passed the Douro; he 'made several assemblages
of his forces, -and some slight. attelipts to effect 1
this passage at Pollos, a point which for him-
would have been, very advantageous. The troops
lyhich I had disposed, and a few' cannon shot,
were sufficient to make him irvinediately give up
his enterprise:. •
" In continual expectation :of receiving .suc
cours emu the Army of the North, *hick had

teen promised in so solemn and reiterated a plan-
-0-,31-Lr(i-.), I e\tdeavoured to add, by my own ili-
ihist-,;-.,7; to the means of the army. icy aavOrf*.j.
was ...ilach inferior to 'that of the ..e 'e
neniy. T-' :
Engliril had nearly' 5000 horse, English or Ge;
(
triallithout counting the Spaniards,fortnedintai'
regui.e.e ':rooPs ; I had no more-than-2000. With;..
this di:lptoportion, in what manner tould one ma-
ntuvr.'. s enemy.? How avail one's self of anY' .
adoanl ~', ' that. might be. obtained ? I had but one
,
roans i;7 -,.n...,Troenting my cavalry, and that was by
taking • 7 :':: useless horses , for the service of the
army,or Bi. h iks.belOnged to- individuals who had at)
right to
.have them,.or 6-Orli:such' as bad a greater
number than they are allowed. ' 1 did hot tai-Ote
Irak iog use of this means.,---the imminent interest
of the arMv,,,and the success of the operations .
being at stake. I therefore. ordered the seizure
of such horses as were under this predicament;
and I likewise seized a great' number which were
with a convoy coming from Andalusia ; all upon
estimation oltheir value, and Making payment for
them. This measure, executed with severity, gave
in the space of eight days, 1009 more horsemen;
and my cavalry- re-united, amounted to more that ,
3000 combatants. Meanwhile Ino less hoped to ,
receive .Birecours from the Army of the North, •
.which continued its promises, the performance e 4
which appeared to have Commenced, but of which.
we have not hitherto seen any effect.
. " The.eighth division, of_ the army of Portugal
occupied the Asturias ; these troops . were com-
pletely isolated 'from the army, by the evacnation
of the provinces of Leop and lieneveote : they
were without succours, and without any commu-
nication with .the army of the North ; .bec'ause oftthe one Side, the Trineadores; 'who should have
come from Bayonve, could •not be sent to Gijou ;
and on the other side, the General in Clel.ef of
the army of the North, although be had formally
promised to do sd, had dispensed with throwing*
bridge over the Deba, (2,) and there establishig •
pOsts. This division bad been able to bring oral '
very little ammunition, for want of means- of
erriage ; and this was in part consumed ; not
did - they know how to replace it. Its posi- '
tion might every moment become mire critical.
and the enemy seriously occupied hiftself with it,
—inasmuch as if it were still thus isolated, it
would remain entirely unconnected with theitn-
portant events which were :taking plate in the
plains of Castillo. General Bonnet, caletilatio;
on this state of matters, and considering, accoi;d-
ing. to the knOwledge be has of the country, thaz
it is much easier -to enter than depart out of it,
according as the enemy mightoppose the entrance
or departure, he decided on evacuating this pro-
vince, and on taking . a_positiou at I,teynosat---
There having learnt that the Army of Nail;
gal.was in presence of the English Army, a 7.14,
that thy were On the point of
,engaging, he LP
tiot.,hesitate on.putting hiinself in motion, and re'
)oitting it. • _ . '
Strongly impressed with the importarTe of
this succour, and with the augmentation whiji'
my cavalry was about to receive ; not having lean `-'t
ZinyMling, positive fo tl.3' C.o.ll;enaili: the array (4 '
the North ; , and hei!::.L.,-:.:es informed of the
march of the larniv Of Gaited a, which in the cour::
of a few. days would necesariyfor:e me to send li
deta4nent to repulse them, I thought it my dot,i
,to act yithout oi.lay. I had to feat' that no
tuation, which was:' become much-, amelloraLell4
might' change, by losing time ;. whilst that of EL'''
enemy would, by the -naZure, of things, becoal4
better every moment: ,
,
" I therefore resolved-on repassiug the Doq"
but thi:; operation is ditheult and delicate : it cair,
not be undertaken• without much art and circual-
:TJ..iction, in presence of • an army in conditton 10'.
h.,;.tle, I employed the days of the I.3th, 1416:
lah, and I Gth of Jul,y, in making, a number 01
i.i.relles and counter-marches, which deceived 'tt'e
enerny. I feigned an intention to turn by TorP,'
,aril turned by Tordesillas, making an extrenic4
rapid march. This movement succeeded so well'
that the whole•army could pass the river, mole W
a distance from it, and forth itself, without meet-
ing with a single enemy.
"On the 17th, the army took a position 8.11
Nava del Rey. The enemy,. who was in. f 3.
march for Toro, could only.bring -two divisio.'l;
with celerity to Tordesillas de la Orden : tb
others 'were recalled from different parts to. re-
unite themselves. ' ' .
i‘ On the 18tIl,in the morning, we found ille'e
:two divisions at Tordesillas de Ia Orden. As thel,
did not expect to find the whole army joinc`i
they thought they might, without peril, g,ains°n,
'time. Nevertheless, when they saw our rn9-sires
'coming forward, they endeavoured to effect ino
retreat to a ridge which commanded the villag-
which we weremarching. ,
"We had already reached them. If I I'o 111 *
a cavalry superior or equal to that of the Cne'r'7;
these two divisions would have been destroYe'
with
We did not, however, pursue them the less, ,
all poSsible vigour ; and during three hours nlar,c_nc.'
they were overpowered by the fire of our artillo-f,:
which I caused to take then] in the rear and figoo'd
and which they could with difficulty answer, a (I
livlde.
protected by their numerous cavalry, they ( to
thamselves to re-ascend the GuaLrena, in order
pass it with the greater facility. n f
,101 ...
" Arrived -upon the heights of the va.u-Jiish
Guarena,, -','e saw that a portion of
.the -161.45,Ter,

army was formed upon the left bank of that riv-ry
In that place. the ht!ights of that Talley are
rugged, and the valley of a middling breadon
Whether. it was necessary for the troop ti=e
proach the Water, on' account of the es.coi'-of
heat, or whether it was from some other cctised
lviiieh I am ignorant,theEnglishGeneral had !''Acl
the greater
,paa of them on the ,bottom of the / of
14, within halt- 'cannon-shot of the heights r°
which we were masters I therefore, qu'l,,ty
arriying, iminediately ordered a battery of '1;30,
pieces of artillery to be planted, which ia'a 'jets
tent forced the enemy to retire, after haviii;
the
a great number of killed and wounded upon
od
spot. The army marched in two columns; 3dir
had given the command of the right column:of ts
taut from that of the left three quarters t.llO
league, to General Claussel. Arrived oVn be'
ground, ,General Claussel having few trooPs
(1.) This
. succour, which had been sent, could
the army of 'Portugal till after the h
n,lot
att e, and at
of retreat. d
. ,
(2.) Par ni ticulat circustanceappeared t have aPPse
gmeutiou of this measure. the 010

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f''rehitn,,thoUght he *dt, Aie to teiie'upon 'the
two rising grounds upOn the left bank of the
Guardia, and reserve them ; but'this attack wasmade with few troops, his troops had not halted,
and, scarcely formed ; the enemy perceived it,
marched upon the troops which he had thus thrown
in advance, and forced them to retreat. In this
battle,avhich was of short duration, we experienced
some loss. The division of dragoons which sup-
. ported the infantry, vigorously, charged all the
English cavalry ; but General Carrie, a little too
far advanced from the 13th regiment, fell into the
enemy's. poWer.
" The army remained in its position all the
night of the 19th.; it even remained in it all the
day of the 20th. The extreme heat, and the fa-
tigue experienced on the 18th,' rendered this re-.
pose necessary to assemble the' stragglers.
At four in the evening the army resumed their
arms, and defiled by the left to proceed up the
Guarena, and take a position in' front of Olmo.
My intention was, atahe same time, to threaten
' the enemy, and continue to proceed up the. Gua-
rena, in order to pass it will facility; or if the
enemy marched in force upon the Upper,Gua-
rena, to return by a rapid movement upon the po-
sition they should have abandoned. The enemy
followed my movement.
" On the 20th, before day, the army was in
motion to ascend the Guarena; the advanced guard
rapidly passed that river, at that part where it
it is ,but a stream, and occupied the commence-
ment of an immense piece of grouad, which con-
tinues without any undulation to near Salamanca.
The enemy endeavoured to occupy the' same
ground, but could not succeed: ;then he attempted
to follow a parallel rising ground, connected with'
the position they ha.d just quitted, and which every
Where offered them a, position, provided I should.
have marched towards them. The' two armies
thus marched Parallel with all possible ce-
, leritye always keeping their masses connected,
311 order to be every moment prepared for bat-
tl The ettemy thinking to be before hand with
us at the village of Cantalpino, directed a
Lunn upon that village, in , the hope of being he.
fore ' us :upon the rising' ground which commands
it, attd- towards Which we 'marched ; but their ex-
pectations. were deceived: 'The light cavalry
whicln .sent thither, and, the Bth ,division which
at the head of the column; marched 'so rapidly,
that the trebly were'obliged to abandon it :
be-
sides the . road from , the other plain approaching
too Closetooar's,- and that which.Sve had having
. the ad -Vantage of Commanding it' with some pieces
of cannon, judiciously placed, .greatly annoyed, the
enemy, for a great part of the armywas obliged to de-
file under this cannon, and thereniainder Was obliged
to repass tbemoantaiu to avoid them. At last, I
put the Dragoons in the enemy's track. The enor-
mous numbee of stragglers 'which were left be-
hind would have given us an opportunity of mak-
ing 3000 prisoners, had there been a greater pro-
uortion between our cavalry/mad their's ; but the
tter, disposed.'so as to arrest our pursuit, to
press the March of the infantry by blows from' the
flat sides of their sabres, and to convey thcise who
could no longer march, prevented us. Neverthe-
less, there fell into .our hands between 3 and 400
'lieu, and sonic baggage. In the evening, the
army encamped upon -the heights of Alftea Jtubea,
having Its posts upon the Tormes. The enemy
reached the position of San Cleristoval.
• " On the 21st, having been informed that the
• enemy did not occupy Alba de 'Tormes, I threw a
garrison into it, The same day I paSsed the river
• in two columns, taking my direction by the skirts
of the woods, and establAhing my camp between
:Alba de Tormes and Salamanca. My object in
taking this direction, was to continue the move-
meat by my left, in order to drive the'eneniy from
theneighbourhood of Salamanca, and fight 'them
With greater advantage. I depended upotetaking
a good defensive position, in, which the enemy
could undertake nothing against me ; and in short
;Come near enough them to take advantage 'of the
first faults therthight make, and vigoroaSly attack
ahem.
"On the 22d in the morning, I went_upon the
• 'heights of. Calbaraca de Azzeva toreconnoitie the
enemy. I found 'a division which had just arrived
there : others were in march for the. same plaCe.
`Sonic- firing took -place for the purposeof. occapy-
ing the posts. of observation, of which we respec-
tively remained masters.. Every thing announced
that it was the enemy's intention to, occupy the
Position of Tejares, which was a league in the
rear of that in which hethen was, distant a league,
!rid an half from Salamanca. They, however,
:'assembled considerable forces upon this ,point ;
and as their movement upon Tejares might he aif,,
cult if all the French army was in sight, I thodght
it; right to have it ready to act' as. circumstances
•,
▪ aquireat.
" There were hetweenais and the English some
isolated, points called the Arapiles. .1 ordsred. Ge-
• 4eral Bonnet to occupy ,that which belonged to
the position we Ought to take ; his troops did so
'with promptitude and dexterity. The enemy or
their!s.to beoceupied, ut it was command-
. . ed. by our's at 250 toises distance. .1 had destined
this point, in the event of- there being a general
„movement by the left, and a battle taking'place,.
to be the pivot and point of „support of the right
to all the. army. The first division had orders td
Occupy and defend the ridge of Calbaraca which
is protected by a large and deep ravine., 'Tie 3d,
divisionwas in the 24 line, destined ' to support
i
t, and the 2d, 4th, sth, and 6th, were at the
head of the wood en masse, behind the pOsition.
of Arapiles,,and Could march equally on all sides;
Whilst the 7th division occupied the left head of
the wood, which formed a pant extremely un-
"tven and of very difficult access, and which 1 had
lined with 20 pieces Of artillery. The light ea-
Yalry was charged to clear the, left, and place it-
self in advance of the 7th division. The dragoons •
remained in the 2d line, to the right of the army.
Such were the dispositions made towards the mid-
- die of the day.
" The enemy had his troops parallel to me, ex-,
tending his right by leaning towards theanotin-
lain of Tejares, which always appeared to be his
point of retreat.
' 'There was in front of the ridge occupied by:the
artillery another vast ridge easy of defence, arid
nkp 'Which had a more immediate effect °tithe enemy's
Aovetnents. The possession of this ridge— gave
e the weans., in case 1 should have manoeuvred;.

towards the evening, of carrying myself oil tl~e
enemy's communications on Tamames. This post,
which, was otherwise well occupied, was inex-
pugnable ; and. in itself complete.: the position
which I had taken. It was besides indispensably
necessary to occupy it', seeing that the enemy had
reinforced his centre, from whence be might push
forward en masse on this ridge, and cbmmence his
attack by taking this important point.
"In Consequence, I gave orders to the sth divi-
sion to take position on the right extremity of this
ridge, the fire' from which exactly crossed that
from Arapiles ; to the seventh diaismo, to place
itself in a secondlioe to support this ; to the se7
cond to hold itself in reserve to the latter ; and to
the 6th, to occupy the ridge at the head of the
wood, where a large number of pieces'of artillery
were yet. remaining. I gave like orderS to Ge.-=
neral Bonnet, to 'cause the 122 d to occupy a point
situated: between the great ridge and the point of
Arapiles; which defended the,entrance of the vil-
lage of Arapiles ; and finally, II gave orderS' to
General 'Boyer, Commandant of the Dragpons,
to leave a regiment to clear the right of:•Geoeral
.Foy, and to push the three other regiments to the'
front of thewood,, on the flank of the second di-
Viion, in such manner,as to be' able, in case the
enemy-should attack the ridge,' to attack them by.
the right of this ridge, while the light cavalry
should charge his left. • • '
" The most part of these movements were per-
formed with irregularity. The fifth division, 'al.-.
ter having taken the, post, assigned to it, extended
itself on its left without any cause or reason;..The
ithr division, which had orders to support it,
marched to its position, and in short the-second di-,
vision Was still in the rear. I felt all the conse-
quences Which might result from all these irregu-
laritieS, and. I resolved on remedying them myself
on the spot, which was a Very easy matter, the
• enemy as' yet not having made any movement at
all. At the same time I received the report of the,
enemy having caused fresh troops to pass from-his
left to his right ; I ordered the 3d and 4th divi-
sions to march by the skirts of the wood, in order
that I might dispose them as I found needful. It
was half-past four o'clock, and I went, to' the
ridge, which was to be the object of a serious dis-
pute, but at this moment a shell struck me, broke
my right arm; and made two large *mock on my
right side : I thus became incapable of taking any
kind of pat;t, in the command. .
"The precious time which I should have e,mploy-
ed in rectifying the placing of
,the troops on the
left, was 'fruitlessly passed ; the absence of the
Commander gives birth to anarchY, and from
thence proceeds disorder (3) ; theanWiiile the time
was running away without the enemy undertaking
any thing.
" At length, at five o'clock, the enemy judging
that the situation was faVourable, attacked this
ill-formed left wing with impetuosity. The divi-
sions engaged repulsed the en6ny,.and were then:-'
selves repulsed in their turn, but they acted with-
out concert and without method. The' division
which I had called to sustain the point; found
themselves in the situation of taking part in the
combat without having foreseen' it.
" Every General-made extraordinary efforts to
supply his own particular dispositions such as were
on the whole requisite, but if •he could attain it
in ,part, .yet he could not atta;n it completely..
The artillery covered itself with glory, pertormed
prodigies of valour, and in the midst of our losses
Caused the enemy to sutler edm orously. He di-
rected his attacks, against Arepiles, which was
defended by the brave 120th regime.sl, and was
there repulsed, leaving more than SOO dead on the
spot. At length the army retired, evacuated the
ridges, and retired to the skirts '.of the woods ;
there the enemy made fresh efforts. The division
Foy, which 1?), the. nature of ' the business, was
charged with the covering of the retrograde move-
ments, was attacked with vigour, and constantly
repulsed the enemy. This &Vision merits the
greatest eulogy, as does -likewise its General..
From this moment, the retreat was ,eflected to-
wards Alba de Tonnes, without ,being disturbed
by the enemy. Our loss amounts to about :6000 ;
men hors de combat. • .

" We have lost nine pieces of. cannon, which be-
ing dismounted, could not
.he carried off ; all the
rest of the baggage, all the pai.k of artillery, all
the materials belonging to the army have been
brought away. •
" It is difficult, M. Le Due, to express to. you
the different sentiments which agitated me at the.
fatal moment, when the wound which treceived
caused my being separated from the army. I
would with delight have exchanged this wound
for the certainty of receiving a mortal stroke a
the Close- of the day, to have preserved the facul-
ty of Command; so well did, I know the import-
ance of the events which had just taken place, and
how necessary the presence of the Commander in
,Chief was at the moment when the shock of the
two armies appeared to be preparing, to give the
whole direction to, the troops, and to appoint their
movements. Thus one Unfortunate ,moment has
destroyed the result of six weeks of wise combi-
nations, of methodical movements; the issue of
which 'had hitherto appeared certain, and which
eve,ry thing seemed to presage to u, that we should
reap the, fruit of.
" On the 23d, the army made its retreat frotn Alba
de 'formes, oh Penaranda, taking its direction to-
wards the Douro : the whole of the enemy's ca-
valry harassed our rear-guard, composied of the
cavalry of the Ist division. This cavalry fell
haek, and left the division too much engaged, but
it formed itself in squares to resist The enemy.
One of them was broken, the others resisted, and
especially that of the 69th, which killed 200 of
the enemy's horse by push of bayonet ; after this
time they,made no attempt on us.
" GeneralClausel has the command of the army,
and takes "such measures as circumstances
I am going to have myself transported to Burgos,
where I' hope by repose, and care taken, to re-
cover of the severe wounds'that I ,have received,
and which afflict me more, from the dire influence
which they have had on the secc.ess of the army,
than froln the sufferings which they have caused
.ine to endure.

"I cannot do sufficient j ustice to the bravery with

(3) General -Bonnet, who would, hare succeeded to the
command as the - oldest General of DiVision,. was wounded'a
few moments after the General. fa Chief. Tins event eon-
tributed.to prolong the-uncertainty, •and want of unity of
aQtion. . . ,

which thi Generals and Colonela have fought,
the good dispOsitign which )animated them in that
I:lac:nit circumstance. I ought 'particularly. to
ideation General Bonnet, who i4:putation has
been 4o long establiahed. I should likewise name
General Taupin, who commanded the 6th diyision:
General Clause!, though wounded, did not quit
field, but to the end, gave:an eilaniple of great
personal bravery. The General Of Artillery
and Colonel Pigion, connna.ndinir the, reserve of
artillery, particularly diStinguished themselves. On
this day, unfortunate as it has been, there area
of traits worthy of being
.noticed, and
which honour the French name. I Will collect
them, and solicit froT. his :Majesty., rewards for
the brave men who have.deserved theM.- I ought
not to defer mentioning the gallant conduct Of the
brave-Sub-Lieutenant Guillemat, 118th regiment,
who sprang into the enemy's ranks to obtain' a"
flag, which be seized, after having cut pti the arm
of the person who carried it ;' he has brought this.
flag into our ranks, notwithstanding the severe
bayonets wounds he has received. ,
" We have to regret the, losS of the General of
Division Ferey, dead of his wounds ; of General
Thoinieres; killed upon the field, of battle ; and of
General Desgraviers: Generals Bonnet and Clau-
se!, and the. General of Brigade Menne, are
wounded.

" I beg your Excellency to receive the ass aaance
of my high cOnskieration.
Sicrned (with the lett hand)
" Tie Masbal Duke of It A.GUS.A."

After the first movements of the English army,
his Catholic Majesty, under whose• order's were
placed all the French armies in Spain, Was deter-
'mined to unite all the disposable troops he had
belonging tothe. army of the centre, to march at
the same time with the Marshal Duke of ItagniA
against the enemy. On the 2Dth of July; his Ma-
jesty •hadin effect assembled a considerablecorps,
At the head of which he had adyanced between the
21st and 24th of Jul)? to AreValo. The retreat of
the;army .of POrtugal having • taken place before
his Majesty could join it; ,he was obliged to con-
fine himself to checking Lord Wellington's army,
which he has successfUlly done by this diver4ion.
The greater part of the enerry",s; forces having
.marched upon the Army of theCentre; his Ca-
tholic Majesty. at first thought (4 covering
Arid, and sending froth it• the persons most at-
tached to his service, and, the ;most important
object. . A considerable convoy, escorted by Dar-
magnae divisions, has been for-.
sußately conduCtett towards Valencia: On the
18111 of •Augtist, the King-hart' his head-quarters
At Villa Robledo. The intention of his Majesty
was to unite the troops of the Army of the Centre,
according to circtunstunces, either with the ATUIV
of the south, or thO Army of Arragon, to fight the:
English with advahtage.

SE:.4LIN, SEPT. I.—We learn that the Turi:ih
Commanders in Bulgaria and Bosnia sent, in the
beginningof August,Deputies to CzEnst GEORGE,
to summon him to cause the Servians to lay
down-their arms, so that the disarming might
be completely effected before the Turks re-
took posseSsion of that proymce: It .an-
nouncect to him at the same time, that the.
.Ser-
vian chiefs, who intended to retire into Russia,
must quit Servia before the arrival of the Turks.
It is said that C.ZERNI GEORGE sent back without
an answer the deputies of the Pasha of Bosnia ;
but that he replied to the PaSha. off Buigaria,
that his intention and that of his nation
was to subMit to the Porte under certain
conditions which he proposed.. He, at the
'same time, sent, his Secretary and two Servians of
distinction to Constantinople, to implore the cle-
mency of the Grand Seignior in favour of the Ser-
n.vi-an peoPle. Thus the unfortunate inhabitants,
who, have sacrificed their. blood, their treasures,
and their children 'for Russia, have been aban-
doned by, her, notwithstanding-the solemn promises
she made, never to •separate their. fortunes tvom

hers. , • •
COPENHAGEN, SEPT. 4.--We have just received
advices from, PetersburA, • according to • which
6
.General KUTUSOW, the same who commanded at
Austerlitz,' has been appointed General' in Chief
of the Russian armies, after having been raised to
the.title of Prince.- He has under him '
BAGRA-
TION and BENIGSEN.
BARCLAY DE TOLLY appears to have fallen into
complete disgrace. This intelligence has produced
Considerable sensation at St. Petersburgh, tot since
the opening of the campaign, the Russians have
had no engagement which they have not attributed.
to themselves the advantage. In fact, it has ap-
peared surprising, that an army should retreat
im-
mediately after the victories it has gained; but it
was. answered, that this made a part of tbeplan of
the :Generalin-Chiet. :Its is therefore evident
either that injustice is done to a General who has
always been victorious, or that the people arc
deceived by representing retreats as victories, and
the loss, of several Jyrovinces advantages.
PARIS, SEPT. 19.-.---Letters from Valencia, dated
the 16th August, state, that Marshal the Duke of
Ar.BtiFikA, after haying concentrated his forces,
had marched towards Alicant. The kingdom of
Valencia continued to enjoy the greatest' tran-
quility.
-
• CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG: 10.—On the 28th
July, Mr. LISTON, the new Ambassador from
Great Britain, had his solemn audience of the
Caitnacan. The Divan has fixed to-morrow for
the same ceremonial towards his Excellency.
On the 29th General ANDREOSSY, new Ambas-
sador from France, has notified, in the usual man-
ner; his- arrival to the Turkish Ministry, by M. DE-
VAL, Secretary to the Ambassador. The Drogman
of the Porte; on the 31st, paid the usual visit of ce-
'remony to General AsmtEossy. The lady
,of this
Ambassador has also arrived some days ago.

OLD BALLEY, SEit,

.EL'ard „Tc 12,1 Yates was IndictO
551..45. 6d. the property of i\less:
tils ers.
It apptntrs that in consequeuce poi
picions which Mr: Reid (who. c

Ountry part of the business in which the ;,lis
was chief cierk;) entertained -respecting a'B c,;„t7
duct, he was sent for froui Portsmoth •t.
three weeks back. Oii being accused h
received money on account of his employers
be had not paid to the VaShier, he dictated a 1:::t to
that gentlemen of all the sums which he coni'essed
had embeziled, to a very considerable amount..
this list was,contained,the snit) stated'in the indict
ment, which the prisoner acknowledged, and•wky;
,proved to have received fKoni a, gentleman
Pownell;in discharge Of a/debt Line
George Smith, to MesSrs. :,.leux and Co:
:case was so clear against the prisoner,' the Jury;
without, hesitation, found him guilty.