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lEECEIVED AT A LATE HOUR LAST NIGHT.]

rALL of VALENCIA.

ultroftr or GENERAL COUNT 'SUCIIET TO firs MG

NESS THE ritINCE OF WAGRAM AND NEUFCHA,TE

(zxrit 4c.r.)
Camp before Valencia, Doc. 29, rgz t.
On the 94th, I repaired to Segorbe, where I re-
viewed the division of General Count Ranee, which
I found in the best condition. laM also extremely
well satisfied with the division of Severoli. I caus•
ed these troops, toarrrive, by a, forced march of 50
hours, on the banks of the Guadalaviar. On the siGth,
in the-morning, two wooden bridges were jpeedily
established by the corps of engineers, and the artil-
lery at the same time threw over a bridge of boat',
General Reille began, -to pass the river. Gene:
ral Elatispe advanced upon Torrente. Gene-
ral Beussard, at the head of 4GO hussars, passed
the river, and charged a squadron of the enemy,
which he broke; but abandoning himself to
the pursuit, he artiVed on the line of the in-
surgents wounded, and fell into the hands of the
enemy; his brave Aide de Camp, Robert, perished,
making his body a rampart fote his defence. The
rest of the detachment escaped, with -only the loss
of eight men.' Immediately the 4th hussars and
.15111 cuirassiers, who were, on their march, put
themselves on. the full trot, and soon came up with
the cavalry of the insurgents, which they defeated,
and released General Boussard.
The insurgents, however, preserved a good coun,
tenance in tke entrenched camps of Manesser and
Quarte. General Muniez marched strait upon the.
camp of Manesses. I had ordered the division Pa-
lombini to advance upon the right flank of the ene-
My, between Valencia and the entrenched
This attack was secondary, but it became princi-
pal. It was said, the success of t his day would
be. owing principally • to the soldiers of Italy.—
,The intrepid Italians crossed the river with the
water up to their middles, and charged the enemy
with shouts of " Long rive the- Emperor and
King !" Gen.*Batailde, at the head of the 2d light,
and 3d of the line; Italians, forced several- en-
trenchments, crossed several canals, maintained him-
self against triple the number of troops, and gave
tune to the 2d brigade, consisting of the sth and 6th
of the line, to join.. Never was Italian courage dis,
played with greater intrepidity ; 50 'dragoons of
Napoleon, listening only to their courage, braving
the difficulties of the ground, made an extremely
brilliant charge. In the mean time,, the Captain of
Engineers, Henry, caused a bridge, to be established,
anti out-works to support it.
The battle continued, when Gen. Robert, whom
I have already had so much reason to praise, arrived
at the head of the 117th, and of the Ist Regiment
of the Vistula. The entrenched camps of Manisses
and Quarte were forced; cannon, baggage, caissons,
all were taken. At this moment, General Count
Beige, with the brigade of Boucle, and the division
Severoli, arriving on Aldaya, entirely turned the.
enemy ; the 9th of hussars charged, and made a
great number of prisoners. Cut off from the road
of Murcia, Blake was thrown into 'Valencia. , •
While these events were passing,-.Gen. Hkrispe,
who was appointed to blockade Valencia, and pass
the Guadalaviar at its month, made himself master
of the Lazaret, took from the enemy several pieces
of cannon, and made a number of prisoners. Two
vessels, two frigates, and a great number of English
gun-boats, kept tip a fire during two hours, harm 16
pieces of at lidery, planted- on the mole of the Grao :
they were obliged, however, to sheer off.
Gen. Harispe arrived at Cantarroja, and took at
Afajar a quantity of baggage and ammunition, and
one howitzer.
An hour before night, Valencia was invested on
all sides. All the small entrenched camps were
forced,the enemy everywhere beaten ; two stands of
colours, 30 pieces of cannon, and too caissons, and
'the baggage waggons are taken. Part of the enemy's
ermy-has been pushed into the. marshes of AIN'S-era,
where it has most probably perished. The loss on our
side has been stistained principally by the division of
Palombini. I have particularly to regret the loss of
Colonel Barbieri, of the 2d regiment• of Light In-
fantry, and Captain Ordineri, of the Engineers.
We have had twenty Officers and 200 soldiers killed
or wounded; amongst the number of the former is
Colonel Perpi. The loss of the rest of the army has
not exceeded 150 men.
The corps of Freyre and of Bassecourt, which
were at Requena, are cut off from Valencia.
General Delort is arrived at Alcires, on the Xu-
car, on the evening of the 25rh. He there fell in
with the corps of Mahi and. of Obispo, which fled
with precipitation, after having cut the bridges;
the inhabitants hastened to repair [heat, and receiva
ed our troops with demonstrations of joy.
(Signed) The Marshal Count SUCHET.

REPORT OF COUNT SUCHET; TO THE PRINCE OF

N4'.UFCII,ATEL AND WAGRAM.

Head-quarters, Valencia, lan. 12
RIQNSEIGNEUR,

I
bcg your Serene fithne,-; to announce to his
:Majesty ilie Emperor, th.it his orders have been ex-
ecuted ; Valeocia has submitted to his arms.
The rapid movement of the 126th December forced
the enemy to retire into their fiatified lines. The
pursuit of the troops which escaped from Valencia
to St. Philippe deprived Blake of all hope of escape
or succour. The Investment was finished with per-
severance. The army thirsting for glory, sought
dangers, an.d with the greatest valour repubied three
sot ties.

The boldness of the engineers, who in the nights
of the first and second January opened trenches
within from 70 to 80 toises of the enemy's works,
and who, in four days and four nights, carried their
mines within 50 toises of the fosse ; the surprising
et-flits of the artillery, who ereaed batteries at Go
toises, and which they succeeded in arnfmg, not-
withstanding the rains and dreadful roads ; the con-
btancy of the infantry in sharing in all these la-
bours, caused the abandonment of the enemy's lines,
defended by SO pieces of cannon.

These lines are 6000 toises in extent ; Valencia
expended 1 2,000,000 of rials, and employed some
thousands of men for two years, in erecting them.
On the sth I commenced the bombardment, and