The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-07 00:00:00

PAPEtS.

SOI4I-lANI'S REPOIt'I4.

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, [Cbutinued froU/ our raper of Saturday.] '
OA the morning of the ...?,sf.h, M. General MAu-
cuxil pasued .our reconnoitring parties on t!...e
toad iU Ditenzit; and it was ascertained that the
,t3gltsh army Occupied the heights in front of
that town, with his
nfrUnt covered by, the. Carrion,
having strong detachnients, Who were th.arg-:
ed with the defence of the apnyoaches to the
bridges of, Son Isidro and of Villa.,Moriel Ge-
neral M.,.i..;coNE cattSed a brisk attack to be made
•by the 5.,..11 division On the tete-du-pont at Villa
24(iFiel. 'The enemy was overthros.vn, and thrown
hack to the ether side of the river in an instant.
Our troops Were alread-y- preparing to radi on the
bridge, When an explosion, made by a furnace of
.mines, which he had preparel there., threw down.
one of the arches, and stopped the march of the
column ,which were going to take it. I felt the.
necessity of quickly fercing the enemy to evacuate
the bridge of San Isidro, which %Vas likewise un-
dermined, and I had given orders to pa'ss the Pi;
suerga .by bridge above Banos ; but this bridge
was blown up at the moment When the nnheineut
was to be put in execution. Meat]While, the fur--;
mice not having entirely produced the effect, in-
tended, the. part of the at ch which had not been
de6troyed furnished the means of e.oithlally pass-
ing some squadrons of 'dragoons over the left.
bank, .who vigorow lv pursued the English infai-
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tryi-charged,vvith the detettee, of the 'br*.dge, and
who, although supported by the cavalry, were
surrounded and•inade prisoners. The enemy per-
ceiving that we were masters of 'the left bank of
the Pisuerga, endeavoured to accelerate his re-
tre,,t, and blew up the bridge of San Isidro, si-
tuated on the high road front Torquemada to

We are consequently occupied .in repairing the
brid.ces. These work's:have been protected by the
sth division and artillery, placed on the left bank
of the Carrion, which destroyed the enemy's
masses which. attempted to approach from the.
river. The enemy this day lost 1000 men in
killed, wounded, and prisoners.
Whilst we thus found the English artily shame
fully to abandon the fine position of-the Duenas,
the right,Of the army commanded by General For
took -possessio:i of Palencia. The enemy was
.pushetl with such vigodr by the Ist diviSion, that
in his flight he was forced to abandon the bridge
of Palencia without having had tune to destroy it,
notwithstanding the .p.reparations that had been
made. Forced upon all points, the rear-guard or
the enemy's army retired during the night; and On.
the 26th, the bridgeS being repaired, the French
attny conthmed its march. The head-quarters.
were established
.at Dumas. •

On, the , 27th in the morning I observed the
positions occupied by the enemy at, Cabezon,
which the Pisnegra still separat2d us from ; and
to render useless- his dispositions, I ordered the
army to march upon Valladolid and Simancas,
by the right bank of the Pisuerga, still
haring the sth and 6th divisions opposite Cabe-
zon to observe the. enemy's movements. The.
right. of . the Army occupied Zaratan, the .3d and
4th divisions marched in .advance of Cigales, near
aut.l4,,A;pl thy Pi3uttga, the remainder of the
army was at cigales.. -
On the 28th General Foy took possession of
Simancas, and entered Tordesillas on The 29th.—
The bridge of Simancas, upon the Pistterga, and
that of Tordesillas upon the Douro, have been.
destro.yed at, the approach of the French troops.. 7—
The tete•du pout of Tordesllas was still occu-
pied by the English. It . was necessary to drive
them front that position to be able to repair the
bridge with celethy. Sixty brave men of.. the Ist
division and some sappers, having at their head
Cap,ain Gungret,, of the 6th light, threw them.-
selves into the river, and carrying their .sabres
between their teeth, succeeded Vin reaching the
opposite bank, notwithstanding the brisk fire of
the enemy, who, surprised Sit so bold an action,
was thunder-struck, and left some prisoners in
our porter. This enterprise rendered us masters
of-tlfetete-dit-pont.
The enemy, informed of this march of the
artily upon the Douro, felt how, dangerous it
Would be for him to remain any longer on the
right bank of that river, made baste, while it was
yet time, to abandon his. positions. tie continued
his 'retreat on the 29th, after having successively
blown up the two bridges of Cabezon and:Valla-
dolid.

• The French army entered Valladolid cm the
29th, and on'the 30th its head-quarters were .in
TOrdesillas. •

The. loss of the enemy in 'these different com-
bats is 2000 prisoners, all Eng,liSh or Portuguese,
a great part of them cavalry. In this number we
reckon a. Colonel, a Major, 2 Lientenant-Co
loads, and 25 Officers. The English army has
lost 600 horses. Its loss in killed and wounded
may, without axagf'crd.tion, be estimated at `two
thOusand live hundred wen men. The Spanish,
General Alava has been dangerously
Our loss amounts to three hundred men killed or
‘voundcd.

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I owe to M. the General of. Division, "Clan,
zcl, the eulogiurns which helms so well inerit-
ed by the flue condition of the -army, of v.hich he
has transferred the command to me. - This Ge.-
neral, although' still sick, • in Consequence of his
Wounds, has rendered the greatest service by the
knowledge lie has of the country, and w 1 has
given us •great advantages over the enemy. M.
General Count Caffarelli has et-in:illy sliewn the
greatest -zeal to succour the Army of Porttigal,
in case it had stood iii peed of it ; hiseavairy has
covered itself -with glory by the charge which•it
:made on the enemy's cavalry. General Baron La-
martiniert has 'sliewn, in these Jiiiferent a sirs,
all the zeal and activity of which he is capable;
he is a very good officer, and is deserving of his
Majesty the Emperor's favours:" •
The General of Division Macsine has, in all the.
affairs which he has had, known how to inspire
the troops which he commands with. the same
ardour and devotion of which he has already per-
sonally given so many proofs, •
The Artillery, under the orders Of M. General
Tirlet, has scraed with great distinction, and has
Clone much injury to the enemy.
Your Excellency will remark, that Lord Wel-
lington, in his retreat from Burgos, has made day