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SPAIN AND MOROCCO.

(From use Times' Special Correspondent.)

CAMP IN FitoNr OF CEUTA, DEC. 21.
The 19th inst., on the morning of which day I
sent off my last letter to you, was devoted to re-
pairing damages, repitching tents, drying the con-
tents of trunks and saddlebags, seeking things that
had strayed or been blown away, and re-establish-
ing, as far as possible, the status quo. The Moors
did not show ; the storm had probably dispersed
and driven them to shelter. Yesterday, was fine,
and our friends appeared again. There was Xt.
mishing at varicus points of the line ; the Spanish
artillery fired a great deal, and is supposed to have
done the enemy much harm ; at any rate, it made
them run fast enough. They do not at all relish artil-
lery, and we are accumulating a good deal of it for
their benefit. They showed some hundred cavalry
yesterday, and a staff officer assured me that he
saw the horsemen riding to and fro behind the in-
fantry, and urging them on with blows. It is cer-
tain that in recent encounters the Moors have not
come on with the same vigour and eagerness as ror-
merly. Yesterday, for a considerable time in the
afternoon, they occupied a series of ridges opposite
our left, but showed no disposition to come within
short musket range, or risk a serious attack. Gene-
ral Ros de Olano's troops had orders to content
themselves with maintaining their position, and not
to advance, since to have moved out against the
Moors would have been only to expose the men
without possible advantage. For the present we
hold our lines, but do not desire anything beyond
them. So, as the Moors would not risk themselves
from under cover, and the Spaniards remained
motionless, the musketry was at very long range, and
a large number of cartridges was expended with
little or no result. The casualties on our side
were about 50, and, but for the artillery, which
punished them a good deal, I do not suppose

those of the Moors would have been very time)
greater, for they lie close under their banks
and hedges, stand up for an instant to fire, and
are down again directly. Our men, for the
most part young troops, are more fond of firing
than sure of their aim (although.' some of the
Cazadore battalions are said to be expert marks-
men), and if their shots tell at the distance at which
they were yesterday shooting, and against targets
so dim and uncertain as the head of a crouching
Moor, it must be more by accident than skill. It
seems to me that, instead of this game of long shots
leading to nothing except the expenditure of ammu-
nition, it would be better to let the men lie close
behind their parapets and not return the fire, and
then, if the Moors, emboldened by their forbear-
ance, ventured near, treat them with a volley, or
charge them with the bayonet. I doubt whether
they would come near enough to be caught in
general when the Spaniards, weary of skirmish-
ing, or just at nightfall, move forward from their
position in line without firing, the enemy scampers
away in all haste.

To-day the gunboats have gone a little way along

the Straits, and are firing at the Moorish camp in
rear of the Sierra and at some caves, in which the
Moors habitually shelter themselves. At this mo•
meat (3 p.m.) musketry has just begun upon our
left, some distance in advance. It is doubtless the
escort of the working party, returning home, and
followed up by the Moors. I believe there is no one
in the army who will not be glad when these weari-
some and fruitless skirmishes are over and we come
to something more decisive.
Brigadier Sir Richard La Saussaye, who cora-
man.ded the first Spanish brigade that cattle over
hero (part of Echague's corps), and who has dis-
played military skill and conspicuous gallantry in
the various affairs that have since taken place, has
been raised to the rank of Major-General—a pro-
motien well-earned, and which I believe has given
satisfaction to those who have been lately serving
under him. General La Saussaye is an Irishman,
and. was formerly in the Spanish Royal Guard
whttn that corps d'elite existed.

There has been some delay owing to bad
weather, and afterwards to breakage, in the laying
of the remnant of theAtlan tic cable which came here
in t he Tweedside, to connect the Spanish and Afri-
can coasts. To-day, boy/ever, all difficulties were
overcome. At a little before ten this morning the
Twoedside left Tarifa, paying out the wire, and at

two p.m. the, connexion was completed, and Ines-
sag9s were sent to Madrid, Paris, and London.
Colonel Gurrea, of General O'Donnell's staff, as-
sisted at the whole of the operation.
Beyond two or three Madrid journals not many
pap rs reach us here, but I occasionally get hold of
a number of the übiquitous Galignani, and from it
I derive the little knowledge obtainable here of
wha.t is going on in civilised lands. In the impres-
sion of the 12-13th inst. I notice an article extracted
front one of your London contemporaries, which
maps it evident to mo that there are very incorrect
Weald abroad as to the events that have passed
a ronaid Ceuta during the last month. My letters,
if they
have reached you, as I hope, will have dis-
pelled some of the delusions that seem to have ob-
tained currency. The article in question, in speak-
ing of the actions of the 25th and 30th ult. in-
sinuates that the Spaniards had by no means the
best of it. There is no question but that the Moors
attar ked, and so they did in nearly ev cry affair that
hasi taken e
merely place. It is not our object to attack
mto i.w
desire to hold the positions
t.
we have taken and are fortifying, and await the
mordent when all shall be in readiness for operations
on *n more importantscale, and in another direction.
Thi sis certain ; but it is equally so that, as ofteuns
the enemy has presented himself, he has been re-
pulsfred,and worsted. It is completely untrue that a
gun . was captured on the 30th ult., and I am ignorant
Will it can have given rise to such a report. No
Spai dards have as yet been made prisoners to the
knowledge of anybody here; none have been re-
turn ed as missing. 4, Marshal O'Donnell," the
writ er continues, "was represented by the last :te-
mp: ,ts as making preparations to return to Madrid,
leav: ing the command in the hands of Zabala."
Tlic re has never been the slightest rumour here of
such . an intention on the part of the Commander-
whose presence everybody considers as in-
ensable, if the campaign is to continue. The
expo :dition was certainly undertaken, as the article
says ,at a most unfitting time, but that it will
" .end the winter in Africa under canvas" is
higl thy improbable—if, at Last, it be thereby im-
plio 1 that it will remain all the winter in its pre-
sen 1. lines. The writer then asks how it is to be pro-
vis Toned in a country" where the arrival of a single
tra yeller sometimes causes a scarcity." Luckily the
art) y is only al..;olit 15 miles from Algesiras, 10 from
Ta rife, a few hours steam from Cadiz or Malaga ;
so that there is a possibility of its escaping famine.
As . to pressing forward into the interior of Morocco
at this season of the year, that is what no one
dro ams of; it would be mere madness. Those of the
lie drid papers which only a few weeks ago so pret-
tily mapped out the route of this army, allotting so
ma: ay days to fighting, so many to marching, so