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London, England, 1810-04-03 00:00:00

a man of General Cuesta's authority and decided
temper. - .! •
"We have at-this moment, by the concesaion of,
all the world; only . two men who are capable 'of
commanding even -a . small body.of troops in a mil;-!.
tary,manner—General Blake and the Duke of Al---
buquerque, and they both of them find. themselves.
without an army; Blake' by a misfortune to which
it is impossible to attach any blame; and Albu-
querclue,,-by a misfortune for which he:isstili Jess
accountable, that.. of having:given umbrage to . the
Junta by the circumstances of his birth and for-,
tune, and of having excited the-jealousy of General
Cuesta by his reputation and popularity among the
troops ;. motives which, I fear, may lead. to the sa-
crifice of .his reputation, and to the lois of his ,ser-.
vices to the public canse.". - „ -

EXTRACTS FROM MR. FRERE TO MR CANNING,
DATED SEVILLE, JULY 22.

" The English troops,- who were fatigued "with
two long days' march, were to rest, the e 1 st. at Oro,
pesa, and on the 22d:they weretD Move forward-to
the neighbourhood of Talavera, in conjunaion with
the Spaniards. . .
" The general opinion here seems to be, that the
French will_ not- wait for an attack ; and the con&
dential reports state, that they are 'sending. forward
their heavy baggage, and even a part of their artil-
lery, to Madrid. '
" On the evening of the igth,- I received :the -in-
closed letter from Sir Arthur Wellesley, and on go-
ing to the. Junta the next' morning, I was agreeaNy
surprised to find that they had already taken nice::
sures to remedy, as- expeditiously as possible, the
want of carriages -which was complained-of. in that
letter, which I had to communicate; and of which
the inclosure to Colonel °Donoghue hid been al-
ready transmitted by. General Cuesta. Four Officers
,had been appointed, and were to set off that morn-
ing with qo men each, and with orders to put in
requsition one-third of the mules and other am-
mals on this side Santa Olalla, and two-thirds in all

the country heyood; with which they were to pro-
ceed to the British catnip.,"

EXTRACT FROM SIR A. WELLESLEr*TO GENERAL

&DONOGHUE, DATED PLACENTIA, JULY 16.

" I am sorry to say that we shall march` but ill
provided with many articles which we require, ow-
ing Ito the deficiency of the means of transport in
our possession; and this country is either unable or
unwilling: to supply theM. Nothing sltall prevent
me from carrying into execution the arrangements
which I settled with General Cuesta when I had the
pleasure of seeing him, although to do so will be at-
tended with the greatest inconvenience, on account
of the deficiency of the means of transport; Which I
then hoped that this country and Ciudad Rodrigo
would have afforded; but I think it but justtce to
the army under my command,, and to his Majesty,
to determine that. I will undertake no new operation

till shall have been suppliedd-with the. means of
transport which the• army requires;. ,and
.but fair
and candid towards General Cueka, to announce
to him this determination at the earliest mornent.—
The Briiish army does not require much assisiance
of this description ; none .for the baggage of
.in-
dividuals; and what is wanted is td be. applied
solely to the. transport of provisions, ammunition,
money, and' medical stores. I beg you, at the
same. tiMe, to inform General Cuesta; that I am
convinced that Don Lozano de.Torres, as well as
Colonel •O'Lai.vler, have done every thing in their
power to procure for the army the means of trans:-
port which we have required." •

EXTRACT FROM GENERAL CTJESTA TO M. DE.CORNEL,

DATED OA3A9 DEL PUERTO, JULY 18.

" My army has commenced this march withbnt
barley, and .with only pro Visions "for the day ; the
measures I adopted, and the steps .taken by the
Commissary to procure them; not having met with
the desired etiett." . , •

FROM GENERAL CUESTA TO M. D.E. CORNEL, DATED

TALAVERA, JULY 22.
" On seeing the brilliant English army pass this
inoriiing, our troops Were tilled with valour and
enthusiasm, and evince an ardent desire to attack,
although they are overcome with fatigue."

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GENERAL CUESTA TO
M. DE CORNEL, JULY 25.
" General Wellesley, who, as I have already
stated :o your. Eiceilency, remains on.the Banks of. ,
the Alberche, tells me that the scarcity of bread,
and:niectns of conveyance, prevented him from joining
meaS,soon as he wished, but that 1w was 'making all •
possible Borts to effect ft.
" In consideration of all these circumstances, , I
find thyself obliged to ad with more circumspec-
tion, and not to move from this until the arrival of
the English army, as, according to the most authen-
tic advices I receive, the enemy will -collect about'.
48,000 men, atkd they propose to resist and. attack
[ us ; it. would not, .therefore, be right that .they.
should find us separated. If, therefore, my suspi-
cions that they will endeavour to attack me, should
be confirmed, previous to the arrival of the English,
I shall' think it better to retire and join them, than
to await the- enemy with my. force alone..
" In order, however to avoid this. retreat, I am
doing all in my power topersuade the-English of the
necessity of their.putting themselves in motion."
EXTRACT FROM GENERAL CUESTA' TO M. DE
i . . CONNEL, JULY 28.
" I have no room to enter into,further particu-
lars, having been for three days in the field of battle,
'with' all my troops under- arms, in total want of
'food and resources, as the Commissaries, and the
' r ' dependents in this branCh, absented themselves from
bOth armies, as soon as they heard the first fire.". • .

EXTRACT PROM MR. FRERE TO MR. CANNING, AUG. 5.
" On the important subje& of the supply of
the British army, I received the Inclosed letter trom
Sir. Arthur Wellesley, dated the 24th of last month,
from Talavera de la Reyna, in which he states the
detitute situation .Of the troops under his'coMmandi
who had not, as he says, even bread to -eat, though
the Spanish army was well 'supplied,. and the pri
soners taken from The enemy uniformly healthy,
and well fed, and even their horses in good condi-
tion."

,EXTRACT FROM SIR A. WELLESLEY TO MR. FRERE,

JULY
r. `.`. The Sp.inish army has plenty of every..thing,
anti we alone, upon whom every thing depends, arc
toitly starving."