The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-20 00:00:00

BAirl,r, O BUZ.ICO.

Yesterday we communicated to rt.e Public t 1
sullstance of a variety of, private letttYrs, 1 t i most
aulheatic de,cription, relative to •the p Iticoldrs, of
this glorious affair, ai,d the conse,i-i'vnct2s that might
be expeded to flow from it. Tlie•e ailticpations,
especially with regard to Coimbra, and The mecti,•
toted retreat of Lord Wellington to Ilk fortified 000.
siiion at Torres Vedras, are folly corthritte!.l b, 114
dispatches to the which :sere recaived yeiiVr•
day troll) the British head qulrters at A.lcob:lzl.-
IVithout further preface, tLiey are to the I...flowing
eticet ;

Ott the day of this brilliant affair, we have alrea4
st Ited, and in that stitement we persist, that the
whole of the French army, ainoAning at • le!rit to
70.000 min, were wide:- wins. The their
pisiii.,ns was perfectls' vkible froth onr•. ~[h right
of the enemy w:is commanded by I.Vlarslml N-y,
with the Generals of 'Divi,ion St. S.mon,
and Macau, under St. Sutton; .is ippears from
the Gazelle, wt 4 wounded and talt,:n iso,'ler and
~ccoiding to itte report of prisOners and de.itrters,
Niaci) and Loison were also wounded. Tste left
of the French- \TA: cony-my:tied 11y Regtiter, with
the French General's Merle and Gran] cii.orge, both
of whom are reported Iv be wounded.
"1 ue Bth corps, under Jui;ol, watt drawn up in ft
COIU nu of reserve; the cavalry, amounting to .iearly
0020 men, did nut more.

• The British army w,is under arms at three o clock,
.A. M. A little before day-light, Lord Wellington
arri%ed near Gctkral CralthlrYg positio on our
1 ft. The ground was rocky., an I was obliged
to dismo9nt: Soon after the firing began on the
left, and shortly followed a Leavy firitio•t' vn our.
right ; upon which Cord Wellaigton observed—
" This is the true attack," mounted his horsa, and
rode off to the right. WEeiT he reached it, it was
day-light, and he saw the French troi'ps near the
heights. He immediately ordered the 88th and the
other corps of that brigade to charge, and moved
another regiment to outflank the enemy, who then
retired in the greatest disorder. Their advance was
very regular and spirited. The second attack was
al4o repulsed ; and then Lord Wellington set off Co
the left ; but before he could reach it the French
had been repulsed, and the action was at an end.
Shortly atter the termination of the action; the
French occupied a village in front of our left, and
within range of our guns. A message was sent to
the Commanding Officer, repieSenting that it was
Contrary to the usage of war for an enemy to' occu-
py a position which it was evident he could not
mainra'n, and • which would therefOr.• only occasion
•an-useless effusion of blood : lie was in conse-
quence requeSted to withdra'x, which he refried.
A-few guns, with Shrapneils, were then imme-
,diately opened upon the village, which was at
the same time attacked with great vigour by sonic
companies of the light divi.ion, who immediately
drove out the --French, afer having made tnern
atone for this ad of temerity, by the loss of about
51)Q MOM

SECOND EDITION.

SUIV OFFICE,

THREE O'CLOCK) r.

OFFICIAL.

Dispatches have been received from Lot7l trit•
LANGTON and Mr. STUART, of the date of the i3' h
inst. by which it appears that the Allied Armies had
retreated within their lines; their tight being at
CastanberO and Villa Franca, znd thew !eft at
Torres Vedras on the 7th a; .d Bth inst. Th, y had
not been molested in their retreat, but some affairs
had taken place between the cavalry of the two
armies, in which the British and Portuguese cavalry
bad distinguished themselves.

The Marquis de ROMANA was on his march with
a part of his army to join Lord WHLLINOTON.—On
the 13th he was expeatt'd at Monternor.

Tie rains hid began on the Bth the British
Army are represented as being proteCled Fmm 'them
in the villages and under huts.—The French Army
is severely exposed to them.

Colonel WiLsoN had occupied the positi cf
the'Busaco, with a Portuguese Brigade on'the• .6?1•,
and it was reported that Colonel :Fa/WT. had entered
Cciimbra on the 7th, and had taken a French. garri•
ton, with their wounded, prisoners.