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London, England, 1810-11-13 00:00:00

PAPZRS.

EtTRAORDINARY LIAR Y OF CORONNA, OCT.
His Excellenty the Captain-General 14 this king•
darn has ordered the publication of the following at 4
counts, which he has received, in order that his fel•
low-countrymen and 'Spaniards; attached .to the
glory of their country, tnaybeititorniedoftbe heroic
efforts of our illustrious 'warriors, and those of our
allies, the generous English and Portuguese
. _

• ACCOUNTS PROM PORTUGAL,
Don Manuel - Antonio de Fousece y -Gouven,
Head of the Tribunals at Oporto, in a letter of the
17th writes as follows,: `Since the adion of the.
27th ult, we learn that the French -are engaged in
constant skirmishes, and always teethe advantage of
our troops, who retire in the best order; they are
thus attracted towards our great batteries, where
we trust their total destruction will ensee. It I. ale
so known that in the environs of Leiria they. have
• lost many cavalry.
Our Governor, Trent, on the 7th inst. with his
division of ma:6 alone, restored liberty to Colin.
bra, making prisoners the 5 or Goon Freech who
were there. 'We have already, in advance of 'Co-
imbra, a column ,of more than 12,000 men, or-
dor to attack the rear of the enemy. It is ale) cer-
tain; that Monier, having passed the Sierra Morena,
marched towards Andalusia.; and. that -the Alaiquis
Romana detached General Bellasteres to Seize toe
defiles' of the Sierra, which he has done. Ati.eirs
have, therefor:l?, assumed a favourable aspec:, and
we hope shortly for a happy termination ; since our
army is constantly. increasing in strength ands spirits,
while that of the French ig.daily ekereasine.'
General Silveyra, from his head-quarters at Mon-
corvo, on the 18th, wrote as follows At the
post of Figueira, close to Coilubiet, more' than re.tio
French were made prisoners."
A letter, wort ,y of credi!, from Chives, dated the
I sith, contains the following :
" The enemy having Lid zinced to Ovidos wes.de-
feated by our troops with considerable kiss.' .The
attack was continued on the 12th and ieth, and
it appeacs that our defensive line occupied the
positions between Santarem and OVitIOS as fit• as
Peniche. On the 14th, the enemy not being able to
penetrate by Ovidos, took a direction at mid-day in
quest of the road of the Tague, expecting to be
supported on that side by Mortier, in case of a
retreat being necessary. Were it Certain that
Monier, had been defeated by the IVlerquis
Romana, united with some of our troops;' and
had lost a great many of his trodps in the vicinity
of Carisp Mayor, as is asserted, alt !here hopes wouq
be vain; but I do not report this with certainty.—
The divisions of Miller and of Tram are distributed
es follows t-6000 Men in Coimbra, two battalions
and two seea,:frons in Condeixa, and 2000 men in
Montmar el Viejo.
"Coimbra is fortified on the left bank of the
Mondego ; that riser and the Tagus have increased
in an extraordinary degree, so that it will bee very
difficult' for the enemy to effect a retreat ; and if
the positions of Lower &Ira are properly defended,
retreat will be impossible.. If Massenet rellete
on
his situation, he must either see himself compelled
to capitulate, or the lives of his followers Must be
necessarily exposed to the bayonets of the combined
army."

The Governor of Chaves wrote as follows on that 20th :

" I have nothing official; but letters from 'Pan-
, coso assert, that the enemy has lost 9,000 mo,n at
the foot of Leiria; that in consequence,he asketra
capitulation on condition of marching with their
arms to Spain—which was refused ; he afterwards
offered, as a condition, to march without arms—but
neither was this granted. lAm persuaded that his
army has no resource left ; we may therefore reckon
upon its fail, and say that the angel or victory has
come come to Portugal to destroy the reputation which it
acquired in the North."
lIIVADEO, OCT. 22.—A Spanish brig, Which had
entered Gijon with tobacco, has at last arrived in this
port ; several credible persons on board of -it give
the following accounts :
" On Wednesday the 17th inst. our troops enter-
ed Gijon, precisely at the time when the enemi's
garrison 'there had been augmented with those or
Luanco, Candao, and Aviles. Though all these
garrisons united exceeded six hundred men, they
declined an action, which was offered by ofq
troops. The famous Porlier was the first who
entered that town with his soldiers; Escandon read
Castanon followed him with their's, and attewards
Renovales with those of the expedition tinder his
command. Porlier ptirsued the enemy with intrepi-
dity,' killing some, and, making some of the rear-
guard prisoners; but in consequence of the rapidity
of their flight, being unable to bring th,:m to ac-
tion, he returned to Gijon, leaving partieS of ob-
servation at the most important points. - During
Thursday the above-mentioned officers and the di-
visions under their command in Gijon, and the nexc
night Renovales reimbarked to continue his course,
while, nearly about the same hour, Porlier put
himself in march for Oviedo, having destroyed the
batteries of thelenemy."
Thus far say the persons on board the brig, which
which was taken possesion of by the-French, aifer,
having sailed from Rivadeo with tobacco and effetts
of the Royal Treasury, with which the Admini.
strator Anguloi and the Sub-Deputy Don Pedro
Elano, were retiring to Gion, under the id:a that
that port was free from the irench. All was con-.
fusion in that town, in consequence of its 13inv.
surprised by our troops, and by the fire an Eu--
glish corvette which approached it. There were
taken from the enemy several valuable vessels pro-
ceeding from America and england; and it is deter_
mined that they are to come to Ilivadeo, it being.
agreed that Porlier shall have for his share one
lion of reals.

D. MANUEL ANTONIO de FONSEGA et GuNVEA,
Governor, Judge, and Principsi Chancellor at Opor-
to, under date of the 17th ult. Writes as follows :
" I can assure you, that Mott.ticit, having passed
the Sierra Morena, and talon the dire6tion of Al,
dalcsia, the Marquis de la ROMANA detached a corn
petent force nnder General BALLAsTBRoS, to take
possession of the defiles of the Sierra, which import-
ant service has been successfully performed."

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ti;• a peasant who lia; just arrived at Castropol:
tro.o the quarter of -Oviedo, we are informed that
operations of Poliier at Oviedo were sac-
.< —.40. He set at
,liberty. ari the Spaniards who
c!re prisoners; and took. eighty of the enemy, who
!,t-t;zilnt,itely 'abandoned Op.! He alio asserts,
that Senor de Pol has, adv:inced; and had his head-
iartell at Grado: Yesterday there. might have
a considerable action; for tha,e on board the
t., ;g I,eard a very sharp cannonade \vh,tl they passal
weeu Luarca and S.Estebao de Pr.ista.

.CORUNNA, Ovr: 26:

~:13,\TIIINS;OF THE. ARAI OP (lALLICIA, AND RE-
,t,LTS .OF. THE GENERAL PLAN TOCoVEIt, WITH
',LI. THE DIKISIONS, THE PRINCIPAL ATTACK IN
T E. ANTURIAS•

•
!t-rS !WM, p. MAN EDE NAVA, Commanding the,Di-
• n ott!)q lti,ht, to D. F. TnaoAorey Giz., dated,

baubefiS.

have just driven the enemy from, this .poi9t,
tl t! pnr4ted him three leagues to where
'e re-patseed the Tera w4th precipitation. The.
t, tack and pursuit have been conduaed with-the
•r-c:itest intrepidity, and the result has been to the
several.killed, wounded, and rendered on-
tor service; among which are twelve horses, and
olv ashen- Generals. We have taken twenty cart-
:.•ails of corn, several camp-kettles, and other-sit-tall
otters : put losS does not exceed five wounded.
" The officers arid brave troops have, the greatest
,Maims to notice, particularly the advanced guard and
;be cava!ry, who were in aetion, _as well as the
co!umns which advanced to turn the left of the.
enemy. The number of the enemy amounted to
(Hur hundred and fifty infantry, and one hundred and
horse, "with those which joined them in
Omillos."
A letter iron.) D. Manuel de Nava, to D. F.
y, Gil, dated SaDta Marta de Tera, 23d o,eto-
' = or, gives an account of his at tacking the enemy
:t Santa Marta. To accomplish this object," says
!!e, " I began my march at half-past .1-vo in the
I:ton-ling of this day, and at four in the morning,
firing about a quarter of a league distant from Santa
:44artzi -de Tera, dispositions. weremade for the at-
ack, by advancing my vangnird. in toe direction
of th town by the road of Pozuelo; the battalion
-.alSeyille, 'Commanded by D. Ramou Lies, witla 30
: orse, took the internrllia:e point .died Monte del
)nisPo, in the raid of Beeavente ; aid of the rest
-of ife. troops were formed three.columns, that on.
the right, cottsi•ai, g of the topl battalions of. ma-
rinc, commanded by D. --anion .Romay, and D. F.
-arii-; that on-the left, of the 2)1 battalion of To-
:, do, cot3riizip4d by Lieutenant-Colonel D. Jose
Artal ; and that of the centre consisted-of the regi-
mrnt under my command : the left of the right co-
Iltun Was flanked by two pieces of cannon,. under
the direction of D. B ltazar l'ayan, Lieutenant of
Artillery, while the companies of cavalry, under the
c.,t-b wand of D. Than Alarcon, occupied -the space
between the columns of the left and the, centre.•
‘` In this order we marched against' the enemy,
who were posted in the streets of the town ; and
.as
soon as they saw our troops they opened their tire,
which was.returned with the greatest vivacity; forcing
them to a precipitate flight. • Both infantry and
cavalry pursued theM .with the greatest vigour,
driving them across the liver almost up to their
nccl:s, in which considerable numbers lost their
Our troops pursued them more than a league
they have sustained a lotis of about
,170 killed, wound-
ed, and prisoners ; of the 21 prisoners, there arc
10 dragoons.. There fell :into, our hands• the
wife Of a se'rjeant Of infantry, who was severely
wounded, and taken besides - twenty-four horses
of Troopers that were killed or made prisoners, a
quantity of arms and ammunition, and the sword of
an officer,: A soldier,of the company of sharp-
shoOte'rs of Toledo,, named Alexandre ?eletuyro,
took a standard of cavalry, killing. the officer who'
carried it. Our only loss has been three wounded,
, and one made prisoner."