The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-08 00:00:00

SPANISH PIPERS

.FF.vri,LE, DEC. 4,,,-The Duke,del-Parque, Com-
nifinclr of /tle. left, reported to his. A,l;ikty, fiAm
the load iluartercin •Ajas, under date or tht 24th
of NOv,mber, that on the precediny. day the ene-
ma, 8000 1061, 2nd 2000 horse, stroriglyattaaed
sit ions at Carpio, and the neighbouring,heights,
acid that he not only' repulsed, hut pursued him half
a leagutl beyond Ms_4ifia del • Campo, where the
French rallied; night-coming on; alter, they had
sustained vrry considerable loss.:in this aaion, the
perrici.lars of which are expe6re*l. The infantry
;raid artillery of our armY_ tiehaved'with t;
the utmost.
- vallantry. On the following day at two o'clock in
the morning,•th.e enemy evatweed. Medina, which.
tovt n Ivas „immediately. occupied by//the light
parties.

FtioM THE SA7lJri PLACE, IDEC 6:—ln 'consequence
of the intelligence ret eived. by the Duke del Parque,
Commander in Chief of the Artn3r-of the Left, of
what happened to the' army of La Mancha at geapa,
he made t he' necessary diTositionfOr his retreat from
Carpi°, which be begun in the night of the 26th of
last month, and contated the whole of the .27th With
the utmost orde,r, as far as Vittoria and Cordovilla„
where he halted, in order to allow his troops some
rephse. On the same day, the 27th,' at ten o'clock .
at night, he pursued his retreat with the same order
as on the preceding day, and arrived on the 28th; at
seven 'o'clock in the morning, al Alba de Tortnes,
Without his march having in theleast been obstrueled .
by the enemy, although the •French closely pursued
him. He drew tip. his troops on the heights, which
Command that limn on the right of the Tonnes, 'and
ordered part of them to take Post on the other emi-
nences, which-also, command the above town, on
the.left bank of that river, in order to cover his rear
-guard, the bridges and shallows,, where the depth, of
water was very t:ifling.. In this sit uation,. t he' enemy
attacked him in the first position, but was gallantly
repulsed by our infantry. and artillery. A body of
French horse thereupon appeared on his right.flank,
and our cavalry, wipe!), according to the General's
orders, was to charge the enemy's horse, meanly
retreated before it came within pistol shot, and al-
though part, of them were made to rally, and re-
turn to their "post, yet they took to flight again,
abandoned the camp, and uncovered the right flank
of the army; The enemy taking advantage of this
incident, charged our first divison Of foot which be-,
cup ied that point, and although, it made. the most
gallant, and determined resistance," yet it was at
length compelled to :yield to the superior force-of the
French Lame, who broke its, line, notwitbsyding
the exemplary valour it aiiplayeci. The vanguard„
Hosted on the left, Sustained several charges of
the same cavalry, .but repulsed it three times, .sup- .
ported 'by the second division; at length it form.
ed an, oblong square, in which were . Don Ga..
brif.d De Mendizabal, second in comMand of tfie
said army,' and Don Martin- de. la C;rnera, Coin 4
mantling: General of the vanguard ; and in this it
Withstood the -enemy's attacks. with the greatest
Atruropeter.wa'sent by .the'Friich to call
upon diem to lay down their arms.' TheY listenedndt
to their;roposal, .and continued, their defence, lb'
this state of things night came on, e...an4 th van and,
second division, iivahing theinselves of it, were able
to' retthat by the heights on tire left bankaof the
Tormes. The Duke del Parque ordered the whdle
army to retreat in the. direCtion of Tamamer,
_and
this ,retrograde movement was accordingly ea-wed
with all the order that Could be desit'ed, until ;he fol 2
lowing morning : w hen the artily had arrived 'within'

a liit,tlc.!-more. tll.an, two lt,agtres.distipce from that to:iin,

ardinour fit?.w throu'4ll the -ranks of the rear of the
army., that the enemy was 'advancirig furca to-
c.ltarge our. infwtry.„ This rumniir,- an,i -small
Orty of dr;igoo!,s ~y.hich node its appeiranc,:, caused
some disprth-r, and. i(gi eat d;sper,ion, and part-,of
the pale soldiers, Who fo,•Eght Iwtoes on the.
height of Mega, ,thiew away their fireloekS,- ktlap-
sacks, and whatever else they cairied, tosenable them
to effect their escape. The; army then took a posi-
tion in the.mountain of Franzai where The dispersed
troops rejoined their corps.- In the action of Alba,
the van, the hist- divkion, and p'a'rt Of the second,
behaved. with distinguished gal!an;ry, ainl actions
were performed by se..eral.officers, which proved.llll.-
cotnmon intrepidity arv!.. spirit. The enemy's loss is
stated by the Commander in Chief 'to- be consider-
able ; but that of . our army was-also great-for want '
of horses. The Duke promises to report the further ,
particulars as soon as he shali.ltave collected the par-
ticular reports of the Generals' of DivisionS.
CORDUBA,Nov. 30.—The, Supreme Junta of .Go-
vernment hating bten informed of the disgraceful
dispers'inn of our army of La Mancha, dispatched '
with ail- lr iste.variOus exprtsses, with directions that
the mountain sharp shooters shotild take-the road to.
La Plan Almaden, and other important points:, send-
ing oti7at the same time a number of mountain
chasseers, completely equipped, and made every.
exertion to cnver and protect this province. Later
accounts which we have recei%ed, are not of so
&only a'complexion:as the first I,*rere; it. is certain

thai our army . rallied with promptitude, .and, pro
ceeded to re-occupy the Yes-
terday arrived here a tramport of artillery of a 1,-irge
calibre, and several cart loads of Muskets, . whicli
were all
,Stnt torthe -
JEAN, DEC. Duke of .13clluii,1 is at Ye—
benes with 6 or 7000 int.n Aljnpin,, and the

contiguous vtlia:;es there are :5O() men; in Mora
3000. roe-numoer which reinain of the garrison of
Toledo is not very .cnnsiderahl,•. On Saturday
salvoes of .-artillery- were fired in Toledo and Ye-
betses, celeXate tilt) anniversary or the coronation
the Emperor.
'Part„of the division of General MOrtier has gone
towaras Castile, as also'have the troops which, after

tlw:.batile of Ocana,.tetreated- towards Madrid ; but
that. Getieral himself, and the rest at Iris division,

hils'ilken the raid teOven', order"to force the

enemy's t.;-bops; :in that point, to pass 'thebridge of-,
cAlmarct.