The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-19 00:00:00

FPRICE stx-rENct H.A.LITE,NIs,I t.

FROM THE PREACH PAPERS.

NEVIS FROM SPAIN

SIEGE OF ALMEIDA.
PARIS, SEPT. 11.--The Prince of Essling caused
the • trenches to. be opened before Ahmida on the
night of the 15th of August p a false att atk_ directed
against the North .ot the town had dra.vri .the at-

tention of the besieged
,tO that :quarter., . Two !butt--
Sand workmen 'took advantage of that circumstance,
to dig the first parallel to 'a depth of three feet, along
a line of more than' 500 toises, in 'spite of the diffi-
culties arising from 'the rocky nature of the ground,
and the necessity of -every instant covering them-
selves by
.1;;;.-Ibions. . •
Betweeu the'ititharicrthe 1411, though the fire of
the enemy was very 'tAsk; a,nd the obstacles %Otto,
the rocks presented to I he enla-,?. 7-:2191,the treoehei
appeared insurmountable, the paraltel'*4s finkheti,
and the rocks blown up by theirtard:
Between the 2otti and "te.sth,-Aevcn batteties were

ereaed.- During -the night of the 24thi the second
paraEl was Opened in the rock, at less than 150
Wises from the place. The terrible lire of the tor•
tress did not permit us to maintain it during the day
but. on "the following night the miners finished deep-
ening-and enlarging the trenches with' tlko petard.
The mounting acid sppplying of the batteries were
also finished the same night.
On the 2Gth, at five it the morning, eleven bat.
teries, mounted with 65 pieces of cannon, opened '
their-tire on the fortress, which returned it, with VI-

gour'; but at four in the' afternoon their tire slaek•
ened ; at seven, one of our bombs exploded the
principal powder magazine of the place; the ex-
plosion was terrible. At the departure bf the cou-
rier, the fire of our batteries was redoubled with
0
ESTREMADURA..-.-A Spanish division commanded
by Ballasteros, already driven back several times ons
the frontiers of Portugal, thought it had found a
favourable opportunity-for throwing itself upon Car-
Bova, while the sth corps
.was marimurring 'On 'the
Guadiana. General Gerard received orders to ad-
vance rapidly against the enemy, his divison, .
'so as to cut off their retreat. Tins rrroverneot was
executed ; Ballasteros, at, the . head of
.0000 men,
.was attacked on the 11th, half a league to the lett
of. Villa Garcia. General Gerard routed him com-
pletely, took all his artillery, and after having kill.-
ed great numbers, and made many prisoners, pur-
sued him to•Zafra; to complete his destruttion. •
BLOCKADE OF CADIZ.-,--The works of the Block-
ade are actively continued ; the mounting and sup-
ply of the immense batteries of the. road are com-
pleting ; boats and other vessels are incessantly con-
strutting for the flotilla. The debarkations made
by the enemy to excite risings in the mountains of
Ronda have been driven back. The inhabitants of
the kingdom of Grenada themselves make war upon •
the brigands', whom they drive far from their hem( s.
General Sebastiani has placed the fort of Malaga in
the best state of defence.
TORTOSA.--On the 3d of August, the garrison of
Tortosa made a: general sally. It adVanced on all
ipoints'at the same time, even under' our entrench-
ments : the first posts gave way for an instant to
the'shoek'; but Generals Laval and' Clopiski, at the
head of the 'companies d'elite of the 44th regiment,
'and the ed Of the Vistula,. threw th6mselVes on the
enemy, who was 'driven back' into' the place, with
the kiss of 400 killed'; among Wilorri were some
Officers Of rank. The Governor, U.,unt D'Ulcas, r'e;
ceived a dangeyous wound ; we thade 300 prisaners,
among Aom are l'cOlonel and 14 officers. The ca-
'Yalry which' sallied from the place haVe lost almost
all their horses.,-Our loss has been only 8 killed,-und
33 wounded. Colonel Lafosse, of the 44th, and,
Major IVlichalousky, distinguished themselves.
TO THE PRINCE OF NEUFCHATEL AND WAG-RAM.
" In my last dispatch"; 'I had the honour
to acquaint you, that on the v6th the fortress of
Almeida returned our 'fire till out in the afternoon ;
that then it ceased' entirely; that at Seven a consi-
derable explosion took plaCe in the fortress; and
that the conflagration was kept up during the eight-
by our bombs
.and howitzers. This stale of, things
determined me to summon the Governor to surreo-
der, -yeter•clay morning. He sent me some ortiuers'
to ask a. cessation Of hostilities; I made known to
them the terms.of capitulation which lshould
Several hours of the:day were employed itt negocia-
flop, -which did not:proluct..The'success which I de-
sired. I therefore ordered our fire to recommence
at eight in the evening, and three hours atter the
Governor of the place- signed a capitulation, of
which I have the honour to send' you a copy, toge-
ther with that of my summons." Almeida is •thus
in the possession of his Mitjesty..the. Emperor/and
King. We entered it.this morning at nine o'clock.
'The garrison are prisoners of war, and shall be. con-
ducted .to France. We have found on the batteries
of the place, 98 pieces of cannon and 17 requii mg.
repairs, 300,000 rations of biscuit, 100,000 rations
of
,salted meat, and a great qiiantity of other pro
visions.
I think it my duty to say something, to 3 our
Highness of the disposition or the garrison. Tll4
Marquis d'Alorma, a General of Division, a Portu- •
guese, and several other General or snperior Office, s.
of his nation, employedin the ff*thetr !luny, ar-;,
proached the fortress while the ntioctation was
going forward. They were recognised from' the
wallS•by a great number of their criuntrymeil,' who
lordly expressed their satisfaetion at bei.,g freed Goat
the yoke of the English; which was much increa-sed
when they learned that the Ensperor had attached
to his'service, and in their several•ranks, the Portu-
guese officers
_who were •in France; and that far
trom having reduced them to the btatoof humilia•