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Tro'ilz the L 0 DON GIZ BITE, Dec.- I ta

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Dpiz!4ing.,street, Dec.' 5, 1811. . •
A Letter, of which the foliowing is an Extratsl,
has been-received from Colonel Green, employed
on a particular, service in Catalonia, dated Berga,
OElnber, 1811. ,
Since my letter of the 9th instant, I have' thesa-
tisfaation to annoiin.ce to your -Lordship the surren-
der of the University of Cervera, which capitulated-
on the 11th instant ; three hundred 'and fifty men
coruposed its garrison, and alrery considerable de-
pot of wheat was found.
l have also received ,intelligence of the evacua-
tion of Monserrat, the enemy burning the Church,
and every thing which could be useful in a re-esta-
blishment of that important point, taking the rents
of Barcelona ; but froth the. great want of provi-
sions there, they were not received, and are gone to
Villa-Franca, hupposed with the intention of re-in-
forcing Tarragona..
Go the 1 Bala instant I accompanied the Baron de
roles to the attack of the Castle of Bellpuig, near
Lerida, which was invested and summoned, but be-
ing determined to defend itself, was 'only ultimately
reduced by, mines, and .one ten-pounder ; the Cas-
tle becoming-a ruin before: the surrender. There
fell into the hands of the. Spaniards upwards of one
hundred and sixty prisoners, so that now the whole
of the space between Lerida and Barcelonais free,
and the important consequences: Oily strew them-
, selves, as desertets and Quintus, from the before in-
vaded parts, are returning to their own stapdards.
The indefatigability of General Lacy is extraor-
dinary he has inspired the greatest.confidence, and
success appears very likely to fellow his exertions,
if the nature of the enemy's force continues to limit
his warfare to defensive operations for a short time

longer. • •
Medas Wands, from their peculiarly menac-
ing .itoation, added to the increasing sickness of
Macdonald's corps, checks at present all the enemy's
movements in Upper Cataluna, preventing the con-
froili passing to Barcelona, which place is nuw
in considerable want of provisions.
I have Cie honour to. enclose a Proclamation of
General Lacy's,- will,. h Ims seen • issued in coiise.
querice of many conscripts having entered tromFrance
io,lo 'Catalonia, requesting to be admitted to join the
Spanish colours, AO avoid being loreed into their
‘iwn armies against Russia.'

Dpzlining-stree4
,Dec. 3, 1,811!
The followit g is an Extrao of A Letter, which
has been • receiv6d by i EiTt 4 i Lv. rpool; from
Sir HoWard Douglas, dated Coruund, 1611CNo-
ve.tnber I B'l 1 ..
I. had closed 4tly dispatch of yesterday's date,
%viler.) his Majesty's slip Iris entered this port with
intellig,tnce of the suecesslut isSue of Mina's move-
ment into Aryagon ;. and briugitig with her tour
hundred prisoners, the frnitsof his enterorme, and
of some seryicits which Captain Caristian has gal-
lantly executed on the Eastern Coast.
'Mina"s- principal of whit the enemy, was at
Ayerve on the 17th ultimo, when he was attacked
'by body of eleven' hundred. infantry and sixty.
cavalry, who had advanced to relieve a small gor-
rison .which Mina was besieging. The•.attack was
received with great steadiness, repulsed with. gal-,
lautry, and the advantage follooOd up with
.such
vigour,. that the whole of the ,ttnetriv's force,- with
the excep.ion of Once Wien, •were'lsilled, wounded;
.o' taken prisoners. Nlioa tttok Six hundred of his
prisoners to the coast.; and his Majvsty's•ship Iris
being toontiately in sight,:Oaptain Christian took on
• boarl l• ur'hundred. Mina's force was seven. bun-
tired infantry and two hundred cavalry,
I will not rob the gallant Chi.tf is: account of any
of its interest and therefore refer your Lordship to
the enclosed details of that and several preceding
operations.

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Copy of a Letter from Don Fr3neisco Eipoz y Mina to
Sir Howard Douglaa, dated Sanguesa, 2,4th.October,

Att.. .
". Excellent. Sir, , .
The great interest Which the British. Nation takes
in 'lle prespority of the Spanish Arms, .and the
partiCular esteetn which I and my: division owe to
SO heroic a nation, lay the under the obligation of
iubmitting to you the original connnunications re-
speming the events of the wiir in this Kingdoin.—
f consider it a debt of gratitude and reTecA te'ptit
into. your .•hands a ' series of . intelligence •- of all
the military. and politial occurrences of this king.

Own':
(Signed) FRANCISCO ESPOZ Y MINA

Troslation of -Letter from Colonel Mina to General Men.
di4abtl, dated Sanguesa, lath octoner tai
1.
Most gxcellent Sir,
Fobserved in the beginning of Oaober, that se-
veral French
to'
were. evacuating this king-
dorn,,some to proceed to 04 Cabt,lllo, soma to Ar-
ragoo.. I received intelligence at the Sallie time,
that Generals Duran and Don Juan Martin (El Em-
pecioado),, were moving upon caldtuyud,. in order
to drive some of the enetny's forces out of the king-
dom of Valencia. I held it a sacred duty to. direct
my attention ..to this operation, which I considered'
;Was one of the greatest impoitance : and while the
divisions of El Empecinado and Soriano were ma-
tireuviing on toe right baulk of the Ebro, I prOceed
ed from Sanguesa to Sadava; (one of the five cities
Of Arragon) with my cavalry and twu battalions
(the Ist .and 2(1) of infantry, with the intention of
„co-operating with them on the left bank..
mar On the
1 tat, at dawn of day, 'continued mymarch Id
Egeadelos Caballeros; proposing to surprise the gar.
05014 which was composed of two hundred infantry
and seventy cavalry, whom, however, I found Ye:.
cured front a conp•de-main ; I encamped my troops,
and went myself near enough to reconnuhre the
strength at' the fortress. Tue enemy endeavoured
to prevent this by firing, which they'kept up, with.-
out interruption during the whole day and the fol-
.
Icwitig night.
Nothing particular occurred on the 12th. At
!dark a male was begin, but in the middle of the
'night the enemy recotrimencd a brisk firing, which
:they continued without interruption, forcing in the
;mean time the p asantry who
,Itad taken relive in
!the place'. to demolish a very strong wall. Taking
advantage of the obscurity, and the noise occasioned
by the musketry, they opened a breach in the wall
through Wilt is the seventy cavalry made their 'es-
'e4tpe-; although I wondered at the instantaneous and