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OVIEDO, NOVE.MECR 21.
The following dispatch has been received from
his Excellency Don Vincente Maria Acevedo, dated;
the 10th instant, from the head-quarters at Espinosa :11
44 Most Serene Seignors—On the 7th instant I:
_communicated to ypur Highnesses a detail of all the
_proceedings of the Asturiau troops, from the 31st of
October, the date-of my preceding dispatch.*
44 On the 7th, the General in Chief sent orders from
the left, that the 4th division, posted on the heights of.
Balmaseda, should proceed to Sopnerta, and that they,
should be replaced by four Asturian regiments. For
this service- I selected those, of Castropol, Ltrarea,,
Candas, and Grado, as being the least fatigued. Four'
regiments not.appearing to me to be sufficient, I at
the same time added the Provincials of Oviedo, and!
directed their Commandant, Don Francisco Man.
glano, to take the command ad ixterha of the whole
of the position. The General in Chief had proceeded;
two hours before, with several divisions, to dislodge
the enemy from a position about a league and a half
distant from•Balmaseda, an object in which, notwith-
standing the brisk fire which he kept up, he did not
succeed, owing to the approach of night.
44 At ten o'clock the following morning, I went
up to the height occupied by the Asturian regiments,
accompanied by Lieutenant-General Don Nicolas de
Llano Ponte, and Field-Marshal Don CayetanoVal-
des. Being at the post of Milicias, we reconnoitred
a body of the enemy, which we computed at from
3000 to 4000 men, and on passing along to the post
of Castropol we discovered another at from 1500 to
2000. I immediately sent informati •► of this to the
Generalin Chief, and as soon as I observed the enemy
is motion to approach the mountain where we "v, ere
stationed, Field-Marshal. Don Cayetano Valdes went
to Balmaseda to request a reinforcement from the
Central in Chief, who personally ascended the moun-
tain at the instant when the enemy had commenced
the attack on the right and the left. The General
in Chief reinforced the post with 'the Hiberno-Astu-
rians, and the volunteers and sharp-shooters of Gal-
licia, and ordered me to follow him, leaving any two
Generals I chose in the mountain, erith directions to`
make an orderly retreat, as the position did not appear
to him tenable.
‘, As the two whom I was to appoint to this ser-
vice were to be Generals, and as they had to cossei
mond so considerable a force, as that above stated,
between Gallicians and Asturians, I had no choice
to make, and I accordingly appointed Lieutenant-G&
neral Don Nicholas de Llano Ponce and Field-Mar.
shal Don Ignacio Vaaquez Somoza. The regiments el,
Villaviciosa, Cartgascle-Tirneo„.Siero, Solos, and Lena,
evacuated Balmaseda by, order of the General in
Chief, and also thewbole of the rest of the army of
the left, with theeseeption of the fourth division, who
bad been ordered. to fall back upon thecoast.
• On my leaving Balmaseda, with 'Field-Marshals
Don Cayetano Valdes and Don Gregorio Bernaldo de
Quiros, accompanying the General in Chief and his
Staff, Ponte had already commenced his retreat in the
best order, as he had been instructed.
•• From the various accounts that have reached
me, it is ascertained our loss has been very inconsi-
derable."
The following dispatch, dated the 12th, has been
received from the s•tme Officer
• A few moments after writing my last dispatch
from Espinosa, on the 10th inst. the advanced guard
sent word that the enemy were appearing in consider-
able numbers. Without losing an instant, I mounted
my horse, and the General-in-Chief being with me,
we discovered that the enemy were directing their
principal attack from a village, called Quintana, upon
the right and left of Espinosa.The Ge nen-Chie
ordered the troops, composing sion of the
North, to occupy a wpod on tfie right of the head-
quarters, and the A sturians, with the first division of
Gallicia, a height situated to the left. The enemy
immediately attacked the division of the North, about
two o'clocic, and after a long and obstinate conflict,
the latter found themselves compelled to quit the
wood. Perceiving that the right of the army was on
the point, of being defeated, I resolved to attack the
enemy's right with my left. In consequence of the
timely movement thus made by our left, with great
gallantry, the situation of the troops of the North
was improved, and they recovered part of the ground
they bad lost. The want of day-light put an end to
the engagement, which remained undecided.
41 During the night of the 10th we prepared for
the tatack that we expected the following morning,
in which service the Field-Marshal Don Cayetano
- Valdes, Don Gregorio Bernaldo de Quiros, and Don
Josef Peci greatly exeqed themselves. At day-break
we discovered the enemy formed in order of battle,
and ready to direct their principal attack against our
left ; but remarking that the enemy continued statio-
nary, I moved towards them with the whole of my
lice, consisting of the regiments of Solas and Lena,
part of that of Villaviciosa, and the whole of the first
division of Gallicia. The instant we began to march
against the enemy, they put in motion the whole of
their front line to attackus, and I therefore commanded
my troops to halt in order to receive them. A very
brisk fire was immediately commenced on both sides,
at the distance of little more than -pistol shot. Very
soon after Field-Marshal Don Cayetano Valdes was
wounded by my side, and though not dangerously,
I ordered him to retire. In a very short time, Field-
Marshal Don Gregorio Quires was killed, and Colonel
Don Josef Peel received a violent contusion. I was
occupied in encouraging the Asturian troops, and re-
garding with much satisfaction the firmness with
which they maintained their position, without yield-
ing an inch of ground to the enemy, when I observed
that my presence was more necessary at entailer point;
but before I could reach it, I found myself wounded
in the face, covered with blood, and deprived of sight
I therefore instantly sent to the General-in-Chief to
request that he would appoint another to take the
command, two Generals being wounded, and a third
killed, in less than a qtiarter of an hour : but before
the arrival of the person appointed by the Commander
in Chief, and whilst I was waiting for some one to
stop the bleeding, I was inforined that the enemy had
already gained the summit of the mountain, and that
falling back in some disorder, and
all the troops were
the greater part towards Santander.
• TM &patlla Whiled t 9 br the Genevg brf not cane to

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4.6 still unable to stne your Highness a parti-
cular return of the killed and wounded, the several
corps not having yet sent in their lists, nor can they
be easily collected for some days to come. AU thatj
I am positively informed of is, that in the attack or
the 10th, the Lieutenant-Colonel of Villaviciosa, Doral
Pedro kiverai wan killed ; the Lieutenant of Milicias,,
D. N. Peons wpun4ed, and that Brigadier Don Frans;
disco Mangland received a contusion.
gg The regiments of Milicias and Villaviciosa parti
cularly distinguished themselves. That of Lena was
led on to the attack with much firmness and spirit by
their Colonel, ion Juan Dringol. Those of Congas
and Sicro were posted by me, on another height on
our left, with the intention that they should act offen-
sively or defensivel-f, according to circumstances, on
the morning of the 11th, against the right flank of '
the enemy, and endeavour to attack their rear ; but
this plan they have probably been unable to execute.
gg It appears that the General in Chief has transfer-
red his head-quarters to Aguilar de Campo, whither
I shall also proceed in the course of a few hours, with
Field-Marshal Don Cayetano Valdes, and all the rest
of the wounded in this place, among whom is Count
de S. Roman, who is very severely wounded.
64 Should I in the mean time recover my sight, I
shall endeavour to collect the troops at that point ;
but if I continue disabled, I shall resign the command
to Lieutenant-General Don Nicholas de Liano Ponta,
if your Highnesses shall not, in- the meantime, make.
any other arrangement." •
AItANJUEZ, NOV. 20.
The Supreme Government Junta of the Kingdom
his received the following dispatch, from his Excel-
lency Seignor Don Francisco Palafox y Melci :
I have just received advice* from Generals O'Neille and St
Marcque, that they occupied iNparosso yesterdar (the 14th) at
ten in the morning, the enemy having precipitately evacuated it
at seven, and retreated to Peralta. No details have been trans-
mitted, and consequently I am unacquainted with the state of
their force. lam just setting off so put the wh4le in motion, that
we may follow up our advantages. May GOD preserve your
Highnesses many years. (Signed)
gg TRAM-VICO rALAIPO; T MELCI. .
" Caiahorra, November 13, - -
r 6 By dispatches of the 10th and 12th inst, received
by post, the Captain General of Catalonia, D. Jim:
Miguel de Vives, informs us, that having resolved to
attack the enemy, in order to make the blockade of
, Barcelona more complete, by dislodging them from
m
the positions they occupied in the environs, he formed
his troops, on the Bth inst. into five columns; the first
under the command of Field Marshal D. Gregorio
de Laguna ; the second under D. Gasper Gomes de
la Serna, Colonel of the Grenada regiment of infan-
try ; the third under D. Carlos Montero, Lieutenant
Colonel of the regiment of'Soria ; the fourth under
D. Brune Barrera, Colonel of the 2d of Savor ; this
and the third column being undc- the superior or-
ders of Field Marshal Count de Caldegues ; and the
fifth under I). Carlos de Vitte, second in command
to D. Luis Wimpffen, Colonel of the Swiss regiment
of the same name. The Captain General, with the
Major General, Quarter Master General, the Com.
mander of the Artillery and his Aids-de-Camp, posted
himself at St. Boi, to observe the progress of the
attack, and give orders accordingly. The attack
being commenced, the third and fourth columns dis-
lodged the enemy from the cottp,zes of Rosas and Pu-
billa de Gasas, pursued them beyond the village of
Sans, and advanced to within 1500 yards of the for-
tress of Barcelona, which fired upon our troops. The
second column proceeded, almost without meeting
any resistance, as far as the Vice-Queen's country
seat, the enemy retreating before them under the walls
of the fortress. The first column dislodged the enemy
from the villages of St. Adrian, St. Andres, and
Horta, taking a position between the two latter ; and
the fifth drove them out of Cornelia and Hospitalet.
The attack was suspend in consequence of a heavy
fall of rain, and the first column retreated from Hos-
pitalet, the third. and fourth returned to their former
positions, the second took post at S. Cugat, and the
first remained in the villages of Horta and S. Andres.
Our loss consisted of one officer, one corporal, five
soldiers, and five horses killed ; one officer, one ser-
jeant,- two corporals, two drummers, 86 soldiers, and
four horses wounded, and twelve soldiers and three
horses missing or taken. ..From the accounts ok the
prisoners and deserters, the enemy's loss waagreater
beyond all comparison.
" Field-Marshal Don Gregorio Luna, who in con-
sequence of this enteprize, remained with the column
under his orders on the heights of St. Andres, was
attacked at two o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th,
by the enemy, consisting of :rom three to four thou-
sand infantry, and three juindreil horse. Our troops
rushed upon the enemy with heroic ardour, and the
provincial grenadiers and the miquelers, under the
command of Don Francisco /Mans, having sustained
the contest for an hour, to protect the retreat of the
division and the artillery, the whole fell back without
disorder in the direction of St. Cugat. The action,
though short, is said to have been very obstinate, and
the enemy are said to haVe lost the whole of the 7th
regiment off' the line. Our loss consisted of six killed; .
twenty wounded, and 75 missing. The Captain-
General praises the gallantry and conduct of the troops
on both occasions, and particularly that of the column
of the provincial grenadiers of New Castile. He also
recommends the individuals of all ranks who princi-
pally distinguished themselves.
g 6 The King, our master, Ferdioand VII. and in
his name, the Central Supreme Governing Junta of
the Kingdom, have granted to each of the soldiers re-
commended by the Captaio-General, a scuiCheon of
merit, and another of distinction ; and have ordered
a present of two days pay to be made to all the troops,
and that he shall propose for their approbation ade-
quate rewards to the officers that have principally.
distinguished themselves."
The Supreme Junta, on the 13th instant, issued a
Royal Ordinance for the re-,admission of Swedish
vessels into the ports of Spain, and the renewal of
commercial intercourse between the two countries,
announcing at the-:;1m::. time their intention of tak-
ing further steps to draw closer their relationt with
the King of Sweden, who supports with so much
glory the digfiity of his thione, and the rights of his
snbjects."
Don Francisco de Fries, Chief of a division of the
army of Estremadura, entered Somosieeta at the
17th with thehattalion s of Valencia and Merida, and
60 of the Spanish chasseurs. On his retreat the Pre-
ceding day from Aranda 4e Duero, a Corps of the
enemy showed a disposition to harrass hits' ; but an-
tici • ..
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CORUNNA. NOx*.llo,
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By Atrettoarry.—His E Seigirr Joaquin
Blake, in a letter dated the ?4th itittatere:te the mo.,
nastery of Eslonza, informs the Most Govan..
ment, that, pursuant to his Majesty's orders, he has
resigned the command of the army to his Excellency
the Marquis de la Romans. He expresses his gmtl-:
tude for the confidence that was reposed in him, and
at the same time, his Agree at not being able, after
so many encounters, to 'announce a victory osier an -
enemy of superior force, to which they owe the dear-
'bought advantages they have obtained. He exhorts
to proceed in the most effectual manner in the re-
cruiting service, without admitting any exemptions,
and also to provide attentively fOr die subsistence and
cloathing of the army, and to furnish it with a roper
number of waggons, and good cattle to demo dim*
but that all the conductors -should go on foot.. ge
then encourages allthe gentlemen to takenp aims in so
just a cause, proposing for their imitation the example
of the Literary Battalion, whom he pouiegyriaes for II
their gallantry and steadiness. He concludes with,
more patticularly enforcing these interesting
and recommending the most energetic exertions in
providing every thing necessary for the army ; offer-
ing, at the same time, to sacrifice himself for.the cause
of the kingdom, to which he professes his gratitude.
Another dispatch of the same date, and from the
same place, informs us, that the courier, who set off
lon the 12th, with-dispalcherfor Government, contain-
ing accounts of the actions of the sth, 7th, Bth 10th,
land 11th, had been intercepted. He transmits copies
of the three List, the others having been published in
the Madrid Gazette. The dispatches relate to the
evacuation of Baleaseda, and the battle of Espinosa.
He also sends a copy of his answer to the Govern-
ment's dispatch respecting the statement of his force,
published in the Madrid Gazette, the original having
been intercepted. .
MURCIA, NQV. I.
On the 28th ult. arrived at. Valencia the Cabittet
Messenger Roseti, with dispatches front the Supreme
• Junta. - He brought an order fiotO chi= to' fit out' a
Ivessel to convey him to Trieste, whence he will lI-
teed to Vienna, and thence to St. Peterasitrel• Se"
sailed on the following day, .-
ST. 'RIAU, NOVEMBER .9. • • • ;
On the arrived a pink •iv this port, from the
island of Malta, in 18 days. The Master states, that
all the vessels and troops there had gone off some
days before, to join the Expedition against Naples,
which, was confidently stated to toilisa of about 30,000
men. He further says, that the Austrian vessels sidled
to and from Trieste, under the protection of the
English.

PRIVATE LETTERS.
FROM A musts OFFICER.
• . Lugo, 2Sth ult.
f 4 The 10th 'Light Dragoons entered this ,place
yesterday, as trid also the 15th. The ith were fire

days march• before them."
FROM A BRITISH OFFICER.
• Silmam*, November 44.
dg Since my last I have little to communicate ; the
whole army, intended for Spain, has marched from
Lisbon, and most of it is arrived here. All but Lien.
tenant-General Hope's division, which was to arrive
at Madrid on the 19th, and immediately to move here.
The Estremadura army under General Blake
were certainly repulsed before Burgos, which the
French have again occupied. The Spaniards last
5000 killed and 2000 taken prisoners—Abe action
took place on the 10th instant. This is according to
a repeat of some Spanish soldiers who have arrived ,
here, hiving made their escape after the battle.
* 44 The French army have got an accession of
50,000 nvn, with Bonaparte himself at their bead.
44 There are about 15,000 English in this city,
the men are all in- colleges and convents, and the
officers ballotted on the inhabitOts, +AM in general,
behave very civilly.
_.` :* . ,
ed The 4th and the 4244. cg r jlist
here, where they had beenihne aity; *bes they*
,got orders to retreat upon healing of the defeat ofl
Blake. These orders were, however, afterwards!
connterniandet and.theYhave remelted till the army,
joined thent.
.44 We will ill proceed frorsi'liesile ta Valladolid,
-which is to be the antral at Of bath tile Spanish
and English armies: • S?r Thtvießairit's anny,Which
is at present at Astnega, Will-alio incline Mitiids us
in that point."
=TRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER IN EIR DAVID
SAUtIVtARMY. FDAPED NOV. 26. ..
44 Three days ago we left Astorga, frrim whence '
we are now about six miles distant. We are in a state.
of indolent suspense,
,antionsty desirous of that active
employ, which we are toldi it dais to engage us.—
Every man in the army is it Si-post, from whence-
no officer is perinitted on any account to remove him;
thus circumstanced. every officer 4 compelled to the
necessity of taking ;'fit his own horse, unless
be can engage a Spanislahgessant for' that service ;
and in this we find extreme difficulty It has not
yet been ascertained 14 us, what number of troops
have been preserved by Blake and the Marquis Ro-
mama ; some accounts say they are. 50,002 strong
others only ,12,000—until the facts be accurately as-
certained, we shall not attempt a junction. It was
evidently the object of the French, after the defeat of
Blake, to hare puibed on between tis and Corunna,
and thereby to have cut off our retreat, but in this
they wcte mistaken—precautions had"been previously
taken to break down and destroy all the br:dges which
I' could have afforded them this faiiliti. The position
I.theyhave tnleln hes, nevertheless, completely eel (Sall
comnia* •t 0 With General Moore, with whom, at
present. Aare Ike ARK* cif 'forming a jinctioits
.