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London, England, 1808-11-03 00:00:00

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1 The Official

66 After the
in-the Month
gos, where the ta of'
Moncey are united. &aging lifts
not determined by tliaanostemetts of the ninny, who
have never dared. alAxe °or troops, nor to present
themselves in the plain, but from political motives,
which every man of sensiknows hoW to appreciate.
We have completely succeeded by these means in
talagering of no avail efforts which the English road,
to &Curb the tranquillity of the provinces of the Ebro
and Burgos. The flames of the rebellion have not
propogated themselves hither.
si We maintain free communications with France.
The army, reposes, in Doke to completely organize
itself ; it hes beaten theeenny whenever he has dared
to shew himself. It has received reinforcements frem
'France ; it has destroyed, by its good conduct anti
continual. success, the calumnious reports spread by
:the enemy in the provinces which they occupy, and
the inhabitants of avhich haeit been always imposed
upon by the insinuations of the Itiglish.
fa On the 12th of August the General of Division
Merlin received orders to seize upon 1311bOa, with the
43d and 51st regiments of the line; and the 26th of
chasseurs. The English had disembarked there some',
men and warlike stores, aud many incendiary writers.
n The town was occupied by the insurgents, the
major part of whom came from the mountains of Sts
Andero,and the others foam the neighbouring country.
The-rebels were entirely aestroyed : 1200 of abet!,
perished in the "plate. The wreck of this army 41
_dispersed, after abandoning' all its artillery and Mass
gage. The English. Officers were the firstavhdisfil
nevertheless some of them could not reach the avoid*
which waited to cenviy them ao Portugal. We sur-
`Priedin the crowd eleven Monks attached to cannont
which, like mules, they were dragging. Not one of]
them escaped. General Merlin entered into the towasi
and established. tranquillity in it. Admiral Massa:
redo, Marine Minister, was sent to Balboa ; he assem-
bled the Juntas of the Province, and was satisfied
with the good spirit of the Deputies, aial.the resolu-
tions which they adopted. At the moment of the
attempt of the insurgents directed against the right
of our army, the enemy seized upon Tudela, S
leagues on our left. General Lefebvre des Noneßeal
marched, with 300 Polish troops and.. two pieces-at
cannon, to meettllls: Hearliet Ers—iaiiiiied guard,
composed of front 6 to IMO men, Immediately fell'
upon it, made some hundreds of thempraioners, and
took two cannons. The King gave orderta*General
Moncey to attack .the enemy, and occupy Tudela‘.
His Majesty marched .with his reserve towards' that
point, asonimanded by Captain Saligney, Captain of
`his Guards. Marshal Jeittrdan,* Major-General, 'and
General Ballard, Chief of the Staff, accompanied his
Ihlajesty. The enemy had at Tudela 20,000 men ;
'but this did not retard General Moneey, who entered
the town on the 31st of August, after.having.disa
persed the rear-guard of the enemy, which was pur-
i sued to almost the gates of Saragossa. Duringthesca
transactions, the centre of the line had never seen the.
enemy, the most intrepid part of whom had-not dared
to advance more than three days journey from Burgos.
He, nevertheless, made a new mistenietit in 'the
mountains of St. Ander, near the sea, uprise,* right
of our army. General Blake united his many, and
attacked Balboa on the 20th of September.
" Marshal Ney fell upon him with four regiments;
10,000 insurgents were overthrown, and fled into in-
accessible mountains, after having been pursued two
days. Since this affair General Merlin has remained
at Bilboa with * corps of his troops, and Marshal Ney
has taken his former position.
,4 The enemy, not daring to approach the front of
our army by the great roads of communication, and.
persisting in his design to turn it, by maneuvering,
upon its flanks, fell upon the left of the army at San-
gue,psa, where he was repulsed.. Colonel Chapin
took two pieces of cannon.
" General Blake having mated in the mountains
from 25 to 30,000 men, and again disposed himself
anew to march against Baboa, was already within
two leagues of the town, when the King, informed
of this movement, ordered Marshal Tiessieres to at.
tack Orduna with the divisions of Mouton and
Merle. The troops were animated with the best spi-
rit : they hoped at last to meet the enemy.. ' If the
insurgents had persisted in their project, a battle
would have followed, the issue of which could not
be doubted ; but informed of the approach of the
French, they retired precipitately into the mountains.
" Every thing now leads us to hope, that the in-
surgents will at fast abandon their project of turning
our positions. Three times they have. made the at-
tempt : what success can they hope from it—especi-
ally at a time when the troops coming from France
Will protect the flanks of our army ? They must de-
cide to give regular battle, and measure their force
with the French in the plain ; or rather, which will
be most conformable to the true desires Of the Span
nish nation, return to obedience, acknowledge their
error, and turn their arms against the only enemy et
Spain. Already the most -enlightened. patt of the
nation appreciates the benefits of the new. Constitu-
tion, and are only prevented by fear from making
their sentiments known. . •

The 36th regiment of the line, a regiment of • When his Excellency Mr. Frere, Ambassadoeof
grenadiers a regiment of light cavalry, three batta,-
his Britiu mic Majesty, ant the Marquis de la Rottrana.;
lions o v:Atigetirs of the tines Guard, and three handed . here, the
German regiments, have entered Spain. The, dive gratitude of the Spanish people
would not permit the catilage wherein they went to
sion of General Sebastiani, eomp?sed. of 15,000 man,
m*4
~.. be drawn by the , but taok.the mules out, sad
has already entered Bayonne lin which p 1 ' drew these illustrious. thereon; themselves to the
twern The 20th and .Soot of this Month, 100,000 men Goirernmest honsei,actitmspanieillsyllie Duc de Se-
Will arrive... ,;•• .- raguas, the'GoveTtiOi'of the tovin, and several. Wm.,
" The inhabitants of our faithful provinces see with
~. . s ai.astinetko, where they partook of a MON
pleasure the uscanent when our army will be *able to tacos eutart,ininesit., , rtjie xown was ill is
march forward, and hasten die arrival of the so much. the esrah;;;72l4 -the alustribut 'omits hoefeuvel the
desired general Pecificationet Spain. Such will
be \ :Theatres 'with their presence, here the ape'etatars
the result of the good disposition of the greaten part sinewea theit. demonstrations.arysy ..
Hof the inhabitants, from the particular knowledge
,which they haVestquired of die personal character . , - :• .
'if the King, and of the imuieuse forces labial he has :By the. latest,mformaticar rrerived Om/ a _ ,
at his command, and which' he will only employ to it. s rewrote,
give price.: The resent moment is decisive for die i-pbahstan _ _ .
Spanish nattom •-If,: in aviakikg fro* heir lethargy; r
'they know thaie 'tray ?itt--fterbP-.'4 they "Oftb around,
'their Prince and . their: Carotin' tioa, ' they will a fie ,iv
Frenchtnenuothinghttrilies avidanuls ! -thin ever
thing. In ightilatage-: . irtincitnene &trial be Sufecient
to lender worthy of pity the Grandees who, atter .hltlasyLia OCTeOBER thia
that war '.hantaken place between the
• ts ..ci BarcOunii lad the Trtachtroops of the
nary-aastest has. ettatedc'
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even. ipossitiat 411/! limit with teee4 ;,a4L.itttaKy could the Itature I
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