The Sun.
London, England, 1811-06-04 00:00:00

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TuRsDA,v, anti' 4, 1811.

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Ult:ditt FALSUM AUDILAT
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We this d pre,rent our it-mitre with the official.
tiee-fli,i.ol 'be important and decisive battle of Al
: we: say decisive, because we are convinced,
that it. ill lead, at, no great, distance of time, to the
evacnation of the .South of Spain by the French •
The Dispatches of Marshal Beuaseottn.are so per-
fettly clr r, and every part of I oe warntiVe is so closely
conne(ted, that we shall not attempt to make any ab-
str (0, but shall refer our Readers to the Gazette it-
`self, We cannot, however, avoid noticing the peculiar
disativantages under which the Allies fought. They
were inferior in nenibers, and particularly in ca-
valry; to the Enemy—they were composed of three
different natinns; and the Spaniards, who formed
by tar the. largest portion of the allied army, only
joined it the night before the. battle. The French,
on the other hand, laboured under none of tl,e;e
disadvantages, and they had the power of choosing
both t e time and the mode of attack. Under all
these circumstances, the victory gained by the Al-
lies retlei:as the highest lustre upon them. It
affords us the most sincere pleasure to find that
the Saailiards distinguished themselves greatly in-
this natile. We lietea• had any doubt of their
courage and patriotisth, but, for want of disci-
. pline,-in.geneial, irs pi,elied battles, !hey had been
forced to give way to the superior tuCtics of
the .French. In the
/narrative which we yester-
, day laid before otir Readers, and which was derived
from:, the oio,t authentic source, it, is stated that
• the e 4 SpirAcirtl, to a man displayed the most signal
cour ge, bur, owing to their want of improvement
in diScipl'ne, it is difficult and havrdous, lest they
sh,aea tie own into confueon, to totem them
from the position *loch they have at first occupied.'
—Wet i toot ttre7 Spanish Gwernment will-feel
" nece.sity 61 i;iving them :chat improvement, and
111:qt they wi i he interior to no troops in Europe.
T 11:, consequence of the det-et of SOULT was the
resumption tit the lege of Barbin which will 1);
carried oi, with all po,,sible vigour. The fall of that
ft~rere;ss kill, we have no doubt, be the signal for the
of she siege of Cadiz, and the evacuation of
the Smith of Bi,ael. Is is, indeed, almost absurd to
talk -01 the siege- of Cadiz, for the force that
VI cTott has with him is not more than sufficient
to defend the extensive works he has constrated.
Ir is obvious that Solnar had strained every nerve to
coiled a, force for the' relief of Badajoz, because he
knew the immense importance of that. fortress. In
the attempt he loil one-third of lilt army ; but what
is s"till mine advantageous to the Allies, his army
• natee have lost a great portion of the confidence with
which they used to go into the field against the
Spaniards. Without reinforcements, and very large
ones too, we are convinced alit the French cannot
.retmiti.long in the South of Spain; anti we are not
aware from what quarter these reinforcements are to
'come. NisssaN A'a tiny may indeedolove to t heSout
word, tar LA 4.1 WELLINGTON'S army will of course do
t ^;.111 e ; the' relative strength of both parties will
tae,cii,rc r main unaltered, and the army that beat
loin use the Agueda would, we have no doubt, be
e vittortous let tile batiks of the Guadiana, or
the Guadageiver, But with the exception of Alas-
. seNs's army, we aro net aware of any other con./
ioice that the French could send into the
,
Smolt ot'Sp34l. It is .perfedly -Walt known Abe
fir s,ane mouths past no troops have entered Spain
by way of- aiyonue, and in Biscay the French are
tries going upon the defensive. The clerical Gene-
ivcti threatened Vittoria with a consider.

able to,ct-, and we have iieett a Letter which states
thrit.he hid :c.tflally bet off, at the head at ,5000
men, to it, J ti.:Sll, at Bayeatte, We. are Dot

f„.1,1 c,f ithluting icy saugutne expetations, but weit
thud: there is every reasoi't to b4,:dieve that the defeat
tit 4pissttri' A anti of 0.1,7t/r,.triwtt lead to the evacu.
adott of the South of Spatna ancl perhaps to the re-
ilea( the French behind the age.

Y,,,terday morning, at inrif past ten o'clock, Prin-,
ewes AUGUSTA ittßl SOPHIA tuck their usual morn.
ing ride in Windsor Great Park till one o'clock;
riccoinp,rniod Hy.Latty ISAISELLA'THYNNE, Generals
CARTAVBIGHT, and Cotonei 'TAYLOR.
Toe (-I,Ok.uNi :ffid Princesses EtazAarerti and
WARY took iiii ing to Progninre, and walked in
the Gardens a considerable
o.lr Coric:innudent at Windsor does not state
arty Aeration tO .11.3vc t 41.41) place lb the stare of his

MAJESTY.
Letters received by the lastliails from the North
of Gerowny state, that the Svt,cdtsli Goverrunent
los been greatly at the apptoaeh of our
itect. A cordon of troops has been drawn round
the Sbxed.sh ctr,,,t, to oppose debarkations. The
ii,rnekiters stite, that the reports respecting the
intentions of atisbta are still very'contrAdidory ; but
it, the-mean tune Dantzic remains shut against 131:i-
-tish

PLYmouTti, Jutix consis.ing of about
sixty sait,'bound to Spain, Portugal, the iNit..diter-
raneani' 8:c. are now off this port from Torbay,
()tiler' convoy of his Atijesty's ships Romulus and
IPolverine. A few ships are now getting under
weigh to join them, as is also a transport for Lis-
non, having on board a deutentnent of troops for
Lord WELINGTON'S atmy.

Pat iu here ,this,:tuorning his Majesty's ship
itnya/ Oeorge,:'ot )10' guns, from Portsmouth,
bound to Basque t.:Jath.

YARNOLITH',iJUNg 3.-47esterclay p. m. the sloop
Two Brothers, fJENDHEY, master, catne:on thole on
this Beach, with cou.iderable d image ; she was'
hound from Wished' to London, wuh a - cargo of.
seed.

Arrived the ship Friator, laden with wheat, cut
out of the Emms by the boats of his Majesty's,silip

Quebec.

POUTSMOUTU, JUNE a.--arrived the Scahorse
frigate .tram the Mediterranean, and is put under
quarantine.

Arrived the, Acacia frigate from P,iymouth; ac►d
the Medusa frigate and Cheerly gun•brig from a

eruize.
Sailed the Dapper gun-brig, with a co%voy, for

the, Downs.

DEAL, JUNE 3.--Catnr down from the River the
Lady Lnshington for the East Indies'.
, Sailed the Banterer on a.cruize off Flushing.
Arrived the Sampson from the Brazils.