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sichugreiparafe haeins MMus ..te. 4,lpoptalfr,.f.lofx .theitartilerk, irnaggaiiwa and igaisigi i. and tOI
mown, t . that by reaching.that position, theglirould htiVe beeit turned by the Frehch not blii them but atl
fs'e'liiolfgh't more immediately in .front Of Lisbon,'.
Palentia, having lost 60 plebes of cannon and 304000,
which ground Sir A. Wellesley was so well ac- ;
.nth
~..„,.''' • mil, as to make him anxious to meet the roomy i killed or made prisoners. As this Action seems to'
7_7 As an objection against. waiting for Sir John ' have decided the fate of the Asturiati Army, we shall '
71„„,„05 corps, Sir A. Wellesley said, that there must give the Bulletin which describes it without abridgh.'
/be an interval of at least ten days before it could be cant.
ceable. - The Eletenth Bulletin is also extremely important.
Q.—Do you recollect that I urged Sir H. Burrard
en the field on the 21st of August, to continue the „
i rkccording to ir, the movements of the left of the
Witsuit of the advantages which our army had gained French army were begun on the 19th ult. and on the
;cc the eneihy, referring to the convetsation of the ' 21st, a diiision of cavalry set out froM Logrono by
acceding evening on the same subject ?—A. I do not ! the right of the Ebro, while four divisions passed that
priestly recollect the manner in which you expressed ' river at Lodon, abandoning the district between the
,„r desire to Sir H. Burrard on this' subject, but I
;:ollect perfectly your pressing him to allow the par- Ebro and lung. Pampe
oh to be continued. That you stated that the right I On the 22d the French marched to Calahora,
wing of our army was several miles nearer to Torus : which was Abandoned by CA STANOS before they ar-
vedras than the enemy was ; that we had four bri- '
: rived.—On the following day they came up with the
des which had not been engaged ; and that 'rbn'es p
the path by which the enemy had retired;
was patriots, 45,000 in number, near Tudela, and arnine
Nods,
Q. Do you recollect, that I pressed him to allow in the monting'attacked them, pierced their centre,
the right wing of our army to drive the left of the and cut off their right.-r'The 'line under CASTANOS
. enemy back on Torres Vedras ?—A. I do, saying at then fled towards Mallen and Agreda, having lost
the same time, that in your opinion, by that move- seven standards, thirty pieces of cannon, twelve Co-
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t, no part of the French army would reach
en lonels, three hundred officers, four thousand killed,
Lisbon.;
Sir A, Wellesley expressed his iitention of calling : and three thousand prisoners I
weal other witnesses. Adjourned till to-morrow. .The sum of the intelligence in these Bulletins is
briefly this :—Within thirty days after the opening of
the campaign, two armies of the Patriots have been
destroyed ; and, if we may credit the statement, that
und.r CASTANOS, consisting of 45,000 men, was de-
feated by only 6000 of the enemy.—The French, as
was to be expected, pretend to have gained all their
victories with very little loss on their own part.
Respecting the British troops these Papers furnish
but little intelligence. The infantry, they state, is on
its -retreat to Portugal ; as to British cavalry the
French had seen none of them. •
We have to observe, that though the Moniteur:
which have been received come down to the 11th in:
scant, the latest accounts from the armies, viz. the
12th Bulletin, appear in the Moniteur of the 6th inst.
—The subsequent papers from that date to the 11th
contain not a single word from the seat of war.—
Whether this circumstance augurs any thing favour.
able to the cause of the Patriots we cannot decide ;
but it does appear singular.

TENTH DAY.-DECEMBER 14.

. The Court did not commence its proceedings this
nereieß until half past Eleven o'clock.
sir H. JIVRRARD put in several private letters from
'‘.• • Leal Castlereagh to hint. They expressed great
spiety for Sir Harry to set off instantly for Portugal,
lied desired, him if the horses and artillery were not
embarked, to go without them.
Some letters were also read from Sir Harry Bur-
raid to Sir John Moore, dated in Portugal,
_urging
Sir John to come up from Peniche and join the army
with all expedition.
Sir Arthur Wellesley was then examined by Sir
Harry. Lurrard.
Q. Did the French cavalry patrole near our posts
en the 19th of August ?
A. I do not recollect that they did on the 19th ;
. but they certainly patroled very near the British camp
early on the morning of the 20th. A division of the
British army was detached, at an early hour thit
morning, under General Spencer, towards Lourinhe,
facilitate the junction of General Anstruther's Bri-
gade, which had landed in a bay to the south of Pe-
niche; this division was posted on a height between
Lourinho and,Vimiera, and the French cavalry pa-
tided very close to it.
Q, Is it possible for an army of 16 or 17,000 men,.
march nine miles with the enemy's cavalry pa-
troling aroand them, and without the line of march
being known to the French army ?
A. I think under certain circumstances and con-
ditions t-f the country, it was possible to march
note miles without an enemy, at the distance of nixie
Wiles, knowing any thing of it, in less than two if
not in three hours.
Q. Is 'tot Torres Vedras, where the French were
posted, nine miles from Vimiera ?
A. Between eight and nine miles.
Q. Were there no cross roads by which the French
?tad bare opposed the march of the British army,
before coming to Torres Vedras, to attack them ?
A. Yes, there are several.
Q. Was nor the country between Torres Vedras
,rid Vimiera, so mountainous as to impede consider-
ably the march of an army ?
A. The country between Torres Vedrat and Vi-
aniera is certainly mountainous.
The Court were proceeding with the examination
Sir Arthur when our express left Chelsea, at
me o'clock.

11!,i EVEN !NG STAII..

LONDON.

FIFTH BULLETIN.
" Burgos, November 16.
" The fate of the Arniy of Estremadura has been
decided on the plains of Burgos. The Gallician
Army, beaten in the battles of Durango, duenes,
and Valmaseda, has been dispersed in the battle
of Espinosa. This Army was composed of the
ancient Spanish troops which were in Portugal and
Galicia, and which quitted Porto 'towards the end
of June ; the militia of Gallicia, Asturias, and old
Castile ; of 5000 Spanish prisoners, which the English
had cloathed and armed at their expence, and dis-
embarked at St. Ander ; of the volunteers of Gal-
licia, of regiments of artillery, and of the troops
which the traitor Romana had carried away from
the North. This army had the presumption to at-
tempt cutting off our 'communication with Biscay.
For ten days it was driven from post to post : at
last, on the 10th November, it arrived at Espinosa,
where in order to save its artillery, magazines, &e.
it formed in order of battle, as it believed itself in a
situation not to be forced.
" At three o'clock in the afternoon, Marshal
Bellune arrived in front of the enemy. General
Pacthod was ordered to carry a small battery occupi-
ed by the troops of the traitor Romana. This posi-
tion was excellent, and defended by their best troops,
but General Pacthod, with his corps, fell upon these
troops who had abused our confidence, and violated
their oaths.—ln an instant they were broken and pre-
cipated down the precipices. Tke Prince's regiment
was destroyed. The enemy made several attacks, in
all of which they were defeated. During the night
both aimies remained in their positions. , Whilst this
was taking place, the Duke of Dalmatia marched
towards Reynosa, the only retreat of the enemy. •At
break of day the enemy were attacked both on the right
and left by the Dukes of Dantzic and Bellune, while
General Meuron advanced against his centre. The
enemy fled, throwing away their arms and colours,
and abandoning his artillery. The Duke of Dantzig
took, at Reynosa, their artillery, magazines and bag-
gage, and made some prisoners. Thus the enemy
have beenturned, not only at Reynosa,but at Palencia.
Sixty pieces of cannon have been taken, 20,000 • men
killed or prisoners, two Spanish Generals killed; all
the succours in arms, &c. sent by the English, have
fallen into our hands. Blake saved himself by taking
to the Asturian mountains. Romana, with a few
thonsand men, is marching towards Santander. Our
loss is trifling in these contests, not exceeding eighty.
killed and three hundred wounded. We have not
lost any oEcer of distinction."
SIXTH BULLETIN.
" Burgos, November 111.
si Of the 40,000 men who composed the Army of
Gallicia, part has been killed and taken, and the rest
is dispersed. The remaining arrive daily at our posts.
The General of diviion, Debelle, has taken 500-pri-
soners in the environs of Vasconcelles.
• eg 'Colonel Taschell, who commands the Ist regi-
ment of chasscurs, attacked the escort of the Spanish
General Acevedo ; the troops who composed the es-
cort, having made some resistance, they were all put
to the sword.
" General Bennet with his division fell in with the
head of a column of fugitives, consisting of 2000
men ;they were partly taken and partly destroyed.

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The vessel which carried over the Fr each and
Russian couriers returned to Dover yesterday. The
arrival of this vessel enables us, at length, to remove
the veil which hung over the transactions passing in
the North of Spain, having by this conveyance re-
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