Star.
London, England, 1808-08-06 00:00:00

GRANADA, JULY S.

Various letters from Valencia of the Ist inst. have
been received, containing the details of the memor-
able attack upon that city. The substaace of them
is of the following purport :
" On- the 24th ult. at nine o'clock at night, ad-
vieveras received that the French had defeated the
army of the Cabrillas. The Junta thereupon issued
orders at four in the morning of the 25th, through.
the Alcades of the different precincts,. that all the in-
habitints without exception should repair to the cita-
del to provide themselves with arms.
" So great was the number of the applicants, that
the quantity of muskets in store being insufficient to
arm them, all the English swords, of which there was
a large" stock in the Arsenal, were delivered out,
though many were without hilts. From the citadel
were conveyed. a'number of cannon, carrying from
18 to 20 pound shot, and from the Gran four 24:
pounders, and many more of various calibres.
" At the gate of Quarte, where the enemy were
expected to make their attack, were planted one 20.
pounder and several 12 and 16-pounders. The other
gates were also more or less fortified according to
circumstances. A great quantity of timber which
had just been floated down the River served to block
up the entrances to the streets withiti the walls, and
to form a breast-Work for the protection of the artil-
lery posted without the city. The whole of the 25th
was occupied in these preparations.
44 On the 26th, trenches were cut across the roads,
in order to prevent the approach of the cavalry, and
to impede the advance of the infantry, and theditches
surrounding the city 'and citadel were fillet with
water.

.t.< On the 27th, ,in the evening, General Caro at-
tacked the enemy,• at the distance of a league from
the city; but, notwithstanding the utmost gallantiy
on ,his part, be found it impossible to bold the
Preach in check ; and the enemy confidently advan.
ced towards Valencia, threatening destruction in every
,carter.

On the 28th, at eleven in the morning, our 'ad-
vanced corps came in, bringing intelligence that the
enemy were already within a quarter of a league of
the city ; and in a short time after the enemy sent in
a flag of truce, with a message, that if they were
peaceably permitted to enter, persons and property
should be respected; bat if not, that they would en.
ter 'with fire and sword. .On the receipt of this mes-
sage, histicieliercy the Captein-Geseral, the Arch.
bishop, and the nnited be dy of the inhabitants came
to a resolutiop that they weald make the most obsti-
nate defence, which resolution they accordingly noti-
fied to the enemy.
46 The Frerch, in the Amen time, determined to
make eve- y effort to accomplish their purpose, had
began ta open their fire upon the city, and to endea-
'Jur to force the gate of Qaarte, which was precisely
the cite which hadbeen put in the best state of defence..

The tunny occupied a broad street which runs in
front of the gate just mentioned. The gate was
thrown open, and a 24-poonderbeing brought up, it
made an inconceivable havock among our enemies.—
Their loss was incalculable, for their dead lay heap-
ed on each other in the street.
eg Our countrymen, defended by thewalls and heavy
artillery, scarcely lost a dozen men. In the evening
the enemy -began to find their ammunition fail them,
`and they made an attempt to penetrate by the gate
of St. Vincent ; but this also proving ineffectual, they
were under the ne&stity of retreating. • They lost 5
pieces of artillery in this affair, and on the 29th our
troops, who had gone in pursuit of them, brought in
8 more, but the latter were spiked.
" It is impossible adequately to describe the enthu-
siasm and heroism of the females, and the manner in
which they contributed to the defence of their coun-
try. Our troops continued to pursue the retreating
remains of the enemy's army, Inc! we expect to hear
of their being totally routed."
Such is the substance of the private letters.

The Corer° de Memo of the sth July farther states,
that the remains of Moncey's army, being from 2 to
$OOO in number (as from 6to 7000 fell in sight of.
Valencia), filled with terror and dismay, had passed
the river Jucar, at Yenta del Rey, with much hazard
and loss ; and that to ensure their total route, Seignor
D. Louis de Villava, the General-Commandant, had
taken measures to detach the best corps of the army
of Murcia, with a..strong train of artillery, in order'
to intercept the French in their retreat, and to attack
them wherever they should fall in with them.
The same paper also mentions, that a division of
the enemy, consisting of 4000 infantry and 400 ca-
valry, mostly very young and contemptible recruits,
had assembled at St. Clemente, and prcceeded with
out interruption to Iniesta. It is probable that they
would follow the same route, and experience the
same fate with Moncey's division.