The Sun.
London, England, 1811-07-17 00:00:00

PORTL UESE PAPERS.

LISBON, JUNE 23.—Lord Wellington, with his
eliaraztertstic prudence and s.igacity, tell b4c1;.011
11,daiiii, on ruining Marniont bad, with 24,000
'nen, it,ined &Jolt, thus swelling thc enerny's force
to 40,000 inCtotry and 84)00 cavalry, the rernaini of
80,000, c4.nduCted by Ma5....211 t, and 00,000 subse-
quently brought til rend4+l'6e him by Nlortier, &mit;
23,swerel, &c. &c. for the avowed purpose of con.
(petit% the Perim-4,1a.. :This retrowade thovement
his Rot created the leist tear or alarm among the
inhabitants of this ;glace. _ _

.Alter nising'the siege of Badjoz, our army left
an advance 'in Elvas, and has taken a very
ettong puditiots in. the couniry about Porta'ogre to-
wards.t ha Tagus.

It is thus secure from attack, and ready to a&
vance or retu4,-ai the bead who commands It
may judge advisable. ' •
01.1%7103CA, JUNK 14.-,—Prigadier D. P. Morno
surprised in Voldicazas, in the night of the oth in-
qtaot, a column comthanded by Culcinel Normand,
whiCh devastated these provinces,-and after, u con-
test of tour hours, took one hundred and elevqn
prisoners, including the Commandant of. dragopriii,
48, and collected six wounded; among them
a Caplan, two hundred and eight stand of arms,
tuur chests, and other spoils : the ,'others,
among them Normand, shamefully tied. Accord-
s() advices fro the same Brigadier, dated the ?,,t h,
we know that the cavalry which pursued the CIIVI4
Wide many prisoners on their retreat, the number
of whom was greatly augmented by those found in
straw yards ands'hiding place S.. , •
It appears that Souls, has already received part of
his reinturceotelits, and .that the combined ..army
anxiously expect in order to repeat the scene
iat Albuera, We see with satisfaCtion, that it kai
lowered the pride of the French, who are become
scrupulously prudent.

, .
How many days of struggling .would have been
saved the nation, if, from the time of the first cry
of liberty, a discipline had been , cherished in =the
armies, skill sought for in the chiefi, and encourage.,
sent given to The application of subalterns,?
Two battalions, and a squadron of the 11,001.ES-
tremadurian Legion, cointirmidecl by Colonel J. D.
Deconie, have .arrived at. Elvas, which, in a few
days, will present themselves in the- field of honour
to join ;lie combined troops, .and emulate their va-
lour and glory. The ancient dress of Spain,, which
this legion wears, rernittcli us of the days of our
former greatness.

1,16490,, JUNE 22.---The French which sepaa
lately had been routed in Fuentes de Honor and
Albifera, appear to have united in .the province of
Spailish'Estremadera. This pnion- was judged ne!.
cessary to avo4l the utter annihilation of • their
forces, and thus kepport in Spain a force capable
at imposing upon, and obstructing .14# Pr°gre's of
the Allies made in Andalu‘ia, and the fatal conse-
quences wnfeh were likely to result ,from them.
This tome, cru the part of the 'enemy, was not of
sudicient cons,:ti•letice to cause any. fear to the Al-
lies, ' The el., my, to gain this force, Jett' in all .:
the.other rosin, so trifli.ig prrisons, that, they
could not act to Ova:nage aoinsi the enemy,
and large pailira were in motion ,in all the pro-
vinces,, an .ready tu-take advantage of the wishes
of the inhauttatits ss ho, opprt:ssed, anxiously
sighed for an opiortunit) of revengieg. the via-
lettt rs. and injuries. they had suffered. 'the ar-
mies of Catalonia. and Valencia, possess
One, enei4y and worthy Chiefs; all these ad in
coMbination, and such is the state of operations of
the Allied Armies throughout all Spin, that, acting
udder. recsprocaranderst..indin4, she enemy must lake
the greatest care not, to admit of advahtagenus
results. The illusttloui Lord Wellington, to wheat,'
prescience and high penetratioti none of their move-.
meads appear to be unknown, as they are exe-
cuted, takes a.lvantage of their wise combina-
tion, shewing is all his well timed dispositions,
that' prudence and unalterable system,. constantly
follo*ed With so much glory, and which Inti given
so many tiiumphs comic) three allied nations.
• ,14.4.v.t5, JUNE 9.—:Nutice yesterday, reeeited as-
sure us, thin the army which was Sebastianrsi
manded by 4en. Laval, was completely defeated,
and routed In Granada by Gen. Frere.
Genetal Frere writes from GagiieS on the 31 it
ult. three leagueit from Guadix, that he was there
attacked by .the. Whole corps of Sebastiani, corn-
mended by Gen. Laval, when ha nt,,intained his
position, drove back the enemy-, and Aispersqd some
of This euros.

Copy of an intercepted letter. front Sault to M:u
pia', doted Llerena, June . .

MAtiSIiAL,

°‘ In reply to the letter which you did me. the ho•
nour to write from Salatriancaon the tp; 11. May, by
the re: urn of Cart Fabrur, your Field-Adjoraor, I
wormed you that I slicluld also he ready to march
forward in the beginiiing of June. That epoch
which I announced,' has noW arrived, and I only
Wait to be informed of your 'much to commet!cC
mine, in order to erect our junci ton, and march to
complete theobject of both o,tir wishes, •
Ihave the honour to beg you will inform me
as soon as posible of your operitiong, and "hasten
yourmarch to Merida... Now we have no time -to
lose, without exposing ourseivei" to serious 'cO"sei.
gt_trueesj we will thus.prevent the reirrfurcements dig
crunnyexpects, and Badajuz will be saved. „tit threi

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