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London, England, 1811-11-15 00:00:00

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LpitTen SIXI'ZNCE ItAt.;rpENltto

the fifth aimy,'-iince the i2gth tilt. seven -Spa•
niards have been hanged fcr desertion or robbery.
On toil!, ;Jose Iledrazuela, a peasafltk and natiw
of Brunete, was hanged, drawn, and quar'ereii, •
-for having—assumed the 'authority of "Royal' CoMa
rniSSildn,Ltr, and ,condemned thirteen,.nien to-nar.
baroua deaths,. without either authc,rity or WI -.
His wife was sentenced to strangulaiinn,' a, liavit,g
'been an accomplice the horrible crime'of tier
.husband..
'lwo peasants -were this day hanged-I
Lend t4l4?ir
heads.oratiA tole ;exhibited at their respeCtive,v,ii.
!ages, lot the crane's of treason against their Clllll3.
as andi
carrying Lietters foe iL
ellcmy. ; ,

VALENCIA, Oct. it.
EXTRACT OF DIS'PATCHES FROM DON lA6E-.DURAN

THE CAPTAZN•GR\ERAL BLAKE.
Head.4uatters at Calatayud, Sept. 27.

As I hitt-tinted your Excellency by letter, under
date the-2.5th, I . incorporatedoy, division with' hat(
.the division of •Uuadalaxara ; while the other ha'f,
under the orders of Colonel Vicente Sindina,
rated upon ; and at day.brz'ak on the 101
I 'arrived' at this town of Calatayud. The enemy
received us with a,very tnisk, fire; but were, not-
withstanding, dislodged kiln all the heights,
and ,fled in the greatest disordcr ; only a tew
of theta were able to join •their principal force
in the • fortified convent of La Merced: 1 then
made .my arrangemeifts in concert with Briga-
dier '
Don Juan. Martin we took possession of the
town, and sent in a .flag of truce. to, the French
shut up in the Convent, to .which they.rettl-;ed rn
listen. We in consequence threw solie grenades
against the convent; whit-..h did not f..il to ana,ver
our ideas. A flag of truce was again•sent it), and
the terms, Again reje6ted. Not being possessed 61
artillery, it became necessary fn. usty have recourse
to wining, at which .we have laboured with the
greatest atlivi,y. 'The leas ,of the enemy has' beet)
about forty killed and,sixty prisoners. •
(Signed) JQaE DURAN.

SECOND LETTER. •
Calataytill, Sept 30.

. While we were pushing forward otir Mine ag:Ortst
the Colltis.-Mt of La. Merced, a, party of l'atOor,i art.
vaiiced to Frasno,' and took there thicy-two isort.
era, with an. ;darer, in a fortified. posn ion .
The mine beAng. now ready, !rem humanity an-
°the! IL% et truce was tent in to the French ;, but
the Contrnmidant reittsitig--ro. surrender, the mine
was' e Kpluded. did . not fal I 'to 'prod n, e
considerable effeet, yet the breach 'was not ,pr
caul for ilu assiUlt. This afternoon a new mine is
nii,!..timg, front witt:ll' I taped the lock favourable
, .
result.
An enemy's corps of 4100 infantry and .50 hOritt,
which were coming ,in this direction by the pa.s „.t
FraStio, has retired ; and The troops-wtiten. we have
sent to attack them are in pursuit of the enemy.
(Signed) Jost 1)t etnty.

GRANADA, SEPT. 19.---Various French corps of
greater or smaller force lately Marched from thi,
in different directions, loan: to attack the cfivixiun
of the Conde Montijo, and others to advatch theya-
trione' willies in the Sierra-NevachL ; The latter
troops, which were campoied of Poles and Juranwn-
tados, rgturned from their expedition oti The 411)-,
very much shattered ; for the patriotic parties liv-
quently surprised than, and caused them consider-
able
loss. . • . •
The Commandant ,Roda; who was formerly a
lawyer at Antequera, and is now chief of a. pat ty,
lately defeated the .French garrison of that town.—
consequence,lt' wholly retired to Granada; it
consisted of about gOd men, and brought 50 wound,
ed. Numbers. of the enemy have fallen by the
hands of this- patriotic party in the environs 'at Au:
tequera : trod only a few days ago they took, in the
vicinity' of Malaga, a French courier,. escorted by
17 men.
in Almanecar,, the garrison Which Was. there,
consisting at foo.men, has also bet n killed or made
prisoners. ,But the man who.gives most alarm and
employment IV ;!he enemy, is the Alcalde
var. This, 'distinguished partisan had 'a very warn
at with' a French detachment from Moird,which
was in lab°. ,The.hottest contest was in the town
itself; from which the few Prenchmen Who wete
left alive tied, escaping by lite windows of the houses;
and it is asset* that their loss,was 500 men.
have since heard of another considerable advantage
Obtained by the same Chief at the Castle of lierra-
data, between Almanecar and Nerit. On ti;e h
inst. he, with party;.entered Maid, four leagues
from Gren.tda, took alt the property belonging to
the enemy, and made prisoners the Governor and
the' Alcalde. On the t 7th, there was itiorner
*skirmish at Podul, from which the French guilt:red'
consideably.
From,. ail these affairs, wounded men are fn.-

quently brought .-to ~this capital. The, Fteoch
parties match out, return, again match, and are
in a state of cOlititlU3l. alarnt and fatigue. Ns-
plexed 'slow consuming warlate, Uhl
are discussing measures far-the purpose of putting
an end.to it. Soult, when lip was bete, proposed that
the kingdom of Granada should-he-divided into tvu
military departments, in each of which should he
placed: a movable pahltpn of 500 men, liesidesi %v.()
companies of-?5-men each in every town, formell
the natives :4- but the exreution of this plan preNciiii •
great,difficultles,; and.overt incouveniances tot
French themselves. .
With regard to Ihe. frontiers of .the kingdom Of
Murcia, the Fiench say,. that they Will tuniatain
I.l4emselves in the line wliich Setia,niani form „d at
13aza,_ till- they receive, new. reinforcements. Their
iiovitala in that town, and in Qua:ctik, have u6eti
brooght hither and. every thing iotbcates, that len
that side the French will temahi,Qll theAdefilustve„