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pursued him over the heights -rati.d rocisfitisi- it Was
sufficient to shew ourselves to putihe enemy to flight.
I then pushed on to Zernosn, where .1 *ratted for fur-
ther orders. While we were storming the- third lao:=
shim, a heavy fire commences on the right wing.—
The centre, and the right wing of our division,. con.
sisting of the 94th. and 95th regiments of French in.
fantry, who were posted in the low grounds, met
with no resistance„• the enemy having concentrated
his force on my side; in order to oppose my iassage.
The enemy being driven from all hit' poSiitlecnk
.received orders to pass the night a league, from
Zornosa, on the road to Bilboa. Next day, ,No.
vember 1, V seven in the morning, 'the army; 4et
out on its march to that place, where his. Excel. I
lency, the Marshal, expected that he would find the
enemy; but after a laborious march,:through the
mountains, we were very much smprized at not
'meeting a single Spaniard in arrns,..they having ef-
fected their retreat in the night. The troops have
now arrived here, and wait for further orders to go
in quest of the enemy. [The General then ptocced.s
to specify those officers and corps that distinguish
themselves, and estimates his loss at abotit 12 killed
and 4.1 wounded.] On my arrival at Zornosa 1
found an Aide-de-Camp of General Vilatte, who in
Ithe name of the Marshal Duke and the abovemen-
tioned General, testified that they were extremely
gratified with the conduct of the troops, and that it
was impossible for them to hive acted better. His'
Excellency had the goodness to repeat this to me .in
person, as did also General Vilatte and else other
French Generals. I flatter myself that t'ais action
has gained us respect with this corps of the army,
and hope to be able to transmit to your Excellency
accounts similar to the pr4ent.
The hussars are here, and under the orders of a
General of Cavalry. But they have not hitherto been
of ihe smallest service ; for the mountains and rocks
arc so steep that they are only passable on foot. On
that accounts I and the officers of my Staff were un-
der the necessity of being on font during the whole
action, while the horses followed us through the
vallies. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed)
Cilassr,•Major General. •
His Majesty the King of Holland, being highly
gratified with the conduct of his troops, has charged
the Minister at War to communicate his satisfaction,
and to obtain the necessary information, for the ikur.
pose of rewarding those who have distinguished thean.
selves in this affair.
PARIS, NOVEMBER 20.

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A statement of the Finances of the empire. was
lately presented to the Legislative Body, by which it
appears that the expenditure for the year 1809, is
estimated at 730,000,000 francs.
The Conscription for the kingdom of Italy, for the
.year 1809, is fixed at 12,000 men, and will be imme-
diately carried into execution.
Letters from Bayonne state, that General St. Cyr
has marched from the head-quarters at Vittoria, by-
Pampeluna and Puycerda, towards Figueras. He
has established his head-quarters at the latter place,
and the communication between Figth-ras and Bar-
celona is restored. The former town, in consequence
of the impregnable fortress of St. Fernando, serves as
a Place d'Arstee for the army. The magazines -are
established in the second.
A part of the National Guard of the Eastern Py-
renees occupies the principal passes of those moun-
tains, and keeps up the communication with Figneras.
The greatest preparations are made for the mainte-
nance of the troops. It is probable that the army of
observation in Catalonia will begin to act on the of-
fensive at the same time as the grand army, and that
it will advance upon Arragon, to operate a junction
with the left wing of the grand army.
BAYONNE, NOVEMBER 14.

The affair of Burgos has had the most conspicuous
effects. The Spaniards fly confounded before our
army, which marches forward with rapid strides.—
The cavalry take a great many prisoners, and for
some days they have been constantly arriving hi this
city.. The passage of troops of all kinds, and of ar-
tillery, still continues, without ceasing.
VITI'ORIA, NOVEMBER 12.
The French head-quarters are at Burgos, where
their Majesties the Emperor and his illustrious .bro-
rher also are. In the environs of that city a great and
glorious action has been fought, in which we have
taken 10,000 prisoners, among whsm are between
6 and 7000 English. Blake and Romana are in-
closed in the mountains of Asturias, and can only
escape by sea, if the English chuse to carry them off.
Two divisions have marched from Burgos, the one
to St. Andero, and the other to Valladolid ; they must
have already arrived there.
When Bilboa was taken possession of, there wen
fpund in the port three English ships which could not
Make their escape. Their lading consists, at erttg
other thitigs, of ruin, which has been given out for
the use 'of the army. His' Majesty enjoys the best
state of health. • •_-,. .

BOURDEAUX, NOVEMBER 14.
Yesterday the Citizens of this town, with
livliest satisfaction, beheld, as a pledge of our future,
success in Spaiska Spanish General's staff brought in-
.prisoners of, war. The, officers were numerous, and
had a consider4ble retinue. .A Colonel belonging
to this, staff, in answer to some questions put to him,
intimated, with Spanish frankness, that he trembled
for the fate of the insurgents, when he saw such nu-
merous bodies of French troops at Bayonne, and on
his way hither.

TRIESTE, NOVEMBER 3.
In the Adriatic there is at present an English squa-
dron, commanded, as is reported, by Admiral Col-
lingwood ; the frigates belonging to it cruize on the
coasts of. Istria and Dalmatia. Within these four.
teen days, the English have sent three flap of truce
to the Russian Admiral's ship in our port, which each
time gave occasion for bolding a Council of War, at
which the Russian Consul attended. It is said the
English Admiral has demanded that the four Rus-
sian ships and two frigate*, which are in our port, be
unrigged, disarmed, and their cannon carried oh shore,
until stz months after peace. It appears that the Rus-
sian Admiral is not inclined to comply *ith Ibis de-
mand: Ile has br9ught up his fleet nearer to the
walls, and a courier bat kam dispatched to the 0'
sift Agebaeratdor at Vieetat