Star.
London, England, 1809-08-31 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 31.

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Soon after our Paper was put to press yesterday,
the dispatches arrived, which we some time ago in-
formed our Readers had been sent of by Lord WEL-
LINGTON, on the day after his arrival at Deleitosa.
They were brought home by the Hon. Captain STAN-
NOPE (a son of Lord HARRINGTON ) one of Lord
WELLINGTON'S Aids-de-Camp. The Britannia cutter,
in which Captain STANHOPE arrived, left Lisbon on
the nth inst. and was 19 days on her pas.age. As
a small part of our impression was worked off yes-
terday before the arrival of these dispatches, we insert
again the accounts which transpired in the afternoon,
with come particulars not before stated.
The dispatches are dated on the Bth inst. from
Deleitosa. The sick and wounded left at Talavera
amounted to 1500, and were confided to the care of
CUESTA. Lord WELLINGTON would have attacked
Snout', but CUESTA unfortunately abandoned his po-
sition at Talavera, and with that position all the sick
and wounded left under his protection, thereby allow-
ing the junction between VICTOR and SOULT, who togs-
therhave now about7o,ooo men. Lord WELLINGTON
has been well supplied with provisions of every kind,
and has no fear of being forced from his present po-
etion at Deleitosa.

It was, we understand, the intention of Lord WEL-
LINGTON, when he quitted Talavera, to have marched
against Souls, and he requested General CL'ESTA to
remain at Talavera, in order to hold VICTOR in check,
in case he should be disposed to advance. The
Spanish General, however, expressed a repugnance
to suffer the whole brunt of the fighting to fall upon
the English, and unfortunately quitted the position
of Talavera, following Lord WELLINGTON, by which
means VICTOR was enabled to advance, and as a junc-
tion between the armies of VICTOR and SOCLT, by this
means became practicable, the retreat of the British
Army became indispensably necessary. The position
of the British Army at Deleitosa was considered as
perfectly safe.
Wishing to give our Readers every information in
our power, we give also the following statement,
which differs a little from the above in some of its
shades :

‘, Lord WELLINGTON had moved from Talavera
on the 3d of August, with the intention of attacking
SOULT before he could form a junction with VICTOR.
General CUESTA was left at Talavera to keep VICTOR
occupied by a demonstration ; and, if necessary, by a
defence of the place. But when the British army had
reached Banos, on its march towards SOULT, the Spa-

Gish army was discerned coming up. General CuEsTA
said, he had received information that &KILT'S army
was too strong for the British force alone, and he there-
fore came to assist. VICTOR'S army being at this time
in motion, in the rear of the Spaniards, Lord WEI.
LINOTON took the resolution to cross the Tagus, in
order to avoid being surrounded by the two hostile
armies. The bridge of Almaraz being destroyed,
the passage was effected at Puente del Arzobispo, on
the sth. At the date of the dispatches, on the Bth of
August, the army occupied the defensive line of the
Tagus.—Measures had been taken to insure supplies.
The dispatches do not intimate a disposition to retreat
further ; bu^ retreat was open if it should become
necessary. The wounded were, we are sorry to state,
left behind in Talavera, by the Spaniards. The num-
ber is not specified."

These accounts, it must be allowed, are not of the
most cousolotary nature—so far as regards the grand
contest. But it is satisfactory to know that our
countrymen. foiled in their first object by a deficiency
of those necessaries which they had a right to expect
from the Spaniards, had at length received ample
supplies, and been enabled to retreat to a safe position.
We have to remark, that private accounts which
we have seen state the number of sick and wounded
left behind to be not less than 6,ooo—not as all left
at Talavera, but at that place and other two points '
on the retreat. We have great satisfaction, however,
in being enabled to add, that a very large medical
s:aif, and stores, were left behind with these unfortu-
nate men; so that it is to be hoped they will really
suffer less than if they had been tranvorted to Por-
tam' in the conveyances of the country—supposing
I.;.ey could have been procured—which they could not.
ilesices the sick and wounded to which we have
allede;!, Lord WELLINUTCN left behind hint 5000 sick
in the hospitals ,it Lisbon when he marched to Spain ;
so that with his loss at TAtvera the effective force of
fhe itith army under his command cannot now ex-
ceed 17,000 naAlt

To congratulate the pul lie on the prospect of
4:f.,lrs in Spain, would an insult to common sense.
Jr was pr ,per that this country should make an effort
jo si'vL I);tin from the gripe of NaroLEots, and Mi-
nibters descry,: praise for the atter.tpt.—The attempt
br,:as made—the Spaniards laay. s4wn ;Item.