Star.
London, England, 1809-02-03 00:00:00

FREpiCR BULLETINS.

IffignETH BULLETIN OF THE AWAY OF SPAIN.
" Valladolid, Jan. 21.

„The Duke of Dalmatia left Betanzos on the 12th
s Saving reached the Mero, he found the bridge
Burgo cut. The enemy was dislodged from the
%age of Burgo. In the meanwhile General Fran.
hi ascended the river, which he crossed at the
Sela. He made himself master of the high
d from. Corunna to Santiago, and took six officers
d6O soldiers prisoners. On the same day a body
;so marines, who were fetching water from the bay
Mcro were taken. From the village of Perillo,
,e f,nglish Beet could be observed in the harbour of
OnOn the 13th the enemy caused two powder ma.
eti situated near the heights of St. Margaret, at
`,a league from Corunna, to be blown up. The
pictian was terrible, and was felt at the distance of
leagues. .
„ on the 14th, the bridge at Burgo was repaired,
0,1 the French artillery was able to pass. The enemy
t,,ta take a position at two leagues distance, half a
leave before Comma. He was seen employed in
y exibarking his sick and wounded, the numbers
of vbict, according to spies and deserters, =mats
tooco or 4000 men. The English were in the mean.
while Occupied in destroying the batteries on the
coastopti 12yillg waste the country on the sea shore.
The Connnandant of the fort of St. Philip, suspect.
iog t.e fate intended for his fortification. refused to
admit them in it.
Os the evening of the 14th we saw is fifth ores.
10,7 of 160 sail arrive, among which were four ships
;kilo line.
aon the morning of the 16th, the divisions of
!dale and Mermet occupied the heights of Villaboa,
where the enemy's advanced guard was stationed,
oaich was attacked and destroyed. Our right wing
,as stationed on the point where the road from Co.
nna to Lugo, and that from Corunna to Santiago,
let. The left was placed behind the village of
this& The enemy was stationed behind some beats.
ifalheights.
'The rest of the 16th w4s spent in fixing a battery
Ile pieces of carmen ; and it was not till the 16th,
ttine o'clock in the afternoon, that the Duke of
Dalmatia gave orders to attack.
The assault was made upon the English by the ,
Est brigade of the division Mermet, which overthrew'
In, and drove them from the village of Elv Ina. Tie
tor.d regiment of light infantry covered itself with
try. General iardon) at the head of the Voltigeurs,
ruy:ht a tmible :amaze. The enemy, driven froml
his positions, retreated to the gardens which surround'
C turtna.

• The night groteing vary► dark. kilns necessary
to mina the attack. The enemy availed himself

lof thjs to embark with precipitation; Only 600 of our
men were engaged, and every arrangement was made
for abandoning the positions of the night, and advanc-
ing next day to a general attack. The loss of the ene-
my has been immense. Two of our batteries played
upon them during the whole of the engagement. We
counted on the field of battle mere than eight hundred
of their dead bodies, among which was the body
of General Hamilton, and those of two other General
Officers, whose names we are unacquainted_
We have taken 20 Officers, 800 men, and four Ottes
of cannon. The English have left behind thein'tnose
than 1500 horses, which ;they had killed. Our loss
mounts to 100 killed and 150 wounded.

" The Colonel of the 47th regiment distinguished
himself. An Ensign of the 31st infantry killed with
own hand an English QlNeer, who had endea-
voured to wrest from him his eagle. The General
o artillery Bomgcat and Colonel Fentonr have sig.
nalised themselves.

" At day-break on the 17th, we saw the English
convoy under sal On the 18th, the whole had dis-

" The Duke of Dalmatia had caused a carronade
to be discharged upon the vessels from the fort of
Saliago% Several transports ran aground, and all
the men who were on board were taken.
" We found in the establishment of the Palloaa
(a large manufactory in the suburbs of Corunna,
"here the English had previously been encamped),
5000 English muskets. Magazines also were seized,
miming a great quantity of ammunition and other.
Oka:belonging to the hostile army. A great num-
, bit of wounckd were picked up in the suburbs. The
47hion of the inhabitants on the spot, and deserters,
that the number of wounded in the battle exceeds
...ZOO men.

wThus has terminated the English Expedition which
143 "tilito Spain. After having fomented the war
thisttnhappy country, the English have abandoned
it. They had disembarked 68,000 men and 6000
hosts. We have taken from them, according to cal-
taation, 6500 men, exclusive of the sick. They have
Ittrabarked vert little baggage, very little =omi-
t* and very fed/ horses. We have counted 6000
hlltd assd left behind. The men who have found an
"lium on board their vessels are harrassed and de.
-in another season Of the year not one of theta
Tliti have escaped. The facility of cutting the
the rapidity of the torrents, which in winner
b?til to deep rivers, the shortness of the days, and the
earn of the nights are very favourable to an army
catch retnat.