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The Cavalier Commissioner of the Supreme Junta
of Asturias, Don Jesef Arguelles Quinones, has ad-
dressed to the Secretary of said Supreme Junta,
Don Balbazar de Cienfuegos Jovellanos, the following
dispatch, dated Buron, March 14 :

" Yesterday, at four in the evening, there arrived
an officer of the battalion of Sierro, with a serjeant of
the party of Signior Diaz Porlier, who had been sent
on to apprize me of the happy result of the enterprize
resolved upon against Cerbera. As I was informed
that there was reason to apprehend the arrival of the
reinforcements expected ir. that town, and that the
united force of the enemy would advance in pursuit
of us, I formed the corps under my command, and
remained in readiness to march as occasion should
require, taking care, at the same time, to have carts
in readiness fir the conveyance of the baggage. I
also dispatched orders to General Lill to move to-
wards Tarna with the corps under his command, and
to send advice to Colonel Cant as de Onis to cover
or reinforce the points of Ventaniella, Beza, and Ace-
norio ; and also to the Commandant de Lill°, in the
event of be:ng unable to form a junction with me at
th:s pi...cc, to fall back to the po'itions in his rear ;
but Sign .r Porlier, and Capt..;tt Marqttestan, having
arrived here, fISSUIC(I me that there was no occasion
to retreat. '11: oops under my command, there-
fore, made no Inovernt.ats. The only precaution
taken was to send forward a strong advanced guard,
much more nuni,a..tis the ofiletrs .I have men-
dthot.ght •rs., try. The courier dispatched
by iSignor lltaz c
:his day, being charged with
dispatches contawing particilars of the transactions
at Cerbera, I hay..., :...thing :0 add, except to recom-
rn end to your (.or.s,.:er.ti;-... the merit of that Comman-
d:.r, which distinguished on many oc-
c aad being not a little singnalized by this bold
enterprize, I am induced t•-) think that your Excel-
lencies will be phased to keep him in view to honour
him with such dep.ree of rr.,motion as may be thought
pr. rr. IL, like manner your Excellencies will be
satisfied with the conduct of our troops, who, as their
officers asst ae me, conducted themselves with the
,reatt st bravery, with the exception of some soldiers
v..ho wer from the party of the regiment of

Sierro, that advanced from Pedrosa. The same good
conduct was exhibited by the soldiers of my party of
the regiment of Laredo, and those of the Signior
Porlier, and particularly those under Serjeant Canton,
who distinguished himself by his activity in the sur-
prise of Sahagun, being the first who entered the
quarters of the Commandant. I am assured that
Signior Porlier will be much pleased to find this
brave fellow honoured with the rank of Cornet ; and
also if the same promotion should be conferred on
anther serjeant of cavalry, called Bartholomew—a
man who, though he was ant in the action, because
he was employed in covering a point by which the
enemy might have cut off the troops that were at
Cerbera, is a man of much merit, and has rendered,
great services. Signior Porlier will also be much
gratified if the French Commander made prisoner
shall be treated respectfully. All the inhabitants of
the town were highly satisfied with the good treat-
ment they experienced from this General, and the
humanity he shewed towards them. This General
has requested permission to write a letter to a friend,
with a view to obtain a remittance of money ;—but
though he read it to us, and gave it into our hands
open, it did not appear to us regular to forward it of
our own authority. I, therefore, send it to your Ex-
cellency, in order that if no inconvenience should ap-
pear to you to be likely to result, it may be forwarded
to its address. This Commander will be sent for-
ward to-morrow, accompanied by a Magistrate of the
same town, and an Advocate, who have been taken
tip as suspected persons, and are detained and sent to
be kept in custody while the necessary examinations
are made into their conduct.
66 May GOD preserve, &C.

DISPATCH 0? LIEUTENANT•COLONEL DON JUAN DIAt PORLIZR,
DIRECTED TO THE SAME SECRETARY, REPRESENTING THE
SUPREME JUNTA•

" Having concerted necessary measures with Ca-
valier Arguelles, Deputy of the Supreme Junta, and
with the Captain of the regiment of Sierro, Don An-
tonio Marquesta, upon the intelligence which we re-
ceived of there being in Cerbera de Pisuerga, 150
French troops employed in exacting contributions from
the whole of that neighbourhood, we resolved unani-
mously to surprise them, in the night of • the 11th,
with 130 Asturian of the Aid regiment, and 200 of
my party. We commenced our march on the night
of the 10th, with silence and caution, and arrived by
the following night at St. Martin de los Herreros,
which is a league and a halt from Cerbera : but hav-
ing received information, that the number of the ene-
my collected there was little short of seven hundred,
and that they were very vigilant, keeping double sen-
tinels, and observing other precautions ; but that on
the 12th, at ten o'clock, they intended to entertain
the people with a solemn Te Deum in the principal
church, for the supposed surrender of Saragossa, we
formed immediately the resolution to attack them, in
the midst of this mockery of religion. The attack was
accordingly carried into effect in the following man-
ner —I caused to be placed, at certain regular inter-
vals, persons well acquainted with the localities of the
place, one of whom was Feliciano Oandano, chief
corporal of my party, a well conducted man, and a
native of that town. 'Him I ordered to introduce
himself into the town, and to observe quietly, with his
accustomed discretion and zeal, the position and
movements of the enemy, sending me information by
the emissaries I had posted at intervals on the road
—all which instructions he fulfilled exactly. At the
same time, I dispatched a dragoon, with two foot
soldiers, to the vicinity of St. Salvador, distant two
leagues from Cerbera, on the side of Potes, as videttes,
in consequence of having received information that
there were in that quarter 200 Frenchmen, who might
at a critical moment advance and annoy us. I sent,
at the same time, another advanced party of the same
force on the road of Aguillar, where I was told that
there was a French party with two pieces of artillery.
Having thus cut off all communication with the
neighbourhood, and having, as the last precaution,
placed three parties of 20 men each ; one on the road
of St. Salvador, another on the-bridge which leads
to Aguillar, and a third at a ford by which a messen-
ger might pass to these points—having taken all these
precautions, I divided the rest of my troops into two
bodies ; one of these, consisting of 50 men, I commit-
ted to Capt. Marquesta, with instructions to take pos-
session of the gate of the Augustinian Convent, in
which we supposed the enemy kept their arms, with
a view of cutting off the enemy from'them, if fortu-
nately their troops should be at the time in the church
without arms. With the other body I introduced
myself into the town at a moment when unfortunately
some of the officers of the new order of things were
making their rounds. They were all armed, and 4,s
soon as they perceived my party, many of them ran
to the convent, where they barricadoed themselves
before Marquesta could come up. Others remained I
in the square, and in the streets, in which they col-1
lected in several bodies, with a view to defend them-!
selves. Under these circumstances, my plan could'
no t be carried into effect ; but every thing considered,
the situation of the enemy, and the superiority of his
force, it seemed best to me to leave small parties to
skirmish with them, and with the remainder of my
party to, form a junction with Marquesta, and then to I
fortify ourselves in a grove near the convent, and also I
to take possession of the end of the next street to the
convent, with the view of securing ourselves on both
flanks, from the constant destructive fire kept up
from loop-holes and windows. The building which
we seized upon is of stone, and therefore well calcu-
lated to afford an opportunity of injuring the enemy,
without being injured by them • but preferring an
open action, and circumstances favouring the irresis-
tible impression made by the valour of our brave I
though little army, I had the satisfaction to obtain a
decided advantage, and to maintain my ground from
eleven in the morning to the same hour at flight, at
which time, the ammunition falling short, I made a
feint attack, in order to withdraw the companies,
which was effected without any other annoyance than
that of a slight skirmish, and that of short duration.
I cannot particularly enumerate the lossthe enemy sus-
tained in the convent, but a great number of dead
bodies were seen, and according to information subse-
quently received, they dispatched no less than thirty
cars of wounded in the direction of Aguillar. I can,
however, assure your Excellency that I saw, myself,
6to French soldiers and four officers lying dead in- the
town,
while our loss consists of only 12 killed, and
13 wounded, none of them dangerously. I have, be-
sides, the triumph of having made prisoner, M. Mg,

net, Major General of the Guard of Paris, Comman-
dant of the 32d regiment of the line, and Knight oft
the Legion of Honour, with 12 French soldiers,
'whom I send to you.
" We had taken some more, but . they' died of
their wounds this evening. It would be doing injus-
tice to M. Monet, not to mention that all the inhabi-
tants of Cerbera commend him, as having conducted
himself in a mild and benevolent manner in that
neighbourhood, and that in the act of surrendering
himself, he shewed the goodness of his disposition,
and used his influence to engage therest of the French-
men to lay down their arms, which certainly they
would have done if those who had secured themselves
in the convent had not induced them to hold out,
with the assurances of reinforcements, which, in fact,
arrived during the action. It would be the greatest
injustice, if I did not point out to your Excellency
the good conduct of the troops who were engaged,
who are deserving of the highest rewards and distinc-
tions that can be bestowed on them, a notice which
I recommend, in order that these brave warriors may
lin their future enterprizes redouble their exertions for
the defence of their country and holy religion. It is
a source of the greatest satisfaction to me, to consi-
I der, that not being half so numerous, and being defi-
cient in all the experience in war, which the French
' possess, every one of them was equal to two of the
enemy, as was fully proved by the result of this
bloody conflict.
" What firmness and what enthusiasm was dis-
' played by our brave Asturians, whose character was
not before sufficiently known to me—What activity,
intrepidity, and boldness were shewn by. the Leonesel
and Castilians, whom I had the honour to command
on this glorious occasion—What discretion and punc-
tuality were evinced by all the officers whose advice
and assistance supported my feeble exertions—All
exceeded the limits of my expectations, and the dis-,
tinguished instances are so numerous, that it will re-
, quire some time to enable me to make out a detailed
account ; but I cannot pass over in silence the extra-
ordinary skill and valour of my brother officer Senior
Marquesta—the firmness, bravery, and heroic con-
; tempt of life, with which the Captain Don Vincent
Rodrigues Carbajal always assisted at my side—the
intrepidity and judicious conduct of the Sub-Lieute-
nant Don Joaquim Diaz Baredlo, an officer very
young in years, but formed for war, who being woun-'
ded in one arm, remained in action till he was ex-
hausted by the loss of blood—the courage and con-
' duct of Don Manuel Calleja—the promptitude, calm-
, ness, and bravery of my Ensign Don Antonio Gar-
cia—how can I omit the distinguished zeal, fidelity,
and valour of Serjeant Francis Canton, who, assisted
only by two soldiers, of whose names I am ignorant,
' encountered a shower of balls poured on them by the
French who were assembled in the square—how can
I, in fine, forget, that all this success is in reality the
effect of timer), aid and counsel, for which I am in-
debted to the Junta and its representative, the Cava-
lier Arguelles Quinones. I consider myself particu-
larly favoured in all this business, though nothing has
been done in which duty has not deprived me of
merit.

46 Oh ! if we had but a couple of pieces of light
artillery, to batter the gates of the convent, or 150
sabres, with some more fire-arms ! But, considering all
circumstances, I am convinced that what has been done
can never be surpassed. I will take care to make
out the details of every thing as soon as possible. At
present I am not able to mention by name many in-
dividuals who have distinguished themselves, and
particularly of those who fell. I hope your Excel;
lency will excuse this delay, and accept the faithful
account I give of all I know. May GOD our Lord
preserve," &c.

The General of Division of the West, of our army,
by'clispatches from his head-quarters of Tarramundi,
dated the 12th of March, informs his Excellency Don
Josef Cienfuegos Jovellanos, General of the Interior
of this Province, that an attack took place in the man-
ner and form as he had before advised him, as follows :

" At four in the morning we attacked the enemy,
who were posted in Villanueva de Lorenzana, with a
considerable force of infantry, and 300 horse. I dis-
tributed my force into three columns, the first com-
manded by Lieut. Colonel Don Pedro Linares, which
occupied Cabarcos, composed of 1200 men, with the
view of coming upon the enemy by the road that
communicates between Rivaen and the town of Lo:
renzana. The second, under the command of Don
Josef Garcia Orozco, 1000 strong ; and a third, of
the same strength, under Lieut. Colonel Don Mariano
Roxo ; so that while two columns were destined for
an attack in front, pursuing the road from Mondo-
nedo to the town of Lorenzana, occupied by the
enemy, the three columns would surround them, and
come upon them at the same time, so that a complete
result may be expected.

" But the enemy having, in the night, called in his
detachments from Trebada, and the places in its vi=
cinity, evacuated the town of Lorenzana, and re-
turned to the heights between that place and Mondo-
nedo. On his march he was attacked by the columns
of: Orozco and Roxo, whose fire was so warm and so
well supported, that I promised myself it would throw
the enemy into confusion, and cause him to fall back
upon the column of Linares, which was upon his flank,
and would complete his destruction. But, from a con-
fusion among the cavalry, theeneniy was enabled to ex-
tricate himself from the terrible situation in which he
was, yet not without considerable loss. Upon this I tur-
ned all my attention to the re-union of my troops, and
to repulse the enemy, by whom they were annoyed
in several quarters. I succeeded nt collecting the se-
veral corps at Linden, and the vicinity of that place,
whence I resolved to return, and re-occupy the posts
I had left in this line. The regiment of Salas, which
I had left in Mondonedo to secure the conveyance of
stores or provisions, was attacked in that town during
our retreat but by the skill and energy of its Com-
mander, and its other officers, the enemy met so vi,
gorous a resistance, that they allowed them to retire
in good order, by which means our retreat also was
much facilitated. This object was no less facilitated
by Captain Don Isidor la Uria, who was stationed
with a detachment to cover the height of Linden.—
The bravery of this officer maintained, with the loss
of only two men, a position, which, if the enemy had
gained it, would have aunoyed us not a little. I can-
not, till I receive the returns, detail to your Eicel-
lency the loss of the enemy or our own, which last
was, however, not considerable. All that I commu-
nicate to your Excelleney is for the information of
the Supreme Junta' through row Excellency from me."

OBSERVATIONS
OP ANAUSYRIAN PATRIOT UPON VARIOUS ARTICLES
• INSERTED IN THE FOREIGN GAZETTES.

A Paper bearing the above title is now in circulation in Tss
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-
official production of the Austrian Cabinet : we therefore lay
following translation of it before our Readers.]

The novel style which has been suddenly adopted
in some foreign gazettes has justly excited astonish-
ment ; for hostility of language commonly precede;
that of arms. By this, intentions are sufficiently mad.-
known ; and when newspapers are allowed to irritate,
insult, and threaten, it is evident that there is no d
sire to have recourse to official explanations. Whit_
ever this language may be, it is a species of cypher
which requires to be developed ; and in the presc„t
instance, the public have either misunderstood er
have drawn from it consequences too extensive.

It is acknowledged in these gazettes that the Ern.
peror of Austria, altogether occupied by the care, of
a paternal government, is strongly attached to pepc,
by all his feelings, his conscience, and his went (!i.
His wisdom and his integrity are admitted, and many
Princes of his house are personally esteemed (b).
These first confessions deserve notice ; for it is an
express acknowledgment that the Empire of Austiia
does not desire war. But it is' added, that " there
are, however, intrigues in the Court ; that young
men may be misled at Vienna as they were misled at
Berlin ; that even among the brothers of the Empress
there were persons who were not alarmed at tli=
warning fate of Prince Lewis Ferdinand of Prussia,
and that if those Princes are not withe'at pride, they
are without power and without credit (c) ; that it
is even suspected that there are certain young noble-
men of Vienna, who are desirous to return azain
upon the theatre of the battle of Ulm, in order t, try
whether they cannot play a more splendid part than
it 1805 ; that these young Lords already point ou
from a distance the fine positions which the Austrian-,
ought to take (d) ; that with a painful feeling
enquire who are the mad authors of so many extra':7l.
dinar), measures, of those levies of the
those insurrections so likely to throw all Furope ;i tc)
confusion (e) ; •finally, that two or three ar:•;,;ti,..21
young men ought to be kept down, whose extr,lv
speeches and actions are sufficient to keep the Aust:l4:l
Monarchy in alarm U)."
This language is to be thus explained : They a:e
desirous to make France and Europe believe that it :i
Austria which desires War ; but since they d.tre t
give the lie to the assurances which the Emperor 1.:;
incessantly given of his pacific intention, it is suppcs.
ed, with as much injustice as falsehood, that inn i2,iics
are able to subdue the will of the Emperor and
policy of the state. It is intended by this-to anse
various purposes ; in France to prepare tic
mind for the afflicting prospect of a new war; irn-
• pute it to us, and cause it to be believed that it is v e
who provoke it ; and to divide the public opin;or.
among ourselves, by perfidiously suggesting that till;
diVision exists already. Now all these allegations are
false, and many of therri are calumnies and insults ;
but unhappily it has often occurred that an host he
aggression has followed closely upon language of this
description. It is, however, a consolation for us tl
be coniinced that if, as ;s said, Europe is alarmed.
the cause of WA will never be found in the armament,.
of Austria.

2. After having endeavoured to make us appear
a state of aggression in these Gazettes, they wi,ll t
represent us as unable to can-y on war. " Peace," i-
is said, "is so much the more certain, as Auetria ;la!
no motive to make war. The peace of Presburg h.ks
left her without, a single cannon, without muskets and
ammunition, and it is not with paper money that she
has been able to replenish her arsenals.. Her veteran
soldiers no longer exist ; new soldiers must be forn'ed,
but Austrians must be in training two years, in order
to mount, turn to the right and left, and load a gun.
Beyond a doubt, say they, the French have taken et;:.
artillery ; and a long period is requisite in order to
work *lines, raise buildings, and constrict machine,
in order to produce cannon. That for want of Ir.-r,es
it is men who do their work in our fields ; that the
bones of our farmer cavalry still whiten our soil ;
and that unless we have recourse to magic, we can-
not form a cavalry within fifteen years. As to the
insurrections and levies en male, they are, it is said,
wretched instruments for the defence of a state. And
from all this it is inferred, that good Austrians will
congratulate themselves on the absolute incapacity of
making war, which unites with the wisdom of rhe.ir
Sovereign to assure them of the continuance of peace."
There is probably exaggeration in this article.
though in general it is very true that the attacked are
reduced to the necessity of not estimating their
strength, while aggression always calculates its ow!i.
Nevertheleis, if our impotence is such as is describe,),
one evident co*sequence results from it, which is
that we cannot inspire fear, distrust, or uneasiness to
any one. We see clearly that the gazette-writers,
having opposite ends to answer, could not avoid c6ll-
- Desirous to attribute to us the design of
making war, they suppose our preparations alsrm
Europe ; and on the other hand, in "o! der to alarm
us, and convince us that a war against us woeid be
an easy enterprize, they imagine us to be absolutely
without power, unable to make any resistance. Ne-
vertheless, we hope to shew that if we have not made
all the preparations which an aggressor would make,
we have not neglected those which the instinct of na-
ture and honour provokes'in a warlike nation, which
may every instant be called upon to defend its ex-
istence.

If we were certain of peace, we might indeed con-
gratulate ourselves on our incapacity to make war;
but where is" this certainty of peace? Assuredly it does
not consist in impotence or weakness.
S. These same gazette-writers next turn to another
object, useful to all aggressors, which is, to alarm
those upon whom they make war. They say then,
that " independently of the great army, they arc
150,000 French troops in Germany, 130,000 men in
Italy, and 100,000 men of the confederation of the
Rhine ; that the instance of the Spanish insurgents,
dispersed as soon as attacked, ought to serve a; a
lesson to the Austrian and Hungarian levies en maa • ;
but that there are some heedless young men here,
who have already forgotten that the French troops

(a) Gazette de France,. Jan. 29, 1909 (6) Journal de t Empin,
!an. 41. (c) Gleams de France, ha. 20.
_(//) 1611. (e) Jeuraal
de Empire, Jan. 21. (f) PulWicirk, lan. 42.

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