Star.
London, England, 1809-10-11 00:00:00

men under arms, out of the 40,000 which leA the
pa
f rts o England.
giving the
The ilfosi;eur of 30th September, after
u i„,tin intelligence from an English Paper—
' 11. e whole British army has quitted Spain. Sir Arthur Wel-
- has his heal-quarter. at Eivas (I).—lt is said this retreat
iicen occ.isioned by the want of provisions (2).—The French
E"Vi returnee! to Madrid.
has these :iates
(t) This is certainly a great success, and the Eng-
tici‘, people owe much gratitude to Lord Wellesley for
i,,,vie,destroyed a part of their troops, for having corn-
riinised the glory of their arms, for having fled sixty
it,ruzs pursued sword in hand, in fine—for having
abjadoiled their allies. The King of England has
rewarded these great services by conferring on General
velsiee the title of Lord Wellington, Viscount Tabs-
N'hy does he not give, likewise, to Lord Chat-
;,r, the title of Duke of ?Valcheren ? This reward
wouhi be a< well merited as that which has been
rted to Sir Arthur. We hope that the Englis
be
an
do, in the course of this winter, will
General,
eri,en into the Tagus and forced to evacuate Pont!. '
sc;!I receive the titl of Duke of Lisbon. Thus the-
Fa° • •
frerch will End in the feetealogy of the English Ge-
nerils the list of their successes.
c) It is impossible to find a worse excuse : What
tv,ls it in the middle ef Spain, and when the English
arms. had bchinalt Seville, Lisbon, and the sea, that
it retreat was occasioned by the want of provisions ?
Isis impossible to sport more with the public credu-
lity. The English fled from the French bayonets, and
the Frach troops, far from returning immediately
to Madrid, pursued these fugitives as far as the heights
would permit.
The illoirax of the 30th of September, contains
s article extracted from an evening paper on the
failure of our expedition against Antwerp, in which it
is said, that the Armistice concluded on the Danube,
could net but hive a powerful influence on the issue
of that expedition, makes the following remarks on
a:cett!nn :
What a Miserable excuse ! what have the affairs
cf the Danube to do with the expedition of the
S.chcidt ? Can it for a moment be supposed that
Fince steed in need of the army which is in Vienna
t, defend herself against the English ? The English
expedition failed because it was extravagant ; it would
..lea have Riled had the French been defeated at
Wag ram ; nay, it would, in that case have mere cer-
tainly tailed of success, because an unfortunate event
would have ds-übled the energy of the French in the
interior; it would have, because, in fact, fools only
could gttrnpt a similar expedition in a month, and a
climate w:kre epidemic fevers carry off one moiety
of the army. !lad it been undertaken in the month
oflay, fa chance against its success would have
been far less considerable ; because at that time of
the rear no dread of maladies was to be entertained.
17x Cabieet of St. James's, acting in x different man-
ner, displayed the utmost ignorance of circumstances,
in a we to which it attached so much importance.
The Expedition was absurd ; hecaure Flushing
could no: he supposed to be taken but niter a long
seise, carried on in the midst of inundations—because
the 'Auction of Flushing, it was nectssai y to
dire:• hirther eperations against Bata, Bergen.op.
zoom, and Lillo—and because no attack on the strong ,
place of Antwerp could he made but after previous
s:eyes, to the number of three, As hich must take at
least three months—and because it was Let recollect- I
ed that the fourth battalions of the re,, intents of
ail the army which remain in France, form ati army
of more thin 100,000 men, exclusi veiy of the national
guards and gens d'arpies of the neighboaring dc part-
vents, In less than eight elays a corps of 4800 horse
was assembled at Antwerp, whit? all the cavalry or
Lord Chatham's army did not excee.l I

" Let not the Engli.ll boast of their holding the
key of Ow Scheldt ! —They cannot hold it.—Any
force may be destined to defend that place must
in the cud be lest to England, either by capitidation
nr icicness ; and in the former arse, we shall be more
roan indemnified for the loss of 4000 men who capi.
tul..;e3 ng, not 1000 of wile= were French."

Si'AWISII PAPERS.

EAEN, SEPTEMBER 3

A dizpatch from Senor Eguia, of the 29th nit.
minunicates that he has joined the army of this
province with 11,000 infantry and 4000 cavalry, to
act in concert. lie will enter La Mancha by Cuidad
Itnl. The remainder of the army of Estramadura
r covering certain points, and ours is beginning
One division goes to Valdepenas,
;.: -r to Moral de Calatrava, whe:'e it is pro.
11c:id-quarters Will b fixed, the rest ad-

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pri,ppmen.
(.ccupi:s !lie points. of Mora, Yebenes,
as we have received advice from
, (1 the date ~f the 2!.4th, v.l-A-11 town cur
i.:(l•ty bad en:: red.
of the ; 1:h September, the enemy still
retreat, and various divisions, to the
1'2,000 in±..intry, and 2000 cavalry have
To?edo, abandoning all the intemelary
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t• r ;•i- mr marches with some slownels in order to
fa;;:::.tt the junction of the 143,000 men from Es-
-.e n.qium who are on their way, and its divisions
.4-"-IPY the following points, the first at Valdepenas,
rI at Infantes, the third at Cardinas, the
:11-th ;it Visellos, the fifth at the Convent of Calatrava.
,Ir cavalry occupies the points already mentioned,
;.drancf,l guards continuing at Vilaka and even
.1111!r• The total force of our army amounts now
1%21,546 ;ilf4ntry,und 3,172 cavalry; inwhich number
'nu:hided the regiment of volunteers of Spain.
ETTER nos/ DON JOAQUIN pLAKEt RELATIVE TO
Tll RELIEVING OP FIERONA.
I.lo' r Sia—l have the honour to inform you,
t• the convoy of provisions intended for Gerona was introduced
y • 1.--c!-y i!Ito that place by the Major-General Doa Jayme Ga r •
t C.l.lcle, in delyte of all the efforts made to prevent it; the
nt of the army which held the enemy in uncer-
ta ng much to facilitate its entry. 1 cannot tranimit
I'. Eacelkncy a circumstantial account of this operatioffbe-
,.::-. 1 have rat received it from General Garcia Conde, who
e-o.re l ch.r place with all the division which attended the con-
, and l4t there such trcops as the Governor thought neces•
*try for tilt reinforcement of the garrison. f remit to your Ex-
e'lltaty Afoniteur of the 19th of August, in which, if you
LI", Arcady seen it, you will observe the eulogium which
the bri!li lin defence of Monjuich has forced front the enemy,
with the capture of that place, communicated to the Minister of
War by G,:neral Verdier, commander of the troops employed on
that occasion. God preserve your Excellency many years.—
Camp at Pedro], September, 1509. (Signed)
Jeagvre 34.estr.

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