Star.
London, England, 1809-10-18 00:00:00

CADIZ, SEPTEMIiERIS.

The head-quarters of the English vrmy are in BA'
dajoz : one division occupying an advanced position
at Lobau, and another in Merida. All the corps of
the army of Estremadura are in La Mancha. The
bridge of Arzebispo is defended by only 8,000 men,
although reinforcements are said to be expected from
La Mancha. By an express arrived at Truxillo from
Ciudad Rodrigo, intelligence has been received that
the said place has been occupied by a considerable
force, under the orders of the Duke de Parque.
The army of Gallicia, commanded by Generals
Mendizabel and Ballesteros, is shortly to arrive in
Ciudad Rodrigo.
On the Ist of September a division of 6000 men
entered Gerona, under the orders of General Conde,
with 60(X) beasts loaded with all sorts pf provisions,
and 200 quintals of gun-powder.
General Laygou is with his division two leagues
from that city, and the fire against that important
place has ceased.— (This is official.)

SAN FELIX DE LOS GALLEGOS, SEPT. 29.
On the 17th, at one in the morning; our army left
this place for Villa Vieja, where our advanced guard,
together with one of our divisions, was posted to ob-
serve the corps under the command of Marshal Ney,
consisting of 9000 infantry and 1500 cavalry, who
seemed to menace them with an attack.
On the 18th, at day-break, we took post on the
Yeltes, with a weod on each flank. A second divi-
sion, acting as our reserve, was posted at Villa Vieja,
from which we were distant rather more than llttlf

mile. The enemy Was is possession of the road;
Retort;llo and Martin del Rio ; was also posted on a
river, and appeared at one time to be advancing
attack us in three columns. They nevertheless diva?.
pointed us, and after remaining quiet in their posit;,
the rest of the day, broke up very early on the mor,
ing of the 19th, taking the old road way to sal,;,
manca.

The same evening our army returned to it: zo..
tion here, where we have since remained.

The Duke Del ?argue is much sati-62d with ci •
conduct and maneuvering, and the whole army is r
high expectation of having a brush with the eremv,
and giving them a repetition of the afraj% at Lug:
Campo de Estvella and San Payn.
The subsequent letter gives some infigmaticr !"
garding the Southern army.

CORUNNA, sEPT. as.
General gquia has effected a junctio fl*
o its array ,
fO,OOO strong, with that of Venegas. General P.as,
Jett commands the Spanish army in Lstrarnadur:
acting under the orders of Sir A. Wellesley. It al.
: pears that affairs are managed there with activiti
and judgment
On the, 15th, three regiments of cavalry kf, TIT.,
illo, under the command of Don Pedro Gul,in,
tiler to the Duke of Ossuna, to unite with our arnr
We shall then be in a state to undertake something is
the plains of Castile.
Soult is at Placentia, and after again making a
shew of repassing the Puerto de Banos, it appears h:
has received orders to join Victor.
' Our pikemen in the neighbourhood of San Felix
greatly exerted themselves at the late affair, they
killed 44 French infantry and 20 French dragoons;
they are commanded by Don Julian, a very brave
and patriotic officer, who has rendered his regimen;
truly formidable to the enemy.
OcT. .—The French are retreating from Madrid,
after having committed numerous atrocities both there
and in their mute. It is supposed that they have
taken the road to Burgos. The French goon; in
Arragon have abandoned Balbastro, Calatayud, and
several other important points, and are concentrating
their forces.
General Mendizabal, who commands our army,
was at Salamanca and Ciudad Rodrigo, and has had
several engagements with the French.
Ouronea 4.—1 am ashamed of net having writtea
before since your departure. You know our last con.
versation, and I assure you it required milch resolu-
tion to expose myself to the tender mercies of the
enemy ; but what we suffered here is nothing in com-
parison with what was endured in the neighbouring
districts. The evacuation of the place by the French
was so sudden and unexpected, that we could scarce;y
believe the evidence of our senses. The Defiance and
the Amazon frigate made their appearance cff this
port, without entertaining. she least idea its being
abandoned by the enemy, IThe Defiance has bee;
several months at Ferrol, for the purpose of fining
out the Spanish ships to send them to Cadiz. Signora
M. has resumed her Tertullas (assemblies), which
rare called PATfuoTtsmos, in compliment, as she was
the first that gave s ball on the return of the Spanish
ranny.-•—There is a general movement among the
forces, and some decisive actions are hourly expected.
The following anecdote, exposing the cold cruelty
of the Frcinch; and the burning vengeance of the Spat
niards, shews a species of warfare existing in no other
part of Europe, excepting in the Tyrol:
" Francisco Zorilla, in the house of his parents, who were la
bourers, strangled a Frenchman for insulting them, and fied.—
The rest of the French party required the parents to produce the
son oq pin of death, These reverend persons, instead of C CrTi•
plying, boasted of hating facilitated his eseapc, and presented
their breasts to the enraged enemy, when they were instantly
butchered.
" The on beard the lamentable story, related it to six of his
companions, whq formed a small party with him in the mount,
tains of Cameros, and directed all their thoughts to the purposes of
vengeance. In a few days, hovering among the defiles, they killed
to the number of sixty of the enemy, and seized a quantity of
money under their convoy, which enabled this handful of patrioti
tq extend their plans of operation.
" Among ether aqievements, they attacked a carriage whir
two officers and three soldiers conveying 20,000 rials. On teing
informed by the driver that they were all Italiaas, they grantei
them their lives, retaining the cash, which the escort acknov•
ledged to have been plundered from the town of Chinihon.
will return tale sum to its right owners; said but in the
mean time borrow it to support my Spaniards, whose duty iris
murder all Frenchmen.'

" Thus, farther enriched, he and his party visited vaiiou si-
tuations in Castile, and has now collected in his progress, betweaa
1500 and 2000 comllaiarts, affected by his narrative and anima/
ted with the same spirit."

The account then proceeds to state a great vartevl
of conflicts in which this injured and enrage.i :(-)a has
successfully engaged, and concludes with observing,
that

" The example of this valiant patriot has had an influence so
powerful over the natives, that even in the midst of the aerates of
the enemy, the young mien form numerous and powerful detz-ct.-
ments, destroying the enemy on every side, as has already bees
accomplished is Trillo, Atenga, and even in Calatayud•"

A letter received at Hull, from a prisoner at Ver-
dun, dated August 30, statest that upon BONAPARTE'S
birth day, 20 prisoners of war broke their parole, and
escaped from that place ; they were pursued, however,
and some of them brought back ; another of them
was found dead in the wood. In consequence of this
affair, the whole body of prisoners were most closely
confined ; twelve of them were put into one room
with six beds; they were all mustered three time; a
day ; and at nice o'clock they retired to rest, and
were all counted in bed.

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