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in the heights behind Jaen, in the direction of Mancha
'Real ; but soon the 4th Light Regiment, and the 2d bat-
talion of the Ist of the line, advancing at the pa: de
.Urge, carried this position. The enemy occupied a
sew one, with part of his infantry, and all his cavalry.
General Bonnemains advanced against it the 19th Chas-
seurs, supporteeby the 4th, and flanked by the Ist and
by the 4th .Light Regiment, and the battalion of the
10th of the line. Colonel Choisseul, at the head of the
19th, executed a brilliant charge, traversed the infantry,
and overthrew the cavalry, which he threw into com-
plete disofder. From that moment the enemy was driven
from position to position, rspee dad: le: reins, beyond
Mancha Real, where our troops entered at eleven o'clock
at ni"ht, after fourteen hours fighting.
" Riego, when he arrived at Jaen, had still about
2,500 men. The day of tb 13th cost him 500 killed,
wounded, and prisoners ; and it is probable that his co-
lumn would have been destroyed, if an the infantry of
General Bonnemains could have come up.
" This General Officer, who has given on this occasion
fresh proofs of hi; talents, and of his indefatigable ac-
tivity, announces that he was perfectly seconded by
Major-General Buchet and Levavasseur. (Commenda-
tions of other officers, and of the troops.)
6' On quitting Mancha Real, Riego had taken the di-
rection of lodar, intending, without doubt, to try whe-
ther he could be more fortunate with the part of the
army of General Ballasteros cantoned about Übeda, or
attempt at least to reach the Sierra Morena, or the
mountains of Sacra, by which he might have taken the
way to Carthagena, but Lientenant-Gen. Foissac Latour
had taken measures to disappoint those several projects.
" Already, on the 13th, he had sent Colonel d'Argout
with three squadrons of chasseurs, and three companies
of infantry of the Royal Guard, toward Bejixar, to
continue on the 14th his movement on lodar; and, by
a forced march, he had repaired himself, with the dra-
goons, and five other companies of the 2d regiment of
the Guard, to Baeza, in order to check the enemy, in,
case he should have passed lodar, before the arrival
of Colonel d'Argout.
" The village of lodar, by its position, appeared to
be necessarily a decisive point for him who should first
occupy it. Colonel d'Argout, therefore, leaving his in-
fantry behind, made all speed to reach it ; but when be
arrived on the Ilth, at noon, Riego had reached it an
hour before, with about 1500 foot, and .500 horse. Co-
lonel d'Argout skilfully took advantage of the sur-
prise which his sudden appearance caused, and, without
suffering himself to be delayed Mr the fire of the posts,
he made his regiment proceed along one of the exterior
sides of the village, to advance with rapidity to the
other extremity, _where the enemy's infantry. had
formed two squares, between the roads of Quesada and
Capra : one of these squares was charged and broken
by the fin st squadron, and supported by the second, im-
mediately advanced upon the cavalry, which was at-
tacked with the same vigour, and put to flight. During
this time tine other square had succeeded in gaining the
mountains against which loan in a manner leans, arid
where thz men who composed it dispersed, flying in all
directions, s bile Colonel d'Argout caused the enemy's
cavalry to be bri,kly pursued by the rest °finis troops.
" This daring enterprise, which has completed the
destruction of a corps composed of the Revolutionists
'who were the most implicated and the most determined,
has cost the enemy 613 prisoners, amor.g whom are one
General, six Colonels, and 67 Officers ; 60 killed and
ounded, among whom are several Officers ; besides
hich we took one pair of colours, four chests of money,
and almo,t all the baggage. On our side two chasseurs
were killed, and abo!st twenty wounded, but only four
dangerbusly. We had twenty horses killed, but they were
almrst all immediately replaced by those we had taken.

Colonel d'Argout conducted This operation with the
greatest vigour. lle highly praises his Lieut.. General M.
Chatea u briand. (Praise of several officers and privatet,.)
"Alter this brilliant affair, nearly 100 officers, among
whom are four of Ricgo's Aides-de.Camp, and above
200 horsemen, presented themselves to General Caron.
delet, commanding the troops of General Ballasteros,
at Übeda ; and Itiego himself, abandoned by his men,
and in disguise, having sought an asylum, in a low farm
near Argutilos, was attested there on the 15th, with
two Colonels and a Captain, by the inhabitants of that
place, and conducted to the prison of La Caroline.

" llcatl-quarters at Puerto Santa Maria, Sept. 18, 1823.
" coin:nand of his Royal Highness,
" The Major-General Couut GUILLEMINOT."

THE LATE BATTLES IN CATALONIA.
FItONI THE CONSTITUTIONNEL.
PARIS, SEPTEMBER 28.

The Constitutionalists give the following account of
their late short and sanguinary enterprise in Catalonia
" The troops consisted of the Ist and 2d battalions of
Catalonia, the battalion of the Constitution, the foreign
battalion, and a squadron of lancers. In the I st batta-
lion were all the soldiers who had left the hospital, and
<lli not belong to the garrison of Barcelona. The fo.
reign battalion was formed of French and riedmontese, ,
and' other Italian refugees, and the squadron of lancers
was almost wholly foreigners.
" They landed on the 10th between Montgat and
Masnor, with the exception of the lancers, of whom
only this ty-two weie landed, the weather having changed
and the wind become contrary. It was commanded by
Don Fernandez, Constitutional Governor of Cardona.
Each soldier had four packets of cartridges, and there
Isere 2,000 cartridges in reserve. In this state they be-
gan their march for Upper Catalonia, passing by Mon-
melo, Sanseloni, Roda, Moullen, and Olot. On the 15th,
at two o'clock in the afternoon, they met the French
troops, occupying the village of Llada and the neigh-
bouthood. The French troops left their positions and
retreated towards Llers. The Constitutionalists say they
made some prisoners, among whom arc some Officers.
" On the 16th they moved towards Llers, and after
several successive combats carried off many of them
s‘ ith the bayonet. They reached opposite the village
exhausted with hunger and fatigue: the soldiers had
eaten nothing the whole day. Here, having exhausted
their ammunition, and being surrounded, they surren-
dered to .Genet al Damas. It was agreed that the lives
of the French who fought in their ranks should be spared,
and that all the Officers should keep their swords.'
li bat - loss • lonsider-

given up to the Regency as a civil prisoner, and he has
red to the prisons of Madrid."
PROM ?HZ 1101IITEUR.
TELEGRAPHIC' DISPATCH.
" Paws, Sammons ft.
gi The garrison of St. Sebastian capitulated on the
27th. The town and the citadel Will be occupied by
our troops on the 3d of October. The garrison, amount-
ing to 2,200 men, are prisoner, of war, and will set out
the same day for Bayonne, v42ere they will arrive on
the sth."

7ROil A PRIVATE LETTER.

46 OFF BARCELONA, SEPTEMBER se.

" On the 21st, his Majesty's galliot the Momas, form-
ing part of the blockading squadron on the/coasts of
Catalonia, captured the St ;Antoine, entering Barcelona
from Tarrigona with seventeen passengers, among
whom was a Captain of Infantry, and a Lieutenant of
Engineers.
as At the same time, the frigate Marie Theresa per-
ceiving four Spanish armed vessels quitting Barcelona,
approached to prevent their returning to the port but
the frigate was becalmed, and while it was exposed to
the fire of all the batteries on the coast, the Spanish
armed brigs escaped. The galliots La Gazette, L'Etoile,
and Momus, joined the frigate in answering the fire of
the batteries, which did no damage."

FROM THE ETOILr-
" GRAND HEAD-QUARTERS, SEPTEMI3EII 21.

" The arrival of Vice Admiral Duperre has perfectly
seconded the intentions of his Royal Highness. Yes-
terday Vice-Admiral Rotours laid the Centaure, in
which he was, alongside Fort Santi Petri, attacking
it in the angle. He was seconded by the Trident and
a frigate ; but these two ships could not participate long
in the action, because the current was too strong, and
their anchors could not find good ground ; they could,
therefore, only take a positioo at nearly the end of the
combat. The Centaure sustained nearly the whole of
the duty. In the course of two hours and a quarter,
the fort of Santi Petri was assailed by three thousand
balls from our ships, while the land battery fired a
thousand. The enemy, frightened, hoisted three white
standards, and surrendered. We have taken from 150
to 200 men, forming the garrison of that fort ; and
have lost one artil'eryman, killed in the laud battery,
and three killed in our ships, which have not received
any damage. The balls from the fort passed over the
rigging. The Vice-Admiral has not yet sent his writ-
ten report, but during the night, a Lieutenant of the
Trident arrived, who had been sent by Baron Rotours,
and he has given a ter bal account to the Duke of An-
gouleme of what had passed up- to the moment the
troops were disembarked to occupy Santi Petri. The
possession of this fort opens to us the door to the Isle
of Leon, and prevents all arrivals to Cadiz : it was by
this roai that Riego got out and Quiroga entered
Cadiz. This conquest, besides, gives us the means to
enter the I4and of I.eoa and to ptotect the debarkations.
" We are aiisn' tea, ill*
.41 ggqm ent this fort was taken '
the inhabitants of :the island threw themselves into Cadiz.
We have erected batteries which will soon silence the
enemy's firing, and protect the debarkation. From
this fort we can with facility reduce Torregorda, and
intercept all communications with Cadiz and the Isle
of Leon.

"A fl) ing bridge, thrown half-way over the river from
St. Pierre, permits a free passage to the Lie of Leon.
All the windows in the houses of Ssinte Marie hive been
decorated with flags, shields, &c. and Te AIM sung.
His Royal Highness has given the necessary orders,
that Riego should be given up to the Spanish antho.
cities and delivered over to justice, (or tried by the law),
I guarantee the truth of thi,"

MADRID, SEPTEMBER
The Regency of Spain has placed at the disposal of
the Duke of Angouleme several Spanish decorations,
for the brave of his army.
'MADRID, SEPTEMBER 24.

Our letters from Port St. Mary of the 20th state, that
the confusion and tenor which reign in Cadiz, causes
the Constitutionalists in one day to take two different
measures. The Junta forming the defence, do not know
where to get men or money. On the 18th, at night,
they closed the port and pressed the sailors in the Eng-
lish style. The sailors resisted, and a number of the
Militia base paid dear for the Constitutional cause. As
for money, independent of the forced loan of eight mil-
lions of Teals, which has been extorted from the mer-

Arants, a nave royal ordonnance has been issued (for all
is exacted in the name of the unhappy Ferdinand), de-
Manding of the merchants and proprietors to furnish
12000 thousand ma's (500,000 francs), every five days,
for the service of the troops. This has caused the in-
habitants to emigrate to Gibraltar, or to the ports occu-
pied by the French.
The little flotilla of the Cortes is commanded by Dio-
nisio Capaz. Valdez has fallen into disgrace. Quiroga
cannot obtain any employ from the Cortes, and lie is
playing a part to assemble in the streets of Cadiz diffe-
rent bands of vagabonds, which he calls the Sacred Bat-
talion of Tragalistas. They have thrown into prison
in Murcia, sixty Officers (Spanish) of the corps of Riego•
accused of belonging to the army of Ballasteros, and
having violated their oaths.

The Royalist volunteers of the little town of Mula,
assisted by the peasants, sun-minded in a wood 600 foot