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NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 10, 1809.

bigatches, from which the following are Extracts, were, on the
*h instant, received at the Office of Lord Viscount Castlereagh,
•ne of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, from Lieu-
tenant General Sir John Moore, K. B. Commander in Chief of
itis Majesty's Forces employed In Spain :
Benevento, December 28, 1808.
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Since I had the honour to address you upon the
16th, from Toro, the army has been almost constant-
ly marching through snow, and with cold that has
been very intense. The weather, within these few
days, has turned to rain, which is much more uncom-
fortable than the cold, and has rendered the roads al.
most impassable. On the 21st the army reached Sa.
begun ; it was necessary to halt there in order to re-
fresh the men, and on account of provisions. The
information I received was, that Marshal Soult was
at Saldana with about sixteen thousand men, with
posts along the river from Guarda to Carrion.
The army was ordered to march in two e,nlumns
at eight o'clock on the night of the 23d, to force the
bridge at Carrion, and from thence proceed to Sal-
dana. At sir o'clock that evening, I received infor-
mation that considerable reinforcements had arrived
atCarrion from Palencia, and a letter from the Marquis
de la Remana informed me that the French were ad.
vancing from Madrid either to Valladolid or Sala-
manca. It was evident that it was too late to prose.
cute the attempt upon Soult, that I must be satisfied
with the diversion I had occasioned, and that I had
no time to lose to secure my retreat.
The next morning Lieutenant General Hope, with
his own division and that of Lieutenant General Fra-
ser, marched to Majorga. I sent Sir David Baird
with his division to pass the river at Valmira, and
followed Lieutenant General Hepe on the 25th with
the reserve and the light brigades, by Majorga, Valde.
ras, to Benevente. The cavalry under Lord Paget
followed the reserve on the 26th • both the latter corps
entered this place yesterday. We continue our march
on Asterga. Generals Hope and Fraser are already
gone on ; Sir David Baird proceeds to-morrow from
Valencia ; and I shall leave this with the reserve at
the same time ; Lord Paget will remain with the
eavalry, to give us notice of the approach of the
enemy ; hitherto their infantry have not come up,
but they are near, and the cavalry is round us in
great numbers ; they are checked by our cavalry,
'which have obtained, by their spirit and enterprize,
an asce:idancy over that of the French, which nothing
but great superiority of numbers on their part will
get the better of.
The diversion made by our march on Sahagun,
though at great risk to ourselves, has been complete ;
it remains to be seen what advantage the Spaniards
in the south will be able to take of it ; but the march
of the French on Badajoz was stopped when its ad.
vanced guard had reached Talaveira de la Rehr e, aid
every thing disposable is now*turned in this direction.
The only part of the army which has been hitherto
engaged with the enemy, has been the cavalry, and
it is impossible for me to say too much in their praise.
I mentioned to your Lordship in my letter of the
16th the success Brigadier General Stewart had met
with in defeating a detachment of cavalry at Rueda.
Since that, few days have passed without his taking
or killing different parties of the French, generally
superior in force to those which attacked them. On
the march to Sahagun Lord Paget had information
of six or seven hundred cavalry being in that town.—
He marched on the night of the 20th from some vil-
lages' where he was posted in front of the enemy at
Majorga with the tenth and fifteenth hussars. The
tenth marched straight to the town, whilst Lord Pa-
get with the fifteenth endeavoured to turn it. Un-
fortunately he fell in with a patrele, one of whom
escaped and gave the alarm. By this means the
French had time to form on the outside of the town
before Lord Paget got round. He immediately
charged them, beat them, and took from one
hundred and forty to one hundred and fifty prisoners,
amongst whom were two Lieutenant Colonels and
eleven officers, with the lass on our part of six or eight
men, and perhaps twenty wounded.
There have been taken by the cavalry from four
to five hundred French, besides a considerable number
killed ; this since we begun our march from Sala-
manca. On his march from Sahagun, on the 20th, '
Lord Paget, with two squadrons of the tenth, attacked
a detachment of cavalry at Majorga, killed twenty,
and took above one hundred prisoners. Our cavalry
is very superior in quality to any the French have ;
and the right spirit has been infused into them by the
example and instruction of their two leaders, Lord
Paget and Brigadier General Stewart.

Astorgs, December 91, 1808.
I arrived here yesterday. Major-General Fraser,
with his division, will be at Villa Franca this day,
and will proceed on to Lugo. Lieutenant-General
Hope, with his division, stopped yesterday two
leagues from this, and proceeds this morning, follow-
ed by Sir David Baird. The two flank brigades go
by the road of Pariferada. I shall follow, with the
reserve and cavalry, to Villa Franca, either this night
or to-morrow morning, according as I fear the ap-
proach of the French. The morning I marched
from Benevente, seven squadrons of Bonaparte's
guards passed the river At a ford above the bridge.—
They were attacked by Brigadier-General Stewart,
at the head of the piquets of the 18th and 3d German
Light Dragoons, and driven across the ford. Their
Colonel, a General of division, Lefebre, was taken,
together with about seventy officers and men.
-The affair was well contested. .The numbers with
which Brigadier-General Stewart attacked were infe-
rior to the French ; it is the corps of the greatest cha-
racter in their army ; but the superiority of the Bri-
tish was, I am told, very conspicuous. I enclose, for
your Lordship's satisfaction, Lord Paget's report of it.
Benevente, December 29, 1808.
Sir—l have the honour to inform you, that about
nine o'clock this morning I received a report that the
enemy's cavalry was in the act of crossing the river
at the ford near the bridge. 1 immediately sent down
the piquets of the night under Lieutenant-Colonel
Otway, of the 18th. Having left orders that the ca-
valry should repair to their alarm posts, I went for-
ward to reconnoitre, and found four squadrons of
Imperial Guards formed and s'zirmishing with the
piquets and other cavalry in the act of passing. I
sent for the 10th Hussars, who having arrived, Bri-
gWiier General Stewart immediately placed himself
at the head of the piquets, and with the utmost 101-

lantry, attacked. The 10th Hussars supported in the!
most perfect order.
The result of the affair, as far as I have yet been
able to collect, is about thirty killed, twenty-five
wounded, seventy priinners, and about the same
number of horses.
It is impossible for me to avoid speaking in the
highest terms of all those engaged. Lieutenant-Co-
lonel Otway and Major Bagwell headed the respec-
tive night piquets. The latter is slightly wounded.
The utmost zeal was conspicuous in the whole of my
staff ; and I had many volunteers from head quar-
ters, and other officers of your army. Amongst the
prisoners is the General Of Division Lefebre (who
commands the cavalry of the Imperial Guard) and
two Captains. Our loss is, I fear, nearly fifty men
killed and wounded. r will send a return the mo-
ment I can collect the reports. I have the honour
to be, &c. (Signed) PAGE; Lieut. Gen.
To Lieut. Gen. Sir John Moore, K. B. • _

___ . •
I have forwarded the prisoners to Baniza. On the
other side of the river the enemy formed again, and
at this instant three guns of Captain Donoviies troop
arrived, which did considerable execution.
[For 13mM-opts, Ste. see the last Page.]

SPANISH PAPERS.

LERIDA, NOVEMBER 30.

Public notice has just been given here, that the bat-
teries which the enemy had at St. Pedro Martir have
surrendered to our glorious arms.
On the 27th arrived in this city Colonel Doyle. He
was received with music, and a salute from the guns.
*He went the day after to inspect the fortress of Diton-
zon, and has returned to this place.

ARRAGON.
Copy of a Dispatch to the Supreme Central Junta, from his Ex-
cellency D. Francisco de Palafox, the Representative General
with the armies.

" Head-quarters at Sangeua, 3, 1808.
Seignor—This capital has recently given an ad-
ditional proof of that heroic patriotism and attach-
', inent to its Sovereign which distinguish and charac-
rterize it. On the 30th of November, in the dusk of
the evening, the enemy, being above 12,000 men in
number, made their appearance in the quarter of
Torrero and Casa Blanca, having come by IYluel and
Muria, on the roads from Madrid and Valencia.—
Part of them took post on • the road, on a height si-
tuated between the hermitages of Soledad and Santa
Barbara, and commanding La Casa Blanca ; the rest
ascended, under cover of the ravine de la Muerte which
covers Torrero, and took possession of the Carthu-
sian' monastery of Conception. They had a consi-
derable body at Alagon, and we were informed that
three thousand men were advancing by way of Tauste
and Castejon de Baldejussa a Zuera, in order to at-I
tack us at four points. The whole of the garrison
were immediately ordered under arms, and the heroesl
of Saragossa also took up their muskets. All the
posts were occupied, and the whole of the inhabitants
went out with alacrity and enthusiasm to be specta-
tors of the glorious action which was impending. On
the Ist of December, at day-break, the enemy were
dislodged from the Carthusian monastery, and com-
pelled to fall back through• the ravine, when they
took post in five columns on the heights that com-
mand Torrero, with the decided intention of making
their attack in that quarter. They manoeuvred until
ten o'clock A. M. at which hour they commenced
their most decisive and vigorous attack in the direc-
tion of Casa Blanca. It was received on our side
with a very brisk fire of musketry and cannon, which
lasted until two o'clock, when the whole of the ene-
my's army in Soledad fell back, shamefully aban-
doning Torrero. It was apprehended that, at this
very moment, they were proceeding to make an at-
tack, with the whole of their force, in the direction
of Casa Blanca ; and such was the opinion of the
troops stationed at that point, who, more cool and
steady than even during any other part of the day,
kept up their fire in the oliveplantation through which
the enemy were retreating, being at the same time,
on their guard lest it should prove a false retreat.--
But at four o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy filed
off in the direction of Alagon, precipitately quitting
the field of battle, and leaving behind a considera-
ble quantity of provisions, some baggage, a number
of musket locks, and various other articles, of mili-
tary stores. They sustained a considerable loss of
men. On our side, we had only one killed, and a
few wounded. All the troops and officers conducted
themselves with gallantry and soldier-like intrepidity;
and particularly General Don Felipe de Saint March,
who upon this occasion displayed his military talents,
and his characteristic judgment, in the dispositions
which he made to ensure the success of the action.—
The peasantry generously offered him their services,
and are entitled to the highest praise, for the gallan-
try with which they saved themselves from a corps of
cavalry that had surrounded them, killing one of the
enemy's horse, and cutting their way through their
troops. The division that was advancing by Zuera
retreated before dark towards Tauste, where they ar-
rived at dusk yesterday evening, traversing several
rugged mountains, and marching nine leagues in the
course of the night and day. It is known that ano-
ther division, of from eight to ten thousand men, who
were, doubtless, coming to reinforce the army that
attacked this city, passed yesterday through Alsa-
men, and are to join it on the other side of- Alagon.
This is all that I can at present communicate to your
Majesty. (Signed) gi FRANCISCO DE PALAFOX Y MELZI."

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