Star.
London, England, 1809-01-02 00:00:00

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the pait4f the Went& fact stay
4torover yea incredible ; undeubted, and
no qne is capable of giving any explanation of it.
“ Of the 22,0.00 troops who were in the capita.
12,000 have prOceeded, under the command of Marla,
to join paeans ; aselo,ooo, under that of Gal.
luso. to..tise bridge of Admen, whieb is fortifying
it' Order to cover this province. ..
agi 'The Jfinti leave this place tO4norrow, or the
day after, for
,Catalottii; we have obtained . considerable.
es. Our trbirpticeep Barcelcina in a state
us blockade ; and at, itosas th French have
Inack, without gaining the slightest advan.

a The army of Castanos maintains a position in
the Attaria, covering Valencia, Murcia, and Catalo.
nia.. • Various fortugnese corps are 'matching upon
Badajos. and it.is supposed that the Etigtsh will also
'take thesame direction. A great number of horses
have been collected here and in Andalusia ; but hi.
therto we larsolir under the inconvenience of not
having a sufficipnt ratinber of saddles. Words cannot
describe the enthusiasm which the late disorders have
excited in these grovinees ; and so great has been the
number of volunteers who.have offered their services,
that, there not being muskets enough for them, it is
intended to arm them with; pikes.
46 On the 10th, in express arrived here from th,.
Marquisde la Romani, iit consequetted of which it was
reported, that the Marquis intended to advance with
his army, andthat he was only waiting. for the junction
of the English armies to co-operate with him. Shculd
this plan be realizedkit will be a death blow to Napo.
leon; for he was firmly impressed with theopinion that
the English were retreating into Portugal,and under
that belief all his efforts appeared to tie directed
towards this quarter, that he might arrive before them
at Lisbon. It will be not a little singular, if at the
very instant that he thinks his rear securekhe should
find his line of communication broken in upon-by an
army of 70,000 men, all picked troops, at the sane
time that Castanos may flank him on the East, or
attack his rear, should he march upon Burgos.
66 Such is the real state of our affairs. We have,
undoubtedly, sustained disasters ; but they have in a
great measure served to allay certain internal dissen.
tions that for a time occasiuned a vratit 'of energy,
and they have filled the minds of all with double en.
thusiasm, and directed their united attention towards
one and the same object. . .
4. General Don Benito San Juan has been put to
death by-his troops at Talavera de la Itetka, and his
dead body dragged along the mad. This °Stet
commanded at homosierra ; and it must Wadmitted,
that in the defence of that post his conduct was is
every respect satisfactory, notwithstanding his being
compelled to abandon it; But, according to report,
the cause of his unfortunate fate was his having re.
fused to enter Madrid with his troops on the Sd, al.
ledging that such a step would end in the certain de.
struction of all of them. Upon this subject he had
some altercation with General Heredia, in const•
quence of which. the misinformed soldiers committfl
the above-mentioned enoymity..and injustice.. A me.
lancholy example which has deprived us of an Ofiker
of tip hliseist maTitt" • • - '• • j

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GATTENBLI Ran, D7C. o ot antelhgere
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haying as yet been rectivectfrom our armies, no ope.
rations have probably been recommenqd by the
enemy.
On the D6th instant Captain. tares Erennber,
Holland, who has been for some time a prisoner in
France, returned from thence, and reports, that all
the Swedish prisoners of war whom he met with is
, Longvy, in the Department of Moselle, were well,
but that it was not in his power to bring any letters'
since, had he taken any from Longvy, they would
all have been taken from him in Germany„ on bit
journey through that country. As to the maintain•
ante of the troops, he states, that a Lieutenant Co-
lonel is allowed 57 francs a month ; a Majar or Cap-
tain 50 francs ; a Lieutenant, 57 : an Under Lime.
nart and Ensign, 29 francs, out of which money they
must find every thing which they stand in need if:
(24 francs are nearly equal to one guinea.)