Star.
London, England, 1809-11-21 00:00:00

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

SARAGOSSA, ocroarß ie.

On the 19th of October, General Chlopecki, hav-
ing previously removed from Duroca towards Blancas
and Ojos Negros, in expectation of meeting the'
troop of Villa Campa, perceived a column of the
enemy, of from 5 to 6000 men, whose manoeuvres
indicated a design to surprise four companies that had
been detached to Galiocanta. He immediately or-
dered the Voltigeurs, and a platoon of the 13th Cui-
rassiers, to march against them, who accordingly
charged the enemy, and put them to flight in every
direction. They killed twenty of the enemy, and
made seven prisoners.
On the day following, the 13th, Colonel Kosi-
nowski was dispatched with six select companies, and
fifty horse, beyond Ojos Negros, where fires had been
observed during the night on the mountains. He met
the three columns of the enemy, whose flight the
march of the two companies of Voltigeurs had ef-
fected. The regiment of the Princess made an. effort
to defend itself, but our column coming in sight, made
it disperse like the rest. It was pursued, sword in
hand, from mountain to mountain, for more than a
league, without being overtaken ; a good deal of their
baggagp, however, was taken. The troops displayed
an ardour and a perseverance, amidst their fatigues,
which the Commander in Chief cannot sufficiently
praise. He applauded the resolution and firmness of
Colonel Kosinowski, and the rapid movements of Ge-
neral Chlopecki.
On the 16th, the garrison of Meguinenza, which
had been repulsed on the 9th and 10th, at Fraga, by
Colonel Roquelle, sent a reconnoitring party towards
Candasnos. On the same day, 1400 men removed
from Batea towards Caspe, where Colonel Dupeyroux
'ass at the head of the first battalion of the 115th,
and took at first a position near the Capuchins. The
Colonel, confident of the superiority which French
soldiers always have, when determined, over troops
of the enemy, even though more numerous, did not
hesitate to attack them immediately with vigour ; his
company of grenadiers, who were ordered to advance,
were found sufficient to seize the position, to throw
the enemy into confusion, and force them to a shame-
ful flight, after having lost 73 killed, and several pri-
soners, among whom was an officer. We had seven
men killed, and ten wounded- Colonel Dupeyroux
had his leg pierced with a ball, but fortunately with-
out any fracture ; and the Commander in Chief hopes
that this gallant officer will very soon be restored to
his soldiers, by whom he is loved and revered as a
father. The Commander in Chief feels much pleasure
in giving this just testimony to his gallant conduct.
His grenadiers covered themselves with glory. This
example furnishes to the army a new proof of the
weakness of those armed bands who dare to make war
on the soldiers of Napoleon, and who can do nothing,
but basely fly the moment one waits for them, or
marches against them with confidence..
fin the 12th the Adjutant-Commandant Plique
again entered Saragossa with his column, after having
entirely executed the mission that had been entrusted
to him, of disarming and reducing to submission the
low- parts of Upper Arragon, of clearing and reducing
the Cineo Vines, of restoring the contributions, and
effecting the due execution of the decrees of the King
in all those countries, till now either only partially
subdued, or in a state of rebellion. The battalion of
the sth light infantry, who did themselves so much
credit at the capture of Saint Jean de la Penna, and
that of the 64th, so often distinguished by its intrepi-
dity, gave proofs on this occasion of constancy in
bearing fatigue, and of discipline and high spirit.—
The troops and their leader have equally answered
the expectations of the Commander in Chief.
Th?. General of Brigade, Buget, having set out
from Toledo in the beginning of October with a co-
lumn of the Bth regiment of the Vistula, scoured the
adjacent mountains of Castile, Navarre, and Arra.
gon, pursuing the Brigands, and putting to flight the
armed bands that incessantly infest the country. He
has
.punished Anted°, the seat of a pretended Insur. '
sectional Junta, over which a robber and renegado
Monk presides, the author and instigator of all sorts
of a,sassinations. He went so far as Soria, and esta.
blishf.d communications with the French troops who
occupy that province. In returning, he brought with
i .r 1 a great deal of live cattle, and every where esta-
1. ...d order and submission to the Government.—
.:ises, in high terms, the firmness and ardour'

troops.
:gned) Commander in Chief, Comte DE SUCIIET.
Adjutant C )mmandant, exercising the functions
of Major-General, Chief of the Staff,
SAINT CT/I NUGUES.