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London, England, 1809-03-13 00:00:00

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The -day before yehterday, his Majesty reviewed the —paosrt.e.
troops of the garrison at the Thuilleries. The Ministers from the Porte to the Congress with
VIENNA, FEB. L. • RUssia at Jassy (and not at Bucharest, as was first
In our Court Gazette we read an article from announced) must have arrived there ; but from the
Augsburg of the 4th inst. to the following purpose : badneis of the roads, there has been no intelligence of
66 According to repeated information, have their actual arrival.
been in the territories of the Confederation of the In Romelia, according to the latest advices, all was"
Rhine divers movements, which seem to have for tranquil, though the Governors of the districts are,
their object the bringing considerable bodies of troops without exception, dissatisfied with the last insurree-
tcgether, and putting them into a state of readiness 1 tion of the Janissaries. Kiassa Haja, a favourite of
for public service, It is said that this is the case in Mustapha Pacha, is again at Rudschuck, and enjoys
ragixony, Bavaria, Wittemberg, and other members 1 the protection of Ismael, Bey of Seres, and several
Of the Confederacy whose troops are not already gone other Chiefs. The Janissaries find a strong party of
into Spain, According to other reports, these move.l opponents starting up, but have not hitherto ventured
• t 4; have likewise taken place ein the French Iron- to adopt any measures of prevention, the Pacha of
tiers, on the Rhine, and in. Italy. The uninterrupted , Rudschuck beitig, it is said, ready to take the field
care with which the Austrian Government, since the 1 with an army of 60,000 men, against the cgemies of
pace of presburg, and especially in the latest period, the Seimens.

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~,AETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF JANUARY 24
Gazette.—" The troops, though not unacquainted with the ir-
reparable loss they had sustained, were not dismayed, 'but by the
most determined bravery, not only repelled every attempt of the
enemy to gain ground, but actually forced him to retire, &c.
Moniteur.••••••44 The 'whole of this is false.—Sir John
Moore was wounded as he was endeavouring. to stop
the flight of his troops. The French, at least in their
serious attacks, were not repulsed at any one point."
Gazette.—" From this post,however, he was aeon expelled, with
considerable loss, by a gallant attack of some companies of the
ed battalion 14th regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholls."
Moniteur.---" This Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholls
must have been a Rolando, if with some companies of
the 14th regiment, he had retaken a village which
was the principal object of contest. This part of the
account certainly did not come from Sir John Hope.;
it is, doubtless, the production of the same pen that
has made Europe acquainted with the details of the
famous battle of Ronceval."
Gazette.—" Before five in the evening, we had not only Suc-
cessfully repelled every attack made upon the position, but bad
gained ground in almost all points," &c.
Mottiteur.--" This is false, most false.— The village
was carried and maintained possession of by the
French. The English were driven from all their po-
sitions ; but the action having begun only at three
o'clock, and it being dark at five, our sharp-shooters,
after repelling the enemy, and passing over several
walls of the gardens that surround Corunna, were
, necessarily obliged to halt.
Gazette.—" The troops quitted their position about ten at
night, with a degree of order that did them credit."
Moniteur.—" You were attacked at three o'clock in
the afternoon ; you began your embarkation at ten at
night, though your squadron had not then completed
its water, though you had not emptied your maga-
zines (a fact proved by the taking of 16,000 muskets,
left behind in the establishment of Pa yosa, your heavy',
artillery, 500 horses, your clothing, and powder,
gazines, &c.) and though your wounded remained on
the field of battle, where they fell into our hands.
We cannot conceive what worse you could have done
had you been beaten ; but well know what you-could
and would have done had you been victorious, and
had your statement been true. You would have main-
tained possession of the positions that cover Corunna;
you would have employed the 17th in burying your
dead, carrying off from the field of battle the bodies
of your Generals, Colonels, and inferior Officers ; col-
lecting the stragglers, always numerous after air action
continued until the approach of night ;: and in bring-
ing in the wounded, who usuallyatter an engagement
in the night.tiiue, scramble into farm houses and cot-
tages, to wait for the return of day-light. You would
have embarked in the night of the 17th, if your view
of the general system led you to think you: selves too
weak to resist the French troops. Such would have
been the result of the most petty advantage ; but you
have done nothing of all this. You embarked tte
same evening, pell-mell, and in disorder. You did
not take time to evacuate your magazines, to pay the
last 'honours to your Generals, to carry off your
wounded, to save your four pieces of cannon, or to
protect the retreat of the 300 men who covered. your
rear, and who fell into our hands in the pursuit.
Gazette.—" The whole of the army were embarked with au
expedition which has seldom been equalled."
Afoniteur.—" The expedition with which you em-
barked is a very equivocal proof of the success you
pretend to have had in the engagement."
Gazette.—" The enemy pushed his light troops towards the
town, soon after eight o'clock on the morning of the 17th, and
shortly afterwards occupied the heights of St. Lucia, which corn.
mand the harbour."
Afoniteur.—" In reading this account, it is easy to
perceive, that it is not the production of a military
min, or else that it has been submitted to the revision
of some of the Clerks in Mr. Canning's Office. In
fact, you wish to make us believe, that you maintain-
ed your position—that is, remained masters of the
field of battle—and yet you tell Us, 44 the enemy,"
&c.—What, Sir John Hope.! on the 16th you obtained
s') brilliant a success, and yet, during the night, .you
evacuate " the heights of St. Lucia which- command
the harbour," upon which the French immediately
erect batteries that 44 command the harbour," sink four
of your transports, and thus give your fleet a signal
to cut their cables and put to seal ! Though an of-
ficer in the land-service, you have often embarked and
disembarked troops: you must havesonie nautical know-
ledge, and you ought to have reflected, that on the
17th the wind might have changed, (a very common
occurrence) and had the wind changed, and your
transports been forced to remain in the harbour, un-
der the fire of the French batteries, that had already
sunk four of their number, would you not have ex-
posed yourself to reproach for having evacuated the
heights of St. Lucia, which command the harbour ?"
In allowing that the French troops, at day-break, oc-
cupied the heights of St. Lucia, you clearly allow that.
you were then without retreat, and that, if not com-
pelled to give way before a superior force, you must,
of your own fault, wantonly, or without reflection,
have put to hazard the fate of your army. You -al-
ledge that you were victorious • the French say you
were beaten. The nature of things can alone decide
between you ; but from the nature of things it results,
that you have done the contrary of what you would
have done had you been victorious, and that you luive
acted, in every respect, as if you had been beaten. It
follows, therefore, that you have been beaten. This
consequence, which you wish to dissemble, demon-
stratively results from all the details of your own
narrative."

and that you rand yourselves left to your own re
sources ! Is it the fault of the Spaniards that y,,n
made thorn wait so long for useless succours? Neve•
did you fit out so powerful an expedition. You ouzl:7.
to thank Providence, that at least, a part of yo;1,
army has been able to re-embark, and effect
escape."
Gasette.—“ The advance of the British corps from num
forded the best hope that the South of Spain might be relieve.l.'
Moniteur.--“ These hopes were just as well found
ed as all those which the British Cabinet entertains at
this moment."
Gazette.— But this generous effort to save the unfortunate
people, afforded the enemy the opportunity of directing evtry
effort of his numerous troops, arid concentrating all his principi
resources for the destruction oldie only regular force its the Nur:l.
of Spain."
Moniteur.—.-44 Why was there not any other replar
force there at the time you advancoti ? It was becar!e
you did not advance until the regular force of Sp*,
was destroyed."
Gazette.—i 1 The native and undaunted valour of British troop;
was never more conspiouou2."

Moniteur.--44 Our soldiers did not find any tbirq 5
my brilliant in the English soldiers' stile of figi.ll:-.4
but they agree that the English Officers condli
thennelves with the courage which belongs to of
honour."

Gesetir.--44 The greater part of the fleet having gone to sea
yesterda y evening, the whole being under weigh and the corps
Ail the embarkation necessarily much mixed on board, it is im-
possible at present to lay before you a return of our cisualties."
Moniteur.—" How the truth forces its way in spiie
'of eitry effort to conceal it Mr. Canning's clerk
f )mot to obliterate this expression of General Hopes.
What an oversight ' The troos in the emtarkation'
.were ' necessarily much mixed on board' the transports,
because the embarkation was conducted in disorder
and confusion. Terror made the soldiers rush w th
precipitation to the boats, every one losing sight cf
his colours, .and thinking only of his own safety.,
.What must have been the result? That which in fact
was the result—' the troops in the embarkation were
necessarily much mixed on board.'
On General Hope's estimate of killed and wound.
ed, the Moniteur has the following note :
44 You had gOOO wounded ; you left on the field
of battle the dead bodies of three of your Generals
and 800 soldiers and officers. We counted them.—
We took 300 of you prisoners; you did not take a
single man of ours. We had not 200 men wounded,
and our loss in killed did not amount to 100, ant n&
whom there was not a single officer of distinction."

Gazette.—" Circumstances forbid us to hope, that the victory
with which it has pleased Providence to crown the efforts of the
army," &c.

Moniteur." This is the manner in which the Eng-
lish people are gulled. The same manoeuvre has
been employed.. by the ministry upon all occasions,
and it most be granted that it has frequently suc-
ceeded. Truth, however, will make its way ; but the
ministry will have gained time, the anxiety of the
public will abate, and the administration, after having
deceived them, will find some fresh means of divert-
ing their attention. Heavens grant that the English
may gain such a victory every month !"
Gazette.—" The arm, which entered Spain, amidst the fairest
prospects, had no sooner completed its junction than, owing to
'the multiplied disaster, that dispersed the native armies around
us, it was left to its owe resources."
Allen cur.---" Sp,. at hut, you admit that the Spa-
nish armies are dispersed, and au longer ir,t existence,

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