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navy fire of artillery and musketry from the enemy; completely plundered all the houses which were shut
and some soldiers, after repeated attempts, succeeded in consequence of the absence of their proprietors,
in penetrating within the wall ; but the shortness of destroying and burning the doors and windows, and
the ladders, though joined and raised, their insuffi- whatever moveables they could make no use f : in
eient number, and the deficiency of other means of others they have taken whateves they could find, and
attack, did not permit the prosecution of the plan.— are undermining the walls in order to blow them up.
For these reasons, and day being approaching, the
PRIVATE LETTER.
General in Chief ordered the troops to return to their
CADIZ,
positions, that they might not remain too long expo-
sed to the fire of the fortress, which was accordingly
s.eCAD, .7.1.1 LY 17.--Our hopes of the raising of the
i ge of this place have been greatly disappointed :
on the contrary, Badajoz has been well supplied, and
effected, our loss amounting to about 20 men. All
a division of 7000 men has been sent by Soult to re-
Idle corps employed on this service displayed a gallan. inforce Victor, which causes an apprehension here
try northy of the highest eulogium.'
\
PUEBLA DE SANABRIA, JUNE £S. that the enemy will persevere in the siege. No doubt
you have heard of the surrender of the importantjor-
We learnedon the 18th that Bessieres had evacuated tress of Tarragona, which circumstance has put a
Benaverite on the 16th, leaving 150 men in the heights stop to all comrherce for the present, and, combined
of Cagrogonzalo, and that he took his rouse to Va- with various other causes, has produced such discon-
ileneia, en his way to Campazas. On the evening of tent, that. I dread something of a serious nature will
the same day our troops entered Bensvente. On the soon happen in .this city, if measures to prevent it are
19th, Brigadier Cabrera, with his division, resolved to not taken in time, as the people and Government do
go out and follow them, and he therefore directed hislnot pull together. C-ur resources are entirely exhaus-
artillery to retire to Reguejo. On the 21st he reached i ted : the other day General Ymas, late Governor of
the Muelas, where he was informed that the enemy Badajoz, who was ordered to .be tried, Made his
had evacuated Astorga and Labaneza ; that Bessieres . escape ; but what is still more singular, an Aide-de-
had tetired upon Valladolid, harassed in every step by 1 Camp of Soult, who was also confined, got §afe off
the Guerillas of Borbon, under their Commander Don the same day. Some prisoners here have lately been
Thomas Principe ; and that the French General Seras found with arms about them. I hope the Govern-
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was at Benavente with 5000 men. , ment will have a vigilant look-out, as but few English
On the 23d, there were 2000 men of the 6th army are now in garrison here. Blake's return, however,
in Astorga, and the headquarters were one league will have a good effect ; but his troops must be en-
from that city. On the same day there was sent hence tirely clothed, as they returned almost naked.
a sopply of ammunition for the division of Cabrera, 1 ASTORGA, JULY IS.
which was on the 24th in Castro. The report of Seras 1 .
: Since the last skirmish on the heights of St. Justo,
having evacuated Benavente has not been verified, nor
half a league from Astorga, the French have found
is it ascertained whether the enemies who left the As.
it necessary to return to Orbigo, where their force
turias have gone for Santander or for Leon. On the
. amounts to 1,030 infantry and 700 horse.
same day, t4e 2911, an officer of the patriotic Guerillas
Yesterday, Sent* de Pol came here to head.quar-
of Rioja arrived here with orders from Gen. Castanos 1
tees. He has removed his division to Carrizo, four
to send him a supply of ammunition. The officer in-
leaues from hence. On the late skirmish with the
formed us, that General Mendizabel was on his way to
,French he took forty prisoners.
take the command of the 7th army, and the provinces
wherein it is stationed. We are assured General Sit.' Copy of a Decree, issued at Montevideo, transmit-
veira was making dispositions and uniting a considera-
ted from the Rio de la Plate by the last conveyance,
ble force to onove upon Zamora. and published in a Gazette Extraordinary by order
The enemy, with the greatest inhumanity, sack all f the Junta of Buenos Ayres :
er
esivaris
AlXiClLl.LtvseersseirnuasviValtChEllOtvhiOTrizess eveiodvereizths.
the towns through which they retire. I. Abigo they
tied a farrier, who had shod some horses belonging to eseaee from the °Junta of Buenosg Ayres,lg
:hall ber'
cperlidereilwlawa-
our soldiers, to four of his own horses, which were spur- ful prize; and this order is to be deeme retrospective from the
red in opposite directions, and the unhappy man quar. commencement of the Revolutionary Government in that city.
'4 All foreign ships laden in the port* subject to the said
tered, while those atrocious monsters laughed at his
Junta, are to proceed to Montevideo, there to discharge the
sufferings. public duties, and to give an account of their proceedings in
the said ports. Those which shall sail to Europe, or to other
ports, regardless of this order, will suffer the comequences of
their disobedience.
" Every ship that shall have entered the said ports sublect to
the Junta of Buenos Ayres, posterior to the 15th of Mardi last,
the day mentioned to she Bliglith Masters of vessels, shall be-
come lawful prize, as igeori.noe ramie( be pleaded of our tech.
ration of war, and as sufficient time has been conceded for their
departure. (Signed) " ZAVILIL I[l.lo.
4' JUAN SAIITISLA arrizi.ae, Ilgc:4 .

CORUNNA, JUNE 27.
D. Jese Maria de Santocildes, Commander in Chief;
ad infrrim, of the 6th Army, writes on the 20th from 1
hid head-quarters Montealegre, in the following
tems, to the second in command in the kingdom,
D. Joaquin Maria Velarde :
" Most Excelltm have the pleasure of communicating
to your Excellency, that the enemy have this morning evacuated
the city of Astbrga, bloiving up the walls, but without doing any
damage to the city, and effeged their retreat to Bamitza and Be.
navente. I hasteu to annoshce this happy re.slt to your Excel-
lency, thought sr unable to descend into details."
CORUNNA, JULY 21.
The famouk,partisan 1). Francisco Longa, in a
letter of the S has communicated the following in-
formation to the Commander-in-Chief of the Gth army:
„Joseph Bonaparte entered Vittoria on the evening
of the 30th of June, escorted by 500 infantry, 300
horse, aucJ the few troops which he could collect froth
the different garrisons.

CADIZ, JULY 2.
Although we are not able officially, by dates, to
ascertain the situation of the army under General
Blake, which ocia.pies the county of Niebla, we are
able by private letters received yesterday from Aya-
monte, to say that the army occupied Castillegos,
'Alooro, and Villa Real, having marched out for the
purpose of incorporating itself with the army and ar-
tillery which disembarked in Ayamonte.
The city of Niebla was occupied by the Spanish
troops, after a lively fire and resistance of twenty-
four hours.
In consequence of its having surrendered, aoo pri.
soners, with a great quantity of provisions, remained
in our power, and the train of artillery which the
enemy had collected in that city, as a strong quint
from which they could protect their operations in the
,county.
JULY 11.—At half-past ten at night, Gen. 1314 e,
with pi;irt of his gaff, entered this city.
JULY 13.—The baggage of General Blake has
been landed—the ship San Pablo, which brought his
Excellency, remains at anchor in the outer roads, as
' well as four English ships, which arrived yesterday.
A battalion of the Reyal Walloon Guards, and ano-
ther of the regiment of Ireland have been landed.
JULY I6.—Yesterday and today the troops of the
convoy from the Continent have been disembarking ;
nearly all the cavalry have been landed. We are as.
surer that General Ballasteros is appointed to corn.'
mand the camp at Gibraltar, and to direct the
tary operations of the Sierra de Ronda.
It is reported that General Iniaz, late Govern!,
of Badajoz, who was arrested and placed wider a
Council of War in the Isle of Leon, has made his
escape-1 report which we should wish to hear con-
tradicted. There appears to be no doubt of the flight
of another officer, Gregorio, from one of the castles
of Cadiz ; his crime was treachery.
The day before yesterday being the day appointed
for the. chusing by parishes, of Electors of th 4 Mem-
bers of our Superior Junta, the assemblage of inhabi-
tants was so very small, that they could nut proceed
to carry the election into effect.
It is said that Souk has arrived with some forces at
the lines in front of this place.
READ QUARTERS OF TILE FIFTH ARMY, JUNE 29.
Soult marched on the 27th from Badajoi for Santa
Marta, on the road to Seville. It appears that his
plan did not extend beyond the relief of Badajoz,
whither the enemy is conducting as much grain and
provisions of ail sorts as could be Procured in the
towns, The allies, on retreating, burnt all the corn
in the fields round Bada.i?z, in order that the enemy
might not profit by it.—A very great convoy of corn,
dour, a herd of cattle, sheep, and pigs, which had
arrived at Merida, has returned to frusillO. On the
16th, a divisiinflot /3600 nien entered Caceres, with
the intention to cross the Tagus by the hums at Alco-
netar. The purpose of theit march has not transpired;
but it may be conjecture that they will proceed to
the righthy Curia to Ciudad Rodrigo, to reinforce
Bessieres, who fears 'the rmwerrients of the army of
Gakia, and requests succours. In Olivenaa the
bar; 1:011/1113414ti great WOK% They have