Star.
London, England, 1811-11-18 00:00:00

TUE EVENING STAR.

.

LONDON.
• TWO PRIZES OF PITTNEX THOUSAND
OE 1116 THREE
IN 'rim Loirltk/tv ;us.* sAISIRT
WERE SOLD AND sHARID
BY EYTON,
N..?, SORNHILL, AND IS, COVENTRY-STREET,
WHERE TICKETS AND SHARES
ARE SELLING FOR
THE MAU. 1.0 F'I'ERY 011.914,Y
6,10 e TICKETS,
TO BE DItAwN 'l'U-MORROW.
•
•

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18.
PaICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY Al ONE CIV,VICK
S per Ct. Coat. for moue, 64l—Ditto for acceunrielt
3 per Ct. Reduced 63fti-e4 per Cent. ini
Navy s per Ct. 57--11unda 17s. IP. pre.—Cimntum rat
(3d.) par te,2e. pre.--Ditto (31d.) ss. Ss. vertu
DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH BY GENERAL
HILL'S BRIGADE.
The intelligence from Dartmouth, given in the
STAR of Friday, is at length confirmed. The French
army, under General GIRARD" has suffered i severe
defeat, and the British bayonets have once more been
victorious. The particulars of this glorious action
have reached us through a variety of channels, but
the most circumstantial accounts will appear in our
extracts from Papers brought by a Lisbon Mail,
which arrived this morning. We shall present our
Readers with all our information on the -subject, in
dos order in which it has readied.=
Telegraphic Dispatch from Sir Rama CURTIS at
Portsmouth, received at the Admiralty last night :
Twantrene day* ago—General HILL surprised th'i French
...took two Sesterals-1000 prisoners."
" HANTS CODIUER OFFICE,
" Poetanscanh, Sunday, 15 &Clock.
• .4 The following important intelligence was re-
ceived this morning by some Officers who landed
from the Lord Collingwood, Transport, which
sales' under convoy of the An:mem:et, which ship
left Lisbon on the 6th—the news having reached
Lisbon on the Id. No packet at Lisbon. An armed
transport was dispatched on the evening of the 6th
with two mails. _
" Cenral division surprised part of the
French under the command of General GIRARD,
General of Division, on the 27th of October, consist-
ing of 4,500 infantry, 800 cavalry, and six pieces of
sauna. The French were totally routed, we taking
prisoners Prince ARERIBERG, and General BRUNIE—
General GIRARD wounded in the head and escaped
with other fugitives to the mountains. Four Colo-
nels and forty Officers, with about 1,500 men, were
t ken prisoners, with the enemy's baggage and artil-
lery. The British were in pursuit when the officer
l•ft, aided by the Guerillas. The action took place at
Caceres—General HILL having ont.generalied- GI-
. MARD by a rapid move from Portalegre, to relieve
CASTANOb."
" HAMPSHIRE TELEGRAPH OFFICE,
Pertomoutis, Sunday Afte;noon.
" The Carnperdown transport is just arrived,isring-
hsg several passengers from Lisbon, which place she
left nine days since : by her we have the gratifying
intelligence, that Marshal Banes/ono had received
a letter from General HILL, detailing, that about
the 4th inst. General Hitt., who, with his division
el* British and Portuguese troops, was stationed at
Fortalagre, heard that the French Geueral GIRARD,
wilt a division of MOO infantry and Kitt cavalry,
Lad entered Caceres from Merida, and had driven
out Ike Spanish General CASTANO3 and his army into
a wasted country.
•* General HILL immediately determined on arr.,
pr's'ng the enemy, and, leaving h4haggage at For-,
' salegre, lie marched in the middli4of the night with
his fences, and most eff.ctually succeeded in his at-
tempt, the result was, that General Pence
Bran, Gener.tl Bat:i.e, and 40 °Ricers, with 1000
men, were taken prisoners, and all their baggage and
artillery.
le General Glassin was wounded in the head, and

Atte. • ..-
: • 04- • ,41.4 • '
' - A , 's` • • • „ • . • -

" C7entrai unstawai Irmo
-compelied-with-i4lipititretijoart 14-41attlit in ail
quo. purrisiajm Gottaltitinirpit n,um ,
':llr,V*oo.?ovimimerted from her cow, ,
Aialaretiut4o4:llo::'Tki: Late doirtisor of
• "s'r's ;
.sree - • ,