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.PORIVOUBSE P4PBRS.

LISBON, SEPTEMBER S.

By a dispatch fmm Marshal Beresford, dated head
quarters at Moimenta da Serra, it appears that the
loss of Almeida was occasioned by the unfortunate
explosion of the powder magazine, and that accord.
ing to the most accurate details received from the
Colonels of Militia, and other officers who belonged
to the garrison, the troops up to the above accident
tehaveil in the best possible manner, and the militia
displayed no less valour than the troops of the line ;
and according to the unanimous account of offi-
cers and soldiers, the conduct of Governor Cox de-
served the highest praise.
They represent him as having been indefatigable,,
hardly for a moment leaving the walls, and as hay--
lag gained the love and esteem of the garrison, as well
officers as soldiers, and as having inspired them:with
such confidence, that had it not been for the unfortu-
nate explosion, the siege of Almeida would have
caused to the enemy a great loss, both of time and of
Utem
The enemy having attempted to seduce the offi-
soldiers • ‘de • -by all his

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of

this action so es ourabla to the allied
taro White, who commande4 the
greatest praise on the good conduct
Portuguese company, and of Ensign
veira, who commanded h. His Excellk
Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell to express
tion in front of the whole corps, with his thanks to
the company, and to the Ensign, whom he appoints
Lieutenant of the same regiment, for his good con-
duct on the field of battle.

COPT OF AN OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION FROM LORD VIS-
COUNT WELLINGTON, TO HIS FICILLENCY DON MIGUEL
reaftrats POWAY»
" Most Excellent Sir—The enemy opened his Ire
against Almeida in the night between Saturday and
Sunday, the 26th of this month, and it gives use
pain to be obliged to add, that the enemy got poses.
lion of the place on the night of the 27th, of this pre-
sent month. I ought not to conceal from your Excel.
lency that the said unfortunate event has proved to
me very painful ; because I had no reason to expect
it, considering how well the garrison was furnished
with the objects necessary for its defence, the respec-
table state of its fortifications, and the high opinion I
had reason to entertain of the high spirit and courage
of the Governor, and the good disposition of the Gar-
rison. On all these grounds I entertained hopes that
the place would hold out to the last extremity, as I
had no opportunity to succour it ; or that, at all
events, it would have detained the enemy till a very
remote period of the season. lam not in possession ,
of any intelligence which can enable me to form a
correct opinion of the cause of the surrender; some pri-
soners who were yesterday taken,state thatte powder
magazine in the castle (which was, however, bomb-
proof) blew up on Sunday night ; that in the course
of Monday the Governor desired to capitulate, on
condition that the place should be surrendered to the
enemy, but that the garrison and inhabitants of the
place should be permitted to join this army; which pro-
posal having been rejected, and the fire recommenced,
the Governor held out as long as he had any ammu-
nition, and only surrendered when his stores were
completely exhausted. They add, that the enemy
afterwards offered to the soldiers of the garrison either
to enter the Emperor's service, :or be sent to France
as prisoners of war—which last offer was accepted by
the garrison.
66 This account deserves credit, as coming from an
enemy, and is confirmed by the circumstance that
hostilities were suspended from one o'clock in the
morning till nine at night, when the fire recom-
menced-, but entirely ceased about pin o'clock in the
evening. A strong explosion was heard at our ad-
vanced posts ' and I observed on Monday that the
belfry of the church of Almeida was destroyed, and
many houses were unroofed.
i 6 I hope that the above account will prove correct
in all its material parts, and it will give me the greatest
satisfactinj to find that the loss of Almeida, and the
acquisition of the military stores and provisions which
the place contained by the enemy, has not been occa-
sioned by any misconduct of the Governor or gar-
rison. I 'had some telegraphic communication with
the Governor, but unfortunately the state of the wea-
ther did not permit us to use that expedient on Sun-
day, or during part of Monday, when the weather
cleared up. In the course of the latter day, the Go.
vernor was perceived to have opened a communica-
tion with the enemy.
" Considering I had advanced the army so near to
the place, it is much to be regretted that I had not
yet an opportunity of ascertaining its real state, after
the powder magazine blew up. The enemy attacked
twice this day our pickets, yet in a very feeble man-
ner ;he was both times repulsed. In the evening,
however, they forced General Stapleton to fall back.
The second corps, commanded by General S. Hill,
has not made any considerable movement since my
last. No operation of any importance has occurred in
Estremadura, since ply last communication.
In the North of Spain the enemy marched on the
20th inst. a small corps of infantry and horse to Al-
canizar ; but General Silveira having put himself in
motion in the direction of the above place, the enemy's
corps immediately retired. 66 wzmunorox."
44 Aiverca, August SO, 3810.

the enemy was, we msderstand,
Masseuses whole army was
_ that river and Tondella. A
behaved, we are told, in the Most
in an action which the Marquis
with the enemy near Puente del
Maertre:
ge Lette'rs from Spain mention, that the indefatiga-
ble General O'Donnell is add harassing the rear and
flasks of the French under Macdonald, near Villa
Franca, in Catalonia ; and in the skirmishes be has
had with them, they have lost between two and 300
men. Macdonald's communication with Barcelona,
and the rest of the province, is cut off. The deser-
tions from the French army continue likewise to a
very great degree, and they suffer in all parts of the
country from the activity of the Guerillas.
The retrograde movement of Sebastiani towards
Grenada has raised the spirits of the inhabitants of
Murcia to such a degree, that they have granted most
liberal supplies of all kinds to their armed country-
men, under General Blake. The Marquis Romana
has advanced his posts as far as konquillo, within
five leagues of Seville."

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Med troepe. Cap. the advanced guard of
troops, bestows the "midi of the Cris, and
ct and valour of the concentrated between
nsign Pedro de Oli. Portuguese brigade bel
Excellency requests distinguished manner,
express his satiafac. Romano has had wit