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London, England, 1810-10-30 00:00:00

FROM viz FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, OCTOBER SO.
Letters received from the Isle of France, by the
;u gene, state, that the English have taken the Isle
Bonaparte, formerly the Isle of Bourbon. Colo-
Ante Susanne, the Governor a this colony, was
attacked on, the 7th of July by 6000 men, who lan-
' two different points. Cut off from all com-
aion with the Isle of France, he defended the
as long as the enormous disproportion of the
ive forces would allow him. He made an ho-
irable capitulation.
Captain General Decaen has put the Isle of
in an excellent state of defence. The Natio-
tards and the crews of the vessels have taken
s. Should the enemy make an attack upon
ill be vigorously repulsed.
ral Drouet,tommauding the 9th corps of the
of Spain, communicates under the date of the
Ist. the arrival of a person in whom he can
confidence at Valladolid, from whom he recei-
following intelligence :
the 30th, the Prince of EsAing arrived at Co.
one of the principal towns of Portugal, situ-
If way between Almeida and Lisbon. The
army had already marched forty leagues
broke up from Alme;da. The advanced
and flanking I:ntrties had several engagenients
ie Portuguese regiments aad the militia ; it
,en upwards of '2 50 0 prisoners, and disarmed
Portuguese regiments.
. the 27tir of September it fell hi with the Eng.
„piny in .a strong position, within a day's march
Coimbra, which it conceived impregnable. The
were attacked, turned, and closely pursued ;
lbandoned some of their sick and magazinec.—
result of the affair on the 27th was 700 Foie-
' whom 400 were English, and two pieces of
ash cannon. But what was of more importance,
army became masters by this affair of the superb
ions of the Mondego and the town of Coimbra,
affords great resources. The of bearing
,patches, containing the details of the events
luent to the 27th of September, was proceed-
ith the guard that escorted the prisoners. The
from whom this intelligence was received left
it Viseu.

army was in excellent health, and abundantly
supplied with provisions. The wounded had been sent
-riseu ; they were principally those who suffered
affair on the 27th : they scarcely, amounted to
men, including the sick.
General Drouet was proceeding to Almeida, to
-p the communication with that part of Portu-
,:he rear of the army.
OCTOBER 23.-NEWS or THE ARMIES IN SPAIN.
ESTREMADURA.
.—Before quitting the banks of the Guadi.
General Reynier, commanding the 2d corps of
caused an attack to be made on an ene-
:orps which was in the mountains of Xeres de
iballeros. General Merle was charged with
:pedition. He set out on the sth July from
with his division and the brigade of dragoons
teral Marizy.
ing arrived near Salvatierra, he met the ad-
. guard of the enemy, who at the sight of our
took a position on a woody mountain ; they
Imediately attacked, overthrown, and pursu-
'other position, where some other troops made
ice, and from which they were also chaced.—
memy likewise held and defended two other
strong positions, which our troops could only
by defiling one by one, and by leaping over
Us. But nothing could stop the voltigeurs of
and 3d rcgimen:s of light infantry. All the
troops, to the number of 8000, then concen-
-d themselves on the heights near Xezes de los
.balleros, which afforded positions still more strong,
approach to which was extremely difficult.
—General Merle ordered a halt, and directed several
:tions with the view of turning the attention of
enemy from the point which ',;e wished to attack;
ardour of the voltigeurs obliged him to has.
attack. The 2d and 4th regiments of light
carried all the positions with the bayonet;
spite of a very brisk fire on the part of the
irds, they were precipitated from the mountains
greatest disorder. The regiment of the Prin-
desirous of covering their flight, formed itself
.• square near the bridge of the Ardilla. Gene-
Marley, who pursued it with 100 dragoons, char.
made 200 prisoners, and killed the rest. The
then dispersed themselys; entirely, and fled
troops in all directions, vigorously pursued
several leagues.
regiments of the Princess, of the Union, and
'ion of Catalonians, which composed the beit
of this corps, were totally destroyed. The enc.-
more than 2000 killed, among whom were
Ifficers of rank, and we have made 1000 pri;
Our loss only amounts to a few men killed,
„ wounded.
Generals Marizy, Sarrut, and Graindorge, as well
Chief of Battalion Paris, of the 4th Light In-
and the Aide-de-tamp Chevilly, particularly
ished themselves in this affair.
, the enemy was thus completely beaten at
General Gazan, of the sth corps, pursued upon.
s*/er Guadiana the division of BalLtsteros, and
, back upon Portugal.
yousr.—The second corps of the army, however,
crossed to the right bank of the Tagus to join
,y at Portugal, the enemy had been able to
all his forces in Estremadura, and was able,
lacing with Portuguese the garrisons of Bada-
:ampo Motor, '&c. to form a new corps of 10
000 infantry, and 900 cavalry, with which he
Iceived the project of marching upon Seville.
General of Division Girard was at this time
Estremadura. Informed of the march i f the enemy
'ienvenida, on the 11th of August he marched
from Lletena upon that point by Villagarcia.
)aniards, astonished at this movement, sus-
their march, and thought only of defending
Ives. Their General drew up his line in posi-
surrounded by natural entrenchments, and
she attack. General Girard made demon-
strations upon the centre, while General Chauvil
marched to turn their left, and General Brayer ob-
served their right. Two squadrons of the enemy had
the boldness to charge the brigade Chauvil, which
them a volley within pistol-shot, and destroyed
tw ihstasu, The positiou of the left was

mediately carried at the point of
same moment the brigade Brayer
the bayonet carried the level part
.was defended by 5000 men.
now crowned the heights, and the
tided. The enemy's cavalry made
cover_ the flight of their infantry
united, charged them at full speed,
came complete.
The enemy last in this affair 2500 men killed or
wounded, and 700 prisoners; we took from him four
pieces of cannon, and immense stores of provisions.
Our loss was 28 killed, and about 50 wounded ; the
most slightly.
Generals Chauvil and Brayer, Colonels Reymond
Of the 81th regiment, Chasseraux of the 40th, Vigent
lof the 64th, the chief of the battalion Monnot com-
manding the 88th, Major Gaidon of the 21st Chas-
seurs, the chief of battalion Marquet commanding
the Voltigeurs, Captain Gritte of the 84th, Captain
Leveque of the 10th hussars, the Captain of grena-
diers Martin of the 64th, Adjutant Lefebrc of the
188th, 4ndonard officer of engineers, and the Aide-
de-Camp Duroc-mesclop, have deserved praises for
their good conduct.
SEPTEMBEIL—The English sent a division of Por-
tuguese troops to reinforce Romana, and required
that he should march forward. This assistance, and
what he could collect of the remains of his troops,
formed about 12,000 men. He put himself in march
in the beginning of September, and advanced to the
defiles which command Andalusia. He occupied
Arecena, Santa Olalla, Monasterio, and Guadalcanal.

During his continuance in that quarter, one of his
divisions attacked, during four successive dap, the
post of Castillo de los Guardios, and was constantly
repulsed, losing there 150 men. On the 6th of Sep-
tember, 2000 men marched upon Fuente Ovejuna,
where there were 96 Mel of the 51st regiment. This
detachment fought for thirteen hours ; at first at the
entrance of the village, then in their quarters, in the.
church; and at last in the steeple; all the soldiers
chose rather to die than surrender ; surrounded on all
sides they defended themselves with the greatest cou-
rage. The enemy had already lost 200 of his troops;
despairing to vanquish with honour this handful of
men, he set fire to the steeple, and the whole detach-
ment was about to fall a prey to the flames, when the
approach of some troops made the enemy take flight,
and saved it. It had lost one-half of its number in.
this courageous defence.
In the mean time the Marshal Duke of Dalmatia
assembled at El Requillo the sth corps of the army,
under the orders of the Marshal Duke of Treviso, for
the purpose of driving back the into the lower
parts of Estremadura. Accordingly, this corps of
the army, after having chaced the troops which were
in its front at Santa Olalla and Monasterio, arrived
on the morning of the 15th September near Fuente
de Cantos, where the enemy's cavalry, to the'number
of 2700, comprising 1000 Portuguese, thought to
make a stand, and oppose our passage. General
Briche, commanding the cavalry, received orders to
attack the enemy with his division Every thing was
overthrown, and put to the rout ; 500 cavalry, among
whom was the Colonel of the regiment of the Infanta,
and a great number of Officers, were made prisoners.
Six pieces of light artillery were also taken with their
draught horses acid caissons: the enemy left a great
number of killed upon the spot, and that of their
wounded was very considerable. We had eight killed
and 30 wounded.

The enemy precipitated his retreat ; his contterna-
tion was complete, and he lost a great many men by
desertion. On the 16th the Duke of Treviso was al-
ready at Zafra, and was continuing his operatains.
His reconnoitring parties had pushed = as far as
Fuente del Maestro.

t of the enemy, but he was not
Pwrt themi anywhere. Two detach-
re ovettliken within two leagues of
,d destroyed.
eneral was employed in this expedition
obbers from the mountains of Granada 1
i some hundreds to join them, and pro-
_ environs of the town of Granada. Rol- !
let, chief of the squadron of the 16th regidtent of I
dragodns, tell in with them on the 4th of September, :
above Pada', completely routed and killed upwards
of four hundred of them, among whom was their
leader. He also took some prisoners, their standard,'
and several horses. Those who escaped fled to the 1
mountains.

In another quarter the English and the insurgents
endeavoured to take advantage of the absence of Ge-
neral Sebastiani's corps to raise 'the country, There
were seditious in some villages. Troops were landed
near Alpujarras, and the castles of Mottril and Al-
munejar, where there were only some coast guards,
were' taken. After the affair of. Padal, General
Werle directed his march upon these two towns, which
he found occupied in farce, but the resistance he met
with only contributed to encrease the ei:emy's loss.
The English were overwhelmed, and, after leaving
several dead on the place, fled to their ships. The
castles of Mottril and Almunejar, in which they had
planted an additional number of guns, and supplied
with provisions, fell into our power again.
The civic guard of Granada, the Spanish troops its
that town, the company of town chasseurs, the guard
of honour, the clergy, the several authorities of the
province, and all the persons of distinction, have 'on
this occasion conducted themselves in a most praise-
worthy manner.

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