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London, England, 1811-10-30 00:00:00

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• Tb HIS HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OP

NEUCHATEL, MAJOR-GgNERAL.
Ciudad Rodrigo. September 30, 131 1.
' Monseigneur-1 had the. honour of acquainting
your Highness, that after having raised the siege of
Badajoz, and driven the English army beyond the
• Guadiana, it was settled between the Duke of Dal- I
slnatia and myself, that I should advance towards the
_'Tagus, leaving one division on the Guadiana ; that I
. the army of the South should leave the sth corps in
• • Estretnadura ; that the Duke of Dalmatia, with the
rest of his troops, should march against the Spanish
7 divisions which had quitted the English army, and
against the insurgent army of Murcia ; .tad that,
while he should deg troy them, and clear the provinces
" of Cordova, Granada, Malaga, and Murcia, I should
seep in check the English army. We had taken our
measures in case the English General should make a
diversion, and, again advance upon Badajoz ; but the
• English General, deaf to the cries of the Spaniards,
abandoned the army of Murcia to its, fate, and, pass-
ing the Tagus, advanced to the Coa. It was then
• supposed to be his plan, to march to the assistance.of
the army of Gallicia.
As soon as General Dorsenne was informed of this
new combination, he marched upon Asrorga, beat

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the Gallicians, dispersed them beyond Villa Franci,
and repaired the fortifications of Astorga. We hoped
that this movement would induce the English to ad-
vance upon Salamanca ' but they remained tincom
cerned at tills event, as they had been at the disasters
of the Mtn clan army.
About the beginning of September, I learned that

seven divisions of the English army were all assem-
bled on the Coa that they blockaded Ciudad Rodri-
- fasti -‘d gabions at

gd : that they were collecting I. :Ines and g;
Fuente Guinaldb ' • that the works of their t wrenched
at FuenteCiiinaldo were alrea4 • advanced,

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camp . _ _... already a.
pitals; and provisioned _ . place., a year. • I - .
be conducted by the boats _ the squadron. land- ---
Abe font miasmas of field artillery, 3-44,000 '
and that even the besieging equipage had arrived —.aim°. ..
The first object of my movement was thus hap.
ed. at the Horst,d. where he wasi received by the Thus the whole a: pence of the arm y amounted to
there from Oporto. I then proposed to General nor-
crowns.
Ipily accomplished ; the second, which was that of
scone, to join him with a part of my army, in order ra comman mg the ICI,, tle Mayor, and the Muni-.
44,000,000 crowns."
carrying the entrenched camp of FuenteGuinaldo '
' i cipal CounciL His Maesty immediately got into a
to raise the, siege of Ciudad' Rodrigo—to supply it
carriage to visit the works of the fortifications _newly "Afire
with provisions 'tor a long time—to take the entrench- has also been as speedily obtained. IXTRACT 011ALLETTZI 11,110,4 riatSDEN, WT. '2l
While General
. Watt= marched with the cavalry" : erected ;he was received in the fort. by Baron Pm-
ed camp of the enemy, his magazines, and park ofin Oschatz, which contained a large quantitylp
of c10t...
of the army of the north upon Espeja, General Mont-' __,,
who
presented the keys to his Majesty.
"' besieging artillery—and, in short, to give him battle,
brun took to the left; he came up with the enemy "" .The ' It also di
. . SCHAFHAUSEN, SEPT. 24.
strOyed many bales of cotton."
rind pursue him as far as was compatible with the Emperor. an horseback, passed through the village of '
on the ridge of Bodon, where he had a brilliant affair,
OldB • all the
, houses of which were adorned— i
According to letters from Basle,
general plan of operations which' ycur Highness corn-
garlands. Ihe Mayor made a speech, to which i
lin which the enemy was overthrown: We soon ar- ,with
rnunicated to me in your last letter in cypher ; a plan
Gottorp (late King of Sweden) arriv.ft.dhetheC:eaonniddiei
rived at Fuonte Guinaldo, where we learned with as- ,
replied his. accustomed goodness. We cannot ,
which embraces all these regions. I have now the sa-
and will proceed to meet his Laiy at
tonishment that the English army had not yet col- . he
, express the enthusiasm of the inhabitants of the Isle, i 20th n'stantt
tisfaction ot announcing to your Highness. that our
arms have been completely successful. leered its corps. Had we been able to foresee that
I whose happiness was complete, andwho have only , Carlshrue.
kset out with five divisions of my army, and ar- the English General would have been capable of corn. . .
I mitten such a blunder, we might have taken a part , regret the shortness of his Majesty's stay : this has • HALLE, SEPT. 26.
rived on the 224, by the pass of Banos, at Tamantes, been the cause wh •
;of the English army in partial combats—but our in-
bee y, In so many places where prepa- i The public are hiforined, that, according to I de.
a
where I formed my junction with the four divisions
fantry was not to come up till the night, and the en- P rations have been made to prove the affection of the cision of his Majesty, those inhabiausts of Wes:pl, a
of Getici:Arllorsenne. I admired the good condition
suing day, which was the 26th. I made my arrange- .habitants to their
.august Sovereign, their wishes ha who have lamily affairs to transact wit!: Etilland,
of a convoy of 1500 carriages, laden with provisions; could not be accomplished. , may address )=tees thither by Cie post, but the,: m.nt
• which bad been collected and organised with an ac- , Meats for attack on the 27th ; they could not, how. ,
ever, be so a.:cret as to pass unobserved by the enemy • AMSTERDAM, OCTOBER 40. be unsealed,
ity and an order that are extraordinary. The two ' COPENHAGEN, OCT. 1.
' armies 04 'themselves in motion. We drove in all by ten in the evening the English General was in full To-day, after Mass, the following persons were 1
the enemy's posts, and on the 24th introduced the leetreat upon Alfayates. presented to take the Oath to his Majesty: M..Dedel, I In conformity with his Majesty's command, a cm-
whole convoy into Oudad Rodrigo. This fortress is .-.- 27th GeneraiWatier came - - with, atAldea Intendant of the Property of the Crown, in Holland.- mittee, consisting of the merchants m gram, Igt”.itS.
- - . Saabye
.Erickson, D. A. Meyer. HuAel, E. 'Flavin,
- 'therefore supplied with provisions for a long period. , Snokaert, Treasurer of the Crovrn,in Holland. D. Totem T 1 •
. usk, have set out for the purpose of re.
Coont Dorsenne gave up to me the trot ps of the gar- esterdaymorning was executed, a Mass, • •
cetving the subscription towards a loan of four mil-
rison which belonged to my army-co and replaced ;it was received with the great- lionsß "
them by t1,0,e ot, the army of- the Nor,h. evening there was a play gratis, and marks Banco. they are also authorised, ea-
Ou the 2.5 th we put op selves in march. Two the bridge of Amstel, a tent, ele- elusive of the Commercial Body, to-call on every
other inhabitant of this • •
leagues from CiudA Rodrigo we perceived the Eng-
lish reaiagnard. General Montbrun, commanding
gar advaaod plaid' charged the enemy with that
t rissticlity mid boldness which he bits so frequently dis-
played,•an4-fOok freati 'them foal' 'pieces of cannon.
We made pursclves masters of the.ridge, and main-
taiir4 PlarifPfelt IiCI•P n 4)4 of all * e 401•4 91. * , 14' 1.• been prerreograbeir majestieb. city, oho may be able to coil-
Emperor and inpren
steeled. The tribute
. towards the accomplishment of this purpose,
' to his btajestY the lanai:Welt was to
;rind In um p uanee whereof, the said Merchants have,
ahe fireworks we "played _dr
_.; co the 'Oda of September, published a copy, of the
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: injured.tbe ejects. ' . '111: . 1 Ural command issued to them, and given infornsa-
. yot. a bee ari. I 00444thiss
and a gapiricommirodity..o--- i they request all persons whom it may coa-
viv i cern, to appear before the Committee by strew) ra•
. sf.'l4lo s I Yit4tiOas for fach purpobe to be issued,
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; On the. 27th GencralWatier ame up with, at Aldea Intendant of the Prop
del Ponse, the rear-guard of the enemy, consisting of , and M. Snokaert, Trea
15,000 infantry, and 3000. horse, with 14 pieces of i Ocr.2l.—Yesterda:
j cannon. He charged the English cavalry with_an- ; composed by. M. Paer
dacity, broke and put them to flight—while General; est success. lathe ever
Thiebaut advanced rapidly on the road of Allayates,l fireworks. Opposite tl
pouring upon the enemy in disorder a terrible fire of 1 gantlydeeorated, had I
• artillery. Several cavalry. charges spade us masters At nine the Emperor
t of the whole plain, • Mayor presented To hit
~ At half-past foul- Glomeral Sonham joined General be the signal, and
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• Thieliaut*ith his grenadiers and voltigeurs On made Though the weather it
▪ an attack on the village with that vi&u. Which cha- umphal column, and
i Factetises him the enemy made ass roSilllT r much applas4d.