Star.
London, England, 1810-12-03 00:00:00

.igton is
enemy ham

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tt about
`O,OOO Men,--a itutiber fully equal, if not
r, • to the French.
„The enemy halted on the 17th, on a plain near
,i,,erre and when the last accounts left the army,
heajiwirters were. at that place. News of a
was hourly expected at Lisbon. There bad.
a sane smart skirmisLing. In the mean time, the
, liens em the enemy were immense. Whether
issEs meet to wait a battle, or to attempt et fur-
Terrt, eitl:cr along the north-bank of the Tagus
ebrante: and Villa-Velha, which is impracticable
c.,r,onn or carriages of any sort—Whether by Tho_
r and Guard I, which will expose his wings to the
.s under WIL-PN, TRANT. and MILLER, while
creek, (v:ho, i, our last accounts from Oporto are
, ct) has advanced upon Almeida, and will cora-
l:ntv be on his front—or whether he will attempt
cross •he Tagus by the boats and rafts he has been
e time preparing at Santarem, cannot yet be ascer-
. ad. A thousand difficulties present themselves
er way while Lord WELLINGTON, hanging on his
will wear him down in detail, or attack him in
e, as prudence and circumstanccvnay dictate. .
• His Majesty's brig ZENowIA was: left lying at sin.
anchor in the Tagus, ready to start at a moment's
„line e,eh news of the utmost importance for Eng-
: d. His Majesty ship DoerneN, with 35 sail of
, sports, crowded wit French deserters, left Lis-
for England, the day before the JASPER. The
• ',ce of Vv'elts packet had arrived out."
1.1.3110N,.N0V2M8ER is.
he enemy, who had hitherto remained in front of
lines, and seemed to threaten this capital, began
rereat in the &gilt between the lith and 15th, in
direction of Santarem : he was immediately pur-
d by our troops ; and the following day our ad-
; c... 1 parties came in s;ght of the rear-guard of the
•,-ch, who continued their retreat. Some prisonets
e been taken, and the enemy commits still more
sea than when he was advancing against us.
*,,rd Wellington's Head-quarters were yesterday
arrive in Santarem.
, Nov. 'el.—We have not yet received any
•%ence of the movements of our armies and the
at of the French : in order, however, to satisf)
noblic curiosity, we
.will extract some interestini
aculars from divers private letters
meted seem that some unforeseen occurrent
occasioned the retreat of the Fr retch, because the:
e left some wheat and cattle behind. We mus
on our guard, it is true, with respect to eatable
nt!oned by the enemy ; but in this, it is to be oh
ed, that they have burnt part of the provisio
'o they left, so that in all probability want c
prevented them from destroying the whole.—
e prisoners and deserters affirm that the enem
i' ;led a number of their foreign troops itit then
e
their retreat, disarmed and guarded by Frencl
a•
ors, which seems to confirm the report whicl
a (anent sotre days, that a very considerable die
e eat prevailed in the French army, whether on ac
ia the scarcity or bad quality of provision:
ilea, Renee other cause not known. The whol
from Alcroquer to Santarem is covered witl
id horses, some dead human bodies, broken mix
re &c. In some houses which were fauns! lecke(
' bodies were found shut up, probably with th
entien of spreading infection.
19 Hovere.—Yesterday arrived here about 260 Frenc
;aavers, taken by our light troops in Azamba
y belonged to a corps of 400 men, which was con
..ely deetroyed.
b Persons continua to arrive from places which wet
14 tupied by the French when they were in front
I? et lines ; they sheltered themselves from the iecli
key of the season chiefly by making a kind of she
lilt the doors, shutters, windows, e&c. of the fteigl
taring houses.
Letters from Calaxo of the ISill state, that t.l
tad-quarters arrived there on that day ; they ad
t :at the number oL' deserters was great, and that
. 'sold be still greatef were their desertion not o'
. hoed by local circumstances.
From the tilee when the enemy arrived in front
r lines until he left that position, his loss in dese
ion only amounts to 3797 men, which clearly she
.e great amount of his losses since he invaded
,untry.
Ft appears that the movement of the French has pt
need results the most calamitous to the enemy. •T;
ositions which the different divisions of our armi
iroadiately occupy, after they are evacuated by t
emy, enable them closely to watch his directi,
d manuvres. The devastation committed by t
tench in the places which they occupied or'throul
Lich they passed, is most dreadful ; but all the c
turista:lees observed in the positions which they es
mate, prove that they really sustained the most t
•ent want of things of the utmost importance, in p;
'cular means of conveyance ; their cavalry has al
tEereel a very great diminution; in consequence
e vast Lumber of horses which daily died throer
cessive fatigue. It is also said that Massena is
eely iadisposed.
NOV. 17.—Divers accounts were yesterday in c
dation relative to the operations of the armies. T
Iglu before last several signal guns were fired at si
consequence of which a great number of ships wt
working up the Tagus. The cause of tl
esculent is not yet known, but we are assured w
me deuce of probability, that Lord Wellington
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4441cin& Avid+ his troops, and that the enemy t