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erchecling his advance. little/1 eolutnn, consisting
of about SOOO men, was then directed against General
BALLASTBROS7 who fell back as they approached from
Ximena to Gancin ; but immediately countermarch-
ing, and returning with great rapidity Ximena, he
appears to have in some measure surprised the French'
division ; and after a sharp action (hi which the
enemy's loss is represented to have been very severe)
the Spaniards proved victorious, and drove the enemy.

to great culiru3iotv back to Alcala."

The following letter eves more patticulars :
" SAN ROQUE, SEPT. 26, 1811.
_ _

It I hasten to impart to you the pleasing news of
the defeat of the French by General ItALLASTERO3,
which took • place yesterday. Their division was
3000 strong, and had arrived at Zimena, after seve-
ral marches and counter-marches, in which they had
plundered and burnt Muntajaque and El Basque,
petty towns or villages in the Ronda Mountains.

" Our General abandoned Ximena to them; and
fell back upon Gancin ; but, without entering thetown
he performed a counter-march, and reached Ximena
at the time the enemy fancied him to be in full retreat,
and were accordingly preparing to march upon Al-
getiris or San ROque..

" There he attacked them ; and, after three hours
obstinate action, the French, who had already lost it
great number of men, killed and wounded, retired in
disorder by the Alcala road, which is very bad, pur-
sued-by about 3000 mountaineers, who will certainly
give a good account of them.. We have also lost
many men ; but the number has not yet been ascer-
tained. 1 had these particulars from two eye-wit-
nesses.—and every other account as yet received agrees
with their declarations in all essential points."

Extract. of a letter since received from Lieutenant-
General BALLASTEROI, dated Ximena, Sept. 26, 1811:
" I have the honour to inform your Excellency.

that

General Rs•

ram (Itegnier) with 3000 infantry." 1
" To the Governor of Gibraltar."
Soon after the arrival of the VESTAL was known,a
report got into circulation, that MURAT, anxious to
avail himself of the unsettled state of affairs in Sicily,
bad indicated a design to attack that island.

A fleet of ttalispotts has arrived at Portsmouth,
from Lisbon, under tonvoy of the ROMULUS and
ItOVER ships of war. They left Portugal on the la
instant. It was reported when they came away, that
the French had succeeded in completely relieving
Ciudad Rodrigo, and that the Allied Army had• in
consequence retreated behind the Coa. The British
troops are daily getting more and more healthy.

itEPORTED DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH,
BY LORD WELLINGTON.

We _sincerely hope tkat the following accounts may
prove correct ; 'although onr Readers will observe
they are at variance with the above intelligence from
Lisbon, down to the Ist inst. and also with the letter
from the British head-quarters at Guinaldo, dateclthe
29th-ult. which we gave in the STAR of yesterday.
It is not at all probable, therefore, that the battle was
fought on the 25th or 26th ult. as stated in the first
letter from Liverpool.
While we thus hazard our doubts upon the sub-
ject, we must also remind our Readers, that Oporto
is much nearer the scene of action than Lisbon ; but
if there was any battle, it must have been fought on
the 30th ultimo, or on the Ist instant.
" LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER B.—The Briton, WARD,
from Oporto, is arrived at Hoylake, sailed from
thence Rdidsiiint, reports that an account was received
there just as they sailed, that a general engagement
hat) taken place, on the 25th or 26th of September,
between the British army under Lord WELLINGTON,
and the French arrhy, in which the latter were de.
feated with great loss s" and was dlivan six leagues
beyond Ciudad Rodrigo."

ANOTIIER LETTER.
LIVERFOOL, OCT. B.—The Briton, WARD, has
just arrived from Oporto, five days, bringing Mr.
JAMES WA Lc tr, of this town, passenger, who 'gives the
following account, which he received from Colonel
EGA N, who obtained it from Colonel TRAST, GMT-
Dor of that place :

Lerd WELLINGTON has had a battle with d*
French, and has killed and taken prisoners 20,000 of
the enemy. The battle was fought five days before,
about six leagues from Ciudad Rodrigo. Captain
WARD. farther says, that the account came to Oportei.
gm Thursday morning last, just before he sailed, and
was fully believed by the inhabitants, who were ra.
joicing on the occasion."

We have at length received the French account of
fhe affair with the Boulogne Flotilla, Paris papers to
t!leScl inst. having arrived. The praam which wig'
raptured is described as having drifted away from the
rest—and the English were, of course, driven back to
the Downs with great loss ! Our Readers will find
oraple extracts from these papers, in another part of
cur columns.
Letters from retersbnrgh inform us, that the Rus-
sian Government maintains a perfect silence upon the
subject of war with France, but that considerable
movements of troops towards the frontiers of Poland

are known to have Liken place.
The exchange at Petersburgh had fallen, and was
at 14d. to I 44d. ; but the most striking commercial
fact is, that tho foreign ships which had continued in
the port in the hope of obtainieg cargoes, had been
sLappeinted, and 'wit taken their departure in ballast.