The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-12-14 00:00:00

ARMIES OF SPAIN.

The junction of the, three armies of Portugal, the
Ce itre, rid the South, was ettected on the 10th of
Nov. at Alba de Tonnes. The three united armies,
nAer the orders his Catholic Majesty, passed the
Tonnes on tue doaof the 13th and 14th ; the Army
of Portugal between Salamanca and'Al ; that of
the Centre at MK itself; and the Army of the South

betweeu'Alba and Puente de Cangostio. We have
es yet received nothing positive respecting the direc-
tion the Goalish have taken in their retreat.
• PARIS, Dr.c. s.—Ott the 18th NoTem;ter, Prince
• Schttartsenberg gained a complete victory over the
• Ru►sian corps, under Genera( Silken, 20,000 men
• 'turn. This brilliant day Cost the enemy from 7
to 8000 area, killed, wounded, or prisoners; be
. took from him 40 caissons of ammunition, his' bag-
gage; &o. Thit part of the Russians who escaped
Bed in•disorder in different direction's but Without
hope of being side to. regain the army at General
Tschitchagolf, from whom this corps is cut oif by
the skilful manoeuvres of the AustrO-Saxons. On
the 191,14 Prince Schwartzenberg continued to pursue
the enemy and make a great number of prisoners.—
We espnt the official reports of this-important sic
tory.•
Lucite Non. ti.—Tlielast intetli.,ence from Po.

land informs us, that the Grand Army is now sta.•
Coned between Smolensk and Witepsk. It hai not
Lad any affair of importance with the Russian army,
The Make of Taretituni.* corps d►arme occupies
She same positions in the, neighbourhood of Riga.
The garrison of that place still keeps tranquil. The
Prince of Wittgenstein finds himself menaced with a
combined attack by several French corps d'a►mee.
We are assured he has made dispositions for his re-
treat towards Pleskow.

Marshal the Quke of Reggio, after having re.
-taken the -cummand of his corps d'armee, reviewed
It; hid &rest is luperb. jt bad beau to put itfelf In
GeeereT,Tschitchngoff seal with.tils army botweels
61Onim atid Minsk. lie has not entered. the 14iter
town, Ashes* a French corps is colteetini. Prince
Sclisslirsicieberg 'has entirely cut off. Tapliftel4ol
i • from. *seek, and the •positions had...iPt;o *thiel
Bug. There remahis for,that
General, fain that' of. speedily gaining
should he be given time to accompliAh it, ' '
' •Tite Perla Papers of the7th and )lth of December,
contain two dispatches trete Qenqii Count Dec4en,
Commander in Chief of thelkiiliy,4-qqtalpnia; to
t* iliittister at War. 'Ili: first, dated G Saito{ iers)
Nov: 1,• gives an atconet•oftte attabk mirde b., Geis.
• Lacy, in' the night •bate-deli the:2oth' and '2lst Of QP-
tobeiv and ef his haiing bawl ripuisea ; and the 2d
from Barcelona, 10th 6( •Novenibet, • at.
Count of some operOisqs hi bad divecied against the
• same.Getteral, which.Vpor to have been attended
with trifling conieq. ' ' * •

CORELYNA m4IL.

[FROM TIM CO,UNNA DIARY, OP DEC. 1..]
The French are retirin;-ttitiarda Valladolid, in
Consequence orwhich Lord %trellington returned to
Salamanca : there had begitigitae iklrTisliei with the
advanced posts.
SAMTIAOO;I` Nov. t7.1.,--.They write from Ben,.
veate, .tbnt n Thing. tiew bad Occurred between the
light of the Douro and that place, and eat:lase a let.
• telfronfcartion,- Ah,tei Nov. 20, s*Mcti day:o4
Gactivicita IYOn'J.'itochrjgitezt. marched
lyna
.trfnietcilfeaidt the.opiSall .atAe bead.of 1004
Ipo4. •
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