The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-12-03 00:00:00

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Nor. %O.46lTiiiiy; who aid
./// eensained in frotitiiiladMithes, and e,
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threaten this tapitali'btilati gels
in the oi
between the 14th Ott' 'tilt:direction of
tarots ; he was itainiiiliately pelysitti by oor troop.
and the fofloWing diY our advaneed peak.' mot i
sight of the rear guard of the French, who eseli
need their retreat. Seine priseuers hoe
tatesi, owl tisremessy outninits stamens ea
that When be was advancing against tff.
Loid Wellington's head-quarters mire 7(1442
to arrive at Santarem.—( LirbaN Gazette, N 00.19,
I.I•soN; Nov. 21.-,We hate not Yet letter
any official intelligenite of the movement*.
or
armies, and of the retreat of the French ; um
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howt,ver, to satisfy the
Public curiusity, vise.
extract seine interesting particulars front diver, 11
'Ate letters. It would seem that sums fanfare
occurrence has occasioned the retreat of the French,
because they have left sortie wheat and cattle be,
bind.. We roust be on our guard ; it is tree ,tit
regard to eatablesabandosied by the enemy, h„t it
this it is to be observed, that they have burnt pir
of the provisions which they left, so that in all ins,
bability want of time prevented them from destroy,
ing the whole,

Some prisoners and deserters affirm, Mat

'enemy carried a number of their foreign troop tra,
them on their retreat, disarmed and panted 17
French soldiers, which seems to confirm tilt report
which %as current some days, that a very topsider,
able discontent prevailed in the. French stay,
whether on accuuto of the scarcity or bad quality
of provisions, or from some other cause not holm
The whole road room Alemquer to Santarem. is a,
vercd with dead horses, some dead human Win,
broken muskets, Sic: In some houses, which were
found locked, dead bodies were found shut up, pro.
bably with the intention of spreading infection,—,.
(Lisbon Gazette, Nov. 21.)
Lisaorr, Nov. 22.—Yesterday arrived hero Ault
tiro hundred French prisoners, taken by our tvit
troops in Awnbaja ; they belonged to a coot
of four hundred ineu, which was complete!), 6„
stroycd.

Person. continue 4 "live horn .places which
were ot On' Preach when they were ill
front of our lanai di, Shelter themselves from the
nick:Hedy)* of theittiliOrichiefly by makiug a .Iliad
of shed 'with the *deur.shutters) windows, &c. or
'the neighbouring
Letters from Cafazo of. the 18th, state, that the
headquarters arrived there on that day.
It appears that the movement of the Frenciin
produced results the must calamitous to the camp,.
The positions which the different divisions of oar
armies immediately occupy, after they are smutted
by the enemy, enable them closely to watch his di.
rection and manoeuvres. 'Para devastation commit.

ted by the Fretteh}ln the places which they ma,
pied, or througlV which they passed, is sosi‘
dreadful ; bat -'airlthe circumstances Omni
in the' evacuate, prove that
they really 61404(411h' must urgent watt ut
things of the 'utitiOs't Viortaisce, in partie,
.means of conveyitice ; their cavalry has aho MA
feted a eery great diminution, in cansequetaill
the east number of horsee.which daily died throvik
elteessiee fatigue. It is also Said that Mittens is k 4
riesialy iwilisposed.—(Lisbon Diary, Nee. V.)
;Pe, are uow given to understand that the Franck
General was nut in that want of provisions as Wit
supposed by many people here; but that theilis.,
tress of his troops in respect to clothing, plats.
larly in shoes, was extreme.
There is a report here in circulation, which.'
however, is generally discredited, that ten thousand
men, with a large convoy of provisions and cle.
thing, have joined Massena. We now feel sate.
fled that we arc perfectly secure for the remaiudcrot
the year ; it is doubtful with some of the best in.
formed, whether any battle of consequence yin
take place this'caospaign.
It is Said that a corps, consisting of several thou.
sand men, has been destroyed by the Portextters
on their route to-join Massone.

Ari uFFICIAL COMMUNICATIOW rite*
14111? "SatiNICTOS TO DON MIGUSL ?CUM*
rett.JAa,,PATED PERU NlGitOt TUC 10111 itttlV
" 'Nothing of importance has occutretishice the date 00011
last dispatches of the till irwt. On the ith hut. the enredY
contioitred the environs of Abrantes, and moved, unAcr cort
of the above operation, a small body of horse and feet It
wards Villa Vellta, evidently with the iutention of obtaiiiiPl
possessioo of the bridge across the 'Ears, which was futiderlY
in that place ; finding it, however, destroyed, Abe above de*
tachltlellireturned to SchreiraFrontioa..•
" The enemy has collected the largest number of intattlebidh
it was in his power to obtain, in order to throw a bridge user
zhe L.,zere ; it is very bld, and will, I trust, be destroyed.
-Ity the last accounts which I have received from Barlajos,
dated the Oa, L find that at that time Mortices corps remain'
ed in Seville, rend was in a very giddy stale."-(Lidb"
Belle, Noir. 12.)
• The kit accounts from Abrantes state, that the
idge which the enemy had thrown across the ta-
vas has been destroyed •by the overdo, of that
.river....( Lisbon Gazette, Nov. 15.)
TitanAcium A, ' Oct. 23.—Our General in Chief
b:ii.nlerezitnremwettimee4llo4.44:ll.o6oll4ct„:l!aftildthesead
,i.asteirgns his
4figlic Cain bria4
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