The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-16 00:00:00

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• Lllil9N, JUNE 27.—Loril,llifitgton, Can now
blrina into the field 361000 gritish and 29,000
Yortug nese bayonets be his intercepted a French
op-prier, whose dispatches state,, that one.telith of
t‘its French army is sick, end all of them in want
.of money, clothes, and provisions ; they have
crossed
the Guards, but still li.eep Ciudad Kuilri-
sio blockaded.

All the troops near Lisbon have marched to
join Lord Wellington, except the 83d. This looks
serious preparation. •
3q.—We hate this moment received let;
Asrs.frinnoheao-cpaarters, dated the 27th instant.
Oeneral Qraufurd has fallen back a little. Lord
Wellington has advanced his head-quarters to ell_
Weida. All is perfectly quiet there. The French
invest and bombard Ciudad Rodrigo; out of
which Don Juan Care° marched on the 24th with
his. Spaniards, and reached Lord Wellington's
• head-quarters without the least molestation from
the French. •

OPORTO, JUNE 16.—Ballasteros has 4dvanced.
with 4000 men towards Saville. We hear of no
further arrival in Spain.of French troops. The
French have thrown two bridges aoross the Ague_
da, which river has fallen considerably ; but the
idea of any considerable force fording it is ridicu.
ions, as it• is uncommonly deep._ At Braganp,'
or near it, Colonel' Wilion beat a strong body of
French cavalry with a regitaent of Portuguese
militia.
jUNR 19.—We ►ave not yet been able to get
any thing like a correct account of the French ar-
mies. 1 believe they have about 30,000 round •
Ciudad Rodrigo, and about the same number in,
another part lower down. 'That active General,
Ballasteros, is advancing towards Seville, and
Malty is cluse in with Astoria, which it is thought.
will not be long in, possessiou of the enemy, as a
great number of the garrison have deserted, and .
the Governor's dispatches, praying for reinforce.
ments, were intercepted by Mahy, who immedi_
ately advanced. Massena is afraid of the Ger.
mans, for he has put them all in his rear; liord
Wellington has 32,000 British troops in this coun.
try. I really think a general action will not take.
place for some time. Roth parties are acting a
wise and prudent part. _

Here we.have about 7000 troops, chiefly mili.
tia, commanded by Col. Trent, who, in conse.
qttence of his constant attention to the militia of
this district, has made them equal to any of the
regulir Portuguese troops. A Spanish frigate ar.
rived at Curunna on the 1211, with 14,000 stand
Of arms. &e.
JUNE 20.----We have been in expectation for
these last 48 hours of bearing that an action had
taken place. Ere this, Ciudad Rodrigo has, 4
fear, fallen, as by a letter (dated Celerico, June
23,) received here, it appears the French have
.completely surrounded it, and that Loisson com.
°sanded the division of the army on this side. Ju-
not arrived before Ciudad audrigo•on the 19th,
with 10,000 men.
LISBON, Jour .4.—The following intelligence
has beets received from Almeida, under date of
June 25 :—" Since nine o'clock last ..night until
eleven o'clock this morning, a continual firing was
heard in Ciudad Rodrigo, which becann: at length
so violent,' that no less than six reports of hear),
ordnance were counted. in a minute. The French,
,it.appears, bombarded the -place with battering
ordnance of 14 and 18-pounders.
" At ten o'clock HO morning a heavy explosion
IlEasdistinctly heard from the side of Ciudad Ito.
.drigo, and a column of smoke was seen rising.
This. morning 400 English horse passed within
zigliA of this sown, on their march to GaHigos,
ond from the latter place marched the day before
yesterday a battery of horse artillery, and a corm!
041-of artillery, for the fort of Conception. •
1,144 His Excellency Lord Wellington has just ar-
esa We know that his Excellency Marshal
Berestord has transferred his head quarters to
Iffmcisci. „?yVe have received, this moment, a let.
ttfrem -anish Officer from Aldea del Obispo,
ich is q the following tenor : The enemy
4keeps up t 1 very heavy 4re on the)place, from
,whruce' a womb was thrown, which happened to
dinto a powder magazine--it cannot but have
done much mischief, because the magazine was
~(vrtned in the rear of the
_battery, which imme.
diately ceased firing, while that of the fort was
'constantly increasing. The POrteguese and Eng-
flisit are also liriug from Manilva and Carrera,
more to the right."'
GauLeqos, June 27,—,The fire was yesterday
coutinuedrhe whole day from Ciudad Rodrigo, as
well as from the enemies' batferies, but no mate.
riql damage hassas yet been sustained. The place
*as in the night on fire in two plaCes, but this
morning it was got tinder. It would seem that
the energy of the garrison has beep increased by-
the presence of the enemy, and the artillery of the
place is extremely well served.
The French advanced parties occupy the 'same
positions as before; they have, however, pushed
some piquets more to the left, and latch, with pe.
culiar attention, the road of Agiseda.
ALMEIDA, JUNE 29.—Yesterday the French
did not fire on. Ciudad Rodrigo, because they had
spent alt their ammunition ; to-day we see no,
thing but French deserters, milting whom are some
soldiers who served under the Marquis de Alma.
'they all agree in stating, they never witnessed a
more destructive fire than that made by the garri,
son of Ciudad Rodrigo. Our troops, es well as
tktftoglish, are ready for action—they are all in
high spirits, sqd perfecd/ satisfied there is nothing
tiPfear. •--,1 •
dalksitsosonieJutar I.—Ali Officer in the vas.,
sitcbofthertarroy of the left, under the command-
ed Senor InCarrera, in a 'letter dated the 27th ult.-
ivtifiMits;follows:—" We arts here within sight of
,thisfereepm of Ciudad Rodrigo, which the enemy
iwielbseiegiag, but they have. been answered by a
iiefithoind well directed fire from the place, and
4pfeey,..tking appears to go on well."
tysepoN, JUNE 27.—The following intelligence
bean received front J3adajos, under date of the
25th inst. ; . •
" A French fOrce of 1500 men, inclinting 200
cavalry; which 464 broke up from-Serille on *heir


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March for Extremadura, entered Monasterio on.
.4fse Otii inst. On the 2.3i1, a part of 'theiald- Or",
ceitnisting of 300 infantry and WI ;eavalrA made
their appearatie.. in Los Santa—they were thine
attacked by 400 4paiiisti cavalry, of Nlendizatral's
division, under the cnormajid of Col. D. Benito.
The enemy were completely routed and dispersed,
with the loss of 40. left dead on the field, and a-
great number of wounded. The . whole .of
French cavalry that were in Merida, and !he places,
adjacent, put themselves in motion fiir Azenchat,
Fuente del Maestro, &c. and also four regiments of
infantry, in order to protect the march of the re.
inaltiitvg 1200, and to prevent their being cut off in
**Whir manner."
2:—The following intelligence, under date
of dl 21st oh. has been received front Portia, the
head quarters of Carrera, a • short distance from
Ciudad Rodrigo

" For several days past we have been limes..
santly ungageol in affairs of greater or less impor.
tance, in the environs of Ciudad Rodrigo. The
enemy are entrenched en the mou Main of St. Fran.
Cisco, and are employed from morning till night
in constructing parapets and other works.. On
the 17th they endeavoured to effect a lodgment in
the suburb at the bottom of the mountain. This
occasioned a very brisk firing on both sides, and
the,cannon of the foiiress played upon them with
great precision. The enemy were repulsed with
considerable loss, having had upwards of 4(X)
killed and wounded. They have also made re.
peated attempts to break down the stone bridge
which that fortress has across the river, but have
as frequently been repulsed. Their heavy arid.
lery has already arrived, but no part of it is yet
mounted.

" From Serradilha, under date of the nil ult.
we learn, that the 'enemy have 6000 sick at Si?...
mance. They are lodged in two hospitals, in both
of which prevails a greet mortality, which al.
ready-gives them not a little alarm. 'More wound.
ed were daily comins, in. They had sent rein,
foreements to PuertOs de Banhos and Perales,.witb
the intention, perhaps, of opening a communi-
cation with General Regnier's corps. That Ge-
neral had some troops in • Caceres and Moilllo,
but had made no attempt to advance."
N. B. Our readers will recollect that the 1000
men who were marching 'from Seville to reinforce
Itegnier, having been routed, he would find himself
under the necessity of detaching a force to the south
of the'Guadiana.
.JULY 3.—The French corps defeated at Santos
consisted of 1000, and not of 300, as was at first
stated. Immediately after that affair, which oc-
curred on the 23d, the'enemy moved from Merida
and Lobon ; but the corps from the latter place,
which chiefly consisted of cavalry, were routed
by,tho Spanish troops on the 24th, and pursued as
far as Azenchal, leaving on the field a number of
killed and wounded ; among the former were two
females. It appears that the enemy were also_
falling beck on the side of Montijo.
JUNE 18.• By letters from Serradilha of the
.sth we learn, that on the 26th ,ult. '3OOO French
troops entered Madrid. Bassecourt has, accord.
ing to the same adviccs, collected a force of
20.,00() men in Cuenca, consisting chiefly of per-
sons thit had fled from Madrid to escape Joseph's
conscription. The army of Old Castile was, with
great reluctance, and particularly on the part or•
the foreigners, on its march to co-operate. hi'
the, siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. The deiertion from.
the enemy's ranks was stilt considerable. A party
of 20 infantry deserted from Banhos. They were
pursued by some French cavalry, but they fired
upon them, and compelled them 10 give over the
pursuit.
JUNE 21.—A letter' from Almeida of the 15th
says:-°° .We have had no post from Ciudad
Arigo for the last -four days, the communication
being cut off by the French, who have crossed
the river to the number of 4000 infantry, and
100 'cavalry. It is said that General Simon is
with this corps, and it is. also affirmed that Ney
was with them yesterday. Fourteen desertess
came .in here yesterday ; three of them French.
men, and the rest of other nations. This day
nine more arrived herd, five of them Frenchmen.
It is said that the heavy sirtillert has nofyet:ar-.
rived in front of Rodrigo, but that the enemy are
making approaches, and constructing batteries
preparatory to the commencement of their attack
the moment their artillery arrives. Their force
is stated at 20,000 itifantri,nadlour.regiMents of
cavalry. Crawford is in Plihegos,, and Carrera
in Pnebta.”
-Jufflt 241,e—We- have the following particulars
front Almeida, tinder-date- ef the 20th instant:—
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Ciudad Rodrigo continues to be invested; but
so late as yesterday, the enemy's. battering train
had not arrived. Claudio de. Barrett) a private in,
the light' corps' commanded by JOSe Vera, has
delivered to his Excellency, the Governor of that
(unrest,. several letters and' a map. taken hum
General Loison, as he was going from Zamora to
Salamanca, about four leagues from the latter
place. An advanced party of the corps killed the
orderly. Adjutant, a servant, and a dragoon, who
accompanied the Gwen!, and wounded bimfielf
so severely in the left cheek; as ,o knock out
some of his' teeth. It is not improbable that the
wound will prove fatal. Re is under cure at Sa-
lamanca." . i•
We hear from Bragan;a, under dile of the
17th, that Generals Kellerman end Bessiercs *era
on their march from Benevente for Astorga , with
the greater part of the French cavalry, and that a
body of 1Q,00.0 infantry were expected-et Zamora
from Salamanca and its vicinity. Tlieir destination
was unknown. •

• SUIPCRIPTION THLATIV.—Tho Subscribers to
the plan fur establishing a third Winter Theatre in
this Metropolis had a General Meeting, at the
F reemasolis"ravern, queen-street, on Thu witty.
Ely the detail of the account;,, it appeared • that,
in proseouting the application for a charter, the
Committee had expended 11501. iffid that they
had near
.40601. in their banker's hands, applica-
ble to future legal ezpences. The Subscribers
passed a Tote of apprtivel of all the Committee
had done, and•requested them to continue tirciret-.
crtions in such manna. as they 4huuhl thiult

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