The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-05 00:00:00

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ad by General Prince Bagration, to open his way
open Mohllow ; but that the enemy, after having
jolt 10(X) men, was obliged to desist from his attempt.
66 The General of cavalry, Prince of Schwartzen-
berg, confirms that the corps Warmer under his com-
snand is in tee lent condition, teat it is abundantly
rovid d with ever, tiling necessei•y, and is partial..
lady di-tioguished for its discipline and good ap-
pearance."
GERONA (CATALONIA), Ave. 4.—One of the
greatest obstacles experienced hi the war of Catalo-
inia is the difficulty of communication. • The ancient
Government believed it vets a mesas of defence, and
that idea, joined to the idleness of Ministers, was the
cause of that title province being without reads. Some
great towns, such as Gerona, Olot, and Vicht,
communicated only by roads passable for mules ; for
a long time it was .sot known that the grand road
from Barcelona, when toilitarily traced, vasses under
the forts of Figueres, Gerona, and Hestalrich. Af-
terwards was tutele the road called La Maune, when
the fort of liostaltich was rendered useless, being
no longer upon the line of operations.
At the commencement of this war, the English,
who thought more of the safety of some points which •
they occupied upon the coast, than the interests of
Catolia, intersected the Maune Road, and the towns
of Callus, Canet, Aunys, &c. &c. &c. had no longer
any communication, except by sea, or small paths
traced out upon the declivity of the mountain. This
want of communication rendered difficult the occu-
pation of the coast, and the Insurgents established
themselves in hlataro and Arens del Mar, where
they received succours from the English, and believed
themselves unattackable. Things were in this state,
when Lamarque's division, braving the proximity of
the English squadron, occupied and fortified Meta-
TO. Not wishing to repair the old read, he under-
took to form a new one; and, to the great astonish-'
silent of the Catalonians and English, who could not
prevent it, a fine road was opened from hlongat to
a space of nearly ten leagues. It is every
where out of the reach of the enemy's ships. Al-
seedy have many convoys passed over it; it is an-
other bond which attaches Barcelona to France.—
The army le_s since made a road from Figueres to
Olot ; thus the famous defiles of Casteifollet, of
which so much mention is made in M. de Noailles'
Memoirs, are passed without danger, and the ar-
tillery is conieyed where mules could with difficulty
pass.
The port of Palamos, which appears to be the na-
tural port for the wild place of the department, had
no practicable communication with Guil). They
will now be able to proceed thither by two routes, of
vghich one passes by the Col de Calooges, and the
other by Palafrugal. A third road, passing by Pate,
will open a communication with Torruel la de Mongri
and Figeeres. Every where the peasants, who as-
sist the soldiers in these works, do so without any
kind of restraint, and shortly they will reap the ad-
vantages of them. Thus on one side the English,
calling themselves the friends of the Catalonians, ra-
vage and destroy, whilst the French repairer create
means of amelioration or prosperity.