The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-28 00:00:00

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taut his position ; but this was in vain; for the town
was taken as :toll as the height.

- " It appearithat the enemy were determined upon
a retrograde movement, by the arrival of the suc-
conrs of the Army of North, and by the intelli-
gence they received of a battle having been lost by
Geb. Hill upon the Tagus.
" I can hardly describe to your Excellettcyall the
joy I experienced at again seeing the garrison of the
fort of Burgos, and the bravo General I)ubreton,
who commanded it. I have walked over the ground:
every step affords proof of what troops, well -di-
. verged and animated by a good spirit, • can do.---
Every thing that was necessary to the defence was
I foreseen, and every thing was employed, because
orders %ere given with discernment, and their exc.
cution pursued with perseverati6 ; every one was
pager to obey by duty, by honour, by zeal, by at..
tachnient and devotion to his Majesty. General
Otibreton and thegarrison oldie fort deserve rewards;
I solicit them from your Excellency. The journal which
I I am going to have the honour of laying before you,
will prove, Monseigneur, what titles the Officers
and soldiers of this garrison have to the benevolence
1 of his Majesty.
" This motility.' I expect the arrival of two di.
0
visions of infantry and artillery, and I am going to
continue to support the Army of Portugal, until I
know that it no longer wants my assistance.
II have the honour to be,
(Signed) " General Count C 4 FFARELLI."

" The enemy retreated so precipitately that lie was.
obliged to thruw '2O pieces of cannon into the river.
Towards night, ilarshal Prince Eckmuld dc!lpuched
With his carps, and all tie 'army was 'in battle with
its artillery on the 25/11, in the position Ishich the
enemy:occupied the night before.

4‘ The emperor moved his head-quarters on the
241 k, to the viHage of Chorodnia. At seven in the
morniitg 6000 Cossacks, who 'had stepped into the
wood, made a general hunts in the rear of his posi-
tion; and took sit pieces of cannon whiih vs ere
parked.

44 The Duke of Istria set off at a gall6p with all
the horse guards : this horde was •sabred, brought
back, and thrown into the river ; the artillery it had
taken was recovered, and several of his waggons
were captured.

"• Six hundred of these Cossacks were killed,
wounded, or taken; SQ men of the guards were
wounded, and three killed.
• " The General of. Division, Count Rappe, had a
horse kille,l under him ; the intrepidity of ivhieh
finis Geueral has given so many proof, is shown on
;every o.:casion.

" At the commencement orthe charge, the Cos-
lack Officers called the guard, which they re-
membered (31uscadins.de Paris), Paris Pairities.—
The Major-General of Dragoons, Extort, distin-
guished himself. At eight o'clock, order was' re-
established.

" The,Emperor marched to 74aliclardslatitai re,
cont►oitred'the'positioa of the enemy, and ordered
an attack: for the next morning ; but in the night,
the enemy retreated. Prince Eckrquhl followed him
for six hours.

46 The Emperor then let him go, and directed the
movement upon Vereja.
" On the 2Gth, head-quarters were at Borowsk,
and on the 27th, at Vereja.

" Prince &Imola is, to-night, at Borowsk ; the
Duke of Elchingen at Mojaisk.

" It is beautiful weather, the roads are excellent;
it is the end of a.itumn, this weather will last eight
days longer, and at that period we shall have ar,
rived in our new position. In the battle of Malin-
udelavitz, the Italian guard distinguished itself. It
took the position, and maintained it.
" The General Baron Delzons, a distinguished
Officer, was killed with three balls. Our loss was
1500 men killed or wounded ; that of the enemy is
6or 7000. We found on the field of battle 1700
Russians, amongst whom were 1100' recruits
dressed in grey jackets, having hardly served two
months.

(Sizerd) " The lieneral Count Cith'FAILELLI." j
" N. B. Orders have been given by Gen. Count'
Caffarelti to M. Minot, chief of a battalion, and ()rive-
ter of the engineers at Burgos, for the repairs of the.'
fort of the intrenched camp and of Mount St.
Michael"

EXTRACT FROM A THIRD DISPATCH rant GENERAL
IN cuter COUNT cArFARRLLI TO THE MINISTER
OF THE wA.R DEFARTINEMTI DATE EINALUSb NEAR
VALLADOLIDt 'OCT. so: •
" Mr Lnan,---thave had the honour of rendering
your Excellency an actount of the raising the siege of
Burgos, and of the retreat of the English airily from
before that city•on thel2d of this month.' •
" The Army of 'Portugal put itself in motion to
.pursue them, and I directed its motions. From the
evening the cavalry were formed in Hue. The 23d,
this cavalry and two other regiments, which belong-
to the Army of the North, the light cavalry and the
dregoone of the Army of Portugal, tell in with the
rear guard of the enemy, near to Villadrigo.
They were charged vigorously
.by the Gees d'Ans
merie, the 16th Chasseurs, and the Lancers of, Berg •
never was a more brilliant charge made, or oue more
decisive. The attack was dreadful, and cost, the
enemy above 300 men. By some inconceivable faT
ta!ity the division of dragoons, which wns•iu line to
I the right of thesp corps, and should have ve,sustained
I them, took itself off to the right at full trot, and
Idiseppeared. If they had -been supported by this
division, the English cavalry would have been de-
• •
stroyeld ; the English cavalry,. which was forraed
in square in Villadrigo would have been taken ;
and it is assured that Lord Wellington and the
Prince of Orange were within the square. Not.
withstanding this n ;.fortune, our cavalry continued
fighting with the greatest success, forced the two
lines, made some prisoners, and when they rallied
and would have made a second charge the enemy re-
fused it, and retired in the greatest haste. They
had amongst them the best of the English cavalry.
" Upon the right, the Ist Hussars, and 31st
meet of Chasseurs, manoeuvred to turn the enemy's
left. The badness of the road and ground only al-
lowed the first to charge the Itithlight Dragoons, of
EXTRACT or A LETCht FROM THE RF.NFAAi. IN CHIEF, iwhom they took some prisoners, among others the
COUNT cATIARELLI, TO His EXCELLENCY THE ; Colonel, and put them to flight. •
DDRH DS WELTS% MINIsTER. AT WAR. • . • 1 " Your EscAleticy will judge of the fury with
Slue" °tett. which they fought, when you are informed that the
" Moeseteritecn,—l had the honour to announce brave Colonel Betulle, and, six Officers of the Gen.
to your Excellency, that we were expecting from one &reverie le.gion, have been wounded ; that in the
moment to another a tolerable opportunity to ad- ! 15th regiment of..Clusstoies, the Colonel and all the
vance and reliettethi fort of Borges, •- Officers, except I wo, received sabre cuts or conte.!
"On the 90th, we made a reconnoislance, of which sious ; and that the Berg Laticc:s had, in their aqua-
I have had the honour of giving you an account.: droll, several Officers wounded.
"On the 294, several corps of cavalry and infantry, 44 I have desired the names of the soldiers who
among which were the 15th reeitnent of menu ie, particularly distinguished themselves ; I ishall have
Chasseurs, the Berg Lancers, and the Gendarmerie . the. honoUr of submitting them to your. Excellency.
Leg;on, belonging to tare .`,rmy of the, North, IS well All the army bestows the highest eutogiums upoti the
es the Ist regiment of ii osSars4 and 31st regiment Army of the North. I will only allow myself to
of Chewers, were itlncpti at the extreme right of the speak of it i the General in Chief of -the Army of
army; the infantry of the Army of the North has Portugal win, in detail, iuform your Excellency of
its head at lircties,:it, and its left at Pancorho ; the what relates to his army.
last troops of the Army of Portugal %sere but half a "On the 35th, M. de Toll, Chef d'Esquedron of
league from Ilreviesea. I exontee, from one instant . the Berg Lancers, met near Velem-in, the tail of a
to another, that General Souliam would determine to convoy, defeated it, and carried, off 400 men, anti
attack the Digli,h army. j much baggage.
" Yesterday morniog, at 11 o'clock, ire were. in. 1 44 The enemy, on retiring from Torquemado, took
formed it wag in full retreat. We inunediaiely put a-position behind the Carrion and Piswgra, anti de-
ourslvcs in ntAtion. About five in the evening an stroyed all the bridges; they after Wards marched be-
atnik with tio• renr-gitard took place before Burgos, ' hind Ca heron, a formidable 'position ; broke down
and e :nadc some prisoners. 1 the bridge '
at Velledolid, collected their forCes at
" The enemy, in raising the siege of Burgos, tabezon, and caused their baggege to filo by
abandoned two six-pounders and a spii,ed how., Pueete de Duero, and toe ards Tudela. The fords
itzor of the Ilse have been sounded.- The infantry

46 The old Russian infantry is destroyed; the
Russian army would have no consistence but fur the
.numerous reinforcements of Cossacks recently ar-
rived from the D9O. IVell informed persons assure
us, that in the Roisian infantry the first rank only
is composed of soldiers, and that the second and third
ranks are filled with recruits and militia, and who,
notwithstanding the promises made them, are incor-
porated. •
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" The Russians had three Generals killed. G.
nem' Count Pino was slightly wounded."—( Mani-
tear, Nov. 17.)

PARIS, Nor. ^_t.—News has been received from
the Grain! Army, under date of the Gth of Novem-
ber, that his Majesty then had his head-qintrters at
Michtehovsk, and continued to enjoy the very beq
health.

NowEMBEIt 23.—The last accounts from the
Grand Army are of the ith of November. The
movement which it had commenced was continued
with the most perfect order. The Emperor, who
continues to enjoy the best health, is expected at
Smolensk° on the Bth.

[FURTHER EVFE.ApTS RECEIVED THli MORNING.]
PARIS. Nov. V.
FRENCH AR AY OF THE NORTH OF Sr IN.

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Veitterday evening I arrived in Burgos—l met
on the road a courier from 'General Sonham, charged
with proceeding, and announcing to your Rue'.
!Prey, that the enemy were in retreat. [;Slid not
alloy myself to atop him to write-to your Ethel.'
lency, and particularly to announce to you, the
013140 the §iett of iiinigPs• would. been.
;We to have done this; had bit derrtore beta to

of ...;uegra , ,• sot
wool!! be ori in' their :booklets in -water.' We Ma-
' pccuyit:d upooSemaneas.,and.iordesilluA, a.4d then
t,tiv, WelHoran derided to evacuate ..Coboor,Jita
j btl/41,40'pra?hich, I;C'ye'ste'rtlay blelv •
id% to VniintlOiij, the. bridge. trigoogiostoif
rll tieing repairea'; that of Coheion,wfli rtgottrel
• sonW tithe' becauaa tho k, at least; Tait ;ts
a . •
,apol,faere are •tonther • materials nor. workman to be
.!tOliod there. • • • . ,:.• •-• •
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a pos" ttpenArmy erthelisDertugaerot.-malrcli;.:e l et: it to
this place.
" le two or three days, I wilt set out on my re,
turn for the territory 6f the army.
" I have the honour to hr, &tr.

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" Buenos, Nov. fl.—l yester6v learned that a,'„
tercepted by a party of briget tuts, who infest the; er'. toad from the side of Villa Real ; :$s it is lenq'l';`
the dispatches of General Souham may have beet:ik
tercepted, I take the liberty of spotlit% to yol., rn,.
eellency M. d'ilervilly, my Aid.de-Camp, . • who ha,
followed the movements of the arms-.
" Since the siege of Burgos, the enemy have ~
tired upon the high road by Valladolid; there se.r:
on the v.3d October, at Villadrigo, au engage 15
between the cavalry of the • Army of the North,
joined to that of the Army of Portugal, and all the
English cavalry, in which the tatter vcre comileteir
beaten, Since that time the enemy have cutitillUeii
their retreat in defending, but ;cry weakly. th,!
bridge of Torquemado. They afterwards !heti
themselves behind the Cart .'u, Arbania, and h.
suegra, taking care to destroy the bridges of 'far,.
rugo, Villamureel, and S. haelor.--Thcre was
exTRecT PROW ANOTHER bETTER FROM THE GENERAL i frprn the. side of the bridge of Villamereel, an ep.
AN cum carracELLl TO THE MINISTER OP Ter"; gagement oft the. other side the river, nhizit our
WAR VEPARTMENT, DATED auaoos, OCT. '23. i troops passed by fording, and itt which the enemy
14 MY LOILo,—YOur Excellency kuows that the . liost. more than WO men.
fort of Burgos is built
,with earth. This fort inif W. " A. division had marched from Palencia, the.
ttihehTaoli Ttihm.
isi
7.r..,
sustained a. siege of '35 days ; and if it had been ate tiffildgeof.which, that was about to be blown up, we
tacked by the means prescribed by the common rules, t, were able 4o ‘save. . A detachment of light cavalry,
this fort would have fallen. ! lielottrig Ilp the Army of Portugal, commanded by
" The enemy have made ,breaches, by means of i the' Gbef d'Pogladron Toll, debauched by this bridge,
shells, and favouied by the disorder occasioned by"; fetrupon Oe kir of a convoy, took 400 prisonui,
the explosion of the shells, they attempted to make ; and car=ried 4100,000 rations of biscuits, and
five assaults. I great timidit baggage. The nest day the env.
" I can say with truth that the 'defence wax so .my evacuated,earas, and established therr.;eyes
obstinate, that a part of the pallisades of the intrench- 1 between Cabezow, which position they strongly oc.
e 1 camp were entirely cut by the balls, at a foot and , cupied; and Valladolid, the bridges of %Lich city
a half from the ground; and that it was merely through 1 they blew up. As. they only held this pokitior, to
the bravery of the troops that this part, 'which was !give themselves time to ensure the means of retreat,
the weakest of the intrenched camp, was not carried . they blew up the bridge of Cabezon, at the same
by the eitemy, who were lodged on the ridge of the ; time as that of Semanias, And retired by Pueste
Glaris. I have the honour to be, trec.' 1 Duero, which bridge, they likewise destroyed. That

of Tordesillss, those of Tinkle and Toro have also
been ruined, and perhaps that of Zomo. All these
events topk place between the 23d and 29th of tat
mouth.
" All the bridges 'have been re-establised; the
Army of Portugal is posted on the Duero5 hating it%
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right at Toro, and its left towards Tudela ; four p.
visions of the English army are in front of Tor-
!)feillles.
4 During their retreat thp enemy fast, at least,
/000 men, kilted, wounded, taken, or deserted,
The fort of ;largos, according to their own coact.
i lion, cost them 300 Q; by their own account they
!lift 8000 in the battle of Salamauca—they have only
received a. reinforcement of MO men : (bus Olt
• army is considerably weakened ; the greater part of
their "l'aunded have perished in the long resr4et
from Burgos to Salamanca.
cg Such was, Monseigneur, the situation of the
Army of Portugal on the 3tl inst. The health of
';--theksoidiers was excellent, and titer iiiie attireateti by
Um best spirit. I Itve the hpiiour, 40.'
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LoNLA. •
i Corr OF 4 LtTISR FROM X. THE atmanar. coot
REc4E2ts fro ins ittimfLoscr lin Imes as rum,
XISISTER OS THE WA DEPA-RIMRWC.
Head-Qaa. rters at Yich, Dior. 6.
I 4f My 'having been informed, some time ago, that
Gen. Lacey was recruitittg and organising a great part
,of the insurgent army at Vich, I, qn the 21th of
October last, put my brigade of reserve info can-
tonments at St. Andre ; on the same day I sent or-
ders to Gen. lAmai quo to recruit his disposable
troops, and to march on Cardeden, where be arrived
en the Ist with provisions, and a convoy of
meal. On the 30th, I was Informed, that the Bs.
ron d'Ecoles had quitted the camp of Tarragona,
and way expected at St. Felice de Codinas. Oa
the 31st, I went in person to .Cranollers with
my brigade of retervel commanded by General
Expert. I drew out 1500 men of the garrison of Bar-
celona, as far as Monmalo, under the Command of
General Devaux, and which I destinated to conduct
to that city a convoy, and a herd of oxen and sheer,
which I had caused to come from Giroune. On the
Ist November, General Lamarque arrived at Carie•
den, with two brigades, which I put in cantonment;
at Llierona, and in the hamlets between that village
and• cfAtiollers. .. General Devatnt retrograded to-
wards- Barcelona at the beginning of the night, with
the convoy for that place. I caused this movement
to be supported by two battalions from the brigade et
Expert, which 1 advanced towards Cables to but
the right of the road to Barcelona, and to give some
disturbance to Baron d'Erolest who was arrived at
St. Felice de Cotlitta:.
" On the 2il, at break of day, these two into-
lions took their direction towards Lissa, by the
way of Arnettla. General Expert leaving Grano!•
let's at the same hour with the rest of his hrigti,
and rallied his detachment near to Arnett!, ; the Lii•
vision of Lamarque marched on Garrica, and Jr'e
up in order of battle before that pusition at the tve•
meta when General Expert bad reunited his brigade.
" The enemy appeartd on the heights with 7 or
8000 meu from Antettla, as far as Samains, on which
his left rested, a redoubt closest the entrance of the
road leading to La Garrigue, and was defended by •
or 300 men. These positions are very strong; the
Spaniards had entrenched themselves carefully anti
formed mines there,' but to • which they had not Goa
to set fire. •
light 4 regimentGcneral Expert
tthaettfiatetthendf thethe Lrset, witha the gel
drove the enemy out of his lirt int renchnvitts, and
thus took from them Saccessiroly live posidoo,l I .
feuded by the-best troops of the irt,urgen3,llo
who, after a resists of. about tao hours, tit def.
,the cyJesiif Lacey, who commanded in person, t°°l',
to alight,. lifter baying left a'• number of detalbiol:
some.wcroncied on the field of ti'tttiP, anlo4 w the
was a Captain, and wept to ran) ilteinvelvell on -