The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-01 00:00:00

FliEvcr, P.IPERS.

PARIS, °cr. 44.

Tilt cm:ilia 11, OF DIVI4ION DhOUET, COUNT WIN.
L 0.., COMM\ in NG TILE 91% CORPS, TO UIS
IIIOI]NLs9 TUE FRINGE: OF WAGltettl, MAJOIt.
OZNER

" Ilead-quarters at Valladolid, Oct. 14, 1810.

66 MON•IiIGNEUIC-1 communicated to you the
day before yesterday the favourable sews which I
had received fro.. the army of Portugal. I hasten
this day to transmit i , your Highness a letter which
I have just received from M. the Intendaut-Geueral
Lamb rt, who rcmiincd in the depotuf the army at
Viseu. This letter was brought to me by a Portu-
guese igent who is in our servico, and who has al.
rea y given numerous , roofs of seal. It would ap.
pear that the atitirs of the army of Portugal arc
going on I am on march to brush away the
militia who infest the rear of the army, and that the
Prince of Esslitig may nut be obliged to make a
detachment, and may pursue, with all his force) the
English. at tht: i;oint of the bayonet.

" As sour, as I shall have arrived at Almeida, if
the officer carrying the dispatches of the Prince of
Lssling is not yet arrived there, I will collect all
the intelligence, and transmit it to your Highness.

" Ish ill beat Almeida on the 15th. Assure his
Majesty the Emperor, that the 9th corps aspires to
the glory of not being reduced to fight only against
and brigands ; I solicit for it, if there is yet
time, the honour of marching to the advanced posts.
My fi,ur regiments of chassedrs and hussars, by
their brilliant uniform and their tine appearance, arc
the admiration of the Spaniards. They say, that ea.
ceFt the Imperial Guards, they hare acrer seem such
fine truo2,."

LAMBE, T, tNTENDANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMY 07
PORTLOAL, TO WS SERENE HIGONF.SS MAJOR-
GENERAL TUE Vbilarci.: OF NEUFCIIA'FEL.
•' Viseu, Oct. 5, 1810.
MONSIIGNEUR)—Conceiving the solicitude of
his Majesty lee Emperor for his army of Portugal,
and fos-seeieg that his Majesty MU have no news
or it fur someday., betties': the ntficer who is the
bearer of the Prince of Essling's dispatches, con.
Seining 30 account of the success obtained by lire
army since its entrance into Portugal, is obliged to
proceed null the prisoners, and by stated marches;
I sent to Gruorul Drouet one of my Portuguese
emissaries, acs intelligent and treat-worthy man, to
Worn) your Wghtiess of what has pa.sed, and to
implore him t hasten his march, and to come and
clear the country in our rear (bolnyor nos der-
rierr). It %unid not be cuts venient that thc Prince
of Essling should be under the necessity of weak.
ening his furces, and dstsching a part of it for that
purpose. •
.64 We have had no affair of great Importance
Since we entered Portugal. On the 2601 of Sep-
tember, the Prince encountered the English army,
occupying the mountains and defiles of the Muudego,
within eight leagues .of. Coimbra. The enemy's
light troops, driven back on the 2Gth, 27tb, and
tfith, abandoned all their positions, which were as
strong as any in the world. The Prince, in conic.
(pence, did not attack them in front ; he was sa-
tisfied with bottling in check by his light infantry '
the English army, and he marched with rho Duke
of Ahrantes, the cavalry and three-fourths of the
the army, by the route from Coimbra to Oporto.
Dot the English General was already in retreat, had
re-passed the blunders, and abandoned to us all
i►ia line positives, and the resources which the town
of Coimbra all'ords.
tr Tia►aruly is in excellent health ; it is abun.
dantly supolied with provisions. We found some
resources at Yams. Tile Hospital is plentifully'
supplied ; there are only 500 wounded, and 250
lick. No General or CUlonel was wounded iu the
, battle of Coimbra. lam ieformed, but the infer-
wation is (tot to be relied on, that the General of
Brigade Simon, having attempted with throe batta-
lions of vultigeurs, to carry the Convent of Buss.
co, was male prisoner, wkh some men. Several
of the wounded who were engaged hi this rash en.
terpriac (jelouffonr4e) assure me, that the cue.
sly have taken but fcw prisoners, for having re.
ceivcil repeated orders wither to attack. the Con.
•ent, nor to ethane, our troops had fall time to
fall back. e
44 We have a free tommumichtion with Coimbra.
I am informed that our cavils,' is already 'strived
at Pomba', The este. round at Coimbra are coo-
tiderable.

COPENUMAN, Sere. ‘;9,—Potstiane t•Ve Ma.
justy's defertrissatilm, the Committee of Rettenry,
, appointed for tit*: kingdom of ,Norway, is to gum.,
and its functions !let. be performed from andafter
lit of December ace raining, by his ilishoess
the yipegerante--(Stockholo Geattti, Oct. 10.)
Woofing San. 9,-r.thc fora of Torsies*pop

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" It appears that Lord Wellington calculated
upon remaining along time in his position on the
biondrgo. Ile lied only time to destroy part of his
magazinei.
" I expeettbis evening lgO English, of whom
lit are 01Ticviv. As to the Portuguese prisoners,
,we have sevital thousands of them, and find greet
difficulty is gu iriliog them. Unfortunately ; greet
many of them make their escape."

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