The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-09-17 00:00:00

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*nen. The Spanish loss on the right I have not at
hea.d. I fear little of this city will be saved, the
lieved
French haling thrown shells into it, and set it on at
hi in malty places.
46 it is now reported that Soult promised to re-
• the place at two o'clock on the 31st, the very
day old hour it fell. Bonapaite promised the army
the e months pay if they relieved it. ,It is very
string.
Our prisoners say the French received stores
ivory night from France, before the Wand was
taken."

g' Ayaezue, Serf. 4.—You will have heard ere
this of the fall of St. Sebastian : iE cost as deer,. but
orth every thing we have sacrificed. And being
aware that the place wan. very strong, 444 that the
enemy intended defending it to the last, we were but
too '.!a!%tiy. to hear of its fall. It because indispensa-
lbtv ,e..lary that we should possess it, in order to
crh.ry CO I any further movements which I trust will,
Sr: lel,. be undertaken to favour the armies in the
Nod, of Europe. The castle still holds out, but
ill w.ll not afford cover for a large imbiber of /nee,'
iiust shortly follow the fate of the town. .
g ':oult made another attempt against our army ,
for the relief of St. Sehastian, It Was 'mown on the
n that he ells moving his forces against our
✓ and on the 31st he attacked our position near
Vara, at the same time crossing the Bidassoa, near
Yruir, where his.principal attack was intended, with
considerable force. lie had 30 pieces,of cannon t
with him.,
.and succeeded in feeding the river at first
'wider a very heavy cannonade. Thisenabled him to •
throw 3 bridge of pontoons ecrese, when the re-
winder of his army got over. Birforce was be-
tween 20 and 30,000 men : to this a Spanish force
was opposed, and nothing could behave better than
they did. Lord Wellington was present with
.two ditirions in reserve, but he said that he,
was determined to let the Spaniards have the full
credit of repulsing Soult, and they did so most com-
pletely. ioult remained in position **Abe right bank
of the Bnlaspa on the Ist, and on the 2d we saw his
troops marching to the left to resume their former po-
sition before our posts, in the passes of the Pyrenees. !
During all these movements on our left we. were not'
I ile
,to the right. On the 31st, demonstrations of
atta•king the enemy were made from all parts of our
position, but we found him very weak, and 'nothings'
of ceosequence took place except at the Pass of
Mly ), opposite to -which the French had several I
camps of huts, which we took from them, and de-
shined the whole by fire.
" We are now looking forward to the fall of
Parn)elana. It cannot, I think, hold out long.—
T..ey are in great want of provisions."

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X.XTIIICT OF A LF.TTFR FRO* 'ERA, DATED SM. o.
" I have been oe an eversion to Bilboa, where
there are 6600 prisoners, who were taken in the last
bLt Ile. They are for the most part fine-looking men,
a Id they tell me that they had much rather be where
they are than with the French army.
" At 61y-break or the 3lst, the enemy drove in our
"cent ries 'mar 13era ; and sc soon as it was observed that
the army was in.insatioa, the bugles sounded the alarm,
and we were under arms in ten minutes. When we
were collected, a battery of siz 4-pounders opened'
upon us, and we were obliged to get under cover.—
The object was to raise the siege of St. Sebastian, and
for this purpose SOULT advanced with 11,000 men.
A strong b!i•gade, stipported by cavalry, charged
the Bridge of Vepa, and were as often repulsed, but
at length they retired, maintaining, however, a sharp
fire upon us all day, w hich was of course spiritedly
returned by us. About half-past two on the ftr/10W..1
ing morning, the army of Solna was retreating, after
receiving a severe handling from the Spaniards, and
itevieg forded the stream, it became impossible for
them, from the relative position of our troops,. to
regain their former station without crossing the
bridge. General SKFRILET, the brave protector of
Teriffa, made the proper dispositions, and we de-
fended it until we were overpowered by numbers,
sustaining considerable loss. The bridge was taken
and retaken twice, and the enemy sacrificed4oo men
in this destructive spot..
. • " We have to lament the fate of many meritorious
Officers. •

" The Spaniards, you will be pleased to hear, are
almost equal to the British ; they are eager for bat.
tlt, and have become so used to it, that they enter the
Sad with no more reluctance than the church."

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THE. • ST'iITESAIAN.
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• TUIDAT) SEPTEMBER 17, 1813.
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lialli..4''': A Heligoland Mall arrived this morning, with
Letters to the 10th inst. but the intelligence brought
1 by it is not of much importance. ,
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i lisi.tooLson, Styr. 9.—Oar accounts from 'the
t opposite coast-continue to be satisfactory.
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. • it • Pri rate letters from Kamburgh, of tbe 4th inst. state,
1 • that the Danes and their Allies were precipitately re-
treating i 1
out of blecklenburgh. The war was et-
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L - peeled to be immediately transferied Into Holstein.
The inhabitants of Atoms were, under 'the greatest
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alarm, and preparing to quit that place with the ut-
usoqt dispatch, as a detachment of Cossacks were
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F. ' • hourly expected to arrive there.
I ' .At :flatnbartb it was reported much fighting had
&On place, lad 'Ss nothing had appeared in 4
Lerman Jouruals respecting those affairs, they were
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1 ,1 naturally coacluda to have been unfavourahln to
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