The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-19 00:00:00

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BAD I.IOZ, JUNE qo.—ilia Fiet•lllicy Don
Gregnria de 14 Cuesta, under dale of thte 18111
instant, from his head.qUartc:s at ,Nliajudos, it;
a postscript to a dispatch, addressed to the Su-
pre ne Junta, states as follows : •
" My advanced posts are atiarsteljo. 'The night before
last the , v;tr• ate' Truant, destroying all ezcir wa-
rns/titian, and leaving behind them 7030 fanexas of wheat,
a d 8113 qiiii.tals of 8 nr, which will not be ill-timed fur 0.
They have also left babied General Frias, who is now reco-
'ere.% though stiq weak."

13ADAJ9Z, Jugs 2L.—Extract of a dispatch,
ittjdres4eti. to the Supreme Junta, his Excel-

,dreteed. to the Supr.
lettcy Don Isiedore Montenegro, d sted
Jlncl9,lBo9:

" In Ni,.sa five leagues distance from Valencia de Mean-
tara, there are !WO men, who compot-e the vanguard of the
English and Portuoese army ; they will succe,sively pa
through tnis town, to the amity; .t or 2..1,00J oleo, of which it
col si,ted. It intended to have stationed itself on the points
of Vile: rid de Alcantata, San Vincente, mid Alheredirrcult,
but rece t c.enis appear to have determined it to advance,
nod, in fact. we are as>ureit that there are accounts from Al-
caitara, ut t'i:ir being in the vicinity of linategmla and Pla-
centia. Ou the 16th bat. just as the French troops had left
'1 or.r.srha, all English CJlonel and his servant eutersd and
inquired the route of the enemy; soon after they were fol-
lowed by about 40 Spanish cavolry."

MITTEL OF GENERAL BLAKE TO THE SECRETARY OF
TUX wAR our ETEEST.
44 Head-quarters, Carpe, May 30, 1909.
" Mosr 11CCILLICRIT ata—l communicated to you, ou
the list i.st, the evacuation of Alcaniz by the • enemy, and
their retreat to Ilijar, Puebla de Ilijar, and limper. In the
latter place Vies, left a pretty strung detachment. On the !Ist
I sent D. Claimer° Luy, Lieutenant-Colonel of The Spani.l)
H emirs, with 80 men of his regiment, and vo:anteers sf
Valencia. to reconnoitre the positions of the enemy. Ile not
onl6 effected his purpose, but attacked the deatehturit sta-
tioned at Stopper, forced them toatbastrion their quarters-and
b mop, mod retree to Puebla de Ilijar.
'6 Ntenowlide the enemy werepbed by the troops winch
they szpected from Zaragoza to the number of ift) men.
Havihe thus collected a Cone of 10,000 infantry, CM cavalry,
and twelve pieces of cannon. they marched forwards to attack
a'. Informed of their movements, we prepared to give them
a po Ter re, rot MD.
" Tbr pl tin of Alcaniz, a hick has w itnessed this gloritsos
action, is s.trrouroled wito mountains of unequal heights, and
at venous di-nukes from tie position which our troops occu-
ied. At ;hoarier° sousket soots from the eits rise some
bills RC e-sittle to cavalry, and divided in the retire by the
read to the capitol, whiek sinks with a rode graduation sill
It reaches toe plain. On these hills the mon busty or our
slab was placed, it, Saab supported by two batteries,
which, as well as some inners In the came, protected ef-
fectually use isoinestast of oar line.
" The part of the plain winch lay on our right is the low-
est, and 1.4 ins a kind of fen, the more da %crow, as it is co-
vered with trees. Tice Mangos a hicli surritind the orchard
tcrosioate at a short di mace from this fen, and are commend-
ed by a ssiti.-le hill on tue top, on which stands an hermitage,
.et •rcVt'S as a key to the road to Cespe, which runs in that
direction. In order to prevent the enemy from availing them-
selves of the advantages which this rattiou offered, it was
°erupted b 6 `-s).10 men, composed.of the battalions of I)aroce
the reserve of Armen'', ine sharp-shouters of Marcia, rind
the ad division of Voluo:eerspi An ragout, under the com-
mend of Field-Marshal D. Juan Carlos Areizkai.
ig The vaugasel were , sated on a e t.f the heights is font
of our positiois, and comisted of a battalion of Ferdiaosid VII.
three nu...trill men of the hatiilion of Volunteers of Valencia,
two cduipanios of grenadiers of r.e re:shim/it of America, aid
two others of that of Crater, under the orders of Lieutemust-
Colonel I). Pelt.° Tezada.
" In the olive groomed, on our left were placed our light
troops, to preveas own being eartistanded and toe cavalry, eons-
anaoaed h, Briaaiier O. Miguel Irarrula, took post in
advance of our positl.m on the road to Zar
" At six in the morning the enemy she wed themselves on
the heights is .oir front, ani direct. d a warm fir' against our
advanced Lomas, which fell bock towards the corps to which
tiwy belonged. I tie vang.tard, supported by the cavalry wad
several pieces of ay* artillery, not being able to resist the
ripe-tor numbers of the -eaemy , retseated, the infantry to the
tletntitate, and the cavalry under the protection of onr bra-
ter'-e, which began to are on the enemy with no small effect.
I. was uecess.sry to tike possesta.3l of vie Hermitage, and
rout the viros by w .ota it was defended, in order to attack
tsar psaiti o. fise e.iemy, therefore, advanced over the
neighboo heights ton ants the post guarded by Areiza-
ga ; bat their tire of musketry mid artillery was courage-
ously supported and reurned by oar infantry, to the assist-
mice of is hien an obits bad been sent. Yet the enemy did
not desist from their attempt, bit by an incessant fire rosin
the whisk of their line, covered the march of a close column
of 90,1 or L)011 grenadiers, who, with their ba)ouets fixed,
and horrid yells rustled to the foot of the hill on which the
Hermitage stood; but tacit impetuosity vi lied to the firm-
ness of nor troops, and they soon showed their backs to our
warriors.
" Perceivinz that the enemy did not seem to have given up
his in•eitti.:st of taking th • post of the iter:uitage, I ordered
A;oloi.el I). Martin de Menchaca, to attack weir centre. in
order to form a diversion in favour of our ti slit. Notwith-
staoding this movement, they renewed their attack on the
Hermitage, and met with a similar tepulse. I had previously
ord• red th.s carat' y to repair from the road of Zaragoza to
tint of Carpe, to join A rentaga, but no sooner did it i6sue from
the plain t n.us it meet ved a discharge from the Frettch infantry
by st halt Brigadier O. bilged Ibarrols was stsinded. Their
I • coyote. then esiarged ours with great advantage, and coin-
pellel it t•s abandon 114 positive. Unable to force the
right, the elms mad tettly attacked Mancl:aeas adsoneed co-
lumn. A• it was me ely iateotted to make a diversioo, arri
was in a sibs ti to in tv rich it could defend itself long, it h.ll
back upon the twain army, with the exception of the first
ba tVion of 'Lougee which eacted its retreat to the
Hermitase. This stoves* induced the enemy to attempt pass-
ing tbrou‘h our ce. tee. In order to execute thus bold design,
tbefformed themselves as our front, and u:sder the protettion
of a tremendous fire of suasketry tort artedery, seam mimeo
of 2AklO oleo by that road of Z 'regime, a bleh passed through tile
middle of our posstioo. lo its C041::C, this court:to routed
every thing before it ; neither the lire of our infantry, nor the
quickly repeated discharges of our artillery were able to
cheek its progress. Res. Witty morning evert danger, it
rushed impetuously forward to like passes-im: of onr centre
batteries, and siad not forteuately the *thesis by wades they
were served, preserved the must a tunishiag coolness, and re-
served their fit e u i.il the enemy aim st touched the mouths of
our emulous, the Fr. nrh had pei bap, then succeeded to break
our line. The fire of musketry of a battalion of the lit and
4tl regiments of Valencia, and ore of that of America, placed
on the left of oar centre, con:co:sated meetly to it. security.
In the frenzy of iii• attack, toe ensany almost succeeded in
,ornowolog one of the batteries; but th a& who head prue-
trated so tar perisaed by the si.e of oar tro •ps, and clsiedy
that of the vuointems of Va coma.
66 Suddenly the column destined to break t'srough oar cen-
tre directed its march tooards t..e goon, and depriving as of
every hope of retreat, compelled nor troops to disperse them-
selves. Yst the undo.toted reaktanee wbica the enemy ex pe-
rimmed i.i . is ainte6, old • tatty (matt:tied the tmeeemb of ins
audaeioa• plan, and the French troops, who boasted of vic-
tory whenever they met oars, at last retired is disorder, key-
iug Maas corps nu the spot whirl' they hail so lately passed is
the corseted ore of a ie:ory. Our troops followed the !'couch,
who halted r4l the heiaots as here they had appeared at the
be,;iiiising of ens action. After seven hqurs bring, both armies
reuatio:ll in s4glit of each other, divided only by the plesoust
yak of sakania; till tight, of which the eueiny avaikd him-
self to retreat, leavings great quautity of synth belinel him.
five hum& ea Freud corpses have been foiled ou the Said of
bank, soli by the reports of reasams. who watched the re-
treat of the euout3, it is c:iletilated that his lin. in killed and
wounded canoot be less than 2,0,10 tacit.
" JOAQUIII BLAKE..."

VaI.ENcIA, icsE 13.—T0 esteem the French
as they merit, it is necessary to know them inti-
mately, witness the prosperity enjoyed by
wretch...Ll Barcelona, Saragossa, Madrid, sod the
other places occupied by these military philJso.
pliers, an,' suns of wisCluin and the omnipotent
genius of Napoleon. The niece suspicion of a