The Statesman.
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13.1711 LE OF HUSACQ,
TO TIM .111TOlt Ofr"fliE
4ppesivto 4110 111111011311310 for any per.
aft acquainttd ''pith the nature of military
pp orations, obi reading %Vx‘LLlNGTolesiatt
rdispatch, to avoid drawing tho foiloning couch,
kiotts

Ist, That the ;Hack of kis strong position at Ilse
different places at once, was a oloceuvre
ran
14e
part of ig.taStaa) to deem hi, atterniun towirdi
those points, whilst—the wait body of the &reek
army was getting itself in readiness to more 4),
wards the mountains, and cross theism at the se!
of Sardao, which they took possession of
IYh
!cry
.057 after the attack, whilst Cite
Galt
troops were skirmishing to turn his left flask, 54
make themselves masters of the plains in his tar
so as to cut off Ili; cenuoutsication with the i
les;ahl
thereby tither prevent the ensharkation or 01:
troops( its Mondego 44y, should it be necessary) of
force him to descent!
a vastfro m
superiority
opmfeerbcuecini
in cavalry,
nicnogapottupahsloarsyte,:::
and give him battle in the level cotwer
on
below, under the disad►ant=gee
such a situation by
mantcenYti'vreThhaatdhissuLfaoredsahisicTeeded as to enable th
enemy to turn his left, immediately retreated cat
precipitation, descending from the sierra de Bu.,
saw into the low country between it and theses,
to pretext 66 hits. being cut off from Coimbra, of
exposed to A comsat setiou on lets favourable
ground;" but was so panic .struck, that after his
deveepti leaving that place and its fertile plaits to
shift for theinselves, he hurried across the Mon.
dego, thinking himself not secure against as at.
Lick from the enemy till he had placed that tier
between them—for he expressly tells us, that the
advanced.guard of the enemy was, on the nth,
44dt A velans, on the road frum Qporto to Cuim.
bra." and that " his own was already (or be.
fore that) in the low country between the Sierra
do Bueacco and the sea, nod that neat day
the whole of it, with the exception of the advance/
guard, was on the left of the Mondego." Coast
this be regarded by military men in any other pole
' of view than as a precipitate retreat, conduct
sunder the influence of terror, and bordering so
flight? His Lordship, however, it seems, pa.
sesses the singular faculty of deriving consolation,
even from his misfortunes and disappoiotrouots—
.
for; he says, " Although, &c.—l doom regret
my havieg atone so. This movement has aPtied
fee.-4seehopes of saving." Nu person either.
doubts tga bravery of the British troop, ev that
superior valour, when conducted with tallith still
generally draw success to its side. But his Lord.
ship, in asserting that the Portuguese arc worthy of
contending in the same ranks with British troops,
proves himself to be prone to flattery, and gluts.
(lading beyond all example.

MASSENA has carried his point in making his
descend from the mountains, and the Plorth of Yon
tugal is now at the enemy's mercy. If the rein/
don of his strong hold on the Bunco j if the keel.
ing open of his communication with the sea; if tis
preventing of the enemy from getting pomades 4
Coimbra and its fertile plains ; sad if, as sow
PilinSs unscrupulously assert, he has a more au.
merous army than Miasscicti why 'ilia out he del
tech a corps to Sardao, sufteiontlz strong topmeeet
the enemy's penetration in that quarter, install
leaving the occupation of it to chance? Wet cud
such an egregious blunder Wort; Committed by lay
Commander ?.
As to retiring on his reinforcements, if to avoid
an action in the opqn and level country on account
of the enemy's superiority in cavalry (awl this he
naturally will do, if he dues nut wish to meet hit
ruin), these may possibly be intercepted sad tut
off before they can join him : and if he keeps te•
retiring along the coast, from one elevated position
to another, till ho gets out of the reach a
'any commodious place fur anchorage and re.
barkation, how arc our own brave troops to be
brought back to this country ?, Are we even seg,
that his valorous Portuguese, the moment his If•
fairs begin to grow despecate, will nut-leave him io
a body and go over to the enemy ? is it not likely
that Colonel llitasi.r and his corps have fallen into
their bands ? And if so, is it improbable that lheY+
on account of their valet& anddiscipline) may he
honoured with places in the French ranks, yule.
ployed to fight against us
London, Oct. 18. AN OLD OFFICER,

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