Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-09-15
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From tie Bostcn Csntinel Of the 7M;,,
selected .Ae Jsl0asi,s addilionql arl.c,,. ~ "
.fSrmai:sn recelyid BY The .drctrru g w.
Shoin. "a
The passengers differ in their con,m,h,
of ali the French troops which haa sre'.a
Snain at t:.e time they .al'eG--Sens NJ.
ing them amount TO Ice ooo : While cber :
among them a military gentleman, Woo w..
frequently iii conversations Win the Fren,h It
Eeers, estimate item at about l3e GOO near.
" two thirds of which we've cons, rn, :
ls~c, and 1916, ard militia from lie g."
coasts. The residue. French troons q y,
!ihe, ltaiians, Germans and Poles, TIL
greater part Of these lroeys were marched /
int Spaia, under Murat, before tie riyrs
of the Spaniarcs lNd were scattered &C.,
vaEious provinces, tie main body being iu,ss
vicinity Of Madrid At tie iiiue our IN
toImants left tranee very few were oDte
march to Spain, all Sc southern depaamst
having been exhausted o!tEcir troops. ~
napa,te had Lot anticipated any opposoni
Spain, which the forces abovementioncd ci
frs, posted therein, could rot queN al
therefore very few OF bis troops conpcaac
his Grand Amy, III the NORTH, had lea
marched thither.
The Trench troops lad made 10 new &C
QUESTION since they bad been dpposedb by h
spanish patriots ai!t the mode Of stpr.
ing them i.to .etathmcms having been icuI4
extremely injurious TO them, they we're :
bout TO Gx.ceitrate these Getachmerts Ms
40 grand atn.ies, and alter the plan ofcpc.
sations Eortl;is purpose the French troops
which had taken possession CT ST. sNlevc,
had b2en wi,harawn; and were marchlEo to
wares Bnrgos, where che OF the armies wa
10 assemble. about 10000 were IN the sitt
ni;y 81 Madrid The division oil the French
" hich hid al first marched into Arrason' vas
commanded by gen Leiebrc we hare Be
tore learnt, II was opposed by the Arrrlgonl-
ans, il advance Of Sa.aagossa, ard discerning
ted Oh the 18th June Ii appears from TIC
Gazette extraordinary of S,rSsossaIthat from
thai tine to t!.c first Gay Of July, the French
md Spaniartls hal been several times ensss'
and that the greater part Of the French I'D
been destroyed. The Spanish less GO Id |
been very great, though readily and lIsmcG'
atcly replaced. The Spanish Gazette saF
TIE Spariaras perform miracles nercr Aao"l
IL q people SC undisciphncd. a letter ins
Letcbre had been intercepted, in wh:A tn
be requests the emperor to proclaii1i,that ~
ragon, &c. &c had been reduced to ooeI
ence, that he WAS III want Of re!niorcenfms
The account. by this arrival, OF the state O.
tne French division, under Dupont als /"
later than those previously receive" BY us
from the south OF Spain they, however GU,
roborate the intelligence, OF his having f ~
powerfully opposed at Cortlo7a, and Of u.
having been compelled to retreat to AnAu':J
where nc had been pulsued by force S'"''
made his destruction unavoidable.
The parts Of Spain in possession o. ~
French, at the date of the last ACCOUNTS a., ~
the principal part Of which they treactelou' Il
occupied as friends and allies, are the s "..
districts OF Navarro, Gulpuscoa, ard ol: ;o;:y
Oh the frontier next to France; TIE w'p
OF the road leading from BayohIle !" :.:ae Il
through New aud Old CASTLE, the e'''''
Burgess, Barcelona, and all those places ~ ,g|
were occasionally overrun and evacu"''u ,b w.
the flying detachments Of their tO'e'' oa n"
whele of which possessions does lol al,y w,
to sixth part Of the kingdom. Ma's% at.sn
rat, remained at Bayonne, where ne nav s.
s;ck bnt was on the recovery Genera ~
vary commanded in Madrid :--Gcnet" ~ 70
bre had been making unsuccessful at'eInFt had
capture Saragossa;--General Moner lamont
gone against Valencia land General ~: npf had
had commanded the detachment w''." .,o,
been directed against Cadiz- The eo"' ,.reh.
had been hurried into Spain by iorcea . ln
es; and it was said many of them baa 0o N hot
a prey to the diseases incident to Spaln'
's ALT the other part, Spain were i il ss.
,evel. agsins. FRANCE had sworn 1''