Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-09-26
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lency Don trancitco Aevler Caita-
nos, General and Chief Of the army
of operations Of Andeluha =
Mott Excellent Sir, iince the diff
patch, which | tranfmitted to your
Lxcellency. on the 9TH init. inform
ing you ofthe attack made by the
.diviiion under my command upon
that Of Gen. Colbert, who was killed
in the action, and whole diviGon was
di1odged from all the poheHions
which il had taken contiguous TO
Baylen, and completely beaten, and
of the reafons which induced ma to
return 10 Menjibar repaiIed in
the afternoon of the 18th, the river
Guadalquiver, and took a petition
that night-on the 18th, at day
break, | was joined by the fecond d.
vifion under the command of Field
Martial the Marquis de Coupiguy,
and we both marched towards this
Town for thc purpofe of attacking
the enemy if he occupied it.
AS foon asI arrived, in obedience
TO your Excellency's orders, / diipo-
fed the columns of attack facing to-
wards Andujar. At in the morn
ing of the 10Th, when the troops
were forming TO begin their march,
Gen. Dupont with his army attack
ed our Camp and commenced fire
of his artillery with deGgn, DOUBT
lefs, 10 furprize US but with the
quicknefs of lightning, all the troops
of the two divilions led by their wor-
thy officers few to the points attack
ed, afifed by the artillery Of both.
AT funrife our troops were in pofIeC-
lion Of the heights which they for
merly occupied, and the enemy be-
gan their attacks upon various points
Of the line, having the advantage Of
forming their columns under cover
from: our FIRE in coniequence of their
occupying better petition protect
ed by their artillery.
At every point they were repulf-
ed, and in their turn sfiailed notwith-
itanding the violence Of their attacks,
which they repeated without more
interruption than was neceaarY 70
fall back and form new columns un-
Ill half paf twelve, but were fatigu-
Cd without being able 70 gain ground,
although they had feverll times bro
ken our lines Of defence with the
interpidiiy Of troops accufomed 10
conquer, and penetrated 10 our BAT.
teIies, which were leryed that day
in a manner which sfonilhed and
terrified the enemy, and which has
few examples, for they not only i'm
mediately dilmoun,ed all the artille-
ny Of the enemy, but routed whatev-
er columns preiented themfelves, al
ways protecting the points attacked,
and varying their petitions as cir
cumitances required.
General Dupont then placed him
fclf with the other Generals at the
head Of the columns fupported By
the artillery, and made Taft attack
with admirable boIdnels but with
no better fuccefs, and we are told
by the enemy that II Of their guns
were diimounted, that their lois a.
mounted 10 1000 men killed and ma
ny wounded, among the latter Du-
pont and two other generals.
In this Gtuation Gen. Dupont re-
queited to capitulate, and hofilities
were fufpended in both armies it be-
ing agreed they fhouid remain in their
respective petition, and the confe-
quence Of the volor and conftancy OF
the brave troops competing theie
two diviiions has been the total
defeat and capture of the army
Of Dupont, and that Of Bedel
has fhared the fame fare, with
the difference only Of receiving their
arms at the time Of embarkation, no.
withdrawing the petition which the
latter took, contrary TO the laws OF
war after the lulpenGon Of arms gran
ted to it and to lis General in Chief.
CEhe remainder of this. difpatch
contains only an enumeration OF the
| Spanith officers who dittinguiihed
/ themleIves, and an eulogium on their
conduGt-It thus ,concludes1