The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-06

us,a. IT is sSpp sS,i that, as Soon rs thty,
I ad'colecSci 4 suff;cieut fcacc they would
tailluscn thc F;thc land risk an immediate
and. Gcncr.l battle. 1'his does not appear
10 bc their in,ertich. The French have no
i;.ca of descending from the Ebroto MADRID;
the Patriots are therefore not Obliged TO sta
ion their main force between the enemy
and the capital they are occupied in watcf-
ing and harrass;ng the cncmy's flank.
When Palai02 advanced against the left
flank or the French, Money with strong
detacl'.se wished n bring him to battle.
and thus To carry that system into execution
which the French have oecn found SO advan-
tasecus To- ,hcm, viz. til. system of beating
their enemies in detail. Had Money been
able to have cut up paafox's division, the c.,
nen,y would have been able TO have borne
with more pressure against Blake, who he
vercd on their right flank. hut Palafox. as
cautious as he is Brave, SAW N,ncey's mten-
hon. and de:ea-cd it i,c drew oil his troops,
ana Tell back upon Saragossa
meanwhile Blake made a n,cnacing move
ncnt Upon the enemy's right, and Ncncey
was Immediately recalled TO the main body.
ne intelligence received by Guver.mene
yesterday stated tina, Blake, instead OF pur.
SUNG his Course to the Ebro. as seemed %
be his original purpose, has DIRECTED his
march INTO Biscay and Guipnscot: he will
y
those provinces, and perhaps may DE able
to throw IA powerful detachment betwernth
i'yronean frontiers and Pampcluna. The
orly routc by which the enemy can rctreas
from the Ebro, is by the road that leads
through Pampeluna to their own fronticr-
nat they viii sustain themselves OH the e
hro ii they can, there is no ,3ubt--but The
season Is coming on when troops will with
a'ihcu'ty be abe to pass the Pyrences re
Supplies ofprovisiors will not be easily oa,-
ta'ned--thr cs',,'at.,, al -,:::::! . ..:,
tile, and on each flank and in front there will,
be hostile army. Perhaps they will court
a general battle, in the hope being able to
beat troops not yet accustomed to military
habits, and of thereby throwing discourage
rnent among the Spanjarils. The Spaniards
however, may have determined not to risk
a general battle, but to- wait and see whe-
ther scarcity and sickness MY not effect
more against the enemy than the sword.
he Russian admiral in the Baltic is said
to have elected the terms offered him by
Sii James Sauma'cz. and the Swedish adj
nlral.-ic hopes to sustain himself i'm his
present positi2n-The island of Fast Rara
or Rogcn, commands the cntrauce or ancho-
rage OF the hal'bor, and it is strongly fortifi-
ed. 1t MAS said that the Swcdes had deter
mined to send a strong military force to at
tack it. Bot it is possible that fire ships NAV
render such 81 attack unnecessary. Sir
James hSa determined to send several in az
soon as the wind was favorable The cne-
my have struck yards and topmlsts, and
they r'ny do considerable execution in a
squadron already panic struck, and rot man
ned by officers and men, possessed OF great
naval science or skill
We are again positively assured, on au-
thol1ty on which we can rely, that an order
was sent ont for the recall of gems. sir H.
EGiryGlP'e, Sir Harry Barnard, and Sir Ar
thur Wellesley. Immediately after the re-
ceipt OF the efficiai spatches,:ontaining the
particulars of the late Convention.
Letters to the 9th inst. have been recev-
ed from Hamburger. they state that since
inc late message OF the emperor of the
French to his Council Of State, Austria has
redon5lec. her exertions to increase .her mill
itary force