The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-08
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is5,cm,ncy. ih.he act;dasenderl;ng the realty St
rheir sellow-oitlzens.
The bishop Of St. Ant.sro having instiga-
ted his Diocesans to fevoit, and abandoned
himself to all Tannerd frantic excess, Ge-
neral Merle proceeded to the mountains of
st. Andero, where General Ducos had re-
paired. Upon the morning of the slst, he
fell upon the insurgents, drove them from all
their positions, and took two Is Founders
from them, which the, had barely been en-
a5lea TO fire twice, aith grape, without
woundirg any hody--o, their part the loss
was corsdcrable.
=. On the goth. Gcner,l nucos arrived at
ssencilo, attacked tae hsnrgants and repu!-
SGD them TO the distauc, OF one mile. On the
2Ist he aid the same q, the road Of La Ven
to de iGscudo. which vas defended by four
guns and 4,CQ0 nrtn. On the 22d he was
within four mics Of A,dero
On The 22d General, Merle and Dncos en-
tered st. Andero, the sne on the side Of L or
| no de La Vega, and the. ether along the way
OF PEscudo; and no sooner had they enter
ed-the city, than the peasants returned:in all
parts To their .kom,s and the inhabitants
| eack to the city. The city of St. Andero
having made sremi sion, made solemn oath
OF fidelity 10 his: Catholic Majesty, as Sego-
via, Palencia ard Nksia lold had denc.
an such manner dbl TIE troops under Mar
shall Eessieres, in ,sfew days. take SO pie
! ces OF artillery, fftiI Thousand stand of arms,
disarfned Falcneia Val.ad Bid, &c which
ensured quie'ness i Navarro, Guip uscoa, A.
lava and Biscay.
+. Barring che FIRST operations of Marshal
BcssicTes, troubles had also broke gu, in the
southern eXtremities OF Navarro and ARA
gOn.
General Lestbvre des Vouetres set out
from Fampeiana, at the head of 5000 men,
mostly composed OF che J ls3li Pikemen, and
the first regiment of tire Vistula he drew
mp towards Rudc!a, where squadron of
IRON three tic fonI' thousand mon had arri-
Veu from .SarragosSa he attached and dis
cersed them OF the Sth OF June, taking from
IRON them SIX pieces of artillery, and cas-
t'gatcd the neaos OF the insurreCtion He
caused the bridge over the Etro, which had
bsen Gurnt down, to be rc-estaa!ihcd and
marched ut the head OF the Polish Plkemen.
upon Malien where the insurgents, rein
forced from oerragossa, had taken fresh
post. lie arrived there on the 13ti, and i'm
meniately attackedtr em; one single charge
OF the Poles suffered to overthrow and mt
tnen TO fight, leaving the five pieces of ar
uiiery which they. mad behind them He
proceeded on the l4,r to Alagon, where the
mSuT3 ents, from 3 10000 strong, were put
TO night and lost their caDnon nor did they
on the 10Th Offer any Interior resistance in
the olive fields OF Saragossa The actions of
Epiia en- Monte. Mcrvero on the Esd & 2sth
had the same ,csuks.
In all these different expeditions, the In
surgents had from 9 to 5000 men killed, and
many wounded A vast number of them
nave been made prisoners. and so pieces Of
artillery taken, whilst ours consists'bare,v of
from 20 to so killed, and from co 10 Sowoun-
ded.
General Nerdier joired. under Sarraeos-
sa, gen. Lafcbtre, and began to shut up
the place. On the ID July, having played
OFT two hovitzers,le took the Convent of St
Joseph, which covered part Of the CITY,
From she 20 to the 18th july Announcements
were made tocompress the insurgents more
and more, and to gather the materials for
throwing f!oatinsbridye over the E.bro-
On the llth, thsjtraject of the river was
made by force, AID some troops were pos
ted on the left side to protect the formation
of the bridge. whish, on the 18th at noon
was complete Ii tie interlapse different
corps had met II tie plains to break the com
munication, bat they were at Ammnia. Ca
latayod on the Tauste, defeated, losing in
the various engagements many men and ne
cessa'ies OF war: A ne troops that beset the
icie oank OF the E'ro. before oarragcssa, sus-
tanned also Varioushttacks from detach ments
or the city, bat the insurgents were rcpuls-
ed in every enc,rnter, losing altogether
but especially at iJousliva mary men and
many field pieces,iail eight Founders.
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