Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-09-09

who SlO1atd act IA lDlsSElA WILL on
nae WHO should command IN 4le tolx King
dom. of Andalusia, ia Marcia and Tower
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in GalGcsa, Upper
FI~strasngdura, old and New CASTLE aad
+ ,eon-anoiher in Valencia, A.raagoa and
Catalonia. a person eft the greatest credit
being appointed to Navarro, the Biscayan
provinces, Montanus, Astarias, Rieja, and
North Of Old CASTLE, for the purposes
which VIII be mentioned hereafter.
S. Each Of these generals and general
issino. will form al, army Of veterans,
troops, and peasantry united and put HIM
self IN a situation to undertake enterprises
and to snccor the exposed points, keeping
I'D always a frequent communicates with
the other generalissimos in order that AL
NAV act by common accord, and assist n
another.
6. Madrid and La Mancha require an
especial general, to concert and execute the
enterprizes which their particular local 81
tuation deraands-his only object must be
to ernharrass the %enrzny's armies, TO take
away or cut eff their provisions, TO attack
them in flank and rear, and not to leave
them a moment to repose. The courage OF
these inhabitants is well known, and they
viii eagerly embrace such entevprizesi if they
are led as they should be. In the success
sion war the enemy entered twice into the
interior Of the kingdom, and even as far rs
its capital, and this was the cause Of their
defeat, their entire ruin, and their utter
failure Of success.
Z. The gensralissimos Of the north and
east will block up the entrances 70 the pro-
vinces Under their command, and come to
The assistance Of any n that may be at
tackled by the enemy, to prevent az much as
possible all Pillage, and preserve its inha-
bitants from the desolation of war; the
many mountains and defles which are on
the confines Of these provinces being ia
vorable to such projects.
s. The destination Of the general Of Ma
yarrc, Biscay, and the rest Of this depart
meRt is the most important Of all, III which
he will be assisted by the general. of the
north and east, with the troops and other
succors which he stands in need of. His
whole business must be to shut the entrance
Of Spain against fresh troops, and to harrass
and destroy those that return from Spain to
France by this point. The very rugged
local situation of these provinces viii be of
singular advantage in such a design, and
these enterprises, il well concerted and
Carried into execution will no doubt be sue
cessfnl and the same may be understood
OF the different points by which the French
troops which are i'll Portugal may come into
spain, or by which French troops may enter
through koussillon into Catalonia, for there
is not mVch TO be ~apprehended for Arragon.
And, even from Portugal, it is not thought
that they viii escape, On account of the
proclanlatlons which have been circulated in
that kingdom, ard the hatred which they
before lore to the French being increased
without measure BY The innume1sble evils
which they have been made to suffer. and
the crsel oppression in which they are held
bv theL..
9. At the same time it would be vcrv
proper that the generalissimos should pub
iish and circulate frequent proclarnations
amongst the people, and rouse their courage
ano loyalty, shaving them that they have
every thing TO fear: ronl the horrible pe1ady
with which the French have dealt with ali
Spain, and even with their king Ferdinand
VII. and that if they rule over us, all is
lost, kings, monarchy, property, liberty,
independence and religion and that there
fore it is necessary to sacrifice our lives and
property in defence ofthe king and country,
and though our lot (Which We hope will ne
yer come to pass should dcstine US TO be.
come slaves, let us become SO fighting and
dying like gallant men, not giving up our
selves basely to the yoke like sheep, as the
late infamous government would have done.
and fixing upon Spain and her slavery eter-
nal ignominy and disgrace. France has ne