Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-09-26
of General Cuesta, therefore, de-.
any means weaken our beiici t..a, - not y y
will not be able TO conquer Som : tltl.

any means weaken our beilci tti.at IT, T. - Sot
will not be able TO conquer s.ai.,. : TIM.
TIE Courier oftac Goth, after ae,.;r,
account OF the battle Of the Isl and a ~ 10
before She gates Of Sa,asossa, rt.r.,t - 'sg
lows: 'iss
1t was TO be expected that Pom.
would make every efltit to fix hims,,S'!p r
ragon and in Leon, ami to secure ~
OF Valladoii,' and Saragossa. Their !, uass
ance is obvious to every one who ooss = r. pvt
map. Could the enemy retain YslLS us
they would be able to insolate Galc,a saa
turias from the rest Of the Patriotic p,,..
ces, and to command The course Of the "a
lc---cculd they get possession of Sarse..'
they would command tie course Of ,s4 H.
whist retaining Old CASTLE and Navare 4
would have passage open from tic pv,,,
Oh frontierto tie heart ofthe Noarcby y
ragon and Leon therefore may be eyna,,
10 be tie scenes q many sangunaw s,S
giles. But the Patriots will have or IS,
advantage over the cnemy, in The oiiSsI'ss
which the latter VIII be put to p2ocure MAN.
sions. The Provinces OF Arrason and I.s
are rot capable of supporting large asrsiss
Supplies must be drawn from otile; psr'
they cannot bc conveyed from France n 81
fcient quantities, and these are shu, ss,a.
item. 1t is open 10 the Patriots--sit,I.
fiitndsI,ip and resources OF EngIald viii ~
vent them from feeiiag any want eitl4, s
provisions, ansmunition, CT any anise A.,
may stand in need o..
It was General Caestal's interior 10 rss.
q second s.ternpt to dislodge Geueri tey,
lcs from Va!la,,oIidl. Ire Gaiiici1n arm,
was on tie 18TH estimated &, sp,a0o man.
most CT it OF course raw levies bpl 50 ser.
the larger part CT tie French ARMIES It tho
cemm cnceme!t Of tie last wsr. VT these
raw levies have already taken a gooa s,so To-
wards discipline for we finc that in tic bal.
tie Of the nth they Showed geat steaaipess--
they were not thrown into great coaus,on--
they will soon be excellent soldiers Indeed
there is something in the character of d.
Spani.rd which fits him tor military service;
bis general Cavity OF department gires him
stcsdiness and cooiness--he is patient uade,
Difficulties, and submits to prlvatiolls with
great foriieude,
/ he Sss:sgossa Gazette, in addition 10th.
account Of the result OF tie second attack uD-
On Sarssossa, confirms tie intelligence ofis
victory over Money. He had advanced 10
Y aIencia on tic eSth ult. thinsing TO lraEc
himself master of it easily but the Patriots
had improved the strength of the place by
fresh batteries, ard when Monscy approach
ed K, they opened upon BIN a most icsurA
tive ire, which continued for seven hours
He reiterated in great disorder, and eoas,.
vored to retraoe bis steps to Madrid; ba. Ito
main bo,.y OF the Vaiencian army was pii.ced
III such manner as 10 cut OF MS retreat -
II Was said that he remains of Moneys d.
vision were cut 10 pieces near ReQusna, On
the frontiers OF Valencia.
Bonaparte has declared that pnilcal cir.
cumstances render .t?e evacuation 81 tie Pvus-
sian territories impossible. Here s another
proof Of the rcsh.ct which tbs lyrsnt pays
to treaties We are not sorry, however, that
he has furnished us with this proat, tof We
think itbetoEeils considerable suspicious BON
Of Russia and .Austl;s. Iadeed if re ia; give
credit to a letter from hamburg OF The lslA
a rupture between Austria and France Is Oh
the eve of taking place--Bonapaite was CT
ragged ~ t,c olders given by the Austrian 80
seinmeEt to pat UP prayers Tor the safety =,
the Pope. His ambassador remoAslra'e0 'H'
it IS said, rudeiv. Count Studicn, VINO IS
ieciGcs enemy OF the French, resortco ",'A
ssperity, and Andrcossy threatened 70 I'
nand his passports. Ii IS even said tHS'" y.
Eeal the length Of demanding theH, aha 'u''
hey we're actually scnt him.
PARIS, JLg II.
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