The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-10-11

Gen. Juhot, at Lisbon to the British forces
!uEot himself prisoner to the Portuguese
and Spulards. lie had attempted to make
his escape from his army. Five thousand
FRENCH .roops, in two bodies that were mar
ching 10 the relief of Junot, have been total
ly cut to pieces by the Spaniards, not even
one individual escaped.
Joseph Ist. (as he is ironically called. has
fed from Madrid, having first given the
piaccupto pilage to his soldiers, and is sup
posed have gone TO Catalonia, or more pro-
baby to barcelona, of which place the
French have possession.
Fifteen tons of silver and arms and am
m1niJion, far the patriots, have arrived at
Cadiz from England; and twenty thousand
pounds have been advanced by the govern
ment here. and about 1o0, coo dollars by the
merchants, and more money is hourly expect
ed from England; in fact, every assistance
the British can give, is afforded to the Spa
niards.
Governor Dalrymple has lust RESIGNED
the command in chief of this garrison, and
proceeds 10 Lisbon to-morrew, to take COM
mand OF all the British forces in Spain and
Portugal, amounting to about 10000 men,
General Drummond succeeds to the COM
mand in chief here"
Ertracf ola letter from an .fn,e,ica,, gen
Henan, resident iR Sa0ia, dated .fueust
Goth
ne extraordinary changes in this coun-
try must no doubt influence in some measure
the decision which our government NAV "a
oopt with respect to the embargo. The sue
cess OF the SPaniards has been singular; &
indeed so much so, that we who are ON
the SPOT and in q proat Laorco o,,o
es, can hardly credit it. How mucn more
incredible must it appear to those, who have
always considered the Spaniards as the most
degraded people on earth, to find that thcy
nave been able with numbers ard oil" hair
armed to completely beat the conquerors Of
the world Sarragossa has made itself i'm
mortal by its resistance against thirteen at
tacks OF the flower Of the French army. com
manded by one of its celebrated chiefs. Sa
ragossa is defended by trifing wall, more
intended TO check sInugglers than for de-
renee. In the last attack, no longer able to
Withstand the Impetuous ardor OF tie French
troops, they let them into the city; & when
about 5000 had advanced a considerable dis
lance, fire was put to trains of powderleadinp
to mines placed under the streets where the
French troops were marching, and above
eO00 were destroyed. More than one thou
sand women fell fighting; and the inhabi-
tahts came to determination to set fire to
the wnole town rather than give up TO the
French After the last attack, the few re-
naming troops fed; and we are assured that
the province of Arrsgon is thus cleared Of
Frenchmen.
Joseph Bonaparte is at Burgos, having
evacuated Madrid. We are this day conf
IDENTITY told that he had begun his march to-
wards france; but that ali Biscay being in
arms, he has been obliged to return to Burros.
where he will be very shortly surrounded
ana II he does not take care made prisoner.
"Wehave nothing from France, but from
the hardness ofthe French troops coming in.
1t is pretty generally supposed that Buona
parte has got his hands full. Should the N.
OF Europe rise, he may be made to regret
MS infamous conduct towards this county.
we have no certain accounts from Lis
Don but we are glad that we are not to have
any English troops in Spain. The Spani-
ards, III fact, do not wanS any other aid shan
money and ammunition they have more
men than they can arm, and combined ar
mics nave never done any thing. With the
opaniarts, the French can have no opportu
nlty OF intriguing; and left to themselves
they have no dissentions tofear."
From The Boston Gazette Of Monday.
me snip WARY, EOSdick, from London
arrived here yesterday, in 10 days passage.
She brings London papers to August Is. con
tanning a few articles of important intclli-
gence-the brief summary of which is. that
Don Joseph Napoleon, had found it necessa-
ry to eva:uate Madrid, which he did IN tl,e
9th July, after plundering the palaces and
churches OF their most valuable effects; that
the inhabitants, eXasperated at this violence
and sacrilege, pursued the rear of the army
and regalned number of Wagons, loaded
with the plumber; that plans were forming
IN several quarters, for interceptipg his re-
turn, and that upwards of IL, 600 Spaniards
were on their march towards Madrid for
that purpose; that the movement of Gene
raj Cucsta, with his flying artillery. was
found to be plan, for interceptinr Josenh
Bonaparte's rout towards Madrid, which he
missed eifecting only by few hours, and
that the emperor Napoleon had arrived AT
Paris, and convokcd his Senate, for the pur-
pose OF sanctionng plan calling out every
man capable OF bearing arms, from the acc
OF 16 to 40, to join the French armies In
Spain.
Extracts from tie hahcrs.
Aug. 12-Dispatches received from Co.
runna to August S, announce that joseph Bo
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