Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-08-22

81 Of iign' The , sd Of nussars, the s5th
me oD, syiss,t pieces mountain artil'e.
goons' ', ,S1,,lts, zoe, ooo.eartrldgss OF
aried on : a' FOR seven days. This
se, ana .' a,'d by general Maurice
iun, @ divided INTO four brlgades,
hiru, vaa s,.rssof generals Lorret, La
the DIV, loonet, & Bardet. The troops
e, MAJ the same day IN the Way eie
roso. ,.,b they encamped at Navia de
. the : Tx sxchangeda few musket shots
81 W. and we made 25 prisoners
Slr ssa = army denomInaeed Galleia,
'fat M, composed Of troops OF the lms'
% stIVas,, .;tntle OF armed peasants, was
0fa ma !, Fusnsagrada and peguin. I.
aa 'I,sI, : easily have attacked 1t on the
shtl nave re round about npen them,
oy les, 's was obvious; bat Ipgefsr--
ING ~. lad advantage Of the ignorance IN
% tlAs s,,.F,v was of my designs, in orr
saiu i few marches, f,'ii on a saaaeh
e :. S 's.,lre Of his forces, and by these
ms ssasrthe junction impossible. he
az , 's 10 DOUBT, that wiisn arrived at
/ ig''' s. soarna / would alter my course
Fyi va. = = order to reach rhe'road OF
|f q = rs, ! ay the Val de Neyrs, and
pa ~, w,ysupon Orence.
b n benz. M , 5s took position at Turnalsr,
~ ,s,v we dispersed convoy OF 500
|I - carrying -four, muskets, and am
|lS -, - fbs .nemv's army. Inc pea
ln' 'A,bo : remained in the villages, would
~ : MON rs as crazy set OF people to
= ar troops in the Asturlas
\ rs,r,b such i way; and truly the road, OF
bsT 5 path, was impassable.
FOa ,hs 18th. took position at CAUCUS
!. r,oso: there we found recruits intended
! Fasnsagrada. sent them back TO their
ll,ses !; a numbzr of muskets and ammu-
zion were DESTROYED.
Oat the f7th, arrived at Selas, and my
Ivancel guard reached Coa:ellena, where
purposed crossing the Narcea there is
bridge on this torrent, which the melt
q Of the snow renders very wide and ra-
;sfortunl,ely we found there two vessels
pdle Of carving 20 men a, a time, but
ere was no farding place for the cavalry.
determined TO cause dyke TO be opened
order TO procure new passage to the
.trrs. The troops set about this laborious
/ with so much eagerness, that IN three
'urs tic river fell one foot, and the cavas-
aad baggage could ford it. Swimmers
Ged at proper distances, recovered SIX
en- who were carried off by the stream
ghorses were drowned.
twas only on the 18th that Romano,
Jose head quarters were at Oviedo, learnt
lh Certainty that | was marching up to
n. The garrison OF that city was 5000
'n, composed of the princess regiment &
militia. He fastened 20 send 1900
%, &l5htyo pieces of cannon, to Peana-
rs bridge, and marched the remainder
his troopsto Gallegos, IL otder, likewise
Defend the bridge on the Nora. These
detachments were provided with i'm
'nsnts and powder to blow up the bridge
sasr OF need. After these dispositions,
'nana renamed tranquil at Oviedo, and
= = orders to generals Mahy and Mantzi,
| 70 retrogade by Saline and Lapola de-
laade, IN order TO cut off our retreat.
oashe 18th, at six in the morning, the
saacsd guard had crossed the Narcea,
! Was banding its way towards Grade !;
O'Clock, the whole OF the artillery and a
aaion OF the 18th marched to support It.
= enemy whom they found at Grade was
a ' with extreme rapidity as far as Pan
ait the heights were covered with
s,aa's, and the firing became excessively
81 on all sides.
ordered gtneral Lorcet to carry the
rs az the point of the bayonet. This
!. was executed with the greatest bold
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