Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-09

of Portuguese, Spanish and English, Ro'
mana with the army of Gallacia and Austu-
rias, and the duke of Parque were coming
down upon Madrid, with, as was said
$4,000 men.
The duke OF Parque had already taken
Salamanca from the French, and Romano
was in Valadolid by the last accounts.
The mountaineers of Navarro Arragon
ard Catalonia, had made incursions into
France, Isvying contributions and destroy
ing villages. To cheek their progress and
defend taeir own territory, it had been found
necessary to detach Is, 900 French troops
from the army Of Navarro, by the road OF
Irun.
The inhabitants Of Reneal, notwithstand-
ing the threats OF the ex.duke OF " ahon,
vice-roy OF Navarro, under Bonaparte, had
laid seige to Jaca; their commander had
sent back 70 the vice-roy his proclamati or,
accompanied with an excellent answer, in
yiting him to meet them in the field.
AS to Blake's late defeat, which has been
attributed to the cowardice of the Spanish
soldiers it is now ascertainesi to have been
produced by the intrigue Of the captain &C.
neral of Valencia, who Was jealous OF
Blake, and caused the retreat Of The army
in hopes it would afterwards be committed
to him. The people Of Valencia had killed.
numbers of the runaweys who had present
ed themselves at the gates OF The city and
demanded entrance.
TO concluds It's confidently asserted,
tina, the affairs. Of Spain never wore SO good
an aspect since tbs revolution. More men
offer their services to defend their liberties
than can be armed. The inhabitants Of the
country were SO exasperatsd against thsT
invaders that they omitted no opportunity
to Put every Frenchman 10 death. whenever
they could do SO. On the approach ct the
French armies, it was customary TO abandon
their villages and hee TO the nlouo,ains from
whence they constantly harrassed them
and more OF the French fell by this mode Of
warfare than in regular battle.
The different French armies ia SPAN are
now supposed 10 amount to about $4,000
men, and il has been calculated that nearly
100000 who entered the country have Pc
rished, IN various ways or are prisoners OF
war.
A few days before the Cornelia sailed,
the San Fulgencia, ~, had arrived at
Caliz, with nearly eight millions OF dollars
from Lima, and t:igate that sailed in COM
pany with further supplies, had stopped at
the river La Plata, and was daily expected
at Cadiz. Part Of the Spanish heet ct Ca
diz had gone around to Ferrol to bring back
the feet that lay there, aud had been reco-
vered by the Gailicians from the T, ench to
whom it had formerly been trtacherously
delivered.
The marqui. of Wellesley, ambassador
from England, had been received with the
create st enthusiasm. Numbers ct the wo-
men went out to meet him, tho the weather
was excessively hot, and the people unhar-
messed his horscs, and drew 1ls carriage
themselves for near League, amidst the &C
CARNATIONS Of thousands; circumstance
which had never occurred in any part OF
Spain before, not even upon the entrance of
a king. The marquis has assisted a. several
meetings CT the jun,a, and had inspired new
life in the heart of the Spanish patriots.
The army of reserve, consisting OF about
1900 good troops, mad marched from Sc"
vile, Cadiz, &c. to join the combined ar
mics on the Ta.us.
Blake was by the last accounts, collecting
an army and sores in Ior;osa, to march IN
to Arragon, to assist the people who had RI
sen en- masse against the French. and bad
confined them to the environs Of Saragossa
which they had fortified.
Marshal Angereau whom Bonararte had
sent to command the troops in Catalonia,
was liz Perpignan,said to have teigned sick
ness and had issued proclamation to the
Catalonians making them fine French pro-
misses in the name Of his emperor, II they
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