The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-05-09
THIRTY-THIRD BULLETIN OF. THE
ARMY Of SPAIN.
FROM THE PARIS MoNITEuR or
MARCH 9, 1901

MARCH 4, loU9.
The Duke of Dalmatia arrived at Tuy ON
the 10th February, The whole province is
quiet. He was gathering all the means ne
cessary tocross the Mimic on the next The
river is wide there, He was to be at Opor-
to from the 18th to the Goth, and at Lisbon
from the twentieth to the twenty eighth.
The British were embarking at Lisbon to
abandon Portugal the indignation of the
Portuguese was at IT'S height. There were
daily some severe and bloody engagements
between the British and Portuguese.
In Gallicia, the Duke of Elchingen per.
fected the organization of the province. Ad-
miral MasSaredo had arrived at Ferrol, and
activity was beginning to revive in that inn
portant arsenal Tranquility is restored in
all the provinces pRder the orders of the
Duke OF lstria, and situate between the Py
renees, the sea, Portugal and the ridge of
mountains that cover Madrid. Security sue.
ceeds to disorders and alarms.
Numerous deputatons daily arrive in Ma
drid to tender their homage to the King.
The re organization and public spirit makes
RAPID progress under the new government
The Duke of Belluno is marching towards
iadaJos; he disarms and pacifies all Lower
lstremadura.
| lSarragossa has capitulated. The calami.
| V,
ar terrible example for nations. Order
is le-established in Sarragossa, and extends
to NE whole provinces of Arragon. The
twocorps darmee which invested that CITY
arehow dispensable. Sarragossa was the
reaitocus OF the iDsurreCtion in Spain 1t
was n that city that the party who wished to
cali aPrnce of the House of Austria, to reign
Oh thetT agus, had assembled. The men OF
that patty, had inherited this opinion from
their ancestors, who were of that sentiment
at the time of the succession war, and which
has just been crushed for ever
y he battle of Tudela had been won on
the 23d November, and on the 9th, the
french army was encamped within q short
distance from Sarragossa. The populace of
the city were armed. The inhabitants of
the neighboring country had joined these,
and Sarragossa contained fifty thousand
men, formed into regiments of one thousand.
composed OF ten companies of one hundred
men, All the grades of generals, commissi-
oned and non-conmissioned officers, were
hlled by monks. A body of ten thousand
mea, who had escaped from the battle of
ludela, had retired to that city, the subsis-
tence OF which was secured by immense
magazines, and defended by two hundred
pieces of cannon. The image of Our Lady
OF the Pillar was daily operating miracles.
according to the directions of the monks
animated the courage of that numerous
population or supported their confidence -
In the field, these fifty thousand men would
not nave stood against three regiments but
IN the city, and spurred on by all the leaders.
now could they avoid the evils which AFRO
gance and fanaticism attached to them E.
very thing has been undertaken, that it was
possible to do, to bring them back to- reason.
Immediately after the battle of T9dela. ],
was thought that the opinion entertained at
Sarragossa, that Madrid would make bold