The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-03-07
ELEVENTH BULLETIN.

His Majesty on the 18th sent oil the Marshail
Duke of Montebello with Instructions for the
movements ofthe left, (which he gave him the
command.
The EaIse &c nMs0ftteh5eiii1 and the Duke O.
Cornegliano concerted measures together at Lo-
dosa ON the Goth, Cor the execution of the orders
of his Majesty.
Cn the 21st the division OF General Lagrange,
with the brigade of light cavalry OF General Col
bert, and the brigade of dragons OF General Di-
jon, set out from Lagrogno, By the right of the
Ebro. 1T the same time the four divisions, com
posing the corps of the Duke Of Corpegliano.
passed the river at Lodosa, abandoning the
whole country between the Ebro and Pampelu-
ma.
On the ed. at the break of day, the French
army began its march. IL took its direcuon to
Gaiahorra, where, on the evening before, were
the head quarters of Castanos it found that
town evacuated, and Afterwards marched upon
AItaro, the enemy had in like manner retreated.
On thu 23d, at break of day, the Gen. of Divi-
sion L.efebvre, atthc head ofthe cavalry, and sup
ported by the division Of Gen. Morlat, forming
the advanced guard, met with the enemy. He
immediately gave to the duke ofM n
tebello, who found the army ofthe enemy in z df-
visions, consisting of 45, 900 men, under arms,
with its right before Tudela, and its left occupy.
ing a live of a league and a half; 4 disposition alb
soiu,eiy bad. The Arrogonese were on the
right, the troops of Valencia and New-Castilei in
S'"NiS, ""u I" lifGt OlVISipHS on AnualISi3,
which Gen. Castanos commanded more especial
ly, formed the left. Forty pieces of cannon GOV.
cred the enemy's line.
At thine in the morning the columns of the
French army began 10 deploye, with that order,
that regularity and GOODNESS, which characterize
veteran troops situations were chosen for estab-
FISHING batteries with sixty pieces of cannon, but
the irnpetuosity of the troops, and the inJuie-
Itude of the enemy, did not allow time tor
this. The Spanisrds were already vanq1ished
by the order and movements Of the French ann.
The Duke q Montebello caused the centre 10
be pierced by the division Of General Maurice
Matthew; the General Of Division Fefebvre.
with his cavalry, Immediately passed on the trot
through this opening, and ~enSeloped, by a quar-
ter wheel is the left, the Whcie right OF the enc
my. The moment wien half of the eneIuy's line
found Itself thus turned and defeated, was that in
which General Lagrange attacked the village of
Cascantc, where the line Of Castanos was plac-
ed, which did not exhibit a better countena1ce
than the right, but abandoned the field ofbaltle,
leaving behind Its artillery and a great number
ot prisoners. The cavalry pursued the remains
OF the euemy's army to Mallen, in the direction
OF Sarragossa, and to Tarracona, in the direction
OF Agreda Seven standards, thirty peices of
cannon, with all their furniture, ID Colonies
800 Officers, and 5000 men, bave been taken
1000 Spaniards bave been left dead on the field
o~fbattie, or have been driven into the Ebro. Our
loss has been triling, we have had 90 men Killed
and 1900 wounded among the latter is the Gen.
erai DIVISION Lagrange, who has received a bull
let in the arm.
Our troops found at Tudela a number of mag
azipes.
The Marshal duke of Cornegliano has began
his march upon Saragsfoa.
While q part of the f~ugitives retired to this
place, tle left, which had been cut off, fed in
DISORDER to Farracona and Agreda.
Ibe Duke of Elchingen, who was on the 22d
at Soria, ought to have been on the 25d at Agre-
ia, not a inan would have escaped. But this
corps being TOO much f,tigued, remained at So
RIA the Esd and 24th-He arrived at Agreda on
the 25ti', still sufficiently IN time to seize a great
lumber of magazines.
One named Pslafox, formerly a garde du
corps, o man without talents and without rour-
| age Q kind ofinsignifcant Monk, the true head
Of a party, which acquired linn the name of Gen.
was the first to take flight. This is not the frst
time he has acted in that manner he has done
the same on all occasions.
This army of45 900 men has been thus beaten
and defeated, without having had more than 5000
men engaged.
The battle ofBurgos had struck the centre of
the enemy, and the battle of Espinosa the right 4;
the battle OF Tudela has struck the left VIC
tory has thus struck as with a thunderboIt, and
dispersed the whole league oftIe enemy.
This bulletin concludes With the Journal of the
operations ofthe siege Of Rosas, which is long
and uninteresting.
TWELFTH BULLETIN.
ARAspA, NOV. %
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