Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-10-06
FRENCH ACCOUNT.
Of the Right Of BA.kc's arm,

Letter from Gen. Suchet 20 the Minister
war, dated Alcanez, 18th June. II
" Sir-By the battle of Saraposs, 40
capital was delivered, aud General AT Ii
Obliged to retire. BY that of Belchi,e ~ -
retreat is changed To "a flight, and Arra',o,,<
is freed from ms presence
ION the evening of the 18th. night NJ,
an END to the pursuit. On the 10th the ~
nF"y TOOK a stand at Boterita, was drive;
IRON tnence, and reireated further. 81
On the 18th | went in pursuit of him J.
On the march we picked up 500 men, az
ailleurs from Murcia, among wnom wer
43 oficers-=We lied "A few hundred me-,
slept at LA Pueo'a d'Aioorton. at 1 ~
the morning quilted my camp, and pre-
sent myself before Belchite at dav bre,t
otthe 1874 Inc l6th anu III IN regimen,S
haa joined me. Irc enemy VINO mad re
celved during the night a reiuforcenen az
'fOO0 men, occupied the heights his centre
80 C.!vare, defended By 4 bridge, and pro.
tecied by the town, which has a wall and
gates; MS left and ght behind entrencn.
pents and convent aud aimos the whole
OF the front covered by olive trees and vine
yAids crI VITA ravincs. L spread out nv
columns on the PLAIN. / caused a battalion
OF hght infantry TO advance towards the
cenue, among the olive trees, merely 70 &c
cupy the emy's tirailleurs and whilst
General Hubert repaired TO the lief, in a
, Column towards the heights between Bel.
chute and Coda, ordered General Mos
nier to march in columns by battalinns nm
on the left of tne Spauiards to advancs a.
gtinst and caaree them instantly, after hay..
ing broken their line by twenty DISCHARGES
| OF Cannon.
ms movement was executed with great
precision. The lst battalion of the Il4th
and the lst reg. OF the V,stula, charged vi
gorously IN the midst of grape. shot. Blake
endeavouredN to oppose them by charging
them with cavalry; two sqaadrons of nus
sars rep He'd him. A. the me instant one
ot their howitzsrs Wagons was blown up
by one OF oar Cannon balls 1t burst with a
vast report, and spre ad along the ranks ter
ror aud death. The W role line was broken
and overwhelmed. 1t crossed the town in
the most dreadful disorder. We crossed IL
with 1neir men, horses, carri ges, cannon.
all In conius on. This torrent dragged with
u the camp OF Calvaire, & all the rest of the
line. N ibut, who then came forward, ac..
CELEBRATED the general flight. The whole
plum was covered with fagitives, who threw
away their iliets, muskets, and cartridge
boxes. Had | more cavalry with me, 1
cou % have taken many prisoners
Zone single regiment, the Ist of Valencia
succeed q IN rallying at above two leagues
from the field of battle and attempted to de-
TEND Themselves. The Husssrs of the fth
rushed n among them, and cut.them down ::
ony about two or three hundred were ia !.
ken. One standard, nine cannon 1.-THE last
possessed by this army % carriages, 1000
British cartridges, shoes, hats, great coats,
rs well as 5000 prisoners remain IN our pow =.
e.. We have collected more than 5000
muskets. The fields were covered with
them am now picking them up. We
have found immense stocks and magazines
OF rice and biscuit, and have burnt 2s
Wagons OF ammunition. | have sent in
pursuit OF different columns and am ar.
rived here at Alcanitz, Calanda, and Caspe.
The number OF prisone rs increase every IN.
slant. have the honor to send YOU some
reports, which shew the situation of the
hostile army and its chiefs subjoin a
sketch OF the formation of that army.
am about to address proclamation
to the Arragonese.
My loss IN these two affairs scarcely de-
serves TO be mentioned and does not ex =.
coed 20 dead, and 200 wounded. The Spa
niards when once beaten back, quilted their
positions with so much precipitation, that
the fire was not very fatal.
(Signed) "CoUNT SUcHET."