Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-13
!, Bulletin Of tie French.
December 2.

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December 2.
sotb uItimo, the head quarters of
On IT, b. we're removed TO the village of
On the Sosh at break of day, the
splzfs s,5sI.,,oo rrcsented himself at the
dsss y sra 4 division Of $4,000 men of
sro s army Of reserve dets,nded the
he no mt ms. The enemy tho't
hes aaatsackale in that position.
lssd entrenchgd the narrow passage
81 With is pieces OF cannon
EGS iicht lnfautly marched upon the
ne 06;h upon the eauseway-and
slb foilowed BY the.s;de OF the heights
lsft-gensral Senarmont with SIX
sofartiilery, advanced by the cause
Thsaetiau commenced BY the firing
nsqlssry and cannon.
! ebarqc made hy the cen. NIontbran,
IN. head Of the Polish light horse, de-
s,dtbe sfffsiir--it vas a most brilliant one,
@nlr regiment ccEeresi i self with glory,
s, OWED twas worthy to form part Of
( Inperial gualds--cannons, flags, mus
I'D soidiyFs. ail were TAX n or cut 70
- Eigla Polish light horse were kill
.iieon the cannon, aac. sixJ-en have been
ra,rds;. Among the las IS capt. pznve-
nA yho vas dangerously wounded, ana
Is alost without HOPES or tcoverv. Ma
rtS.cyr, marshal Of he emperoies house
bSJ CHARGED along win The Polish troops,
md re-, iivel many wounds, one OF WHICH
nFay severe.
Sixttsa pieces Of cannon, 10 Tags, %
tvsredch:sts, 200 Wagons, laden with ali
| snd Of baggage, and the military chests
ii he regiments, are the frui5s OF this bril-
lax affair. Among the PRISONERS, which
s,yuy numerous, arc ali The colonies and
I&eois olthe Spanish division. Allthc
sdEtrs would have been taken. # they mad
nthroxn away their arms, aad dispersed
ihia- mountains.
CaIhe 1st Dec. the head quarters OF the
,npeior were at St. Aagastn, and on The
4 ,hr duke OF istlia, with che cavalry,
eamapdedsthe heights OF Madrid.
IheiGtartry could not arrive before the
VI The Intelligence wh,ca we hltherte
ave received, leads us TO think TIA! TINS
hEnis suffering under ali kind OF disorders,
ndAal the doors are barricaaocd. The
weather. is very fine.
(ambdt Laird, December &.
ihe town OF Madrid has cspitulated,--
oHuoops catered this day at noon. This,
negligence IS contained IN the Moniteurs
O the 18th and 14th instant.
LONDON, Dec. is.
Admiral sir Samuel Hood is under or
dtrs Tor the coast of Spain, The precise
Pntls not known, as he IS going upon a
seeFt service. He viii hoist his flag on
o0a'd the Jealous, Of q guns, his former
adhyoritr ship.
Hshavsfeceived this morning the Ham
otlg correspondents to ths SON uit. Itap-
r's u'at great commercial failures have
o'.lrsd IN Austria. These she uafortu-S
va, a"','y owes to the restricted state Of her
F rau' through the part she is compelled by
sIaace 70 take.
!, GLOBE CrrIcE, tzv0 o'clocE.
ME SHAW arrived in town this morning
'pu France. The two ladies, n;eces of
!. lsAlssyrand, who sailed from Dover with
" ~ 1''Sign messengers, arrived in Paris Oh
.sOuuay last. Ii was then known in that
s 4, aat the French army was at Madrid,
,~ : caused no sensation, being considered
smaller of course.
sr wi ohaw reached Paris on Tuesday and
4. .J pA Dis dispatches to NJ. Champagny,
~ : french minister for foreign affairs, who
ODD. nm with great poiiteness, and gave
s. =, Wat every possible attention should
s;i Ssa 70 hum. He was en,ertainedin the
L. 5 house until Wednesday, when he
: ais, with the answer 20 bis dispatch
W. ~ English officer arrived this morning
g" dispatches fror,, NJ. Tre,.s of M adri1