Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-27

ing at the distance of one lsa MS Fear keen
stationed between Dceytosa :! Column
where it had a few sE MS" and Iaraicsr
grand guards and light par'i e',s' y, with II
general had advanced ,orarSs ~, which cd
but without coming to any scr;o that qaaur
ment. '''ous enc.
hat, at seven in the morn.
informed that the enemy who uraI Wig he Ta
leytosa, had moved on to were in DJ
their march to Truxillo in co'eclIlas, Il
which ne pursued his retreat un,;1 qaence i
ed that city, in the envirops ~ ne reach
continued until four in the afternoon on'' h,
he proceeded to take up a 2osir;on "hyi
pass Of Santa Cruz, ~leayinp h. HUN IN thI
guard to cover Iruxillo; which "u Wan /
would MAINTAIN according to the intrI RGs'
he should receive, and the enrm,s iSSea1
which should present themselves i0Fos
In the dispatch of the goth, he o., \
his advanced guard, commanded b SS'u' o
marshal D. Juan de Henestros,' n elP
lacked, on that morning, by cons;ds,5
forces, in the position in which h. S g
it, covering Truxillo which iuduc. "al g
proceed at to a small bridge on this sid, of,ty
city. That, upon reaching it, the cs ~ai
faced about and charged the enemv LIN.
or woundlng a number of them, a comma,
dant included who was killed by nenS-l
G fgeneral Henestrosa's, and several pb
officers !; besides which a few horses ~
Portmanteaus fell into the hands Of orr 5-
pie. That our loss amounted to two or +.
privates killed, and ten or twelve vonnJ.
exclusive OF an officer among the former AL
two or three among the latter. That H.. I
nemy's cavalry, which attacked the rrm,;,I
der OF ms forces at the entrance Of Trpy;rI
having formed into one body. Henrstro,
took up a better position to wait for ,hem.
and at eleven, upon their attempting to u
connoitre ours, drove them back. Tha, ii,
skirmlsh had lasted nearly the whole dav,i
such a manner that Henestrosa had pas,os
1t On horseback, and his reports were We.
bal and not detailed. That, at nichthL
his advanced parties remained near the 4
ty, and his advanced guard had been REM
forced by the first division and some grcni
diers /; and as the enemy had received con-
siderable relntorcements, and appeared !
be busily employed, it might be expected
that they would attack him on the momin
of the following dav.
And lastly, in his dispatch ofthe 2l5
the commander in chief acquaints H. u
that after he had forwarded, on the preccl
ing night, the account of his situation in II
pass of Santa Cruz de Ia Sierra, he had bed
informed of the considerable forces wig
which the enemy threatened TruXiIIo.
which intelligence was confirmed by "
confidence with which their light parri
came forward, although, as stated betori
they had been very roughly handled On "
preceding evening. That this consider
alton, added to the impossibility OF deier'
ing his position against such superior ioF'i
and to the nature-o of the ground which pr
vented the cavalry from acting, detsrnlS'
him to withdraw, as he did on the nj
morning, to the environs otNlIaladas, "f'F
he halted to allow his troops to take sony
rest and food but that, immediately a":I
the enemy's advanced guard prSsSn'Sa ]
self on the ~neighboring helgh'' VII" '
most provoking in~solence.
That he Immediately made MS o'SPOs.
tons to attack it for which purpose nc J
dcred the regiments del lnlan5e ana nu,'I
"a to charge it, supported BY a 'O.a,",
g~renadiers which they did with G0S pc y
Bic ardor, and both corps marched WIN 80
Gritty and confidence against the enemy ,M. n,
mongst who's ranks they made IN u" ma
sence of the commander IN cDp''' o
dreadful hagock, the enemy's horse ''@, avn,
the moment the engagement began tu'o ~
about and betaken themselves u H'0r ost
upon their being overtaken BY ours %a ni bsc;