Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-10-10

an snVantaSe IN point 81 position, and wers
oil the point of turning us-which circrn
stance induced me 20 recover on a retreat.
previously forming to cover 1t, the second
division which had hitherto suffered leas,-
The national honor has bsen maintained
unimpaircd. Blood has been shed, indeed
and we have lost excellent officers-.but
conceive. tina the encmy's own loss amounts
to 8 900 men. cannot at present, send tn.
particulars to your Excellency, but win
do so whenever have time
Camp Marshal y. Roman de C,rvaie,.
set out post from Tembisque for la Car
lima. where he will assume the comnaiii.
and collect as many troops and sharp .rs az
possible, until / reach the Sierra myself
with the army. May God, Sc.
(Signedl VENEGAS.
Head Quarters. Camanas, Aug. IL, 1909.
To H. E. Don Antonio Corael.
August II.
The forces which SouIt has brouslt to
the Tagus, do not merely consist of the d.
vision under bis orders, ba. include the
whole of the French troopsin CASTLE. This
has occasioned the retrog lde movement OF
our armies They extent from the Mesa
de Ibor as far as Alnarez, aud will shorty be
reinforced by 5000 English, who are airea-
dy in Alcantara -.lnd further we are posi-
lively told, by Beresford's division, winch
appears to have reached Cindad Rodrigo,
to the number of $1,000 men. 'Fhe united
armies oe Austria aud Gaiiicia mast. hv
this time h I'VE penetrated into Castle.
French division his marched from the ra.
gus to Piacenaia, undou2tedly to observe
the armies waicn may fall upon tn. rear
of their troops.
The army of the centre has fought at Al.
monacid with great valor. Its retreat has
been military one, unattended w, III the
fatal dispersion which we hav. anenred
upon other occ lsions. OATH 18th, its he id
quarters were in Argamisitia. Veneeas
intended to send part of his troops to tnc
Sierra, ana TO advance with the re nainder
ut the army, which is a proof that the
French are not pursuing him. fit be so,
we may hope, that La Maaca will NOT De
afflicted again with the Continuance of the
French troops:
!, The Tarragona report of the 7th, states
500 men to have entered Corona, rein.
torcement most acceptable to that garrison.
The prodigies of valor and patriotism which
1t Is performing, woul obtain no credit, if
the Spanish revolution had not already AZ.
forded many instances ofIae kind. When
ever the enemy assailed ir, when is o.ten
the case, they are Obliged to retire with
great loss. TSamanario Patr;osico \
Tn next number contains atfuil length.
the same generals dip Itch, relative 20 the
unsuccessful attack madeon the 5th, by the
French upon h ar NY at Aranjuez which
was noticed m last Saturdays Chronicle.
General v states, thit up1n beng Infor-
med by general Cuesta, that the British ar
my had marched on, IN the morning of q e
Sd, and that he inten led 90 follow II w,,h
his own in theeven g of the sam. d ", to
make mead asains SUIT, WAC was adv 4
cling on the side of plIcenzia, he foresa ".
that the troops under mis- command won ID be
attacked. as soon rs intellIg 4nce of his move.
ufent should reach Joseph &c Victor, WAC lin
consequence of tnesr defe It of r4iaveraj nd
f,'ifh back; the fur'n..r upon Iiicsc As wi n
5000 nen, an the htter uJm Maaneda
with 10000 men. And accordingly gene
raj V. made the necessary dispositions TO
repuise the enemy, anu, as proved in the
event, IN so able and jud cion. a manner.
that the later, meeting every VII re with
an unconquerable resist tRce, desi,ted fro N
the attrmptsand withdrew with Z, l,ss OF
100 killed and 1000 men wounded that Of
tue spanish being far less important, az ne
Is estimated at 200 in all
The dispatch cof,Sludes with bestow no.
the highest euco nuns uoDn all the c,ras
engaged, as well as ali taelr O hcers: a,i
general Venegas having ptrtic Il 1riy reco n.
mended to the B,arI origadIer ID Pedro
Augustin Ciron, VINO CON handed in Ara,.
Iuez, and upon whom had therefore deyoi-
we'd, the task OF carrying the plan Of defence
into execution, the brigadier n a. been I'M
mediately promoted TO the rank of Capn
Marsnal. Boston Chronicle.
PROCLAMATION