The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-14

II treats OF the transactions in the centre ofSpain
and relates that on the 18th ult the Duke de
beiiuno had compelled 300 officers, 2 generals,
colonels, 20 1t. colonies, and IL 900 men, to ay
down their arms while retreating to Alcizar.
The commander, Gle non,me Penegas," was
kllied-The bulletin afterwards recites the com.
Pulsory addresses of the Council of State, and O.
Their public bodies, at Madrid, to the conqueror.
THIRTIETH BULLETIN OF THE AR
MY OF SPAIN.
VALIADoL1D, IAN. p.
The duke of Dalmatia left Betanzos on
the 18th instant. Having reached the Nero,
ne found the bridge of Burgo cut The en-
envy was dislodged from the village of Bur
go. In the mean while general Franceschi
assembled the river which he crossed at the
bridge of Sela He made himself master of
the high road from Corunna to Santiago.
and took six officers and sixty soldiers orr
soners. On the same day a body of thirty
marines, who were fetching water from
the bay near Nero, were taken. From the
village OF Perillo, the English feet could be
observed in the harbor of Corunna.
On the 18th the enemy caused two DOW
der magazines situated near the heights of
St. Margaret, at half league from Corun-
ia, to be blown up. The explosion was ter.
rible, and was felt at the distance of three
leagues
On the 18th the bridge of Burgo was re-
paired, and the French artillery was able to
pass. The enemy had taken a position at
two leagues distance, half a league before
Sorunna. he was seen employed in hastily
emoarklng his sick and wounded, the mum
Der OF which according to spies and deser
tiers amounts to three or four thousand men
The English were in the mean time occu-
pied IN destroying the batteries on the coast.
and laying waste the country on the sea
SHORE. The commandant of the fort of St.
rhiilip, suspecting the fate intended for his
toftincatlon, refused to admit them i'm it.
on the evening of the 18th we saw a
fresh convoy OF one hundred and sixty sail
arrive, among which were four ships of the
line.
:" On the morning of the 18th the divisi-
ons OF Merle and Mermet occupied the
heights OF Villaboa, where the enemy's adj
vanced guard was stationed, which was at
lacked and destroyed. Our right wing was
stationed on the point where the road from
Corunna to Lugo, and that from Corunna to
santiago, meet. The left was placed be-
hind tile village of Elvina. The enemy
was stationed behind some beautiful heights.
i" The rest of the 18th was spent in fixinp
battery of twelve pieces of Cannon-and
IT was not till the 10th at three o'clock in
the afternoon, that the duke of Dalmatia
gave orders to attack.
ne assault was made upon the Eng
iish by the first brigade Of the division Of
Mermet, which overthrow then and drove
them from the village of Elyina. The Sc
cond regiment Of light infantry covered it.
sell with glory--General Jardon at the head
OF the yoltigeurs. wrought terrible car
hage-Ihe enemy driven from its position
retreatcd to the gardens which surround
Corunna.
" The night growing very dark, it wa.
necessary TO suspend the attack-The enc.
my ayailed himself Of this to embark with
recipitation.---Only six Thousand of our
men were engaged, and every arrangement
was made for abandoning the positions of
the night, and advancing next day to gen.
eral attack-The loss OF the enemy has been
immense. Two of our batteries PLAYED up-
ON them during the whole of the engage
rRent. We counted on the field of battle
more than eight hundred of their dead boz
dies, among which twas the body of Cen.
Hamilton, and those of two other general off,
GERS, whose names we are unacauainted
with. We have taken 90 officers. 500 men
and tour pieces of Cannon. The English
nave left behind them more than fifteen
hundred horses, which they had killed.
Our loss amounts to one hundred killed aud
one hundred and fifty wounded.
The colonel of the 18th regiment dis.
ungulshed himself-An ensign of the s1st
infantry killed with his own hand an Eng.
Hsn ofhcer, whe had @sdeaysred to yrest