The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-21
mo. 100.


This know by a minister of the BoauA #
Commerce and the Mint, who was present
at the Court ard heardit; from which is in
terred their great anxiety.
Madrid is terrifying, for the purpose OF
taking from it the greatest possible number
OF troops.
1t Is certain that the present plan Of the
enemy s campaign in Estremadura, is relu-
ced to maintaining the banks of the Tagus
TIL they receive reinforcement from Sara
gossa, it it surrenders, OR from CASTLE
here is the greatest caution aud ANXIETY
| In L olelo they are very fearful, they shut
the gates at three p. NJ. Every travelled
is examined scrupuiousy, and on the least
suspicion IS detained or sentenced. III
short, on the royal road OF Madrid, thev
had no troops qna rtereSl as far as Ocana by
loledo, mp TO It's gates, and Us far as Es-
tfemadura, there are only small detach-
ments TO make excursions.
OLor, Jan.
Our famous Gen. Reding has given proofs
OF his skill and talents In a short time he
collected an army of 10000 men, xl,ich
will be soon cHcamped before Barcelona
Ciaros and the Marquis of Lazan Viii march
towards that place with eight or ten thou
sand men, to pre- vent the Vandals from es-
Gaping towards Tie capital. Three Spani-
ards, who escaped from Narbunne, assert,
that orders were issue, in France for raising
a new army of 100000 men--but where will
they get them?
MANREsEA. Jan IS.
They write from Huescas, en- The god in
slant, that the attacks on Sarlarossa were
continued (; that in one of them the French
were entirely routed in the Cantaritla of St.
Joseph and their cavalry, which at the same
time attacked the gate del Carmen, met
the same tate. 1T these attacks are thus
continued, the French will soon be without
an army before that place-That from HUI
escas and the other places, armed people
sailed forth by hundreds and even from the
Converts there, SO of the regulars and Sc
Cuiars went out TO attack the French: finally,
1t IS SAID, though not certain, that the French
entered Sarragossa by the gate of Portile,
where thousands of them were killed; and
that 5000 who reached the place of ST. Pa
bio, were all kiledby our cavalry. And
from Fraga they write. on the 5th, that Don
Francisco de Palafox (brother OF the Gene
rai) on the night of the 25th December
last, TOR the salvation of the country, left
Sarrasossa and embarked in launch with
a Colonel, an Engineer and aid, and wen,
down the river, the banks of which were
lined with enemies, till he landed league.
on this side OF Gala, whittier he went on
foot, on his way to Cuehca, for the purpose
OF procuring auxiliarics to succour Sarraeos-
sa, which is happily defended by his immlor-
tai brother. We. arrived at Mequinenza
the oath, 10 fortify that place aud assemble
the armed inhabitants with which they ex-
poetic raise the siege of SarraSossa and
chastise the Nanda!s of our times.
CARTHAGENA, Feb.
The goth January, dispatch from the
Marquis OF Palacois arrived, who stated
that the army of Andalusia amounted to
twehty-one thousand infantry and threethou-
sand very. good cavalry, and that its advan-
ced guard extended 10 the Madrideios, IS
leagues from Madrid and twenty four from
Carolina.
The 2Sth Jan. a Courier arrived from Sa-
iamanca, which he left twelve days before,
who stated that there had been no action near
that place, but that near Benevente there
had been one, in which the French lest from
fourteen to sixteen thousand men, and that
I,heopaniards continued topursue the enemy.
1t was also mentioned at Salamanca, that a
second victory, as glorious as the first, had
been obtained.