Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-01-27
,prIGN nj ELLIGENCE.
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81 IosDos, Nos. 81.
r. eap;tal was YESTERDAY thrown MTG
.,nor,s &C ioy BY an account received
3 plyIaor,sS, Of brilliant victory having
,rsinedovertse French near Bllboa--
N e he spaoiarls having again taken
s.'ion of that town. To render the
I'M SATISFACTION complete. it was added
G, s,ragossa had bound another wreath
!. ~ her laows, and had again driven the
Irorb with disgrace from her walls. The
lawns were the aeeounssfrom Plymouth.
FlruoUTH, fa7. IS. 8
ID Tie B,ackJoke lugger IS arrived from
H. IN 63 hours, with dispatches for go
<Fomcnt, which / understand contain an
kcial account Of the defeat of marshal Ney
N Bahoa on the eth Of November by gen.
3bke. after q severe action, in which the
Srpch lost $500 men, killed, wounded and
fsoners.
g Ii is also stated, that Saragossa had
len attacked By the French, and the enc
! repulssd with great loss
Another lcttc--sG::,sc date.
n The Black Joke lugser is Just arrived
pm Gijcn, in S. hours, in gale of wind
whole passage. She left Glion the 18th
II, and brings the important intelligence
grand attack having been made on
Rshal News army, in the 9TH near Bilboa
gen. Blake, in which he succeeded in
Hing them a complete thrashiag, the enc
hsvingi killed, wounded and prisoners
70 men. The. heroic -Spaniards suffered
$rely. Its also understood that Sara
Bshas been attacked by the French, and
y have been completely repulsed."
inquiries actually made in the course
yesterday afternoon, at the Offices OF, go
ument, to ascertain whether the Ply
Futh intelligence was correct-But So
Fnnent had received no such ac-
lnts, and the arrival of Corunna papers
Fhe evening to the 18th, which made no
f,'ioa oianY victory, put period to the
plta'ion which had been SO generally felt
Pie morning.
ne accounts which had arrived from
pa'n previously to those which arrived YES.
|day' ief' Affairs in such situation, that
g''ue seemed inevitable the Spaniards
LIS IN hui march towards the enemy,
r Ip0m they eagerly desiredan encoun-
e was on the afternoon of the 9th that
: accounts were dated, the army having
Ea'sa the enemy from the heights of Ca
4 and being in full march FOR Bilboa.-
|; tkn0Wledge Of this fact gave additional
|, ;sH' and credit in the plymouth letters,
~ stated the battle to have taken place
l s's 1'0, on which day it was probable
1 % ! sso would take place. The Black
:" oJon on the 18th, and was only
la's on her passage-The Spanish pa
4 :" eorunna are of day later-but
una IS about $50 miles from Gijon
H., .s'Sla not be any later, ifsolate intel
|, AZ AZ eorunna on the 18th, as there
3; 0lion on the 18th. CT course, if a
a1a taken place near B;lboa on the
!. :, /" would Gave been known at Corunna.
- 'o'a' The silence, therefore, of the
0.; ''~ papers OF that date was very Justly
~. as IS a proof that the Giion ac-
49, : victory, for such accounts were.
!. q circulation there, were untrue.
!. = es remarked that the Corunns
~. ~ aot contain a word of intelligence
: sae operations of the army, tho
g. - impossible that some event Of
Il '''. sao1ld not have. occurred.
a,,s silence OF the Corunna papers to
n'eo Tor by the circumstance OF
.o. aaviAg Intelligence of favorabh
y coMmulicate There is runner