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Our advices from Europe, via New-fork
arc seventeen days later than those last puo-
lished. Though the relative situation Of the
opposing armies have in that time, been
changed, vet the result does not materially
vary from the zdvices in our last
The French armies had advanced further
into Spain. This was to be expected and
there has been severe fighting. The Span
izrsls under Blake suffered severity, a. like
wise did the French. When Blake fell
back from Bilbos after the affair near Du-
range, two divisions of his array separated
from the main body. With view to effect
A junction with them. he adya need on the
3th November, and attacked strong cuumn
of the enemy, which he defeated aud drove
hack beyond Valmaseaa On the 7th he
made another attack, bn, no, being properly
supported bv his centre, he reiterated.
Next day, the 9th, the rear of his army en-
ragged end obtained some advantages over
the French. On the 10th, the French Raw
ing grea, superiority of,nambers, attacks
him, and most bloody battle took place,
which lasted the whole day. The Spaniards
were victorious. But ,he French having
received strong reiniorcemenss. attacked
Blake again on the 18th, who, after six days
hard fighting, sustained inc.ssant attacks,
his soldiers without clothes, shoes, or stock
ings, literally almost naked, faint with hun
ger and fatigue, and exposed TO all the IN
ciemency OF The weather, were broken H.
much confusion. blake retrcated in grea,
disorder, first to Reynosa, where his adver
sary giving him no res, IL made fresh a,
tack on him, and force him to fall back up,
on Villa Vicienza. In the last attack he
repulsed the French with great loss IL,
then retired to C,ntra, 40 miles north OF 81.
Andero, with $4,000 men. These battles
have been extremely obstinate and hlooJy
and although the Spaniards have lost man.
men, so also have the French, who cannot
long make head, weakened as they must
be by continued Slaughter.
The French in the mean time advanced
several columns to Bargos and Vala'i"l'di
in Old CASTLE, thus interposng between
Blakc's army and that of Castanos. On the
other hand. Sir David Baird was at Aslofgs
anc Sir Iohn Moore at Salamanca, with the
British Troops. Their point OF Junction
was Zamora in the Kingdom Of Leon. about
IS leagues from and nearly parallel with
Faladolid.
Fom the 10Th to The ooh, The Marquis
Romano and Blake having collected ther
scattered troops formed junction, and took
post at the strong situation OF Vineenle &c
Ia Baquera, where on the 25th they were
attacked by the French uuder Ney. The
action was most obstina;eiy contested; at
length the French were routed with great
l,ss, and by the last accounts, were h,ing
before the victorious Spaniards, who had
n. " opened TO themselves road to unite
IA air forces with the British troops under
air l.. IN Moore aud sir David Bard In
,r.py oI.sr part of Spain the patriots had
Lees sucsesstm. r
Unon the whole. the news appears Ia
soufaple to lie patriotic cause.
II was said The prince OF peace had .
strong party in spsin. This we d,soeheve'
TIE report mast nave origin.t ted from me
French setting open tie prisons Al pnfgos'
Pelerca and vallad 4, where aumber o.
suspected persons were confined
No doubt Ronsparte would endeavour te
corrupt as many as possible with Dr.
gold But IT viii not extend far
we again. repeat, Spar garnet Ss con-
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