Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-26
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BRITISH AFairrs IN sbaaD.
OFFICIAL.
OFFICIAL.
LoNroN, September 4.

LoNDoE, September 4.
The following oficialpapers are extracted
from the London Gazette oil Saturday last
Dozrn;rg street, Sept. 2.
A despatch, of which the following is q
COW. was on the sOh ult. received at the
otice of lord viscount Cas,lereagh, one OF
his msles,y's principal secretaries OF state
from lieut.. gen. lord yiscount Wellington,
dated Deleytosa, aug. 8.
Deleytose, An.s'ust8.
NY LORD,
appraised your lordship on the
first instant of the advance OF French
corps towards the Puerto de Banos,
and of the probable embarrassments OF
the operations of the army which It's arrival
at Piactntia would occasion F; and these en-
barrassmen,s having since existed to de-
Gree 50 considerable, as 20 oblige US to fall
back, and to take up a defensive position on
the Taeus, aln irducsd to trouble You
more a, length with an account OF what has
passed upon this subject.
When entered Spain, had a communi'
cation with general Cuesta, through sir 10
bert Wilson and colonel Rookie, respecting
IKE occupation of the Puerto dc Banos and
the Puerto & pera!cs, ;hs former OF which
i, was at last settled, should be held by a
corps to be formed under the marquis &c Ia
Reyna, to consist CT TWO bat.aions from &C.
neral Cu~sta's army, and TWO from Bvjar !;
and that the Puerto de Feraies was TO be
taken cafe OF by the Duque del Parque, by
,letachments from the garrison CT Clndad
Rodrigo.
| doubsed Of the capacity of tie garrison
of CinGad Rodrigo 10 make tie detachment
of the latter, but SO l:ltle OF t;le eRsctual oc-
cunation Of the former, that in writing to
marsha! Berrrsford on the 17th OF July,
desired him to look TO t;lr Puerto dc Perales
but ,ha, considered BANGS as SECURE, as
appears by the extrac. Of my letter which |
enclose.
Or, The G9;h Intelligence Was received at
Ta,ayera, that IL 900 railons had been or
dercd a, = uen,c Ducnos for the 2s:h and
24.OCo al Los S; ntos for the Same day, for
= French corps VIII h it was believed WAS
on its march towards the Puerto dc Ganos.
General Cu:sta expressed some anxiety
respec,inp fms post, and srnt me a message,
70 propose that sir Robert should be stnt
there with his corps.
Sir Robert was on that dsy at Ta,avera,
but his CORPS wss in the mountains towards
Escs,ona and as nc had already made him
self very useful i'll that quarter, and had
been near Madrid, with which city ne had
a communication, which was DESTROYS Of
keeping Up, proposed that Spanish corps
should be s.nt 70 BANGS, without loss CT
time.
( could not prevail with gen. Guests, al
though he certainly admitted the necessity
of rr;r.orcrmvn;, when he proposed tia,
sir Robert Wilson should BIZ sent TO Banos.;
and he was equally sensible with myself, OF
the benef, to be d. rived to the cause, from
sending sir Robert back to Esca!ona.
AT this time we had no further intelligence
Of the enrmy's advance, than that she raions
were ordered aad I had hope. that the C.
nemv might be deferred from advancing.by
the intelligence of our success on ths 28'h,
and that the troops in the Puerto might
make some defence and that, under these
circumstances, it was rot desirable to d.
vert sir Robert Wilson from Escasona.
On the goth, however renewed my sp-
p'ication to Ger. Cuesta, TO sead there
Spanish division Of sufficient strength in a
letter to Gen. OsDoanoshue, of which en-
close copy but withou, effect; and ne did
not detach Gen. Bassccourt till the morn
inr of the I'd, after we had heard that the
enemy had entered Bejar, and twas obvi-
Gus that the troops in the Puerto would make
Eo defence.
On the I'd, we received accounts, that
the enemy had entered Placeniia in two CO.
lumns.
The marquis de Ia Reyna, whose two bat
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