Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-04-10

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= nass The enemy had taken position at
two leagues distance, halt 9 league oel .:,',
rorsn,,a. He was seen employed IN hastily
sembarking his sick and wounded, inc nun
her Of which according to spies and deser,er z
anaountsso 8 or 1000 men. ! ne Eng'lsl =
y ere. IN the mean time occupied IN destroy
mo the batteries on the coast, and laying
~ a 3 the country on the sea shore. - &c
cn,,,mandant of the fort of St. Philip, sus-
necrinr the fate intended for his tortihea=
t;on refused to admit them in 1t.
2 On the evening ofthe 18th we saw 2
fresh convoy of one hundred and sixty saas
arrive, among which were tour ships OF the
line. ,...:o
g On the morning of the 18th the dlvlsl-
:sons rs Nerle5SSS Mermes occupied ths helSntss
OF Villaboa, where the eneny's advances .
o,,ard was stationed which was attacked 9
DESTROYED. Our right wing was stationed On
the point where the road from Corunna 10
! .ueo, and that from Corunna to oanaaso
meet. The left was placed behind the VII !,
lage of Elvina. The enemy was statiohea
behind some beautiful heights.
6 The rest of the 18th was spent IN flxlng
a battery of twelve pieces Of cannon-and
it was no, till the 10th at three O'Clock IN
the afternoon that the duke OF Dalmatla
gave orders to attack.
.s.The assault was made uponsthe Engllsh
bvsthe first brigade of the division OF Mer-
met. which over threw them and drove
them from the-village of Elvina. The Sc
.cond Segiment of infantry covered itself
with glory--gen. Jardon atthe head OF the
Voltigeurs wrought a terrible carnage
( The enemy driven from it's position retreat
ed tothe gardenswhich surround Corunna.
The night growing very dark it was ne
cessary to suspend the attack. The enemy
ayailed himself of this to embark with pre-
cipitation. Onlyssix thousand Of our men
were engaged, and every arrangement was
made for abandoning the positions of tbs
night, and advancing next day to general
attaca-The loss of the enemy has been
immense. Two of our batteries played up
On them during the whole of the engage
ment. We counted on the field OF battle
more than eight hundred of their dead Boz
dies, among which was the body OF gene
raj Hamilton, and thoseof two other gene
raj officers, whose names we are uaacquain'
ed with. We haye taken 90 officers, 500
men and. four pieces of cannon. 1he Eng
/ lish have Left behind them more than nj,
teen hundred killed and one hundred and
| fiftywounded.
- The colonel of the 47fh regiment dis
tingaished himself-An ensign OF the S1st
infantry killed with his own hand an Eng
lish officer, who had endeayorsd to Wrest
from him his eagle. The general OF artil-
lery Bombgeat, and colonel fontaney, have
signalized themselves.
"At day break on the 17ih, we saw the
English convoy under sai!--On the 18th
the whole had disappeared.
1.-THE duke of Dalmatia had caused a
,carronade to be discharged upon the vessels
from the fort Of Santiago. Several trans
ports ran agound, and all the men Who were
on board were taken
We found in the establishment OF the
Polloza Ga largezinanufactory in the suburbs
ofeCoranna where the English had prevl
ously been encamped} 5000 English mus
kets. Magazines also were seized, contain
ing a greae quantity of ammunition and O.
ther effects belonging TO the hostile army
A great number of wounded, were pick
up in the suburbs. The opinion of the il.
habitants on the;spot, and deserters is, tha.
the. number of wounded in the battle eA
eeeds twenty FIVE hundred men.
!" Thus has terminated the English eS
petition which was sent into Spain. After
having fomented the war in this unhappy
country, the English have abandoned =.
They had disembarked $4,000 men and