The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-11-03

gs + ''"" We PARIS. August Is.
Letters from Madrid mention the ol,erati
ons of our array On the Tagus The loss Of
the enemy is double ours, but we have to
deplore the loss of many brave officers. and
among others General Lapisse, who receiv.
ed mortal wound.
We are informed that Marshal Soult has,
since the Goth. marched with 8 900 men tow
ards Placentia.
/ The Adiutant- Commandant Carrion de
Nisas has passed through this place from the
headquarters OF the King of Spain, ON his
way to the head quarters OF the emperor
The reports to the Minister of war. from the
headquarters of the King of Spain, dated
Faldemas, August 8, state, that the enemy
having received information of the arrival of
the Duke of Dalmatia at Placenta. has re
treated. The Marshal Duke Of Beluno is
IN pursuit of them 1t the Duke of Dalmatia
should arrive Gas is most probable before
the British army on the Titar. the cpmmu
ncation of the enemy's army with Portugal
by the right bank of the Tagus, will be cut
off The only retire at left for it will be over
the bridge OF Amarez. In this case the
march of the Duke of Belluno, to Talavera
will considerably annoy the enemy. The
King has likewise put his corps in motion
against the army of Nenegas, who has eros
sed the Tagus at Aranjuez; after having
been reinforced by the corps under Cuesta.
August 20
From Oropesa we learn, by letters of the
7th, that the union of the corps of tho Duke
of Bellnno with that of the Duke Of Dalnatia
has already had important Consequences
The enemy, who was i'll informed concern
ing our movements. or who, since his loss in
the battle OF Taiavera, feared to make his
retreat in the presence of the roval troops
endeavored to make his escape over the
bridge of Arzobispo as his retreat, bv way
OF Almarez, was already cut off From these
and other occurrences, we have taken from
the enemy more than 600 prisoners IF war,
The troops which covered the bridge were
surrounded Whenever the passage is once
forced, which must have taken place to day,
the enemy cannot but lose his best troops. as
well as the greater part of his artillery and
equipage the more SO. as the road is very
difficult, and it is the only one by which he
can escape.
The following ROYAL Decree, has been is
sued at the Hague under the date of the 29th
July.
1--WE, Louis Napoleon, &c. have resolv
ed, and hereby Decree
"Our Decree of the 5Oth June, respecting
the permission to American ships to en,er
and load in the ports of our Kingdom, is re-
Pealed, ana every thing Is re placed on the
former footing; so that the permission can
extend to no ships except TO those which
have complied with the conditions of our
former decrees."
A letter from Holland, received in this
lefty says, 1.-The Director of the customs or
derS all custom house officers, stationed in
the harbors and forts of this kingdom. to act
in conformity to the above decree and to
inform the Captains of the ;nerican YES
sells thereof, as we'll as of the decree by
which the import of goods is permitted. =
They are also to send to the Director the pa
pers of such as, from the nature of the car
goes, they may conceive admissible, and
wait for his Instructions thereon"