Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-04-21
NEW YORK, April Is.
LATEST SPANISH NEWS AND d.
RECT FROM SPAIN.

La Id 1 oI \ NIOi1 NEWS AND III
RECT FROM SPAIN.
BY a passenger in the ship Thomas Jef.
ferson, captain Morrison, from SPAN, we
have received in,ellig nee from THAI gu r..
ter to the 28th February. We are sorr,
| TO say they are such as leave but i,tl.
doubt that ere now the whole Of that d lu
ded country is IN possession Of the French
excepting Cadiz, and probably some other
places IN AnddiuSla and tirtnads, Inc
| Thomas ferson left the coast of Catal).
MIA the 18th of February, at winch tune
the French were advancing by the coast.
The advanced guards were within an nour
and haif's march of Rens, when she got
urder way. The following is ske,ch oil
the operations Carried on IN Catalonia du
ring the winner. In the latter part OF De-
cember, the Spanish troops amounting To
about Is 600 men under command Of Gen.
Vivss, advanced by the mountains 90 the
eastUrnmost of Barcelona, IL Gu OF the sup
Plies the French might receive froin
France. lew leagues from b rec iona
they We're attacked BY Frenc DIV sioa OF
very inferior force. VIvds ordered a re-.
treat, and by his conduct so panck .struc k
the soldiers, that they threw down their
arms and rctreated IN the mast shameful
and confused manner, even as far as For
tosa or the banks OF Ebro Gen. Redng,
the second iii commend, with the reg Hient
OF Sw SIS troops made AL orderly retr al to
iarrayona, whicu they immedl lately put
IN a state Of d. fence, N order 10 whist I'D
a siege. A the conduct OF Gen. WAS at
torded strong susp Cion o. his beng IN d.
YOUR ut the French, Gen. Redng assumed
the chief command, anu put ing Viva, w
der arrest, scnt Inn to the q neral Jun, a
at Seville to be tried. The Freach low
ed Gen, Reding TO Tatragoua, and had
three advanced guards within a { mics
of the walls; they were constantly eneag ed
skirnishcs. In The Oegtln ing % Fejru ~
the French attacked one OF tue out posts
which pcrfec ,ly comIuauds rarrasoai /; the
Spaniards however were prepared, and
compelled them to retreat. They were in
hourly expectation OF grand attack, Duo a S
they had sufficient troops to project lhe
country between tAe mountains aud the
coast, they were under no great dpprehen
ons, until tue French, by some sudden q
we'll concerned movement got possession Vi
the mountains, aud were beyond farIago.
ma before they were aware Of it. 1t was
reported and currently believed, that part
OF the French army, which mad been besieg
ing SArragossa, had proceeded down the
Ebro, and as far as Qaenca =. from til CIR
tunstance there is little doubt 5 rragoss,
had faIlen.-. Prodig'es of vaiour have been
performed by PdlIfox, and the inhabitants
of that city-.-but the French was SO very
superior, that IT'S fall h ID been expec. ed
for some time. II there had not been SO
mucn lreachery among the Spanish ofii
GERS, France would not have found Spain
so easy a conquest. Tarrl gona could not
hold out any time--.the British had sent
them several ships loaded with arms and
ammunit on. and taere were four or five
frg .teS cruizDg of the coast one of them
the impereux Lord Cochr.ne, attacked
the French army, as they were on the
mount BY the river s de tow rds Tarrago-
M, the French returned the FIRE from their
flying artillery, and shot away the 1mperu-
sX' ) bow spirit /; il was understood she. All
led a number OF French. A great numbe r
Of desertsTs from the French army came
TO 'Iarragona in January, they were CHI Ell
ly Italians, and represented the French ar.
my to De Very much distressed by sickness;
they also represented France and its de
tendencies 10 be suffering immensel by
the total destruction Vt commerce.
Ii was reported at Gibraltar that the
Austr an MN ster at Seville had informed
the Junta officially, hat Austria was to de-
Clare war against France the 20th OF FEB.
ruary. Reports from the Adiatic, brought
% Gibraltar, stating that the Az CHI Duke
Char!cs mad actually adyanc d with a
large army m the IyIol, sle.ned 20 confirm
the report.
1t was also reported that Sweden had
shut her ports against England
Turkey had actually made peace with
England, sloop OF war carrying home the
ratified treaty, was at Gibraltar wneH the
Thomas Jefferson touched there.
The people OF Russia, it was said, had
become much satisfied with their 20.
vernment, and REVOLUTION IN that csuntr,
was looked FIR.
An insurrection had taken place at Ca.
diz about the 14,h OF FeDa,ry, in conse
quence Of the Junta having proposed to
garrison the CITY with POies aud Italians.
sad 20 De deserters from the Frenca army
TnIs Circumstance excited A suspicion of
the purity OF the JuatA's intentions, and
the peOpe dsssrno!ed before tue hnase o.
tue Governs aud de nande1 Inforn.ation
,hey ptOcesdsd TO acts OF violence and XII