The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-04-24
mo. 10.

landed to assist in the construction of thu.
works of defence. and we have very little
apprehension of this enemy being adj. for a
Considerable time to make any impressoM
upon the place"
February Il.
"S.ace my letter of Sunday last, 1000 Bri-
fish troops have arrived from Lisbon, and
with the other reinforcements expected, the
garrison intends ia act on the cffensive.-
| Cur forces will then exceed so 900 regular
troops. ihe enemy's army in this neigh
oorhooc. as near as we can collect, is as fol-
lows :--25 ,00o at Port ST. MIary's, under Jo-
ssph Bonsparte 10000 at San Lucar de
eirameda (; and Is 900 in and about Se.
ville."
March z.
l. Two members of the Supreme Junta have
been arrested ut Cadiz, under suspicion of
giving information to the enemy. and have
been sent on bosrd the Spanish frigste LA
Paz -
Mails from Cadiz and Lisbon arrivsd yes
tcrttay, by which We have received accounts
rom the former the goth. and from the
after OF the gath olt. When the packet
lett Cadiz, the enemy had made no attack
upoa that place, though they were in the vi
cimty with a nnmerousfo force Fort St.iMa-
ry was in their possession, and they wsr.
erecting batteries on each side Of the cpast
Cn tina 9TH they made an attack on the Gu
trance of the Isle Of Leon, with corps of
oOeo; but the Soanards. assisted by strong
detachment OF British artillery, put them To
the route. Admiral Purvis, was in Cadiz
Bay, with the Atlas, Jealous, Invncble, &C
triumph, OF Il guns each Undaunted, and
Ethalion trgates, and the Spanish hest Moor
ed on the outside. With the renforceme nts
that had arrived from Lisbon and Gibral-
tar, the city was. considered in tolerable
state: OF security Sebastian as we have al
ready stated, had possessed himself of Ma.
laga
BY the: Lisbon mail we find that consi.
derable eegrec of alarm prevailed at Opor
to, in consequence of Ney and Juuot being
IN full march for the frontiers Of Portugal
The former had attacked Cibdad Rodrigo,
put was Tepulsed. The pass of Braga has
been strongly reinforced; but French foragi
ing parties have made their appearance at
Braganza, which is not far distant & where
they levied contributions as usual The
headquarters of Lord Wellington still con-.
t.nued at Tisan on the 18th A battle was
expected to take place daily between the
| combined English and Portuguese and the
French armies
Government. we understand, have receiv--
ed ofticia! dispatches from Coll Roche, ,sho
has been attached TO the Spanish army ofthc
centre tor the whole OF tne last year, giving
the particulars ut a total defeat and disper-
sion OF that army on the goth ult The Spa
hish position in the Sierra Morena extended
'SS on the eq, di .hs 81 een leaeues
Ill the centre OF which is the strong aid cell
eorated pass of the Peraperos: To cover
TINS extent of line the Spaniards had
put % Coo 5000 OF whom were detached
| to Aimaden de Acoge (the famous quick
silver minea9 situated on the Comma de pla-
ta' ana which leads from La Mancha to
CordoVa, by which road it was probable tbs
enemy would attempt to turn the left OF the
| Spanish position and which turned out to be-
| the case
On the morning of the Goth ult at eight
O'Clock. the. French, $4,000 strong. attack.
ed the whole extent of the Spanish line,
anq carried it at every point in hours
Col Roche was with the Gen. in Chief
at Puerto del Rey, and narrowly escaped the
same night to Jaen The dispersion and
route OF the Spaniards was general; and
their magazines of clothing, arms and pro.
vision. at La Carolina, fell into the hands
OF me enemy,
Tue plan of the French operations was
executed, it must be contested, in the most
mastery way. The threescnrps sitter driy-
ing the Spaniards before them, united at
Coraova. Joseph 1onsparte was with the
lcorps under Saul I'D Victor which passed
10y aimaden. Mortief passed from Infantes
10y MohteScn TO BaeZade Abeda and by this
route formed his junction with king 5seph,
while the centre corps Of the enemy, pene..
lttating by the Puerto del Rey, aanked and
turned The celebrated Pass Of the Perapc.
ros, e also united with the army at Cordoya,
which last place received Bonapsrte with
out shot. Areizasa, who commanded and
lost the greater part of the Spanish army at
Ocana. it was most t,nacco,intably continued
at the head of it, after he had lost the con-.
hdence of every soldier under him: ga E.
The accounts received by goyernm ent,
from Colonsl Roche, add that he proceeded
from Jaen' to Granada which last place
was entered by a corps of 10000 French,
on the Gath. From thence the Colonel
proceeded to Malaga, which the enemy
reached, o0o strong, on the 9Th. At this
last place, the French found 30 600 pipes Of
wiRe. These detached corps are now on
their march, after levying varioas contribu-
lions, to reinforce the army, besieging the
Isle de Leon. joseph 2onapaTte is at Puer-
to de Santa Maria, opposite Cadiz.
; BESIDES what we stated yesterday, reia-
! tive to the mention made in the Moniteur
of the 2Sd'ult. OF what is termed the recall
, OF Louis D0naparts, from the gogernm eut of
Holland, Il is said that Moniteur OF so
late date rs the 9th, has been received,
which contains Loaiss formal abdication of
the throne of that country.
Ronaparte has produced so many extra
, ordinary events, and has acquired such a
Command over the affairs Of the continent.