Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-07-09
!. EaNact Of a Private Letter.

fCrauford, in the. neigkborhood Of CuiaSk
t Rodrigo, and drove IN the piquets. DurisE
these operations, advice were sent to kaE
T Wellington, at Viscu, who isnmediatelvbsk
gan his march with % 600 English all 4
i 1900 Portuguese, to support he divisia
under gen. Crawford. On the 26th' he pas,
ed Alneida, end by the last accounts, Whi
were ofthe 5lh inst. from head. qualters,h
was few leaeussto the south east of A,
media. 4 reinforcement Of 5000 menwsE
hourly expected to arrive at the camp.
" The French, after threatening the van.
guard IN the manner stated, proceeded with
their main body under the duke of EIcAa.
gen, to the number OF 10000 men, and &c. \
cupied the. vicinity OF Cuidad Rodrip, /
which place had been long before .urrsn
dered by their piquets. SCuidad Rodreoa /
strongly fortified, amply provisional, aid
powerfully garrisoned, and is in no danger
from any force that the French can a, pre-
sent bring againstit, supported as 1t is BY
,hr mig hbarhood of the allied armies. III.
French have made show Of comneacip
the selgefoF hat place, an Il for that purpo;.
have brought all their heavy artillery from
Salamanca.
$ In this situation Of things no apprehsn.
sions are felt for the result of the prssrf,
manelvres; but, on the contrary, rr,,
hopes are entertained ola successful ISSUE,
Lord Weliington's force amounts to 5000
men, in high spirits, with scarcely per-
son on the sick liss, and supplied with eve.
ny necessary OF war and subsistence. Be.
yond the number of $1,000 stated, the enc.
my has not 5000 troops east Of Burgos, and
therefore can be III no condition 10 com.
n,ence the seige Of Cu;dad Rodrigo in The
presence of the allied army, or. to make an
attack upon thas army reinforced as it pro.
gressively will befrom the interior Of Por.
tuga'.
"6Fhere has been lately no wantrf he es.
sential articles of meat and -four in The Bi.
fish army. The cattle depot has away,
had 1000 bullocRs, and the influx has been
for some time so great, that they had NOT
sufficient space for the herds.
s. You will be anxiou. to know the distri.
button OF the Spanish forces near the Poriu.
guese frontiers. GtDonnel, who has been
much worstrd at Nerds, had, before the
Conflict, 5000 men. Romano has about
the same number at Badaioz, The force
of Balasteros near Seville, may be 10000
The French occupy Merida and its neigh.
borhood with 10000 men under marshal
Mcrtiers"
1lag'aa.
The consul. general Of Spain for the unit
ed kingdom of G.. Britain and Ireiand, re.
quests the editor TO insert the following
communication
l., LouDoS, Nay 20, 1910
The council Of the regency of Spain and
the Indies, in the name ofhis majesty Fer
dinand the seventh, having discovered tha'
it is the intention of the gene raj enemy d
mankind, 10 Introduce into the Ultre Ma
rine Provinceso Spain, spies and commits
saries to disturb the peace Of those establish
ments, and having already been Informed
that this design is in part accomplished, wls
the Ubiquitous purpose Of spreading thro.
those territories, disorder, anarchy, arc
insurrec.aon>; since his military forces arc
not extended to that remote par. Of tn
earth; and the said council OF regency oh.
serving that such commissaries assembsa
in the United States Of America, from.
whence, ny stealth, and under various pre-.
fences, they proceed to the province O
Texus, or embark for other Spanish de-
Tendencies.
Its resolved that no Spaniard or foreign
er, OF whatever class or condition, or ~
whatever business, shall be allowed to lana
in any Of the Spanish, dominions OF 'aS
country, without being provided with tns
proper passports from the places at wa'ea
they embark in the name of Ferdinand 60.
9TH and onch raesnorts are correctly "