Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1810-11-30

Vandals. already defeated :-Div;d voar.
selves iuto p@ssties, AM attack their de.
tachmenis--You will ind them an easy
conquest.
Ia a dispatch from his Excellency Lord
Wellington to his Excellency Don Miguel
| Percira F%oriaz. dated at Leiria on the 81
inst. is enclosed 40 original dispatch from
| General Massena, directed TO Berthier,
which was intercepted /: we publish it, NOR
because It's necessary to shew to the pub.
lie the scandalous calumuy which il con-
tains, pretending that the inhabitants de-
sert their houses In consequence of the
threats, or of the punishment which they
say the Marshal General would cause to be
inflicted on such as might remain in their
habiiations /; Tor the inhabitants abandon
their dwelling, because the cruSlties and
outraees com mitted by the Preach. army o. ;
bige them to make those sacrifices Of their
own accord-By the said dispatch Of Mas.
sena we see how much the enemy suffer,
and the inconveniencies which they expe-
rience IN all their operations, 10 consequence
OF the measures which his ExceiIency the
Marshal General recommended in his
Proclamation Of the 4th Of august. We
regret the inconyeniencies, which the IN
habi,ants of the country suffer, by quitting
their habitatioEs, but they must remern-
Der that those inconveniencies are insepa-
rable from a state III war, asd that the
Portuguese Rad much better nave submit
ted to the tyTant, if they cannot suppoYc
those privations which are temporary oniv
which deliver them from the violence and
outrageS of the enemy, and are in the high
est degree injurious to the invaders.
Dispqfch Of Massena to Beythiey.
Moasigneur, The army left Alneida on
the 10th, as | have had the honor TO in
form your Highness--The three divisions
of the army arrived on the 10Th at Viseu,
after having traversed horrible roads the
enemy retreated ia every direction on our
approach. and have formed q junction near
Coimbra. I caused the Cd and 9th corps
to be posted on the bridge ofCriz.
The English who occupied that bridge
were dislodged the 9Th corps is yet az
Viseu. The grand park of artillery, and
the heavy baggage still remain behind, ana
will only arrive tomorrow. The baggage
was attacked by 1900 Portuguese, whom
800 men suficed to repel with loss. This
wa the Corbs Of Militia commanded ty
Colonel Tyant, Which fo9k TOO prisoners,
and retired on the enemy's receiving REIN
forcementS.) Il is Impossible to hnd
worse roads they are covered with rocks;
our artillery and heGgage lave suffered
considerably, and now [ am obliged TO
wait for them. | must !et them remain
two days at Viseu after their arrival, to be
repaired, and shall continue my march TO
Coimbra, where | am told that shall ind
the English and Portuguese united. My
Lord we are marching over d~eserte;
not a single person do We meet; every
place is abandoned; the English have the
barbarity to order the unfortunate persons
who remain in their houses TO be shot .
women, children, the aged, all fee ; in
short no where can a guide be found. On
is not the English s0hq obkge ths Inhabitants
to fee tits the i9vc Which they bear TO
their Country, and the unheard Of horrors
zvhich the French c0mmif; in Canas dc
Senhorim they killed an unfortunate man
zahom they found there; and having found
sare families in Sierra, they Violated the
zvomen publicity, SIC. sc. The deeds that
they trrpeisateain Spain are known to all
Europe J Our soldiers found potatoes
and some vegetables ; they are coutented.
and long to encounter the enemy. (And
they gained much BY The first encounier.)
The march has caused US a few sick
CBecause it lasted only six days.
am. &c.
(sigaed) MASSENA.