Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-12-03
FURTHER FROM PORTUGAL.
E,o,, n, Boston Gazette of Nov. 90.

ed at TINS pOIt cS.sSEuay, - - - 49,
Lisbon, 10 which cane passenger William
Jarvis, ESQ. and family. Mr.. Jarvis in
forms us. that an embargo took place on the
a,h October on all shipping; which were
required 10 take fourth Of their cargoes
as welf as fourth of the whole num-
Der of passengers on account OF the 60
vernment of that place, receiving therefor
a reasonable compensation. From this
source we learn, that The relative positions
of the two armies, on the 10th of October,
were within from IL to 20 miles Of Lisbon.
The head quarters of the English were at
Mafra (abont 12 miles from LIsbon) max
ing diagonal line from the lagus to the
ocean. The French, on the other hand,
were at Villa Franco &c miles from Lis
bon and s from MARIA, IN an Z. N. +. d.
reetion) of course lme drawn between
these two armies viii represent the fronts
&c ,be respe ctive armies. In front OF Ma
fra is chain Of mountains, extending, with
few intervals, from the river t" the ocean.
THE moyemen. Of Massena to the left OF the
ENGLISH. at the battle of Sierra Busaco, on
the a7,h Sept. obliged them to retire from
the heights with so much precipitation, that
,hev left behind Them at Wartagoa, large
quantities of provisions. OF which the French
stood in peculiar need; Massena followed
ND his evolution with great promputude,
keer3ng close to the English in tbs retreat
and Wellington, with equal forethought and
prudence, has begun to fortily his new po-
si;ion, having called in his out-posts, and
concentrated his whole army. His line
must extend abott 90 miles.
He had been reinforced on the 18th Oct.
by 5000 men from England, Ireland, and
as MANY more from CadlZ and Sicily
whilst the marquis Of Romano, and general
O'Donnel from Spanish Estremadara, with
10000 Span.ards, have crossed the laeus
aud ioineel III. combined armyo She whole
force of Wellington i, would now be falr
to estimate as follows after the capture OF
Almeida hey were estimated at about thir-
~ FIVE thousand English, 10000 Portu'
eurse regulars, besides militia, &c. SINCE
which, aaei before the battle OF the 27'h,
they were reinforced by 6,2oo English -
their loss in that Engagement was 1,loo;
but let 500 be allowed; this would re-
duce them to 40 900 English, and 10 500
portuguese. ass..:. .-;s,f~-e.nen.s k.ine
added they probably amount to- so 900 Eng
lish, and $4,000 auxilIaris. The French
armv is computed to be 10000 strong
their positions are said to be terrifying, and
are tolerabiy we'll Supplied, accepting with
bread, in which they are deEclenti and
particularly so IL consee uence Of the de-
strectiun of the grain by ehe English in
their retreat About 10000 peasatsry re-
treated along with the British, in conse.
euence of lord WIS proclamation ): these
people, tho provided FOR by government,
are said to be in great distress.
No papers were brought by Mr.. Jarvis,
provisions were very dear; -four S 10,
corn S 2, rice S 8.
In the above account we have taken the
liberty to combine all our previous inior-
nation with the intelligence SO politely far
nished US BY Mr.. Jarvis ; and have made
Gu, what we suppose to be the relative
position and state Of the two great armies
on the 2osh Of October. It apps ars clear
that the two enemies highly respected each
other. haEirg been IN sight Tor twenty two
days without an engagement. ihe great
talents, oE nlassena and TIE presumed
strength of his army, would lead us to ex-
pee, a general action at once, II he Us really
xery superior in numbers as his situation
must be siagularly distressing. His cor.
voy with supplies harrassed in the resr by
body OF forty thousand militia uader gene
raj Silsiera and colonel E4ant The great
extent of his land conveyance, both of am
munition ard provisions, (being three hun.
dred miles from Dayonne and two hundred
and twenty from Madrid) in an unfrlendly
country surrounded with enemies these