Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-05-01
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Ths ;uhsbissass Of Asssspa md i,s siei.
ni,y. knowins she bad srtassssds ,hs dIas-
r.ns scwns sxpesieueed from the FNssh.
md thsi they wers sssorsilg BY the cxSiR,
"a Sc. Oialla. csstsin sumhsr Of wageons
v;,fsnnunition, snd other ef{reis proceed
ins from Sevills, assembled bsds at ensn
10 sbs nussbef of Eve hundfsd, with che in.
esn,ion of iusereepsing this convoy boz did
no, succeed a. e had passed By before their
arrival. -Four hundred 'snen howsvet,- se
the destined psint having been inform
ed that French party was teioHow them,
,hev determined TO wait for them-s beat
them, which they did with such facility that
out Of IS men OF tho enemy oniy - ssH-
vived. Among the number Of killed 10
colonel Of dragons. Eis wife and one cap:
tain; the -arms, ammunition and ali they
had With Them, as also The military shest.
coutaining some important papers rrnaaiscd
IN thepossession Of the brxve SpsniUds.
The enemy Wishing to asenge the sHrost
and having been repuiskd by the Inhabitants
of Zalanies, at,empssd TO attack N anew,
and 10 that eiFset re-unitrd the forces they
had at Csstsys, ST. Bsssouomi, Aysmonte,
Aueivs, Tigueros, Valvedero, and m other
places. The result was, they were COM
ple,ely routed, with great loss, which se-
cording to the accounts received, exceeded
ore hundred men leaving in our possession,
number Of nuskess, knapsaeks, and other
sceoutrements.
Blythe last news received from Gibraltar,
it 10 known thai! si.houeh the Inhabitants of
Marsbella had not determined "a resist the
enemy, ye, nsSertheless ,sn the arrival At
tia, place of the Serrsuos. they spiked the
guns Of the castle snd carried Of the money
and plate, which was already prepared to
be sent to Malaga, were sofar encouraged
thar they are ali armed, and hsve united
themselves to The insuree,ion Of Sierra
BY the same convey ance We are informed Of
The departure Of the intrusive Joseph from
Malaga the 18th Of the present month, and
that the town of -Osuna 10 entirely fres Of
the enemy.
Several divisions Of the patriots have se.
out from Ronda for Areos. Grssalesna and
Marbella, entered the city after the enemy
had A.d on the I'd, one of which on his
way to Malaga, has beaten a party OF
Frenehmen Of one hundred men, who haSs
all fallen vietin,s, sacriheed to the valor Of
the patriots. They proceeded to Malaga,
and the Freneh retrested without waiting
their arrival.
Another party going to sXerez, has
beaten 10 Morena 70 Frenehmep, of which
ers. -.-. - 3.
, The 21st instant there were no French
men a: Huelva but in M.gder they had
about four hundred cavalry and three hun
drcd infantry, who were to depart the same
day. The TROOPS Of Portugal had reunited
by land, not being able to effect !: by sea,
owing to bad weather, Notwithstanding all
the vessels were enlarged to convey from
Mirtola 10 Ayamonte.
From the island of Leon we have receiv-
ed the following news.
The general of division, Zenon. on the
aank. and Marquis de Ia Romano in froa,,
attacked the French army, composed of the
divisions commanded BY marshals and &C..
nsrals Ney, Mortier, Merle sse: consisting
of from sixteen 70 twenty thousand men,.
They were beaten and driven ss far rs Xe-
res dc los Cahalleros, with much slaughter,
which town a division Of four thousand Of
our troops had entered in pursuit OF the
enemy. -, ...-,..
His exeeneney Don Gabrielle Mendoza.
bel, general in chief of the army Of the left,
in passing the Tagus, and on his entry into
Estramadura, addressed his treopssia the
following terms: -S..-. =, &
Soldiers Of the amy Of she,kf! r. :
You have crossed the Tagus! ANEW
fsla isopen 70 your glory, Ay to the bril-
liant efforts of your heroic value. Sons OF
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