Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-09-28
New ToRk, Sept. 81. !.
LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.

81 days from Lisbon, from whence she
sailed on the 18th, of Aug. we have
received the following verbal intelli-j
gence.
." Accounts were received FROM
Lord " ellington as late as the 18th
August, three days before the Wan
derer sailed---his head quarters were at
Celerico, but the advanced guard of
the army was at Guasda ;-he was mo-
mently expecting an attack from the
French, who had advanced as far as]
Penhel, in Portugal---severa skirmisl7s]
es had taken place between the advan-
ced parties of both arnies-one on
the Oath July was very severe, the
British having lost 16 oficers-The
troops that were in. Alentejo, under
General Slade, have crossed the Tagus
and joined Lord Wellington. 1t is
supposed his LordshiP has $4,000 eff.
fective men, besides about II, 1000 Por-
tuguese, exclusive of the Portuguese
army under Marshal Beresford. The
9Th regiment had arrived in.6ne order,
from Halifax, and the 2sd (fusiliers)
were daily expected. from the same
place the former, after remaining g.
or 4 DAYS at Lisbon, were marched off
to the army.
They are very active in Lisbon pro-
curing recruits, and numbers are sent
off daily 70 head quarters.---E Every
horse that was able to stand was i'm.
mediatery impressed for the cavalry.
There were 8 dr 10 line of battle ships,
besides frigates and small vessels of
war lying in the Tagus, and nearly 700
transports waiting to carry off the
British troops. IN case they were obli.4
ged to leave Portugal. ---Strong forti.
fications h We been erected on the
heights ab ut Lisbon to cover their
retreat in case of need.--.Upwards of
Is 900 barrels Of -four was expected
at Lisbon tom Liverpool for the use.
|efthe army, ieiz principally Americau'
-FOUR, purchaser at Liverpool by go
vernment sfhe billsSof lading for the.
same had'arrived before the Wander
er sailed.
BY arrivals at Bosom, and at New
buryport, Lisbon papers to the 9Th Au-
gust h We been received. The latest
accounts from the Anglo Lusitanian
Army are to The ed August, when its
headquarters were at Celerico, but il
was contemplated to advance them to
Alverca. The Portuguese troops, un-
der Marshal Beresford, had ioine d
those of Lord Wellington at Celerico.
The French had been before Pinnel,
(6 or 8 miles N. w. of Almeida) but
had recrossed the Goa. There ap-
pears to have been no fighting from
the Oath of July to the I'd of August.
On the 2ad of July, 8 or 5000 French
troops, with 8 pieces of artillery passed
the d uro, not far from Zamora,
and threaten the northern province of
Portugal. We perc i've no farther
mention Of Regnier's Division, which
passed the Tagus at Almarez, appar-
emily with a view OF joining Ma sena.
He was closely pressed by corps of
Patriot troops, & it is said had 400 OF
his rear guard cut off. The British divi-
sion under General Hill, watched thai
of Regnier. As soon as the latter be-
gan to withdraw from Estremadura,
the Spaniards recovered fresh spirits,
and many military anovem- nts are
mentioned. Patriot detachments are
noted as having marched from Albu-
querque to Csceres, TruxiIlo, and AL
maeez. Foreseeing this effect, it is
said, the French division of 1000 men,
under Moftier, which has been for
some time at Seville, had began its
march for Estremadura. The papers,
as usual, contain many accounts OF
small rencounters in Spain, in which
the French were defeated and they
relate many instances of desertion--l
among others, that of an entire regi-
ment of Polish Cavalry. Portugal has |
made peace with Algiers, through the
mediation of Eagland. A new con-
tribution. for the support of the nation
agaIns the French, is making through
out Portugal. thousand troops,
from CadIz, had been landed at Ava
monte. Palladium.
The following are some particulars
of the melancholy fate that has atten-
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