The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-02
afnreian.
BosroN. Sep 81.
FROM CADIZ 49,,

18Th OF Aug No new event of any jmnor-
lance had occurred. There had been very
large importatIons ofhour, and there was a
good supply OF water. The inhabitants
were confident OF their security An in
cessani fire was kept up on the positions &C
cuPied by the French. particularly at Treca
dero. 81 : ~ =, !, ~
We have been presented with Ali nr;,ls
to the 11th. They relate nothing new as
having occurred in that city. The inteli;.
gencei in them. from Badaj z. is to the sth
and furnishes some Particulars of the opera
IONS OF the Spanish troops. under General
Charies y Donnei, against the rear of Rec
ntsr-s French Division which had crossed
the Tagns-and Spanish Estramadura was
considered free from the moIestations of the
enemy. A Spanish expedition of ) shins
had laadad troops at Santona, which took the
French garrison, and. proceeding on the
road OF st. Andero, routed body of Gal
nc troops, and took in port an American
ship.
A letter from Heinrich OsDonnell comman.
der in chief of the army ofCatalonia, dated
at Iarragona, July % mentions. that the
French army of Arragon. of 10000 infantry
ana 1000 cavalry, continued on the banks of
the E'oro, near l'ortosa (; that there were al
most daily combats, in which the Patriots
IoCcasIoned the invaders great losses that
IN an affair OF the 14th of July, at Tibsa. the
enemy lost cotonel, II other officers ard a
proportiohate number of soldiers but the
french being reinforced, the Spaniards rt.tir,.
ed 20 the positions they occupied before the
COMBAT that on the 18th. u battle took place
between 10 or 1000 French troops, under
Zen. Macdonald, and or 10, 900 Spaniards.
,noindinS armed peasantry. near c. rannllers:
1t lasted hours, when the French entered
barcelona. The enemy lost 700 men, and
carried great number of wounded into the
city. On our part we had from 100 to 14O
Killed, and 400 wounded. After this battle
the patriot troops engaged in it retired to
iranzo, on the Lobregat, to impede the enc
my. should he march for this river orthe DO
sition OF Montserrat 4; and to keep open the
Intercourse with Tarragona.'
rs probable that the movements of the
French General Suchet, Oh Tortosa T5o
mics further down the Mediterranean than
larragona1 were with design TO attract
our forces to that place. TO leave Macdonald
better opportunity to attack Tarragona
but on both sides we have divisions that will
intercept their communications. and. when
occasion offers, will renew the scenes of vi.
10 Franco NZanresa,'' SIC.
Iheseigc of Tortosa appears to have been
commenced by the French.
corps OF peasantry hover near Gero-
ma. aud. in two successive rencontres.
with equal force OF the enemy. have beaten
them.
The papers contain journal of the ope-
rations OF the 5000 rrocps which were sent
from Cadiz to Algeziras. under rhe com
mand OF Gen. Lacy. From The 18th of June
to the 2sth OF July, thet were almost contn
ua1ly in motion annoying the enemy. On the
latrey day, they received orders to return TO
Caliz.
We are indebted to capt Snow. of the
hug i.slen and capt KNIGHTS passen
ger, Tor Cadiz papers 20 The 11,h Aug. from
which we have prepared the above summa-