Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-11-23
LONDON, Oct. IS.

TD LONDON, Oct. Is.
From the London Gazette Extraordinary.
Downing street, Oct. II, 1910.
"A despatch, of which the following
is copy, was received his day at the
Earl OF Liverpcoi's office, addressed
to his lordsh,p, from lieut.. gen. lord
viscount Wellington, K. B. dated
Coimbra, 3oth Sept. 1910.
My Lord,
While tho enemy was advancing
from Celer;co aud FRANCESCA upon vi.
zeo, the differen. divisions of militia
and Ordenanza were employed upon
their Asuks and rear; and col Trant
wiz, his division, at,ac ked the escor,
ofthe military chest and reserve artil-
lery, near TrojaI, on the goth inst.
He took 2 officers and 100 prisoners,
but the enemy collected a force from
the irciTt and rear, which obliged him
to retire again towards the Douro. /
understand that the enemy's commu-
nisaticn with h!meida is completely
cot off; and he possesses only the
ground on which his army stands.
My dispatches of the 2oth inst. will
h9v@ informed you Of the measures
which l have adopted, and which
were in progress to collect the array
in the me gnborhood, and if rossi.
bic to prevent The enemy from OBJ
taising possession cf tbs tcwr. On
the 21ss TIE, eaemy's advanced guard
pushed on TO 81. Cambadao, at the
junction ct the rivers Cgix and Dao !;
and trig. gen. Peck retired across the
former, and. ired brig. Gen. Crawford
at Maftagoa having destrey ed the
bridges over tn. Sc two rivers. The
eneny's advanced; guard crossed the
Crix, having repaired the bridge On
the ed, and ,he whole OF the 9th eores
was collected ON the side OF the river
--anG Wherefore withdrew, the cavai
ny through the ST IRA de Basaco, with
the exception of three squadrons, as
the ground WA un,avorablr for the O.
peyat,ons at thar army.
On the 25ih, Shc whole Of the 81 and
9Th corps creased the Cr,x in the
ncisnbotEood OF ST. Cambtdao AID
brigadier general Packs brigade te-
tired lo,rhe position wh.chI had fixed
upon ter tho army on the top of Sies-
"a de busaco. These troops were fol-
lowed IN the movement by the whole
OF tic corps Of Ney& Rcgnier, the Oh
and I'd, bGt it was Conducted by hrS-
gadisr gener.l Crawfu,d eith gre az re.
g,larity, ahd the troops took Their po-
sition without. sustaining any loss of
Ignorance. The 4th Portuguese Ca.
cadores which had retired on he right
OF the ether troops, and the piquels Of
the Sd division Of infantry, which were
posted at Antonio dc Cantario, under
major Smith, of.the Ash, were engar.
ed with The advance oil Reguiei's corps
in the afternoon, aud the former shew-
ed that s;eaciAess and eallantry winch
others OF the Portuguese troops have
since p,ariSested. I be Sierra Bussco
is high ridge which extends from-the
Mondego In ipJstnern direction about
eight miles. At the highest point of
the riSg@, about two miles from It's
termination, is the convent and gar
den OF Bossco. The Sierra Of Busa-
co is connected by mountainous
iraet oil country with the Sierra de Ca.
ramula, which extends in north cast
cry direction beyond Wees, and sc
pafsies the VALLEY ,Gf the Mond 90 from
The vail y Of the Douro. Os' the left
OF the 1andegr, neatly in Zine with
INC SierI~ dc Bus ieo is another ri re |
OF the san c descriptions, which is.cal.
led The Sierra &c MorcelIa, covered by |