The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-26
[No. 40 !.

last extremity. should have no opportunity
to relieve 1t; and that, at all events the en-
emy would be delayed until Il late period of
: the season.
have no intelligence, upon which / can
rely, relative to the cause of its surrender.
Some prisoners taken yesterday reia c hat
the castle (Which however was bomb -,,roofl
blew up on Saturday night; that on Mon.
I day the. Governor requested to capilnl,te
] WIN the conditions that the place should be.
delivered To the enemy but that the garri-
son and inhabitants should be perm,tIed to
JOIN this armyi which proposal having been
refused, and the firing recommended. he
governor hE'd out as long as he had any
ammunition remaining, until upon it's beine.
i wholly expended. he sure, clered YESTERDAY
morning after this the enemy having offer
ed 20 the soldiers of the garrison either to
take them INTO the service of the Emperor.
| or 10 send them To- France as PRISONERS of
var the latter offer was accepted by the.
garrison.
This acsount deserves credit, as comine.
from an enemy and il is sai tly confirmed
as had an opportunity of Observing that
| there was Cessation of hostilities from one
IN the afternoon until at,nght on Monday.
and that alter that hour the firing recommen-
ceo, and continued until 2 IN the morning.
when 1t again lotally ceased
~ great explosion was also heard ar our
advanced posts and l observed on Mondav
that he :teeple of the church in rha. ulao..
was destroyed, ard many of the houses IN.
rooted. :
1 hope that this account NAV prove cor
rect IN all lis mosT essential points, and may
give me the satisfaction TO Sud thai the loss
oi himelua, and the acquisition by 'he enc n
my or military stores & provisions which.
the place contains has not been cccasiouec,
ny ths fault OF the Governor, or of the gar
risen.
| i had -telegraphic Communication wifi,
the Governor /; but unfortunately the bad
ness OF the weather did not permit us 30 a
vail ourselves of it or Sunday. nor during
the greater part of Monday, and when the,
atmosphere cleared on the latter day. was
Uniformed that the Governor was communi.
eating with the enemy
| Considering the position which had ia
Ken with the army so near to the place.
nave to lament hat nad not an epportuni-
ty OF ascertaiuing its situation, after The loss
| OF the magazine.
The enemy twica yesterday attacked our
piquets buy hey made that attack weak
| ~ ; IN ooth they were repnlsed in the af-
ternoon they obliged General Sir Stspher,
Cotton to call in his p SIS 10 this side Of the
freizedas: in these skirmshes the CAPT. Of
the light drag ons no Is, named L, gon, was
wounded, and also two soldiers of the regi.,
w III :, plIlS.
| A piquet OF, this regiment made VOL;
ant and bold attack ON a party of the enc
my's infantry and cavalry the result was
successful. and they made SONG prisoners
: fne "a corps commanded by General Req
nier mas not made any movement of impor5
lance since tieSlast, despatch thar trans
mitted to your EKcgilency A patrol belong
my to that Corps encountered squadron Of
dragons which consisted of part If The,
British r
guese regiment no 4, belonging % the army
under the command of General Hill, and
was commanded by captain White II the,
same regiment no.s13 this encounter took,
place on tie 22nd INST. and he result Of
it was that the enemy's patrol was wholly
taken, with The exc ptoa of the captain and
one SOLDIER who Y have since heard were,
Killed. l transmit copy of the despatch
which brigadier general Fare sem to Cen
geral Hill relative 70 this skirmish which
is doubtless greatly 20 the credit and proves
the bravery of cap. White and the allied
troops, who had share in il
mere has been no movement or occur.
renee of importance in Estremadura since
nv fstdeSpatch, which forwarded TO yonr
Exceiiency respt cung the transactions in
THIS part of he counrr, y
In the north of Spain the enemy march.
ed on the goth inst. a small ody af infaptrt-
and Cavalry towards Alcanizas but Gene
raj Sil, EZRA marched from B. ganza in hat
direction In consequence of which the en-.
emv Immediately retreated
| My last accounts from Cediz are m The
| 10Th inst learn b. them that General Gra-
ham. was on the point Of sending from Ca.
dix 1000 men towards the Tagus. Nothipe
extraordinary had occurred in that quar-
ter.
have the honor to be &c.
WELLINGTON.
Itverca, Aug. %
The loss Of Almeida was unexpected bs,,
us; bur we are in the situation of Phjlip n
who, when he lost by tempes,s the grand
Armada denominated the Invincible said
that he did not command it to combat with
the elements. Ihere are disasters which
Gamble neither foreseen nor avoided surh
Us onrs the principal magazine of the place
being lost, and there being no more powder.
defence was impossible but to explain the
magazine taking fire, though bomb proof
Is what we are not as YET able to do Jhe
regre we feel, however is only on account
OF the place itself and the manner in which
u was lost; for in regard to the defence of
the Kingdom, the possession or the loss Of =
IS OF little importance; it is situated heVon5
the river Goa, z. all our positions; and an
pears rather place to defend Spain rbsn
Portugal IN tho force and disciojjue og 49,"
armies. in the hatred which The ,,o...t -