The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-30
fNo 1l2.

On passing. up the Tagu, after the e
vacuatiou of the lines by the Br ,sh ar w,
the line of defence is seen withou, difficult
iy, and there is one deep broad enr,erch-
nent rom the Tagus tn rorres Veora,, nd
| thence 10 the sea ; IN the rear of which
works the most formidable are erected at
every point.
The operations thence to the z e April.
we have received no minutes of, urther an
that on that date, The Bri sh h"an quar-. RS
We're at Thomar IN tn Zezerl. the :.rmer
depot OF he French and that the f uch
"eao Quarters WAS at CAimbra, near 60 miles
apar. -
The 4th regiment of infantry witch mad
Just arrived from Engldnd, had JOS d gen
erai beiestordS div sion nd the eee nd
regimen h I'd Joined I'd Wellingco,'s div
SO
The following two parag apis, we copy
literally from the minutes of "a british OH
Ger
t'The appearance Of the French prison.
e's ,uhcientiy slew the situation they n.-st
have been III from want ofprovisluns. quite
emaciated, and broken drown with hunge, &,
fatigue.
was suggested that Massena's game
is to draw our forces firm Lisbon AS ter as
possible, 10 enable Scu.t wttuI is Coming from
Inc neishborhood of Cadz win strong
free to join Nj r'ier, in order t Ike
possession If the p' ovince OF Alentej,, and
again BRING the war near the Capital As
possible"
Suchisthe account of the advices to the
fth OF April from the armies a vessel
was TO sail in three DAYS after the Will
am Penn, from LISBON tor his Dor. woi.h
NAV perhaps bring later advlces thu dis
rance Of me head quarters of the two ar
mes however e n indicate any very
speedy movement AURORA,
EXTRACTS TO THE H'DIToR OF THE
AURORA.
LLsBoN, March 4, 1911.
" Ky the John &. oto ker, S;ne,eton.
give you a few lines ,hough nofhne Of
gre*' moment : pa ing hele, Yei trrre re.
simcnts o. cavalry have arrived ron En-
Si'nd. and 1000 roops within fc DAYS
past and a reinforce ment or 5000 m ore
t. OBS, Nre hourly expected one e. ent IF
t2VO is also hourly expected to be stationed
a 4 tdiz from whence We have nac no par
ic".ar ne"s--not much chang | believe
SINCE L .ett N---he fortifcatous on he
FRENCH sIde are progressing, and hose on
Inc island are rapidly going IN.
Orders have cume down trrm head
quart rs here, to send TO tha array all ne
surgeons ana meGiciHeS, and OHce"8 tbat
are In I"sbon-the cavalry lateh arrived
nave j. med the army and orders fer ne
rest. and troops, as hey arrive. I, " sent
up without delay-,hi, 10 ks like h,et4,n-
non and no doubt from THO the n1iddL, of
next month, something Sc ions ma, be all
| cuia' ed On, the result OF which must be I'M.
certain the combined arIni,,, are n In
s!irits, ana are well prepal ed for n ~
6 gemen, and on lhc Contrary h ~ n
Q'e stated to be destitute & eveiy ,h.ye g
quiSite fhEretor The conflict 40 douO II
De an awful one, in which many a brave ell
lows head will be Laid ,ow.
There haS been IN in erview fewd VIC
past, beiween lord Wellington and &c e,,I
MasNena but ,he pr porJ of it has mo or
leaked out but rom the best informat II
can obtain and GhicR believe is e a
1t is though, that it relates to the clrcu,n.
stance OF the French having lately put 10
death about 800 Portuguese peasants IN cold
bio d, alleging Ieason that thew f.v,S-
cd and SISTED he parties called euereIlos.
(treebooters or par tizans) which have dome
an immense dea of mischief to the French
both IN spain and Portugal. T. will rema,n
i"r Lord Wellington either to sanction fh;o
mode vi warfare, execute man for man. -, to
condemn principle. and in the after
case he would bring pdium ON himself, from
both opanIards & Portuguese; the later parti-
cnlar!y look for vengeance for The ABOVE
stated horrid transaction
BadaJoz is still bombarded by the
French. In sally lately male from thence
by the Spaniaids, they met with great l,ss4
said 70 be 1000 men killed and ,akrn fbs
remainder iook refuge in The strong p,,ce
OF E'Nas. he SpaniaIds were At hr.,
successful, but their cavalry giving wav in.
hamstui manner, the infantry was obli.
ged to fly.
h. inhabitants from the small ,owns
on the opp side OF he ragus. arc len.
wing their homes aud retiring t. I,,Don.
one whole Convent o. nuns have arrived
here A number of peasants have come
Intc he British .'ne. lately from he Fr.ocb
VINO per gifted them to do so. viii, n is a
n.w thing As they formerly weir efyicf,,r
prohibited from leaving neir homes"
80, March 6.
Yesterday commenced landing. = l,,d,,
OF troops arrived lrom England IN eigh,
Ten 1t war and transports d, is SAID he re
are eight regiments. between SIX and seven
thousand tney are to repair nnned,,teIy
80 the army where they nave been any,
ousy looked tor--mOre are Oh their ~
"ut--my opinion IS not yes altered f., IL
is, that the middle nf Ap il 7vjN NOT
without he trial OF Streneh being ,ds
between he two grand conterdi,y ar
mes when will (be the iesuit hat
1t may materially aFec, the polt cal
world"