The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-03-22

. cut of, and that he "hossessed onIv IN
l ground on which kts arnry stood" This j
5 ehe last intelligence, which has been com
I municated to US officially, and this, as wa
4 before observed, was dated at Coimbra, OF
= che 3Oth of September. What was lef, un
explained by the despatch of the noble Wis
count OF Talavera, was fully communicate
TO US by the ministerial prin S the Morning
rost and the Courier. who, npon informant
on. which rney said, was of he most authen
TIC nature. stated. that our army had actual.
~ buried the 2 600 French. whom they xii.
led on the 9Th September, and Tie mum.
Der OF wounded French was 5000, so that
the enemy had lost in the defeat, not less,
at any rate, than 10 600 men /; that the enc
my was driven TO despair for want of provi-
sipns (; that, in the dead Frenchmen's haver
sacks, nothing but a little Indian corn was
found that it was by mere accident, that The
whole OF the enemy's army was not captur-
ed, and that asto an eScafe by the way of
the north, that was impossible. Upon this
occasion the Morning cost, 18th October }
said in a tone of modei alton, that it should
not indulge any triumph over IFS hoinical
adUersaricS, who had blamed the ministers
Tor employing and reinforcing our army in
Portugal" On the 18th lust. (tor we will
MT stick TO particular days. the Morning
Post said. that those writer's who endeavor-
ed TO dctract from the merits of the victor,
OF Busaco. ought to be exposed to the pub
lic ; on the 18th, the same print said, that
ne ofiered battle to Massena, on the 18Th OF
September that it was uncertain whether
Massena would follow. our army across the
Mondego, Chat is 10 say aboul IS miles from
the place here he then was.) but if he did,
ne would get another diubbing. On the
lSth inst. the same r,nt said, that when
MasSena left Almeida he had 13 days pro
visions with him. (Which of course, were all
spent before he had got to- Busaco) !: that
the prison rs had Their knapsacks full of
Indian corn unground, all he mills having
been destroy ed befdre he F,ench came
that each French S ldier was obliged TO
round ms ozvn corn , that the city of COIN
Dr. would be entirely evacua ed by its in
oa6itants, who would carry way their eff
tees That lord Wellington had proved his
superiority over Massena tn every respect;
tnat there were at least 20 Thousand menin
the north together with a Spanish army ra-
Pidly collecting to harrass the French in
that gu rter (; that the armed peasantry
18th two brigades of Portuguese uroops, un-
der colonies Miller and Irant. were" one
roInS Tvth NaSSena s communication Z"
lord laiavera with an incre asing army was
III Massena's front that the Country did af-
lord supplies for its own inhab,t MS ; that
lord Ialavera was obliged % get part of his
from MS ships; that OF course, Massena
Could get nor G that his mea were actually
starving before he was defeated !; and that
since his defeat the discontents and deser-
tons ct his army had been greatei. than ev-
er.-On the 20 inst. the same print told us
that dispatches had been received from
lord Ialavera, dated Aicobacc. that is TO
say at about 20 miles from Coimbra along
by the sea coast towards Lisbon !: that these
dispatches were dated on the 9th of Octo
Der ; nat our army mad retired graduate.
hrst to Pombai, next to Leyria, and mex, t.
Aicobaco, having. by this gradual rctrfnr.
travelled go miles i'm two DAYS; that there
had been skirmishing almost daily, and that
the advantage had uniformly been in favor
OF the British thai our com mander had ac-
compiished his object of giving time to the
h'haSitants OF Coimbra to remove them
selves and their property; that Coimbra and
all the villages on the same day were
asserted ) that, whatever might be the opi-
mon which preJudiced persons might be in.
ouetd TO Duild on presenl appearances, The
puolic might be assured, that the British
chlef was pursuing a plan Tong mGditated by
hiGi, and nov acted upon. not from recesSi
~, out from judgment and choice : that a
letter from Massena had been iaterceDted.
IN when he represents the difficulties of his
auV"hce, from the state of the roads and the
VI Tic country nat the En-
giIsh & Portuguese armies were in excellent
health and spirits. The same print, under
the same date, added, in ano ner part of its
pages, that the enemy's ravages were horri-
Die; that the Porto road was covered with
dead horses, mules, and bullocks that the
"hoie country was a scene OF complete de
VISITATION /; that such rapine, violations and
murders were never before heard OF that
many villages, towns, and Country villas had
oeen burned to the ground inst every place
was deserted; that large tracts of Indian
corn had been trodden down that every
thIng was destroy ed /; and that notwjthstand
ing all this, the people universally blessed
ne bnghSh and generated the French.-
On the 22d instant, the same print. the
Morning Post. com municated to the Dub-
lIc' the following Bulletin. under author
ny oithe government Downing street
BULLETIN.
"DowNING STREE Oct On
dispatches have been received from
lord Wellington and Mr.. Stuart. ofthe IS h
INST oy which It appears that the AIaed Ar
mes mad refredfed within their line. Their
right beng at Ca~sttnhero and Villa + an
ca, on the Iagus, and her left at Torres
Nedras, on the 9Th and 9Th inst. Ihpv had
not been molested in their retreat, but some
affairs had taken place bet ween the cavalry
OF the W armies. in zUhjch He British anil
I~orfaSIese cdUGtry d~i8finguished them
setUCs. he Marquis de Ia Roman. vii,
3 900 infantry, and son cavaIr, 80, 80.