Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-05-21

nofbar1 .ce;ur, but Alter senlc Aar1 -Esshtiit,
cur ,lr.ip,,ols got to their re:.r, AID they SIR
! rendered. nearly tue whole regiment. Thes.
/ / had 20 Escort, snd say iittle more OF fight
/ ing.
! horrors OF war. Such iosld cxcesse; i.e-
t.ycr s.sw bcfore.--Eyery town, village or Coz.
: ,s,,e DESTROYED. The growing luiseiY ard
the viii: grove, each hayokrd for destruction
s,ke. The pot that refined the Oil broiici
The winc press burnt, for Burning sake II.
,rrape vines DESTROYED, as noxiols weeds tic
furniture uilE,.rst, thrown trota the Windows
and, with carriages, sc. made a bontirc OF 3.
the large Libraries suewrd ever tac iMld liz
remnants of paper the noble convent ii ashes,
and the poor unhappy, aged inhebitan,s, cnabis
TO Ace. hung around as oriianlchting the sAiis
ten twelve l.! place. 10 bear TIE s,!l,blsnrs
&C female was to DE tortured 10 rue ai liz
r1t, to be a s4criicc. "a circumstances $, ais z
most beyond credii,iiity to DE cunimiGcdby
human beings in tbs ilci!t Of ,-urQp- ,uld t:s
nineteenth ccntury:--a convent Of cle. "a t!l.Ls
with two priests, were escaping in a beas M.
haDI,iy tary were too lac and overiaxcn ne,r
villa i'sanca, tie priests were one s'.tt un4
cue. drowned One only Of tho :;s;i.s VS.
Young ;-shc was instantly violated, rs well IS
the rest s.,, the Old age Of 65, WIS no dcslEce
against these sayagcs. These very nurs
were thus treated successfully by numbers,
and confined u..il disease made. them icaih-
some to the heli-hounds themselves WEea
Aae Of truce introd,lCedthcIn to q, the sight
was most shocking. livery one trici to con-
for; lilein, and to the Immortal credit Of Com
nli:saiy .iyimcT, they wore contueted trcsa
V.iuda, by water with al! the Comiort AID cSi.-
solution th.d VA md sitgAt!Ul, co1Il loss.-
bly, give.
\ thousand mere like these, could &c
count. No age--,io r,;na--ao respect. In
one convent, fond hire: ,!i,fOrtuG.tc te-
males, 7s 10 90 Yeas oidge. They ncre lite
rally naked, as or entering the woria, striT.
nag to conce@: themselves ;.l.ici some ItlSA-
cs ard. ssraw.'' ..5
Copy Of q despatch from Lcrel wellington to-
MS escci.cucy boa 1Msi5lei Forg-s, dat
Head Qvay.t:is, 'c::,'et.a no igos,ai.@s,
dlureA 81, ISL.
The cilenlf scitrred IL tic action Of the SIN
nAlcli 5rsater loss than had imagined, wheG
J addressed your cxccltcucy my despatch CT
&he 10th. The airing coi.tiuued all night, ana
Il appears lie lost great number OF men who
were drowned in attempting TO ford TAG Ceiva
In tie course ot tie 10th, the enemy with
drew his rear guard f,oIl that river, E!:c.l
VIC crossed on the 18th, ts.king post OH Eio,.ut
Murcelia % his iunc,urv tie enemy occa.
pied very srroDg position On the right OF the
.A!va, the Bridges On which he i,.d destrcycsl.
On the lath NC turned his left flar.k by the
n!ouutain Santa Qniteria, with the Ist, sc! lid
5th divisions, ~h;:e Tie light and 9th divisions
lnaii>rUvrcd in iront from, Mount Murceia.-..
These movements induced the enemy 20 or.
der those troops, that had marched off the
night before, to return to the mountain ct
hio,ta, withdrawing at the same time the
troops which hid been left at the Alva, andin
this manner he united his army on t.: ridge
Of Moisa, at the Same time the light troops Of
our right wing We're in the vicinity @: 4irsa.
nil, and those OF our lciit had crossed the Al.
On the night o! The 18TH the enemy retreat
ed from his position CT Moita, and has co.t.
uued his retreat with almost precipitation.
Z! imagined that his rear guard reached ce.
lerico OH that day. On the 10th we united our
army on tie ridge OF AEoita, and that day our
advanced posts extended themselves beyond
Pinhanzos Tt. militia under Colonels WI.
son and lIalit were at Fornus
We Fave taken'a great number of prisoners,
and the enemy continues TO destroy his was.
gems and artillery, and every thing that can
retard the progress ofhis retreat. Most Of tie
prisoners we made On the 18th belonged to
which the enemy had sent 20 70.
rage i'll the direction OF the Mondcso, from
whence they had orders to return 10 the posi-
ton on the Ava, from which circumstance
concluded alat the enemy had intended tcoc'
cupy that position for some days.
Since my last to your ~lcclencv, have
received lcucrs from General MurdizabcI and
others, relative 20 the loss Of Dadajoz. Tie
governor Of that place had written on the 9Th
instant, to the, Spanish minister Of WAY, III
which he expressed 10 apprehension iof the
safety Of the place. He stated that the aarr!
son kept up a steady aad we'll directed fsc a.
gainst the besicgcrs, and had that day d.s.
mounted one of six ba,tcring pieces, whicd
the enemy had opened on the place. On Tic