The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-01-10

the unfortunate Fate Of an exp. li,io- +. mast
Ma'agi About 1000 picked II, rs rom
Gibraltar, under hrs Blaoey, sailed snNe-
time ago, and effected landing imme,i iteig
below the town; they were salfesed to aud
every thing and to form in perfect or,ler of
oattie, before there was any appearance ct q
'orce to oppose them. On their march upon
opening spacious ground, they 70 md u boz
ny oil U"ops drawn up in several detach-
ments. and III an apparently very disorder2Y
way; iofd b'aney seeing no movement IN dc.
ano none under arms apparently but sort
Oh guard conceived them to be Spaniards
marched up in front towards what he consi-
aered mead qnarters-but they were soun
she "n tne'r mistake y concentrated ar
tack WIN the bayonet; defeat neces, arily
,ooK place and precipta,e and diso,uerly
high' towards their boats, in which they
were Intercepted by numerous corps eS
French hussars, who cut them up desper-
ateiN lord Blaney was wounded. severely
wounded and aiken prisoner. Thus much
is learSrd from officer who arrived thete
tram Gibraltar the particulars at large AK.
not Net received, but it is acknowledged on
all nands to have been Il most unfortunate
and foolish expedition You may Judge OF
this by ne fact, that it was known and pub.
hcly spoken of here ter days before he
fGo's lett Gibraltar the French appear q,
have bee" perfectly appraised of it, sihcetse
manded by Sebastian in person, who had
MAJ ched from Grenada to meet them
October So,
e The affair at Malaga is truly ludcrous..
It is talked of here in that light without re-,
serve. 1t seems that lord Blaney took IL in
his head HAT the troops II saw scattered
aoou, aitr his landing were Spaniart!s, and,
tH't NJ actually rode up to the French gen
en- under 'ha' impression, from which he
was soon released. He is not very severely
wouaded, BAT he re mains in the hands of the.
F'euch. he killed aud missing amnuuc &c
is SAID 10 only $50 men; the rest reached
their boats. and have been relanded at Gi
braitais
! November 4.
!" Last night about 90 French gun-boatx
succeeded Ia getting into Rotas and Port st.
NJ rvs; eight nj them lay in small ri yer,
which the English and Spanards, in Great
force attacked this dar; the report was, TIA &C.
one of the French gan. boats was blown np.
and the rest got up The river out Of REACH
we have received several accounts from,
Lisbon. OF great deseriions from the French
army, 500 cavalry are said to have come e.
yer to lord Wellington a, once; and iii be-
licved that Massena has been compelled To-
move towards Spain.
Z" NOVEMBER
Accounts are received this day fronu
Lisbon. that the French have lost 5000 n,ru..
killed and wounded, at Coimbra in Portu-
81. and ;hatthe Portuguese had massacrcd
500 of them the night they were taken. at
Ter they had gone e. sleep; but this is not.
official. and hope not u be credited
Massenais still said to be on the retreat, and
has avoided several temptations to come to-
act n, which we're given him by the British
general; but some say here that he is only
waiting tor a reinforcement, said t, De.
d 600 men coming from France II thu
should be true, his retiring may be account
ed tor, and we NAV expect to hear Of some,
signal events in Portugal. The French ar
r. 81 Mary's and Xeres, are said to have
the yellow fever badly, some will have ir1
that 1t IS here, as deaths have been unus,r-S
ally great. l an not of the opinion that the.
disease now prevalent is Contagious, though.
maDy are"
| ,NEw- York, January IL
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