Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-01-03

] a'n' most humble and most devoted
sssant, Sc tps Fnnire.
! = 49, Count SUcHET.
camp d Murviedro,
o ct 90, 1911
.s,ene highncss the prince Of Wa
Joni, ., and Neufchatel, vice constable.
xy Lord, left the arr
h' league from Valencia, and returned
by = n;esbt to my camp of Muryiedro.
n,,sg the battle rlle.breach had pecn mefs5
lssseryed some hours OF hrlng would
ls heen sufficient TO render It practlcaoie'
h'.: US Of importance to profit by tbs VIC
Ous : .,;,,sd suHder the eyes OF a whole garii-
sO'd car vo,lt ri ghness knows that the iliso-
son t =; UPON which Sagnntum IS built,
NV , md the whole plain. wrote to.thc go
The enclosed letter; in which, alter
's,'; ;Ss,;or him of what he had Witnessed IN
iIS, pstf,r' I offered to him to send two Off
w.. n order 10 convince himself OF the re-
~ The French army had obtained. Att
s .a,s.t in The norning of the Goth, my dis
o.' sS ,sas received and lieutenant colonel
ps's s,;legv was ordered to bring me the re-
-. - cane OUT with difhculty, all the out
r. ~ - he Tort being wailedop, i caused him
W. - conducted to generals Caro- and Al
" i the midst of the officers and all the
prisoners. g.,
IT, was no longer permitted to doubt OF the
"a &c this battle. He re-eptered the Tort,
S1d.t FIVE O'Clock in the evening he came with
an so,o,,el of tie regiment Of Don Carlos, to
49, me the resolution of the governor of the
'ar,;son. to acceptof my conditions. con-
ss.,sd TO the annexed capitalization and at 9
selock in the evening, the brigadier Andri-
AMI s superior officers, and asp men defiled
enough ,, the breach, laid down their arms and
! mir of colors, and were conducted prisoners
to Maryiedro.
W. found in the place IL bouches feu,
soooOo cartouches, 1000 lbs. English pow
der 5000 bulls, and $500 English mnskets,
&C. have the honor to transmit detailed
i accout Of them to your highnes, as we'll as
i that Of the provisions.
4 The difficulties conquered by genius, in
\ IN order to dig III the rock, a road tor arulie
) ~, and make some approaches upon the on
4 II accessible point Of the forts of. Saguntu.n;
4 the labors of the artillery for the establish
mentoftheir batteries, all founded upon points
4 Of rocks, Glled up with earth brought from a
dishRce--all these labors performed under a
very brisk fire, tlo honor to the colonel of en-
sineers, Henry, who has displayed constan-
lev and uniform activity, as we'll as to the chefs
&ds battalion Of artillery, Capelle and Charu,
who took a considerable share in them.
have the. nonor to transmit TO you the
views and the Plaas Of the forts, and a detailed
NrsportSof the extraordinary labofs which were
performed in opening aroad to them. The
task was very p.mfuf; it would have been
stilmoge. so ifthe enemy had had time toarm
the forts with "a Founders.
Il Thus Joining the prisoners taken at the
battle Of the 25th, to the garrison of Sagun-
tnm, | send to France, In three columns,
I'll prisoners, more than 500 of whom are
officers, sc.
Ian, with respect, my lord, your serene
N hshness' most obedieDt servant,
COUNT SUCHET,
the marshal of the empire.
Attic camp Of Mnrviedo,
a7th Oct. 1871.
r s. have also the honor to address to
your nlghness, the reports of the generals of
Engineers, Vallee and Rognist.
10 be contiaaed.