The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-11-17

cd by the King oi Naples the cor,,s of the
,Nmcc oi Eckmuhi. tnc Duke of ElchinSen
ann inc Huar.S n,dtcaing ON The grand Fad,
& the lett Iy the Prince Poni.liow Sky march
ing on the .cti bark Of the Osna by Vuiosk,
LouehAes, Pokrcskse, and S.uncS iao
Tn tie 2!th the enemy wishing 20 rest
On the Osma, opposite the village OF Tiehse,
took position with his rear guard. The
king OF Naples directed his cavalry on the
lex of the enemy. w.iieh amounted 20 = or
o.OCV cavalry. Several cha, ses took place.
all 10 our advantage. A battalion of the
enemy was penetrated by the 4tli rsyiuc,t
| OF Lancers. A hundred prisoners we've the
result OF this small affair. The position, of
the enemy were carried and nc was ublise d
! to quicken his retreat.
On the 2Sth the enemy WAS pursued.
he advanced guards Of three French CO.
iufnns came up with the rear Guard of the.
, enemy they exchanged several cannon shot.
ne enemy was driven every where.
General Count Caulncourt en,ered vi
asma>oh the 2Sth. Ut day-areak
/ he cretny had burned the bridges, &
set hre 70 several quarters OF tine city. Vi
asnia is a town of 5000 inhabitants there.
are aoOo burshers, merchants and artisans :
theTe are % churches.-Consi,iSrab re-
sources lii hour, soap, drugs, &c. and large
maSuzines NJ brandy were ionn;l.
ne RuSs' ans burnt the u,s.,s zines, and
the ilSest houses in the town were on fire
| at nur arrival. Twobat,sliions of the 25th
were employed with much activity in ex.;n
gushing the". We got il under and saved
three quarters OF the town. 'C,le Cossacks
before they left it committed the dreadful.
est piilags, which has made the inhabitan
bay. tha, the Russians think Viasna will be
no longer under their dominion, since they
treat 1t in SO 6arbarous a manner. All the
popuiato1 OF the towus retires upon Moscow
i. Is sand there are now one million & half
OF souls in tiat great city. They fear tine
result OF those crowds. The inhabitants
say tina General kutusow has been appoin-
ted commander III Chief of tie Russlan ar
my, and that he took the command Oh the
2Sth
= The Grand Duke Constantine, wl,o had
returned to the army, having fallen i'll, has
quilted it.
" y little rain has fallen which has laid
the dust that incomm ded the army. The
weather TO day is very hne--it will last, as
they believe. to the 10th Oct. which gives
ua still DO days campaign" 49,.
September "a.
sal. A Lisbon Mail arrived this morning
withVletters to the sth Corrunna Mail
also arrived with papers to the 10Th. Dis
patches have been received from the Mar
quis of Wellington.
The enemy had, during the absence of
Lord Wellington at Madrid, shewn addi-
tional activity in the. North, and had COL
lected in force at Valladolid under G eneral
Foy. On the 18th ult. with about 5000 in
tantry and 1900 cavalry, he withdrew, the
garrison OF Toro, and increased his force
to about $4,000, moving in the direction OF
Benevento. Other movements were made
by the enemy's force at Burgos. ...c
The Marquis of Wellington, therefore,
with that promptitude and judgment which
form such prominent features of his tharac-
ter, immediately resolved to proceed him
self to he Dou"o and interrupt the enemy's
views. He accordingly ordered force to
be rllected at Arevalo, and on the Ist inst.
left M adrid hims If to direct its movements
in person. On the 18th. our troops marchcA
from Arev.lo and passed Douro ON the oh,
at the torcs OF tlereros and FL Abrajo.
he whole Of the remains Of the army of
Portugal were collected on the 9th, between
Vailadolid & Tordesillas, their advanced
guard being at CasIeriega. On the 7th our
troops marched forward * entered Vallado-
I'D. lheienemy rr'ired & crossed the Pisuer-
ga, blowing up the bridge, followed close
by Colonel Pnsonby win part of the 18Th
dragoons. They reiterated along the right
OF the river - Duenas.
lhe Corrunna Papers talk of AN intended
attack by lord Warrington upon Burgos.
But our accounts make no mention of any
such intention, though it Is not improbable.
General 10y finding Astorga had surren
dered returned to the Esla, and marched
upon Carvajales, with the view of Cutting
oil the Portuguese Militia employ ed under
the Condo d'Amaranthe in the Blockade f
Zaniera, but the ConIe made pnol his retreat
to the Portuguese frontier. His conduct is
highly spoken of. General Foy carried with
bin the garrison Of Zamora OIL the 29th
ult. and marched for Tordesillas, between
which and ValladClid, as we have already |
said, the remains of the army of Portugal |
were collected on the 9th and afterwards |
compelled to retire to Ducnas.
General Villa Campo has taken 1000 men |
and two guns they had evacuated Guenea |
alter the surrender of the Retro.
Joseph Bonaparte is Continuing his march |
upon Valencia.
he latest accounts from. General Matt |
land were OH the oath August.
we have no later nor more detailed ac-
counts OF Scult's moVements--He is collect
ting all his troops al Cordovado-but it is |
doubtful whether he will retire towards |
The Eastern part of Spain and endeavor to
JOIN Suciet, or enGeavor to maintain him
self in the mountainous district to the North
OF the .Gaudalquiver: Suchet does not seem
to be making any movement to approach
nearer to him--on the contrary he has re
tired towards San Felipe, with the intention
OF passing the Xnear, and evacuating Va
lencia.
The Lisbon Papers say that General
80 afD 81. cp.t. IL.