The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-12-08

movements Of which are combined with
those OF the army os the Duke of balm alta,
have thrown evident uncertainty into the
clans of the enemy. The expedition UNI
der General Maitland. which landed ut
Alicant, and which hoped To be able tn
,narci forward, has hcen driven under the
bate ics Of that fortress by the army Of
the Dake OF Alp'.frrn. tn ,his have been
coniined The operations Of this corps Of the
Saenv, Oh which tacu par;1ans had bull;
great hopes al succesS.
Octo6er 5.
CAPTURE OF DURGOS.
We published in Il src~nh edition of the
Globe IN Saturday the following rclesru-
phic Message received. from Plymouth -
"A Packet arrived ar Fslmouih-Wel-
lington before Snrgos expected hourly 10
surrender--2O00 prisoners taken"
The Marquis of Weiliugtoa's dispatches,
containing the details ut the military ope-
ration,, announced in this message, were
br,ug 1t by a kms's Messenger, ana rccei-
we'd ;.r the War Office this morning, and
will! be published this day in all Extra
ordinary Gazette.
The dispatches came by the Manchester
Packet, Elphinst"ne, which arrived OH Fri
day evening at Falmouth, in five days from
'~Corrunna. They are dated Burgos the 2lst
September, on which day the ,.ordship had
his headquarters in that city. His Lord
ship attacked the VIZ rks of the place on the
18th, and carried them. with the loss of IA
bout 400 English and Portuguese, in killed
and wounded. The egiment which sut
feretl most, is the 42d Highlanders. Major
Pierre point, who is ia the list OF killed, re-
ccived muskct ball III his breast. The
French, who were driven out, were pursu
ed on the road towards Vittoria ; but gar
J'ison of 1000 renamed i'll fort Oil the
&c ~. -. (,..f k,
tackled ON the 22d, and no doubt was enter
tained Of its being carried, and the garrison
made prisoners.
The French who were at Bilboa, left it
ON the 9th, and were understood to have
jained those who had been driven from Bur-
gOs, at Vittoria.
Nothing had been heard at Burgos, of
Massena, nor of the $4,000 reinforcement
from France, which have Emadc such a fl
gure in some of the papers.
The Corrunna mail ariIYed this morning
brought letters and papers to the Goth inst.
Massena has arrived in spain, but he has
not brought any -reinforcemen,s. The
French are said to have evacuated BORA,
near Lerida and Tarragona, both in Cata-
lonia.
The St. Albaus, Captain Devonshire, OH
Saturday, arrived off Falmouth, from lis
bon, with French prisoners for Plymouth
T;sford's. The Marshal was at Cintra; and
we are happy to SAY nearly recovered of
his wounds. We have about 5000 sick and
wounded at Salamanca, who receive the
kindest attention, and are recovering last.
"A reinforcement of 5000 men had landed at
Lisbon. and marched to join the army.
1t was believed, that when Lord We'll
lingtpn should have cleared the French
from Burgos (where General Castanos W es
a Snz Oh iviS \ he ee6
10 the southwark, and CO operate with Ge
nerals Hill and Maitland, against Soult,
>sSachet, and Joseph Bonaparte.
a mail from -Gottenburg arrived last
night with letters and papers to the c4th
instant, but they bring no news. Dispatch
ss by TIE same conveyance was received at
the Admiralty frcm Sir James Saumarez
which were Immediately forwarded to Mr.,
Farrow. They are calculated to abats
something ofthe alarm created by the 18th
Bulletin. The French did not advance an
inch from the field after the late severe bat
tie of Moskwa.
BY the Ann packet, which arrived ON
Friday evening at Falmouth, IS days from
the Leward Islands. We are sorry to learn
that the West India Islands begin to feel a
scarcity of provisions
Saturday, on the contents of the 18th
bulletin being known the Stocks fell, and
Consols were done at 81 ID. they however
su ,sequent by-recovered, and rose to So, but
left OFF at 81 7-8, as did Omnium at 3-4
October 6.
The Gazette of this day contains dis
patch from Lord w. &. Bentick, dated
Palermo. 31st August 1912; confirming
accounts before received Of the destruction
oi several large armed vessels at Petra Ne
ro. unGer the command of Captain Rober
Hall /; of the capture of three vessels by II
M >. Unite, of the destruction of IL sail
or trading vessels. And Gazette Ex-
traordinary the same evening, containing the
~ owing important intelligence -
DEFEAT & SURRENDER OF THE A
MEXICAN ARMY:
With great satisfaction we announce the
receipt of official intelligence, of which tn e
substance is contained i'll the following bal
lctin /:
"War Department, Oct. 6.
Captain Coore has arrived at this Office,
with dispatches from Sir George Provost
announcing the surrender of Gen. Hull and
MS whole army, amounting to 25 90 men,
a prisoner of war, and capture of Fort
Detroit. and SO pieces of cannon. The Bril-
tish loss was extremely small. not exceed
ing three killed and thirteen wounded
amongst the latter are captain Muir, of the
Royal Artillery, and Lieutenant Sutherlan nd
OF the 4ist regiment.
The following letter has been sent to
l. I'll Mayor
"War Department, Oct. 6.
NJ