Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-09-01

cipal chiefs of the Guerrillas, have
their forces at Leon and other pieces. -. r.,sa
epabied 10 act with greater cfcct 81, ~ 80 are
OF the enemy. var
"The forts AT Salamanca hayinp rss;.,oJ
attacks Of the, 23d, in which! genera ~ 'ue
was Killed, the artillery began to throw '~ VS.
hot sIor, on the evening Of the 26t,. aoa; 'sa
the principal convent the edifcc MAS e ~
few hours set Oh fire, and the Commando
fered 10 capitaiate.
notwithstanding various difficulties b.u
ing arisen, the smaller fort, called ST. CDr@s
no was taken by assault, and tie Other su,ra'
defed at discretion, on the mormfr r. -.
| 9Th. Seven hutdred men, which connos"1 +
the garrison, are prisoners Of war;
I" Marshal Marnont, who advanced IN e.
meantime to the fountain Of Sauce, and bas
! manocuyred with the intention Of suilound;nr
the right OF the allies, refrigerated mmedia,q
", by the road to Valladolid, retiring with n
the forces which lie bad TO the cast Of Torro
except a small garrison which he left at Za' 4
mora. The head quarters cf The British and
Portuguese army, was at Pa2sares On the s0lh
That body under the cQsnland of D'Urban,
had passed the Ella, ana presented them,
selves in front of Lenora the 25lh. On be
5th Jaly, the command Of the bay Of Cadz was
resigned to ilie English Admiral, by the Re.
gency of Spain
MURcIA, June IS.
The cnmmandant marquis has arrived IN.
der the walls of Joan. The French have
made line Of communication by land, from
Siguenneza Selling all the cattle.
CoNTAGoNA, June 90.
We are assured that Suchet has left Valen.
cia for Catalonia, with all The men he Can COL
lect; and we learn that III Farassa, gen, Lacy
has put to route one Of his divisions, taxing
bis artillery.
CADIz, July 10.
Joseph was at Madrid on the 18th of June;
he was preparing for his departure; and it
was supposed he would go to Valencia. In
Arragon, only the most necessary garrsons
remained, general Paris having gone to Cas-
tile with 5000 Infantry, and 500 horse. Suchet
had also directed his course towards Catalo-
MA (l7th May) with 5000 men. Gel. Merino
killed 60 of the emery on the 9Th, between
Nuuiel and Celada; another party III Somo-
soicrra, had surprised an escort of thiry-scycn
French.
BERGA, June Is.
The commander Of the first battalion OF ST.
Fernando Don Juan Kambau, attacked, on the
27th alt. the eneMy's garrison OF Aniot, con-
sisting of 600 men, and obliged them to shut
themselves up in the fortress Of St. Francisco,
with much loss. A strict blockade was esta-
blshed and the enemy defeated IN two at
tempts to procure water.
CoHToJENA, June Is.
General O'Donncl with 1900 men has
oone into 1LaI>.eai~1 ivrvrir,t 4ooU Ior obserYa-
ton in the line Of Murcia.
Gazette OF the Regency. 30th June. In the
array Of SouIt there are frequent desertlcnS,
and likewise that of Marmont Old Castle
i, to be the theatre OF extensive operations
The French have reconceptated thl mseves
in Grenada, and the Sd army extends itself as
far as CandlX.
SALAs, (Asturias) June 8.
We learn officially that Barcena has met
with great success in the nelghborhood of
Pola de Sierra and Laugre having defeated
the enemy, ard made prisoners three coIDpa'
MES and their officers.
CIUDAD RoDR1Go, June 27.
The report Of the encmy's troops shut up
in fort at Salamanca having surrendered is Dot
confirmed. The building of this fort has cost
them three years hard labor 1t is now SAID
that they proposed to capitulatc, and their inst
condition was that they should be permitted TO
Join themselves with Marmont. This lord
Wellington refused. He was entrcnohed ;
leagues from Salamanca. Marmont has as
senlblcd together $4,000 men, having taken
many OF them from his most important garTl-
sons.
BADAJoz, June SO.
Soult has taken refuge in Seville. The tor'
tifcations are carried On with the utmost &C
tiyity, and great quantities OF provisions COLI
lected.
ALmADEN, June II.
The French collect together and carry 10
Cordove, all the quick silver they Can get,
CoRUNNA, June II.