Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-11-19

.,s..ter ofthis city which in vain the,
attempted t. defend.
LoxA, Sept. 6.
r did not lose a moment after the
.uccesses Of Anteguera, and made "a
very rapid movement with 5 battali.
an. and a division Of cavalry, and
fell upon the emmy atahis place yea.
terday morning, and surprised him
atthe break of day which obliged him
to commence hot action which cost
him very dear; every body in this
town was surprised that handful Of
men should pursue and harrass for
the space Of s leagues, an enemy,
corps of 5000 mon and 1000 horse,
not letting them have a moment'sre.
pose. My troops are little fati.
sued with the exertions they have
lately made, but are impatient to 20
in pursuit of soult in his retreat, and
az their desires correspond with mine
YOU may rest assured we shall no.
lose moment in getting into con.
tact with them.
MADRID, Sept. IL.
Marmont's army, after the battle
Of Arapiles, was reduced TO Is or
el,O0O men, Of which great many
were disarmed, and there are Up.
wards of 4 or 5000 in the hospitals;
the remainder have been formed in.
TO three divisions, and their total er.
fectiye force amounts to 1900 in.
fantry and 1900 horse, With 80 peicss
of artillery. The troops were sent
to relieve the sarrisons at Toro and
Zamora., expecting by this move
ment to save Astorga, but tieirplan
was frustrated as those places had
surrendered Sc hours before tho
French approached. and the troops
which garrisoned them were taken
prisoners and sent TO Corunna--sinc<
which the Frenchmen skamefnlly
fly at the sight of = division Of the
combined army; and Away. benefit
ofsome opening to make their escape
so that these mighty conY,Ierors in
their operations now resemble more
a SET Of bandittiN ilan solliers.
General Villacampa Inns taken tue
French garrison, which evacuated
Cue6ea after the capitalization Of
Madrid they amount to 1000 men
and two pieces Of artillery.
SEVILLE. eth Aug.
SIR the have satisfaction fan
nouncing to your excellency, that.
the troops of general Cruz Murgeou
and which were detached from Ca
dix under my orders, attacked Sc
vile ard carried it by assault this
morning. Jhaven no time to give you
further particulars for the present,
as I am busi!y occupied in restoring
order and tranquility. The enemy's
force was considered. and lis loss On
that occasion very great.
(Sisnsd) j. Is. SkERRET.
SIR r. LiILL.
Eatract OF despatch from Col.
.Nerino, to the Gen. IN chief, don
Louis lacy.
VILLA FRANCA. Aug. 25th.
SIR have been able 10 execute
the orders Of your excclleney agree
able 70 your desire. Being situated
with my part of the forces in the vi
cinity of 81. Felice, l have taken 100
Vandals who were going from Bar.
celona. They attempted to escape
to the mountains, bat they were all
taken by my Caeadores.
(SiSneO JOSEF MERINO.
Santiago de Gallicia, Sept. 8.
Gen. Renoyales has achieved q
glorious victory over the enemy, on
the 9Th ult. by completely defeating
gen. Souiier who commanded q co.
lumn of $1,000 men. The eDemy's
loss in killed. wounded and prisoners
is very considerable. Gen. Nina in
all the month Of August, has ocea-
stoned a loss to the enemy ofupwards
of 1000 men.
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