Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-07-31
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GIBRALTAR, May IS.


| GIBRALTAR, May 10.
They write from Malaga the nth inst
The contributions do not cease and miser,
| Is extreme. However We have the conso
lation that the next crop bears the most pro
missing appearance. Few people eat bread
a great many ca, herbs and roots; ever,
day die 20 to IS persons by mere hungeI
and misery. k,ts have become in these
days a reg,ling food, and sought with de
sire. We never kncw ourselves in an e
qlal adyersity.
MURcIA, May S.
Col. Don G. Nerino, attacke d 10Th ult
between Amanda and Penaranda de la Pos;
a body of or 700 Frenchmen and sur.
rounded the m in such manner that not one
escaped. Directly after it he shot 20 TO,
every one OF the yunta Of Burg3s, who
were SO imPiously murdered in Sorio 1C
tor the Secretary OF the Intendency and al
Equal number tor every one of the oficers
wac had been sacrificed prior In the same
manner, through the barbarous fsrocity O
the enemy. immediately after the off, err,
together with the commander Of the prison
ers, wrote to the Governor of Burgos, anc
demanded to hang the infamous Spaniart
Moreno. victualllng commissary for tina
district, with the threat: that il he did no
comply, they, the mentioned commsndan
and officers would be executed-whicI
without doubt will be verified and perhsp
also with the rest of the prisoners, for ths
Leader IS opposed to spare their lives.
Concise, May 2e.
The General 10 Chief of the ed xnd Sd ar
my his the I'd inst. officially given motto
IL St. ID Iran, that he demands compe te n
satisfaction from the nearest general Of tn
enemy, tor the murder of 4 members o
The Junta of Burgos, aud if not obsainin,
that ne shoots ten prisoners for every on
| OF them. he brave Merino, after tn
success OF the i6h of April in which h,
killed by his own hands ~ OF the enemy
| surprised 400 between Lelma ADD Bavon
| the most cavalry Of " HON few escaped il
the Fl st action his boss was only 10 killet
| and wounded, one Of them exclaime d - ou
ptesetaa,ives Who are In heaven obtaine,
this victory for US" They mention from
Si,ante, the 18Th i slant of having obtaine
,mportsnt advantages 10 Cuenca, making
prize OF consideration, though they do 40
| say the date--and from Alcant the grea
Nina had taken $50 recruits, with GOO mel
who escorted them, coming from France.
DIARBo MERcANTIL, Ma, %.
Agreeable TO the last advlces from, Gaia
lonia, Gen Lacy, had fortified very higs
! mountain near Abusa & hours from Berga
on the top of the same is plain of one hou
and half, where the troops are drilled anc
tambours instructe d belonging to the arm,
whose force amounts to IS 900 in this form
1000 the garrison in Cardone: Rovira witt
1000 in Ampardum Milans with 1000 il
Arras de Mar Eroles with 1000 in Tala
ra Sarsheld with 1000 in Villa Franco de
Panadas +; Manso with 1000 in Ripoli; ant
Gay in Reus with 1000 to which ought t,
be added 1000 recruits. The English Col
Grey is raising besides the Anglo Catalan
Legion of 1000 men, giving every one [
reals de Velon, (25 cents) and they ar,
raising $4,000 men besides 10 that 10y al pro
vince.
Gazette ofthe Regency, 2sth May. II
the beginning OF the month it was told f.
certain 10 Madrid; that the 9Th regime at
(Spanish) had entered in Santander, snc
made great many prisoners it was alst
said that the Doctor, had killed from 80 4
40 of the enemy between Talavera aud A
via and that Saornil had beaten one thou
sand French near PeniarandA de Brsca
moute, of which 400 only saved themselves
\ convoy of money which Napoleon sen
to Joseph, had received orders al Bay onn,