Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-09-30
LONDON. Arg. IS.
Ce3sfPLE'TE COF:kMAu n
sss9Sir ypfyE GREAT VICTORY.

LONDON. Arg. IS.
cDsfPI,ETE COF:RMATI n
sep ,FHE GREAT VICTORY.
With feelings of the deepest ex-
ultat;on. we are cow enabled to lay
before cur readers intelligence which
places one of the greatest Victories
that ever WAS achieved by British
arms, beyond the possibility of all
doubt Whatever. And what rarely
;,appens indeed, the first accounts
50 FAR rrom exaserating the aasnl,
tude Of the victory. have underatcd
it. But we will rot detain our read
ers from the happy confirmation.
Early tnis morning Gentleman,
who we believe landed at Tenhy, ha-
wing been driven in there by contra
~ winds. arrived in town with a let
ter from Gen. i'rant, the Governor
Of Onorto, to Col. l'orrens. Secreta-
ry to bis Royal Eishncss the Com
mandcr il Chief
Substance o. lie letter from Gen.
Trdnl'o Coz Torrc,,s.
.tooRro, July so.
T";e Ger. begins by stating
that he hopes he shall not DO deem
ed to have gone beyond his duty, in
transmitting tie account of a s'eri-
GUS victory. before. perhaps, the OF
fetal dispatches from Lord Yelling
ton, by the way OF Lisbon may bavc
reached this country.
6" lie then informs the Colonel,
that he has received Tie intelligence
f,sm the Governor 0f 4Aimeida, {"
whom it had been communicated
hvI.ord Clinton, vi o passed through
deere on the 25tl, for Lisbon with
the official dispatches.
:. That on the 22d, Lorl We'l:ng-
ton. who had retreated across the
Yormes to TIC neiShborhood oi sala-
manca, drawing the enemy after him
brought them to battle and gave
s;cnaI deieat-that he drove theM "a
cross the Tormcs, pursuing them
closely, and that cur cavalry had O.
vertalien, ard had another severe &C.
ton, in which the French were a
gain defea:cd-that prisoners were
coming into Salamanca hourl THAT
the French bad two Generals killed
and 4 wounGed-that their total loss
is upwards Of 1900 men, several
eagles. and nineit en- pieces Of can
non. Hl#,m0u; bad los, his arm.
Since writing the above We have
received the following Bulletin
BULLETIN.
"HoRsG GUARDS. Aug. Is, 1879.
" A letter Was this morning re-
ceiyed by col. Torrens, from Sir
Nicholas Trant, dated Oporto, s0th
july. in which lie mentions that
Lord Clinton had been dispatched
from the Army on tie 25th for Lis
hon, with an account Of Lord Vel
iirstcn having obtained a decided
victory over Marshal Marmont, on
the ED Of the same month.
lie British army had arrived at
Arisciics, followed by the enemy.
Lord Wellington. seeing favorable
opportunity, hauited his columns, &
attacked with such yigour. at 5
O'Clock in the afternoon, as 70 oEi;;.e
the French to recross the Iormes
in the greatest confusion. and had
not night come on the whole of Mar
mont's army must have been destroy
ed. They lost ~ pieces of cannon,
4 Generals, and 1000 prisoners
Marmont lost IN arm, and Bonnet
said to he killed. and i other Gene
rails wounded. The number of pri-
soners taken is said to exceed 10, Zoo
some say $4,000 men, but it is GER
tain that 1000 had already arrived
on the 26th al Tenebron.
On the following day the esd the
heavy cavalry came up with q consi-
derable column of the enemy, and
took a great many prisoners. One
German heavy regiment took Sc
venteen hundred.
" Our loss is estimated at about
$500.