Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-01-15

der one Of tie towers ofthe Castle
commandsnt SURRENDERED at d;sctet,ss' &c
800 men. Next day Ballestercs "a
with his bands, hut 1t was too late rpea
obliged 10 retire.
Colonel Rignoux, taking adyantqse !,
march of Baliestercs upon Alcala, A., y
towards Ximena with 1900 men; bnf > s' 1
teros was already returned 'rhc jfsu. aAa
though they eut-nambered our co,pmIst
to one, could make no impressic.. ar,o, !,
were constantly repuIscsl. HS
Our loss amuuntcd to 10 men tl,,
wounded, and, Is made prisoners.
whom was the colonel ofthc 4th rcsim sae
the Vistula. On the 2sth one br;o ,slet
marched upon Ximena; ard tlspos,;1orns. '
made for the siege of Tariff.
ARMY OF THE CENTRE
General Darmagnac is posted at Cno,.
The inhabitants have returned to tbe;r ' Nv
and the province is restored to s, '.l
peace.
On the 18th of October it was rcnor,.,
Madrid, that marshal Souchet had en,'
Valencia.
ARMY OF ARRAGON
Report of marshal count Souchet 10 HE l.
ness the Prince of Neufchatel and Wa. sp'
maior-general. V'D'
Monseigneur-After the defeat Of 0b;u
on the Soth of September, | was info
that generals ODonnell, ViIacampa and
Juan. had collected 5000 infantry and ~ I
horse, at the Carthusian monastery of p.
Cell. In the night Of the lst of October /,
out with three regiments of the division
rispe, the brigade Hobert, and 700 boxs
We encountered the enemy's advanced ens
at Betera; it made some resistance t &,
but though supported by 800 dragon, 1
was soon overthrow by the hussars Of a
4th, and some voltigeurs of the 7th Of T.
line.
At one in the afternoon we perceived !.
enemy's camp at La Puebla da B nagD,,a
their troops drawn up in two lines, annouc%
the intention of defending themselves. (,s|
nerals Harispe and Paris, at the head of ,,|
9TH of the battalions, charged the eDemr
broke them, and threw them into ccnplete
rout. The difficulty Of the ground interse,t|
ed with bitches, prevented rs from collecdn|
great number of prisoners, and gave ODc;
mel! time to strengthen hir1seIf On the heglg
in the rear Of the Benagn24iI. | ordered o
neral Harispe TO march against him, while 4.
neral Paris, or the left, pursued some pnga
of the enemy towards Riba.oia. Scarcelyhl
general Harlspe arrived at bensgnaci vmI
the enemy retpeated in great haste. OIL
thousand horse, Of thu Dragons of NumaGlI
Of the Macstranza, and of Vaienci,, then ma.
their appearance iii the plain. Col. Cbt
topic, commanding the 4th regiment om,
sars, formed two Of his squadrons in colunt
and che in battalion, charged them within
petuosity. This mass was overthrawn ai
put to flight; more than 100 men were killed
and IS taken, with two officers and l00mai
one party of these people fed towards Gisat|
gar, and another precipitataig crossed til
Gaudalquaver, at Villaiaarclante. In tb|
affair we had about 80 wounded, AID Is ho@|
es killed or wounded, which were imnedate
ly replaced. General Paris and maj. DusE
of the 9TH had their horses killed under then
Lemperiere, chief of squadron Of the vi
hussars; lieut.. Schmitz of the same reglmefi|
and captain Gaury, of the voltigeurs Of tr|
9TH distinguished themselves by their lnA'
pidity.
Alter having driven the enemy beyond is
Gaudalquaver, | have secured his con'PtE
dispersion. / am now about to push VIII
CELEBRITY the works Of the siege of MuIVF
dro.
Blake has remained in Valencia, the tTs'
gull spectator of two combats, in which th'
divisions of his army have been defeated
Some peasants had endeavored to iom
assemblage at Onda and Lucera; MeNFI
chief of battalion of the l2lst killed l%'
chief, with about $50 of his people, and "
persed the rest; these villages are occup''I
and restored to tranquility.
The garrison of the fort of Penlscoa
tempted a sally on the lst instant, ana W.
one piece of cannon attacked our adVaI.'
post at La Vendee; the chief OF ba'Iaa
Ronfor, of the ! 18th, in consequence aaS4a
ed to support the post the enemy Wa'