Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-01-03

took place onbotl sides general AIomh
with the lothof the line, supported thc i
they fight with fury, the enemy defend i,
selves in the houses of ppzoI, from The,
dows and the roofs; d corps of Spanish -,
ry endeavors to turn our troops and edo.
upon the grea. road from Valencia. IT,
neral OF cavalry Dciort, receives an o,ds5
fall upon the enemy with the 24tI, of trac@
he executes it with the utmost brayerp
drives them beyond Albalate, without 80 =
ing himselfto be stopped by the fire Of
raj battalions in ambuscade--ne takes =.
the road, howitzer, 4-ponnder, and "a
nor,iers. Meanwhile the enemy. aItbors
nv far extended, still defended tho ,reeis4
Puzol, and had not abandoned The hciats
Puch. The 10th of the line CHARGES
from street to street, and pursues item LII
ly the 5th light surrounds roo VEIN
guards, and makes them liy down Their .,AI
4 Gen. Clopiski to whom l lad estrusrd
right, soon perceived, tlrat it was iiapor,,.
not suffer himself to be out-tiankea.- ~
dered gen. Robert to attack and pprsn@ !.
troops of Obizpo * Miranda. Thu osn.
made several successful! charges win the;
fantry, tie ! f4th and lst of the Vis,ul, f..
well, and wcrc not .ohg in rcpulsine tie 81
my. Then general Chlopiski, with tie .ll%I
and the Napoleon dragons took eIo,.
part in the success Of the centre. Tba
mel of dragons, Schiarette, at the head ,fsl
brave regiment, breaks through three Of Il
enemy's battalions, and makes 800 prison.
Instantly the hussars, cuirassiers, and the \,
poleon dragons are on the same field ofb,
tie they destroy every corps cf cavalry i,
presents itself, break through all the sous,,I
that the enemy endeavor to form, and cm.l
the ground, for the space of two leagues wi
arms and killed, and collect 5000 prisoD,rl
among whom aTe $50 officers. Generals Al
rispe, Boussart, and Chlopiski, by nv o,del
press upon the enemy without giving him resi-
Notwithstanding they succeed in forniu,
themselves behind Betera, by the help Of
deep ravine. We are stopped for some time,
the infantry not being able to keep pace vii \
the rapid march of the cavalry. After thet|
arrival, the enemy seek for safety only il
flight.
had given some repose TO the troops
Generals Habert and PalembiiN | ORDER
the latter to march into the pEaiu beyond It'd
village and the heights of Puch, with his Id
lians and the Sd OF Visit uIa, while gen. H9b=|
should attack in front the height of PudE
which Blake himself defended with his NJ
serve and pieces of Cannon. The chet%I
battalion, Passelac, with battalion OF the I'd
arrives first upon the platform that The t.
my occupied while gen. Montmare forcai
on the left; the enemy flies in disorder h
five pieces are taken, and II Is nnlley the POI
lection of the English vessels that thsa
troops take shelter. Then The English fsa
that since morning had come to take part 4
the battle, Performs at the same time wild
their allies, a retreating moyement to ii
Grao de Valencia.
The loss OF the enemy in killed, woUnj]
and prisoners, exceeds $500 men, Oh our SID
VIC have had 1913 killed, Of whom 20 are OH
GERS, and 596 wounded, of whom 40 are oS
GERS. Among the latteris gen. Paris vAot|
received ball through his leg The cid
d'escadron Barbe, of the 4th hussars, whobl
been wounded in the arm the aides de c@r
Peridon, of general Harispe Brard, CT g:.
Habert. The young Debuly, aid de campo
gen. Montnarie, has had an arm shot GIL
he is brave officer, for whom | shd.. cI1'
the special favor of the emperor. M. ir
quercau, aid de camp of general Paris, b.
been wounded. I have also been woapca
in the shoulder by ball. General Iion"
RE has received several Commissions and ga
shots in his clothes. General Harrispe III
bad two horses killed under him. ColoOa|
Christophe and Mesclop have also had ilGI
horses killed under them. Tie brave C2loeI
Gudin, of the 26th of the line, though be VI
been severely wounded under s..gun'ia||
would not quit the head Of his regiment
All the troops of the army, my lord, "'I
contended with each other which should scF'l
the emperor best in this battle they tOu5,,
Z hours, and followed up the victory ''1
night. Y
| have been particularly satisfied with =
constant zeal which my aids and staff have o'1
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