Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-04-27

head. quarters AZ rrssHcua
reira Fori,, in which he acquaints him,
that the enemy under Gen. Foy, with a
body Of 1900 infantry & 100 cavalry at
tempting to surprise the post OF Bear
occupied by Sir Rowland Hill, were re-
pulsed with considerable loss and pur-
sued by two REGIS. of Portuguese Chas-
seurs under the command OF Lieut.. COL
Harrison. The enemy at length took re:
fuge in Beneyente, where they had gar
rison of from S to 5000 men.
PANcoRBo, Jan. Il.
A CONVOY of SO carriages filled with
several families under an escort OF 500
foot and 800 horse, passed from Vito
ria to Bargos.
ELcHE, Feb. 5.
The allied army, under the command
Of the English Gen. Clogell, consists OF
1000 English and 600 cavalry with a
bsut 90 pieces of artillery with their
train. and brigades of about 10000 ntan-
,,v and cavalry of Sicilians, Calabflans,
Noapolitans and Germans. The diVi-
sion of Wellington is composed OF 5000
Infantry and 400 horse, with squadron
Of artillery.
BEReA, February S.
Gen. Milans attacked, 2lst ult 1000
French in Arens de Mant, the tre was
kept up during hours when the enc
my being reinforced by $500 men, we
were obliged to retire. The loss OF The
enemy was considerablr-5 killed aud
10 wounded Was the loss on our side.
The amount of the French who have
left Spain for their cbun,ry by the jon
quira already amount to 5000 men. In
Rossettdan several bodies OF conscrlpts
only resist the Gems d'Armes.
TERRoL, Feb uary 10.
Our army extends their cantonments
from Asturias to Montinedo and Tuy; 1t
is composed OF $4,000 men exclusive OF
the reserve. The armies avs recruited,
and the youths aye to assemble IN the
capitsl-bvt we arc in need OF clothes
and arms.
CoRuNNA, Feb. 10.
The French on evacuatins Santander
took with themin hard money 10000 dol.
lars, levied upon the Inhabitants, ara IN
other effects 200 Wagon loads fnil; their
march was towards Burgos, by the Is
cada.
FEB l3-It is reported that the enc
my have abandoned Lantona.
SANTIAGO, February Is.
1t is s.certained that the energy mere
concentrated themselves in great nur.-
bers abnutSale,., anca--'o which clrCum~
stance tie delay of the English and Pcr-
tuguese in Braganza in marching, is at
trIbated.
0RAJo, February -.
A convoy of 500 Wagons from Va
lencia, entered Ma6rid-some Of Souit's
troops have advanced as far as Cuenca.
The amount OF the hostile army Iii Por-
tugal, is 3S,70S infantry and 3,265 horse.
ALIcANT, February "a.
The enemy have weakened their line
by Suchet's sending reinforcements to
Saragossa On tie 5th they entered Co.
pentcs, sacked the Whole city, burnt rs
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from whence they =. oceed at day-aI eak.
On the oh they entered NaraJuel
where they burnt one house aid plum
dered many; bet this was nothing to their
behaviour atXaiaree from which they
took three hundred households of eve.
~ kind of grain, leaving the inhabitants
entirely stripped, the sack OF this city
continued Is hours--at ID the evening
they returned to Xarajuel, aud not con-
tent with its plumber, breke AID destroy.
ed every article that came under their
hands, they hung six countrymen on tho
oaks and pine trees whom they met in
the mountains.
CIuDAD ReDRIGo, Feb. IS.
General Boyer sacked at the begin
ming of the month the village of Fillalon,
carrying off 400 Wagons of wheat, 900
Of merchandise, and burning all that
they could not carry of with about SO
houses, and put to the sword 2 molten
sive inhabitants.
Situation Of the Stanish Armies.
First Hrmy,-General Lacy, $4,000
men, has complete command of the
Province of Catalonia, headquarters
within six miles of Tsrragona, OH which
place an attack is expected.
Second .4rmy.-Gen. Flo, about ls,
900 men, headquarters at Alicant, occu-
pics the lines of the Province of Murcia,
and division of the same is extended
as far as La Mancha.
Third Army-Gen. O'Donnell, head !
quarters at Cordova; this army occupies |
the provinces Andaiusia, part Of Murcia
and Estremadura, calculated to amount
to IS ,oco men; this army has besides,
body of reserve in Seville, under Gene
raj Cruz, of about 10000 men more.
Fourth army Gen. Castanos, head
quarters atAstorga, is composed of about
10000 men, occupies the northern pro-