Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-11-30
BOSTON, NJ u.
--latest, from LISBON.

received file Of LISBON papers t" tho
.Il.n Of Oct.
rne last adyices from Lord yelling
,nn army con6rn the report, that as
.o,n as the RAINY season hal passed, toe
xnole would ,uarch forward iato FrAncx
rhe tora Of Opnia was battered on the
18th Sspt. and stor ned and carried the
.l.uing night the garrison retreated to
"a. castle, which was closely Invested.
such,, had retired over tho, Llobreeat,
,eac Barcelona; but the allied operations
a that quarter wore retarded by toe
,candoloas i,aprovidepce of the Spanish
c,rn,ni.sariat in not furnishing the AK
MES with supplies. Lord Bentlck hal
been compelled to retire from Villa
Franco to r,rrasoua, but Suchet had In
a,s turn re,rcatsd: add there were no
Preach in Spain, excspt IN teS fortlh-
ii places, which cannot hold out SIX
weeks.
Panoeluna in the North and Denla
ia the South continued closely oeslssed
aad warmly bombarde''.
TRANSLATION.
LISBON Oct IL.
Hi. Excellency Don VI. P Forjaz,
Pr-.do1, of the Regency, has received
4 Despatch from me Duke of Victoria,
lord Wc'iinYson) lated,
Had Quarters, Lrsacd,
S htem6cr IS, 1918
CT hare the nonor 70 transmit tor the
,,for nation Of your exccllency, the copy
If 4 repor, dated the l5th aud l7,n INST
ghich | have received from 1t. Gen.
ord ". Bentick; BY which It will be
,.en, that mis- vanguard, commanded by
~. A IAN. gas attacked On the i9th
inst in r:,rta lie ,slrdal, by coasidsra.
Ne force, and ths, hA :%%--s ::2a"c.l oV ne
oe,si,y to retire, with the loss Of le"T
pieces IF artillery. I trust' that the loss
Of men on his side has MOI b"en sfea J;
oae No returns have been rece'Seo tr'n
he corp. which sustained the actian. IL
give. no great satisfaction TO lnio'fa
rnur ExceIlency that the regiments OF
B4daiaz, Of Csdiz sharp.shoaters, OF tho
VJlunteers Of Arragon. forming bril-
.ade Of the ID army, conmanded by &C.
neral Sarsield, and the other Spanish
troops which were engaged, conducted
,dtnirably we'll: as did ths ID battalion
:,fthe s7tn British regt The Calabrian
light infantry. four companies OF the
harp shooters Of the 4th regt Of the
German Legion, and the rsgt. of Roll.
f. consequence of this success, Lord
w. Be,stick retired to the vicinity OF
T.rrseona and the enspy It'll under.
.,o.d rep.ssed the Elobregas about the
same tine; 80,
Since I ADDRESSED your exscsllency in
my las, dispatch no event OF an extra ra.
ordinarv nature has secured IN The par'
81 the army ander nv commend.
(Sigoed) WELLlNu, 'n
Here folio VS. the reports Of " Ben
tick. Ire first is dated 18th ssp'' rom
T.rrscoha, and states that on the 5'a no
advanced to Villa Franco; thai n h'n
been deceived by reports, that Shche,
had sent large ds,achmeDts 10 france
after provisions and that The scattered
.;tuat;on Of the troops favored the oe'
ce,tion Tina, on he nth Sucbet shh-
denly collected i2.o0o men at M"rbas
del Rev, and on the nigh OF the l2th
attacked his advance gon'd, pn .'H al
the pass Of Orlal, and c.mpsnded ~
Col. Adam, with whom was some pat
talions Of Gen Sars6eld's divisions that
the advanced guard was compcsled 10
retreat before this superior force, ana
lost two s Founders, and four pieces OF
,nour.ed artillery. That he could not
bring force equal to that of the French
attack, as he had been forced to iea'e
behind at Reus and Walls, the division
of Gen. Withipgham, for want of pro-
ri,ion. AID means of transportation
That Gen. SarsfeId's division ~es With
oat subsistence, which Circumstance
rendered it impossible for bin Lord d.
tn .ske advantage Of any circumstance
Mat oIehearise: That he put his army VI
retreat: But lhat being close pursued y
the French curiassiers and dragons NJ
ordered tbem 10 be charged; which wa
executed with so much gallantry sy th'
British cavalry, that thoueb sunersor
nos, than one half Of those who pnrsnH'
we're destroyed. Aud that he arm
.ithout further loss reached Tss mgon'
IN the 18th. The oiher repnrt. IS a
f5}lows:
up. S Sept. l7-.l have hi. mnssr
rcceived natice, thst the spemy lett Y =
Is Franco this mnrrip.-; and Lave r.
urned, by the Moriins A'eI Ecy, over tht
Llobregak