The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-02-19
FOREIGN.

.Nezp- York, FED. g.
From St. Jago de Cuba.-By the arrival
Yesterday afternoon of the schr. Banyer
Forbes, in II days FROM St. Jago de Cuba,
we have received Jamaica papers to the
Sth of January. Selections from them fol-
low:
Madrid Gazette Extraordinary of .Wov. Is.
On the 10th inst. the ok SO much Re
sired by the troops under the Marquis OF
Wellington, was carried into sffact. When
the Frerln perceived the allied troops had
advanced to the lines, they abandoned sev-
eral fortified positions. The attack became
general CT the side of Vera, and the army
Of Preserve obtained possession of redoubt,
inwhich they took 600 prisoners.
In the mean time, some bodies of GueriI-
las, with artillery, kept the enemy engaged
on the side of lrup, 10 which the troops
we're kept in ambush all the day, without
entering into action, until they knew the
Fate of the attack on the right
On the same day the aided army gained
considerable advantages Oh the side of We
ia, and the French, seeirg their flank turn
ed, abandoned their redoubts & Notifications
at eleven at night.
- Our troops entered C'bur,a, s.. Juan de
a.uz, hscain, and other villages on the 1Ith,
which they occupy.
Onthe 10Th they continued pursuing Ihe
French, and it is said tac division Ct Lon
ga had advanced within = league of Bay
onne.
Eight hundred and forty~two prisoners
were made on tho 1irh, arnorg whom. was .
colonel and 3 oflirers. ii is believed Il Z
number taken along the whole line amount d.
ed to 5000, among whom were the battal
ions who laid down their arms.
Field Marshal the Duke OF C:udad Rodri
20 published, On the Ilth, a procla nation to
the FLOWING effect;
"On en'e ing your territory, announce
to you that j have given the strictest ord rs
10 avoid the evils attendant on the invasion
OF hostile army an invasion which you
nov To be the consequence Of the ats Of
your government In, S, ain, and Of the pro
sress of the allied AMY uader my orders
sc IL may rest assured, that these or
Gers will be CARR: d iatn execution, and J
desire you nay arrest and cOntuct to my
headquarters ali who, contrary 10 those
orders, may have been guilty of auv outrage.
In fine, remain in your Houses, and take no
operations in the war. of which your country
likely to be the theatre.
LLrTGTON."
In the tent Of che Ct the French General.
was found one of the Paris Moniteurs IF The
seth uit. in which were described the late
successes in the North, in terms which to
not leave the smallest doubt of the total de-
:trocton Of tAe French armies Of the North
and that the Emperor Naroleon is arrived
at the last stage of his power; the yer,
troops who were the support of his dynasty,
having abandoned him.
MhDHIn. Nov. 60.
Tire Anglo~Lusitansns occupy the line
leagues on this side of Bayonne, and the
ponto Of ST Juan de Lug. By new DISPOSE
tioa Ct the Marquis Wellington, the Spanish
f,F !, q.
winter-quar:ers at Fuerterabis, q a9zun
Sal 5. bsst al * Hermann. ]. appears that
Cen. Moril'o $ in the val ey of Bassan.--
inis has g'veI ti>e TO cayiilinS IN many whc
gre ignorant 1t tie action ii Ele toDoera.
phical situation ct the cncntry which the
allied troops occupy, Of the i. zeal state and
Condition. and Of tie pla,. settled by the
c7Fnmaeder in cAicf, so relieve the object,
watch from the beginning he proposed t.
himself.
CAD1z, 11ov IS.
We could wish to peneira'e he plans o
Ma"quis Wellington, IN his resolution Of let
tlog he Spanish troops remain on this sde
the Pyrenees br. we rGust at present be
satisfied in wishing,-What disgusts us j,
The expression wiuter-quarters, which ve
believe has been erased from the military
dIctionarie'' Let us have patience, and lac
ii ILLUSTRATED ii to us.
Nov. 27.
The Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo has al.
dressed to the Secretary at War an Extra
Ordinary Dispatch, O! which the following il
copy -
he enemy from the beginning of Aug
occupied position leaning his right upor
the LEFT bank of the Niyeiie. with his centr,
On TIE la Pe'ete la Rhuae Sare. and TN,
hel8h's on his rear, and his Left, which con.
s'S'eo OF two divisions Of infantry, under tn,
or!ers OF the Count of Orlou. OH the righ
paAk OF the same river, IN strong hiel
fr"rd at the bank Of Ainhouse and upor
tHs Mountain MOhdarin, which covers tin,
sppruach e. that city.
iie had division under Cen Voix. a
~ Juan dc J Il de Port, to which wa uni
tS1 a'yis'oa 81 the army Of Arragon, unde