Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-03-03
prvo,r OF THE SPANISH Army.

From. the Journal Of Captain Rdm6srger.
On the Sd January, 1890, the news came
% Caiiz. that part of the Spanish army, con-
.i,ting of 5000 men, had taken possession OF
the Caracas 1.-THE Kings Navy Yard ana the
ls,a town between Cadiz and Caracas
thew had released the state prisoners wh'cD
were confined in Caracas, and colonel OF
The prisoners put himself attheir head-thefe
was only one captain of the royalists killed,
who opposed the passage ofthe bridge at the
lsla-he was Shot by the colonel IN person.
Cadiz wa. as well as possible fortified; an
advance guard was sent TO garrison strong
fort which commands the road.to Cad'z, ana
all the gates shut. Not person allowed TO
eo out or in without written order from the
royernor--the whole city in great conster-
nation--ail the stores shut--the mllitIa or
dered out 10 patrol the streets-at Il o'clock
at night We heard firing which lasted tor haii
an hour.
9TH January-Ths morning the gates sthi
shut, we received intelligence that an adj
/, vance of five hundred men had made an al
tack on the Fort which commands the road 10
Cadiz, but were repulsed With the loss OF Sc
ven men killed.-The gates were opened
this day at i2 o'clock. The communicates
by land to the interior of Spain is stopped
provisions have augmented so per cent this
day. The general mail which started yes
terday for the whole continent OF Europe and
England, was stepped by the National troops
Gas they call themselves9 and Destroyed
This day the governor sent out flag TO the
isla, to know what the troops wanted-they
sent for. answer, that they were very well
situated that they would not trouble Cadlz,
as long as they would not interfere with them
THAT they were in advance of fifty thousand
men-that they want the Constitution OF the
Corfes--that they would not embark Tor South
America--and that their arrears should be
paid. They also said that ten thousand men
had marched to Madrid to compel the king
to grant their demands.
This afternooa, the men Of war IN the Bay
bent sheir sails, and are ordered to proceed
10 sea on a moments warning. All the gun
boats have been manned aud stationed at
Puntalles, to prevent the National troops
passing that post. The sailors and marines
on board the men of war. and the regular
Hoops in Cadiz, have this DAY received their
pay due them up to this day 4; promising them
that il they would remain faithful to the King,
they should be paid every month. All the
provisions were on board the transports tor
the great expedition, are disembarked and
stored in Cadlz.
9Th January This day received inteili-
gence Of Porto Real, Porto Santa Maria, Sc
villa, and all the neighboring towns. having
been taken possession of by the National
troops, and all communication with Cadiz
stopped; all vessels in the Bay embargoed,
and no pilots permitted to leave the city.
The state prisoners whichwere in the Cas-
lie of St. Sebastian, made their escape last
night and il is said they have joined the Ma
,ionai troops at Porto St. Maria. This night
made my escape out of the Bay.
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