The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-05-27
SPANISH VATOTP

The Siege Ot ZaragoZa, from Southov'. ffsto-
~ Of the PeninsuiaT War, tie first volume e.
which has Just appeared, Is one VI he most mem.
orab.c events in history. II viii be recoHecfef
that il June, 1908. while the Royal family og-
Spain were prisoners in France, tie Ararontso
took up arms against the French, and E.vipo
deposeJ the Captain General Of their PROVINCE
who was suspected Of faver.ng the enemy. elect
cd 10 The chief command Don JOSEPH. Pat.Igv.
young officer Of the qua rls.--FaialuN Immediate
y issued proclamation, in which he pro,,fi-r
Gcrcf tie whole force Of he French ,rl.irr
and threatened 70 make Napoleon himself per
sonaly answerahiC for the safety of tie Sr,arisb
Monarch. v ben lie assumed the commend Nv
ZaragoZa, he found himself It the heaC Of ONLY
100 men. There were sixteen pieces of artinc-
m in the city, and about one Hundred dollars i'm
the Treasury.
he city, which contained 10000 nhabitants-
was not fortifed--but was surrounded BIZ bro
ken brick wall about ten feet hial,. twas viii,
these inadequate means that Palalox BEGAN the
contest with France and if the fact were nos
perfectly well attested we should hesitate 10 add
that with these inadequate means, he defended
ZaragoZa against a numerous army-and con
qncred.-The resources Of his genius were in
eXhaustble. Nothing dismSyed him, nothing
shook HIM from hls purpose, and hC was able ".
lnuse bis own enthusiasm mC his f. low -citIZens
From the 18th VI June to the 4tI Of August. thfr
ZaragOzans sustained continual attacks from the
French Army under General LafcbYre- Their
city was cCs,y invested their supplies Of pro
visions cut off; DER wall battered down: whole
streets laid il rulus by the explosion Of shells
their hospital burnt their magazine blown m.
and the enemy encamped in the principal square
in the heart Of the City--and vet they refused to
surrender!
For eleven days the contest was continued
hand TO hand, in the streets and the houses-of-
ten, from one room 10 another; women and chill
dren sharing, undismayed, in the struggle and
carnage. On the 18th Of Aug. the French blew
up the Cathedral Church Of St Engracia, which
had long been the pride Of Aragon, and drew of
the mISerable remnant Of their troops to Pampo-
Iona, leaving Palaf0X master DC the CITY. which
he had 50 heroically defended
These are the Spaniards whom the French are
now marching to conquer. These are the men
whom the feeble Bour5ons expect TO dismav bv
the parade Of 100000 men, and re standard of
It. Louis Let the popular feeling of Spain be
once excited, and he Holy Alliancc-whetLcr
Goth, Calmuc, or Vanda!-will find ids forces
unequal 70 its suhjeclion if their leaders ID not
hetrav them, they will assrrcdlv maintain iLci~
liberties. P0rfsjn0,,H Yo,,,.1oy
HHiPfcation.-IilleI, tie Babb, saws. II
that multi leth flesh iplicthvernin: hetAa
mulhpheth estates, mutiplioth ere: ~ that
multlplleth females, nutipiieth enchantment
ne mat muluplieth female servants, multiplied
Tapne but he that mutiplieth law, mulliplicH
NE nc that multPGeth study, multiplieth SAG
lty he that muhiplieth counsel, nulipllegS r5...
dence; he that multipHcth justice, muItPl.>,-
peace