Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-11-20
Fran h. .M.aite sr-aafcsai Part.

AMY OF THE EES-Du"sSsn
..rbs noble ead which the King mad
N view. IN sending his army into spain.
,hst,of the Constant efforts OF he Royal
uishuss, ard of the SraystrooPs which
80 .co,nmands, has been attained. His
.aa.holic Majesty. 10 re-sstabiished in
~, plentitude of his Sovereign rights,
and ma. Just been restored to his faith
fn,l SUBJECTS. All the preparations tor
. GENERAL attack of the lsle de Leon
wers Terminated. The brigade of the
Roval Guard, under the orders OF Gen.
Anbruseac. and that OF the ed corps,
commanded by General Ordonneau,
united under the command Of Lieut..
Gen Bourmont, had been on board the
,ou.dron since the 18th of Sept. The
naval force. under the command IN
chief o. Rear A dmirsl Duperre, was a.
bout 60 effect the landing o. the troops,
and to secand their operations. The
oontoons destined for the passage Of the
troops which were to penetrate into the
I.lsod by the mouth of the Rio Santi
Pstri, were collected at the spot. All
the batteries on the land side, both at
This point as we'll as before the bridge
Of Zlszo aud at the Trocadero, were
completed. His Royal Highuess was
already at Chiclsna, and his orders
for the attack were given, the final sig-
nal alone was waited for, when the en-
.my (seeiny that they could not resist
the means which we had succeeded in
comb ming, and which especially aug
mentsd the ardour of our troops) sought
in their captive King refuge against
the disasters with which they were me-
paced Full power was restored TO his
Catholic Majesty: one of his officers
brought to his royal Highness the letter
in which the King announced his imme-
date arrival at the headquarters Of
the army.
"In tact, on the let Of October their
Maies,ies the King and Queen of Spain,
accompanied by the Princes of the Roy
al Family. embarked at Cadiz, amidst
discharges of the Artillery of that town
and the adjacent coast, and favored by
most delightful weather. They arriv
ed at half.past IL at Port ST. Mary,
where they we're received by his Royal
Hishness, surrounded by his whole
stall and portion of his troops, who,
enlrely participating inths satisfaction
which go happy a result inspired in the
mind Of the agust Chief, at the same
time regre;'sd Mt having an opportu-
nifty, by further fighting. ofgiving naw
proofs Of their valor and devotion.
Comfortably to ths orders of his
Catholic Majesty. the principal ports
Of the Isle OF Leon and Csdiz were, on
the Sd instant, delivered up to the
French troops, and the Spanish troops
having con, nsnced their march for the
csn'onrents which have been assigned
them, we occupied, on the 4th inst the
wh.le Of lhs Isle, rs wall as the for.
treas The squadron entered the bay
the same day, and Immediately landed
the troops nnich were on board. Whist
these sufficiently remarkable events
took place before Cadiz, the troops of
tie Sd and 5th Corps d'Arhee also OBJ
tanned the fruits OF their efforts. The
; fortress Of Saut ma WAS occupied on the
2Stn instant. agreeably 20 the capitula.
ton concluded on the llth There
were found in it $50 pieces of ordnance,
and 10 900 nuskets. and the fortress of
81 Sebastian, against which had been
d;rs:sed portion of the troops which
4 4 reduced Pa ape!una, surrendered to
Lieut.. Gen. Count Ricsrd, who took
peas >sisu Of it on The Sd inst. Imme-
t,triY on his arrival, the King des.
'aei orders, that all the fortresses
" N an held out, should be deliver.
e 10 ? o the divisions of the Royal ar.
M or % the nearest French troops,
whc are to take possession of them in
his name. The Governors of these
for resses will, doubtless, follow the
example of the Chiefs of Cadiz. and
tasncsforwsrd the military operations in
the Peninsula may be considered as
nigh their end.
by order Of his r. H.
"Ths Maj, Gen. Count MOLFTOR.
Head quarters at Puerto Santa Ma.