Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-11-18
nEFERR Ed.
BRIEF ExpEDlTioN OF RIEGo.

BRIEF EXPEDITION OF RlEGO.
rThe late arrivals frem all parts Of
| Europe furnish numerous particulars OF
the short and strange career OF this
| Spanish General, Of whose enterprise
90 many fond and sanguine hopes were
formed
G,sKAiTAh, Sept. D.-Gen. Rico
| having escaped from Cdd's. arrived at
Malaga 10 As :ast. He Immediately
put in arrest oil the authorities, levied
the most arbitrary contributions, and
seized upon the holy vessels OF the
church, melted them down, and sh'p-
ped them on his own account. lie ar
rested Lieut., Gen ZAYAs, who was his
superior in command, and seSeral other
Generals. (Zayas at the last date was
at Gibraltar ] On the news OF b"
signs designs being known in the Frenh
camp, Count MoL'ToR cent Generals
Bosnemains and Loverdo in pursuit of
him. On their arrival near Malaga,
RIEao sent off the plate. and other
! plumber, Oh board ho,Illa Of Is vessels,
| but took the gold among bis own bag.
gage, and marched first, with about
$500 non, in tue dire, ZION of Carthage.
ma, but finding his course impeded,
turned towards the mountains. and pro.
ceeded to Jean. His frat misfortune
was, that the French overlook his rear
guard near velez Malaga. and captu-
red an entire regiment Of IT. He left
| Malaga tho ID september, and arrived
| ut Jean the 10th. The story OF his hsv.
ing killed 7ae in the streets of thai city
was Malasa fabrication. There were
but few French troops in Jean The
French took possession Of Malags on
the 9th Sep sod It, Gen. Caro- (Go.
vernon General Of ,he proViDcel inne.
distely sent out three v-ssei>io inter.
cept tho fo,iIla tina hac the pInnder on
boa ID, consisting o5 money, plate. cloth
ing, stores, &c, and OF the Is, WA So
fortunate as to capture ten, one OF
which had twelve chest. o. e'he' 40
plate on board. KIRGo remained ut
Jean day or two. D'undered the Ca
thedral and other churenes, ordered The
tnwn to he p,Iaged for two hours but
before this was begun, the French and
royal Spanish troops, which were fol.
loving h,n, arrived in sign of the
place, and he commenced preripitate
retreat towards La Carolina. The al.
lied forces pursued him Immediately.
On the 18th, unexpectedly, R,EGo ar
rived at the contonment OF part Of gen.
BALLAsTRaos'army at Priego, and dc.
handed Of tina, General To jon tie &.
add offering to resign to HIM the con-
mand of Audslusis, and Es'remsdurs
Con. Bslla, teros answered him as SOL
der ought. by preparations TO attack
him. Accordingly b. put himself at
the head of his light troops and he adds
in his General order Of the 18th, "My
troops, animated by my example, over,
threw all who opposed them" In this
situation, RIEso had recourse to stra
tagcm. He ordered his soldiers to
throw down ,her a'm and to advance,
shouting = Unttt. Unite. Riego and
Baliasteros foreuer." Tins had no.
fec. on ,h, loyal Spanisrds, bu gen.
Ballasteros having thought ii proper to
remove his troops, to separate them
from Risgo's. the after svailed himself
Of the opportunity, d,sarmed the small
| guard which was left, and then si"zed
on the person Of Gen. Ballasteros.
whom he kept oder arrest for u hours.
Daring this time, many Of Rieso's offi'
eers and mon, ,egre ted 20 Gen Is. the
errors they had committed, and among
them were the brilliant squadrons Of
Numantia ard Spain.
At this juncture. the French force
under gen Bonnemaine, sc. arriVed
, &, Riego then retired, his TROOPS much
disper.ed. to Manchue's, and was. pur.
saed to Judor. where he was eventually
com ely defeated, and his troops scat
tered in all dire tons without "rgan'-
cation or discipline. In his flight RE.
60 lost hi. heavy portmanteau contain
ing $50 gold doubloons, which this
Grand Bandit had plundered at Ma
laga Riego, with Is others. arrived al
a villa 20 within three leagues of Caro-.
lima, when he sent II OF them TO col
! lsct hia dispersed troops, and with the
other four entered farm house. and
from thence sent to neighboring far
rier to shoe the horses. The farmer
thought his guests to be suspicious per.
sons from their having taken possession
Of The key, and always Fe"ping their
door looked and gave information to
the village Magistrate ofthe fact A.
bout. 90 mea were then Immediately
armed, who surrounded the ouse, and
Riego, a Spanish Captain. a Piedmon-
tese. and an Enghshman, one OF Will