Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-08-13

pursued to their positions, which were all carried and
the carriages, artillery tents and bagpage remained
m the power ofour troops, which now occopy those
same POSITIONS. Such isthe result Of the day. which
las been communicated to from The head Quarters
81 nis tsxccllency the Commander in Chief who hos
sent to me bis Official packets, which hasten to
send by the Zebra brig
The ships of war Griffen, Alertc, and another sp,
Porlea the troops on the east peninsula they wero
gong I" De supported by the Iphgene frigate when
the retreat of the enemy prevented its being carried
into effect. =
The fleet continues with activity the unloadin and
landing of all fhe aferiei go DAYS provisions for tho
whole army, 1000 horses all the artillery that has
been asked tor, and even more, and numerous mo-
Terrell, have been landed. expect the remainder of
the convey in two three days. Nas
The weather has been very fine tod ay; the cair,
has numbered Admiral Rosamers division from SAILING
The Provence has quilted the position Of attack
which 1t took on its arrival and which rsked its safe
W is moored at the opening of the bay in posi-
ton where 1T can resist with advantage the wind and
the waves 91St3 So
have sent to Toulon as had the honour to ou
nounce to YOU several vessels, asking the Maritime
Preiect to send back provisions, and. above an water
with which we have no means to supply ourselves So
The wells made IN the Peninsula can only supplv
enough for the troops which occupy 1t. The adyan-
ced position which occupy and which is at d;a
lance from the magazines, vii, render 1T necessary to
form conveys, which, considering the kind of enemy
we have to deal with, will require the enploynent of
numerous escorts. have readily acceded to the de-
sire which the General in- Chief has exnressed m
me, to cause the peninsula be occupied by the crews
and 10 ntrust the guard of that important position 20
the marines lam going to to- the composition of
the garrison and have selected Captain Kugon of the
Navy to take command of it. shall have the hon.
our TO give an account to your Exceency of the ar
IrangementS which will be made-Accept Sir DC
lSigned) DUPERRE.
TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH
THE MARITIME pREFEcT OF ToULoS tt HIS Ey.
ENC
ToULoN, June Ct
Six thousand Arabs, presented themselves on tho
2oi at our outposts TO make their submission To the
French army they have been desired to return
to their homes and they have promised to do
So In the following night another corps of Arabs
presented themselves Our troops were preparing to
repulse them, but the Arabs fired their arms in the
air, made their submission and the same answe,
was given them
Tins report has been made to me by Captain
6onamour, OF the Mithridate transport whoeft Sidi
- From the Messenger des Chambres of June 27
we are oaiy expecting the publication of detail
ed account OF tn trst proceedings Of our African
campaign The Government has received by tele-
graph another dispatch, which serves as a st,pple-
ment to that of The 18th inst. 1t appears that in
the affair of the 10th, the attack on ur positions
the enemy was eighty Thousand; of hese 10000
were Turks and 60 600 were Bedouins The posi
tons OF our army were very detective and we were
forced to preserve them, order that yye mght con-
tlnue our protection of the debarkation of the mate
rel IN the peninsula of Sid Ferruch which, besides
1t was Impossible to leave until the Qualifications
which have been traced out were completed.s al
Our army did not present to the enemy more than
2oUOo men, the rest beng employed in COVERING the
point OF debarkation Whilst the mass of the Alge-
rlne forces rushed with uosity on our lines ano
the corps 1t IS said, made redoubed efforts TO estab
ish themselves between the 25 600 French and their
brothers In arms who were stationed at Sid Ferruch
From these circunns ances recognize the utility
of all the precautions taken in the outsst such as
"chevaux de frse lances de combat" and the other
means OF putting small corps of infantry in state
to resist the immense hordes Of Arabian cavalry
"a ne superiority or European tactics the force of dis
| cpiIne the excellence of the French artillery. and
without doubt. the positions taken by the CommandeY
IN Chief, have caused the complete failure of this
attack. Every thing leads us TO believe that it was
formidable and well combined, it took six hours
fighting to repu)seit the victory has cost as too
many of our young heroes the artillery particular
suffered mich. The Arabs better marksmen
than European soldiers; they fight on unduatinq
groand intersected with ravnes covered with brush.
wood very favorable for irregular troops and on
wnlcn thelr horses are accustomed to run The AZ
gerines had' besides many mountain guns which
they carry on The backs of camels over decliyites
The effect OF this artillery appears to have been
very GAZING for some minu'es Although the Alee
rine army has body OF 10000 regular ,roops II 10
to be observed that mass of 80 900 men wtbont
TACTICS or discipline Is only good for petuous at
tack where every individual were by instinct, is
directed to one common point; but when such an ar
m, is repulsed its retreat can be nothing less than
disordered fight.
The Algerlnes had, in the rear a camp, into
which they rushed with the most horrible confusion
pursued with great spirit by the French. This is
the camp StaoulI' which has been captured. On the
Goth the French aruy continued it's pursuit, "A sec
ond affair is talked of which took place on the same
day near Sadl Kalef. The route conducted from
thence to Sultan Kaiagsic (the Emperor's fort -
The third battle will probably be fought under the
tort, and then, probably, will commence the opera.
mons of the siege"
FROM LIBERIA.
The editors OF the Daiti1sore auieyican have re
celved from correspondent at MonrovIa (by The Srie
Montgomery at Philadelphia the Liberia Herald Of
May and June g. The paper of the first named date