Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-12-20

tots H. Eisas -
! rs tasnnli.1ade commenced as has been sid
on tbs ..sh, Al ss clock in the morning., astsithe
Whole ,,f thu, day, the sus.oodinS night, and the
| shu.e el the liih, until sa'nc time pasttwo o'clock
, ~ iil aAoinoon when tbs SILENCE Of the encuys
"a ,efiss annalared the march Of his masses upon
ne eo.i.tof attack Du6ns the p ioars Of eontin-
Hea commandment, tho repss had hfcd ,iisre iban
1000 balls srouades, o. bombs against the forth
( e.,lsnz ia tie Gndann,ci General Torres and
fhr bsr,c .nffison which he commanded having
carefully repairejthe damage watch the cneny's
artillery sssrlly produced, TRANQUILITY a"ateh,
with resolution and GOODNESS, and without hrlng
single slot, tao cnemys troops. wlo, under the CO.
ser oi thc p.aes aud the irrrcgularii.s ~ the
.toaid j,a.eloi their march te.aIos the iortihca.
ilutis.
Il aiinitci sfcr three IN the Afternoon The
,neniy mad, his attack by a vigorous hse RON his
1r,ilerv no positioa and from field pieces which he
nnmhsk.d IA the intermediate points OF h's bate
res Under The protection ofllfis FIRE he uniodod
. supne line Of sharp snootsrs, supported by ooOo
infantry. in three columns The column on the
right was directed on the poin, ofthc Extra. The
centre column had for its object the wall OF Tho Ger
a. The left column directed its advance by the
causeway OF ALA Nova. General Condo DC VIII
Ia Flor bcng aware Of this plan Of attack, ordered
part of the bauso ofthe 9Th infantry ~ foam .
reserve for our troops
! The Ls shocs being vigorously rapelled he en-
envy reinforced his line with fresh troops, md chef-
gcd aecessvo'y and in force a the points of MS
attack. Six times did he renew IT, and SIX tunes
wns he dtiycn back by the Are Of the gallant deien-
dors Of those points and OF the batteries estabsl-
ed along III, right bank ofthc rivss. At length his
reserves being exhausted, and the hopes winch ne
had so daringly conceived being frustrated ms ire
ceased aud he began complete retreat nlter noLe
than three hours of obstinate combat, during which
no rebel With arms in his hands succeeded III plu
cling his foo, within the sacred bulwark of honor,
yelos and royalty. BY six in the evening our
niek.ts had again resumed THEN former position
Gu loss is uang We cannot know that vi
; Me ENEMY accurately There is, however. $40
aolib, thar he left 100 dad around our trenches
mnns them ooior Of the 9Th infantry and capt
Pinto ofthe gronader company Of the 2tth reg
nent We have also ascertained that more thnu
100 Of the encny's woendod have died, Hnd that
! nong them are two superior officers. Forty wa.
> CONS 81 the woundol went OFF with the ghaId
, There remain with us Capt. Ferrera, having the
) rank Of Major Of the ~ regiment, who cano vol
unfairly over To Us, some prisoners aud more thar
: 300 stand Of aims.
, +" 1t ia impossible TO describe the enthusiasm dis
J played by the brave garrison Of the Sierra in III,
SPURIOUS defence, which alone coudh rivalled By
that Shown by the inhabitants Of the city, VIII,
+ gaanly ctossed the river to SHIRE in the DANCE
aud lie honor Of the lustroa, defenders Of the for
c ,sE
= Li.pos, Oct. ll-li2 O'clock, noon lon SIM
day morning Don Migues squadron en,sred IL,
Tagus, after having sustained eonies, viii
l Admiral SartorIus on leaving Vigo, The engage
mcnr lasted abou, four or five hours. Don Joan It
! 7ald TO have fred t33 shots, and she has upward
Of 1870 shots in her. and i- in such condition tha
she cdnno, be repaired without going into dock
! Tho Doufsdinha is much ia the like plight TIL
number OF then KILLED and wounded is very great
0 Miguel has ut Iength left Lisbon to anmpte b,
his presence his disputed army IN the north. ii
J tool hIs departure Tuesday nttern on, accom-
! panied only by Two vi his chaiubctlans and two o
three servants.
t M.GUEllTE OFFICIAL count OIL
TIE NAVAL ESG AGEAlENT.
r Sir - h. Tue honor to send YOU The details o
u ,hs rr,7in ch took place on the ll,h bet Neer
tho Squadron which have The honor to COMMAND
aud the al force the rebels
On the loth, al quarter past seven in the morn
ng, got under way 10 sail from the RIO do Virgo
the force IF Sariorius being III that time al anchor
u TO The cast near the Island Of Baypnne This fore
!. consists Of two argatss, corvette, gsllics bigs
e aud a steam boat. A littlc after sailed, the enc
tn,ys squadron also besai 10 get under way gon:
= further from toward the north here 1t RENAME,
hecalmed, at the same time thar our squadron had
q fresh breeze from the norh; but the enemy by iIp
help ofthe steam boat which Rsy had and of aoo
u TIER which joined 'nm during the dav sueceeJe,
getting aut INST the two l,iSates, and tho other
:! following Our squadron sailed in two columns
d 'ormed IN hnc OF battle that TO wndward consis
! ting ofthc Don John vi and the Princess Royu
lca.e that TO leeward Of the two coryottes the Is
=" abel Maria, and Cybellc, and the two brgs Au "a,
u and fago The enemys squadron followed keepn
u 10 wndward out Of the reach Of our artillery. Il
~ abou, half an hour past O'Clock ON the night c
the ilth, they began to bear down upon US, mud
u throw rockets, the first Of which were by way g
/" Ifiol tue others, however, were passins beyun
= our Inc AS we were now within gun shot W
II kept up Gre for two hours, which the enemy r,
turned with sufficient vigor and much energy Ii
combat became very active on both sides but our
e was SO BRISK and the enthusiasm of our men $
Is great, that abon, o'clock in the morning the enc
" my was Obliged TO pu, in practice his usual mode
taking lohisht being able by the assistance Of hi
steam boats TO get entirely out of our reach
hey were, however, pursued till i've o'clock by ou
ships, whose fire they hardly returned The enc
/ my accelerated their flight as much as they could
but were pursued for souc time by the Princes
Royal, which endcavored to draw them nearer |,
Q our squadron ; and the enemy then tackled and re
turning she hre continued their retreat so us TO SC
parate from us IN the most speedy manner. Thus
| The combat ended, the enemy having learned by ia
tai experience the courage which inspires the faith
: i"' Portuguese in defending the glory of the Thron
r and their own honor.
The ship Of the line, the frigae, and the two cor
ve'es' sustained some damage. The Don JOIN
W. hred 1886 shot, the Princess Royal above 1000
the Two corvettes also fired Considerable number
but the hrgs being very bad saers, could no, kee,
up whh The res, Of the squadron The Don job,
W. had SIX men killed and lS wounded :; the prin
? cess Royal Is Killed and 25 wounded The Cvben,
n",ea wounded; the isabel one slightly woun
ued' icould MOI nudge ofthc damage the enemy s,,s
tanned from cur fire. being at so great distance fov