Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-09-12


daughter of the immortal Pedro. ~,
for whom the people are ready TO spill
the last drop Of their blood, as all 10y
al Portuguese are ever ready to do for
their lawful Sovereign, as their legiti-
mate Queen, and in order that this
should be made known, the present act
was drawn up, which was signed by all
present.
"MANoEL IGNACIo DE sAMPAIo E
PIMA, Brigadier.
Jose soUNEIRo WANNA.
"LUIZ TEXEIRA HORNE DE BREDOM,
"ANTONIO JOAQUIN FlRMINO DE
| CASTRO" Thousands Of signatures fol-
low
DESPERATE ATTACK UPON oPoRTo.
The following are the particulars OF
the attack upon Oporto, July 25th:
Shortly after five o'clock on the
morning of the 25th ult. heavy fire
of artillery from all the batteries upon
both sides of the river; bearing upon
Lordello, and the Quinto de Vanzeller,
announced the intention of the enemy
once more to revisit the scenes of pre-
yious defeat, and to hazard his last
stake in an attack. Between g and 7
O'Clock large body ofmen issued forth
from their lines, who opened tremen-
dous fire of musketry against the pos
tlons in question; endeayoring to carry
the battery within the Quinta, and to
possess themselves ofthe village ofLor-
dello, with the object Of cutting off the
communication between the city and
the sea. This attack, which extended
to the left as far as the Pastellero, was
most vigorously supported, and at one
time the enemy succeeded, in spite OF
all opposition, in gaining possession of
part of the high road from the city to
the Foz, whence they were only dis
lodged at the point Of the bayonet by
a charge from the brave fellows under
the command of Col. Dodgin and Lieu
tenant Col. Shaw, who afterwards as.
sisted in repelling them to a considcra-
BILE distance, when the firing for short
period almost entirely ceased.
AT half past nine p. NJ. the attack
was renewed with much fury, and the
assallants advanced up to our batteries,
and obtained temporary possession of
a covered way forming the communica.
ton between the Pastelleleiro and a
new redoubt to its right, which latter
they surrounded, but in the end their
success was no crater than on the pre-,
vious OCCASION, as they were shortly
afterwards again compelled to retire to
their lines, leaving the field strewed
with dead.
On this occasion the enemy's cavalry
was brought into action for no other pur-
pose that can be guessed al but to ANNA ie
their infantry; the former were however,
cut to peces.a troop OF them actually at
tackled the last mentioned redoubi. and
when | visited the spot IN the afternoon,
the carcasses Of eleven horses were lying
| IN IFS front, two Of which were not six
yards distant from the fosse Of the work.
The attempts upon this part ofthe lines
having proved unsuccessful, the enemy
determined to try his luck in the direction
oil Bon Film, between which battery and
The river Dour0 they showed themselves
IN great numbers. and rapidly drove in our
outline p'ckets. A body of men. compos
ed Of the 5th and 18th Cacadores, with
| detachment of French and some aDcers.
were sent out against, who charged their
advanced force and compelled them to re
treat In this affair Don Fernando de
Noronha, nephew to General Saldanha,
was unfortunately killed, and General
a a Al
wounded. On the left Colonel Cotter. was
killed. his head being partly carried away
by cannon ball. His sou 10 law, Captain
| Cotier, was wounded in two places, and
his leg amputated in the action. Volun
ieer Lacy killed; Captain Robinson and
Ensign Russell severely wounded. A
good number Of Por,ugees and SIX Ger.
man officers were likewise killed or wound
ed, and Judging from the numbers alread,
brought into the hospital, should ina
gine 1t pretty certain that the days
musement will have placed 500 men hors
de combat on the part Of the besieged
lone, and on that Of the besiegers more
than double that number.
The spirit OF the inhabitant. was
strictly shown throughout the day, and
many OF them lost their lives in the &C
ton, or carried home honorable wounds
-Four women passed me bringing in a
wounded man upon litter, and | was al
mos ashamed oimyself at hearing girl
twenty excltlm TO a companion 1--WE
will bring in the wounded, that the men
may defend the lines" 81 the Qunta de
Vanzeller. women carried out powder 20
the troops amidst the thickest OF the fire.
The London Courier considers that
these events may be looked upon as
putting an end to the contests in Por.
tugal, and states that it had been un-
derstood for some time past that Great
Britain and France waited only for the
occupation of Lisbon by the Constitu.
tlonalists to acknowledge Donna Ma.