Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-10-13

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With 25 900 men, guarded by the river ;
whose bridges. had been destroyed and
Dosts secured, BY an underst stanling with
the nhaotants, and with some boats that
had escaped the Erench. he crossed the
river and took the town. Soult sacrificed
his cannon, baggage, and military chest,
and retreated across the mountains to
orense, in Gallicia, with, a loss Of 1000
men. Marshal Victor upon hearing. OF
this disaster, Joined King Joseph and
Jourdan, and advanced upon the British.
On June Ell the battle of Talayera was
fought, In this action the French had
10000 and allied army 0,o00 men. The
French, after terrific struggle, were
driven over the Abenhe. Soult, mean
while, had reorganized his force, and was
coming to fall on Che rear of the British
army Wellesley was obliged 10 retreat
into Portugal, where he remained inac.
tive, while his Spanish allies were COM
.pletely beaten by the French. For this
battle, and the passage of the Duoro,
Wellesley received, August 20, the honor
of a peerage, by the title Of Baron Dou-
ro and Yiscount Wellington. Parliament
voted him thanks, and pension Of E9-,
600 year. The winter of 600 10 was
passed in forming plans for the defence Of
Portugal. The great problem of strate.
gists at that period, was the defence of
Portugal against an overwhelming force.
Lord Wellington discorned a mode in
which the object could be attained, and
he planned the celebrated lines of Tor
res Vedras. The semicircle or rising
grounds between the Tagus aud the sea
were so strongly fortified as TO be render
ed impossible to foe of any conceivable
strength; and the whole peninsula upon
which Lisbon stands was thus completely
isolated and rendered perfectly secure
from aggression. r.i'....
We cannot give even a sketch OF his
complicated peninsular campaigns. Suf-
fee it is, that with 200, 900 Britons, and
all, the forces Spain could raise, he got the
better of Soult, Massena, and Marmont
successfully, drove the French out Of
Spain, and followed them into France over
the Pyronneese.
The battle Of Toulouse, which termi-
mated Wellington's seventh peninsular
campaign, was fought after Napoleon had
abdicated. Henry w., said, |" In Spain,
great armies starye, and small armies are
beaten" The great cause of Yelling
toms success in Spain, was, that he had
the sea open to him, by which means his
army was always provisioned, while the
French could never keep in position for
for more than few days, relying upon
the country for support, which they soon
exhausted. Had Msrmont been able TO
find supplies for his army, Wellington
4. ~ A.. Al
position in which he had Blocked him
Wellington was named ambassador TO
the court of France, and reached Paris
on May A. From Paris he proceeded to
Madrid, which he reached on May 20,
and from which he furnished an able and
lucid memorandum of the state Of Spain.
On the 10th, the Duke of Wellington re-
paired to the army of Bordeaux, and SUI
perintended the arrangements for the EN-.
barcation of those portions of the army
recalled from the continent. 1t was part
of this army, under Pakenbam, that was
so shockingly beaten at New Orleans
Having congratulated his troops ON the
successful Termination Of their lRbors, and
thanked them for their admirable conduct,
he embarked for England, and landed at
Dover on the esd. The following morn.
ing he set out for Portsmouth,, where the
allied sovereigns were TO witness a grand
review. On the 28th he took BIS. seat IN
the house of lords for the first.tirn On
May 10, the prince-regent had sent TO the
house a message, recommending them 70
grant the Duke such an annuity as might
support the high dignity of the title con.
ferred, and prove lasting memorial Of
the nations gratitude and muni6cence.--
On the 12th, the speaker moved that the
sum Of 1o,OO0lbs. be annually paid out Of
the consolidated fund for the use of the
Duke of Wellington, TO be at any time
eommuted for the sum of3oo, ,oOolbs., to be
laid out in the purchase Of an estate. Al
the suggestion Of Mr.. Wbitbread, Mr..
Ponsonby, and Mr.. Canning. the propo.
scd sum was unanimously increased 70
1Oo, ,oOOlbs., making in all half million
sterling. Suitable pensions were also be.
slowed on the Dukes newly -ennObled
lieutenants. On July i, he personally
thanked the Commons for their bounty.
On the 3oth, the peace Of Paris was con-
cIuded. 10 1ali bfi.i. 5as 20
Wellington was at Vienna, when the
return Of Napoleon from Elba, called him
from Belgium TO take command Of the
Anglo -Batayian army After the drawn
battle Of Quatre Bras, on June 49,. be.
tween the Anglo BataVian and part o.
the French army, under NcyI Wellington
learning the defeat Of BluelicT, at Ligny,
retreated on Brussels, and on che even
ing Of the 18th. took a position Ia front
ofthc village Of Mont 81. Jean. Here ne
arranged with Blucher, who bad retreat
ed 70 Wavrc, that either party who wa
attacked by Napoleoni Was 20 resist q
the last, and that die other was TO man.
ueuyre so as TO taH upon bis flank On
the same evening. the emperor took NJ
his position az La Belle Alliance; fafn