Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-01


eizsns by this d,hg in,rspdy, they Instantly rushed
into the battery AID agn opsaed tremendous ire mp
on the enemy. ThS heroine when rfterwards seen IT
ZarsgozI, wore mall shield OF honor embsoidese az
on the sleeve Of o. agwu with Zragezl lascrbed
upon H. and was receiving pension from the govern
ment and the dAiip psy Of Al artillerynnan.
% ~ the I'd of Jly the French made tive furious a.
.acEs on the city bet In both repased with eo1-
siderable ioss. tr,.
Defeated IN the a.,aeEs they proceeded to invest TIE
place m more cl,ssly Having transported their cav
airy to the opposis bank Of the riser thcy destroyed
the mills which supplied tSe town with aonr levied con
ribuiions in the gsges and thus cut off the only
munleation by wh the besieged could receive sarplif
either Of provisions or ammunition. Every fresh diii
Guilty. however arVsd only 70 hghten the resentment
of the people, and 10 call forth the resources Of her
General In this situation he caused corn nis worked
by hores 10 be established in the CITY, and ordered the
monks 10 be employed 10 msnuhctuFins gun powd.r
All the sulphur ir the place pat into Immediate
duisitionths OF the washed in order
TO furnish sapee aud charcoal made Of the stalks
/ OF hemp which IN that part OF Spain grow 10 sn
sual size aud thu regular mandatory Of gun powder
was formed.
At the close of July the city was completely invested
It's large population wS1 scantiy supplied With food ard
had little hope Of BY the unremttsd ezertioLs
Of forty-ex da' their spirits exhausted aud their
strength impai.cl Without single place OF security
for their sick and their children, they in hourly
pectation Of another general attack aud bonbsrdnent
while their streets were filed with wounded in conpe-
queDce of the das skirmhss entered into in order TO
ooen communcato on with tie country. A this moment
one desperate effort made, hOugbAhn to reeov'r
the erorI after which convinced Of the npossblity
of making sorts with effect they resolved to conquer
or rsrish within tic walls Ct their city.
On the night OF too ID Of August and the follow
dsy the French bJmbarded Zlragoza. A Founding hoe
pital which conaiied the sick and wounded caught fire
aud was consumed During this dreidfu calamity the
exsrons Of evory description Of people almost
Il. III. aha
ed and every body was seen hasieEing the relief Of
the sick and OF helpless children but in this act Of
humanity re Conspicuous than the women,
who listed in IN Dir bumane Isrtons eqniy u1eaint.
ed by the shot shell Of the enemy AID the himes o
the building before them. t
On the 4th Of August the French opened tremend-
Gus fire apol the qcsrter of Santa EDrsca and while
the mud walls vanished away the splendid convent 81
the Santa Engraci. FIRE and totteriug in rniAs
The French avaed themselves Of this entrance 10 iush
into the city, took in the batteries before ne
gates and after q culinary corfc' penetrating 70 the
Gale de Cozo nes-y n the Of die town we're IN
possession before he day closed 6 one halt OF Hrago
"a The French General Immediately demanded tne ca
pitulatiOn in the following po'e
"Headquarter' iants Engra;il.-The capitalization"
The answer INN saltely returned was
"Headquarters, LltayozL-War even to the knife.
PALLF0X
On ope size Of tas Cozo street about the breadth o
I
OF which General Verder wss seen giving bis ordsr'
from the franciscan convent The Aragnnese maniain
ed their Positiongon the opposde eide, thTowirg up
batteries AZ the opkDing OF the streets, within ieH
PAGES of similar Batteries Of the French The interve
nias space was soon heAped up with the dead. either
hroNn from the windows Of the houses in which they
| had BEEN sain or killed 10 the conflict below.
| Nothing in the whole course Of the siege more
barFAssed Don Paliiox than the accumulation Of ID,
dead and the apprehension Of the disorders which might
| r. z. e IT,.
death 10 appear u the mddl of the and the
pedsr resored 10 vas TO push forward Prenca prison
er with rope attached to them, amidst the dead and
dying TO bring th4 h0des in for burial Their Office,
aud the pity Of the soldiers secured them in gen
eral from Annoyane and the evils arising from the
rupion Of the deal we're thus diminished The prnc
pal for alta in this Singular warfare was the
night; the French aud Angonese under the cover cf
darkness frequently dashed the street. and h
tackled each other baterisS with Tia most undaun ed
coursge The struggle began at the batteries olten
carried into the bo beyond and there
,be seen in every story Of house tasQu'voca MARKS
of the desperation ith which such contests must have
been carried on. Thc batteries - close 20 each
other that in ono Instance Spauard crep from his o.n
side, ard, insinu- himself under the ineTinedla'c
bodies Of the dead attached rope OF the French
cannon iu the slrIgre which ensned the rope U,.kc
and the Aragonese csprvad OF their priv, at the
moment VIII n they thought themselves secure Of i.
On the oh Of August, when the French we're expect
city the Aragonese found their ammunition beginning
to TAIL but this circumstance created disrnsy.
The ouy cry tha. saed the ears Of the gallant Genel
was that ammunition failed they ready to attack
the enemy 9TH Their knives a. this awful crsi-, jus
before the day closf d convoy Of provisions and
nition aud einfor ,ement OF three thousand men,
posed Of Spanish iai Swiss and Volunteers Of Ara
gon une1 pectedy made their entry into the city unde
the cpmm,nd Of the brother OF the Captain Genera,
Don Francisco PAla.ox. ,..
I,or. al H. load hi
those quarters of the city in which the Aragonese yet
maintained themselves should ccutlbe to be defended
with the same hrmutss; and should the enemy preVSi.
the people to retire into the suburbs and defend
the suburbs till they psrished."
This resolution Was received by the people with the
loudest aeclamatiors.
For eleven daysl ore the most sanguna'y conf c
continued from street to street. from house 10 house. and
from to room lihe epraged populscc always gait
ing by degrees upon the disciplined troops Of the
French,) until the space occupied by the enemy vac
gradually reduced ~ about eighth part Of the city
TIE spirit display ed by the men seconded in tha
most admirabls mfn nner by she women Of ZTagoEa.--
The Countess Bufra lady Of great rank in that
try formed corps OF women for the relief Of TIE
wounded and for Z purpose OF carrying provisions and
wine the soldiers miny persons Of the most unqles-
onable yeacy in z.rsgozl declare that they have re
qnently seen this ytpog delicate and beautiful woman
cooly attending he duties she had prescribed her
self In the midst o. he most tremendous fire Of shot and
SHELL nor were tne RDie 70 perceive, IRON the hrst no
that she entered into these novel scenes that tho
idea Gi personal danger could produce upou her fhc
slightest tif ct. bend her from her benevolent and
pstrioc purpose. flie loss Of women and boys during
ing the siege was very great and fully probor.ouae ia
that of men; in fact they always The mos fer
ward and the dildcalty was to teach them prudent
and proper sense Of their diuger.
During the night u the 4.h ofAugus thu French hra
was particularly destructive and when their battnii-
ceased. flames sen to burst out in many paris e
the buildings IN Their possession, and on he morbirg .
the 10TH to the gres rss Of the their cc
umns distance rstrcstng the p pan on
the road to PAmploon Tneir departure had probAb Y
been hastened by intyence that the JantA OF Vaeocis
had dispatched six thousand TO join the evss in At
agou destined to relieve the CAPITAL
Thu terminated 'hn siege otZirogoz, which, vh tte'
It b, considered win reference to ibs superiority Of th