\Ehe. number .of troops is uncertain. 
470 
Kingdoiw of Valencia,’ 
The French ave not am possession of any 
part of this very rich, populous, and éxten- 
give, provinee, except a small district on the 
borders of Catalonia, ‘The very important 
cities of Valencia, Alicant, Denia, and be- 
niscola, ave well fortified and garrisoned, 
The Spanish Commanders ares—At Va- 
fencia, the Captain-General Bassecourt, with 
42,000 regulars. The head-quarteds are at 
Muryiedro. 
At. Alicant General Friarto commaitds: 
The garrison consists of about 4000 men, re- 
gulars.and militia, besides 7000 regulars about 
to he organized by Major-General Roche. The 
militia of the kingdom is:very numerous, and 
may be estimated at 5Oj000: 
Tie Kingdom of Murcia, 
This rich. province is also still in the poe- 
session of .the .Spaniards. > Phe important 
pmaval arsenal of Carthagena is garrisoned. 
The 
Spanish army. jn Murcia jis about 20,000 
Btrong,, of. which only 15,000 are armed and 
elothed, and .is commanded by Gen. O’Don- 
nell. .There are four brothers of this namé, 
who are all General Officers. The head- 
quarters of the army are actually.at Lorca. 
The Kingdom of Granada 
Ts at present ovcupied by the French, who 
have garrisons. im the sca-ports of Almeira, 
Malaga, and Marbella. The French General 
Sebastiani, commands the army, but is kept 
in check, by the Spanish army of Murcia, 
which . lately. madeca: movement to La 
Mancha, and since then to Lorca, which, in 
the, first, instance, prevented ‘his tending 
succours to Victor before Cadiz. 
Andalusia 
Comprehends the four kingdoms ef Cordova, 
Jaen, Seville, and Granada, All the principal 
towns, except Cadiz, Ayamonte, and Alge- 
sirasr age occupied by the French. -The 
French army. occupied in the bluckade of 
Cadiz.is commanded by Marshals Victor and 
Soult. 
The Spanish Guerillas in the mountains of 
Ronde are very numerous. Their Chief 
Commander is the Marquis of » formerly 
an officer of artillery ; and the French 
armies are very much annoyed by then. 
The army of General Ballasterog; consisting 
of about 40,000 men; is actually at Cas- 
rillejos, near Ayamonte. 
Esiremadura 
Is occupied almost entirely by the English 
and Spaniards, who ‘are supposed to be ad- 
vancing upon Seville. ; 
The following are the names of some of 
the Spanish General who have either fallen 
in battle, or otherwise lost theit lives, or 
have been made prisoners in this contest :—= 
General Anvepo, Commander in Chief of 
the army of Asturias, at the battle of Es- 
pinosa, killed. 
Major-General: Marquis de San esa 
killed at the same battle. 
State of Public Affairs in May. 
[June 1; 
General Reprwe died of his monniaek 
ene of the battles in Catalonis, 
i" 
General Vives died of fatigue at the fire,’ 
deferce of Ciudad Rodrigo, whea attacked in 
1809. 
General Mewacno, killed i in the defence 
of Badajos. 
General EsPAaNa, killed in the same siege 
in one of the sorties. 
General O’Reitey, died in Saragossa dar- 
ing the siege. 
General Phin Fox, taken as the defender 
of Saragossa, and carried to Fiance, where ba 
died. 
General Sn. Mancx, also, taken in Saray 
gossa. 
General ALVARrzz, Governor of Geronas 
It is uncertain whither he isystill a prisoner 
in France or dead. 
General the Marquis of Romana, who 
died of fatigue in Portugal. 
General ALBUQUERQUE, 
lately in London. 
General RIQUELME, killed im one of 
the engagements in the kingdom of Leon. 
who died 
PORTUGAL. 
The French having retreated before 
Lord Wellington, out of Portugal, his 
lordship laid siege to Almeida, the fron= 
tier town. Early this month they aty 
tempted its relief, hut were repulsed 
with considerable loss by the British 
army, in the way described in the follows 
ing Gazette Extraordinary. 
Dewning street, May 25, 1811, 
Dispatches, of which the folluwing are 
copies, were this day received at the Ear 
of Liverpool's office, addressed to his 
lordship by Lieutenant-general _ Lord 
Viscount Wellingten, K,B.,. dated Villa 
Formosa, 8th and 10tin of May... 
Villa Formosa, May 8, 4814. 
My Lorp—The enemy’s whole army, 
consisting of the 2d, 6th, and 8th, corps, and » 
all the cavalry which ,could be collectedin 
Castille and Leon, including about nine hupe,: 
dred of the Imperial. guard, crossed the, 
Agueda at Ciudad Rogriga on the 2d instant., 
The battalions of the 9th corps had been 
joined to the regiments. ta which they, be~ 
longed in the other three corps, excepting a 
division consisting of battalions belonging ta 
regiments in the corps doing duty in Anda- , 
lnsia; Which division likewise formed part. of 
thearmy. ., 
As my object i mn | maintaining a position bee 
tween the Cua and the Agucda, after, the: - 
enemy had. retired ’frora the former, was to, 
blockade Almeida, which place I had learnt,. 
from intercepted letters and other informay 
tion, was ill supplied with provisions for. ite 
garrison, and, as the enémy were. infinitely 
Superior to us in-cavalry, I did not give any. 
opposition to their mach, aad they. paasedibe ‘ 
aye 
