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'Brigidier-general Don Francisco Benegas, 
chief of the van of my division, placed on my 
right wing, disposed with skill and much pre-~ 
sence of mind, the proper corps and artillery 
on all the points attacked by the enemy, and 
ably contributed to repel him in all his partial 
successive artacks, as wells in the last gene- 
ral and obstinate one, by which he attempted 
to turn.the said wing, at the same time that 
he was attacking the centre, 
‘ (Signed) 
Baylen, Fuly 22, 1808. 
Andujar, Fuly VW. 
On the 23d the Spanish army formed in 
two lines fronting each other, when the di- 
vision of Dupont, consisting of 5100 men, of 
which 1200 were cavalry, and followed by 20 
pieces of cannon, marched through and laid 
down their arms at the-distance of 800 toises. 
The infantry were as. fine troops as ever left 
France. 
On the 24th, the division of General We- 
del, consisting of 9000 men, of which 1200 
were cavalry, did the same. 
The division of Dupont, on its first arrival 
in Andalusia, consisted of 1¥,000 men; thus 
the French have sustained a loss, in ~Anda- 
lusia alone, of 21,000 men. Dupont made 
seven partial, and four general attacks upon 
the Spanish army, and was repulsed with loss 
each tine. The Spanish artillery did won- 
ders, and in less than two hours dismounted 
14 pieces of the enemy’s cannon. 
Address to the Andalusians, after the Surrender 
of the French Army in the Defiles of the Si- 
evra Morcna. 
Brave Andalusians! The spark of patriot- 
ism which was kindled in your breasts, hus 
in afew days been fanned to aflame which 
has consumed the oppressors of your country, 
You wished to be free, and in an instant 
you possessed a tutelary government, and an 
army eager for conflict and triumph. 
‘Those legions of Vandals, who fora mo- 
Ment seized by surprize some of your cities, 
rand delivered them over to pillage—who, in- 
toxicated with victories gained over divided 
Nations, marched, loaded with the spoils of 
Europe, to scatter over the fair fields of Betis 
the flame.of desolation, have experienced the 
force of loyalty, and the love of country and 
religion. 
Brave Andalusians! Yours is the glory of 
Marengo, of Austerlitz, and of Jena. The 
laurels which encircled’ the brows of those 
eonguerprs lie at your feet. 
Ammoital glory to the hero who has re- 
newed in the Sierra Morena the ach'evements 
of Fabius’ Maximus. Our sons will say, 
Castanos triumphed over the French, and his 
glory did nut_ fill with mourning the biuses of 
our fathers! Vhe unfading Jawrel of victory 
to the brave.combutants who have: laid pros- 
‘trate the oppressors of humanity! Hymns of 
Repinc. 
Address to the Andalusians. 
benediction to the wise Government which 
-has defended your rights, and prepared the 
way for new triumphs! > 
I invoke you, net as Andalusians, but ag 
Spaniards, Fly, sons of Betis! Fly to unite 
yourselves with your brethren of the Ebro, 
the Duero, and the Xucar; fly to-break the 
chains of those who lie captive on the Tagus, 
the Manzanares, and the Llobregat. 
Go and purity the soil of Spain from the 
footsteps of those traitors. Go and avenge 
in their blood the insults they offered you 
under the shelter ‘of a feebie and cowardly 
government. Do you not hear the cries of 
those who were murdered on the $4 of May ? 
Do you.not hearken to the yroans of the op- 
pressed? Are you not touched by the secret 
sighs of our Ferdinand, who deplores his sex 
paration from his Spaniards? ; 
War andrevenge! Let the Tyrant of Eup © 
rope tremble upon the throne whence he has 
given authority to every crime. ‘ 
Brave Andalusians! You will deem, no sa- 
‘erifice costly with which you can purchase 
your king and. your independence. Already 
you have a countryalready you are a great 
nation; tollow the paths of glory and virtue 
which the god of armies has pointed out te. 
you in your first victory. 
SOUTH, AMERICA. ij a A 
Manifesto, or Fustification and Exposition of the _ 
Court of Portugal with respectto France: 
‘¢ The court of Portugal, after having kept 
a silence suitable to the difficult cireums- 
tances in which it was placed, and to the mo- 
ment when theseat of government was estab- 
lished, conceives that it owes to its dignity 
and sank ameng other powers, a faithful and 
accurate expositign of its conduct, supported 
by incontestable facts, in order that its sub- 
jects, impartial Europe, and also the most 
distaut posterity, may judge of the purity of 
its conduct, and the principles it has adopted, 
as well to dvoid the fruitless effusionaof the 
blood ‘of its people, as because it could not 
persuace itself that solemn treaties, of eee 
it had fulfilled the burthessome conditions ih 
favour of France, should become a despicable 
infant’s toy in the eyes of the goveroment 
whose immediate dnd immensurable ‘am- 
bition has no limits, and which has too much 
opened the eyes of the persons the most pre- 
judiced in its favour. Jt is not in invective, 
or in vain and useless menaces, that the court 
of Portugal will raise its voice from the midst 
of the new empire which it is about to createz 
it is by true and authentic facts, explained 
with the greatest simplicity and moderation, 
thatit will make known td Europe and its sube 
jects all thatit has suffered; thatit willexcite ~ 
the attention of those who may st.Jl desire 
not to be the victims of so unbounded an ame 
bition; and who may feel how much the fur 
ture fate of Portugal, and the restitution of 
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