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ledginents. Seeing Lugo has been 

 taken.andthatgeneral Carrera, with 

 a division of more than 6,000 men, 

 is in Ponte de Talevada, between 

 the roads of St. Jago and Orense, 

 hopes may be entertained that the 

 armies of Ney and Soult will be de- 

 stroyed. — God preserve yourexcel- 



lency, &c Five a. m. May 25th, 



1809. (Signed), 



" Manuel De Uria Y Llano." 



Letter yrom Captain M'Kinley to 

 the honourable IV. W. Pole, da- 

 ted Lively, Vigo, June 2. 

 Sir — I have the honour of inclos- 

 ing to you, for the information of 

 myLords Commissioners of the Ad- 

 miralty, a copy of a letter I receiv- 

 ed from brigadier-general Carrera, 

 commanding a division of loyal 

 Spanish troops, giving an account of 

 his taking from the French the city 

 of St. Jago Compostelia; by which 

 their lordships will see the spiritand 

 gallantry of the brigadier-general, 

 and the ardor of the troops under 

 his orders — I have the honour to 

 be, &c. (Signed) 



Geo. M'Kinley. 



Head quarters Santiago, May 23. 

 Santiago is in uur possession: 

 the enemy, consisting of 3,000 in- 

 fantry, with 14 pieces of artillery, 

 and 300 horse came out to meet us, 

 and attacked us on our march in 

 the plain called De la Estrella. Our 

 scouts having fallen in with their 

 voltigcurs and exchanged some 

 firing, brought me the information, 

 and 1 ordered the division to form 

 in the best position that could be 

 taken. The enemy attacked with 

 vigour, but were unable to gain the 

 smallest advantage. Our artillery 

 was as good as their's was bad, not 



a man being wounded on our side 

 by a cannon ball. After an hour's 

 firing, we became impatient of 

 suifeiing it, and I ordered Don 

 Pablo Marillo to charge them on 

 their right flank, whilst I advanced in 

 front with the three other columns. 

 The enemy twice took up positions, 

 and were as often dislodged. The 

 unevenness of the ground favoured 

 their escape ; in effecting which 

 they shamefully blew up two ammu- 

 nition chests; two others with two of 

 clothing, upwards of 600 muskets, 

 and some horses and other articles, 

 which I have not yet examined, fell 

 into our hands. — Murillo entered 

 the city, and pursued the enemy 

 through the streets to the distance 

 of more than a league from hence. 

 I am not yet informed of the num- 

 ber of slain, nor of that of the 

 prisoners, of whom there are many. 

 The general, Maquain, has been se- 

 verely wounded by two musket shot ; 

 the second in command was killed 

 in the field, whose insignia have 

 been brought to me by the soldiers. 

 Our loss has been trifling ; the troops 

 are in high spirits, and I may expect 

 much from them. 1 am, &c. 



Martin de la Carrera. 



From the London Gazette, July 8. 



Letters from Captain Hotham to 



Admiral Lord Gambier, dated 



from the 22nd to the 20th June, 



1809. 



In consequence of the defeat sus- 

 tained by the enemy's army, under 

 marshal Ney in the action against 

 the Spanish forces at the bridge of 

 Payo, that general fell back on Co- 

 runna on the 1 3th June, and imme- 

 diately began to take measures for 

 relinquishing the position of that 

 place and Ferrol,reniovinghi6forces 



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