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T*hich river Joseph had crossed with 

 the reinforcement which he had ta- 

 ken to Sebastiani's corps; and this 

 last corps, consisting of" 10,000 men 

 only, was on the left bank of the 

 Tagus, about Madrilejos, in front of 

 Venegas, who was again advancing. 

 The last accounts from this quarter 

 were of the 8th. The French army 

 under Victor, joined by the detach- 

 ments brought by Joseph from Se- 

 bastiani's corps, and amounting in 

 the whole to about 35,000 men, 

 are concentrated in the neighbour- 

 hood of Talavera, and on the Al- 

 berche ; gen. Cuesta's army has 

 been in the position which I inform- 

 ed your lordship that it had taken 

 up, since I addressed you on the 

 1st instant. The advanced guard 

 of the British army arrived on the 

 8th, and the troops which were 

 with me on the Tagus arrived by 

 the 10th ; the 23rd hght dragoons 

 and the 48th arrived yesterday ; 

 the 61st regiment will arrive to- 

 morrow. I went to gen. Cuesta's 

 quarters at Almarez on the 10th, 

 and stayed there till the 12th, ahd 

 I have arranged with that general 

 apian of operations upon the French 

 army, which we are to begin to 

 carry into execution on the 18th, if 

 the French should remain so long 

 in their position. The Spanish army 

 under general Caesta consists of 

 about 38,000 men (exclusive of 

 Venegas's corps), of which 7,000 

 are cavalry. About 14,000 men 

 are detached to the bridge d'Arzo- 

 bispo, and the remainder are in the 

 camp underthePuertedeMirabete. 

 1 have the pleasure to inform your 

 lordship, that the seven battalions 

 of infantry from Ireland and the 

 Islands, and the troops of horse 

 artillery from Great Britain, arriv- 

 j ed at Lisbon in the beginning of 



the month. Gen. Crauford's brigade 

 is on its march to join the army, 

 but will not arrive here till the 24th 

 or 25th. 



Arthur Wellesley. 



Dotvning-street, Aug. 26. — The 

 following dispatch has been receiv- 

 ed foom Major Maxxvell of the 

 Jloi/al African corps, addressed to 

 Viscount Castlereagh. 



Senegal, July 18. 

 My lord,— When I had last the 

 honour of writing to your lordship, 

 I communicated such information 

 as I had received concerning the 

 situation of the French colony of 

 Senegal, and my opinion of the 

 practicability of reducing it with a 

 small force : I also mentioned the 

 annoyance we had received at Go- 

 ree and its vicinity, from their pri- 

 vateers, during the absence of ships 

 of war from that station. On the 

 24th June, commodore Columbine 

 arrived at Goree with the Solebay 

 frigate and brig Tigress, having the 

 colonial schooner George, Agin- 

 court transport, and several mer- 

 chant vessels under convoy ; and 

 having communicated to him what 

 intelligence I had lately obtained, 

 we thought the reduction of Sene- 

 gal practicable with the force we 

 possessed, provided no obstacles 

 shouldprevent our being able to pass 

 the bars at the mouth of the river. 

 To this attempt I was induced by 

 considerations which I trust your 

 lordship will conceive tobe of weight. 

 I was of opinion that the colony of 

 itself would be an acquisition of 

 importance to the nation, from its 

 commerce; that by the French go- 

 vernment, as it had always been 

 much valued, its loss would be 

 proportionably felt; and that by 

 2 H 2 driving 



