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were commanded by major-gen, 

 Graham. The operations of gen. 

 Victor were combined with those 

 of Sebastiani, who witli a part of 

 his corps occupied Antequara, 

 Motril, and Guadix, andcommu- 

 nicated with that of Victor by 

 Ronda and Marbella. 



General Soult sent a summons, 

 dated Chiclana, Feb. 10, to the 

 duke of Albuquerque to surrender 

 Cadiz; at the same time inviting 

 him to a conference for settling 

 the terms. The duke stated the 

 strength of the fortress of Cadiz, 

 which had nothing to fear from 

 100,000 men. There was no 

 comparison between its present 

 state of defence and that in which 

 it had been a few days ago. The 

 most abundant means of fortifying 

 it were at hand, and the Spaniards 

 had not failed to make use of 

 them. It was not the old fortifi- 

 cations that inspired them with 

 confidence, but others superior to 

 these, constructed on the inner 

 side of them, and new works still 

 springing up, and multiplied al- 

 most to superfluity. That the 

 Spaniards, faithful to Ferdinand, 

 assisted by the English, would 

 iiot lay down their arms till they 

 should have recovered their just 

 rights. That they were not to be 

 intimidated by the irruption of 

 the French, who were masters 

 only of the ground they had over- 

 ran and now occupied. That the 

 regency which now governed the 

 Spaniards held a close correspond* 

 ence with all the ports on the coasts 

 of Spain, and all the kingdoms 

 and provinces of which it was 

 formed ; and armies were organ- 

 ized wherever means could be 

 found of doing so. In return 

 for the interest wlilch his excel- 

 lency (marshal Soult) took in the 



fortune of the Spaniardsinhabiting 

 the Isle and the fortress of Cadiz, 

 the duke of Albuquerque coun- 

 selled him to renounce the idea of 

 sacrificing his troops to no pur- 

 pose ; knowing, as he did, the ad- 

 vantages possessed by his owq 

 troops, not only in respect of lo- 

 calities, but also that fraternal con- 

 cord with which they performed 

 all kinds of service together with 

 the English, their intimate allies. 

 — The duke of Albuquerque con- 

 ceived it to be his duty further to 

 tell his excellency, that the illus- 

 trious British nation, not less ge- 

 nerous than magnanimous and 

 brave, had not, as his excellency 

 insinuated, any design of seizing 

 Cadiz. Its only object was, to 

 contribute its aid for its defence 

 by all those means which it so 

 abundantly possessed, which the 

 Spaniards had solicited, and re- 

 ceived with gratitude. The de- 

 fenders of Cadiz should be Spa- 

 niards; but they would be sup- 

 ported by English and Portu- 

 guese, and by all those, who, pe- 

 netrated with the justice of their 

 cause, would do themselves ho- 

 nour in contributing to the de- 

 fence of that fortress. The treat- 

 ment of prisoners should be such 

 as became civilized nations: the 

 Spaniards would not follow the 

 example set by the French troops, 

 in cruelly massacreing their Spa- 

 nish prisoners under the denomi- 

 nation of insurgents, or when, 

 overcome by fatigue, they were 

 not able to keep up with them on 

 their march. The duke conclud- 

 ed by declining the conference to 

 which the marshal had invited 

 him, until, by the restoration of 

 dear Ferdinand VII. to Spain, and 

 the removal of all foreign troops, 

 he should be in a situation to ac- 



