SO 
All the Germans ja the service of the English 
desert. The French army will be this even- 
ing at Astorga, and near the confines of Gal-- 
licia. ; 
Twenty: Third Bulletin. 
“Benevente, Fan. 1.—Marshal Soult arri- 
ved at Mancilla on the SOth, which was cc- 
cupied by the enemy’s left wing under Ro- 
mana. 
~ General Franceschi overthrew them with 
asingle charge—killed many 3 they lost one 
Colonel, two Lieutenant-Colonels, 50 Officers 
and 1500 mien. 
“On the Sist, Marshal Soult entered Inson. 
“Marshal Bessieres, with 900 cayalry, is pur- 
suing the English—we have taken 200 wag- 
gons of baggage left, on the road to Astorga 
—Romana’s remains have thrown themselves 
“into Astorga, 
“General St. Cyr has joined Genera] Du- 
hestne. That junction has raised his army to 
40,000. The King of Spain has gone to 
Aranjuez, in order to review the first corps, 
commanded by the Duke of Belluna. 
Twenty-Fourth Bulletin. 
Astorga, Fan. 2.—The. Emperor arrived 
hereon the ist. ‘The road from Benevente to 
Astorga is covered with dead English horses, 
waggons, and calssons. 
On the road from Astorga to Villafranca, 
General Colbert, commanding the advanced 
guard, made 2000 prisoners. 
The Emperor has charged the Duke-of Dal-: 
matia. with the glorious mission of pursuing 
the English to their point of embarkation, and 
of throwing them into the sea. 
General St, Cyr.has entered Barcelona ; the 
Dukes of, Cornegliano and Treviso have in- 
vested Saragossa, and taken possession of 
Monte Terrero with little loss. 
General Sebastiani, having passed the Ta- 
gus on the. 24th, at Arzobispo, has attacked 
and routed the remains of the Estremaduran 
army. General Valence has passed the Tagus 
over the bridge of Almaraz. 
Corunna, Fan. 6.—The retreat of the Eng- 
lish army is confirmed. At twelve o'clock 
yesterday, the army*had assembled at Lugo, 
with the exception of General~Frazer’s divi- 
sion, which had ‘madé a considerable advance. 
towards Vigo, but was ordered fo fall back to. 
the assistance of the main body, a battle” 
being hourly expected ~ Benevente Has been | 
burnt, and the French threaten Astorga with,’ 
the’same fate. At both these places English 
pfisoners have been murdered by Bonaparte. 
Previous to the assembling of the English 
at Lugo, the cavalry which-cévefed the re- 
. treat, assisted by the flying “artillery, had 
thrice repulsed ‘a column of the cnetiy, con-_. 
sisting of 2000 cavalry and rendered Tr ¢om-.,* 
pletely incompetent to act again by itself.” ~~ / 
Fan. 9.—Vhe staffequipage of the English * 
arrived here on the 7th, ‘but the héad quarters’. 
of the army are still at Lugo, On fhe ‘after: 
noon of the’ 6th,° the erfeny made a partial 
attatk on the? Engtish posidion; “batt “wére" re- 
ith 9 
_ Retreat of the English Army in Spar. 
with cold that has been very intense. 
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[Feb. 1, 
pulsed. with the loss of about 500 men, that 
of the English being but trifling. : 
The sea-batteries here have been dismant- 
Ted, in order that they might not furnish the 
enemy with means of annoyance. The ene- 
my have two columns on theit match to Por- 
tugal, one for Lisbon by Estremadura and 
Elvas, the other had reached Zamora on the 
15th, on its way to Oporto. 
Fan. 13.—The whole of the English army . 
effected a retreatto this place and its vicinity 
on the 11th in the evening. Gen. Beres- 
ford, however, occupies the heights near Be- 
tanzos, with a corps uf about 5000 men, who 
are busily employed in fortifying that position. 
Whilst at Lugo, Sir J. Moore drew up his 
army in order of battle, inviting the attack 
of the enemy, which was, however, declined 
by him. . 
The Governor of Lugo has reported, under 
date of the 7th inst. that on the 6th inst. at 
three o’clock in the afternoon, ata league’s 
distance from that town, the English troops 
were engaged with the advanced parties of 
the enemy ; but the latter were repulsed, and 
the former shew no inclination of maintain- 
ing themselves in that position. 
GREAT. BRITAIN. 5 
Dispatches, from which the following: 
are extracts, were, on the 8ih of Jan.:re~ 
ceived at the Office of Lord Viscount: 
Castlereagh, one of his Majésty’s Princi- - 
pal Secretaries of State, from Lieut.-Gen, 
Sir J. Moore, K. B. Commanderin Chief 
of his Majesty’s Forces employed in 
Spain. ; peg 
- Bonevente, Dec. 28; 1808." 
Since I had the honour tu address you upon 
the 16th, from Toro, the army has been al- 
most constantly marching through snow, and 
The 
weather, within these few days, has turned | 
to rain, which is much more uncomfortable 
than the cold, and has rendered the roads al- 
most impassable. On the 21st the army 
reached Sahagun; it was necessary to halt 
there,in order to refresh the men, and on ac- 
count of provisions. The information thac [ 
, recelyed was, that, Marshal Soult was at Sal- 
_ dana, with about 16,000 men, with posts 
along’the river from Guarda to Carrion. 
“The army was ordered to march in two. co- 
lumns at eight o’clock on the night of the 20d, 
_ to force the bridge at Carrion, and from thence | 
proceed to Saldana. At six o’clock that even- . 
ing, I received information that considerable _ 
reinforcements had arrived at Carrion from 
Palencia, and a letter from the Marquis de la 
wiv hide 
Fraser 
