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mc ^ IlectetUU their troops together in th ^ iiortli ^ and ^^ e&treiigtheoedbyreirtforcements from Ftunc&sJ nst at the time rthen tYm aVHed army tad reason to expect the faUof the castle at Bur-^ gOfi ^ the beaten army advan ced toward s t % e ^! j ^ ace , and the English general wnsaeoBqtpeHe d h > give orders for his s- fbrces * to retreat . The French ,
comxnftH « ter of the castle was hailed by his ^ otojectrymen in the most flattering ^ terca * > and carried in triumph at the - ^ bead of the returned army through the streets of Burgos * The allies slowly ^ retraced their steps » falling back up . 4 H » their depots , and expecting to be joined fey a great body of men , which
might enable them in their turn to face v the enemy again , and to drive him ini to his former Tetreat-., " . But difficulties present themselves fi ? on > another quarter , lu consequence
of the inarch of the northern army , > tl » e allies fonnd it necessary to evacuate Madrid , and the French armies of the south and east shewed a disposition ta advance . They took possess : # ion again of Madrid and of the ruins ofythe Bueo Retiro . which bad been
:. e destroyed by - the last possessor $ and ~ m € a ? ay easily imagme in what state : || ie City must now ' be , after the short ~ Uved government of those , who might , ^^ ra twoHbirdsof the inhabitants re-, vi bels . •<•« U 0 rd iWeHmctou's situation is
^ thu * v fenderedr extremely critical 5 as the h ^ zArding of a bat t le with the nor * tnern army might incapacitate him ^>^» i ^ meeting titose who will now press s « # fi | rt t * S « t 7 fr < Mtt tlie east .-His way is - # pen' 1 ^ < Portugal , and there in ¦ his
^ ; msm ^ po « ts ^ aroumi ijisbon , lie tnay uma ^ agai n deride all the attempts of thesErewc ^ htttSpam mnst be left at lh « ir mercy . * ..-A . ¦ >{••* ,- ^ t -r-. /¦¦¦ -.: . '•¦ ¦¦ , - ^ i ^ rloomy as is the state of afiairs in c tSpain ^ the French ^ have / great ^ atr-^ baebs on their e ^ uttatiilUj ifcHp their « tt » peror ih « s evaCoate ^ M ^ cpW , and U on his retreat from ttoe mimerous - Jtotvtes ¦ of Russians > atod Cossarks , v ^ cb are otiacldniff him In every din the
^ * « 5 Pct 4 on ^ TheAtttoCratis in bigh * •• fc ^ liirit ^ he has ^ isstted H proclama-. ^ Ott ^ ifiii whic ^^ he itn ^» ia decisive Atemm * ih $ lute itfv ** ts £ e * over tho > < + > rk MtikfratidW ^^ t ^|» t the atfuckupo ^ Mill domMohs *> > ^ . ^ gat ^^ iiii ^ t ^ ffi *^ ' ttrEimV m ? iiays > ^ p ^ ey aM juiti ^^ ai ^ , ? > 0 fmbl >^^ Mski * iftt ; 1 *« t h ^ ory - « f
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this daring miiit not be told withoat tlie terrible catafitrophie by which it wan attended , ' * The subject is then exnorted to use every -possible mean fdr the destruction of t : he enemy , and assured that if with the shattered remains of an army , be should regain the frontiers of Poland , « harrassed , exhausted , and defeated , he will be
tor ever rendered - incapable of renewing his presumptuous' attetwpt / ' < A short time will acquaint us witk fhe real state of the great conqueror , whose situation appears to'be critical in the extreme . The king of Naples has been defeated in a pitched battle , in which he lost thirtyHeight pieces of
cannon and all his baggage ^ but hw loss in men did not amOun ^ afecord ing to the Russian account , te a ninth part of itts army . Where Buonaparte is does not appear from any account , and various rumours are spread ]
relative to him . His energies wiUno ^ rbc tried to the utmost y and should be make his retreat into Poland , it will be an exploit that will distiDguish htm as a general aa mueslis * hi * greatest victories- We mufet wait however
for the French accouttt Vbefbrtf t we speak too decisively on this ^ suiyect . It is certnin that he has b « ten baffled in his , scheme to march a portioa of his troopa by theshodre ^ of the Baltic ( 0 Peten » burghi They ajce « Wnpelledto retire intoJbithuama $ irixd * bis mutderous ctuntettlgn may bercomnleted with
more of deuth ^ nd honro ^^ hall liailieeD known in ^ he ^ sii < iieslK | r 4 b periad irf i ^ mc m the history % rf « 8 ffltnk «©^ qVi t } o ' A conspiracy at Paris rtight have added to the difficttKiea of Bucmapartc , but the actots inlt wc ^ e seized on the instant « f its broking out , and sufftred
the usual penalties far sux& a ** atc 6 mptcHe-its likely , if te * uqccc 4 s inrmaiD . taining hia grpwud in Roland , ta have Ute- Sttfipotfc ct * & ^ : hftoffi $ tj $ to * teal policy ^ for X ^ enmarlc j $ iwfui < t « fi * t h * ne ^ ailiftocc ^ twiwift ®^ ntl / rSiisiui and Sv ^ cd «> m * yrb « fatal ^ its int ^ rtHU . hrt ^ b
anotbttr ^ itt «« ^ p ^« v < M > U * l ! »« then i ( r WiU ^ c b ^^ ^ Mm ^ m not by ^ ieadffit l ^^ « twtjTO «) n fc 4 traci cf fermed ? : *^^ diepr ^ idK ^ no ^ tCirgue m «] Cft ^ Od to any of Fjaw ^ » i | « i tb ^ w >^ ^ hemiiotm ttSmM noi ? yeeiiwnpMc- 'f . ¦ AniitfiMje ^^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1812, page 720, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1754/page/60/
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