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Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Foreign intelligence from Lisbon, arrived via ship Whampoa in New Bedford on Oct. 5, 1812: Lord Wellington entered Madrid, capturing 3000 prisoners and stores for 20000 men, left a garrison, and proceeded north. French raised siege of Cadiz in pursuit of the French. Flour at 22 dollars in Lisbon.
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Monday, October 12, 1812.
The following is the only article of foreign intelligence we have received the past week:—
NEW-BEDFORD,
OCT. 5—Arrived here this day ship Whampoa, Capt. Waterman, of New York, from Lisbon. A passenger informs that Lord Wellington had entered Madrid where he took 3000 prisoners, and stores for 20000 men:—That he had left a garrison in Madrid, and gone towards the North. A Portuguese paper brought by this vessel states that the French had raised the siege of Cadiz in pursuit of the French: and that the success-Flour 22 dollars at Lisbon. [of Lord Wellington's continued... contain particulars]
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Madrid
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took 3000 prisoners, and stores for 20000 men; left a garrison in madrid; french raised the siege of cadiz in pursuit of the french
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Lord Wellington had entered Madrid where he took 3000 prisoners, and stores for 20000 men; he had left a garrison in Madrid, and gone towards the North. A Portuguese paper states that the French had raised the siege of Cadiz in pursuit of the French: and that the success of Lord Wellington's continued operations contain particulars. Flour 22 dollars at Lisbon.