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Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political
Alexandria, Virginia
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Report from Lisbon via Capt. Williams: Affairs in Portugal unchanged. Spanish army defeated by French under Soult near Salamanca in late November battles, losing 13-14,000 men after pursuing and engaging imprudently on open plain. French not advancing without reinforcements.
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LATEST FROM LISBON.
Capt. Williams arrived last evening from Lisbon, left that place on the 20th of Dec.
Affairs in Portugal remained much in the same state as our last advices. A few days before capt. W. sailed, intelligence was received from Spain, that the principal Spanish army had been defeated in two engagements with the French, about the last of Nov. near Salamanca, in which the patriots suffered a loss of 13 or 14,000 men. It was stated that the Spaniards had pursued the army under Soult, over whom they had gained some advantages, until he was reinforced by a strong body of fresh troops near Salamanca; when he became the assailant: and the Spanish commander, encouraged by recent successes, determined on meeting him in a general battle, for which purpose he had imprudently taken a position on an extensive plain, where the superiority of the French tactics triumphed over patriotic valor, and he was defeated with the loss above stated. Still, however, the French were not advancing, and probably would not attempt it, until reinforcements should arrive from France.
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Near Salamanca, Spain
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About The Last Of Nov.
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spanish loss of 13 or 14,000 men; french not advancing without reinforcements
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The principal Spanish army was defeated in two engagements with the French near Salamanca. Spaniards had pursued Soult's army, gaining advantages, until Soult was reinforced and became the assailant. Spanish commander imprudently positioned on an extensive plain for general battle, where French tactics triumphed over Spanish valor.