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Foreign News
September 23, 1808
The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
Don Joseph Palafox reports a complete victory over French forces at the gates of Saragossa in July, repulsing attacks at multiple points and inflicting heavy casualties.
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SARAGOSSA, JULY.
The following is a letter from his Excellency Don Joseph Palafox, Captain General of the kingdom of Aragon, to his political brother Count de Montijo.
"I have obtained a complete victory at the gates of this city. The French are destroyed or put to flight. Those who have escaped have taken refuge in the olive plantations. The enemy attacked me at five different points at one and the same time; but at all of them they have been routed. Yesterday the enemy attacked me a second time with an earnest desire to enter the city, but they were repulsed. They offered to parley, but they received my answer in a heavy cannonade. They attempted to move, but I poured upon them a tremendous fire. In the battery I had a 24 pounder which did great execution, and the mortars were served to admiration. In short the enemy have lost a great number of men in killed and wounded. I receive new vigor from the enthusiasm with which my people are animated."
The following is a letter from his Excellency Don Joseph Palafox, Captain General of the kingdom of Aragon, to his political brother Count de Montijo.
"I have obtained a complete victory at the gates of this city. The French are destroyed or put to flight. Those who have escaped have taken refuge in the olive plantations. The enemy attacked me at five different points at one and the same time; but at all of them they have been routed. Yesterday the enemy attacked me a second time with an earnest desire to enter the city, but they were repulsed. They offered to parley, but they received my answer in a heavy cannonade. They attempted to move, but I poured upon them a tremendous fire. In the battery I had a 24 pounder which did great execution, and the mortars were served to admiration. In short the enemy have lost a great number of men in killed and wounded. I receive new vigor from the enthusiasm with which my people are animated."
What sub-type of article is it?
Military Campaign
War Report
What keywords are associated?
Saragossa Victory
French Routed
Palafox Letter
Aragon Defense
What entities or persons were involved?
Don Joseph Palafox
Count De Montijo
Where did it happen?
Saragossa
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Saragossa
Event Date
July
Key Persons
Don Joseph Palafox
Count De Montijo
Outcome
complete victory; french destroyed or put to flight; great number of men killed and wounded
Event Details
Palafox repulsed French attacks at five points simultaneously, routed them, and defeated a second assault the previous day with cannonade and mortar fire; survivors fled to olive plantations.