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Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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Letters from northern Spain dated to the 7th instant report that French forces in Galicia number no more than 20,000 exhausted men, reduced by a quarter through native resistance including a massacre of 200 at Betanzos; Asturians hold mountain passes against Napoleon's inactive legions in Leon.
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Some of the letters from the Northern coast of Spain, whence we have already announced the accounts received, are to the 7th inst., state, that the entire French force in Gallicia, from the dunes of Villafranca to Cape Ortegal, and from the borders of Asturias to the confines of Portugal, did not exceed 20,000 men; and these were so much exhausted by fatigue, and oppressed by want, that they were in no respect formidable to the natives; who, indignant at the wrongs they incurred, have, by secret stratagem and open violence, swept off one quarter of their numbers. At Betanzos 200 French soldiers were massacred. The brave Asturians occupy the passes of the mountains, and bid defiance to the legions of Bonaparte, which remain inactive on the extended plains of Leon.
It is confidently reported that his royal highness the duke of Kent will succeed the duke of York, as commander in chief.
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Gallicia
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7th Inst.
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french force limited to 20,000 exhausted men; one quarter swept off by natives; 200 massacred at betanzos; french legions inactive.
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Letters state the French force in Gallicia, from the dunes of Villafranca to Cape Ortegal and borders of Asturias to Portugal, does not exceed 20,000 men, exhausted by fatigue and want, not formidable to indignant natives who have killed one quarter by stratagem and violence. At Betanzos 200 French soldiers massacred. Asturians occupy mountain passes, defying Bonaparte's inactive legions on Leon's plains.