. History of the war in the Peninsula and in the south of France : from the year 1807 to the year ank of the French, andthe troops left to carry on the siege, were liable tobe turned by the pass of Espiritus, through which,the roads from Betera led to Gilet, directly upon theline of retreat. To prevent such an attempt Suchetposted Chlopiski with a strong detachment of in-fantry and the Italian dragoons in the pass, andplaced the Neapolitan brigade of reserve at Gilet:in this situation, although his fighting troops didnot exceed seventeen thousand men, and thosecooped up between two fort
. History of the war in the Peninsula and in the south of France : from the year 1807 to the year ank of the French, andthe troops left to carry on the siege, were liable tobe turned by the pass of Espiritus, through which,the roads from Betera led to Gilet, directly upon theline of retreat. To prevent such an attempt Suchetposted Chlopiski with a strong detachment of in-fantry and the Italian dragoons in the pass, andplaced the Neapolitan brigade of reserve at Gilet:in this situation, although his fighting troops didnot exceed seventeen thousand men, and thosecooped up between two fortresses, hemmed in bythe mountain on one side, the sea on the other, andwith only one narrow line of retreat, the Frenchgeneral did not hesitate to engage a very numerousarmy. He trusted to his superiority in moral re-sources, and what would have been madness inother circumstances, was here a proof of skilfuldaring. Blake having issued a fine address to his soldierson the 25th of October advanced to fight. Hisright wing under Zayas, composed of the Albueradivisions, marched by a road leading upon the. ZondoTuFublished bt/TScWBOONB. PENINSULAR WAR. 283 village of Puzzol; and Blake followed in person, a weak reserve, commanded by general Velasco. ^^^!^* T • October. The centre under Lardizabal supported by thecavalry of Loy and Caro, moved by the main road. The left consisting of Mirandas, and VillaCampas infantry, and of St. Juans cavalry, andsupported by Mahys division which came from theside of Betera moved against the defile of , also coming from Betera, acted as a flank-ing corps, and entering the mountains by Naquera,menaced the right of Chlopiski, but he was met bya brigade under general Robert. The Spaniards moved on rapidly and in goodorder, driving the French outposts over a ravinecalled the Piccador, which covered Suchets and Lardizabal immediately passed this ob-stacle as did also Caro and Loy, and the first tookpossession of Puz
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