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BAY OF CADIZ. 171amusement ofsnelV·throwing h.as been reeentlyadopted as an improvement)Ina much more serious quarter, before the Algerines, where theSpaniards advanced as fast as they formed,in successive detachments;not à portée to sustain caeh other. This gave to a regiment now here,that of Savoy, whlchdistingulshes itself by pleasing in its exterior,which is not usuaI, the Martinets of the day, to its present colonel,Don Cornelio O'Brien, who eommanded the grenadiers covering theretreat after thi~ unfortunate attempt, and who saved aIl who did escapefrom the fury of the Mohommedans and incapacity of their own generaIs;-this retreat, in its execution, showed what may be expectedfrom Spanish soldiers. Not a single shot was fired by them, though theMohommedans clashed their sabres on their presented firelocks. Theil'commander addressed them under this trial by an epithet that reachedtheir hearts: not "Soldiers," nor "Comrades," but " Christianos."The Aigerine officers, tore their heards with rage, when they failed inencouraging the cavalry to break into the Spanish battalion.The resuItof theexpedition curcd the state, or at least theheads of it, of anytendency to such freaks as debarking in the face of Algerines for thefuture.The Bay .of Cadiz is one of the many noble harbours possessed bySpain, andwhich may eventually one day constitute het a powerflllnaval nation. (A very inconvenient ledge ·of rocks in the entrance.here~ calledLosPuerco~,has caused .many misfortunes to ships.) Theseof Spain have thead'vantage'too, ihat they are notbar·harbours.-­Ferocity has unusually plarked British warfare when pointed againstSpain~Thesacking-systertlselected this city for its victim. The•... , .horrorsexperienced atYigo are shuddered at here to this day. It istobe hoped ,this mode of warfare at least i8 consigned for evel' to abz2