In his last letter he made an error of date which should have been the 25th. On the 22nd they left Prats de Llusanes for Gironella to oppose a column of 8,000 Republicans, who are moving to the relief of Berga. They have only 2,000 men and all kinds of guns. Each man has but eight cartridges. Lavall is in France without authorization so his corps did not fall on the left flank of the enemy. The engagement with the enemy is general but his troops have maintained their positions. The garrison of Berga sallied forth to attack their advance guard but the sally was repulsed, and shortly after Gironella was evacuated. His forces retreated on command and were not harassed by the enemy, but were outnumbered 2,000 to 10,000. They left Prats the morning of the 25th and arrived at Pripolis, leaving there on the 26th. going then to Ribauer and hence to Castelfollit yesterday. The Republicans lost at Gironella between 5000 and 6000 while their loss was 32 wounded and 12 killed. He received McMaster's letter of Sept. 12th. and he endorsed the check and gave the photograph to Donna Maria and the article in the Journal to the Prince. The Zouaves will have to be reorganized, especially the officers. The Catalonians are un-unfavorable to the Royal cause since they are communistic. Tristans, Miret and Moore are three of the officers of the Zouaves. P.S.—Lavall never had any Zouaves under his command and is in France without leave. Wills is at Perpignan with 20 Dutchmen as he didn't have the money to bring more. He advises in money matters to have nothing to do with the London or Paris committees and manage everything with Louvras. He has not heard from O'Clery and finds his conduct strange. In the corps of the Zouaves there are but three Papal Zouaves, all the officers are Spaniards and served some time in Rome. They are not distinguished and have been promoted rapidly. There is much ambition and not much merit and they are devoid of military knowledge. Everything must change if the Irishmen come and if all does not prove a failure it will be miraculous. The engagements of the 25, 26, and 27 of Sept. resulted in heavy losses for the Republicans, and his troops lost 10 men marching. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 6pp. 12mo.