The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-15 00:00:00

BATTLE OF PINKIE.

The English army occupied the crest of a
sloping hill, on the southern side of the Esk.,
above Pinkie : that of Scotland, arranged in

three large bodies, chiefly consisting of spearmen,
having crossed the 'river, began slowly to ascend
the acclivity. The English cavalry charged
with fury on the foremost mass of spearmen, but
were received so firmly by the Scottish phalanx,
that they were beaten off with considerable loss.
It is said that this commencement of the battle
appeared so ominous to Somerset, that he called
for guides, and was about to order a retreat. His
secret rival, and, as he afterwards proved, his
mortd enemy, Dudley Earl of Warwick, en-
tertained better hopes, and directly commenced
a flank fire with the cannon of the army and
the arquebuses of the foreign mercenaries on
the thick body of spearmen. Angus, by whom
the Scottish vanguard was commanded, endea-
voured to change his position, to avoid the can-
nonade. About the same time some High-
landers of the second division '.had broken their
order, to hasten to the spoil, so that their
ir-
regular appearance, with the retrograde move-
' ment of Angus, communicated a 011ie to the
rest of the Scottish army, who thought they were
routed. At this decisive moment the Earl of War-
wick, who had rallied the English cavalry,
brought them again to the charge, and introduced
among the disordered forces of the Scots that
terror which he had failed in producing upon
these masses while they maintained their ranks.
The numerous army of the Scots fled in total
and irremediable confusion. Thus ended the
battle of Pinkie, without either a long or bloody
conflict. But the English horsemen, incensed
at the check which they received in their first
onset. pursued the chase almost to the gates of
Edinburgh with unusual severity ; and as many
of the fugitives were drowned in the Esk, which
was swelled with the tide, the loss of the Scots
in the battle and flight amounted to ten thousand
men. The whole space between the field of
battle and the capital was strewed with dead
bodies, and with the weapons which the fugitives
had: thrown away in their flight.—Dr. Lard-
ner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, Vol. IV. ; being Sir
Waller Scott's History of Scotland, Vol. 11.

INTREPIDITY OF N A POL EON.-BUONA
PARTE was seen to encourage his troops and expose his per-
sin fearlessly during the combat ; and Marshal BLUCHER'S
movement of his cavalry, which he led on himself, was
spoken of in the highest terms. NAPOLEON, who, at this
period, scarcely acted, in any instance, on common mili-
tary calculation, drew up his army on the Ist of February
in two lines, on the great plain before La Rotliiere, occu-
pying the villages, and neglecting much stronger ground
in his rear about Brieune, evidently showing that he meant
to play a desperate game. He led on la jeune garde in
person against Marshal BLUCHER'S army, to wrest the
village of La Rothiere from the gallant corps of SACKEN j
but three repeated efforts were ineffectual. All agreed that
the enemy fought with great intrepidity. BUONAPARTE
seemed to have set his political existence on a die, as he
exposed himself every where ; his horse was shot undditi
him, and he had the mortification of witnessing the
capture of a battery of guns in charge of lajeane garde.—
Lord Londonderry's Narrative of the War in Germany
and France.