The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-03 00:00:00

VICTORY IX C,II,ABRIA..

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OFFI'CIAL ACAU-NO.
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MESS IN AJu A:Y s.—We 114 e litnt by ti Brit-
ti%ll Sinop of War the Bittern, commandedby Capt.
Do wN, the. happy intelligence of the landing of the
British Army, on. tn- ist Tii.sTnif:ririaei--. the orders of
Major-GLneral Sir
Euphemia, without any loss on our'side^.- This Sloop
has brought with her:a number of French prisoners.
We have xeceived the following particulars of the

landing :

" [lead-Quarters, Nicastro, 3d July, tBO6.

The Army landed without opposition, on the
lst instant, in the. morning. The advanced guard,
consisting of three companies of Light Infantry and
some Grenadiers, was sent forward to recanoitre
a thick wood about a mile and a half from the
shore, Where they found about 400 French, who
were pursued and dispersed by our Troops, and
about half .of them taken prisoners. They lost
about forty in killed and wounded. Ouronly loss
was one Serjeant of the 58th Regiment, wounded.
It is probable that the Army will advance this even-
ing to attack the Enemy. The peasants flock in
crowds to our 'Artrw,- Three thousand brave Ca-.
labrians at least have joined us. Their number in-
creases every moment. The Enemy is retreating, it
is rupposed for the purpOse of 'concentrating their
Troops.
The Condit& of the peasants of Nicastro is_
*artily of being made public. After having sup-
plied the Army with provisions they refused to re-
ceive any payment for then, observing, that as the.
English came to rescue them from the tyranny of
the French, by whoM they had been, a short time
before, robbed of: their property, it was their wish
that the Army which came.to their assistance should..
be supported with a part of their plentiful harvest.
His Excellency General STUART several times at-
tempted in vain to prevail upon them to take pay-
ment for their provisions, and it was with difficulty
that he could prevail upon-them to take receipts fo't
the necessaries they had supplied., • , .
" Nothing, can equal the enthusiasm with which
the Calabrians received their deliverers, and the
zeal with which they pressed forward to offer not
only their serisices, but their lives, to re-conquer
the kingdom of their well-beloved and lawful So-.
vereign FREDINAND the Fouarn. Nothing but red
cockades are seen in the hats of the peasants.
" Immediately after the landing of the English
Army General STUART published a Proclamation.
inviting the Calabrians to shake off the 'yoke of the
French. He told them that the standard of Fan-
DIN AND IV. was again displayed on their. shores, ;
that nothing. was required of them but accommo-
dation—that no contribution would be demanded—
that all provisions supplied should be punCtually
paid for—that they should receive arms and am-
munition for their own defence—that their laws
and customs should be maintained-their religion
and Catholic worship should be honoured and re-
spthed—and that . those who might have erred, or
have .been seduced by the Government of the
Usurper, should, on delivering up their arms, be par-
doned and proteCted.
" Several Transports, with French Prisoners, ar-
rived yesterday from the Gulph of St. Euphetnia,
which, after having landed the prisoners, sailed
again instantly with reinforcements for the Army."
following letter was also received this morn-
ing from Rear-Admiral Sir SIDNEY SMITH :

" CASTLE OF AMANTEA, JULY 2,
.11306.
We have taken this fortress, having attacked
it by sea, as it was too perpendicular' on _ the land
side, and consequently inaccessible. The French,
having one lost, it, will find it difficult to retake it.
The little. blond which has 'been shed in this affair
must always be regretted ; but it is on the -side of
the enemy : not one of our people received a
scratch. , The two divisions of Melazzo and Capri
have behaved extremely well. Eight cannons spik-
ed, two standards, and four hundred prisoners,'
and arms and ammunition Sufficient to enable the
brave subjects of his Sicilian Majesty to arm them-
selves and 'to follow up their successes, are the
trophies and the' fruit of the aelion of yesterday:
I 'have learnt witbsatisfaaion that the English Artriy
approaches Nicastro. Our prOspeals are good on'
every site. The army landed under the proteaion
Of a frigate, at the same time that we were taking
Amantea. We haVe sptead alarm through a con-
siderable part of the coast. •
(Signed) " W. SIDNEY SMITH."

OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.,

BRITISH ARMY IN CALABRIA.
" PALERMO, JULY express sent by the

Governor of Messina to Palermo, to the Minister of
State for the War and Marine Department, Colonel
CoLAJANNI, with letters of the 7th instant, the
agreeable news has been received in a letter written
,
by Geneial STUART, dated from the Phieof St.
I!:uphernia, to Brigadier Ilitontticx, commanding
the citadel Qf Messina: the sth of the same month,

of a complete vi&ory gain-d on the prececlinv (lay
by. the British Army in Calabria, over the French
Army, commanded by General REeNIER, which
letter is to the following purport :
,

4 Plain of St. Euphemia, July s.

I trouble you with these few hues to inform
you of the satisfa6tory .circumstance
,of my having
yesterday attacked and entirely defeated General
REGNIER, after an obstinate a&ion, iri the plain of
St. Euphemia. The. Enemy, according to all the.
accounts received, amounted to 7000 Infantry, and
upwards of 300 Cavalry, with four pieces of Artil-
lery. Their loSt in killed, wounded, and prisoners,
according to the intelligence we have received, is,
upwards of 2000 men ; but as many prisoners con-
tinually arrive, who have been dispersed in the
neighbouring mountains, and as their defeat has
been general, there can be no doubt but there might,
be added another thousand
,men. It is impossible
to describe what our brave troops have undertaken
and executed.

I have taken General COMPERE, with several
other Officers, of rank prisoners. If I had but the
few of the 20th Regithent of Dragoons mounted
that I left behind me at Messina, not a soul would
have escaped.

I am' happy to inform you,. that in this serious
aaion our loss has been comparatively small. An
Officer and forty men *ere killed ; 'eleven Officers
and 2.50 men-were wounded. Capt. MACLEAN, of
the loth Foot, was unfortunately killed.-
- €. Colonel Ross, with the 20th Regiment of Foot
landed during, the thion; and.' joined us, rendering
us thereby an essential service at a very critical
Believe me,.

moment.

P. S. General REGNIER retired with the re-
niains of his Army .towards Catanzaro, and I have
detached Colonels and Ross in pursuit of
him. The French Light Infantry, and, our Rana-
lions came to' the:bayonet ; and the. former were
almost totally destroyed?