The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-03 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION,

In the name of lib, Highness the Prince of ORANOE and
Nitwit), the General Government of the United Nethe6
lands.

" By reports received from the Generals we are
inforMed, that on the 24th the enemysmade a ge-
neral advance upon Amsterdam, Woerden, and
Dordrecht ; that the advance upon Amsterdam
was repulsed with the loss of a battery of five

pieces of cannon ; that the enemy who advanced
on Dordrecht,' being opposed by our tr6ops and
gun-boats, was driven hael4 towards ()dream,
with the loss of Malty killed, Ivotinded, and firi-
soners; that he was only able to penetrate into
Wocrdcu, bur with the loss -ot'so killed, among,
Whom is the French Commander:;, and that the
object of the advance has happily entirely failed,
" 'We arc also informed by accounts from our
Commissioners at Amsterdam, that yesterday, the
"sth, the Russian Captain Baron Von Zwiel,
jutant to Prince Narishkin, 'G'eneral of the Rvs-
slaw advanced guard, arrived in that city from
the head-quarters at Patten, near Amersfort,
bringing intelligence that he had left a corps of
cavalry there, with artillery and some infantry;
that the corps was advancing, and must then -be
approaching by the Amersfort road.
" We are fitrther informed, that our Commis-
sioners have dispatched, by the said Russian A&
jutant, letters to Prince NariShkin, urging him
to hasten the advance of some thousands of in-
fantry, with artillery and cavalrYv*-:Finally, that
as soon as the first Russian troops shall arrive at
Amsterdam, some shall be detached upon Leyden
and' thc Hague ; and that in the `lnean time some
Officers of the Amsterdam Artillery, and ;100 stand
Of arms for our volunteers, shall be sent thither.
Thutt, by the generous support Of Amster-
dam and Rotterdam, ander the command of his
Highness, we are placed in a state to make head
against the enemy, by water- as well as by land,
and instead of a feeble resistance, to carry on the
war with vigour.
" In consideration of this state of our affairs,
we have ordered our forces, joined with those
alr,eady arrived, and hourly arriving, troops of
the Allies, to concentrate on one point, and to
advance, by land and water, on Gorcutri, in order
either to drive the enemy completely across the
river, or it he do not retreat, to cut him off, and
inake the whole of his troops prisoners.
" We charge our ConnnisSioners at Amsterdam
and Rotterdam to, contribute, by their united ef-
forts, to the execution of this decree, and to the
general success of the endeavours of all free Ne-
therlanders, who arc all animated by the same
spirit of union and good order. We charge our
Generals and Admirals to confer immediately with
each other, op the subject of increasing their
means of attack, by the assistance of the brave in-
habitants, in order, as opportunity may offer, to
carry into execution our decree with promptitude
and vigour.. -

'Finally, we should have called upon all free-
born Netherlanders, to come forward as one man
in this glorious struggle,. 'had they not themselves
called upon u$ to head them in the restoration of
the Netherlands and Qrange.
" Whilst this emulation is disp)ayed by our
brave volunteers, we daily, nay hourly, expect the
arrival of comports with arms and troops,
.liing
since prepared by Prince William Vi. ant that he
himself will speedily join its. in the mean time,
that no time may be lost, we are making prepare.
tions in our department for the organization of an
army of 25,0Q0 men, whO Will be ready to take
the field in the spring. This day we shall open
depots for recruiting in Holland, Utrecht, Friez-
land, tironlugen, Overyssel, anti Drenthal, where
the flag of Orange is already displayei over the
ruins of tyranny.
We charge our Department of War, and all
civil and military Authorities, to assist in the exe-
cution of our Decree.

(Signed) " VAN DER DUYN VAN NtAARDANI.
Gys4ERT KAREL VAN ILOGENDORP.
" Done utile Hague, Nov. 2G, 1813."