The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-24 00:00:00

opinion Gentleman has arrived front -Rotter-
dam, which place he left on Saturday last : he states,
that at that time it was the general opinion:there; froth
the accounts which had been received, that the loss on
both sides, in the battles of the sth and 6th inst. was
nearly equal. The Archduke had taken up another
very strong position, to which he-had removed The
whole of his artillery, except about forty pieces,
which had fallen into the hands of the enemy..--.
BUONAPARTE'S head-quarters remained at \Val-
chersdorl, wh:ah is not above eight or.ten miles
from the Danube. •

It is obvious from this account, that BUONAPARTE
had not followed up his success, at least for some
days, for accounts might have reached Rotterdam-
from the Theatre of War of as late a date as the
12th or 13th inst. _

We regret that the Expedition is still detained by
adverse winds, but every thing is.
din perfe& readi-
ness, and the Fleet will certainly sail the rpo•,
mew the wind permits. Soine more troops have
been embatked, and the military force .amounts
to nearly fifty thousand men:

Just before this Paper was put to press, we re.
ceived Dutch and French Papers, the former to the
loth, and 'the latter to the 15th inst. from whicb we
have made the following extrads:—

ENINCEN, JULY 10.—At seven -o'clock this even-
ing- arrived here Lieutenant Colonel Couut BERoz,-
Di tg9uN, his Majesty's Aid-de-Camp, dispatched
by his Majesty the Emperor and King, to bring in-
telligence of the total defeat of the Austrian array,
under the Archduke CHARLES.

After the entrenched village of Enzdrsdorf had
been carried by assault, on the sth inst. and the left
wing of the Austrian.army; as well as the greatest
part of the entrenchments, turned, a violent can-
nonade commenced on the 6th, zt break of day.—
About two. o'clock in the afternoon, all the en-
trenched villages were taken, and one of the enemy's
columns, ,which advanced from Aspern, to attack
the left wing of the French army, was cut otfy and
tlie enemy retreated on all sides. - - • - '
The number of prisoners and pieces of ordnance
taken, was not ascertained at the time of Count
BERODINGEN'S departure, because the respective re-
turns had not then all been received, but it must he
very considerable, and.the consequences of this vic-
tory one of the most signal triumphs which the Em-
peror NAPOLEON ever.obtainedi and are beyond cal-
culation.

At the time when the Count BEROLDINGF,N left
the Imperial Head-quarters, they were at Deutoh-
Agrarn, where, on the preceding day, ' were those of

the Archduke CHARLES. The Austrians are re-
treating in the direction of Biunn, being cut of from
Hungary.

CAgSEL, JULY s.'.—The following Bulletins have
been published in this place : •
DRSDEIC, Jta,Y 2.—The Austrians, whoat the
beginning of the Invatiou observed the stritlesi dis-
cipline, and whose whole conduct was conspicuous
for. regularity and moderation, on their flight at once
unmasked themselves. In Lespsie they demanded
a heavy, contribution, but were prevented from'levy-
nig it by the sudden arrival of General VALEIGNAC
from Dresden : they carried off 20 waggons, laden
with pictures, precious articles, &c.

DRESDEN', JULY 4.—His Majesty left (his city at
eight o'clock this morning : his head-quarters will
this'evening he established At Friedberg. Colonel
Di I ELM AN marched yesterday from hence with all
the Saxon troops and a Westphalian regiment to-
wards Petemalk.

The Austrian:_ have retreated into bohemia, with
the exception of ihe corps commanded by the Duke
of brtoNswicx.-6EL4, which has marched from
Zwiekau to Reichenbach, probably with the inten•
tion of attacking Hoff.
NAFLES, Jv>rY I.—The appearance of the-Anglo-
Sicilian fleet, has affurded the Neapolitan an op-
port9ttity of manifesting more sand more the good
disposition which animates them; there reigns in
the capital also. such security, such confidence, that,
although the enemy is at its gates, and, although

he occupies the westein road of Naples, the public
wallas, even on the sea-shore, are as much frequent-
ed as in the midst of the most profound peace.'
The lo‘.,er classes share this patriotism with the
others—that which augmented above all the general
confidence was the circumstance of seeing the
Queen, at the very moment when only a few toises.
from the coast, the Enzlisti squadron engaged our
frigate the Ceres, calmly promenade the shore with
the Royal Family. l' ;is sight, frequently offered to
the public, confirmed in it more and more, the
feelings of perfect security. The enemy is still in the
same posi;ion, and in the same state of inaaivity :
our brave fellows depair of seeing him land. The a-,
dour of our troops is such, that the regiment of La-
tour lY Auvergne, and the loth French regiment of,
the line, notwithstanding the difficulties of the road,
and the exceisive beat which has prevailed, per-
formed, in care day, a march of 40 miles, in the fear

,of not arriving in time for the first attack. The fort
of Ischia, with its little garrison, opposes a Vigorous
resistance to the enemy. The nation has no doubt
that General COLD NA, who commands it, will on
this occasion mantain the honour of his ancestors.—
M. EAUsEN, Caßtain 0f.th9.9e720.,.has been .appaint—
,

ed Captain de Vaisseau, and Commander of the
Royal Order of the two Sicilics,. as.a reward- for_fue.-.-
bravery and, skill with which
.he sustained the
glo-
rious a6fion or the 27th ult. All the Officers of the
frigat.e-have been promoted...,
consequence of the orders of the King, Gen '
PARTONEAUX marched from Calabria, with a
of the forces- under his doinriiinci, to prevent a, de=
barkation, which the eneifiyi fleet, by its manoeuvres
appeared to wish to make in.the Guiph-of PolicaStio:
His Majesty having been informed by.. subsequent'
advices that the enemy had a &wily landed three
gitnentc, the neighhourhood of Scylla, truth the ap-
parent design of bc!ifi,9.9g -it, ordered General PAR..
TONEAUX, to return by forced tutr::fies to attack
.the
enemy. We expeaed- intelligence of events from
that side, but the Telegraph has just announced,
that at the approach of our troops the English preci-
pitately re-embarked, leaving: arious military etThas.
in the situation which they had for a moment occu-
pied.

[Elere follows a Decree, dated 52gai June, confis-.
eating the property, pf whatever description, of the
Neapolitans, who have emigrated with, the ancient
Court.—Monitth r, July 13.]

.PAnts, JULY 1 I.—The attack of Montjovey,
which may be considered as the' citadel of Gerona,
has commenced, after the taking of the three re-
doubts
which defended it. Notwithstanding the
difficulties of the ground; which is emery where a
hard rock, and nedessarily retarded the operations, a
battery of Mortars was on the 25th, in a state to
fire. Two other batteries of cannon began to fire
on the 136th, and continued viBorously to batter the
breach. A violent storm„axhich took place on the
29th,- followed by several others, and continued
rains,' have retarded the completion of the works;
but it is expected that by the sth of July, at the
latest, all the batteries will be ready to fire,
and it is probable \ then, that within twice
twenty-four hours a praEticable breach 'will he
effected, and the capture of the place Must speedily
follow, by surrender or otherwise. Montjovey
once in our possession, Gerona spay be cons)dered
as taken, and this is the opinion of the Spaniard
themselves, as is sufficiently proved by letters which
the besieged have endeavoured to convey to their
General in Chief, BLAKE, and which have been
intercepted by our advanced posts. They solicit
the succour which he is unable to give, as may be
seen by the report addressed to his Excellency the
Minister at War, by General SUCHET, Commander
in Chief of the 3d corps in Arragon.

The enemies of Administration , have been re-
duced to a most perplexing embarrassment by the
admirable and unexampled secrecy with which the
destination of the powerful Armament, on which we
have reason to look with hope and confidence, has
been concealed ; and it has been not unentertaining
to observe the artifices to which they have had re-
course under the difficulty in which they found them-
selves. To whatever object , the Armament might
be destined, it" was necessary, as matter of course,
to prove, that thzfparticularobjea was precisely the
one to which Our attention should not be direaed,.
and point out several others against which our forces
could be employed with much more probability of
success, with muchgreater advantage to us and our
Allies, and with much greater detriment to the
Enemy. They cannot avoid pretending to be in the
secret, but conscious of their complete ignorance of
the real destination of the Armament, they found it
too dangerous to enter far into the business with no
better groUnds than those of their own anticipatory
conjectures. It might unluckily happen that the ob-
jea to which they pointed their abuse was one against
which it was never proposed to employ our arms.
And it might happen, more unluckily still, that the
points, of attack, which they should have.exhausted

- all their eloquence to recommend, were the very
objets upon which the Expedition was emplojed.
. Silll something must be said. An opening must be
reserved 16r that future censure, which it was pre-
determined should be vented against the measure,
whatever it should turn out to be/ The organ of
the Fatlipn therefore cautiously observed, that " they
should not now make any remarks upon the policy
or impolicy of such an enterprise," 'as they guess
this to be " undertaken at such a time. There will
be many opportunities hereafter for entering into
this discussion." But though they will not hazard
themselves in deep water, they will venture a little
way upon their air-blp,.vn guesses.—" Suffice it
now," says their partizan, " to observe, that it is,
irimu facie, an Expedition undertaken, at least, in
the first instance, for a British objeet—an object
avowedly connected with our own security, and sup-
posed to be conducive to our Own futuie prsperity.