The Sun.
London, England, 1809-06-28 00:00:00

VR:)(2LAMATIONT.

Russia cotild not
.behold with indifference the
war that has broken out between France and AUStrill.
Russia did every. thing to prevent the cominence-
merit of these hostile operations. She declared even
to the-Court of Austria, that, pursuant to articlaor
treaty
between the EMPerors of Russia anti Fran Car
and to the close alliance entered into by those two
Powers,' she should be obliged to a& in concert with
France. Austria listened to none of those tarpon-
strances, but long endeavOureid to'conceal her war-
like preparations under pretence that She was obliged
to adopt necessary measures for her security and deg
fente, till she at last, 4); open hostilities, bettlied
her designs, sad kindled the flames Of 'war.'
Russia has no longer hesitated to take a part in
a war in which she is bound to engage by the most
Solemn treaties. As soon as she learned that hostili-
ties had commenced, she broke off all relations of
friendship which had subsisted between her and
Austria,_ and gave orders to her army to advance
into Gallicia. The Commander in Chief of the
army entering dist Profiince to oppose the views pf
Austria, and to resist force by force, h s receive 4
froM his Majesty the Emperor express orders so-
lemnly to assure the peaceable inhabitants of
cia that the views of Russia ate not hostile; that
amid all military operations, the security and safelY
of persons and property shall be most strittly re-
speaed.
" The Commander in Chief shall prove by 1115
condua that, the principles reCommended by leis so;
vereign are also consonant to his own inclinlaw'l
and feelings.

" Prince gALLITZF.N,
Commander in ChieC.
•! lic,4•quartcro, May ti, 1809."

SUPPLEMENT TO THE, .SEVENIEENTH
LETINOE-THE'sFRENCH ,ARMY4I.
No. I. Is a letter from the Duke of RagotatelPF,
Emperor, dated from the bead-quarters of the stot
of I:lnimarttr,-afGradschatz,-otrthe lath of Mays an 4
contains an account of the first operations of hit
army ori-enttring Croatia. He began his tilareh
' advance on the 14th. On the ltith he engaged the'
enemy, le battalions strong; consisting chiefly 4*,
Croatians and frontier corps, who had, a fortnight
before, taken,a flue position in the mountain of Kitta
• After a short but severe attion, all the leneMY's
pbsts were taken. They lost from three to
,40t
men killed, front six to 700 wounded, and 500 Per".
soners. A great number of their troops threw a
aY
their arms in order to escape more easily among the
woods and rocks, so that between three and 400
of the enemy were thus dispersed. General Suitt
sevich, who had the command, and a number of
other generals, are among the prisoners. 011 thu
17th, in the evening, the advanced guard bada smart
affair with the enemy in very superior force at Grad'',
Schatz, in which they maintained their actustomeg
advantage. In cobsequence of this at:tion, Grid'
Schatz was evacuated .during the night, and Or
troops took possession of it next day. In'this affair
the Duke of Ragusa received a wound in the brest,
but it did not prevent iiiin from remaining *this post,:
In these two. encounters, Colonel Mina Mc° w,c-,1
seven wounds. 'The number of killed and writinue
of the Army of Dalmatia, was in both 0611"!
only 30u.
No. H.—SECoND LETTER PAQ/4 THE puts of
kOtoia.
• Flume,' May 30, Is*
$lll2-1. now proceed to lay before your Maiter
an account of the events which ham sinegl"—:
Place.
The artillery and provisions which I alpeaed
Dalmatia having arriveti on the 19th and f
marched from Gospich, which I clone in sl4ni,r:d
early in the morning of the a tat. The t 311049
been strengthened by the two coluMns of Obrovalit
.and Erveoich, which were 4000 strOng, and We,
not yet been in action. He was besides reinforeetif
by two battalions of the regiment of BanUal:
oars,ila had
and armed
htitsieltio
whole population.
wa
hne bn
He.is force doubled
Gospich 11.
at the place ot eilion of four river., so that oft. 0.014_
ever side. it is approached, it is necessary to cross
Iwo dot them, which are much kicreased at thilo,.""
son of the year, and scarcely fordable but in a I°I.V
plaCes- deterniined..not to attack Gospich in
but so to,snrround:the.,position as to make -a denieL
stration of cutting onhe enemy's retreat:: I
to attain this' °teed, it was necessary to cross vuu
of the Jivers within reach of a battery of the enemY'
'or to crow-over the mountains,, which were .ve,ryt
steep and difficult, and where the' Croatians'
make resistauce with great etfed.
ballt'h,eitewneaT
der to get, posses:lon of the' bridge, -which tbey,bL:
broken down, • Two comptinies of VolligeL!rs_or_t_il.
yne.tellosistlahrytgiou
dproivsietiotinlemonfrot
ro,pipoo.sotatt.a.:
tith regiment; under the command of 'Capt. }fount'
Ton, haVnig crossed the river where it was toN.1011.0)_.
ieicled this obiett, as 41103;enemy, depniling on the
- await force td