The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-07 00:00:00

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" Oh the 14th May a battalion of Samnites,.sepa
ported by a detachment of Cavalry, advanced to
Place-de.lay-Couronne, to reconnoltre the French
posts; .but they ..were_ driien back to the Palace of
Solana.. On.siteAsdn-Flotilla, which' had assembled, •
-near.Pharoiarrived, at .Gioga at break. ofday, aril a.
disembarkatidstcommetteed. At the Satre tithe:the .
0 orps of the-Prince. of Hassiadvanced to .Placeake,
I:tConionne.• • General,Anze, who according to his
inStruaions was to draw on the Enemy by a feigned
setreat,:arrived on the-24th at Monteleone. The
Prince of Hesse took, a position at Rosarno. •
• ,Cotps of Brigands, is detachMent of the
•
Vinassears of Phillipsthal, and a Sqeadron of Cavalry,
~.adVarteed to Isitileto;.. but .40 of .our Light. Troops
enough to intimidate them; they retired With
the loss of several 'men: 'en the' 125th, they ad-
vanced to attack -our advanced
,postetheir force
consist©d of eao Cavalry,, 600..ftands, and;
Chasseurs: General Itstottrea.statixoncealed,
laehind. our advanced posts eo'Cintesents- an two
companies of Light Infantry ; so that the enemy,
not seeing any force to alarm them, adVitnced with
More boldness.. But the French Chasseurs, hat&
patietit.at their not advancing, charged them, and
with the aid of the Light Infantry, completelY de-
feated them. The Brigands were cut to pieces .1
the Chasseurs of Phillipsthal- made prisoners, and
the remains ,of the.2oo Cavalry were pursted four
miles• beyond Mile to.
On the e6th the Prince of Hesse encamped at
Melito, but his advanced guard dare•not present itself
before the French advanced posts. On the 27th the.
Prince of Hesse sent a Flag of Truce to the Couvr
mandantof Monteleone, desiring hurt to eVrtclaate
that town, under the pretence at' saving the Inha-
bitants from the horrors•otWar ; bat this attention
on the part of,the Prince could be of no use, be-
cause the Brigands wire-under no discipline, and. have
frequently committed the most atrocious crimes be.t..
fore his face, 'Under these circumstances, General
R&Gtilpt resolved to 'attack the Enemy. The.
General could easily have colle&ed more troops, but
it did,not require more than one•third of the num..
ber oaf the enemy Co beat theirs. •
" On the morning of the 28 t h the French Troops
began to march, so-as to arrive at Mileto by break ef.
day. The Prince of Hasse, trusting to his superiet
numbers, reposed quietly in his bed, while our 14"
troops drove is his ttdvanced posts, 'and took PPM"
.Sion of the village. The main body. of the enettf".
army was drawn op in the plain beyond Milete
they were entrenched up to the shoulders, and had
site pieces of cannon. They were, however, itinPe"
(timely at tacked, and after an aftion of soine doratiObi
cent pletely routed.. They fled towards Rosarno,leaviog
theirartillery,ammunition,and haggagein our posses'
sloth At Rosarno the French divided themselves into
two columns ; the one advanced towards Gioga, the
roete.which the Prince of . Haase had takai ; the
other advanced to Seminare.

" On the eyth of May a corps was sent under
Genera! Anse to Reggio, in order to make prisoner,'
of those.who had not time to embark. Some were
taken. The Prince of Hesse, with about 100 Of'
&ell and men, arrived there on the 28th• about
two hours before night. He bad ridden (30 miles in
one day, and acknowledged that he had never ran
so-list in his life. Except the few troops that elr"
barked with the Prince, none of them returned to
Sicily. They were all either killed or taken."

Yesterday morning Gen. MANNINGHAid arrived $
Windsor, on a visit to Tama Mao MIES.
Colonel MAnt.son, who brought young CAsot/A.
(the celebrated performer on the Harp) to this CO
try, had a party of t hel.;izlter circles, on Wednesda..,,f
night, to hear this favourti, son of Aroo.o. 4,:u°
performance, according to a.: accounts, '
vests die
tinguished for all the higher enelimcies of the 411,;
and excised astonishment as trail as pimtsure. •
young Musician, as we before stated, isle brallgor --
up, trout his birth, under the superintenOslPP,a
Madame Da Gat/I.l'oow justly Warred 14:'
various productions on Ethical on.
M to'
r. and Mrs. STRibiltN kRNIII.II are enligi6"';3l.
perform a few nights at Wind-, r, where Oil
mence their operations on Mbndly mutt.