The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-21 00:00:00

FRENCH

PAR! g, Dec. tg:
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Lefler "rani ii's Luperial Ifighotlw 'eke Prinei Vicerny Pf.

10 the Dehe de Klan, Minister at JWWa►.

Sin,---By my last, I nein:lilted you that the enemy seemed
disposed to post strong parties on the Lower Adige: In fart
•
one of the cut ians landed at IMM•O, had sheceeded in passing
the Po, protecte&by ((English gun-boats seliith had Wended
that riy.r, /hid had rapidly advanCed against our small posts
of observation at'lladis and la Dovara.' Those posts fell back,
as they were iustrected to do, upon Castagnaro. As 60611
I was inforined'of the Motion of the enemy towards eerrara,
had detached from the army two movable columns, the one
commanded bY.Majur Merdier, which I placed under the Or-
d.!rc of General Coma Pith); it was to march back towaids
Fyrrurit, by the right bank, and it retook that city on the .2tl
of
November,' after having beaten the enemy there. The
Other column, einotnanded• by General of Brigade Cauchy,
and composed of three battalions of the division Mareugnat,
2 pieces of cannon, and 200 of the third regiment of !Wiwi
Chasseors, was ordered to inumeuere between thC Lover Po,
and the LoWer Adige, to hinder the enemy front fixing hini
self in I'olesina. From the 27th to the aUth, this General
had met only with some of the enemy's parties, which were
taken or repalsed; mud he had for u moment approached the
Po, to .commaitierite with Ferrara,: when he learnt that a
strong column of the enemy Wati,marching to Duran. *1 he
best accounts made it whilst of ftboo foot and 400 horse. The
enemy, by thii movement, seemed to intend to reinforce the
troops landed by General Nngcht, to try to fix himself in Pu-
lesina, to cut oil our emmininieatiuo With Venice, and, by
disturbing my right, attempt to mrke me quit the pusition
Geocral Cauchy, notwithstanding the inferiority of
his force, did not hesitate to :march against the enemy. His
first pasta were met yesterday, the 84 between.. Fret ta and
Rovige, General Coneisy immediately formed several co-
lumns, they coshed upon time enemy, amt) all the bodies which
lie sheeted were successively turned or arverthriwn. At last
these troopfi di Terced; a part retired to Crespiuo, where was
the column of General Nugent, and War:re the Archduke
Maximiliad was ; the other part fell back On Ia where
it repassed the Adige in such disorder, thirt a great number
were droWned. The result of this thq, which does the
greatesthonour to the troops employed, is is loss to the enemy
of 400 killed and wounded, and 800 priso.rers. Ainoog the,
last are, a • major, 5 captnins,• and-6 other otteers. Our loss
is comparatively very trilling, being. only killed and 40
wounded, of whom 4 are officers. 'firs conies from the good
Measures' taken by General Goodly, and also from the ardour
and resolution which the troops shewed. •
("gued) EUGENE NAPOLEON.
Verona, Dec. 4, 1913, in the evening.

WORNIS, DEC, 9.--avery thing is tranquil before
Ment4, and in our whole neighbourhood. The
enemy has made no tittempt ; whott
seemsto be toy take up his winter quarters.
PARTS, Dsc: 1(1.-14,1$t Saturday his Majesty
the Emperor and went to visit the Imperial'
House of St.. Denis, established, like that of.
Leone's, for the education of-the daughters of the
Mernber3 of the Legion of Honour. His Majesty
was satisfied with the e•ond management and Or-
der .which are found in this establishment.
LIEC 8, DEC. 11 .—By letters of the Bth from
Bois le Due, all was quiet in the environs of that
place , and by letters of the 9th from Wesel, the.
same was the case there ; somefintes in the snorts-
ing they fired a few. shot at the enemy's patroles;
which prowl at ruin( distance from the right bank
of the Rhine. Many French troops continue to
arrive on the side .01 .Nimeguen. They occupy
Gorcinn,and 1,1,11 the ,•.trOug places in
ICuliruttl.--
Coa reintOreemclits arrive to 'those which
keep the field.
STaasnution, DEC. 13.—1 t is reported, that
the greater, part of the enemy's troops who were
on the side of Oilenburgh, and before the fort of
Kehl, have quitted these posts. It is not known
if they are to he replaced. It is said that some
Swot) troops are now at Bisehoffsheitn and in the
environs. Our advanced 'works, which cover the
approaches of the 'fort of Kehl, have now a .
luidable appearance. Extraordinary- works have
been made there in a short time. A great number
otwoi knits, from the left bank of the Rhine are
employed on them. •
AttAt); Dec. 10.-Mr. delirattemvit, General in
Chief of the troops: of the Swiss. Confederation,
has been at gasle since the 3d instant ' he ar-
rived there with. an .esL)rt of dragoons of Berne.

&MB, DEC. 10..--The GCnerals of the allied
troops on oar flontiers have assured the authori-
tie's of ,ivit-zerland,'lllat they have received
posi-
tive orders to respeetoOr neutrality.; hoWever, as
they. do not withdraw from the confines of our
territory, our military preparations are continued
with the saute activity According to the news
we receive from Germany, all landhdlders and
prudent people ardently desire peace ; but there
a,e some .-miserable writers', worthy rivals of the
Schlegel', the Kotzehues, awl the IVerners, who
arc incessantly employed in inflaming the passions
of the multitude. lintrenched behind their presses,
tort their pamphlets, they bravely insult the
French nation, which, if one believes them, is
wholly degenerated, nod ha neither caioralfe,
nour, nor.seuse left.
Pfau., Dr.0,13.---Yestcreay, Sunday, Ow 12th
,of December, iris Majesty the Emperor an:lKing
gave a private audience lb the Palace of 'the
!erica blitlre.Milit, tOrNlE.ifeltatiritatlll, rantiglam..•
:in of Locerde ; and to Mr. Widand, Burp.
master of Basle, kovoys Extraordinary flom the.
Swiss Confeflerat iOn,7who presented to hi +sty
a letter front the Landamman of Swi..7erlanii.
Not ~r~tt FUNDS.----s'.;fr 90 e.

MVON-NR, DEC. 12.—The slay before yesterdAy
in the inurhing, tie Duke of Dalmatia. caused .4n
attack to he made On that wilt. of the enemy's
army which had advanced the preceding flay to
the entrenched camp (It Bayonne. It was driven
as far as the heights of Berntiille3 and 41dart.--
The plateatt-oi litaistissarry was curried • With the

Elie rain fiat uee.n very '. iorerit rust
i4.11t; the (117.
. ! 4' .
Conn Tietlie twine: under Ids didei-s thc 7th
and 9th divisions, WhiCh , Were alti!rWar4 rcitt-
..: •
fqrCed by the ,fimt,..division, and
4 k
portedlly, the diiisidn of reserve .tmler Getierat
rtilatte; attacked the wood of Bar.tonillei; so lterc
thC first and fifth English divi4ion) Were to' rineci
and ehtrenched. Count Reille had dislodged diem,
front it, mien who, witty the
divi4ions tinder' his ceders, Virtl3
entrenchniciits et rlreamititi, Sair Hitt part of the
enemy's army %Aidh. ha,) passed the Nive!,' returti
in Inister andfiirm on. tin. heights of Uthtineri le
demanded reinforcetnenti, wit Ii Wire sent him.;
At night we rethained niastera of the pltitatos of
Basstisiarrk, and of that of 11Artithillei..
The
,enemy bad four .f nglish. and one n,ttu-
git,ise palted (in the plateaux cif Basses-
wry', ArcHniptes,' and 13tirroVillet. The Mar-
-Bhnl's object his been attriiiied the enemy has
been obliged to ;let bank of the Nice,
all the troops Which ke.d.adv,anced On the preced-
ing. to the tight !lank.

vri e •- .• 10” of tie cncmy on .this day Was very
Siderable : We have taken ts:4o6.l.3nglish pikoners;
amiing th6ii are. 15 officers, including a Colonel;
.
and a MajOi. 'We have not aliove gt?o men put
h0e..., de cohiNtt: General Villatte war; wounded;
but very slightly.
Yesterday, about ten hi the morning, the cue-.
My advanced four regithents df infantry on the.
prolongation of the plateaux of Barrouillet, to
endeavour
.to tale front, us ' that pos'itiori, ' Our
posts were tuppiirted by. the dieisiim i::' General
posts were uppsrtecL by. the tihision . (eura
Darticau, and these regiments weie overthrown ;
they fell back on a line which the enemy bad
formed. in the rear. General Buyer .had orders to
attack this line on its left Rank, while General
Darricau marched against it in front. The bri-
gade Meng sufficed ro force the enemy to , retire ;
he was put to the rout. This attempt has also
cost the enemy very dear. We have killed and
wounded a great many-oe• their Men, and
_taken 4
or 500 prisoners. On therest of the line nothing
has passed.
llottanemnt,D.Ec. 12.--',On the 9th, the enemy.
with five divisions, ariitiouting to 35,000 men,
forced the passage of Canibo, and passed the Nive.
He took up his positions all along that river. Our
army oefended itself valiantly ; hut, according to
the orders it had received, entered its lines again
in the greatest order. During the night, his Ex-
cellency the Duke of Dalinatia• co:lected 50,0911
men, to attack the enemy the next day; and make
him reheat his rashness.
The attack took' place on the 10th, at eight In
the morning. The _enemy, with 'had perceived
that his position, was dna rerous, had caused three
divisions to recross the N ve during the night, so
that there remainol outy.
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Our troops mai ehM-with initep?dity againSt
these twO diVisiousss uhich were vigoronsly pur-
sued.: A good Imiiq visonqs arc already in our:
bands, but all the dot firs were not knoWn when
the express came aWier. On our left, near La
Verrerie, the English army urn's. led fighting as fur'
,as Bidart, and every where broken, The ardoue
of the troops was perfectly..seconded 2).y the excel-
lent '-inerintes of .the Marshal. • We shall, ba,
doubtedly; have more .detail 3 to-morrow. We..
hppe.tilar the two divisions of the enemy which
remained on Ilas/lade 9,fthe Nive will be pushed
into the river., ..,,:,, ,; 14+., :. .. .
PARIS, D4C. 15...-!--41,;A:Mojesty the Emperor re-
viewed yesterd,se,lololo,i, (Jun- of the Timilleries,
several corps, both ,iiifintitry and cavalry; of the
youngimperial Cluiril. , ' .

Accounts sent by express from Bayonne, adt•
vise, that his Exec Henry the Doke of Wimatia,
having collected in the night of the 9th, '50,000
men, attacked 'at eight in the morning of the 10th,
the enemy's troops, :pursued t hem viprotisly
above two leagues, nod took mann—prisonersi
some ofwhoto ore already arrived at ittiyonne
It, is affirmed, that two dik•:sions ot the enemy
have heett,cfriven into the alive, where they have
perished. • •

- Her Majesty the Empress. took a walk yester-
day on the terrace of theg;irdeo of the 'Mine-
ries, next the water ; she nftc wards-got into her
carriage, and • drove he. Place de. la Con-
corde, and up the avenue. o _
LIEGE, th:C. pu4itiLth of the armies
on the Rhine stiW continue' the sainc.. Letters
from Bois4e-Doc' annotirice',;lthat fresh troops
coming from the intcrihr arc arrived iu that toWn.
PARIS. DEC. 15.--L-Mr. Davy, a celebrateet
lisp chemist, who is now here, wits clu in the
sitting of yesterday Corresr muting Member of the
Ist class at the institute, in the room of Mr. if,a
wan. He had 47 votes nut of 4S.