The Sun.
London, England, 1813-05-10 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

O' PARIS,: MAY 3.7-Her illfaje4y the "Eripyis3
g.iteen•and Regent has received 'the following, itt-
telligence of the situation of Wc army on the' 28rh
[II' April head-quarters of the Emperor
was on the 28th,, at Naurnhourg'; the. Prince of
Moskwa had passed the Saab: ; General ;-onliani
had overthrown an advanced guard of ;2000 taco,
ho wished to dispute the pas Sage of the
./k. the corps of the Prince ofMoskivit were in order
of battle-beyond 'iNatimbourg ;. General Bertrand
pectipried Jena, and had his corps ranged upon the
famous field of brittle of Jena.,
The Viceroy debonched by Halle and Meres-
bourig, the Duke of Ileg4io, xtith the 12th corps,
bad arrived at Saalfeldt. General SebaStiani
marched on the 2,lth .upon Vii en ; he overthrew
a corps of adventurers.:commanded hy the Rtis-
shot Genera 4 Czernechiff; he dispersed his infan-
try, he took a part of .his baggmte, and artillz ry.
mid pursaued him l'Epse dans.les reins upon Lune-
bourg. .
PARIS, MAY 4.-,--Her .Mojesty the Empress
Queen and Regent has received the following
.news relative to the-situation of Ihe,arMies on the
30th of April. On the 290,:his -Majesty Moved
his head-quarters to Nnumbourg. The Prince of
Alaskwa had marched upon Wreissepfels. His
advanced guard, commanded 'by General Son tam,.
arrived near that town at two o'clock in the af-
ternoon, and toinul hinv.,elf in presence 01 the
gnSsian.General Lanskol, commanding a dividon
of six or 7000 men, cavalry, infantry,- and -artil,
!cry. . General Souham had no cavalry, bnt

out wraith*, for it be marched against the enemy,
and. drove him from his different positions,. The
enemyunmasked I`2 pi, ces of cannon ; General
Souham placed a similar untber in a battery--
The cannonade became very lively, and caused
destruction, in the Russian ranks, which were
mounted and uncovered, whilst ,our pieces were
supported by Tivailleurs placed in the ravines and
the villages. The General of Brigade, Chenti-
beau, distinguished himself. The enemy attempt-
ed several charges of cavalry; our infantry
re-
ceived him, formed in square, and by their fire
covercdthe- field of battle with Russian corpses and
'Horses. Thi! Prince of lrosl sv said, ' that he
never had seen, at the same time, more enthu-
siaism and more sang froid in infantry. We en-
tered Weissenfels ; but seeing that the enemy
wished to koep near the town, the infantry march-
eu. against him at thas de charge with sehiakos at
the end of their muNkts, with mies of ". Lang

. . . ...
live the Emperor !" The enemy's clivisioth ;re-
tret4ed, . Opr loss in,,killecl and wounded was
about 100 men.

On the 27th, Count Lauriston marched upon
Wetten, where the enemy had a bridge. General
Maisons erected a battery, %Illicit obliged the-ene-
my to burn the bridge,. and he seized the tete de
pont which the enemy ,hail constructed.
• On the 28th, Count Lauriston advanced oppo
ito Halle, where a Prussian' corps occupied a tete
de pont, overthrew the enemy, .and obliged OM to
eyllG.lll,lte the tete de pont and destroy the bridge.
j brisk eamienutde took place feom the op-
pOite,banks, Our.loss was 67
.men,.but . that
rot'
the enemy NVIAti ranch ntorc.t considerable, .
'l?he 'Viceroy ordered the Marshal `Duke of Ta-
tr.,ato,to.ritarch upon Maisubourg. On the 29th,
at four in the'. afternoon, this Marshal arrived he-
fore that town ; he found 2000 Prussians, who
wished to defend themselves there ; these Prus-
tint's belonged to d'Yorck's corps, of those even
Whom the lqarshal:conimanded in chief, and who
bad abandoned him npo».the Niemen: The Mart
!hal entered by main foree killed. some bleu, and
took 200 prisoners, among whom were• a 114jOr,
and tookip»siession of the town nod bridge.

• Count Acrtrand had on the 29th his head-quar-
ters at Dornbourg; ,Upon the Saale, occupying
with otie of his divisions the, bridge of Jena. The
Duke of Ragusa had his head-quarters at Koesen
',pot) the Saale ; the Duke of Reggio had his' head 7
yjarters at Saiiiticid, upon the
,Saale. The battle
of Wiessimfels is ronarkable,beeause it was a con-
i4;st between infantry and cavalry, equal iI; ',umber
upon an open plain, and the advantage remained
with the infantry. Young battalions were seen be-
Laving with as much sang froid and impetuosity as
the oldest troops. So much for the opening of
this campaign. The enemy has been driven from
all that he occupied upon the left bank of
wthe,
Saale ; e are masters of all the debouchcs oftbat
rt%er ; the
,junction betwcen the armies of the
tibe and the Mein has been effeetthl ; and the
important towns of Naumbourg, lVeissenfels. and
Marshourg, have been taken possession of by
ain force.

WEIMAR, APRIL 30.—His Majesty the Emiieror
rassedthrough.here at two o'clock in the after-
tioon the 2kith. The Mike of :Weimar and
Piince liernard, went to tneet him to the extent
their territory. ills Majesty alighted at the
Pidace, and discoursed neitrly two hourS with the
"Duchess, after which hi's Alajesty mounted on
lac rschaelt to proceed six leagues from hence to
Eekarshergi Where head-varters ‘rere. The
Princes having „escorted his 'M{jesty there, bud
the honour of dining at. I • head-quarters, The.
n*riber of t.ronps which have passed here is hunt-
nferabie. We nevei saw, finer trains of attilter}',
mor,ennvoys ca. militaVy equipnges in better con-
dition.

l'Ant, MAY 4.---The fortress of. Thorn has ca-
pitulated the garrison is to retire into Bavaria .•
It was compo;ed of 600 French, aud 2,700 Bava-
rians ; of this number of 3,300 men, 1200 were in
the hospitals.
No preparation as yet announced the: com-
mencement of the siege of Dantzic ; the garrison
was in excellent condition, and master of the
fuound wiih. Modlin and /amore were not be-
rioicly annoyed. At Stettin a brisk engagement
had taken place ; the enemy having endeavoured
to introduce himself betweet;;Stettin and Damn, was
tiriveu into the marshes, and 1500 Prussians killed,
or taken. A letter received front Glogau informs us,
hat that fortress on the 12th of April was in the
1.);-'14:11,:ii:itlily,•vaN,,obtetg new bad occurred at Custriit.
been blown up ; tilt', a PVl(l7l.lgifitilogttt2aiknee
Vantage (if this to ,ive an
after lost An men aksi6lZtilit:n.‘'A'e.::euiliCiclii..6Ned*.-:
'prisoners were made, hecnn,,We!r~se,p:wated
from them, by marshes.
The Russians have thrown some -shells into

Wittenlierg, anal builit a 'of the town ; thirk
attempted,an attack by main force, which dial not,.
succeed. They lost in it from •5 to 000.1nen..'"':

The following appears to he the poition..shf-the
Russian army of•partisans, .conimanded
by a or-trt cilh D'Ornebni•g, who, :1) ltiG9, was
c:-iptaio of 'the"Ki?ig of .I.ll6tphalia'a.giutrds, and
wiri 'basely, betrayed, was at Vanibur;?lt, and
made excursion.; bet Ween the Elbe and the Waser.
General Sehi!stiqni had s!:t out to cut, hint Off front,
the Elbe. The two P. u...sian corps of k•bnerals
Lecoq and Blucher appeared to. occupy; th: first
• the right bank of the Lower Scale; the Second the.
right hank of the Upper Sallie;
1.1);.! RuSsian'Gerierals Wittzegerode' jam! Witt
genstein occupied Le,ipzie ; Gen.Bartfay tie Toni
was upon the Vistula, observing Dantzie ;
Sackett \FIB belore the Austrian corps, in the di-
rection of CricOw,, upon the Poll.* The.Eni-
peror Alexander, with 'the Riau;ian •guani, and
General KutuSoff, having some. 20;000 Mem, ap-
peared to be upon the Oder ; they announced, first
that they 'Would be tit Dresden on• the 12th; and.:
tifterwards 'for the:2oth
„April, neither of which"
have been realised. The enemy appeared to. wisli-
•
to Maintain himself upon the arale.
The 'Saxons were in Torgan.
The following is the. position of the Freda'
army :----The Viceroy bad his head-quarters in,
Melts-field, the left leaning upon the left. of the.'
Sank, Sank, occupying Calbe and Bernebourg,. where
the Duke of Bellune Lauriston;•With
the I;th corps, occupied Osleben, Sandusleliew,
and Gorbalet. The :11st division was upon EiS-;
leben ; the 35th and 36th were in rear as a re:.
serve. Prince Aloskwa had his corps in tukance
Of Weimar. ''The Duke of Ral.7,usa was at Gotha ;
the 4th corps; commanded by General nertrand,
Was at Saalfeld ; the 12th Orps, under the 'orders
of the Duke of Reggio, are at Cohourg.
The Guard is at Erfoil, where the Emperor ar-
rived at eleven o'clock in the evening of the 25t1).
On the 2Gth, los Majesty reviewed the Gaard, ;Ind
inspected the fortifications of the town and citadel.
He deigned to point out the planes forestablishing
hospitals to contain 6000 sick or wounded, 'ha.V-
ing ordered that Erfurth should be the last Uncut
evacuation.
Ott the 27th, the Emperor reviewc.ci .Bonnet's
divkion, which/ forma part of the GO) corks, un-
der the' orders of the Duke of Ragusa. All the.
army appeara in motion ;. already 'have nil,the par-
ties.which the enemy had'upon the left bank of
the Satde,fallen back-3000 cavalry had marched
-upon NOrdltansen to:penetrate into the Hartz, and
another party atryanced opon fleiliginstailt to me-
nace Cassel ; all these have precipitately retreat;
etl, leaving ski:, wounded, and stragglers, who
have been made prisimers, Front the heights of
Eberstlorf to the mouth'of the Snale, there life no
longer any enemies upon the left btink.
The junction of the annies'of the and Mein
took plact .tin the 27th, between Naumbourg
and 3inshourg.
,BarmEN, 24.-7 Yesterday,, at .even
o'cloek in the evening, his Highness the Prince
Of "Eekniuhl establiihed head-quarters in this •
town. _

The Mmtiteur ot the sth May contains a long
letter from the Duke of Albufera to the Nlitti.t,ter
at War,' dated San Felip, 17th April, statiug that
he ordered Cod►`nt Ilarespe to attack, on the 11th
April, Elio's corps, consisting of 6000 men, at
Veda, who, after a lively resistance, succeeded,
t.tking'9oo prisoners, and killing nearly 300 .of the
enemy, who were driven front position to posi-
tion; that Generals Murray and Elio, qt the head
of "1000 Ptglidi or Sicilian cavalry, .having at-
tempted to arrest him, were forced to retire on'
Bear and Sax, and that the English from Beariaw
the Spanish defile out of Vilki►a' as prisoners of
war, without attemptink to relieve them; that af-
terwards an attack was made on the.-English
in which, the lst French light infantry suWered
conslderahly, but carried the line, supported by
the I.lth, and five b►attalio►►s ; that the English
were totally deitaated, losing two pieces of artille-
ry, and 11 under the redoubts of Castella, where
he deter►nined" ac► returning, to his position on the
Xuear. •

That, however, the, following clay, the enemy
Occupying an innuense mountain on which Cas-
tello leans, be determined to, complete a recon-
noissance so gloriously begun ; foe which pur-
pose GOO Voltigeurs !were ordered to advance;,
whilst four battalions made a falseattack 'tor this
purpose. That the impetuOsity of the troops, en-
couraged by the success of the' preceding day,
turned what was only intended for a feint into a
real attack ; and that Utter having four times gain-
ed the heights, they were obliged to tetrograde'•,
that in the (Jays of the I 1 th, 12th, and 13th of
April, he had taken 2200 prisoners, -two pair, of
colours, two pieces of art illery,and killed upwArds
of 900 men ; and that his loss consists, of SOO men,
put hors de combat.