The Sun.
London, England, 1809-06-20 00:00:00

THE SUN.

lOWA QUI. O'GARA VALIUM AUDIAT

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TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1809•

Yesterday afternoon a Telegraphic Dispatch was

received at the Admiralty froth Plymouth, stating

that the French had been driven out of St. Andero.
Indeed from former accounts received of the situation
of the Enemy in the North of Spain, we haVe very
little doubt that in a very short time they will not
have a single man either in Asturias or Gallicia.

\Ve have this day made some further ExtraEts
from. the Heligoland Mail which arrived yesterday.
Some of the Letters received by this Mail state, that
the French Minister had left Hamburgh.

We have very little to add to the observations
which we yesterday made upon t 4 intelligence con-
tained in the French and Dutch Papers. In every
point of view in Whichee consider that intelligence,
it appears to us most satisfaaory. lIVONAPANTE 4)7
pears to be resolved to risque the whole issue, and
almost his own personal safety, upon the result of
another general battle, and so anxious has he been
to coiled an immense force before he engages the
Archduke again, that he has called in almost all
his troop►►, and even exposed himself to the
chance of having . his com►nunication with France
intercepted. Thus circumstanced, another defeat,
or even a much longer continuance of inactivity
would be nearly fatal to BUON'APARTh : every hour
adds to the list of his enemies, and nothing but
some great and decisive success over the Archduke
can extricate him from his perilous situation. We
cannot, however, look forward to the event of ano-
ther general battle, without considerable apprehfm-
sion. The means which BUONAPARTL liaS collected
are immense, and that they will be directed with
skill there can be no doubt ; and we are not en-
tirely without fear that he may again avail himself

of those arts of corruptiob Which. have hitherto
contributed, even more perhaps than his tni,
litary skill, to his success. We are far from
wishing to damp those expeatitions, wh!ch the
late favourable Intelligence must naturally have
excited, in the public mind, because We , think there
are rational grounds to hope fof a.fortunate terminaa
tion of the contest ; our only 'objet is to guard our
Readers against too sangliine an anticipation of unin-.
terrupted success .on the part of the Austrians.--
There are, we have already stated, strong grounds to
hope for success, but, at the same time, we:Ought to
be prepared for reverses. There is one circumstance
attending the situation In which BUONAPA writ is now
placed, which we cannot contemplate without,
faftion, and that is, that a viaory would not now
decide the contest in favour of the French; unless
indeedit.were of such a nature as entirely to anni-
hilate the Austrian army, while on the other, lian(t,
a defeat would be fatal to BUONAPARTE, for lie would
find it most didculti if not impraaicable, to re-
treat through, a hostile. country, pnr,ued and ha-
rassed as he certainly would be by an gtive and vic-
torious enemy.

No offiCial accounts havis yet reached this cowl.'
try of the respective loss of the Austrian and,Freneb
armies,•in the memorable battles On the banks of the
Danube, on the gist and 22(1 nit. but a Letter has
been received from a Gentleinan of great
.respeaabi
lily; Who is now on the Continent,. and whose 'ai.
tuation affords him the best means: of-obtaining
accurate information, which states, -.that the legs
of the French in those two days fell 'very" little
short of 30,000 men, The same Letter-adds, that
BUONAPARTE, when he found it necessary to retreat;-
adopted, as he did at Jaffa, a furnmary mode of (Ls:-
posing of his wounded, and that great numbers of
them were aelually thrown into the Danube. ThiS
statement is in Some degree confirmed by a letter;
brought by the Heliguland Mail from the Banks of
the Elbe, which. states, that not less than 10,000
French were drowned in the Danube.

It cannot be expe&ed that we should enter into
the snbjed of Mr. WARDLa's Motion last I'll& in
the House of Commons, as it k of 'so
and intricate a nature ;•but a foy words nin); tic •ni!.:

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