The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-05 00:00:00

FIFTEENTH BULLETIN

OF THE
SILESIAN ARMY.

" Saint Owen, Feb. 4, 1814

On the 24th of January the corps of SACKEN
advanced in two columns, the first upon Liguy,
the second upon Vancouleurs and Joinville:

"In the afternoon of this' day, the enemy, with
about 2500 horse, advanced from Ligny upon St.
Aubin, cannonaded with a battery the cavalry
under General WTaselsckikoff, but retired when
he saw it did not give way.
" On the 23d January, Lieut.-General Prince
Scherbatoffattacked the town of Ligny, and took
it by assault. Our loss was alwitt 200 killed or
wounded. The
,enemy retired upon St. Dizier.

" On the 2501, Lieut.-General Prince Scher-
batoff attacked him also in this place, and drove
him towards Vitry:

" On the 26th, Prince Schulatoff, the proper
arrangements having been made, marched upon
Brunne to join there the corps of Gen. Sacker,
and Lieut. General Lanskor continued to occupy
St. Dezier with the advanced guard, in order to
wait for the cot ps of York, which was coming by
St. Michael, and was to arrive at St. Dizier on
the 20th. The enemy having been probably in-
formed of the march of Prince Schulatoff,"took,
advantage of this circumstance, attacked St. Di-
zier on the 27th, and, by his superior numbers,
forced Gen. Lanskor to retire upon Janville. This
case had been foreseen. The cores of the Prince

of Wurtemberg was between Brunne and Bar-
snr-Auve, and that of, Guilay at Bar-sur-Aube.
The grand Army advanced from Chamont upon
Bar-sur-Aube. The corps of Gen. Wittgenstein
might arrive the 29th at Junville ; that of
Kleist was to pass the Meuse, at St. Michael, on
the 29th, to'support General York. Under thee
circumstances, the Field Marshal caused Licht.-
General Lanskor -to return by noulevent to Son-
laines, concentrated at Brienne the corps of
Sacken, and a part of the corps of Langeron, un-
der General Obsusuff, pushed the cavalry as far as
:Arus and Troyes, which the enemy occupied with
infantry, and waited for the farther motions of the
enemy. He advanced on the 28th upon gassy
and Monherender, and, •on the 29th, from Mon-
herender upon Brienne. We could .not yet judge
of the enemy's intentions. The Field Marshal
collected the forces under his orders at Brienne,
and sent word of what was passing to the Prince
Royal of Wurtemberg, who was preparingto take
a position at Maisons.
" The advanced guard of the corps of Wittgen-
stein, commanded by General Count Pablen, join-
ed the Army of Silesia. Towards Donn, a Lieut.-
Colonel of the enemy was brought in who had
been made prisoner. He had about him several
very important dispatches, from which it resulted
that the EMperor Napoleon bad joined the Army.
and that it was intended to continue the offen-
sive, which had been begun at St. Dezier.—
An order to Marshal Mortier desired him to aban-
don Troyes and-the Aube, to join the left wing of
the Army which was advancing.
" This news proved that the enemy intended to
give'battle, and, as he had collected all his army,
the Field-Marshal resolved to approach the
Grand Army, because it might arrive on the Ist
of February at Bar-sur-Aube; and because there
was between Brienne and Bar-sur-Aube, near

Trannes, a strong position connecting it with
that at Maisons.

" At the moment when orders were going to be
delivered for the march, the enemy advanced in
strong columns upon Brienne. It was 3 o'clock
in the afterhooa, The Field-Marshal resolved to
accept the battle."