The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-22 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

P- XII OFFICIAL ACC TINT OF -rim
AGAINST AN'T'WERP.

FROM THE. STAATS COUR;ktiT OF'THE I GTR INST.

Breda, Janu'ary 14.

'Early in the morning.of the 12th, General Von
low advanced towards Brascaat, and, with the
column of General Tuben, drove back the ene-
my's advanced posts,- which .were intrenched In
the village of Merxen, upon the high road.to-Ant-
werp. 'At the same time the Coss#eks drove the
enemy from Turnhout ; General Von Borate!'
marched on St. Anthony; General Oppen on St.
Job, and the English corps on Kapelle.

" On the 13th, all the columns brake up
.to ap-
proach Antwerp. . General Tuben, favourect by a
manoeuvre of the English on hi right flank, car-
ried
the intrenchments and. :?:e.- itself, in
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which the French had posted 3000 men, and in
which the body of their General Avis,' whO was
killed in the action, -was 'found.

,Generai Oppenhad also on his side some fight-
ing, during which four howitzers played upon the
tow s, and actually set fire 'to a building, close to
which were seen the masts of ships of war., The
works are in a good state, and the strength of the
garrisorl is, by deserters and the inhabitants, in-
creased to 12,000.

'lt may be stated, as a tioutle advantage arising
from this expedition, that the French can hence-
forth uo longer disturb -the positions of the allied
troops, and that the movements of our left wing
on Turnhont, Lier, &c. and even into the heart of
Brabant, have spread a terror which must be
highly detrimental to the enemy's plan of de-
fence.

The troops have, therefore, received orders to
return, bringing with them 600 prisoners and one
piece of cannon, taken. The head-quarters, which
were yesterday at West Were!, are now again
here. Some Dutch officers who accompanied this
expedition, cannot sufficiently praise the courage
with which the Prussians, at every opportunity,
threw themselves on the enemy, and sustained
the fatigues of forced marches In the most severe
weather.

. OTHER ACCOUNTS FROM ROTTERDAM PAPERS

OF THE 197i1 :NSTANT.

BREDA, JAN. 14.—The action which took place
-at West Wezel, Hoogstraten, sud Turnhout, may
very fairly be considered as a battle in which the
enemy made trial of their new C:ouscripts, having
had about twenty thousand troops of this de-
scription engaged, and that under tile - dime-

_r ii4i.;s4ltlll, Da.tacu, wuu
commanded for a considerable time in Spain, and
to whom the command of a great part of the Bra-
bant and Flemish fortresses is now intrusted. He
conducted 'himself with great obstinacy, but was
obliged to yield to the courage of the Allies. His
loss was very considerable, and greatly surpasses
that on our side ; the superior skill and expe.=
rience of the allied troops, the particular suitable--
Hess of the ground' for the operations of cavalry,
and the flight of the enemy, which is always ne-
cessarily attended with loss, contributed much to
this effect. Of the 1200 woulfded which have
been brought into our hospital here, the greater
part are French troops. Above 800 prisoners
were also taken, and from 12 to 14 pieces of,
cannon.

His Royal Highness the Hereclithy Prince of
Orange hasisec out for the Prussian bead-quarters
nt Loealiout and a Prussian Officer has gone fot
that place to carry Co his Royal HiglineSsthe news
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of the victory.

A great number of troops hare marched th rough
our city to join the-Allies, who continue to follow
up the advantages they have obtained.
It is reported here that the enemy, who bad
taken a po'sition on the Helder, near Brascaat,
bad been again attacked and defeated, tl:at Ant-
werp was ivvested, and Brnssels threatened.

GINNEKE, JAN..I3.—It is said that the French
cannot get back to Antwerp, being cut off by the
English on the side of Hoogstraten, and pursued by
the Allies towards MeChlin and Leer. The battle of
the 11th was severe. Many were killed, particularly
in the wood, whence the French, who had fifty
pieces of cannon, were driven. They carried oil
only ten pieces, and left a great. number of dead
behind them. A number of carriages with
wounded pass through- here and Haagje daily.
The second company of Prussian jagers made the
first attack ; the whole army was immediately ii
motion, and the Frenth were driven out of their
position.