The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-26 00:00:00

he Eilemy PAlaciethea feria! tO
place, and were also entrenching themselves at Magdeburglt"
The following Bulletin was also published at
Dantzic, by Gen. MANSTEIN, who commands there.
• " OFFICIAL BULLETIN.

account has been ieceived at Stettin of the Defeat of
the French Army, with the loss of Forty Thousand Men and
Eighty Pieces of Cannon. BONAPARTE commanded in per-
son, ami escaped with great dia.:ulty to Warsaw, accompa-
hied by only three attendants. The French Army is retreat-
ing in every diredion. The battle took place on the 27111,
18th, and z9th of December, and was fought at Ostrolenka,
abo'it 70 miles from Warsaw."

WE are not yet in possession of the details of the
glorious viaory ; but we understand that BONA-
tARTE, finding that his Army was suffering severely
by a Contagious Disorder, and by want of Pro-
visions, resolved to make a desperate effort to
force the Russians to a Battle; accordingly the
Whole of the French Army was put in motion,
and BONAPARTE manoeuvred with great, skill
and rapidity, considering the state of the coun-
try, to turn the flank of General BENN/NG-'
SEX'S Division ; and there is reason to believe that
he iii some degree succeeded in his plan, for it tip,
pears that in the first anion, on the 27th, the right
of the Russians suffered considerable loss. General
XmartstsKy, however, having advanced to the support
of Gen. BENNINGSEN, the action was renewed on
the 28th and the 2gth, and the result was,
that the French were completely defeated, with the
loss of above 40,000 men, in killed, wounded, and
prisoners. Such is the substance of the accounts
which have reached Government, and to which, as
we have already stated, they give full credit. We
have now to add, that yesterday several foreign JI
Journals were received to the 21st inst. which con-
tain the 45th, 46th, 47th, and 48. th Bulletins- of
the French Army. Our Readers will perceive, by
a perusal of those Bulletins, that the French claim a
Vi6tory on the 26th Dec. ; but though the last of
the Bulletins is dated the 3d of January, they do
hot contain a word of any Battle subsequent to the
With December; on the contrary, they state, that
the Campaign may be considered as at an end, and
that the Army was to be placed in Cantonments for
the winter. This circumstance alone would be

sufficient to convince us that the French had been de-
feated, because if it were true that the Russians were
completely slefeated,and were flying in every direetio a
and in great confusion, it is not to be believed that
the French Army would retreat for the purpose of
going into cantonments. The lesson which is
given for the French Army going into cantonments,
viz. the severity of the weather, operated as strong-
ly before the 26th of Dec. as it did a few days
after; and it cannot be supposed that BONAPARTE
.N!iould, unless from necessity, risk an aflion, in which
'f he were defeated, the consequences might be
ruinous to his army, and from which, if he were
viaorious, he could derive no advantage. The jus-
tice of this observation is proved by the French
Bulletins ; they claim a decisive vi&ory, and the
Ittutediate consequence is, thi.t instead of following
the flying Russians, they retreat with all possible
*l)edition. The Battle was fought in the' neigh-
bourhood of Ostrolenka, and the first French Bulle-
tin is dated from Pultusk, which is "censiderably
Dearer the Vistula ; and the last is dated at 'Warsaw,
Which, it is hardly necessary to state, is onthis side of
that River. We are therefore fully satisfied that the
French Army has sustained a most completedefeat,and
that it is in a most ciangetuu-s situation ; for it is not
probable that the Russians will, after such a vietory,
Huffer the French quietly to retire into cantonments,
4nd to wait for the reinforcements which are ex-
Pekled from France. The news of the defeat Of the
French had reached those countries
,which tile Fetich
had conquered with so much facility, and had
Produced very strong sensations. We find the,
French Commandants in different places issuing
Irociamations, commanding the inhabitants, un-
tier pain of military punishment, not to circulate
447 unfavourable reports respe&ing the French Ar-
linies• The most effeanal way, however, of sup-
Pressing these reports would be, to publish an ac-
count of the viEtories of the French, and it is for this
Purpose,
and to quiet the apprehensions in France,
that the Bulletins have been fabricated.
What the result of this .Vi&ory of the Rus-
sians may be, it is impossible to anticipate.;
,b•nt.
there is every reason to hope that it will lead
10 the most favourable consequences. If it be
true that Austria was inclined to tate, a psrt in the
tear 2gainst France (and we have strong reason to
believe that she had), this vi&ory affords her a favour-
able opportunity of doing so, of recovering all her
,c'ssea, and of crushing the Enemy by whom she
has been so much oppressed and insulted. The
efreets which it will produce throughout Germany
dl also, we have no doubt, be extensive ; the
Inhabitants of Hesse have set an example
which will probably be very generally followed,
particularly as BONAPARTE, in order to strengthen
his Army, had withdrawn almost all his -.troops to
tteinforce his Army ; and we shall not be surprised'
hear of an almost general insurrection against