The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-17 00:00:00

SECOND EDITIQN.

kiUN OI'FICE, One,
French Papers to the 13th have reached 'Town,
'being one day later titan those of which the pub-
lic are already ifi'pOSSeSSlol.l We have not seen
them, but We rely on a friend who run over their
contents 'in a hasty manner, th,it the Paper of
thel2th announces in effect the following intelii-
.
Bence

The Parisians are assured that BLTONAPARTE
had defeated Marshal BLUCHER, and taken 12,000
Prisoners, and thirty-one pieces of Cannon. It i 3
admitted that three French General Officers had
been. wounded; VICTOR, GROUyELLE, (not Guou-.
CHY, as stated yesterday by mistake), and LAVAL.
This is the magnification of the Action at Craone
of the ith, and its res'ults.
On the other hand, a Hague Courant of the 14th
has been received, which states that the gallant
'l3l.neuEtt had completely defeated BUONARARTE
;on the 110, with the loss of all 114 artillery, and
that the Tyrant .had fallen back on Paris with the
wreck of his army, reduced to only 15,00 -men.

Upon this news we place more reliance than we
usually do on intelligence through the same chan-
nel. All previous circumstances tend to give it
the air of probability. It mar indeed be' ey.Ug-
gerated, but if the main tact of the defeat be true,
we need care little for a difference of ten; or
twenty, or thirty thousand men, in the details.
Omniam has advanced from 2.31 to 27.

TWO O'CLOCK.

We have since seen the ltionitein' of the 12th.—
Our statement is correct. Even from the details
in the French account, it would appear 'that BLU-
CHER had not been more severely annihilated on
this occasion than on- former occasions, when he
had the best of the battle.

We have this moment received a private and
most cheering letter from near Rheims. —lt
describes the condition of the 'French army .;
fatigued by rapid and forced marches ; exhausted.
and AVOrn out by everlasting action—and in' a
most' deplorable state, from the want of even the
common necessaries. of life. We can depend on
this information it is neither fallacions. 'nor
'overcoloured.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN Orvicc, Half-vast Two.

We .-have to add to the most important and
glorious News contained in the Second Edition,,
that the Hague Courant is .of the 14th, at Night.
The couununication was official from the Duke
of SAXE WEIMAR to tlie Prince of ORANGE.
The battle commenced on the morning of the
9th, lasted all that clay, and the subsequent.
night, and was renewed on the morning of the
10th:
,On the first day the attack was made
on one point of BLUCIIEWS Army, and on the
second day on another point, - in both of which
the object of the Tyrant. was 'completely
frustrated. He lost Seventy' Pieces of Cannon,
and the greater part -of his Army, having
retreated,
.as we' have already .stated, towards
Paris 'with 15,000 men, closely and vigorously
pursued by the gallant BivoonEn.
We are informed,
.from credible authority, that
Prince
_SCIiNVARTZENBERG, V.'llo bad advanced`
considerably towards Paris, only waited the re-
sult of this splendid Battle to put his whole force
in motion towards the Cipital. There appears
to be nothing to impede his Fogless,

'ol.7lt'rl-I EDITION.
SUN O)rxcE, FOUr

In confirmation of what we said in our Third
Edition, we deem it our duty to give the follow-
:jog Extract front " The Times Extraordinary,"
dust published

HAGUE, • MARCH 14.--A Courier from his
Highness the Duke of Saxe Weiniar, sent from
.Tournay, has brought the following important
news to. the Sovereign :
TOURNAY, MARCH l2.—According to the plan
of the High Allied Powers, the different corps
were to concentrate, in order to form two army-
corps : for this purpose some short retrograde
movements were necessary.

The army of MatOal Blucher had concentrated
itself near T..ialm; and Napoleon, ak the head of
10,000' men, had ioiloWed it. Yesterday a 'cou-
rier arrived here with the tidings that the Field-
Marshal had determined.to comae to a general en-
gagement on the 9th ; and at this moment a se-
cond courier is arrived, bringing the following
o'fficial information from hint :

" This morning, before day-break, the enemy
attacked My right wing and centre, under the
commands of Generals Winzingerode awl Bu-
low ; an'l by favour of a thick Mist; penetrated

o tll,. walls of Lion. About mid-day, whea 114

-turstcliired off, the cmps of the • twe aboor'
namcd Generals drove back
,the enemy. A veil
isevere contest of infantry began on intersected
ground, and we progressively advanced until .
oe
Ifall of evening.

"- About three o'clock in the afternoon the ale".
my's columns appeared on myleft wing, and-toolg.
possession of the village of .Athieres, and corn-
meuced a heavy cannonade on'the corps of Vo*
Yorck and Kleist. Having
.foreteen. this oc-
currence:, I caused the corps of Langeron and
acken to break up, for the, purpose of strength-
ening the left wing,, with orders to -act effect"
sively at the same time with the corps Of Y-circk-
and Kleist. The Generals Yore( and Kleist
emuted this order with their usual ability. The
enemy .was, at the close of day,_ wholly.ovei‘,
thrown : his artillery,- his ammunition-watOlg'
and a great number of prisoners, fell into or..
hands.: General Yorck informs me at this ine"
ment, that he still pursues the enemy, and that
his cavalry has already driven them in the greatest'
disorder as far as Corbiny. I hasten to commtink
cate these tidings to your Serene Highness.

Up to
.this moment, 70 pieces of cannon bal.°
Arcady falleil into, our hands ; the number of pri':
soners and Caissons is not to be estimated. trb°
victory was principally decided by a brilliant
charge of cavalry. My left wing this day -crosses
the Aisne. I,t is not certain whether Napole°9
commanded in person. "rhe most 61 the Pri'
soners deala re that they bad seen him ; but deserters
Say, that he departed on the evening of the Bth VI it 4
15,000, men, taking the road for Paris, as 0°
Grand Amy, tinder the command of Fri
Schwartzenberg had entered Funtainbleau."

LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINAO'

311URSDAY, MARCH 14.

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