The Sun.
London, England, 1813-10-09 00:00:00

INUNDATION IN SILESIA.

" Silesia is this year suffering severely from a
variety of causes whatever was not ruined by the
4,var and the armistice, has been totally destroyed
by inundation. From this :city (Breslau) to
Scheititig, Ilandsfelde, and Rosenthal, every thing
15 swept away ; the dykes are broken down; and
the roads scarcely passable. Travellers .comiiig
from the Mountains of Glatz, give a terrible ac-
count of 'the devastations of the water in that
part of the Country, At Worfelsdorf, where the
great waterfall is; several houses have been thrown
down. The t n ccl 011.600 the village is strewed
with prodigious fragments a rock ; the torrent
formed a new channel for itself through the middle
0;' the place, and it, will be scarcely poisible to,
get rid .of it again, as it would rcquirea large
sum to lead it back to its old bed. Arahy tl?ou-
sand bushels of corn and other produce.bave been
destroyed by the flood. Even the dead were dis-
„
tArbed in their graves 'by the water. Between
the SAWeldaitz and Wan gate here, are two.
chureb-yards,
„where the poor are interred ; but
the water washed the coffins out of their graves,
dashed the lids from many of them, and threw ahe
Corpses upon the sttrfao o the •:grinitut. The
gattltit4 In liteslau have been over-
,vheluted, are yet under water, or transformed
into sanly wastes.

OADER OF THE am,

e tritLts rtkr) iY GRIIiTtAL BARON .BILLER, ov

MARCAING AGAIDtST E. BRAIIIIARNOIS.

GRATEy SEPT. 4.—Our Gazette contains the
following Order of the Day of Baron VON Hila•
LER, Comniander-in-Chief of Inner Austria
His Majesty out most gracious Emperor was desirous of
restoring peace to Europe by hid Mediation,
" 411 his efforts proved fruitless, and the Emperor NAleo-
tcorl alone seems to he averse to a peace so desirable for
suanhlrtel.

" This pers#ivtanre in the determination, to wage war
rxith the,world has induced our most gracious !Mauch, alto
has already rnutle 50 many painful VlCritkeri to the prosperity
of his dominions, and the deAre of a durable pence, to Join
the Allied Powers, to make &minion cause with them, conse-
tlttently to declare war against Franee, in order. to ohtoio by
turrk; of anus an hbnaurAte and po.vmanene peoc4„ •

" From this day, the 17th Angust, 411 iutereourse,with
France add her Allies cen;7es, and hostilities comnienee.

" 'Li Majesty the Eraperar mid our 'country expect from
the nriq those 0'066 uP tontaga and valour which are the
inseparal-de property of the brave, and which have este-
hlisheillheglory of out artni. The Nionareli of the country,
I:ose independence ~re are determined audhounrl to pretect
and -All Europe shall see the

Antiti()). VT OiTI::,;;SION

intrel,i(lity of the Austrian Army

triumph over all the tidy:44o;4es of ()Ili. foes

" Let 410 H.

and diQQcuttit render the couteA ever so

ar,43tryt.-,44eltfi:eatvr the 4,, rrl ;ow; the more spethly will the
,icturritt,tiitteiried, and with Ow assistance of tho AlthightY.
vdftiit.sttOte Jwtzt cattsr, r,;1,1 by our awl) Valour, will a
4i6tohle:ptocu Im:obtained; anti this will restort: us, hunottre4
'by a grv.4.tittl Sorcroito atilt by out' country, and proudly ego,
s 4 is>ua ttintwe htkve rought light meti-1-40 14144(1134 iepase it,
the bw,tart at our fatailieh,

c. So hat a tli tweets no prolix summons, no promise 't),
cid" e its footage. The lotit.e,man lirlows that his Majesty
tilt Emperor will e'eitainly reward liiia.Thireawattl (if there
VOtv One) we WOOld expel front our raflks with igniarjay atilt
tniiiiihment. lam before.hanq convinbeci, that all of us with,.
out eltfeidou from the general to tlie Jo•,oestpritate t.e,
teach to elaite, death tathis than to give op 1)1, coin*); once
'Wore :Is a prey to,the enemy, arid to ,nn-v;vetlil,4 thig-race,

t,:uutalistidef-iti-Chiel of the Array of In t-tr tlstria.
" liA1(01,1•VON It ILI,Eii."

`. D./O,7Mb, 4.—Tl4e netinti on tlie/Ptlt of
A.314.11:4, near Danzig, wag only the prelude to one
still more important at Langefuhr anti New
land, on 'the 2d Septentber. Duke ALpx..v,..:01411 of
lirtwompiLao, wbo was determined to hariks3 the
garrion of iianzig and pezteral itt..P? by inees•
clot at tacks, and In partienb,r to pankli the latter
for gaseonadel, reliolved I;ut only to take ill
corps of troops in Lthget'alo., Lilt also to p:iou
poste lion of the pasts of scheuttimhi ts,
Scotland, and to drive the cnony.ont of -th(311.--

To ateomptish ti* °Wed the nttnck was rived
for the N, and tn.: both of tire in the afternoon,
when General RApp is a6eustomed to indulge in
the pleasures of the teble, Was chosen fur the
ptirpose: Thettack took piece in fourcolutnns,
and dispositions were made with a view that not
only Langefuhr and the important works and
block-houses there might be turned all at once,
but that the enemy might be repulsed at all points
at once, and not be able to maintain his ground

any where.
" The success answered, 'and indeed surpassed
all expectation. Not only Langefuhr, New Scot-
land, and Schellemuhl, as also the enemy's for-
tifications there, with all the troops, were com-
' pletely surprised and taken, but all the columns
sent to their succour Were totally destroyed, so
that the field of battle was covered with dead.—
This surprise was so complete that at Langan''r
many officers were made prisoners at the coffee-
table, or while taking their afternoon's nap.—
As to General RAPP, who was comfortably seated
at dinner at the commencement of the attack, he
immediately jumped up, when he heard the first
discharge of Artillery, ran into the street with the
napkin in his hand, calling for his horse, but ar-
rived on the field of battle only just in time to
witness the discomfiture of his troops, mid to see
the farm of Schellemuhl, belonging to his chue
amie) enveloped in flames.
" The two block-houses at Langefuhr were
the only ones that made an obstinate defence ;
but they were taken by the brave combined troops,
the one in the night, and the larger in the morn-
ing.—Thi's action, so extremely disastrous for the
garrison of Danzig, has had a powerful in-
fluence on the sentiments of those troops, and is
an infallible sign of the spirit which animates the
blockading corps. In this attack there Was hot
the least cheek„ or the smallest degree of:. min,-
sion, though the ground there is much broken.
" The German troops in Danzif, are now,
nearly annihilated. Upon the Whore, this ,day
cost the enemy 1800 men, in killed, wounded, and"
prisoners. Since the renewal of hostilities, the:
French have indisputably lost upwards of 3,400
men, for not a night passes but the garrison of
Danzig, is alarmed by the combined troups,
that it is obliged to be continually under arms,
80(1 always sustains some loss.
" General RAPP has formed eight battalions out,
of the young men, and given them the. appellation
of Bataillons du Roi de Rome. Our loss in this
important affair amounts at most to 400 inen,-,r
The, tempestuous weather has hitherto prevented
the flotilla off Danzwlg from attempting any. hing
of consequence against the enemy. As soon us
the requisite artillerymen and sappers have arriv-
ed before Danzig, the siege will commence with-
out delay. . ,

Head-quarter., Banclan, (near Danxig), Sept.:'s

a Since the day before yesterday our besieging
corps has made great progreSs in its operations ;
thus, for instance, the day before yesterday,
Langefuhr was taken, together with .400- ,pvie
sutlers, hcßides which many of the French were
killed; and a great number who were hut slightly
wounded, effected their retreat. Mush gro►►nd
has been gained. Ile suburbs have been for tl►e
greatest part burned down in the attacks Lange-
tuhr is half consumed, •and Zigiudiendorf and
Schidlitt have suffered almOst as much. This
morning, at nine o'clock, the flotilla commenced
its operations against Fahrwassar and the mouth
of the Vistula.','

" %RUN, SEPT. M.—Since the 16th instant
arrived here the Swedish courier LoNantsT, from
head-quetrters, on his way to Stralsund; the Res-
sian collegiate counsellor VAN IinIENEN, as cou-
rier from the Imperial and Royal head-quarters,
on his way to the CROWN PRINCE ; also -',7G pri-
soners of war, 12 pieced of cannon, And II ammu-
nition waggons.--Gone from hence, the English
Envoys TYRWRITT and Tuoße TON to the great
head-quarters ; 26 officers and ti;io men to ,
gard.
Bono, Saps'. 15.---In the last six days some
Cossacks and militia have passed through this
place to the camp before Magdeburg, and provi-
sions for 8900 men have been sent thithe►•. Few,
French front Magdeburg• have hitherto beeo seen
towards the works ; and mo:t Of the ,troops are
said to have gone to the Prince of Ecitstum. at
Hamburg!), as the Ennlish and Russians are again
advancing towards it ht ,once. The French have
likewise broken np from the Old Mark and the
territories of Lunebourg.---At Sandau, some thou-
sand men belonging to the Landstrum and militia
crossed the islbe, but returned, as the cotdd.find
no traces of the French.

" ZeitßsT, SEPT. Thursday the Rus,
sian and Prussian troops here celebrated' the vic-
tory with prayer and thanksgiving. I esterany,
more Russians and Prussians twrived,liereA--Afcer
the ,Preneh had learned that the Prince of AlosioVA
was completely defeated at juterboeh, they
diately tpiitted Dessau. It is reported the
day before yesterday, n great number of wounded
',rte conveyed from Wittenbe'rg to Mille. To-
day it is sitiel that Mille is oeunpird in force by
the Abed troops, who are stated to ha've cwssed
the I liii. berm! Wittenberg. •
tint PAVOIJ'I' is authorised t.;) de-
clare turns it (4i-oid-doke
in contietwenet: or silk alitikarity, ii Wi'ittVli to
the Duke of 5C1M1.114,• that "lie has cotar, to Iris
country for the ItuilsOse of establishing a pater-
nal government.

fluEsLAtt, &PT. 6.—At no period, writes'a
did the goddess Nemesis appear so tre-
mendous as in the last decennium, and partieft-

itriy the present moment. NAroLEoll's arro-

gnat host I.'.ttt)w beedme s 9 humble, so poillatii.
, 7
mons, that no trac'es of former times Cara be tits-
covered in it. The officers look extrmn4ly
able and squalid, and the
,priyates still .tnnteo.
Snell ',ion the want o pyovisions that
ardolfg them, that a eruA of bread and 4 dratik4t of
'Tater me ctills;ticred #ts iflyelit. It i$
artetteer by the inhabitants of those districts of
Sile,ia which dtir,ing 'the Ariniitice) %Vera! oecit-
pi,,a sen...l French,
rhe privates and crilic'er.s hehaveddeefintly and
eably : bat. their sUperiora, ,110.10. Aiiisefoble
• f4f the WU)" Orlin ilattd Ittti':ra and
,7 •

especially those blood-snekers the Marshals and
Generals; were as usual insatiable in their avarice.
The civil and military authorities arc at open
variance with 6:tell other. Thus here in silesia •a
few
,weel(s since, Nay, contrary to the express
command of the Minister DAHL!, caused the Money
fleeced front the so called allied countries; and
which was destined for other uses, to be taken
by military force from the persons appointed to
superintend it, and applied it to his own purposes.
" BRESLAU, SEPT. 'O. —Yesterday, towards
evening, their Royal Highnesses the Princesses
CHARLOTTE, ALEXANDRINE, LOUISA, and FREDS-.
RICA
.of PRUSSIA, arrived here.—On the arrival of
a considerable Russian corps of infantry belong-
ing to the Army of Poland, under the command
of Baron Wig BRNNTGSEN, his Excellency caused
all the regiments to defile before him.
"VIENNA, SEPT. B.—The States of the County
of Presburg, under the presidency of Count PAL..
'FY, have held a General Assembly, in which it
was unanimously resolved, that this district should
raise 337, and the free towns within it 95 velites
(light horse), for the service of his Majesty ; the
greater part of whom have been already mounted
and equipped, and have joined KIENAAYER'S re-
giment of hussars. At the same assembly an in-
surrectidn of the Nobles was determine& upon,
and Count ESTERHAZY, who beaded it in 1809,
was again appointed its Commander A play is
now perforating here with great applause, entitled
411 in uniform for' our Emperor.
'" The King of Holland has left Gals, and gone
to the western part of Switzerland ; he has but
one attendant, and will, it is said, make some stay
in the canton of Waadt.

"At the celebration of the festival of NAPO-
LEON at Rome, CHARLES, King of Spain, gave a
grand entertainment to wielt all the public autho-
rities, and the principal nobility were invited.
" Several vessels with prisoners arrive every
week at Riga; three entered the harbour on the
12th of August.
"NORMANN, the Wirtemberg General, who
suffered himself to be employed in the expedition
against the corps of LuTzow, is said to' have
been taken'prisoner by the Prussians.
" General Vox HAtmnaopT, in the service of
the Grand Duke of Baden, who was taken in the
battle of Culm, on the 30th July, died in conse-
quence of his ‘vounds and was buried on the 4th
'September, at Toplitz, with military honours.
." BERLIN, SEPT. 16.—Since the 14th inst. 17
officers and 880 prisoners have been brought hi-
ther by way of Potsdam, and 7 officers and 1387
men to Stargardt : 203 Spaniards who have en-
tered into the service were conveyed to Rostock.
His Serene Highness Prince CHARLES of Meck-
lenburg-Schwerin has gone to Schwerin, and
Prince RAnzimt. to the head-quarters of the
Crown Prince of SWEDEN.

" VIENNA, Sari`, 7.—When his Majesty the" Em.
'won, in company with the Emperor of ItUSSIA
and the King of PRUSSIA, reviewed the Grand
Austrian Army, of 100,000 men, posted at Jung-
fetn-Teinitt,'between Wrartay and Rzndohest, on
this solemn- occasion the new Standards of the
Cuirassier Regiment Emptror were consecrated.
Tn front of the regiment the Colonel, Count
rRANcip Dgsvouns, who commands ft, had the
honour to present to hit Majesty the Emperor of
RusStA, the King of PRUSSIA, and his Majesty the
Etoperorpf AUSTRIA, the hammer and nails, which
they were graciously pleased to drive into the
Standards. The English &nerd STEWART also
drove in a nail in the name of his Majesty the'
King of ENGLAND. Her Imperial Highness the
Russian firand Dtichess MARIA, Hereditary Prin-
ceSs.of Welmait, bestowed on the .regithent a band
for the Standard, and the Colonel solicited a se-
cond Of the Princess CHARLOTTE, eldest daughter
of his 4lajesty the King of PRUSSIA.