The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-24 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

TAtiBE, MAactr 10,L-The Duke of. .Dalmatia
has just addressed to his army a Proclamation,
full of energy. We extract the following

sages :

", SOLDIERS !--You arc called to new combats;
there will be no repose for us, whether we be the
assailants or the assailed, till this hostile army,
firmed of such extraordinary elements, shall be
annihilated, Or till it shall have evacuated the
territory of the empire. WhateVer be its mime-
riCal superiority, and whatever progress. it may
make, it does. net suspect the dangt rs which stirj
round it, nor the perils which await it ; but -time
will teach it, as well as the Gcnei-al.who coin-
nuinds it, that it is not wiith impunity that parts
of our territory arc invaded ;• that it is not with
impunity that the French honour is insulted.
" Soldiers !—The General who commands the
army against which we combat .every day, has
bad the audacity to invite von, and to invite your
eountrymen, to_ revolt and sedition.. He speaks of
peace, and the fire-brands of discord are in.his
train. He speaks of peace, and he invites the
French to civil %var. Thanks then be given him,
for having thus made us acquainted with his pro-
jects ! From this moment our forces are menaced
a hundred fold : and from this moment he him-
self rallies round the Imperial Eagles those who,
sedheed by deceitful appearances, :had been able
to believe -that he made war in an honourable
Manner..
He has dared to insult the national honour ;
he has ha.l the baseness to excite the French to
betray their oaths, and to be guilty of perjury to-
wards their Emperor; this offence cannot be
avenged but in blood.
",To arras !--let this. cry resound through the
whdle South of France. There is not a single
Frenchman who has not to revenge himself, or he
abjures, his country, and from this moment be
ought to be reckoned-among the number of the
enemy. Yet a few dais, and those who have ,
been capable of believing in the- sincerity and de-
licacy 'of the English, will learn to their cost, '
that. their artful promises had no otherobject than
to enervate their courage, and to subjugate them ;
they will call to mind these spusillatlimous beings,
calculate the sacrifices they must make to.
liteir co.int:y ; that, the -.English •have no
war than to destroy France

).? , • theft, •
tue kktncli tea er,vint e, Sly
the Portuguese, the :iicdians, and all the ethel-
people ‘vho groan limier their yoke. •
• " The .history of the past will offer itsf to the
df these Anil-Frenchmen,...Who pre-
fer tranttory enioyineuts to ttie safety of,thegreat
ramil"' and they will tee-the English eitusel.''rench-
then to be butchered at Quiberon by the hands 'OT;
Frenchmen ; they will see the English at the
head ot every conspiracy, of the overthrow Of all
pViileiPleS, of the destrticaon bf all the establisho._.
ments of greatness or industry, to gratify their
inordinate anitiiti6n And their insatiable avidity.—
Doet there exist on the suiliice of he globe a
single point known to the English whet e they,
ht vt riot caused to be de:stroytql, by seduction or
by .iriolente, the intionfactories, the prbdtictioni of
which eclipsed their owl' ? Such would be the fate
of the French establishments if the English ob-
taiited their end.

" Soldiers !, Let us devote _to opprobrium and
general exeCration, every Frenchman Who shall
have favoured, in any manner whatever, the in-
sidious projects Of the enemy ; even him, who
though for a moment objected -shall not have
tried all imaginable means to injure them. Let
us also devote to °pin obritn, let us not acknow.,
ledge for Frenchmen, those who, though able to
defend t-heinselves, make use of specious. pretexts
Yo dispense themselves from it.
From this moment there is no longer any
bond between them. and us, and we 'may antki....
pate inexorable history which will transmit their
names with execration to posterity.
" As for us, oJur duty is tnarked out, honour
and fidelity; that is'our motto. To combat to the
last the enemies, of •our_ august Emperor, and of
our dear France, respect to persons and property,
to pity the misfortunes of those who are for a
moment subjected, • and to hasten, thb instant of
their deliverance, obedience and discipline im-
placable hatred to traitors and to the enemies of
the French name, interminable war to those who
should attempt to divide in order to destroy its,
as well as to the wretches who should desert the
imperial eagles to range themselves under another
standard.

" Let us have always in our minds 15 ages-of
glory and the innumerable_tritunphs• which have
rendered ouicountry illustrious. 'Let us contem-
plate-the prodigious efforts of our great Emperor,
and his signal victories, which will eternize the
French name. Let us be' worthy of libn,
and then we may bequeath to our posterity, with-
out a stain, the inheritaoace which we, have "re-
ceived from our fathers. Let us be Frenchmen,
and let,us die with arms in our hands rathet.thau
survive our dishonour."

The Marshal of the Empire and Lientenant-
General of the Emperor,

(:iigued) " The•Marslial Duke of MINUTIA.
"Head-quarters, March 8."
COMPIEGNE, MAR.cit 16.—0 n the 14th. the
enemy skewed himself before Compiegne, from
the other side of the Oise, coming from Noyeif ;•
after a few cannon-shot, and a tire of small arms,
he retire&.

The next day he returned in force with three
pieces_ of cannon, a howitzer, cavalry, and in-
fantry. The town was snmmonad three times in
the day; the brave Alajor of the 136th, who com-
mands there, answered, " bring me an order from
the, Emperor,•and you shall enter the town."—
The cannonade and fire of Musketry lasted almost
the whole (lay ; the inhabitants valiantly seconded.
the garrison. The people of the neigkbouring
Villages rose in mass at. the first cannon shot
which they heard in the morning, and hastened
to the assistance of the town : 200 of then.' drove
away three hundred infantry which occupied the
mountain of MargnY four musket shot from Com-
piegne.:

The inhabitants made a sally, and the retreat
of the enemy was decided. He was pursued a
league from the town. Three citizens were taken
prisoners, having pursued • the enemy with too
much ardour. It is said that two of them have
just returned, haying escaped by swimming over
the Oise.

The zeal of the garrison, of the inhabitants,
the country people, and the officers who directed
the defence, is above all praise.
The cannon damaged several houses in the
town, but the mischief is slight—nobody was
wounded.

To-day (the pith) the enemy has not returned,
and ice are tranquil.
PARTS, MARcLI 18.—The garrison of Ostend
has made a sally,•and pushed as far as Bruges. It
•took from the several receivers in that city
`?00,000 francs, seized all the articles of clothing
and equipment collected by the enemy, and .carri-
ed diem off without meeting any obstacle.
• It is said that the garrison of Metz has made a
ACCCSSIIIi sally, and taken from-the enemy urtil-
!lets, and other important articles.