The Sun.
London, England, 1815-04-20 00:00:00

WAR .DEPARTMENti

Oti the 7th of April, the day preceding that'
when the: Duke d'Artgoulenic capitulated at Pallu,
with General tiilli, General Ernouf tried an attack.
upon Gap, occupied by the troops of General
Protean, Coininandant of the Department of Ilia
Upper Alps ; the leading column of General Pro,
lean, commanded by the Chief of Battalion Chau.
vcau, of the 48th, was on tpeDuranee.
The troops uncle)• the immediate orders of Ge-
neral Loverdo, having tinder him a chief of bat•
talion of the 58th, who had long been detached
from his corps, made their appearance to attvcic
an ndi.anecd post which guarded the defile of Ls

()ti tlie first information of their approach, Co.
loncl•Cliauvean advanced to the assistance of his
picqact..

Having arrived to within .a few paces, he ad.
vanced between - the two columns to attempt to.
parley, having prohibited his troop to fire first,
He, vas shot at ; his troop then vigorously
turned the.fire, and darted forward to the charge.
The,assailantS, though thrown into disorder by •
the first shock, rallied and made a new attack,
still more unsuecessful.than the first; 150 of them
were killed or thrown into the Durance; a great
many were Wounded ; among others, General 1;0.
verdo, severely.
`The troops of General Porteau did not exceed
300 men, and a company of artillery. Their as.,,
midwife were 2,000 in number, with two pieces
of cannon.

The enemy left in '
our hands a white standard,
on which were embroidered' in gold! the words;-,
" The Bourbohs or Death."

Next day,,the Bth, the insurgents attempted, ft
second attack ; but this time the National Guards.
of the 'village of Vitro Hes alone sufficed to repulse
them on the Sisteron, whither they retired in dise
order. it was on this day that the, Duke D'An•
goitletne ' capitulated, General D'Asltanne, his
Chief of Stuff, arrived here this morning, the 15th,
and presented himself to 'receive the ordeis -or his
Excellency the Minister at War, who seta hint
under dole arrest to his residence in Paris.

COURIER EXTRAORDINARY, MONDAY MORNING,
The project of thEnew constitution will appear
the day after to-morrow.
1n .a vhort time there will be in Provence an
army a:an hundred thousand men.

The Duke of Dalmatia, Marshal Sault, has had
a particular' audience of his Majesty. It is said
that i►► case of war, Marshal Soult will occupy au
i►up►matt post i►i the'arpy.

PARIS, Asir, is reported that the King
of,Naples, after having bad an affair at Placentia
with tlu Au:oolms, from whom be made many
prisoners, has entered Milan, and that all Lout•
hardy is in a state of insurrection. This news
wants cnnfinuation.

It was asserted this morning; during the review,
that the Emperor had received satisfactory
.news
froth :England. We may then still hope that the
repi4se of Europe will not be disturbed. The in.
tendon of England, it is added, ,is to became &
mediatrix, in case differences should arise between
-France and any Continental POWer.
Letters from Italy announce the entrance of, the
King of Neilles into Bologna, the 2d of this
month. His harbinger was a Prolatuation
favour cif independenee. -The Pope arrived on the
3d et Genoa.

M, cle Vitrolles, arrested at Tonlose, arrived on
Friday last at‘ Paris. '
There is long 'article in the liforiitear of Sun
heatlet! Vienna, as it it came front the Ger-
man press : th - object of it ia to slow that pence
snierneids naontlatt7 l
gtie:eitkitliVid of,
ei, t,heol 4
vLI .acnet‘Tfntfa(lnfdstitioe
firo-
seen(e tire war, and the nto,leration of France, too
gether with its-unanimity. It is speciollY
that such is the opinion of •
BAYONNE, Amur, 8.---Thc:l)ticiteTLeAngou.
lewe 10,1 landed ar f3ilboa; rit her request two re-
esnftrsolt)vicirleosureet
ot:x. Flaingdei76o. but.uio
tit :ill
v)qnl.Bo,,,nv:oi4tt:tso(:):ltt.hinet:e;
fitte!frroartvielednoc'erdteoriretpoairfatlol,9hadieliticia.

d

', j

a
i~