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T3UONAPARTE,

We have more than. once exclaimed, while our
hearts leapt with exultation at the mighty
triumphs of cur aims, f‘ GREAT BRITAIN IfAS
ATTAINED THE PINNACLE OF NATIONAL GLORY
When shall we he allowed to stop with these ex-
clamations ? Not while the principles of Wm..
LIAM PITT inspire our Counsels; not while a
WELLINGTON, reared in the School of PITT, leads
our Armies ! The career of Fame seems endless :
summit after summit is gained, and still the im-
mortal road stretches into the hoth,on. Yet is
,the present an achievement of superlative bril-
liancy : if any thing was wanted, if any thing
could have been wished to crown the naute of
WELLINGTON, and fill up the measure of our
country's greatness, it was that he should be
opposed to BUONAPARTE, the hero of the ad-
Verse host, that the Sons of Britain should be
brought man to man, and front to front
in battle, against the vaunted warriors of France,
against these veteßns, overloaded with the wreaths
of vietoryi-and scarred with the seams of many a
hard-fought field ;—This Event which we did de-
Sire, this Contest which we did contemplate with
feelings of mingled anxiety and hope, but of
anxiety pure from apprehension, and of hope
stretching into the bright confines of certainty
this momentous struggle has come, is over, and
has left us little more to hope for, nothing more
to wish !

The Eighteenth of June will be for ever meni)r-
-' able as one of the most sublime epochs in British
History. On that day, the valiant soldiers tivho►n
WELLIGTON has inured to victory, for the first
time tried the fortune of war in a pitched battle
against the choicest troops of France, commanded
by NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE. The character' of
the twa Countries, the military glory of the two
Generals, as well as the fate: of Europe, hung in
the scale; and on the bt'ave67 and discipline of the
men, and on the skill and talents of their leaders,
depended that turn of the balance which was to
rivet the chains of suffering humanity, or confirm
the liberties of mankind.

The GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY tells' the tale
which every Briton will be proud to repeat, and
is so conspicuous for the noble simplicity 'of its
record, that we need scarcely enter upon ouraccus-
toped tisk of taking 4 condensed view of this me-
n;orabic Achievement, for which the public mind
was paytly prepared by the intelligence from
Ghent, which we had yesterday the happiness to
comrm!nicate, and which is now sq auspiciously
authenticated. We shall, however, briegly_kkeich
the prominent' features of the Campaign.

The French Army consisted iie .Fii;,., corp.—
the Ist from Valenciennes, 2d from Alahbege, 3:d
from Marienbourg, 4th from the rear, 4ml tith
from Avesnes, together with ;dumpt all the ea,
valry. With th 4 powerful' body, supportcd by'
the auest,field.arrillery which France conic!, pro-
dike, -149 Rebel Corsican advanced to-attztel the
-Allies. . .

JUNE 15TII.

• The Prussians were driven in by Tlittin and
Lobez on the Sambre, and- Chat leroi was occur
pied by the Enemy in froree. BLUCHER
youcentrated on Sombref, with the villages Amami
.and Ligny in strength on his front. The same
day the French Left pushed on tqwkkrdb• Brussels
by the main road front Charleroi; and the Belgian
troops were here honourably engaged.