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FRENCH PAPERS.

11A 1113, DEc.. 9.-Private letters from
.ln
.datcd.the 129th of November, state, that'they b
tiftr'e received letters writien by the liumneror, on,
27th of the same month, from Stukzenka, near
Stlroilmorsow. His Majesty continued his memve-
enjoyed the best health ; at Wilna they
flattered themselves with having the. 'pleasure of
'seeing him v:ithin eight days. . Time army was its
an excellent (parfaite) situation, the fine weather
continued, and favoured in a singular manner its
movements.

Yams, DEC. 4.—lntelligence from the Em-
peror, dated the 15th of November, has he'en re-
ceived. His Mijesty had left Smolensk for Orcha,
and enjoyed very good .health. The- army _con.
tinned its movement to take winter quarters.

PARIS DEC. 7.-=-Private letters frOm Wilna,.
dated Nov. 25, announces that the movement
of the grand army continue, and that his' Mtijes
ty the Emperor enjoys good health. The most.
perfect tranquility reigns in Poland, and the Poles.
continue to give the most striking proofs of pa-
triOtisni. They are animated by the best
They ase occupied at Wilna with public fetes and
rejoicings. French gaiety has communicated
self to the inhabitants of Lithuania, who spew
thems&es worthy of that independence which is .
insured to them by the genius of his Majesty the.
Emperor.
VILNA, Nov. I 1 ----Smolensk has been made
a very strong place ; it appears destinerito be s
fortress of the first order.

DEC. 6.—They write from Wilna, that
the head-quarters of Marshal the Duke of Taren-
tuw, which had for a time left Mittau, in conse-
'quence of the laSt affairs at Polotsk, has just beery
`reported in that town. The corps d'armee of
Mhrshal the Duke of Reggio has repasbeil to the
right bank‘of the Duna ; the Russians have re-
trograded upon this point, and quitted Polotsk.

ARMY OF THE NORTH OF SPAIN.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE GENERAL OF BRI+

GADE RARON THOUVENOT, GOVERNOR OF THE
4TH GOVERNMENT IN srtaN, TO THE MINISTEM

AT WAR.

Vittoria, Dec. 4.

- MONSEIGNEUR-Gen Bigarre, -Aide-de-Camp
to, his Catholic Majesty, has just arrived at Vit-
toria, charged with dispatches for the Emperor ;
he has-announced. to me, that on the 6th, .26'04
prisoners, among whom is Lord Paget, Will arrive'
at Vittoria, under an escort of about 3000 men
the army of Portugal.
The English heave retired into Portugal, and it
appears .certain that our affairs in that part pro-
ceed as.l,v;'ell. as possible. The General in Chief;,-:
Count Reille, set out to-day to continue his routt-
to Burps

(Signed)

Baron TOtiVENOT.

. , ARMIES OF SPAIN.
The junction of the three armies ,of Portngai,
the centre, and the South, was effected on th

10th of Nov. L-t Alha de Tonnes. The three
united armies, under the orders, of his Catholic

Majesty, passed the Tonnes on the days of, the-.
13th and 14th ; Amy of Portugal between
Salamanca and Alba ; that' of the centre at Alba'
itself ; and. the army of the South between Alha

and Vnente de cangostro. We have as yet re.-
ceived nothing positive respecting the direction. 01
the English
.have taken in their.reyreat.
PARIS, DEC. 5.--On the 18th of November, '
Prince Schwartzenberg gained.a complete victory,
over the Russian corps, under General Saken'
2Q,000 men strong. This brilliant day cost the
enemy from 7 to 8,000 men, killed, wounded, or
prisoners ; he took from hina 40 caissons of am-
munition, his baggage, &c. That part of th.e
.Russians who escaped fled in disorder in different
directions, btit without hope of being, able to re-'
gain the army of General Tschitchakoff, from,
whom this corps is cut off by the skilful manoeu-
vres of the Austro-Saxons. On the 19th Prince
Schwartzenberg continued to pursue the enemy
and make a great number of, prisoners. We ex-7.

pect the official reports of this important victory.,
LEIPSIC, Nov. 26.—The last intelligence from
Poland informs us, that the Grand Army- is now
stationed between Smolensk and AVitepsk. It has
not had any-affair of importance with the Russian.
e.rmy. The Duke of Tarentum's corps d'arruce
occupies the same positions in the neighbourhood.
of Riga. The garrison of that place .still keep*
tranquil. The Prince of Wittgenstein' finds him-
self menaced with a combined , attack by several.
French corps d'armee. We are assured he 110
made dispositions for his retreat towards Pleskow.•
Marshal the Duke of Reggio, after having re-..
taken the command of his corps d'ermet, re-
viewed it; his army is. superb. • It had began t 4
put itself in motion.
General Tschitchagoff was with his army be-
tween•Slonim and Minsk. lie has not entered the
latter town, where a French carps is collecting..
Prince SCh%vartzenberg has entirely eta off Tschit,7-
-ehagoff from. Brzesk, - and the positions be 1).,d •
upon the Dug.- There remains no other resource
for that C;eneral than that of speedily gaining
Aiohilow, should he be' siven titue to -accom-
plish it.