The Sun.
London, England, 1815-06-26 00:00:00

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arrived yister6y at Paris. The trawl, anxious
about news, colleCted about the Patais Elysee,
and that of the Legislative Body.

Tranquillity was fiat distarbed fOr a single in=
Stant. If there are agitators, they ate kept down
by the wise measures which have been adopted,
and the execution of Which IS principally confided
to that National Guard—so active—so vigilant—
anA so firm, when employed to 'cause perciri and
property to be respected.

NEWS FROM THE ARMY:
(Extracted front the lifoniteui-)
We litive not space to point out the different po-
sitions which the respective armies occupied pit
the 16th, and from which it appears, that on that
day—the left—the right—anti the reserve were
equally engaged for the distance if nearly two
leagues.
On the 17th, at ten o'clock at bight, the
Centre of the English army occupied Mont Saint
Jedn, and was posted in advance of the Forest of
Soignies ; it would have been necessary to spend.
three hours in making dispositions to attack it ;
and therefore it was necessary to postpone it till
the following day.
The head-quarters of the Emperor were esta,
Wished at the farm of Caiilon, near Planchenort.
The rain fell in torrents.
BATTLE OF MONT ST. JEAN.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the rain bay,
ing in some degree abated, the Isis Corps was. put
in motion, and took up a position with its left on
the road to Brussels, and opposite the -village of
Mont St. Jean, which appeared the centre of the
enemy's position. The right of the second corps
rested on the Brussels roads, and its left on a little
wood within cannon-shot of the English army.
The Cuirassiers were in the rear in reserve,
_and
the Guard also in reserve, on the heights. The
6th corns with the cavalry of General d'Aumont,
under-the orderS of Count Lobau, was destined to
be posted in the real- of our right, to oppose a
-Prussian corps-which seemed to have escaped from
Marshal Grouchy, and to intend to fall upon our
right flank---•-an intention which we learnt by our.
reports, and also by a letter which was found upon
a Prussian General Officer who was carrying or-
ders, and was taken by our scouts.
The troops were full of ardour. The force of
the English army was estimated at 80,000 men ; it
was supposed that a Prussian corps whiCh might
he in line towards the evening, consisted perhaps
of 15,000 men. The forces of the enemy, then,
were more than ninety thousand men ; ours were

less numerous..
By mid-day all the preparations, were finished,
Prince Jerome, cotntnanding a division of the
2d corps, and destined to form its extreme left,
marched upon a wood, part of which was occupied
by the enetny.---The cannonade commenced on
each side.
The troops of the enemy which were detached.
to guard the wood, were supported by 30 pieces of
cannon.—On our side, we also made dispositions
with our artillery.
At one o'clock Prince Jerome was master of the
whole wood, and the whole of the English army
fell bac% and covered itself. The Coma d'Erlou
then attacked the village of Mont St. Jean, and
canned his attack to be supported by SO pieces of
cannon. A tremendous cannonade ensued, front
which the English army must have suffered im-
mense loss. Every shot took effect.
A Brigade of the .Ist Division of Count d'Er-
ion obtained possession of the village of Mont
St. Jean. A second Brigade was charged by a
which of British cavalry, sich made it suffer great
loss. At the same instant a Division of English
cavalry charged the battery of COunt d'Erlon on
the right, and dismounted several pieces ; but the
cuirassiers of General Milhaud charged that Divi-
sion, three regiments of which were broken,, and
cut to pieces.
- It was now three o'clock in the afternoon.—
The Emperor caused the Guard to advance, to post
it in the plain, on the same ground which had
been occupied by the first Corps at the com-
mencement of the action : that co.rp-s being
already in advance,- the Prussian Division, the
movement of which had been prevented, then
engaged the tiraillenrs of , Count Lobau, pro-
longing at the same time their fireniong the whole
of our right flank. It was necessary, before no-
dertaking aarthing elsewhere, to wait the issue
of this attack. For this. purpose, all the means of
the reserve were ready to be employed in assisting
Count Lobar, and breaking the Prussian corps as
soon as it came up.
This done, the Emperor formed the project to
direct an attack.by the village of Mont St. Jean,
frofh which the most decisive success was expect-
ed ;—but by one of those impatient movements
(movement d'impatience), so frequent in our
mili-
tary annals, and which have so. often beo fatal
—the cavalry of the reserve, perceiving - a re-
trograde movement which was made by the
English, to shelter themselves from our bat-
teries, which had already- caused them, -much
loss—crowned the heights of Mont-Saint-
Jean, and charged the infantry. This move-
ment which made at a proper time and supported
by the reserve, would have decided the fate of the
day., being now made isolatedly (isolemz.nt) and
betore the affairs on the right were terminated, be 7
came fatal.
"There being no means of countermanding
the enemy showing many masses of infantry Anti
cavalry, and its two divisions of cuirassiers being
engagetl,—the whole of our cavalry rushed at the
same moment to support their comrades. Then,
for three hours, numerous-charges were made, by
which we succeeded in penetrating several squares,
and taking six standards from the English infan-
iry,--an advantage by no means ploportionate to
the loss which our cavalry 'sustained from the
.grape-shot and rockets.
It was, impossible to dispose of our reserves of
infantry until the flank attack of the Prussian corps
was repulsed. This attack was prolonged ‘vithout
intermission, and perpendicolarly upon our right
flank ;—the Emperor sent thither General Da-
hsme with the young guard and several batteries
of the reserve. The enemy was out -numbered,
was repulsed, anti fell back ; he. had exhausted his
forces, and there Was nothing More to fear frora.