The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-25 00:00:00

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FURTHER EXTRACTS.,
"-PosiN, DEC. s.—Since the last (Usti act es
ftoiP the Grind Army, of the 28e1,
TSehitschagoff leas appeared on its left. Some.
divisions tifewtheinse4ea upon hini, and notwith-
standing his precipi!ate retreat, we have taken
from him 3090 prisoners ; a great number of dead
covered the field of battle.

The Admiral's afiny.is totally in *ant of pro-
visions. After the defeat of Cieneral Sacken, who,
conamanded 135,000 good troops, this corps being
very much weakened by so great a detachment,
now counts wore irregular bands than regular
battalions. . .

It has become impossible for the AdMira! to
keep any discipline in the army under his com-
mand, and he contents himself with the constraint
which devastation carries ronnd about him. ,

The RUssians justify in this campaign, and iri-
their own country; the sentiment of one of theif
principal Generals; M. de Tolstoy, who knew
them well. 'ibis General, during the campaigd.
of Austerlitz, commanded the Russian auxiliary
corps; which the English had subsidized to retake
Hanover. Being momentarily abandoned by the
Imperial troops, he was alighting at Cette, at
the house of a very observing person, where
quarters had been prepared, and, on his arrival,
inforined himself of the conduct of his soldiers.

On tl?eir declaration that they were, satisfied
with it, he replied—
_ .
" That is very well for he moment, hit lithe
French should repulse.me ( ne day, and .i thould
ol the 'following day again take possession of
your city, there would not remain of it one stone
upo 1 another." '
The hearers were struck with astonishment,
and l«c continued—

The ignorance of our own people is
.so great;
that they cannot contain thc.tuselves when in a
country evacuated by ibe enemy. if your city
was occupied for only one quarter of an dour by
Ave French, nothing could prevent its, beingi
treated as an enemy, and every thing put to fire
and sword."—(Journ. de L'Empire, Dec. 20 )

43BRLIN, Dcc. B.—The Russian corps of Gene-
ral Sacken,- which was chased as far as Volhyni.F.";
has• lost 7824 prisoners, without reckoning the
dead and wounded, and the military dispersed in
the forests-,

The patriotic gifts raised at Konigsberg for the
wounded Prussian soldiers, amount, up to this
present time, to 200 Q rix-dollars.

NAPLES, Nov. 30.—For some time past the
enemy had ceased to_ disquiet the navigation of
our ports. for the whole length of the Adriatic
Sea, in those of the Kingdom of Italy, and the
Illyrian Provinces. It seemedas if the many at-
tempts. he had 'made were without stlc&es; which
taught him to respect a coast where he had con-
stantly encountered as.tuany braVe men. as there
-were legionaries destined for its defence.

After a long repose, during which, though
without giving up appearauces, he was, neverthe,
less, kept'at a respectful distance from the coast
he, on the -15th inst: determined on recommencing
hostilities. Ile; no doubt, flattered iiimself that
"the inactive state in which he had keyt himself
for several months: had rendered the defence. of
our coast less vigilant, and that it might be pos-
sible for him to surprize, with advantage, soart.
one of those numerous convoys whiCh keep the.
,navigation in a, state of great activity, franc one
extremity, of the• Adriatic to the other.

in this hope, and at about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon of the said'day, at the moment Ivherk
the approach of night rendered the surprize most
easy, he attacked a convoy of several Italian ikfiti,
liiViian 4ve..sels, which, taking refuge under the
'coa4tlnf Campo Marino, repulsed him, and caused
liiins to sustain a very considerable danoige:
At night the fire ceased. On the I Gtb, at-.break
of day, the en' emv steered towards Teechin,
where the whole of the convoy was laying,
anchor.

At the' first movement of the enemy, Lierit&-,
nant Prism, who commanded the Legionaries,,
caused the generale to beat ; every thing Was di:3-
pOsed fdr the attack, anttwe immediately forthed
a battery of two 6-pounders on the spot. Ile
battle was -kept up the whole of the day. To-;
wardS the evening, the crew of one of the vessels
belonging tothe convoy yielding to the superiority
of the enemy's force, retreated from the combat •
The action then became more brisk, and the
enemy was forced to, abandon his prey. The
streams of blood which ran the whole length Of
her side, sufficiently proved what damage the well-
directed fire of our artillery and nnisquetti had
caused him. Lieut. Prisco being persuaded that
the long duration and fatigue of the battle was the
sole cause of the enemy's silence during the night,'
'but that. he would recommence the attack on the
following day, took advantage of the tine left hint
to prepare for a mare vigorous defence next day,
in, case the enemy shOuld again come to action.:
In erect, his armed boats essayed to disturb our
preparations, and by a bold coup-de-main Make
themselves masters of some vessels. The enemy.
directed his whole force against a trabacole
richly lad-en, which was laying at the right of our
line. -

The Lieutenant of the Legionaries of Rends
Made such a determined resistance that the-cum:ay
endeavoured in vain to,board.the rwr
Lie uccecd but by setting fire to het on her
quarter, which was immediately burnt: The
whole attack was then directed against our gun-
boat and our battery, but it was all useless ; the.
Legionaries precipitated themselves into the wa-
ter, and in the midst of cries of " Vice le- Roi !"
sustained the enemy's attack, repulsed him, and
forced him to renounce every attempt in future.—
in this last attack, in which the fire of our brave .
troops was kept up with surprizing activity, Lieut..
Frisco received a contusion from a discharge of
grape-shot.

On the 17th in-the Morning, the enemy was:
seen at a great distance froth the coast ; at about
11 o'clock, he directed his course towards the'
East. At the same hour, our convoy had got
under sail, and steered under its guard towards
the port of Vasto. The enemy had at the same
,tirne, the humiliation to see a second convoy of
20 sail pass him, and steer along our coast. The
crews and vessels oldie enemy have suffered vv.'

severely El-tiring- this lont action, We have unfor=
tunately 1071 one attiiiiyman, who was killed by
very gun that he Was loading. .
Lieut. Priko has shewn much talen't, cortrage,
and devotion to the service • he was bravely se-
condcd by the Legionaries, an'd be the 'aimed force
of the eustom4rOuse" Lieut. de RensiS has like-
'wise greatly distinguished hintself.==—(Journal de
I:Empire, Dec. 18:)
-tiAMßuiGui, DEC. F9.--4Ve have just iecelved
Tiews froth the Grand Army, With intelligence of a
'victory obtained on the 23th Nov. over the two
Rnssi..ln corps of Wittgenstein and Tschitschagoff:
The head-quarters.werearri'ved at Moldekhenoiv,
Ivhicti gives the solution to the grand movement.
*Lich. has been announced to have taken place on
the Dwina and on the Borystbenes.
It is now evident.that the dispositions made by
..the Russians were combined to stop the march of
the Grand 'Army toriards its winter-quarters.—
his:plan was. greatly conceived, but the execu-
tiett of, it was the less easy, as being to. take place
before"the greatest General, ever known, and be-
fore the fitst of all armies ; and as there must be
less conne.7-ion beiween the operatiOns of Gene-
~als' acting
,separately and nnable to communicate
with each: other,. but by eircuilousrways.
'The Prince of Schwarizenberg *as on the 10th
°f November, at Slonim, about 30 miles distance
from ISorosow. The Emperor arrived at the last
mentioned city on the
.27th, and it is.therefore
certain that-the communisations were at that time
‘vell established.

We'know by letters from Posen, from WarsaW,
411(1 from Wilna, that the divisions of Dtirutte ,
Ligrange; Loison, the Neapolitan, diiscon, the
Guards of Tuscany -and Turin, the marching, bat-:
a.l.iotis of the IMperial Guards; and of all the divi-
lions of the Grand Arilly, &c. were .On the
Niemen.

This imposing Mass of fOrces, which accordingto
he most moderate calctilation, amounts to 120,000
Ilen, should, teach the -Russians to reflect.:. lts'
`e-union with ,the 2d,'9th, and 10th corps, with
he Sa:i:Ons .and Aus6ians, presents the image of
lle most inaposing stren,rth, and renders the Grand
superior in numbers to what it wason
:onnuencing the campaign.
The Russians having theSe forces in their front,
and behind them, as far as Moscow, the desart
'reared by themselves, possibly flattered them-
'el\ es with passing them, and to maintain them-
elves on the side of the Dwina and the Boryi7
tickles ; hut the victory of the 25th Nov. has de..
l.ded the question.----(Journal de Paris, Dec. 17,.)

FRANKFORT,. DEC. 9.—M de Winzengerode,
ilde-de-camp to the E:nperor of Russia, who
!3S ru'ade prisoner of war, is arrived here.—(Gd-
ette de France, Dec. 15.)

DRESDEN, DEC, 6.—The Captain of cavalry;
`mint. de Schulenbourg, cello left the heati-quar-
ers of the 7th corps an the 29th of November,
41s brought the following intelligence :
The 7th corps d'armee put itself in motion on
!le 20th of November from Wiele-Hanki, • con-
°intly with the Austrians, and marched upon
Ludna, Siereizeiv, Czernawczn, upon Brzesc,
`Pere it arrived on the 26th. The enemy's Ge-
eral, Sack en, had taken the same route, with the.
renter, part of hiS corer, having only caused a
mall eolunin pass thrmigh kaminieu, and a
trong 'detachment of cavalryby Kobryn : from
ll'zesc, he retrograded to Ratnow ; and it now
PPears beyond doubt that be probably would re-
ire across the marshes,. to the vicinity of Kowel
rid Luck.

The 7th corps did not cease pursuing his rear-
Uard from Wieli-ganki to Brzesc, whilst the Au-
trians in their march, constantly menaced his
ig4t. flank. The' bad road, and the re7establish-
V a great number of bridges, the whole ofwhich
'ad been destroyed by the enemY, greatly retarded
4e march of .Cite corps : and these different oh-
tacies required considerable, efforts. The Saxon
itvaced guard was several times obliged to fight
.11ring tee march : these dilfercnt combats always
[ld it the 'greatest honour, Considering the great
uperior.itv of the enemy's cavalry. It lost in all
let ten Inen.

On the 23d, towards midnight, a corps of six
(unfired Cotsacks,•snpported by some.detachments
)f infantry, wished to surprise it. The vigilance
1-41 sang-froid Of the cavalry piquets,of the grand •
;uarcl, conmianded, by Lieutenant D'Urilno, and
he admiratale promptitude with which all the
loops forming the advanced guard, got 'under
inns; occasioned all the disadvantages of this
Ack to fall npOn the enemy. The grand guard
;cceeded in drawing the enemy's cavalry, under
he fire of the Saxon light infantry, and a piece of
artillery masked, which forced him to a speedy
'etreat, which he executed, but with considerable
oss.

The Saxons had only one light infantry slightly
Ivoundect on this occasion.

The loss of the enemy from nolkowYck. to
Rrzesc, is at least eight thousand men. We had
ti,ready taken two thousand four hundred 'pti-!
loners on our arrival at Wieli-Hanki. During the
March to this place, die Saxon adv'anced guard
!Ttade two thousand, and the Austrians fifteen'
. .bnudted.
The Austrian Colonel, Seheiter, made, with
squadrons,, t very s "fecesqui 'charge •tip ori the
Russian cavalry near Ruzzany, and took prisoners
three hundred mounted Cossacks, with ten officers.
Of the new regiment of the Ukraine.
At Brzesc, the ith corps found an hospital with
eight hundred Russians in it, and delivered about
two hundred prisoners. Among the Russian's
taken by the Saxons, was a Major Officer, and
seventeen officers. Major de Wertsdorff also took
on the road from Brzesc to Ratno, nineteen ca: Ti-
ages, laden with provisions.
The troops of his Majesty have suffered very
little, notwithstanding the great efforts, they have
been obliged to make. , There are now on their
route considerable transports of military conva-
lescents proceeding from the hospitals of War-
paw, Pultusk,, and Bialystock. The mortality has
been much less in these different hospitals than it
it was in preceding campaigns.--4o.urnat de Paris,
Dec. 19.

The amount of unclaimed dividrnds on the 10th
of October last, was 1,05,9921, qf this, there
had been avvanced to Govertmetit at vosiou9 pe=
riods; the sum of 876,739/.