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DUTCH OF.FICIAL -ACCOUNT OF Via E3CMSTION
-AGAINST ANTWSIiI).

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FROM THE sTAATI COURANT, OF TIIS 16TH INST.

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' a. Jafsvaryi4.
" Early in the morning of the.l2th, General Von
Bulow advanced towards Brascaat, and, with the co.
ilutnn-of General Tuben, drove back the enemy's ad.
weed' posts, which were entrenched 'in the village
horillkrxen, upon the high road to Antwerp, At the
(same time the Cossacks drove the enemy from Torn.
bout ; General Von Berstoll marched •on St. An-
thony, General Oppen on St. Job, and the English
,terps on Kapella. .
Ott di. ISib, all the columns broke up to ap-
4sreach Antwerp. General Tubes), favoured by a
snore of the British on hit right flank, carried
the entrenchments and the village itself, which the
'..French had paged SOOO men, and in which the body
'of their General, Avis, who was killed its the action,
—was found.

" General Oppen had also, on his side some fight.
ing, during which four howitzers played- upon the
toy n, and actually set fire to" a buildir.g, close to
which were seen the masts 'et ships of war. The
works are in a good state, and the strength of tie
garrison is, by deserters and the'?ohabitants, in.
creased to 12,000.

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It may be stated,:ts a doubleadvantage arising
from this expedition, •that she Frattok can henceforth
no, longer disturb the positions of. Ow-allied troops,
and that the movements of our left wing •ott Turn-
hoot, Lier, &c. and even into the heart of Brabant,
have spread a terror which must be,highly detrimen.
tat to the enemy's plan of defence.
"gg • The troops have, therefore, received orders to
return, bringing with them 600 prisoners, and one
piece of cannon, takei. The fiead-quartees, which
were yesterday at West Wezel, are now again here.
Some Dutch officers who accompanied this expedi-
tion, cannot sufficiently praise the courage with which
the Prussians, atevery opportunity, threw themselves
on the enemy, and sustained the fatigues of forced
marches in the most severe weathers"
OTHER ACCOUNTS FROM ROTTERDAM PAPERS
OF THE 19Th INSTANT.
" BRLDA, JANUARY 14.
" The action which took place at West Wesel,
Hoogstraten, and Turnhout, may very fairly be con-
sidered as a battle in which the enemy made trial of
their new conscripts, having had about,2o,ooo troops
of this descriptioli engaged, and that under the di-
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Irection of the General of Division, Decaen, who
commanded for a considerable time in Spain, and to
whom the command of a great part of the Brabant
and Flemish fortresses is now entrusted... He con.
ducted himself with great obstinacy, but was obliged

10 yield to tte catage oi the Aliies.., Its less was
iery considerable, and greatly surpasses that on our
sick ; the superior skill and etperienee of the -Allied,
trooi,s, the particular suitableness of the ground for
the operations of cavalty and the fright of the enemy,
which is always necessarily attended with loss, con-
/Allied much to this effect. Of the Igoo wounded
shich have been brought into our hospital here, the
part are French troops.; Above 800 prisal
rater
so were also taken, and from tweke to fotirteen.
rise; of cannon. .
His Royal Ilighnesi the licteditary Prince of.
orange has set out for the Prussian Head-quarters
stLoenhout; arid a Prussian Officer, has gone far
that place, to catry to his Rpyal Highness the news
of the victory.
"A great numbet of tt otips. hate marched thronglr
our city to join the Allies, who continue to-follow up'
to advantages they have obtained.
It is reported here that the enerhyo who ha
taken a positioh on the Helder, near Brascaat, Had
been again attacked and defeated, that Antwerp was
;;vested and Brussels threatened."
GINNEIE, JANUARY 13. j
66 It said that the French cannot get back to
Amory, being cut off by the British on the aide of
Hoogstraten, and pursued- by the Allies towards
!Alain and Leer. 'The battle of the 11th Was start
tem Many were killed, particblatly in the wetod,,,
whence the French, who bad fifty pieces of cannon,
were driven. They carried off only ten. pieces, andl
left a great number of dead behind them. A number,
of caniages with wounded pass through here and
llaagje daily. The second company of Prussian
jigers mule the first attack; the whole army was.
immediately in motion, and the French were driven
cet of their position."
twsllO.OCK, sAtlvAitir
a' According to the latest accounts from Italy, the
wan of 'Verona is in the possession of the Austrian
troops, and 10,000 Neapolitans have-joined.the artily.
tide!. General Nugent, It is also stated, that
.the
Trench have evacuated Venice."
" CMILSRUHE, JANUARI? 10.
By accounts from the frontiers of Switierland,
we learn that the Prince of Schwartzenberg arrived
on the 6th at Montebelliard.
• " Vesoul, ib Franche Compte, on the road from.
Montebelliani to Dijon) has been taken, after a short
resistance.
" From New Brisach, we learn, that the Allies,i
who on the 2d had taken several of the neighbouring '
villages, completely invested that fortress, and also
Fort Monier, on -the 4th. On the morning of the
6th, the Russian troops passed the Rhine, at ELW
path, and appeared to have extended thernselyet-to-
wards Schlattstadt, as the fire of cannon was' yid in
that direction. •
" According to accounts from Basle,
clay de Tolli broke up on the 7th rewArtkl
BREMEI4,,JANUARY.I&
" The following is an extract of a letter.from the
Head-quarten of General Tettenboen
Woosild,.near .Istrary 10.

a After a march of three days from TQniugen, we
are now on the frontiers of Jutland, where we have
been commanded to halt, and to suspend hostilities
till farther orders. This promises Vs g.ace with Den-
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mark within a few dad s. - ~.
4 Several Danish Envoys have come here; the last
is furnished with full powers from the King to con-
clude peace on any conditions with the Crown Prince.'
" An Adjutant of the Crown Prince of Sweden,
oho passed through here to-day with dispatches to
• Baron Winzingeroae, and who briught the above
letter, says that Peace was actually concluded on the
11th ; and, according to several other accounts, there
is no doubt of this fact."
ARNHEIM, JA)ItIARY 10.:
" Yesterday, in the evening, his Excellaff Lord
Castlereagh, Minister of his Majesty the King of
England, arrived here about six o'clock. After his
Lordship had dined, he set outwith his suite, accom-
panied by three cavalry soldiers, about half past nine
o'clock at night, on his way to Doisburg, in order to
get more expeditiously to Frankfort."
PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.
"1 Banks of the Lower Rhine, January 19, at Night.
" Our lost letter of the 18th instant, sent by the
packet of yesterday, conveyed an account of the affair.
before Antwerp, given under the authority
.ot Ge-
Tal Bnlow ; but it did not comprise many Circum-
'meets nor indeed any of consequence, not noticed
in the Papers to the 16th instat. The latest dates
from the vicinity of Bergen-op-Zoom are two dos
ago, when no intelligence had been Obtained there ot
any new movements on the part of the Allies, who
remained in their position at Merxem, within one mile
And a half of the Breda Gata,of Antwerp. The force
there was estimated at ten thousand men ; but in tide
leighbourhood, at Breseant Heath, and other ad-
'eking places, were other troops to about the same
number. The headquarters of General Graham are
alleged to be at Rosendael, where three orlour thou-
sand British troops remain—the rest are sound Bergen-
cli-Zoom, and near the walls of Antwerp. Letters
from Breda, dated the 16th instant, state, that tha
bombardment had been repewed, and that a number
of Congreve's rockets had been thrown into Antwerp.'
" Our loss has been severe in the late engagement,
but no details from General GRAHAM -have reached
any of the Government authorities in Holland. The
wounded on the side of the British have been sent to

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VVi lianistseit, as *ell s the WO piqsoners that were
taken from the enemy.
Iniellikettce has beet efitained from Dagen to
the lath ittstattt. It states that that portion of the
army of Marshal BLOOM% which was under the
orders of General Parasr, had successively occupied
Aonn, Coblentz, and Keulen. The inhabitants were
overjoyed at their arrivals and trade with the oppo-
site bank of the Rhine had• been commenced with
rapidity. • Wezel was inclosed by the Allies : the
Commander of the French garrison had disarmed
all the Dutch troops, and 'has sent them by Venlo
to France. The following are the extracts of two
private letters just received by respectable individuals
here, stating the actual possession of Lyons by the
' Allies. This fact has not yet been publicly an•
nounced :

" AMSTERDAM, JANUARY 18.
" Two Gentlemen have arrived here, who left Frankfort only
a few days since. They state that a portion of the division, of
the troops of Austria, under Count Bubna, had, after crossing
the rivet, actually entered Lyons. We heard before of the Al-
lies being near the place, but they now assure us that they were
in possession of this large commerial city."

" 8A514, JANUARY 9.

I expect very speedily to be able to execute your orders re-
specting the goods, as intelligence bas been obtained to-day that
the Austrians have reached Lyons, and trade will of course be
opened. I hope to hear the news- confirmed by to morrow's post."
44 We confess, that we still entertain some doubts
of the truth of this statement, as far as relates to the
actual possisiimiof Lyons, because we know that
the French 'twerp inconsiderable force at and near
that city, audit was presumed that a stand would be
there made by them ; indeed, only a few hours before
the above letters were received, a report strongly
. prevailed thjit the troops of Count Bubna, that had
been detachld from Geneva, on the road to Lyons,
had been driven back With some loss by a superior
number of the enemy. No dates are given either for
this event, if it have, occurred, or fot the'occupations
of Lyons by the Allies. •
64 The renewal of the war with Denmark, as stat-
ed In the Thirty-third -Bulletin of the Crown Prince,
-will; it is supposed, detain his troops in the North
longer than was originally expected. • It is singulars
however, that thej should write from Bremen, on the
11th inst. in the following terms. As the Bulletin is
dated on the 6th January. the day the Armisticeoas
to expire, it IS not impossible that the news contained
in this letter should be true, after the threats held out
by the Crown Prince in that instrument :

• JANUAIIT it.
" We obtain the news, that the Armistice between Sweden
and Diamark has been renewed for four days, that is to say,
until the tith instant; and that a peace between the Allies and
the only remaining friend of. Bonaparte is as good as certain."
,f We have likewise intelligence that there have
been some severe engagements between the Allied
Forces and the French, in the neighbourhood of Ep'
rndorf.
H. 44, the siege of namburgh is to be commence
ipp ately, bit; the necessary artillery is not arri.
The corps .of 'General Benningsen
,had made
several recoanuiisances of the city, and by the latest
dates was at Pinneburg. The operations will begin
On the side of Altona, where the works have-already
been commenced.
" Sir George Burgmaa, the envoy for the oireelap
tion of the paper correnci, joiistl7 to be. issued
;the Allies, landed this morales frqin the Hut), gun
brig, at Scheveling."

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It is ieportecrthat BOwastirahas released FERN-
IifiND VII. King of Spain, and his father, King
Cnaitiii,-irorn the. confinement. in which.* has for
five years kept them.. It is not unlikely that this is
one -of the inauy miserable shifts to which he has re-
sorted lini in his t;extremities, to embroil the Al.
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lies with- Spain, for it is added', , that he has
bound them by a solemn oath 'to conclude a
Treaty frith him.- It will be recollected, however,
that, by the Treat). of January, 1809, the Spanish
nationist?oundelit to make Peace with France, with-
out the consent ofEngland.

We have received information from the Army of
the Allies two days later than that in
the Government Bulletin. The military operations
were considerably itispeded by the severity of the wea-
'thcr; and our accounts from the besieging corps before
Besancon, Which are of the 11th, state, that the siege
was very much obstructed by a heavy fall of snow.
This will explain an article in the last French Papers.
The preparations of the enemy are considerable, and
app.ear to be pursued with unremitting activity. His
great deficiency is in cavalry, and wfiich it is not h
power tareinedy.

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In a few.days, two Princes of the House of BOUR-
BON will make their appearance in France, under the
prctection' of the Allies. The Duc CPANGoULENIE
has proceeded in company with Colonel BuNzuitY of
, the Foreign Office for Lord WELLINGTON'S Head-
quarters; and his ,brother, the Due' de BERRI, left
Town yesterday morning for Holland, whence lie
will follow Lord CAstumatiou to the Head-quarters
of the Grffid Allied Armies now in France. We
are not. prepated to say that these Princes are to hoist
th, standard of the BouRSONS en their at rival inFrance.
—lt is, however, whispered that they go upon the
invitation of no meaner personages than Prince.Mrr-
TaItNICH and Marquis WELLIKITON. No public dr
claration of the object of their visit can, of course, be

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