Star.
London, England, 1807-01-31 00:00:00

DEFEAT.

In the courfe ref the bsttle, NAPOLEON was out.
witted in the execution of one of his own manoeuvres.
He had ordered the left wing, commanded, we believe,
by G.aetal N c v, to detach itfelf from the centre, cad,

it is fuppofed, to turn the oppofite flank of theßuffians.
General Lord li•ircarxsos, who was peaty, oh-
ferved the movement, and, taking inflant advantage
of it, hurried forward a heavy body of Ruilfians,-apd
fairly cut off this wing from the centre. In the mean
time, the French had puffed forward in great force
againff the Ruffian line, which was much inferior in
force, hoping to break it ; but the Ruffians flood like
a wall, and fighting in fome places up to the middle
in mud and water, would neither give nor receive
quarter. The General whofe divifion was cut off,
fern an offer to the Ruffian Commander oppofed to
him, to furrender, if he would give him and his troops
his protedian, as he law no protped of a peflibility
of being extricated from his fituation, and wilted
therefore to fave an unnecdfary facrificP of men on
either •fide. The Ruffian General accepted his flier,
and, with fame difficulty, prevented his men from
cutting them in iiitces.
During the aftion about 8000 teeth Ruffians came
into t:re field. The late of the day was decided, and
of five columns of the Fr ench that were preterit,
three were .completely routed ; one it is Paid teluted
to advance, and the fifth, we believe that of General
Ner, furtendered. When NAPOLEON reached War-
law he was almuff unaccompanied.
Lettets received by Government nate, that NAPO-
Law+ was at Warfaw on the Bth inflant; that the
Ruffians had creffed the Viaula, and that an action
took place, on the preceding day, at Syachfcaw, on
the road'between Warfaw and Pofen, in which

THE FRENCH
WERE COMPLE I'LLY DEFEATED.

Should this prove correti, it follows that the Ruf
flans are purfuing and harraffing the enemy.
Letters from Dantzic m‘ntion, that forty thoufand
French ?ricottas have been marched into Koningf-
berg.
The following are two of the letters received by
yefterday's Mail :

" HAMI3URGH, JAN. tt.

" We have as yet nothing new about the battles of the 27th
and 28th of December. It fermi that the French had Come advan-
tage on the a6th ; but have been entirely beaten the two lalt days
No Bulletin appeared, though lams from Warfaw to the 7th of
Jant.ary, arc in town. Taft night a courier arrived, and Come
hours after our troops left us to march to HefGa. It leans that
the revolt them, and throughout the greslialt part of Wcftphalia.
it very ferious. The infurgents arc underftood to be before
Hanau."

a COPENHAGEN, JAN. so.

" Authentic accounts have reached us of the defeat of the
French. They differ, in a trifling degree, from thole I tranfmltted
to you on a former occ.,fiun. It is arc( rtaintd that it was on the
2%,th and 3eth that the RuEans were strongly reinforced, and the '1
French experienced a reverie of fortune. The lots of the French,
in the variuns engagemehts, is eftimatcd at 50 000 men. On the
27th, when it was generally ftippofed the Ruffians had been vtdlo
they continued to tall back upon their reinforcements, which
ultimately gained them a glorious triumph over the enemy. I
have Peen letters from Wartaw, dated the Stb, which are entirely
client refpetiing the difalters of the French, but this may be ac-
counted for. One thing is clear, and from which is derived much
confolation, that the Ruffians have not Curtained any loffes ruble'
event to the 26th of December, tcherwile they would have cum-
prifed the C,,bitance of a Bulletin ; and we do know, that no
Bulletins were publifhed from the French head quarters up to the
icth inftant. The people here are in the higheft Ipirits, and,
from the proipcdt bcfure us, hope for better times."

The intelligence of the defeat cf the French receives
confiimation from every quarter. The news is cur-
rent in Holland, from whence accounts have been
received of fo late a date as hall Wednefday, as our
Readers will fee by the following letter from Dover,
received this day :

" DOVER, JAN 30.

" A Lady landed here laft night from au American chip, that
left the Teel only on Wcantfday Lit. and the lays, that it was
rumoured that the French Lad Whined a very (evert defeat, bay-
ing loft front y' to 6.--,oco men,and I am informed by a Gei.desnan
who left. Yingling two days ago, that it was believed at that place,
that the French had met with a great check. The inhabitants of
that pi.n.e have lately been formed into two battalions, and du duty
in the garrifun, there bang no regular troops in the town or neigh•
bourhood "