"Les Généraux THIELEMANN et "Generals THIELEMANN and BORSTEL faisaient partie de BORSTEL formed part of the Army l'Armée que Votre Majesté a that your Majesty defeated yesterday. battue hier; ils étaient encore ce They were still here at 10 o'clock matin à 10 heures ici, et ont this morning, and have announced annoncé que vingt mille hommes des that twenty thousand of their men leurs avaient été mis hors de combat. have been disabled. They Ils ont demande en partant asked, in leaving, the distances of les distances de Wavre, Perwès Wavre, Perwès, and Hannut. et Hannut. BLÜCHER a été BLÜCHER has been slightly wounded blessé légèrement au bras, ce qui in the arm; which, however, has not ne l'a pas empêché de continuer hindered him from continuing to à commander après s'être fait command after having his wound panser. Il n'a point passé par dressed. He has not passed by Gembloux. Gembloux. "Je suis avec respect, de "I am with respect, Votre Majesté, "Sire, "Sire, le fidèle sujet, "The faithful subject of "Le Maréchal Comte DE "YOUR MAJESTY, GROUCHY." "Marshal Count DE GROUCHY." Although the information conveyed in this despatch was incorrect on some points, and imperfect on others, inasmuch as it represented that Prussian Columns had retired upon Namur and Perwès, which was not the case, and gave no account of the Columns (First and Second Corps) which had retreated by Tilly and Gentinnes, still it was well calculated to satisfy NAPOLEON, that at least the spirit of his instructions had been understood by the Marshal. The latter had stated that he suspected a portion of the Prussian troops was proceeding to join WELLINGTON, and that, should he ascertain, through his Cavalry detached to Sart à Wallain and Perwès, that the great mass of the Prussians was retiring upon Wavre, it was his intention to pursue them in that direction, "so as to prevent them from reaching Brussels, and to keep them separated from WELLINGTON." Four hours afterwards (that is, at two o'clock on the morning of the 18th) he sent off another despatch to the Emperor, reporting that he had decided on marching upon either Corbaix or Wavre. * * * * * The retreat of the Prussian Army, after its defeat at Ligny on the 16th of June, was conducted with great skill, and executed in very good order. By detaining THIELEMANN's Corps upon the Field of Battle until the morning of the 17th, ample security was afforded to the line of retreat by Gembloux; and by not withdrawing BÜLOW's Corps from that town until THIELEMANN drew near to it, the distance between the main bodies of these two Corps became so limited as to present the ready means of opposing their combined force to a vigorous pursuit should such be attempted.