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French army and Paris, and proceeding with a United force of at least two hundred thousand men to the capital of the French empire. In order the better to mask this movement, the inarch of the Allied Army was made from Pougy, Lesmont, and Arcis, on Vitry, and'his Imperial Ma jesty the Emperor of Russia, by two extraordinary marches of 18 and 12 leagues, established his head quarters with those of the Field• Marshal at Vitry, on the 24th instant. , A very brilliant capture of several pieces of can. non, 15 hundred prisoners, and a large number of caissons, was made by General Augerauski, of the cavalry of the Russian guard, on the 23d, and on this day and the preceding, several advanced-guard affairs took place between General Wrede's corps, the Prince of `.Virtemberfes, and the enemy. So soon as the Marshal took this decision,be Made his 'dispositions accordingly, by forming a corps on the Bar-sur-Aube line, which he has committed to the care of General Ducts, to prOtect the headquarters of the Emperor of Austria, his supplies, &c. and carry theM, if necessary, towards the army of the south, atl.d also, by, vigorously pressing forward in his operations towards the capital, to secure his rear, while he pursues his objects in frost. The combined armrmarched in three columns to Fere Champenoise on the•2sth. All the cavalry of the army formed the•advance' and were to push for ward to Sezanne. • • The 6th and 4th corps formed the advance of the centre colUmn. The sth was on the right, and the third corps, and :the reserves and the guards, on the left. Marshal Blucher was reported to have arrived with a great part cf his. army at Chalet* General Winzingerode and General Czernieheff, with all their cavalry, entered Vitry on the '23d, and were immediately detached to follow up Bonaparte's march to St. Dizier,.threatening his rear. General Winzingerode's• infantry had remained at Chalons with Marshal Blucher, together-with GeneralWoron aoff's iend 'Sachen's corpe. • Gederial . Bulpw. liad there:lied to attack Soissons, and - Generals welt and Kleist had moved on the line of Montratirails . . • • By these . generil movements yoir Lordship will percei* that, had Bonaparte even not crossed the Aube, and passed betweett . oisr• two armies, he pro:- bably would have found hiniself in a similar Position to that cif Lelpzie, and the iieult would have been, I have . no doubt, of the same nature. The army was to have biersuacked on the 25th at I'm Champenoise: -. • It appe . arv;'the corps .of Marshals Marmont and Mortiei - i WhOid liftiri reticing from before Marshal • Blucher, 4ictE4 maing.down towards Vitry, to coa t 'beet themselves. wig. Bonaparte's operations, igno ! rant of hisiptentions, which May not haVe been fully formed Aititil 'he fotind..hiniself too far committed these corps pf his army were much perplexed on find ing tliceselies close to Prince SChwartzenberg's army , when,they z epected to meet their own. It is, a singular bat a curious fact, that Marshal Marthent's adv . ance was within a very short distance on the niglitbf the.24th to Vitry, without the enemy's knowing it was in the occripation of elle Allies. On the morning s of the 25th, the 6th corps,. under *General Reusske, fell .in with their advance, - drove them back to Connantry and through Fere Chartipe noise ; in the former place a large ritihiber of cais sons, waggons, and baggage, were taken ; in the b• t mean time on:the left, the Russian cavalry of the re serves, serves,. under the Grand Duke Constantine; was equally successful, Charging the enemy, takhig eigh teen cannon and many' prisonert. But the principal brilliant, movement, of this day occurred after the Allied troops in advanee had pasied through Cliam penoise; a . detached column of the 'enemy, of 5000 men, under the command of General Ames, had been making its way under the protection of Mar- Mont's imps, fit:4n the neithhotirtood of Montmirail,. to joie Napoleon with his grand army. This corps had in charge an inimense convoy, with 100,000 nu % tions of bread, and ammunition, and was of great' impoitance s by the force attathed to it. It had left i Paris to proceed to Bonaparte', and the cavalry of 1 Marshal Blucher's army were the first to dikover and observe this corps on :their march from Chalons. My Aid-de-Camp, Captain Harris, was fortonateenough, looking out with ronte Cossacks, W . give the first in telligence to Marshal Blucher of their position. The cavalry ef Generals Kort and Basitshikors corps, were immediately detached after them, and they were driven . upon Fere Champenoise, as the ea valry of the grand army was advancing. Some at tacks of the cavalry were made cn this corps, who form , :%1 theme:lvei in squares, and it is but justice to ;ay, deCended themselves in the. most gallant mar ter, although they ,were young troops and garda :4- !ixierla ; when they were =II:lett:1y surrounded by Cie cavalry of both armies, some °facers were sent to demand their surrender, but they still kept march ing on and firing, and did not lay down their arms+ t battery of Russian artillery opened upon them, and renewed charges of cavalry completed their destrde tion ; and Generals Ames and Pathod, Generali.of Division, five Brigadiers, five thousand prisoners, and twelve cannon, with the convoy, fell into our hands ; Marmont and Mortier's rear-guards seem to have drawn off in the direction of Sezanne, and it is dif ficult to say whether they will be able to effect their escape. Every disposition is making to harass and swround them. But the moment is so eventful, 1 and every . intelligence gives rise to such new conjec tures, that I can only beg Tour Lordship tp excuse the very impeafect manner in which I am obliged to detail. The grand army marches to-day to Maillelet : head-qtlarters at Treffau, and the advance is to push as far as La Ferte Gaucher. Marshal Blucher, who was lasi night at Ernes, is to advance against Montmirail. Your Lordship will, I am sure, lament to learn, that that very deserving officer, Colonel Neil Camp bell, was unfortunately wounded bf a Cossack, in the milk of the cavalry, not being known ; the pike was run into his back, but he is doing well. I am also particularly sorry to report the death of Colonel itapatel, who was shot going tip to one of the colimns with a flag of truce. The loss of an officer, so much and so - justly beloved in this army, from his attachment to General Moreau, his excellent qualities, and his devotion to the good cause, has oc casioned a general regret. (Signed) CHARLES STEWART, Lieut. Gen. Viscouut Castlereagh, &c. &c. Headquarters, Colomiers, March 27, 1814. MY LORD—The reports from the different c.a - ps not having been received when I sent off my dispatch of the 26th, added to the hurry of the riomeit in which it was written, must be my apology for hav ing much under-rated the successes of the 25th inst. Upon the retreat of Marmont's, Monier's, and Arrighi's corps before the several columns of the armies, whose junction had been effected between Fere-Champenoise anti Chalons, above eighty pieces of cannon, besides the convoy alluded to in my dis patch of the 26th, and a great number of caissons, fell into our hands. The guns wer e abandoned in directions by the enemy in the rapid retreat, and were captured not only by the cavalry of the Grand blike Constantine and General Count Pahlen, but 'alio by the corps of General Reifsky, and the Prince Royal of Wirtemberg. Generals D'Yorck and Kleist, who had moved from Montniirail on La-Ferte-Gaucher, where they arrived on the 26th, very greatly augmented the ene my's discomfiture ; General D'Yorck's was very seriously engaged with the enemy, and took fifteen hundred prisoners at the latter place ; and it may be fairly estimated that this part of Bonaparte's army has been so roughly handled as to have lost one third of its efficiency in point of numbers, with nearly all the artillery belong;ng to it. Nothing but continued Forced marches could have enabled any part pf the corps above alluded to, to elude their victorious pur -1 suers; and when I detail to your Lordship. that Mar shal Blucher's army was at Fismes on the 24 , th, and was fighting at La-Ferte-Gaucher on the 26th,making a march of twenty-six leagues, it wilt be evident that no physical exertions can exceed those that the present unc•xaampled crisis brings into action. The grand army was in position at Mailleret on the D3th. The Mara was continued in three columns from Fere Charopenoise; the head-quarters of the Emperor of Russia and Prince Schwartzenberg wen: at Treffan : the cay.ilry of Count Pahkn were push ed on beyond La role Gaudier, joining Generals &etc and Kleist; the cavalry and the reserves were bivouacked at La Vergiere, on the if the great road; the 6th and 4th corps were in the cen tre ; the sth on the left ; and the 3,1 remained in the rear to cover all the baggage, artillery, parks and t!ain, and to make the march of the whole conqract. Generals Kaiseroff and Ledavin's partiz in corps oc cupied and observed the country about Arcis and Troyes, between the Marne arid Seine rivers. Intelligence waS received from Generals Winzin gerode and Czernicheff, who continued following Bo naparte's rear with ten thousand cavalry and forty pieces of cannon, that he was marching by Brienne to Bar-sur-Aube and Troy( s, hastening back to the ca pital with the utmost plecipiotion ; a plain demon stration (if any were wanting) that superiority of ma nceuvring, as well as superiority of force, were in his adversaries' scale. The Prince Field-Marshal continued his march this day without interruption ; the head-quarters were es-I tablished atColomiers ; the 6th corps arrived at Mon son; Count Pahlen's cavalry, and the Prince Royal of Wirtemberg, who were sent to turn the enemy's right, followed one part of the corps before us, which seemed now to hive separated to Crecy ; while Ge_ nerals D'Yorck and Kleist pushed the other, by ad vancing from La Ferte Gaucher to Witte, where they will secure the passage of the Marne for Mar shal Blucher's army ; the sth corps took up its ground near Chain) , ; the 3d at Meveillon ; and the cavalry of the guard, the guards, and reserves, in front of this place. Marshal Blucher's bead-quarters are to night at La Ferte-3ouarre, and to-morrow his army will pass the Marne ; which I apprehend the grand army will do at Lanny ; thus concentrating nearly their whole force on the right bank of the river, and taking posi tion on the heights of Mont-Martre. I am as yet ignorant of the motives that may have directed the corps of the enemy in our front; whether apart has fallen back to form a noyau to the national .guards, at Paris; and whether with some of thew they w.ll dispute momentarily the passage of the , Marne to-morrow ; and whether the other part. is moving by Provins-to join Bonaparte, remains to be seen, but in neither instance to be apprehended. .Wilativer may be the ultimate result of the opera- Lions is progress r however brilliant they appear, the Sovereigns who arc present. and the Prince Field - - that by their intrepid ma- MarsLal who IS,I and ams•Aing t ._! people, and the great cause. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) CliAitild STEWART, Lieut. Gen. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 8. Since the receipt of the precedin; Intelligence, Captain Harris has arrived with Dispatches from Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Charles William Stewart, K. B. and Lord Burghersh, of which the following are copies : Head-quarters, Bondy, March 29, t Al 4. On the 28th the Grand Allied Army and that of Silesia continued their advance to Paris. The 6th corps, the Austrian grenadiers, the guards, and re serves, and the cavalry of his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine, took up their ground in the neighbourhood of Coulley, and Manteuil. The 3d corps was this day at Mouron ; the Sth remained at Chailly, with the advanced guard in the direction of La Ferte Gaucher, observing the routes of Se zaane and Provins. The head quarters of the army were established at Cuencey. The passage of the Marne at Meaux was effected by the tith corps with little resistance. A part of Marshal Mortier's corps, under the immediate com mand of the French General Vincent, who retired through the above place, broke down the bridge in kis retreat, and detained the Allies in their advance. About 10,000 of the National Guards, mixed with some old soldiers, endeavoured to make a feeble stand before the army of Silesia, between La Ferte Jouarre and Mcaux ; but General Horne attacked them, and placing himself gallantly at the head of some squadrons, he pierced into a mass of infantry— taking, himself, the French General prisoner. The passage of the river was also disputed at Tri port, where the army of the Marshal passed ; but not• withstanding the fire of the enemy, the bridge Wat: soon completed, and the whole of this army passed the Marie to-day. The French, on their retreat from Meaux, caused a magazine of powder, of an immense extent, to be blown up, without the slightest information to the in habitants of the town, who thought ahemselves, by the monstrous explosion, buried in the ruins of the place ; not a window of the . town that was not shi vered to atoms, and great damage was done to all the houses, and to the magnificent cathedral. The corps of D'Yorck and Kleist advanced this day to Claye ; the corps of General Langeron was on their right, And General Sacken's in reserve ; the corps of Worontow was in the rear at Meaux. Different bridges were constructed on the Marne, to enable the grand army to file over in various co lumns. Bonaprtc's rear towards 3t. Dizier seems to have been assailed on the evening cf the 2Gth, and morning of the '27th, by a very preponderating force of the enemy, especially as to infantry. The details of the affair are not arrived, but it appears the Ge neral was obliged to retreat in the direction of Bar. le-Due. From the most recent reports, Bonaparte was himself at St. Dizier on the 27th, and it is said his advanced guard is at Vitry. It would thus appear that he is marching after the Allies, or directing him eli the Marne ; but it is to be hoped this is now too late. " On the 29th, the army of Silesia, having a corps on the Marne, was directed to its right, to advance on the great road of Soissons to Paris; General Count Langeron was on the right, near the village of La Villettei; Generals De Yorck and Kleist moved from the Meaux route into that of Soissons, to make room for Prince Schwartzenberg's army; Generals Sacken and Woronzow were in their rear. _On the 28th, in the evening, a very sharp affair occurred at Cliye, between General De Yorck and the enemy's rear ; the ground they were posted on was very favourable for defence ; and in a very severe tiraillade General De Yorck lost some hundred men; but the enemy were driven back at all points. The 6th corps passed • at Tripnrt, and reached Bondy at night, and the heights of Pantin. The 4 thl corps crossed at Meaux, with the guards, and Ye serves, and cavalry ; the former was immediately di tected to gain the high road from Lagny to the capital, and to take post on the heights of Chelle. The 3d corps was to support the 4th. The sth moved to Meaux, and remained on the left of the Marne, having their cavalry at Cressy and Coulorniers. On the advance of the 6th corps scnne slight re sistance was made at Villaparis : and gs it was ne cessary to relieve Generals D'Yorck and Kleist, and move them more to the right, a cessation of hostilities 1 for four hours was agreed on by mutual consent, which delay prevented the march forward being so rapii as usual. ?id _ The army this night may be stated to Lie their right towards Montmartre, and their left Agar the wood of Vincennes. I have the honour to be,'&c. (Signed) CHAS.. STEWA,T, Lient.-Gen. PROCLAMATION 93. USE MARSHAL PRINCE SCRWARTZENNEAO TO TUE INNARITANTS OF PARIS. INNASITANTS OF PARIS I—. The Allied Armies are before Paris. The object of their march towards the capital of France is founded on the hope of a sincere and lasting reconciliation with France. The attempts made to put an end to so many misfortunes have been useless, because there ezists in the very power of the Government which %Tresses you ' an insurmountable V omi• I • • ••• • tonsritscsodki this truth li~~~ir Is The Allied Sovereigns-seek, in rind faith; d :sig. tart' afftlierity in Prance,.whieh may cerntnt' the union of *all Nations and of all Gsvernhtents with her ;-L-it is to the city of Paris that it has fallen, under tl:e present circumstances, to accelerate die Montt of tht aaorfL The wish of this city is locked for with that interest which a result or such importance must in spire. Let her declare herself, and from that moment the army before her walls becomes the support of ha decisions. Parisians, you know the situation of your country, the condUct of Bourdeaux, the friendly occupation of Lyons, the evils brought upon France, and thb real dispositions of your fellow•citizens. You will find in these examples the termination of foreign :vat and of civil discord; you cannot search it elsewhere." The preservation and tranquillity of your city mill be the object of the cares and measures which the Allies are ready to take, in conjunction with the Au. thorities and the Notables, who possess the largest share of public estimation. No troops shall be Tsar. tered upon you. In these sentiments Europe in am, before your walls, addresses you. IlAsten to reply to the confi dence which she places in your love for the country, and in your discretion. The Commander•in-Chief of the Allied Armies, Marshal Prince of SCHWARTZENBEIIO. •••ii•Emaa• Heights of Belleville, above Pada, March 20, 1801, Seven o'clock in the Evening. MY LORD seize an opportunity which offers at this instant, to transmit to you an account of the sue, cesses of this day. After the affair of Fere Champenoise, the details of which I had the honour of giving to your Lord ship in my last dispatch, the united army of Prince Schwartienberg and Marshal Blucher passed the Marne on the 28th and 29th, at Triport and Meaux. The enemy opposed a feeble resistance to the pis cage of the river ; but on the 28th, in the evening, General D'Yorck was severely engaged near r:laye ; he drove the enemy, however, at last from the woods .about that place with very considerable loss. Yesterday the whole army (with the exception of the corps of Marshal 'Wrede and General Sacken, which were left in positi . on at Mean:), advanced upoi Paris. Continual skirmishing took place with the enemy, buz he ..!tired, giving up Pantin on his right, and the greund in front of Montmartre on his left. It appears that daring list n;ght the corps of Mar shals Mortier and Ma7mnnt entered Paris.—The ;.,,ar tson which previously was assembled in it, vas com posed of a pail of General Gerard's corps, under - General Compans, and force of about 8000 teguln troops and 30,000 national guards, under Galena Hulin, the Governor of the town. With this force, the enemy, under the command of Joseph Bonaparte, tnok up a position this mo:n ing, the right on tfie height of Belleville occupying that town, the centre on the canal de l'Ourque, the left towards Neuilly. This position was strong, from the intersected na ture of the ground on its right. The heigLts of Mont. martre commanded the plain in rear of the canal of L'Ourque, and added strength to the position of the enemy. The disposition of attack for this morning was, the Prince Royal of Wirtemberg, forming the left, march ed upon Vincennes ; General Rieffsky upon Belle ville; the guards and reserves upon the great chaussee leading from Bondy to Paris. Marshal Blucher was to march upon the chaussees from Soissoas, and at tack Montmartre. All the attacks succeeded ; General Rieffsky pos sessed himself of the heights of Belleville; the troops under his orders particularly distinguished themselves in the different attacks made by them. The village of Penton was carried at the point of the bayonet; the heights above Belleville were car tied in the most gallant manner by the Prussian guards these corps captured 43 pieces of cannon, and took a great number of prisoners. Nearly at the time these successes had been obtain ed, Marshal Blucher commenced his attack upon Montmartre. The regiment of Prussian black bus sirs made a most brilliant charge upon a colmn of the enemy, and took twenty pieies of cannon. At the moment of these decisive advantages, a flag of truce was sent from Marshal Marmont, intimating a desire to receive any propositions that it might have been intended to make to him, by a flag of truce which had previously been refused admittance. An armistice was also proposed by him for two hours, to obtain which he consented to abandon every position he occupied without the barrier's of Paris. Prince Schwartzenberg agreed to these terms.— Count Nesseirode, on the part of the Emperor of Russia, and Count Par, from Prince Schwartzenberg., were sent into the town to demand its surrender. A answer . I may, therefore, congratulat e y our Lordshi p ea era „men Parisby is just seven a o'clockrried ; v the capture of that capital. to-morrow The Allied troops Will ent er it to-morrow. Your Lordship will excuse the hurry in which this letter is written ; I have only time to give you the ; general details of the great events which have takes place ; at such a moment it would be difficult to re• press a feeling of exultation. The Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia I \ .1 . 1 ;. Ii . 1 , \ ' , ~ I