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1 7",* - - - - - - - - - - - - • ••• w • . • • 116 • • • • bert's resolution-44 That the President be requested to give the information (desired) respecting said letter"—reciting in his amendment the letter at full length. This amentiment was also negatived by ayes and noes : ayes 65, roes 96—it was supported by Messrs. Gaston and Pitkin. The question then recurred on Mr. Robert's origi nal resolution, an 4 was carried. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, FEBRUARY Is. We have received the following letter, .dated La Ferri, February 14, at eight in the morning: " The armies of Sacken and Blucher are destroyed; the artillery and all the matcris ate in. our hands ; 15,000 prisoneis will arrive to-day in this town, which they pillaged three days ago. They are to be sent to Paris, where, in four or five days, they will make a very different entry from that which they had flattered themselves. The General-in-Chief Ousouvieff, the Major-General of the Russian armies, Prince Polto- , tatici, the General of Division Heidenrich, are among thrprisonere. They are going to Paris, where you will soon see them. The annihilation of the Russian and Prussian armies is one of the most glorious actions of the war the enemy bad, however, consi. derable fotces; but our ttoops have done wonders. Perhaps not one of the enemy's soldiers would have remained to carry the news of the loss of the battle; 'tall the inhabitants of Chateau Thierry had the means Of -destroying the bridge of boats which the enemy bad made in that town. For the rest, nothing has escaped but trifling wrecks, without provisions, with out artillery, without matetiel. at The Yeasants would suffice to give a good ac. count of them, even if the-Marshal Duke of Taren tum had not pushed strong Columns on the roads to RheiMs and S.issor.s, and which will pick up the re mains of the two beaten armies. - S " - How greatly, is our situation all at once im prOved What great things has the Emperor dome in three clays The most difficult is obtained, the most violent enemies of Frame are defeated ; the others are not More turas:e l and it. is to be hoped that it tbe more d: cult to prevail against them. A bridge of boats is repairing here by the Order of Enipar(s - ;it nib be finished today. . . " It is armed; that in the tear of the enemy's army, the peasants make cruel havock among the fugitives. The authorities resume their vigour, cane the bridges to be cut deign,- the roads blocked, and obstruct the retreat Y . the armies. Alt revives ; all is animated at the new: of. one successes. At Champ' Aubert, at Montmirail, it Vieux Maisons, and at Chateau Thierry, the roads, rue W 3 / 4 14146, the vineyards,. the fields, are loaded with dead bodies of ProsiiAnS and Russians, with broken caissons, waggons, car- viages, Sic. "A number of men from the neighbouring villages has just been recoil-4cl to bury the dead, the number of which is Immense. " We hive already above SO of the enemy's can non. It them: certain that the Russian General-in- Chief Sacken is dead. It is added, that General Yoyck was mortally tiketuded, and died in a house at Chateau Thierrt: " t , • ,s Nut above 2;0440 of the old guard were engaged at the tittle of Montmirail. They have covered, themselvet.t . ,h glory; pirticalarly the dragoons dis tinguished.- hentselves. Altera is not one of these brave mesh who*e.exploits are not worthy of bring related. All that is told. of the aunt knights does not equal.tbiir bteiliaat talour." PARIS. FpIitUARY se. ,* . . Discharges of artillery announced yesterday at two an , :Llaer victory, gained by our armies. On the 14th, the Emperor completely defeated a corps of 25 or 30,000 men, commanded by General Nleist. It is sil l posed that this corps had been detached from , the Austrian army to the ass.fitance of General Mu; chef, but arriving too late, experienced the same fate' as the. army to whose 'support it came: 6,000 pri-- . }own, yak , Generals, 27 pieces of cannon, and several fair of colours, have fallen into our hands. This vie- 1 is soften of as being vey/ brilliant. The wrecks the enemy's army we?elffiiik towards Chalo ns . This happy news was read to the public in all the etent theatres, and was every where received with gir most rapturous enthusiasm, and cries of Viv e l'Ainiteratr. • t • • . sasnot ruNDS. • *a. is Li I. 0 c. I,Feb. 15. 53 1. 25 c. PARIS, FEBRUARY 15. Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has received the•following accounts of the situation of the armies, on the 7th of February : bn the lid, two hours alter his Arrival at Troyes, the Emperor made the Duke of Treviso depart to Maisons-blanches. An Austrian division, command ed-by Prince idAurice•Lichtenstein, had advanced to this point, which is two leagues from the town :—ir was trigotiouty repulsed,• and driven two leagues beyond. On the 4th, in the evening, the head-quarter• of the Emperor of Russia weve ot Lnsigny, near Van doenvre, two leagues from Troyes,, where the Russian guard was, and the enemy's army. The enemy in. tended to enter Troyes that evening. He marched - on the bridge of La Guillotine, where he found a warm resistance. Hie- first attack was repulsed.— Some cavalry, who were made prisoners, told him. that the Emperor was at Troyes. Then he thoughse it necessary to take other Measures. At the elltit . _,' . .rl moment the Duke of Treviso caused an attack to be made on the bridge of Clercy, which wnsoccupied by the division of qieneral,Bianchi: The tin•my was driven assay. That enerat of Division Briche trade a charge, in which he took 160 men, and killed a hundred. On the sth the Emperor was preparing to pus the bridge of La Guillotiere, and attack the enemy, when his Majesty !earned that he had sounded a retreat, and retrograded one march towards Va doeuvre. On the 6th, arrangements were made to menace Bar-sur-Seine. Some attacks took place on th 4 road. We took from the enemy thirty men, one piece of cannon, and a caisson. During this time the army put itself in march for Nogent, in order to fall on the enemy's columns which have occupied Chalons and Vitry, and which threatened Paris from Ferte-sous•Jouarre and . Meaux On the 7th, in the morning, the Duke of Tarentum had his head-quarters near Chaville, between Epernay and Chalons. The diVisions of the National Guard dWite from Montereau, Normandy, and Picardy ) put themselves in motion, under the command of Gen. Pajol. The division of the army of Spain under General Leval is arrived at Proiins : the others follow. They are composed of soldiers who made the campaigns in Austria and Poland. They are replaced in the army of Spain by the five divisions of reserve. To-day, the 7th, at noon, the Emperor is arrived at Nogent. All is in mntinn to manoeuvre. The inhabitants are exasperated to the highest de gree. The enemy every where commits the most horrible excesses. All measures are taken for sur. rounding him on all sides as soon as he retrogrades one step. Millions.of arms wait only for the moment to raise themselves. The sacred territory which the enemy has violated will become a land of fitc, which will devour him. • Her Majecty the Empress Queen and Regent Ins received the inllowing news of the situation of the armies to . the of February : .0b the 10d;; the Emperor had his !In d-qtial ters at Seziume., • The Duke of Tarentom was at Mcaux, laavi'tz causqd the bridges of La Ferte •and Ticport to be General Sackcn and General Yorek were,at La. l Forte ; General Blucher at Venus"; and General Al. sufliew at Gir.imp Aubett, The Army of Silesia wash only three marches from Paris. This army., corn. mantled in Chi:J . by General Blucher; was 'composed , of the 'corps of i3ac ken ansl,l4xsgeen,lorrnittesistyr rqr,i filen( of Russian infantry, and of the flower of the Prussian cniy. - On the 10th, at day-Ilreak, the Emperor advanced to the heiglits o Saint Prix, to cut the army.ot Oe trend Blucher in two. •At ten; the Duke of Ragusa passed the marshes (damp) of Gond, And at tacked the village of Base. The oth Russian corps,. under General Alsufliew, of twelve regiments, de ployed, and pr,:sented a battery of twenty-four pieces of cannon. The divisions Lagrange and Rican,. with the cavalry of the Ist corns, turned the enemy's' positiOns by his right. At one oocloak we were mss-' tell of the village of Baye. At two o'clock the Im- Rerial Guard deployed in the fine plains between tlaye and Champ Aubett. The enemy begin his retreat. The Emperor ordered General Girardin, with two squadrons of the guard de service, to put himself at the head of the Ist corps of cavalry, and to turn the enemy, in order to cut him off from the road to Chalons. The enemy, who perceived this movement, fell into disorder. The Duke of Re gusa 'caused the vill age of Champ /when to be car ried; at the same instant the cuirassiers charged on the right, and pressed the Russians against a wood and a lake between the Wild to gpernay and that to Chalont. The enemy had but little cavalry. See ing himself without retreat, his masses became con fused. Artillery, cavalry, infantry, all fled pell meal into the.wood. Taro thousand men were drowned in the lake; thirty'piects of cannon and two hundred . card ages 'were taltelt * • The General.in-Cbief, the Genet+, the Colonels, More than 160 officers, and 4006 men, were made-, prisoners. This corps of two divisions and twelve regiments ought to have consisted of 18,000 men ; but sickness, long marches, and battles, had reduced it to eight thousand : scarcely 1500 escaped by means of the woods and the daikne.s. Gcncral Blucher remained at his head-quarters at Venus, where he witnessed the disasters of this part of his army, without being able to remedy them. Not a man of the guard was engaged; except two of the four squadrons de service, who behaved eiliaatly. The aim:piers of the Ist corps pf cavalry have displayed the rarest intrepidity. At eight o'clustk, Gineial Natisouty having de botiched on the cluteway, advanced'upon Montmi. rail with the division of the cavalry of the guard of Generals Colbert and La Ferriere, took the town and QOO Cossacks who were in it. The 11th, at five in the morning, the division of cavalry of General Guyot also advanced upon Mont- Several divisions of infantry were delayed by being obliged to wait fnr their artillery. The roads from Sezanne to Champ Aubert are execrable. Our artillery would not k&ve passed thaws, • but for the di. ligenee of the catnnoneets, and by the assistance fur nished by tho inholitauts wtio broughrtheir •1 _ _ - • The action at Champ Aubert, where apa :411k Russian army was destroyed,. did not cost 200 men, killed nr woondesi. The Genera lA / sion s Lagrange is among the latter, having I;ght, wound in the head. The Emperor arrived on the 11th, at ten in the morning, half a league in advance of Montmirail.• General Nansnuty was in his position, with the ca valry of the guard, and kept in check the army of Sacken, which began to shew itself. Informed of the disasters of a part of the Russian army, this General had quitted Ferte-sous-Jouarre, on.thc 10th, at nine in the evening, -and marched the whole night. Ge neral Yorck had also quitted Chateau Thierry. At eleven in the morning of the 11th he began to form, and all foreboded the battle of Montmirail, the issue of which was of such vast importance. The Duke of Ragusa, with his corps and the la corps of cavalry, had placed his head-quarters at Etoges, on the road to Chalons. The division Ricart, and the Old Guard, arrived at ten in the morning. The Emperor ordered the Prince of Moskwa to line with troops the village of Marchais, by which it seemed the enemy's intention to debouch. This village was defended by the brave division of General Rican, with rare firmness ; it was taken and retaken sever: II times during the course of the day. At noon the Emperor ordered General Nansonty to advance to the right, cutting the road to Chateau Thierry, and formed the 16 battalions of the c,ld guard, under the command of General Friant, in a single column along the road, the battalion columns _ • being MO paces from each other. Daring this time our batteries of artillery succes sively arrived. At three o'clock the Duice of Tre viso, with the 16 battalions of the 2d division of the old guard, which had left Sezanne in the nwrning, debouched on Montmirail. The Empefor would haves wished tp wait (or the coming up of the other divisions, but night was ap. I,rodching. He ordered, General Friant to / march with four battalicns of the old guard, two of the 941 regiment of gendarmerie, and two of the 9.i regiment chasseurs, upon the farm of Epine-aux.Bois, which WAS the key of the position, and to carry it. The Duke of 1 4 reviso, with six battalions of the second division of the old guard, advanced to the right; of Gpiseral Friant's attack. The success of the day depended on the p , .sition of the farm of Epine-au:-Bois. The enemy was sen sible of this: ite had placed there 4.0 pieces of cannon, had lined the hedges with a triple row of tiraillents, mod formed behind masses of infantry. • Man dreg, to sifnder this attack - mote easy, the Emperor ordered General Nanscuty to extend his line to the right, which made the enemy apprehen sive of being cut of, and forced to uncover a past of .his centre to cover his right. At the same time, he rordered General Piscart to yield a part of the village of Marchais, which also induced the enemy to un• cover his centre, to reinforce this attack, on the suc cess of which he supposed. the gaining of the battle depended. As soon as General Pasant had begun his move ment, and the enemy had weakened his centre, to take advantage of an apparent success, which he be lievecf'real, General Pliant attacked the farm of Haute Epine, with the four battalions of the old guard. They carrre up to the enemy running, and procload on him the efFect of tbk head of Medusa., The Prince of Moskwa marched the/41142a stewed ' 1 them the mad to:tonoitr. • Thetirailleurs retired-in affright upon the masses of infantry, which were at, tacked. The artillery could no longer, play; the , firing small arms became dreadful, and success wa:,- ba rred; but at the same moment General ' Guyot, at the head of the Ist regiment of lancers, of the old dr i moons and old grenadiers of the Imperial guard, which filed along the high road in full trot, and' with 'cries of Vive 1' Empereur, passed to the right of Haute Epine. They fell on the rear of the masses of infantry, broke them, threw them into disorder, and -killed all that were not taken prisoners. The puke of Treviso, with six battalions of the division A K General Michel, seconded there the nitiick of the old guard, 1-eached the wood, carried the village of Fontanelle, and took a .whole park of artillery. The division of the guard of honour filed off after the old guard on the high road, and being arrived at the height of Epine-aux-Bois, turned to th 4 left to carry what had advanced on the village of Marches. General Bertrand, Grand Marsha of the Palace, and the Duke of Danttic, at the itead,6f two battalions of the old guard, marched upon the village, and placed it between two fires. Alt t)t were io it were killed or taken. I - • In less than a quarts of an hour a prnft S )itrui silence succeeded to the noise a, the cannon and a dreadful fire of musketry. Theriemy no longer sought safety but in flight. Generals, Oakers, soldiers, infantry, cavalry, and artillery, 0)1 tied pell-mell. At eight p. m.. he cight being obscure, it was re quisite to take a posttici*. The Emperor plated his headquarters at therartp of Epine-aux-Bois. General Michel, otillie guard, has been wounded by a ball in the arm. .04 less amounts to more than WOO men, killed or wounded. That of the enemy is least 4WD men killed or prisoners. We have taken many cannon, and six stands of colours from pitn.— Thie memorable day, which confounds the prate and bOasting . of the enemy, has Anniliihted the elite of the Rowan army. The fourth' of our army has not been engaged. • 'llk mu day, die 12th, at nine in the awning. ~~ - •1 the Duke of Treviso' follovied the ertesky upon tic road of Chaim Thietry. The Emperor. with tvp, divisions of the cavAry of the guard, and some bat talons, went toVieux-Maisons, and front thence took the road which goes right to Chateau Thierry. The enemy covered his retreat with eight battalions which arrived late the preceding evening, and had not bee:. enmed. He supported them with souse squadrons And three pieces of cannon. Arrived at the str.4ll village of Cocquerets, he appeared determined to de ,fend the position which is behind the ringer, and to rover the road of Chateau Thierry. A company of the old peed marched upon La PetiteNouv, over threw the enemy's tiraillenrs, who were purlced his last position. Six battalions of the old plaid, ,- proper distances for deployi,:g, occupied the plain or• both sides of the road. General Nansouty, with the divisions of cavalry of Generals Lefernere and Dr. franc. had orders to make a movement to the right, and march between Chateau Thierry and the ene• my's rear guard. This movement wes executed with equal, skill and intrepidity. The enemy's cavalry marched from all points upon his left to oppose tl•- French cavalry. It was overthrown, and oblige/ t • quit the field of battle. The brave General Letort, with the dragoons of the f/d division -.)1 the guard. itter having repulsed the enemy's cavalry, moved upon the ilteits and rears of eight masses of infantry, which formed the enemy's rear-guard. This division burning with desire p equal what the light horse, the dragoons. and the mounted grenadiers of Gene ral Gdyot had done the preceding evening, it star. rounded on all sides these masses. acid made an hor rible Carnage among them. The three pieccs of cannon, the Russian General Freudenrich, who commanded this rear guard, were taken ; all which composed its battalions have been killed or made prisoners. The number of prisoners made in this brilliant :affair amounts to more than `2OOO. Colonel Curley, of the 10th Humus, distin guished himself. We then arrived • upon the heights of Chateau Thieny, from whence we saw the remain_ der of that army flying in the greatest disorder, and gaining with all haste its bridges. The great road was cut off from them ; they sought their salvation up-at the right bank of the Muse. Prince William of t'russia, who bad remained at Chateau Thierry, with a reserve of 200) wen, advanced to the bead of the suburbs, to protect the flight of this disorganized mass. Two battalions of the guard, at this time,.ar , rived running. At the sight of them, tberuhurb and lett bank were cleared ; the enemy burnt his bridges, lard unmasked upon the right bank a batitery of twelve west of cannon ; 500 mesa of the reserve of Frinca illiam were t.tken. Oa the 12th. in the evening, the Emperor bad l.'s head-quarter at the small castle of bide. On the 15th, from break of day, se were occnpirii in repairing the bridges of Chateau Thierry. The enemy not being able to retire, either npon the road of Epernay, from w hich he was cut off, or by that which passes through the town of which we occupy, has taken the cross road, in the direction of Itheims. The inhabitant. assert, that cf all that army, 10,000 men have not passed throtti,l, Chateau Thierry, spit they in the greatest disordsi, A few days before they had seen it flourishing, and !ull of boasting. Ceneral Yocrk said that 10 howit. zers would be ifficient to render him mesterei Paris . In going, these troops only talked of Paris ; a n retur ning it was i.e.ice which tarry invoked. One cannot form an idea of the excesses to which the Cossacks give tl:emselves up; there are nn veKr- Lions. crueltlesicrimes, which thostordes of bail , t• clans have not committed. The peasantry pursue them, track them in the woods, like ferocious beasts, seize them, and bring them wherever there are French troops. Yesterday they conducted more than 300 of them to Vieux-Maisons. All those who bid them selves in the woods, to escape the conquevars, fell into their hands s and every instant augmenss the number of prisoners. Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has received the following advices from the Army; cf morning of the 15th : On the 13th, at three in the afternoon, the bridge of Chateau-Tiiierry was re-established. The puke of Treviso passed the Marne, and put himself in pursuit of the enemy, who, in frightful disorder, appeared.* have retired upon Soissons and Rheims, b). the cross. roadcf Lafere in Tardenois. General Blucher, commanding in Chief the wholv army cf Silesia, had constantly r.mainesl at Yew's durink the three days which have annihilated Li , army. He collected IQOO men of the 'remains General Cdsutiiew's corps, beaten at Champ-Archers. which he united to a ititssi:n division of the corps of Langeron arrived from Mentz, and commanded b r Lieutenant. General OuroussoL He WAS WO WC4 to attempt any thing; but on the 13th he wasjoing 4. by a Prussian corps of General Kleist, composed of tour brigades. fie t! en put lAnself at the head of these 20,000 men, and marched .g the Duke of Ragusa, who constantly occupied Etnges. In the night or the IStn A4h; 1,(,. mug h:s force s sufficient to meet the enemy, the Duke of Ragusa put himself in retreat, au,i surported near Montmirail, where he was in pc., on on the 1-1-th, at seven in the morning. The Emperor set out the satne day ftom ChateN: Misery, at four in the morning, and at eight arrivee. al hlontmitail, He inicni.,liatvly caused the enetr. • • i