Star. — London, England, 1814-01-28 00:00:00

e ... . . - • • • 1 • . , .. ~ ••' _t d , FRENCH PAPERS. NEWS FROM, THE #loo4llllr . • ritONTIICRS or SPAIN. ;71•01t4 _Wellington svary•where•announced that he would force the passage. of the Nive and of theAciciur, anriouncrffiifqftpu of Bayonne, and march upon tourdeaux ; iie . has completely failed design ; the combats which tool; place from the 9th to the 13th Dicember. have been to his.disadvantage ;—he has had more than 15,000 men put hors de combat; out; loes has not been a quarter so great. Consterna -.tion prevails in the British army. Lord Wellington cdnfines his pretensions, and causes all parts of bis line . .to be entrenched. On the 26th December it numerous garrison occu -pied Bayonne i three diviiions of the army under the orders of General kulle, occupied the entrenched, camps, and were finishing the works; Gen. Clausel adiancing, with three other division's, . bank of the Bidousse, by Peyrhorade ; as corps covered the banks of the Adour Bidousse ;--the Duke of Dalmatia had re- Head-quarters .to Peyrhorade, to be iirect the movements upon the enemy's • the latter end of December the position of became mote lad more critical ; the. whit 13 was felt ; their convoys, dispersed by were driven. upon the coasts of the vur detachments collected cargoes of oxen, meat ; they Olin forwarded to Bayonne ' coaspiessed hay, sent from England, in v • fition . ..xriiich General Clausel had taken UM Wellington ; he feared for the safety at Saidt,Jean de Lbz; bis head-quarters : It. Jean Pied de Port to be attackell, but xepulsecl t General Harispe had taken the our extreme left, organised the levy of and every 'day lie disperses the enemy's ,st. inst a British detachment with cannon itself upon the left bank of the Adour, be. of &cm ; it was immediately repulsed, to abandon the bank with loss. of Dalmatia, assured of the good de _yoline- and the Adour, placed General behind the Joyeuse - :—on the 3cl January a ,insent was driven from the Bastide de Cle- Calera! Paris marched in front of Botila, enemy had a strong detachment : the days and sth were 'passed tolerably quiet in OUT light cavalry, full of ardour, made inert, and touch jnquieted the enemy. raßington proceeded from St. Jean de I.tiz, Bayonne and the A - donr but some de- Iris:line was formed upon liasparens.— be deployed 20,000 men, and at three tsed to be attacked 4 battalion *of the 6th teed before Bastede de Clerence at an ad- This battalion fell, back in good order ; two armies remained in presence of each other ntbraing of the 7th ; a battle appeared, itii . -tbe British array retreated in dale-. directions, and instantly disappeared. — rellington just perceived that the part of luny which remained in Bayonne, the, its of Bayonne, was . debouching in his int to cut ofihit, retreat upon Saint Jean • is now , one' of the most formidable 124 Empire.. mistrderstanding betieen the Spanish rps appears to increase daily. , PARIS, JANUARY 11. OF THE DUKE OF TARBISITE. ()I Tarente, who was charged with.the the Rhine to Nimeguen, had repulsed all attacks. 'General Sebastiani, who was has made, indifferent affairs, sor 600 The Duke of Tareate has caused the ve, Venloo, Juliers, and tidaeitricht, to ofcCfence. _....iencement of•Januery, .the-inemy on the offensive towards Breda; 'cncler General Bulow, and toward Mayence, ifitecorders of General Blucher, the Duke of Concentrated his forces ; he had on the 14,thi ',arms at fdaestricht, occupying Liege ,Arlemont, arid observing the right flank of TAucher. Oa the 18th his head-quarters Namur. PASSAGE OF T.HE RHINE. inslY CALLED THE ARMY OP SILESIA, COM , POSED OF PRUSSIANS AND RUSSIANS. of January the Army of Silesia passed . different points., 'The corps marched, issiars dtvision of General Langeron before i , having his advanced guard towards Treyes, she•divisions of Sackett and York upon the Barre. l division in reserve. These fosse divisions, in cavalry, may be estimated at fifty thou- ..ke.ef Ragusa has retired before these without suffering any loss. He has taken a , the Sarre; has caused Sarre Louis and, provisioned ; has .thoved towards Metzi some days before that town - to make all who were useless for its defeat., and 'to provisions for a year. 'He occupied Sc. , and was beyond Verdun on the 19th of this .•s. % -_-,~- ` _ • •.. •_ ' . camps, and ' teas rapidly ' , • ' : npon 'the left nuinerous ~4nd•the Didoi ' • 41Inoved . hiisl • nearer- to, dir Tight. • ,; Ittriag,the - • - llttt Drit3slt be , , provisions . • rthe;t!'ne'4 l l , Landes t on and salted tt • -some , lots of c• ..) • • Toe, tiosjtl annoyed Levi • .of his posts. at Itiordered St lie was repot command of the Basques, :forage! s. On the Ist. presinted fore the Isle'c si9dofiliged t. 4 'lle•Puke fence Of Bayo C/ausel behir • Briti.sh'regirm trace. Gene where the ens .tof the 4th an rnaattuvres ionic prisoner Lord Wetli 'fier•krtliefore - • • . .talthlinnts h •Ptt the 6th b p.• nt. caused division, piaci vanced post. the two. armie till ten in the • inevl able sbi rent direction: Loyd Welli • the French ar • ....entrenchment: near,' and aboi • iitt Luz. -„ Dayonne ii 'sl% oldie .';l3 . ii;nistru - *id* troops .••••-l• -• 7The-Doke • of the . the enan,s'S a Caltipte, . . • ;prisoners. - • • ' places of Oral . put in a st: • '''_Siiice the cc having acted the orders of I • - • under the or( Tarente conci , his head-qua: and Cliarlemc General Blucl were at Num 1 NY TUB ARSII POSKD On the Ist the kbine at viz. the Russ )133 lice ' hay tad thedivisi Kleistts divisi chiding the c sand men. The Dula corps, withoL i pasision on di Riche to be p 1 and staid son eyactiate it w • ... - complete its Miclittl, and • . • ¼' z • S. • . -- • month, withollt havie V 4ei y !fair of corinetolsee. Titidiur wits Pebvisi .0.. • , and in a gond-state orferree. 4 , adividba 'tacketii was at Pont-a.Mousson ; ifiat of York befoie Metz ; tliat :of Kleist be/Ore Theonville, and that of Langeron before Matz. . The infantry of this arthy is wholly employed in the blockade (idle fortresses. o • r The rigour of the season, the bad weather s and the multiplied bivouacs, have increased' the ravages of disease among the troops, whose health had been already impaired by the fatigues of the campaign.— The hospitals in the rear of the army are full, and the toads are covered with dead horses. The Ppt fect and the MaYor of Metz, the Sub-Prefect Ad; Theonville, and in general all the population of the Messin, have deserved the praises of the Emperor. ENTRANCE - MT° SWITZERLAND or THE ARMY OF - Till PRINCE OF scHWARTZENBERO, COMPOSED OF REIF TRIANS, RUSSIANS, BAVARIANS ) , WURECESIEVEGataip AND itADINERS. • On the 20th December, the Duke of Bellune had his head-quarters at Strasburg ; the third corps of cavalry, with a division of infantry, occupied-Col mar, Landab,':Strasburg, Schelestadt. Neubresacb, and Huninguen, were armed and provisioned. Coup Rcederer, the Extraordinary Commissioner, anal& ron de . Bellevile, the Maitre des Requets, had solved to remain at Strasburg, to animate the as Lionel guards. The Army of Schwartzenherg, estimated at one hundred thousand men, including 15,000 Bavarians, 8000 troops of Wurtemburg, 4.000 of Baden, and the Russian corps of Wittgenstein, entered Switzerland on the 2-Ist December. General ‘ Bubna, conimand big the advanced guard, marched towards Berne, and thence to Geneva,- where he arrived on the 28:1x. This place e which is surroundlid with bastions and a wall, - opened its gates, in consequence of the bad conduct of the Prefect; the bad disposition of the in habitants, the vertigo of the moment. The High Lords of the Little Council thought the moment fa vourable' for the sea-establishment of their aristocracy, and a proclamation-appeared, signed by them all. But the democratic party was enraged at this usurp ation‘; the Austrian General declared that he would not interfere in these differences ; that it was a French e;ty which he occupied in the course of war. The • High Lords descended from their seats as Sovereigns. ht the - gird of 24 hours the French municipality re sumed its functions and justice continues to be eur cised in-the name of the Emperor. . On the 16th of January there was only a garrison of 8000 Austrians iu Geneva. The French advso ced-posts were within a cannon-shot of the tows.—. . Baron•Finot, Prefect of Mc;at Blanc, bad rapidhijir— ganized .free corps and the "Levy en ma s se, the ohls atand .of which had been taken by the General of Divisio t Count Desaix. The territory of Mont Blanc seemed to be secure . from every attack. Fort Bar rea- u was provisioned ; the body of troops of the 'l4oe ) , nation it guards, and volunteers, forming arChon.; Bourg, iccreased• daily, and is already augmented lin• .13000 men. The Department 9f the Isere has again distin. gui: bed itsclt by the patriotism of which it has at all, Biven proofs. It has risen en masse at the voice of the Extraordinary Commissioner Count de St. Villier. General Marchande commands the na tional guards add the levy en masse. On the 16th, there were at Grenoble 15,00 Q nreh. • under arms ' k of sixty -- of artillery was ; a part_ piece: rApidiy Organslthig there. 71'he torresses of Brean cop, Fenestrelles, 'and Mont Dauphen, were. provi , blotted. The Dlpartment of the Drome, which at first had not *hewn, so much ardour as that of the here, was puning.itself in motion. The troops of the rule from Toulon aid Marseilles, and the national guards of Provence, were owthe march to reinforce the Amy of Dauphine. Some troops or General Bubna's advanced guard having entered the Department of the Ain, had oce copied Bourg, after having experiecured some resiet; l ..• ante from the inhabitants. On the 19th tba enemy's advanced posts were three leagues from Lions. The Marshal - Dukeof Castiglione had repaired tO ,Dauphine to rally all the troops, and to march in force towards Lyons and Geneva. General Mango occupied Lyons, and was destined to act on the right, bank of the. Saone. • The Extraordinary Commissioner Count Char'', and the Count de Bondy, Prefect of the Rhine, have done all that could- be expected from them. inhabitants of Lyons have shewn ardour an 4 patrio. ./ twin. The city being threatened, many families had withdrawn, ar.d the value of the goods sent to Ito mountains is estimated at 100 millions of Lyres. ...,,~_ From Bourg Count Bubna has sent light troops is all directirns filteen hussars appeared before Macon. There were troops and national guards for the defence of the town, but the Kayor of Macon and the Mayoni of St. Laurent betray 4 dis public confidence, s i t fired the bridge over the Saone to be occupied by of the enemy. • On the 16th the force of the enemy at Macon was 800 cavalry. This conduct is an indelible stain for the inhabitants of this town,. and a contrast to the heroic devotion of Ch*Os. A party of the enemy had appeared before this last place; the Chalonais flew warms; the national guard of Autin marched to their aid ; the inhabitants of the Chalonais descended from theft mountains ; four iron ~._-~ ,; :, , • • 4 . A p, •-• •• • diliaitCweee drain . frosi` the Crettsot r the brides woe barricadtd,; . redonbis were constructed, and the people put themselves in a state of defence. Oa the 18th the enemy had been repulsed in all hit attacks. Another division of the army of Prince Sthwart• zeuberr and-radvanced towards Besancon. Cotuit Marulas had takan the command of the town. Se conded by Baron de Bry, Prefect of the poubs, ha had, in a few days provisioned a t ansons which WAS, armed and in a state of defence. Genera Manilas had sent seeeiipx detUchnsents, which have surprised and cut in pieces parties of - the enemy. They estimate at 15 or 16,000 men the ,Austrian troops which are before Besancon, and which send detachments in all directions. One of those detachments appeared before Dole 150 cavalry were sufficient to occupy that town ; having received reinforcements of infantry they ad. warmed towards Ausonne, but the garrison sallied out, beat them, and drove them beyond D6le. The inhabitants of the little town of St. Jean de Lune hive defended their bridge, and made 11. pri soners. A Captain of the enemy's cavalry was kilied by a blow of a sabre from a superannuated officer who put himself at the head of the National Guards. Another corps ! iof Prince Schwartzenberg had marched to Nenaingen, and after having bombarded' the pla;e far four days, had changed the siege into a blochade. On the 17th, the accounts from Hunin. , Scheleatadt, and all- the places on the Rhine, were perfectlynatistactory. Some troops of the same armrappeared before Be. fort, and after having lost 1400 men in an assault had likewise changed the siegt into a blockade. On the 16th the news from this place was•satisfactory.. Another corps of the army of Prince Schwartaen berg ..had _ marched to Epinal and thence towards r Nancy. On the 19th its advanced posts were before Toul. The Duke of Belluno was behind the Meuse, at Void, occupying Comntercy, atyl communicating with the Duke of Ragusa. On the Wth the Duke of Treviso was at Langres. —He NO before him the corps of 'General Gnilay, which is also a part of the army of the Prince of Schwartzenberg. On the 18th and 14th the Duke of Treviso scut troops againstthe enemy's advanced guard, which was 1800 strong ; 300 chasseurg of the Infantry of the young guard, conducted by some people of the country, marched at one in the Lurn ing into the rear of the enemy, who had just taken his arms, attacked him with the bayonet s killed 5 or 600 men, and took from him 150 prisoners. Ou the 19th, in consequence of general arrange. menu, the Duke of Treviso had taken a position at Chaumont, where he has been joined by two more divisions, and by a park of 70 pieces of cannon. Two battalions of Wurtembergers, coming from haiing got tot) far, the Duke of Treviso, after causing them to be cannonaded for ten minutes, had them attacked with the bayonet by 60 grenadiers of the guard, who offered emir services. These two battalions were repulsed try 60 men, and thrown into the river. Eighty prisoners were taken. Camps of reserve are forzning at Meaux, at &is sone, Chalons, Troyes, and Arefsur Aube. A hun dred squadrons of reserve cavalry are forming, at Meaux and Melun. under the General Of Division Bordesoult and Pagol. The National Guards of N9rmandy, Poitiers, and Brittany are on the march, to reinforce the camps of Meaux, Soissons and Troyes. A park of 600 pieces of cannon is collected at Chalons, under General Ruty. The Mor:-.ent is come when, from all parts of this vast Empire, the French, who desire speedily to deli ver the terrritory of their country, and preserve the national honour which we 'have received from our' forefathers, ought to take up arms and march to the camps, which ate the rendezvous of the brave and true Frenchmen: 4 The enemy announce that they invade France with 200,000 men. There are 20,u00 in Brabant, 50,000 of the 'Silesian army before Mentz,Sarrelouis, Lux embourg, Theonville and Metz ; and 100,000 in the army of the Prince of Schwartzenberg, which is at Bourg before Besanson, Huninguen, Schelestadt and _ • and on the side of Langres. .~ - ~.N• -i, TIM •1101 - OW ITALY. The 12th the Vice Rey had his head-quarters at Verona ; he had a communication with Venice, which has a numerous garrison; Palma Nova and o.opo are - provisioned for ten months. Mantua and Leg nago the same. The army of the Vice-Roy was sixty thousand effective men under arms, exclusive of garrisoits. The reserve army at Alexandria is 24,000 strong. This place and the citadel of Turin are completely armed and provisioned. The army of Italy are going to put themselves in motion. l'he Coascliption of 1813 is raising in Piedmont, to reinforce the reserve army at ,Alexandria. The inhabitants of the depart. ment beyond the Alps %hew the best spirit. PARIS: JANUARY SO. anssy OF ~ Tat NORTH,. 'l desertion of eight battalions from the Sd and 4th foreign regiments, and of two battalions of Hal- Landers, which formed the greater part of the Division of General Molitor, having left Holland withciut de fence, an 4 the Cities of AmsterdaM and the Hague being in a state of insurrection, General Molitor im mediately threw a garrison into Naardon, and Gene ral Rampen shut himself up •in Gomm: Troops *OW also thrown into Bois-le•Duc. liergen.op-sooM received a garrison of 5000 men, vents succeeding / _,, • • • with rapidity, a panic diffused itself among those who at Antwerp directed the military dispositions; the evacuation - of the important place of Williamsburg and that of Breda. were ordered. The enemy pro. filed by the error, and immediately took possessica of *ion and Williamstadt , became to hint a point of support for his disembarkation. General Graham advantage of it, and landed a cobs= of &kith ilia, between 4 and 5000 men. In the oracuatiou Williatnstadt, so gnat was the destructs id, &At *t powder, the artillery, and a flotilla, the crews of *which were Altos' atilie sufficient todefend the place, were left behind: An enquiry has been ordered inn? Ibis agair. 'The Minister at War immediately rected General Roper to march upon Breda, a: endeavour to retake that place, before the ener.4 should be able to provision it, and re-establialt hint self there firmly. . On the 22d December, General Roguet marched upon the city of Breda, overthrew the advanced post;, surround it, and threw some howitzers into it : to had hoped. to 'make himself master of it, when he learned *ski corps of British bad landed at Thole-, and was Marching. so place 140 between him 'ari d Antwerp ; he therefore judged it proper It. Opproaci nearer to that place, and took a position at Hon:. • Generaljilaisest was appointed to the command the first core/Rol the Army of Antwerp': be hastened to completedarkprovisionag of Bergen-op-Zoom fit nine months. 'The forts of Bits, Lillootad Lief ker.- sock, were provisioned. Flushing and Teervier re. ceived provisions for a year ; Orfiark-the pieces cg tlx left bank of the Scheldt, asitaseel Hog, and the forts of the Isle of Cadsas e imikiiplilealy and proiisioned. Gesarttl4 gas Insiskgai himself in increasing his corps with all the battalion which had been ceutpleted is the strong places Flanders., On the 14th of January, General Il s ulow debauched had. I* left oYekt. *mattes. The brigade Airnard, which formed his right, occupied Turnhout: it received orders to in. dine upon Lierre, which prevented it taking part in affair. A column of the enemy deboucheii by *her, while another column of twelve battalions marched upon Wortel. General Rogsset had placed battalion of the 12th . tirailleurs in the church-yard Minderhout : this battalion repulsed all the-attacks if. the enemy, and covered itself with glory. The of Mier was defended with equal success. The iusisy redoubled his attacks on all the points of the *ea, and was ever/ when repulsed with enormous fuss, and without being able to develops before Hoog street* General Roguet having learned in the evening that a column of 4000 British, under the command of Sir T. Graham, which had left Roam dael,. were marching upon Antwerp, and being igno rant of the force of the different corps of the enemy, which might attack him, judged it necessary to ap proach nearer to Antwerp, the better to appreciate their deploying, and concentrate his defends. He in. dined upon Wenegeena, wherein supported his right; his left was connected with the corps from Antwerp, which occupied Menet' and Deurne. The 12th passed is making movements and dispe, sitions to give a good reception to the enemy, who, after the severe losses he had suffered on the 11th, ad vanced with great caution. On the 13th, at eight in the morning, the corps of %low debauched by the roads of Braaschel and Turnhout, while a column of light infantry arrieed hf the way of Schotenbued to separate general Ro gues from the village of Deurne, which was defended by a brigade of the young guard. At the same mo ment the corps of grabens attacked - Mersen, which was occupied by four battalions of the Ist corps, and a battalion of labourers of the marine. ' The cannonade began along the whole line, and the enemy advanced in - force upon Winsgeep ; onr artillery overwhelmed them ; they made the greatest efforts, and even saeriftced some soldien to force the village. General Rogeet advanced. with five .b. talions, and the enemy was emnplecely repulsed. The death of the General arßrigade, Avy, had oc •casioned a little disorder on our i ket ; a battalion of the 4th regiment of light infantry distinguished itself by its firmness, and restored order, The village of Merzen was occupied by the enemy for a moment. Our troops rallied on Dome, and soon the enemy w* every where repulsed. The corps of Bulow retreated precipitately upon Turnhout, and that of Qtaluin by the road of Bergen-op-Zoom. On the 12th, General Maison," deceived by false accounts, thinking that the enemy was advancing upon Diest and Louvain, by La Campine, bad taken with him the brigade 4iward, of the corps of Gena ral Roguet, had united it with the division Barrois, which was in reserve at Lien, and with the cavalry had advanced in the direction which he presumed the enemy would take. When he had discovered that the news he bad received Wll6 false, he acquired the certaintylbat the victory was decided, and that the enemy were in full retreat. But for this circumstance, which deprived us far a rnorneat of part 6f our force, it would hays been possible, by pursuing the enemy briskly, to drive him over the Waal, and to raise the siege of Gone". The enemy's troops in the North are partly employed in blockading Wesel, Naardtn, Gorcum, Deventer, and the Helder. When the brave Admiral Verhuel was informed ~with t ed upon Hoogstraaten. General Rogue takAiriA.P.resPh esau•-as Wog.