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M I kind which it has offered to our brave defenders. It is i m possible to see finer cavalry than that which is now Mere, coming from the army in Spain. The works for the defence of the bridge and citadel are finished. VOLTA, FEB. 9, General Vignolle has published an order of the e av , informing the army, that the Viceroy has fixed 1:s head-quarters there, and thanking the troops for their good conduct. VOLTA, rETI. In, in the Beetling. The enemy, who had ret.iined his bridge of Borg hetto, where he was protected by the heights of Val leggio, marched in the night of the 9th, 8 or 10,000 lot, and :2000 horse, in the hopes of establishing himself on the right hank of the Mincio. This morn. ifig at d iy break, the light troops of Lieutenant Ge neral Grenier, fram Volta, and those of General Vet dier, from Montzambano, reconnoitred the enemy on the heights which surround Borghetto. The Prince Vicrroy, who had mounted his horse at the same mo ment, made some columns advance to support the fire of the voltigeurs, who were warmly engaged. Lieutenant General Grenier advanced by the heights on the right, with the division Maresguet, while with the division Fressinet, General Verdier marched by the heights on the left. The enemy, though protected by batteries or. the opposite heights, could not.sup pert the shock of ow troops. All the positions on v hich they attempted to make a stand were succes sivrl►' carried, and they were fored to repass the Min. c i o . We took 200 prisoners, and they left an equal number dead on the field of battle. We have had 20 men killed and 150 wounded. Thus the enemy's se cond attempt has been based like the first. PARIS, FEBRUARY 19. The columns of Austrian, Prussian, and Russian prisoners, that were to pass through Paris, arrived yesterday at one o'clock by the barriers of Paulin and Chat-clam At the moment that the Austrian column entered the Place de la Concorde. a battalion of troops from the Army of Spain arrived : those troops are full of ardour. PARIS, FEBRUARY 17. To-day, at one o'clock, the Russian General Al. suffieu, and two other Generals, taken prisoners in the late battles, entered Paris on horseback by the barrier of the gate St. Marti% escorted by some gens d'armes. They were all in uniform, and one is decorated with several orders. From the entrance of the suburb to the Place Vin. dome, where they alighted, they were followed by an immense crowd, which continually made the air re sound with cries of rive I'Emperrur! The tops of the houses, situated upon the Boulevards, and in Castig lione -street, were filled with people. The public joy vas manifested in the most expressive manner, but it had nothing uncivil in it towards the prisoners.— Frenchmen triumph over their enemies and icnowohow to respect the conquered. After having passed some moments with the Etat. Major-General of the place, the enemy's Generals vent into a carriage, and set out for their destination. The principal places of the different mayoralties, at this moment, present a spectacle well calculated to interest the friends of humanity. There are seen ar rive, from morning till night, carriages or porters laden with voluntary gifts, offered by citizens. of all classes. Some Sena bedi complete . ; others shirts, handkerchiefs, stockings, caps, in short, every article ithich can be useful to the sick, or to the wounded. In many houses the women and young girls abandon their usual employment to make bandages and lint. The sums of money that have been deposited for the same purpose are already very considerable. Every one hastened to bring his offering. Persons Rho live by the labour of their hands, and who are scarcely above want, have deprived themselves of many necessary things CO dedicate them to the ser vice of suffering humanity. They expect no other recompence than that heartfelt satisfaction - which ac companies virtuous actions. They know that their brethren, their defenders, are in want, and they fly to their assistance. If benevolence is a duty, it is especially so when it is exercised towards those brave warriors who shed their blmod in a cause so just as that which we main tain. We are threatened by enemies who wish to deprive us of all that is dear to us. The cannon no longer thunders on a foreign land. Blood flows in our towns ard in our fields. It is not to deliver some of our Pror:rces only ; it is to stre the country itself, the bosom of which is torn by cruel enemies ; it is to de fru our hearths, our, wives, our children ; it. is to prevent a stranger from treating us as an enslaved and corquered people, that the Sovereign calls us to the Et Id of rlonour. `•VIllt gratitude do we not owe to those brave men ?Iv) rerl, « ith such magnanimous courage, all the tiThrts of die enemy. Our armies have shewn him, that the French are especially invincible, when they fight to deliver their territory, under the eyes of their snvereign. The successes which we have jest obtained have atirnated our array with new courage, and ought to be a presage to the other armies of the Coalition, of the fate that awaits them. Let us preserve, then, the attitude which becomes the French. Each of us has duties to fulfil, and it is by - fulfilling them that we shall prove to all Europe, that the French nation is worthy of the high rank which it occupies among civilized nations. What sacrifice can be too great, 'when it is made to second the views of Government Assist our brave defenders, and save the country ! LISLE, FEBRUARY ,21. On Sunday, the lSth of this month, the General of Division Baron de Solignac, Superior Comman dant of the fortress of Lisle, reviewed three compa nies of grenadiers of the Urban coh‘rts, and after wards invited to an entertainment the General in Chief Maison, who was in the place; General Bre nier, Commander of the 16th military division; Ge neral Macors, Commandant d'armes; the Mayor of the town ; the superior officers of the different arms; and the chiefs of the cohorts of the national guard. The toasts drank were—" His Majesty the Empe ror;"—" The Imperial Family ;"—" The brave men who contributed to gaining the victories of the 10th and 11th of this month, and disappointing the hopes of the enemy." In the evening the Mayor caused to be published, by torch-light, the second telegraphic bulletin, an nouncing the continuation of the victories gained by his Majesty. The people of the good city of Lisle received the news with the most lively demonstrations of joy, and with repeated shouts of rive l'Empereur. —At the same time these bulletins were read in the theatre, and inspired extempore songs, bearing the stamp of the purest patriotism, and the most entire confidence in the genius of the hero who has sworn to save France.— Moniteur, Feb. 18. .Fitzucir Furops.—Feb. 18. 56 f. 25 c.---Feb. 10. 55 f. ^5 c. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2.4, 1814. Sr. MATTILIA3.—.-Holiday at the Bank. ' We have since received Paris Papers two days later than those noticed yesterday; and we are now in pos session of intelligence from the French capital to the 20th instant. The pretended battle of, the 17th, no ticed in the Bulletin issued at Boulogne, is not alluded to, but a victory is claimed on -the 18th, at Monte reau, about forty miles from Paris. The Allied corps engaged consisted of Bavarians and Wurtem burghers, under the 'command of the Bavarian Ge neral WnEDE, and they were driven across the Seine, with the loss of 5000 men, one General, and three pieces of cannon. The Moniteur abruptly breaks off here, leaving all the subsequent events unexplained. The armies under 131.1xnEtt and SCHWARTZENBERG are not mentioned —both, we have no doubt, were advancing upon Paris in other directions. The Bavarian and Wur temberg Coro, from their position, were probably employed to keep up the communication between the ►above two armies, and they may have sustaineda check, but this is the whole amount of the victory claimed by the French statements. The other state , meats in the French Papers are too contemptible to deserve notice. The arrival at Paris of the handful of prisoners, taken from the Allies, seems to have kept up the French Funds. At a late hour last night an Officer arrived at Lord BATHURST'S Office, with dispatches from Sir GEORGE PREVOST, in Canada, containing the parti culars of the recent discomfiture of the Americans on the Canadian frontier, of which the American statements have already appeared in this Paper.— The American News-papers- acknowledged consi derable losses on that occasion, but from the Dis patches that have been received it appears that their statements fell much short of the truth. We under ctand that their whole army in t'hat quarter.has been annihilated or completely dispersed, so as to exhibit nothing like even the remains of an organised body: This forenoon a Dutch Mail arrived. The ac counts, which it brings, as will be seen from the sub joined extracts, are favourable to the good cause in which the Allies are embarked : " HELVOETSLUYS, FEBRUARY 22. " An Officer, just arrived from Head-quarters, in forms us, that Sir Thomas Graham was again pre paring to advance upon Antwerp, and only waited the arrival cf . Congreve's Rockets, which, it was ex pected, he would receive this day." “ BRUSSELS, FEB. 14. ” Troops are continually passing through our town."-Brauels Gazette, Feb. 14. " BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY 12. " General Maison has established his head-quar ters at Tournay ; but it is not thought he will tong maintain himself there. All Flanders and Hainault are evacuated, and the French army concentrated in the Tournois cannot long maintain themselves there. Forced to quit Tournay, the last town in Belgium, there will remain, for the moment, no other re source for it, than under the cannon of Lille, the public spirit of the inhabitants of which gives but little reason for the Government reckoning upon their co-operation in the defence of that important place. " On the other side Baron Winzingerode has esta blished his head-quarters at Namur." Yesterday, about half past twelve o'clock, her MA JZSTY, accompanied by the Princesses ELIZABETH and MARY, arrived at the Queen's Palace froth Windsor, escorted by a party of Light Horse. They were re ceived at the Palace by the Pages in Waiting. They were afterwards visited by the Dukes of KENT and SUSBEX, and also by a number of the Nobility. SECOND EDITION. OFFICIAL' BULLETIN. CAPTURE OF THE INTRENCHED CAMP BEFORE SOISSONS, BY GENERAL WINZINGERODE, &c. &c. &c. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 24. The Honourable F. ROBINSON arrived this morn ing at this Office with Dispatches, of which the fol. lowing is an abstract : 66 Sir CHARLES STEWART, in a dispatch dated Cha talon, the 12th instant, incloses reports from Colonel LowE, of the preceding operations of the army under Marshal BLUCHER, up to the 12th instant inclusive. " General D'York attacked Chalons on the sth of February, which surrendered by capitulation : Mar shal MiDonald retired over the Marne in the direc tion of Meaux : lie had with him the corps of Sebes tialti and Arrighi, besides his own. 66 On the 6th, Marshal Blucher's head-quarters were at Sandron. On the Bth they were moved from Vertus to Etoges. General Sacken being then at Montmirail, General D'Yorck at Chateau Thierry, l and General Kleist at Chalons, the whole advancing upon the army of M'Donald, who was retiring, with one hundred pieces of artillery. On the evening of the Bth, Marshal Blucher's head-quarters were again removed to Venus, on the report of a Russian regi ment having been attacked at Baye. The advanced posts of D' York from Dorment, and of Sacken from Montmirail, now reached as far as Chateau Thierry, and La Ferte sou; Joanne. " In the afternoon of the 10th, the Russian corps of Alsuftief being at Champsubert, was attacked by a very superior force of the enemy from Sezanne, and after an obstinate resistance, was compelled to retire after considerable loss. " On the I Ich, Marshal Blucher's head-quarters were at Bergeres. On that day the corps of Sackett and D'Yorck marched upon Monttnirail against the enemy. A severe engagement ensued for several hours, both armies remaining in their po sitions. General Sacken lost four guns ; the hottest part of the action was in the village of Marchais, which was taken and re-taken three times. The enemy was thirty thousand strong, under Bonaparte. On the 12t11, Sacken was at Chateau Thierry, and D'Yorck at Biffert.—Marmont with the sixth corps at Etoges. On thy same day Marshal Bhicher, with the corps of Kleist and Rassiewitz, were in position at Bergeres. " Duplicates of subsequent dispatches from Colo nel Lowe to Sir C. Stewart have also Ven brought by Mr. Robinson, from the 13th to the 17th inclusive. " On the !SO), Marshal Blucher's head-quarters were at Champatibert. He had advanced. from Bet geres to attack Marshal Marmont at Etoges, who had about nine or ten thousand men. The enemy gradually retired, and several brisk attacks were made upon his rear, particularly by the Cossacks,v- Thepursuit continued fromEtoges to beyond Champ. aubert. The enemy bivouacked in front of Fromen_ tieres. In the mean time Bonaparte marched upon Chateau Thierry, from whence Generals D'Yorck and Sacken had retired behind the Marne. " On the 14th, Marmont retired from Fromontiers to Janvillieres,. where he was joined by Bonaparte, who had made a forced march from Chateau Thierry, with the whole of his guards and a large body of ca valry. A very severe action now took place. Marshal Blucher's force being very inferior in numbers, and particularly in c ava!ry, his infantry was formed into squares, and he determined on a retreat. The enemy made the most desper4te attacks of cavalry u pon these squares, but were received with such undaunted firmness, that not one of them was broken. After a very severe and unequal contest, carried on during a retreat 42f nearly four leagues, Marshal BLUCHER observed a large corps of cavalry posted on the chaussee in his rear near Etoges. He resolved to force his way, through this obstacle, and by open ing a heavy fire of artillery and musketry upon this cavalry, posted in a solid masse on the chaussee, he succeeded in his object. " Upon reaching Etoges towards night, he was as. sailed by a body of infantry, which had penetrated through by-roads upon his flanks and rear, but Ge_ nerals Kleist and Kasslewitz, forced their way through this obstacle also, and placed their corps for the night in tke position of Bergeres. " General BLUCHER'S whole loss on these days, is estimated at three thousand five hundred men, killed, wounded, and prisoners; that of the enemy is stated to have been very great, as' he was exposed to a tre. mendous fire of artillery, in which BLUCHER was superior. .• General Blucher subsequently retired to Chalons, where he was joined on the 16th by Generals Sacken and D'Yorck. Part of General Winzengerode's corps had carried Soissons by assault, taking two Generals and about three thousand men; General Winzenge. rode was himself at Rheims. Counts Langeron and St. Priest were rapidly advancing to join Marshal Blucher, whose whol e army would speedily be united at Chalons, ready to resume the offensive. i , Lord Burghersh writes front Troyes on the 19th and 16th February: 4 , The town of Sens was taken by assault on the Tick by the Prince Royal of Wirtemberi, *llO ins. mediately marched on Bray by Pont•sur•Yonne. " On the 9th. Count Hardegg attacked the rear of the enemy at Romilly and St. Hilaire ; and joined by General Wittgenstein, he again attacked them near St. Aubin bnd Marnay, and drove them upon Nogent, part of which was occupied by Count Har deg►g on the I oth. Cvunt Wittgenstein having advanced towards Pont-sur•Seine, General Wrede towards Bray, the enemy abandoned the left of the Seine, and destroy( d the bridges, which were re-established by the Allies ; and General Wrede advanced towards Provins. Ge neral Wittgenstein crossing at Pont-sur-Seine, Gene rals Bianchi and Guilay were at the same time march ing on Montereau, and measures were taken to place the grand army on the left of the Seine, with the right at Mery, and the lift at Montereau, with the corps of Generals Wrede and Wittgenstein, and of the Prints Royal of Wirtemberg at Provins and Villeneuve. 66 On the 16th, dispositions were made (on receiv. ing intelligence, that Marshal Blucher had repulsed the corps opposed to him, and was advancing beyond Etoges) to remove the head-quarters to Bray, and the corps of Wrede and Wittgenstein by Nangis to wards Melun—that of General Bianchi pressing upon Fontainebleau. a Mr. Robinson was officially acquainted, on his road at Troyes, that on the 17th instant Fontaine. bleau was taken by Counts Hardegg_and.Thurn, and General Plat'off: the enemy lost some guns and psi- - soners, and the Allied advanced posts were pushed on towards Paris. On the 18th Bonaparte attacked, with a large corps of cavalry, at Nanges, Ahead vanced guard of Count Wittgenstein's corps, under Count Pahlen, and dtove it back with c( nsiderabli loss both of men and artillery.. Prince Schgartzen-; berg then withdrew his army behind the Seine. " On the 19th, the enemy made three desperate attacks upon the corps of the Prince Royal of Wit t •m -berg, posted at Montereau, and occupying the bridge at that place. He was repulsed with loss; the Prince of Wirtemberg took some cannon : late, however, in the evening the attack was renewed, and the enemy succeeded in obtaining possession of the bridge; and, I t was understood, that I.e had passed over a consi derable pr: of his army. The head-quarters of Prince Schwartzenberg were to be at Troyes on the night of the 19th. " Oa the mornin3 of the 20th; Mr. Robinsen Passed through Marshal Blucher's whole army, from ty to s;x:y thousand strong, in admirable order.- - It was niateiing from Chalons to unite with the grand army. Tile head of the c, lumn was near Ai cic-sur. Aube, and about eighteen or twenty English Mile• from Troyes,' Advices were this hamming received from Aim . - ral Yot,,tc, in the Roompot Channel, an the Duti h Coast, which state that Gen. WINZINGZW)DIet army took the entrenched camp before Soissons by storm cn the 14th instant. Between six and seven thousai d f the garrison were killed, mong whom are two Ge nerals. The Allies also took 3000 Prisoners and 13 Pieces of Cannon. Accounts have been received that Lord Wu- LINGTON had invested Bayonne, and advanced with his army in the direction of Bourdeaux. The last dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON con tained accounts from Lord WILLIAM BENTINCE of the state of the Negotiations with MURAT, which have been laid before the Ca binet Council. Mr. SHAW. the Messenger, was expected to follow Mr. ROBINSON in two days. It has been even reperted, since this Paper was put to press, that the Admiralty Telegraph has announced his arrival at Dover this • forenoon. We hare the pleasure of stating, that the French frigates, ALcatstra and IPHIGENIF, are taken by his Majesty's ship VENERABLE, 74 guns, and CYANB sloop of •l 0 guns : " LLOYD'S 12 O'CLOCK, FEB. 24. 4 , The Admiralty has sen tnotice to Lloyd's, of the capture of the Alcmene and Iphigenie frigates, by his Majesty's ship VENERABLE and CYANE sloop of 20 . . guns." PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 21. Arrived the MIDZIELA US frigate, from a cruize ; Clarendon, Henry Broadhurst, Admiral Gambier, Union, Gratitude, and Britannia transports, from Passages ; Havante, GATE, from Waterford ; Staff of Life, DANIEL, from Dublin.—L'Aimable French chasse maree, laden with wine and brandy, is cap. tured by the ARROW schooner and arrived at this port. DEAL, FEBRUARY 23. Arrived his Majesty's ship --, and the Ac riva hired armed cutter, from the Roompot.—Came down from the River the Diadem, CHARLTOW, fur Tarragona, and remains in the Downs with his Ma jesty's ships McmuouTra, Camay, GRIMM, GROW* LER, 'WALD°, and CaAmen—and John and Mary transports, and a division of transports, with the Ger man Legion on board for Germany.—Wind E.S.E. A barbarous murder was committed on Monday evening at a village called Newton, near Fenny Strat ford, in Buckinghamshire, on the body of Mr. VAR• rrsv, an aged *ban, who kept a chandler's shop in that village. It appears that he was robbed, and af terwards most inhumanely murdered. A Bow -strait officer was yesterday dispatched in pursuit of the perpetrators.