The National Register. — London, England, 1814-04-10 00:00:00

ANIL 4. • - lea ,iiiaisan.; is in obser*atiou of Boonaparte's army; on V.r side lit St. Dizier ; its direction is not as yet known.. It is with the greatest regret I have to announce to your Lori. s hip, Colonel Campbell was 'yesterday most severely wounded a C. s Colonel Campbell, coutinu:ng that gallant distill. r.i4bed c. urse which has ever 'narked his military career, bad witt• the first cavalry, whieb penetrated the Freneh ma s ses; the Cosraelo who came to support this cavalry nthtook him for a French fricer, and •truck lion to the ground. Fri m the appear: ;. , nee s !hi , morning I an. however in considerable hope of hi.i re cov2r) . Col. Rapatel, la' .e Aid de-Camp of Gen. Moreau, was also unfortunately killed.—l have the honour to be, See.' BURGHERSII, Lieut.-Col. 63d Reg. Viscount Castlereagh, &c. &c. Ilead-quarters, Fere Cl,ampetioise, March 26, 18144 My LORD-13i:0111parte having filled in his attempt to debouelic front Malley and Ards, across the Aube, and having abaodoncd his of attacking Prince Schwartzenberg in his position at 3lenil la Coilites , e, ece , tat to have been euided in his next operations by the cic,:ire apt eventiog theinJetion ot the armies of Prince Schtvart zenberg lip; Marshal Blocher. hid lie not succeed to the utmost in this object, it Wa% evidently his best policy to force their union, and their couonti• ications as far to the rear, and to make it as eir cnitrnis as pos , ible. It is faither mahifest, by intercepted letteri, that Baonaparte was or opinion, that the movement he dettrmined on, on the tight of Priorc Schtvartzenherg,. might induce hint to fah ba4; towards the Rhine, for fear of losing his conmitinication, thAt he thm. would be able to relieve his places, and be in a better sitnation to cover Paris. It generally eccura, that mantruvres are made with the advance, or the head of an army ; but Butinaparte, in his present undertaking, seems/a have pushed his object so far, by the passage of the Aube vs.tft his whole army near Vitry, as to have left himself completely open to that bald and magnificent decision which seas immediately aloptel Buonaparte put his whole army in motion on the evening of the eitst for Vitry. That night he remained at Sominepuis ; on the foi -1 .wiag dr. , the advanced corps of his army arrived at Vary, and summoned the place. It bad been placed by Colonel ---- in a ry to:eral,le snite of defence, and it had a garrison of betort en three and font thousand Prussians. Marshal Ney .tsndeavoured by.' every meeace, to obtain a eurrentler; but the brave Prussian Co-,. told•lTsoiutely refused, and hell the town, which reduced the French commander to cross the Marne by bridges constructed near Fri.ruiesort. thromparte here passed his whole army on the Lad an_l24th, sanri was immediately ase..-rtained to have taken thedircc tion of St. Dialer. • . • Tree object, might be now in his view, by the. o L vements round our riot :—to force na back ; if- this failed, to operate upothour ronmmnicatioris, and even proceed to form a junction. with Mir, shat Ate:eitran ;or finally, by moving to his fortresses of 11Ieta, c. proloog the war by resisting on a new line, while he plieedonyin the centre of France, having taken the best precautionwilis power! for the defer -- of 11:e capital. " •• . The Allies on the 22(1 having crossed to the right of the . A . nhe, lost no time in adopting the bold resolution of torming the junction of the two armies to the westward, thus placing themselves betwern the Flinch army lied Paris, and proceeding with a nnited farce-of at least two hundred thousand men to the capital of ,the French enyare. • In order t!‘e better to masit.this movement, the Mara of.the al mv was made from Pougy, .Lestnont, and.Arcis, and Vitry, ;tadhis Coperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, .by two extraor dinary eiarehes of 18 and 12 rescues. established Ins. head-quarters with those of the rield•M j arshal at Vary, on the ,24th A %cry orilliant capture of several pieces of. cannon, fifteen hun dred p.isoners, and a Lrge number of caissons, was made by Gen. Aneer.m ki, of . the cavairy'r of the Russian guard, on the 1 .2311; anti en this (lay, and the . preetdin;!, .several advemeed.gnard affairs took place between . Gem. Wrede's corps, the Prinea.uf Wittemberg's, and the enemy. So son!, as the- Mafshaf took this decision, he made his di,•posi• Eons ,alecordingly, by „Omit% a'•'eor.pa on the Bar•snr.Anbe ttiuieh - ha% committed to the care of Gen. Due( a. to protect the head-trarters of the Emperor of Austria. his sepplies, &e. act] eau% them, if necessary, tow.ird+ t.lt airny of Co. south, and aim ) , by se:o, - 1)114y pres s io u ., forward io his opto at ions towards the Capital to .L.ltte his rear, while he pursue. his objects in front. The ease bioc:i army marcf:ed in three coluoms to Fete Champe noise on the t3lll. All the cavalry of the army formed the advance and welt: to push forward to *LiarAle. The iith and 4th corps %tl . THE NATIONAL R'EGISII . formcd the iglit s and the •~ 227 • F er. ot the ceotti co!mmi. The stit was nu the corps and . khe Teso yes, and the toard.-, 'pH the lat. • Afarshal 11inc1ter wact reportfd to have arrived with a great part of his army at Chalons. (:eti. Wisizingt I 0(1Q and Gen, t'zeritiehetr, with :ill their cavalry, cm: I.' d \fitly on the '2:id, and - were ionine (hazily detnehed to follow tip rynouttpaite's army to S. I)iz'er, threatening his 'ear... Gcn. Win;ingerode's infantry had remained at Chalons with Marshal Witcher, tocether with Gen; Woronz o tr s and :•;-aeken's corps. Gen. Holm% had ini.relied tu nttaek •,t)i.(pt, and Gens. Yoick and Kleist had moved on the line of Alai ttiti rail. By these general nriovemonts your Lordship .perceive that had ilimiaparte even not crio , lt.tl the Aube. and pa...*e:l bet wcun our ttt o armies, he probably would have found Imnst : lfin a sin:ilar po. sition to that at Leipzig, and the result would have stern , 1 have no doubt. of the same maitre. Thi• army way to !lave bivouacked on the vstli at Fere Champe coi4e. It appears the corps of Marshals Mbrniont and Wilier, who hair Ism) retiring front netore Hitcher, were ma. ins down tow 'Hs Vitry to connect theMselves with Buonapilues operations, ignorant of his intentions, which may not lhrve deco fully firmed until he f o und himself' too far committed : these eoips of his army were much perplexed on finding them elves close to Prihce Schwart zenberg's army, when they expected to ineut their own. It is singular buts curious tact, that Marshal Alarroont's advance was within a very short &suture on the night of the 42 in to Vitry. withoitt the enemy's knowing it was in the occupati,o) of the Allies. On the morning of the 25th, the sixth cz•rps under Gen. Reusske fell in With their advance, drove them back ta Connantrav and through li.sre Champeneise; in the farmer place a large number of caissons, %vac u ous ' a nd tmaage, tccte taken. In the mean time, on the left, thee Russianitssian cavalry of the reservee, under the G'and Duke Constantine, was equally succeasfid, charging the enemy, taking 13 cannot' and many prisoners. But the principal brilliant movement of this day occurred after tho Allied troops in advance had passed through Charapermise ;a detached column of the enemy, of 5003 men, tinder the comrpand of Gen Ames, had been, making its way under the protection of Alarmonra corps, from the neighbourhood of Mouton trail, to join .Napolron with his grand army. This corps had in charge an immense convoy with iest,oeo rations of bread,' and ammunition, and was. of great importance, by the force attached to it. It had left Paris to proceed to Beenanarte, atel`ilie cavalry ofMarsital:Blucher'a arniv.were the first to disceKer • and observe this corps 6w.-their march from clialonse. My .;;tale- Camp, Capt. liarris was fartuniite enon. ln, loohim2nont.with same* 'C.9.acks, to give the first intelliwnce,to Alarthal Blucher of their Aiositjon. " • . a-airairy .of Geis. •Kort and4lisiteltikoff corps, were inure, diately detached "lifter them, and they were driven wpm' Fele-, Cliainpenoiae,-- as tke cavalry of •the grand army was anventewg;... Some.attacks.oithe cavalry were made on thrs•corps, who farared' . themselves in square's, and it is but justice to• say, defended them?. selves in the most gallaat manner, altlthegh they were.yesung tioops -and gardcis uationales when they ”PIC vtimpletely surrounded by *the cavalry of both armies, some officers were Sent: to demand their sweatier, but they still kept marching on and firing ,. and did not daWn their arms a battery of Russian artillery opened.upon them, and maimed charges of cavalry completed their destruction ; :and Gen+. Ames And I'athod, Gens. of Division, five Brigadiers, . 3000 prisoners and 12 cannon,. with the convoy, fell into our. hands ; • ;J'iarinNit and Mortices rear-guards Actin to have drawn off in The ?direction of Sezanire, iled it is nitficutt to y whether limy sot be able to effect their escape. Every di-positioli is making to hara.s -and surround them. But the rweinent is so eventful, awl every in telligence gives rise to such new conjectures,. that I can only beg piur . l.ordship to excuse tile very imperfect niamier - in which I CU -obliged to detail. The grand army mill-lies to-day to Mailieret : Head-quarter , at Trellti. &Intl the adviiiiee is tolitish as far as La Ferte Candler Marshal Blucher, who ‘N as last 'light at 4,t0ye.., is to advance agaiost Yo;tr Lot dship will, I am sure, lareint to /ram, that, that vf-ry deserving Officer, Col. Neil Campbell, wmi ito_rtauately e.(ol.ooett by a Cossack, in the melee of the cavalry, ► of by : the pike va run into in back, but Ito i. doing' kveli. tmit (41.'0 COM ly sorry to report the death of Col. Rapaiel, Will) was tot:a going up to one of the columns with a flab id truce. Tilt.' t.. , 3 of au ollictr, so moult and su justly beti,Suci Au this army, fioiu his . J