The National Register. — London, England, 1814-03-20 00:00:00

1.44 THE lIATIONAL R.EGISTErt, wano....warwwww. J. Baker, tile younger, Wistol, victualler, March el. aid prll VI, at eleret., at the Angel Bath: Attornies, Messrs. Shepherd; Adlington, and Gregory, Bedford-row, London ; and Mr. Sheppard, Bath. - W; Old-stteet, jeweller,. March el, 26, and April 26, twelve', at Guildhall. Attornivs, Messrs. Mahew and lhice, Symund's G. johnson; Spring-street, Shadwell, grocer, March 22, 26. at d April `26, tst twelve, at Guildhall. Attorneys Mr. Eyles, Castle:-stmt, .1. Simpttnn, Shepherd's-Btr.h; Ftilliain„ farmer, Marchte, 29, and April '26, at ten, tat Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Satindetl, Charlotte.street, FiO,roy-srpsare. E. Smith, Ratnishani, borsrt, miller, March 29, April 9, and 26, at eleven, at the George inn; Crewkethr, Romersctsl:ire. A ttornies, Mr. It nter Braid, Crewliortie ; and Messa. Pearson and Sun, Tonisle, London. J. Whitehesd,, Bury, Lancaster, wonllen Manufacturer, March '25, 1 16, and April :26, at eleven; to the Mosey Arias inrr, Matiellestur. Atrntniec, Messrs. V illis, Fiiirthorile, and Clarke, Wardlord•court, London ; and Mr. thaly, Ruling's ORM. Maiieliebter, LONDON GAtEITE EkTPAORDINARr. THUR9bAY, MARCH 17. IiPEPARTIIiENTi DOWN 6•9111 Et?, -m Ancu 17, (Me Ai Mi Air Officer has arrived at this 'Office, bringing Dispatches ad klressed to Earl Bathurst, of which the following are copies Copy of ft Lette► from Admiral Young, coitimanding his Majesty's Fleet in the North Seas. Impregnable, :'arch 15, 1814. cannot send forward the accompanying di§patch ivithout offering, your Lordship itiy most hearty congratulations on the excellent ►ntell►gence ►t conveys. I have the honour to be, &e. Right ilon. Earl Bathurst; erc. (Signed) I%'. 'YOUNG. Copy d'a Letter from Captain Ch :rtes Hamilton Smith, Deputy Assistairt-Quarter-Master-Gthet LA, to Earl Bathurst, dated liras *els, Mare'h 13, 11114. Mv Loani—His Excellency Sir Thomas Graham having-pet initted me, in ease of any important occurrence, to address myself directly to your Lordship, I avail myse:f, t hope With propriety, Of this indulgence, becattsr the quantity of ice in the rivers of flolland, together with thee contiouarce of ea-tetly miuds, might retard a dispatch goiog round by flelyoetsloy-, acid prevent in tellir„enee of the greatest importance reaching his Majesty's Ministets. In consequence, I take the liberty of enclosing to your Lordship fn - extract of a letter frOm his Serene Highness the Do',:e of Sax* Weimar, Commander-in-Chief Wl' the allied Eassian, Prussial, and Saxon forces in the Netherlands, to ronnt Lotttuu, Governor of this citY., containing an extract of a later from ;It hr .a la t lilucacr which should have been dated the 10th instant, but vs Inch by some inadvertence has been omitted. As your Lordship may possiblY not be in possession of tin joreYinus measures of Marshal Blucher, I beg leave to add, that Ivr!ts.o I left the Duke of Saxe:Weimer, on the morning of the toti,, at Tournav, he directed me to inform his Hxceliee4y Sir Thole; s Graham, N u tt he had received a letter front 3layshp.l Blucher, dat. d Lame the oth inst. at 7 p.m. informio him that he 11;1(1 that ( 1 6:y 'corcentrated his forces, consistiug of the cod=s of linlow, p IViniingerode. Langeron, nod I believe Woronzoff, in al 9:),010 combatants : his left occupying the commanding point of Laon; (that city standing on a conical hill), and hi 3 right extending to the small fortress of La Fere ; and that a battle was inevitable. It appears. that General IVinzingerode had suffPred sonic loss on the 7th, but duriog the active operatiims which had taken place since the Marshal hail broken op from the viciloty iii Meaux, the Onernvh.ol likewise lost considerable numbers, and, am o n g °Marc Marshal Victor, General Grouchy, La Marque, aud another, had been severely wounded. I 'send this letter through the enemy's posts in Flanders, to Ad- i rmiral Young, who, I hope, wilt be enabled to tOrward it iriwy diately to England., with my most SinMe eon 4 ratulati ots on thip ecisive event. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) CHARLES fi AMI uroN SMITH, Right Hon. Earl Bathutstb Captain ll• A. Q. M. el, MARCh go. "1 According to the plan of the l ligis Allie'l Powers, all the different corps tErmee were to coneentrate themselves, in order to limn two great. armies For this effect, some momentary retrograde move-. m erits were necessary. The army of Marshal Blucher emineci.:ratcd itself ; near Laon„ - having opposed to it Napoleon, at the bead of . ist),ooo'men. A courier; who arrived yesterday, brongiim tut' r na tint the Fie; , l-Marshal had resolved is give battle on the 9th ; and this momenta second tourier is arrived, bridging the following account. This morning, before day-break, the enemy attacked my right wing and tenire. under the orders of Crenerals Winzingerode and Mow ; end, mlcr favour of a thick fog; he penetrated quite minder the walls of Laon. Towards noon, when the fog cicaredaway, the two corps ahosementioned moved against the enemy engaged in intersected ground a very sharp atiair of infantry, and gained ground till nightfall. Towarls three in the afternoon, the enemy's columns appeared on my left wing, took the vAlage of Althies, and cannonaded bri.kly the corps of D'Yorck and Kleist. . Having forseen this event, I sent the corps of Langernn and Sackers to reinforce the left wing, with orders to assume the Olen sky , in conjunction with the corps of b'Yorek and Kltist. Generals D'Yorek and Kleist frilfilkd this object with their known ability. The Ninny was totAly overthrown at night-fall : • his artillery, ammunition waggons, and a great number of prisoners, tell into °or hands. Gem-ral D'iCorck reports to me at this moment, that he is sti!l in pnrsnit of the enemy, and that his cavalry has already driven I them in the greatest confusion to Corbeny. I hasten to communicate this news to your Most Serene High ; ness. P. S. Up to the present time, seventy pieces of cannon have been already taken. The numbers of prisoners and ainnmuition-, waggons cannot yet be calenlattd. The victory was decided principally by a brilliant charge of my• cavalry. My left wing passes the Ainse this day. It is not known positively if Napo leon commanded in person. Most of the prisoners assert that the' saw him ; bnt deserters ,:ny that he set off on the night of the atlr,, %%kb tiftt en thousand men, in the diteetion of Paris, the Grain 4 Ai my, tinder the orders of Prince Seliwartzenherg, having taken Fontaiiihlcan. LONDON O.f:P.l l 7'E E.VII7,IOIIDINARY, FRIDAY, 1I ARCH 13, 1811. WAR DEPARTMENT, DOWNING-STREET, 111ARCII 17i 1814. A (lisped', of which tip following is a ropy, bag been receivcii at this office, addressed to Earl flatlinist by Colonel Lowe : flca,:-quarleri of the Camtined itrny under Field-Marshal Blucher, Lao:, March 11, 1814. My Lone,—As some delay attends my emmilluications at the present mom( lit with Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir Char;es Stewart, 4. du mysclt the honour to enclose to your Lord,hip a duplicate of my report to !iim of the events that have taken place in this vicinity, witnin these three days. It may be necessary at the same time to give yam - Lordship the thllowing outline of the movements that p:Te..:led then;, in the event of my tomer reports nut having beet) yet received. 'Lie alley of Silesia tff,•etrd its junction with the corps of Ge mcrals and lItilow• at Snissous, on the evening of the .;d instant ; and on the fol;ow lug day, F.eld-Matshai &licher (to whom the colon:mil of Ili:. Wade inid been entrusted) took up a p on an exienshe plateaux, to the left and in the rear of the of:6oisons, with his 14 , 1,1 dose to the village of Ladino), and his left near Craone. fluonaparte, with the whole of his gnat ds, the eorpt ut Marshals Marmon' and Mortier, and w nth a con sit table body, of ca%—lry, hail hillowed the at my of Silusta it) its march from t!:c Mara.:2 to the Aisne. On the :Wm he resolved on alt attempt to regain pessyssico , )t the town of Soissons ; ten thonsand Russian infantry of the 'C4 irps of Geti. Coh u l Li:net:roil, tinder the orders of feet). Fludzewidi, defended it, The town, which lies on 't t' onl+o`.ttc side t tire to that on which the army was in position, is surrounded try a broken wall and ditch, passable in many parts. • 'Lit' enemy attacked FOOD after day light, gained possession of the greater part of the suburbs,' oknd twice attacked the town itself en oppw.ite.siLies with heavy c4#lsinns, supposed the separate divi. shuns ut' Mamma and Mertier.. - .:hie was both times repulaed with IMM•