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

178 ipow she sent her troops forward, not to fall on his capital I and lay it in ashes, but "rather to be at hand for its projection. Under the mask of offensive operations, .she kept them strictly on the defensive. Wilco the Prus- 1 sian and Russian warriors, hot for revenge, rushed on Paris, under the raliant Blucher, as on their devoted prey, she kept back•her troops in such am:lnner as to enable Napo- leon to bring neatly the whole of his force to repel and overthrow his .inost hostile as , ailants. After their defeat he recalled her al my, and Troyes was evacuated : she proposed ate ',red prepared to give peace to France : but the obstinacy .- of ho r . haler once more frustrated this intention and the Austria, legions were °Ede, ed to re-advance. Mean while Blucher, reinforced by powerful corps, had renewed his attempt on Paris. A single threatening movement on the halt of the Austrians would have insured its success, by preventing the division of nie French force. That move ieent was not nu* . Prince Schwartzenberg remained nine days. inactive at Troves, whilst Buonaparte marched his army to the nni dr, and left but weak. divisions to watch the Aris ta inns. Without his skill and the heroism of his troops, Blu cher was overpowered ! Does not this lock, whatevar excuses may be attempted, like more than forbea:ance towaras the French ? We arc not therefore surprised at the report which prevailed last night, that an A thtrian Declaration Had heen issued, announcing that the Emperor Francis having taken up arms to free Germany, and re duce the power of France within due limits, considered that object as now accomrlished. That he vas determined, theret'ote, should the limes persevere in carrying on an useless war, to withdraw his tioops, and should it be neces sary to arthrd sufficient a.cistance to Napokon to maintain Lim on the throne of France. Thaysuch a Deciaration has been made, if not published, we do not conceive improbable; but we think the report unfounded, that Prince Schwartzen- Ler g's Movement uponßheims,was with the intention efjoi nine the enemy. 'With all her partiality for Napoleon, we tt list the Emperor Francis is too honourable, to be guilty of such baseness. It is enough for him to have fixed his son in law on the throne against the wishes and hopes of all Europe. lie surely will not seek to acquire still greater titles to the resentment of a disappointed world. The dispatches of Sir Thomas Graham relative to the failure of the attack upon Bergen-op-Zoom, published in the Gazette Extraordinary on Monday List arc ino,l atilic tieg ; we condole with our country on the melancholy loss of so many of her brave sons; ~but we cannot dwell upon painful a subject. The consolation that remains to us is that Fhongh our hearts are afflicted. our national honour ha' ,not - sefered, and the brillian..y of our arms has not been afinmed a single shade or tint. The enterprize was a bold the, and our lamentably extensive loss,particularly in Oflke's, thews that amidst all its fearful hazards, our gallant country- Amin disdained to flinch, and every Briton nobly did hi; On reading. Lord Cochrane's affidavit, the Solicitor. of Cap tain Berenger's principal creditor went to his lodgings in the Rules of the King's Bench : but not being able to hear any thing of him, he repaired to the marshal, who informed Lim, that Captain Beringer as no longer his pi isoner, and that he held sufficient security in his hands for the payment of his debts. The liberation of this officer is no doubt a rut' d. disappointment to Lord Cochrane and Mr. Cochrane J.ohnstona, who are thus dept ivied of the chief means of i pcovipg their innoceleice. - The siege of Monte Video has ken raised, in conequence cf . the Buenos Ayes troops being defeated by ;he garrison *1 that fortress, which bad inert teinforred. 'TER. FORE MARCH VO Vl.lO • Miom THE NATIONAL tt 'ON I.NTELLP -.11m..... FRENCH PAPERS. PARTS, Mancir 11.— Her Majesty the Empress Queen has re ceived the following intelligence of the situation of. the asniles to the 9th of March : • • The army of General Blneher, composed of the wrecks of the cop's of Generals Sacken, Kleist, and Yorck, reared, after the bat tles of Montruirail and Vatichomp, by Rheims upon Chalons. It there received the two last divisions of the corps of General Lau geron, which had remained before Mentz. The losi had been such, that it was obliged to reduce its cadres half, though several convoys of recruits from its reserves had arrived. 'the army called the Army of the North, composed of four di' i. sions, wider the orders of Generals Wiezingerode nett Woronzow, and one Prussian division under • the orders of General 'Hulow, re. placed at Chalons and Rheims the army of Silesia. The latter passed the Auto , at Arcis, whilst the Prince oftichwart . euberg lined the right of the Seine, and in consequence of the ac tion of Nangis and Moiitereau, evacuated ail the country betwecu the Seine and the Yonne. . On the 'PA of Vein nary, GeneralTil:wher appeared before Mery. He had air( aly passed the bridge, when the General of Division Buyer nexclied aeaiiist him with the bayonet, overthrew hit», awl drove him to the other side of the river; but the enemy set fire to• the bridge and the little tow,' of Mvrv, and the ctiellagration was, so violent that for •Ist hours it mas impossible to pass. On the 24th, the Duke of Reggio proceeded against Vandeeuvres, and the Duke of Tarentum upon Bar-sur-Seiste. It appears that the army of Silesia had marched me-the left of the Aube to join the Austrian army, and tight a general battle; but the enemy having renounced this project, General 131ucher repassed the Aube, and directed his course upon Sezatme. • • The Doke -of Ragusa watched this corps, checked its march, and retreated before •it without any loss. He arrived on the 25th at Fert(patieher, and on the V.tith effected, at Ferte Jouarre,'his junc tion with the Duke of Treviso, who obServed the right of the Manic, and the corps of the army called the Army of the North, which were at Chalons and Rheims. On the '27th General Sacken moved upon Meaux, and appeared before the bridge placed at the farther end of Meaux ripon the road •of Nano P is, which had been eat. He was received with grape shot. Some of his stragglers advanced to the bridge of Lam. However, the Emperor left Troyes on the 17111, slept the same t night at the village of Heibesse ; on the '2Bth, at the castle of Es ternay ; and on the tst of March at Jonarre- The army of Silesia was thus extremel) exposed. ' It hail nn other part to take but to pass the Marne. It threw bridges over it, and moved upon the Oureq. Ge»erai Kleist paseti the Oureq, and proceeded upon Meaux by N'arede. The Duke of Treviso came up with hiim on the 28th, is position at the village of Guts-a-Treme, on the left trunk of the 'lC ronenne. He attacked lain manfully. General Christiani, moo:ling a division of the old guard, covered himst If' with glory. The enemy was closely posited for several leagues. Some hun dreds were taken, and a great flamber remained on the field of battle. At the same time the enemy had passed the Oureq at Lisy : tau Duke of Ragte‘a threw them on the ether side. The retrogude movement of the army of Blucher was decided. All tiled off 'Ton Fenn. Milo and Soissons. The Emperor left P'erte-sons-Jouarre on the 3d. His advanced guard was on tie saMc day at Rocourt. The Dukes of Ragusa end Treviso pressed the enemy's tear wind ; they attacked it warmly on the 3d, at Nenilly Saint Front. Toe Emperor arri% eil catty on the Ith at Fismes. Prisoners weic niiti!e, and several 1)::1,:;:age waggons mere taken: Tee city of Soissons had iwetity pieces of cannon, a-ni was in a condition to defend i:seif. The Dukes of Ragusa and Treviso pro ceeded span that city to pass the Aisne, whilst the E:»peror watched mom Merv. The enemy's army was in the most dangerous position : lint the 'General commanding at Soissons, by au unac• countable cowardice, alenitioned the place at four in the afternoon the 3d, by a eapjfieatioll, Styling itself honottralde, liveawe the enemy permitted hint to leave the city with his troops and artillery, alai retire witiOis garrison and artillery to VillersCaterets. At the moment the enemy's army thought itself lost, it was informed that the bridge of Soissons was in its . power t and had not been destroyed. The General who connnanded.in the. city, and .tltzMembers of the Council of Defence, are ordered before a Commission of Enquiry. They appear Se melt the utore ctepable t because, during, the I