The National Register. — London, England, 1814-04-03 00:00:00

• THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Cur Sing, Conottutton, ann I abus. rUBLISHED AT NO. 11, NEWCASTLE-STREET ) STRAND. No. 325. S U NDAY, APRIL 3. 1814. , Pntrn Dd. SUPPLEMENT TO LAST NIGHTS GAZETTE. WAR DEPARTMENT, DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 2, 1814. A dispatch has been received by Ears Bathurst from Viscount Castlereagh, wherein his Lordship states, that the negociations, which !lave bees held at Chatillon between the Pleuipotetitiarieh or the Allied Powers and the Plenipotentiary of the }lynch Govern ment, were broken off on the 18th ultimo. FOREIGN OFFICE, ArtiL 2, 1814. A dispatch from Sir C. Stewart, dated Bar.sur-Aube, March te, encloses Vie following : Colonel Lowe to The Hon. Sir C. Stewart, dated head quarters of the , Combined Army under Field-Marshal Blucher, Laon, March 16. SlR—Nothing of material importance has occitrred in this army since the battles of the 9th and 10111, except the affairs that have occurred at Rheims.—The reports of your Aid decamp, Captain Harris. who was with General Count St. Priest at the capture and loss of the town, render it unnecessary for nie to enter into any de tails regarding them. The loss of the town has been prothictive of some inconvenience, in suspending our enninumication with the grand army, of whose present situation or movements we are with out any accurate information ; hut I suppose, from the main body of the eneaT.,.'s army, and Iltionaparte himself being in this vicinity, it is continuing its advancelewords the capital. The tinny here has for some aso past been occnpiritig liweittiodied lino from Manny to Coiibcny and Craone. with• odsomees posted tnrward towards Soissonu, principally with the slew of collectiog provisions and forage from the rear and right flank. It is now again concentrating. Buonaparte, by the reports of deserters and ether information, is at Rheims and has his guards with Wine rield-Biarshal Blucher's head-quarters still remain here. I have the honour to be. &e. (Signed) IL LOVE, Colonel. Report from Captain Harris, dated Laon, Marc+ 14.1814. Stn,—The corps of Lieut.-Gen. Count St. Priest remained timing the night of the 12th in the town of Rheims. Between ten and eleven o'clock in the morning of yesterday. it was re ported that the advanced posts on tile road to Soissone were attacked and obliged to retire, and that the enemy were ad vancing in force lion) that direction. The troops were immediately moved from the town into position on the high ground on each side of the Chatissee leading to Soissous. aAd about a quarter of a mile from Rheims, in front of Which were posted strong parties of cavalry, infantry, and\artillery. The enemy were seen advancing in heavy masses of cavalry and a numerous artillery, which they formed into two lines, when within about a mile and a half of the position of the Allies ; the advance of both armies were immediately engaged, and for several hours cannonading and skimishing in the plain between the two positions was constant ; during this time the enemy made no other movement than that of extending their line to both flanks; they seemed to be waiting the aa rival of the infantry, which bad not yet appeared. About four o'clock the columns of cavalry with artillery were ad vanced, a heavy cannonade opened, and a very vigorous attack was made on two Russian battalions who were placed in advance; the rea.diness of these troops defeated this attempt ; the t4enty were repulsed, and suffered very considerably from the fire of the infantry, who retired to the position withont JO”. Thy enemy moyed forward a line of artillery cover ceexxi. ,F-1 their columns of cavalry ; a tremendous cannonade w•s opened on both sides. The Allied troops were for a long tune exposed to the galling fire ofa very superior arthlery„ but they remained firm on their ground. Tlt* enemy were seen to move a large column of cavalry to their right. At this moment, Count St. Prest (who had been constantly in the most exposed situations, setting a brilliant example to-his troops), was struck from his horse by a cannon-ball, and obliged to be carried from the field. Such a loss at so critical a moment, was particularly unfor tunate; during the short interval that occurred before he was replaced in his command, the enemy were making their greatest efforts. General Emanuel's brigade of Russian cavalry, supporting the infantry on the left, was attacked by a large mass of the enemy's cavalry ; nothing could he more gallant than the resistance made by these troops, but they were overpowered by a force four times their number, and suffered very severely. The enemy were at the same time prts sing upon the centre and right, and the unavoid able event was the retreat of the whole corps through the town of Rheims. Such * retreat before an enemy s:r superior in Cavalry, could not be effected without l' s. bit; it has been much less than might be expec.tcll. The co lumns retired by the road of Berri au BAC. Tile entrance into Rheims was delendcd by a small parry of infiti:try tu• two hours, and the enemy did not get possession of the town till ten o'clock; they had however crossed their cavalry round to the right cif the town, and pushed on the road to Berri au - Bac : this movement cut off the retreat of a . s io a l column by that roakl, and obliged them to retire by the runt(: . of Neufclotel. The whole of the corps hare this mornii-, , , joined the army of Field Marshal Blucher in the neighboul, hood of Laon. I am not able to state the exact loss of the Allies in tint affair of yesterday, but I understand it does not excecti two? thousand men. Seven Prussian and one Russian gun were , left in the possession of the enemy. • The cannon t‘ken.ott the 12th inst. at Rheims, were removed to tiefore the town was re-occupied by the l'reneh troops. • The loss of the enemy, in killed and wounded, cannot but have been very considerable. It is said thrl. 400nal - a; was himself present (luting the whole of Ow day. 1 have the honour to be, etc. (Signed) 1:1 - 10S, INDE), HARR IS, Aid dc-.Carup. Arei4, March to, 1814.. My LORD—Tn consequence of successes obtaincl by Marshal Blucher's army, Deist Lam], Prince Schwartzenherz carried his head-quarters on the nth to P o nt l iu:- . ;:.;eif.1 , -, and. with the view of assuming the offensive, directed Cho 4th, sth, and 6th corps to pass the Stine, an 4 eudeavoe , to establish themselves at Villeneuve, Provint, anti Bros. white the 3d corps established itself at Sens. Before movements, however, were cart ied into conwletc tion, the news of the defeat of a Nrt of General St. Prit. , r - ii corps on the 14th, and the occupation of ltheiins by tl.ir eprniy, arrived. Prince Sehwartaenberg determined to suspend the nlov, . 5..9); pit be had commenco bp brought is haad quartets • `*,::". 0 ri+ )5,9, • • • • • • • • • o. •