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

NATIO e 16th to this place, and collected his army within reach a it. The tth corps occupied the town of Arcis; its advanced guard was placed at Mailly and Sommesons. The 6th corps vas in position between St. Ferrail and Montle Pntier. The 4th corps was at:Nogent, parties detached from it occupying Marl int and Sordun, on the road to PEOViDS and Bray. The Sd corps was between Villeneuve and Troyes. The details of the affair of General St. Priest have not yet been received ; I fear that officer was most severely wounded, he retired in the direction of Berri au Bac, and it supposed to have form.!d his junction with Geral ne D'Yorck. By the direction of this retreat Rheims was left open to the French , who immedia t e l y occu p ied it. From thence 'they moved upon Chalons and Epernay, which they took possession of on the 16th, the small garrisons which occu pied them having retired upon their approach. The enemy yesterday made no movement in advance from those places. It has however to-day been reported from Gen. Keiscroff, that Buonaparte was last night at Epernay, and that he is advancing upon Fere Champenoi , e. In the contemplation of such a movement, and in the de• termination in any case to march upon Chalons, to support the movements •of General Blucher, Prince Schwartzenberg had yesterday directed the di iterent . corps of his army to move into a position, the guards and reserves between Donnement and Dommartin ; the sth corps between Rammerci and Arcis ; the 6th eorphetween Arch; and Charily ; the 4th to form the left at dllery ; the thitd to assemble between Nogent and Pont stir Seine. General Bianchi was attacked on ,the l lth near Macon, hy two divisions of Marshal Augereau's army. The affair lasted till dark, when the. enemy retired, leaving a considera ble number of killed and wounded on the field of battle ; 'five hundred prisoners, and two cannon, remained in the hands of the Allies. General Bianchi pushed his advanced guard the need day to St. George. By • reports from t h 't army of the 1 ith, the Pr ince of Ilesse Homburg bad joiAted the corps of General Biaechi at Rage le Chatel ; he meant to pass the greater part of his fot ces to the right of the Saone, and move upon the enemy then a'sembled at Villefranche on the 17th. General Bubna waited the arrival pf a corps of Austrians which was advancing upon the road of Nantua, to assume the offensive : he would then co-operate in the attack on Lyons. A most successful effort has been made by a corps under the direction of Colonel Sembsehen, against the posts occu• pied by the en?my upon the Simplon. Captain Luxe-n, • ivho was charged with these attacks, captured the whole of ' the enemy's force employed there, and established himself at Domodosola. Since I commenced writing this dispatch, a report is ar: tired from General keiscrotT, that the enemy are actually in possession of Fete tit:tinpenoise, and arc advancing in force . on' this side of it. The enemy arc also reported to be advancing upon the road from Chalons to Sonunesons. - The sth corps, under the orders of General Wrede, is in consequence note taking lip its position in front of this place, and on the right bank of the Aube. I have the honour of repotting to your Lordship that the fortress of Custrin has surrendered to the I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) BURGH rizm, Lieut.-Col. 6.d Reg. Lord Viscount Castlereagh, in a letter to Earl Bathurst, dated a:. Bar 411 A ube, the 2`.:d of .!arch, incases the fol. 3. lowing copy of a report of an affair with the French army under the command of Buonaparte at Arcis stir Aube, the 21st inst. Head Quarters. Potizey,, March /1, 1814. The disposition renewed yesterday was to place the army in a concentrated position before Arcis. The right flank wits placed at Orthillon on the Aube ; and the left between St. Retny and Mont sur Aisne on the Barbnize Rivulet, having in its 'centre the village of Mesnil la Comtesse ; General K iesroff was placed on the left bank of .the Barbuise, in obser vation of the enemy. The enemy kept a considerable force in Arcis, ard hi.kl large masses of infantry and cavalry before it and , n !b e route from Ferte Champenoise, He permitted the march of our different, columns to form their junction wi hoot molestation, having only endeavoured once to interrupt thu Prince Royal of NV irtemberg : but a sudden and bold attack of General Count Pabletes, is which three guns were taken, forced the enemy so far back, that the junction of the different columns of the army was completed, and the position taken up without difficulty. Until half past one o'clock nothing particular occurred, and both the armies remained 'ready for battle opposite etch other ; b nt this time the enemy were perceived filing off on the other side of the Aube, and their columns taking the direction of Tit Ey. A powerful rearguard remained inlsossession.of Areila, and had placed itself in a position on this side of the place. • At t hi s p ct io t t the Prince Royal of ‘Virtemberg with tl c 3d, 41h. and 6th corps of the army, made a united attack on Arcis, at the saute time the :•Ith corps of the army, sod the cavalry, were directed to move on Reinserie,' and the • infantry of the guards and reserves to Lestioont, to pa-s the right bank ef the Aube. The attack on Arcis was began about three o'ciock, and was withstood by the enemy with the greatest obstinacy; hut the Prince Royal 0 , 1 Wirtemberg, by his good and able dispositions, eartied every thicg before bim and the enam) must have sustained an immense loss in killed and wounded, with which the field of battle was covered when he . abandoned Arcis. The necessary disposition" to follow up the enemy are made. WAR DEPARTMENT, DOWNING-ATREET, MARCH 30, 1811. A dispatch, of whirl' the following is a copy, has been rereived thi9 clay by Earl Bathurst, addressed to his Lord)hip by Lie•it.-Col. Cooke. Rheims, 111:.rch ‘2O. My LO . D,---The amity of Marshal Blucher was reinfmeed, 'Ton the lOh instant, by the corps of Count St. Priest, whi.ll had a fire(' feom Rhein's, after a combat, in which the General was un fortmately wounded in a dangerous manner. Upon the WI instant the army was again put in motion. Ti e corps of Generals Kleist atul Yorek were upon this day at Bery-an. Bacq ; that of General - Bnlow marched from La Pere to Lson and the Russians, under General Wit zingerode and Count Lange• ron, in position at Arnifontaine and Ramconr. The bridge having been destroyed at Beryan-Bacq, two pontoon bridges were established this night, and the rear-guard of the ene my having retired, the whole passed the Aisne upon the morning of the 19th, the Prussians taking the route to Fismeo, and the Rus sians the high road to Rheims. The allied cavalry, under the orders of Generals Ceernicheff and Renkendorff, surrounded the town of Rheims early in the day.— Towards six in the evening the ietlintry, under General Count Wo. ronxow, having arrived, dispositions were immediately made ft r carrying the place by assault. For this impose some pins were moved forward, supported by twd battalions of Russian light troops, to the gates of the town, which were blown open, and the troops entered without resistance. The strictest order and discipline was observed. The rearguard of the enemy, nutter thu command of Marshal Monier, retked iu the d;rection of Epet nay ; their cavalry quitted the town about the same time the Allies - entered. Napo on lett this place, with the greater part of his army, upon the 16th instant; he also marched upon 1:..• r. rote. i mice the honour to be, &c. (Signed) HEN RY COOKE. attached to the Army' of the North. WAR DEPARTMENT POWNING sTarET, APRIL 1, A dispatch, of which the • following is a cups, hay hveis this d I ?Id