The Sun. — London, England, 1814-02-22 00:00:00

tkii•lC li isA Pt rtB-. ..~,_-. Her Majesty EtiVres's Oneen arid Regent ins received following intelligence - from the 'arni`y, to the lsth teb"ruary, in the morning " Or the 13t4i,at three o'clock i►: tl►e after boons; the bridge of Clia,Wau Thierry was repair of.TrevißO passed the Marne, and in pnrsult of the enemy, who, in dread ful disorder; appeared to be retiring upon.Soissinis And Reims. " General Blucher, 6-onimanding in Chief all the Anil - y:4 Silesia, iihrl.Constanily remained at Ver . tns the three dais during which his army was an- nihilated. " collected 1200 men of the wrecks of General ficssuffien's corps,, beaten at Champ Alt best, which he ioined to a,.RuSsian division of the corps of Langeron, arrived from Mayence, and commanded by Lieutenant-Geueral Ourous soil. lie was too weak to undertake any thing but on the 13th, be was joined by a Prussian Corps from General Kleist; composed of four bri gade's. Ile then put himself at the beqd of these 20.000 men and marched against the Duke of Ragusa, who still occupied Eloges. In the night between the 13th and 14th, not judging his forces sufficient to contend against the enemy, the Duke of Ragusa began his retreat, and leaned _Upon Montmirail; where be was at seven o'clock 1n the .14ior»ing on the 14th. "The Emperouset out the same day for Cha teau Thisrry at four in the morning, and arrived at Mourmirail at eight o'clock. He caused the enemy to be immediately attacked, who had just taken a position tith the corps of his troops at Vauchamp. The Duke of Ragusa attacked this village: General Grouchy, at the head of the ca valry, turned the ene,ny's right by 'the village s and the woods, and-.advanced a league beyond the enemy's position. While the village of Vauchamp Was vigorously attacked and defended in the same nianner, taken and retaken several times, General Grdti7hy arrived in the real' cjf the enemy, sur rounded and sabred three squares,, and drove the rest into ,the woods. - At the same instant the Ern .peror 'caused a charge to be made on our rigllt by his four squadrons de service, commanded by M. La Biffe, Chef d'Escadron, of the Guar:l. This charge was equally [anti:lnt and successful. A 'square of 2000-Men was .broken and taken. All the cavail'v <4 the guard then came in full trot, 'and the was pursued repee dans lcs reins. "" At two o'clock we were at the village of Fr6tnentiers : the enemy had lost 6000 men taken 'prisoners, ten pair of colours, and three pieces of cannon. •‘ he Emperor ordered General' Grouchy to adVance to Champ Aubert, a league itt rear of the evenly: In fact,. the enemy, continuing his re • treat, arrived at this point at night fall, He was sun c untied on eery side; and all woold have been taktn, if the bad condition of the roatis hacl not hindered tWelve pieces of light artillery from fol lowing Gen, Grouchy's cavalry. However, though the night was so obscure three squares of this in fantry were broken, killed or taken, and the other briskly pursued as far as Eloge3 ; the cavalry took also three pieces of cannom The rear guard was composed of the Russian division ; it was attack ed by the first marine regiment of the Duke of Ragusa with the bayonet, broken, and 1000 pri soners taken, among whom arc General Ousous soff, who commanded it, and all the Colonels.— The. result of this hiilliant dad are 10,000 prison ers, ten pieces of cannon, 'ten. pair of colours, and a great many killed. c• Oar loss does not exceed three or four hun dred men killed or wounded, which is owing; to the readiness with which the troops advanced to ths enemy, and to the superiority of our cavalry, which induced bum; as soon as he perceived it, to wake his artillery retreat; so that he constantly marched under the grape-shot of sixty pieces .of eannon, while of the 60 pieces which he grad, be did not oppose above two or three to us. "The 'Prince of Neufchatel, the Grand Mar shal of the Palace, Count Bertrand, the Duke of Dantzie, and the Prince bf Moskwa, were con stantly at the head of the troops. Gen. Grouchy highly praises - the divisions of cavalry, St. Ger- Main and•DOntnere: The, cavalry of the Guard Las covered itself with 'glory. General Lion, of the Guard, is slightly wounded. The Duke, of Ragusa particulirly mentions the first marine re giment., The rest of the infantry, both of the guard and the lir'', did not fire a shot. " Thus • tioe'''SiieSian - army, composed of the Russian corps Sacken and Langeron---,and the Prussian Kleist and Yorek, 80,000 strong, haS "been in four days beaten, dispersed, annihilated without a general action, and without any loss proportioned to such great results." 15.—Her Majesty the Empress Queeir and Regent hal received the folloWing Se -counts of the 'Situation of the armies on the 7th of February : "On the 3d, two' hours after histv arrival at Troyes, the Emperor made the Duke of Treviso depart to Maisans-Blanches. An Austrian divi sion, eommanded by .Prince Maurice Lichten stein, bad advanced to this point, - - which was two leagues from the town. It was ;vigorously re puked, and driven two leagues beyond. " On the 4th iu the ev:ming, the head-qua r t ers ' of the Emperor of Rti3Sia were at Lusigny, near Val.d.);:ouvrt, two legueS - from Troyes, where the Russian guard was. The enemy intended to enter Troyes that,evening. He marched on tic bri,e of Cie Guilleture, where he found a war m resistance. His first att ac k vv,as' repulsed:' Some cvalry ‘Nho were made prisoners told him that the Luiperur was at Troyes. 'Then he thOught f it ii - Evt§§afy tb At the moment the Duke of Treviso caused an atack to lie made on the bridge of ;levy, vrai_ occupied by the division under General Biaticla. " pi* enemy Nirt,A ttrivea away. The General of hivisiod Briche made a charge ; • in wliitli tit, took 160 then, and killed l 00: " On the sth the Emperor was pi-Oaring . to pass the bridge of La Guilloterie, and attack the enemy, when his Majesty learned that he had sounded a retreat, and hp.d retrograded one march towards Van(' z.ouvre. " On. the 6th arrangements were made to me nace Bar , sur-Seine. Some attacks took place on that road. We took from the enemy 30 men, one piece of cannon, and a caisson. During this time the army put itselfin march for lqogent, in order to fail on the enemy's co. lumns which have occupied Chalons and Vitry, and which threatened Paris from Pertesous, Jouarre, and Itlvanx. On the 7th in the Morning the Duke of Ta-. rentum had his head-quarters near Chaville, be tween Enema) , and Chalons. The divisions of the National Guard d'Elite from Montereau, Nor manly, and Picardy put themselves in motion, un der the command of Gen. Pagol. " The division of the Army of- Spain, under General Leval, is arrived at. Army} : the others follow. .They are composed of soldiers whO made the campaigns in Austria and Poland. They are replaced in Spain by the five divisions of reserve. " To-4av, the 7th, at noon, the Emperor is am-- rired at ."Sogvnt. All is in motion and ma-,. nceuvrt:. The inbahityits are exasperated to the highest degree. Tbe enemy :every where commits, the - most horrible excesses. All measures - are taken for surrOunding'him on all sides, as .soon as, he retrogrades one step. Millions of arms wait only for the moment to raise themselves. The sacred territory which the enemy has violated, will become Rhin(' of fire which will , devour hint." Her Majesty the Empress (,)tiecn and Regent has receive(! the following news of the situation of the armies, to the 12th of February .• " On the 10th, the Emperor hail his head. quarers at Sezanne.. The Duke Tarentum was at Meaux, having caused the bridges of La Ferte and Treport -to be cut down, Gm. Sackett and Geri: York were gt La Ferte; Gen. Blucher, at Vertex ; and Gen. , Alsuffiew, at Champ Aubert. The army of Silesia was only three marches from Paris. This army, commanded in chief by Gen. Blucher, was composed of : the corps of Sackett and - Langeron, forming 60 regiments of Prus sian infantry, and of the flower of the Prussian army. " On the 10th, at day-break; the Bmperor ad vanced to the heights of Saint Prix, to cut _the army of Gen. Blucher in two. At ten, the Duke of [tagnsa passed the morasses (efangs) of Saint Gond, and attacked the village of Baye. 'The ptil Russian corps, under Geu. Alsuffiew, of twelve regiments, deployed, and presented, a battery or 24 pieces of cannon. The divisions La Grange and Recart, with the cavalry of the • Ist corps, turned the enemy's positions by his right. At one o'clock we were- masters of the village of Roye. " At twelve o'clock the imperial kiimni de ployed in the fine pla'ins.between liaye and Champ Aubert. The enemy began his retreat—the Em 7. peror ordered General Gerardin, with two squa dronS of the Guard .le Service, to put . himself at the head of the corps of cavalry, and to turn the enemy, in order to cut hini off from the , road to Chalons. The enemy, who perceived this move ment, fell into disorder. Time Duke of .Ragusa caused the village of Champ Aubert to be carried, at the same instant the cuirassiers charged on the right, and pres's'ed the Russians against a wood and a lake between the roads to .Epernay and that -to Chalons. The enemy had but little cavalry, seeing himself without retreat, his masses became confused, artillery, cavalry, infantry, all fled pell mell into the wood ; 2000 men were drowned in' the lake, 30 pieces of. cannon, and 200 carriages were taken. The General in Chief, the Generals, the Colonels, more than 100 officers, and 4000, men were made prisoners. This corps of two diyisions and 12 regiments, ought to have con sisted of 18,000 men ; but sickness, long marches, and • battles had reduced it to eight thousand . ; scarcely 1500 escaped by. means of, the woods and the darkness. General Blucher. remained at this head-quarters, at Vertus, where he witnessed the disa_sters of this part of his army, without being able to remedy them. Not a man of the guard was engaged, except two of the four Squadrons tie Service, who behaved valiantly. Ihe cimiras- . sicrs of the .first corps of cavalry have displayed the greatest intrepidity. " At eight o'crock General NaSonty' having de bouched in the'causeway, advanced upon Mont mirail with the division of the cavalry of the guard of Generals Colbert 'and La Ferjiere took the town and 600 Cossacks who were in it.' The 11th, at five in the morning, the division of cavalry of General Giiyot also advanced 'npon Montmirail. Several divisions of infantry were delayed by being obliged, to wait for their artille ry. The roads from Sezanne to Champ Anbert are execrable. " Our artillery could not have passed them, but for the diligence,of the cannoueers, and by the assistance furnished by the Inhabitants who brought their horses. " the action at Champ Aubert, where a part of the Russian army was destroyed, did not cost us above 200 men, killed or wounded. The General of Division Lagrange is among the latter, having a slight wound in the bead. "The.Emite.ror arrived. on the 11th, at ten in the morning, half a league in advance of Alontmi 7 , rail. General Nansouty was in his position with the cavalry of the guard., and kept • in check the army of Sacker, which began to show itself. In formed of the disasters of a 'part of the Ru ss i an army, this G e ner a l had' quitted - Ferte--suus-Jouar ree on the 10th, at .nine in the e ve ni ng , an d marched the;whole night. General Yorek had also quitted Chateau-Thierry. At eleven in the morn- . iug of.the 11th, he. began to form, and all fore boded the battle of Montmirail, the issue of which was of such vast importance. " The Duke of Ragusa, with his corps and. the first corps of, cavalry, had placed his head-quar ters at Etages, on the road to Chalons. " The division Ricart and the Old Guard ar rived at ten in the morning. The Emperor or • . • • iter&l•tfib Prirfeo:' Of MCi3k a.. tc tin Wi th troop , the tillage of NarehaiS, by Witieb it Seenied the bnenly'S intention to debouch This tillage was defended by the brdve division of General Ricart With tare firihness ; it was taken and retaken sbvel rat times (hiring the course of .the c 'ay. At noon the Emperor ordered General Nansonty to advpce to the light; cutting-the road bf qbatettu Thierry, and formed - the 16 battalionS fif the Old Guard, under the command Of Gen. Friant, in a. single column along the road, the battalion columns be ing 1(100 paces from each other. "-During this time our batteries of artillery successively arrived. At three o'clock; the Duke of Treviso with the sixteen battalions of the 2d division of the Old Guard, which had left Sezanne in the morning, debonched on Montmirail. '" The Emperor would have wished to wait for the coining up iif the other divisions,: but night was. approaching. He ordered General Pliant to march with four battalions of the Old Guard, two of the second regiment of Bens d'artnerie, and two of the second regiment at cbasseurs, upon the farm of Epine-aux-Bois, which was. the , key of the position, and to carry it.—The Duke of Tre viso with six battalions of the 2d divi-ioa of the Ohl Guard, advanced to the right of General Fri ant's attack. " The success of the day depended on the posi tion of the farm of .pine-aux-Boix. The enemy was sensible of this ; . he had placed there 40 pieces of cannon, and lined the hedges with a triple row' _of tirailieurs, and forwe;i behind masses of in fantry. • ," Aleantitne, to render this attack more easy, the Emperor ordered Genera', Nallsonty to extend his line to the right, which made the enemy ap prehensive of - being cut off, and forced to uncover a part of his centre to coveid his right. At the same time he ordered General itieart to vield part of the village of:Marc - bids, which also indue-, ed the enemy to uncover his centre to reinforce• this attack, on the success of which he supposed the 'gaining of the batik to depend. " As soon as General Friaut had :began his movement, and the caerny had weaketied•.his centre, to take advantage of au,apparent success, which he • Believed real, General Friant attacked the farm of Haute gpine; with the four battalions of the Old Guard. They came up to the efietny" running, and produced on him" the effect of the head of Medusa. The Prince of Moskwa march- . ed first, and shewed•thein the road to honour. The tirailleurs retired in' affright upon . the,. masses, of infantry which were attacked. The artillery' could no longer play ; the firing of small arms became dreadful, and :success sits balanced—hat at the same moment Gen. Guyot, et the head of the Ist regiment of lancers of the old dragoons and old grenadiers of tile Im perial Guard,. which filed along the right road in full trot, and with cries of " Vice 1' limpereur 1 " passed *to , the right of Haute Epine. The l• fell on the rear of the masses of infantry, broke them, threw them into disorder, and killed all that were not - taken prisoners. The Duke'of Treviso, with six battalions of the division of - General Michel, seconded them— The attack of the Ohl Guard reached the wood, carried . the village of Pow:i nt-11e, and took a whole park of artillery. The division of the Guards of Honour-filed off after the Old Guard on the high roadenod'be ing arrived at the height of Epine-anx-Eois, turn ed to the left to carry what had advanced on the village of Marchais. General Bertrand, Grand Marshal of .the Palace, and the Duke of Dantiie, at the head of two battalions of the Old climate marched. upon the village, and placed it between two fires. All that were in it were killed.or - taken. " Iu less than' a quarter of an hour a profound silence succeeded to the noise of the cannon, and a dreadful fire of muquetry. The (-tuny no longer sought safety, but in eight.—Generale, Offieers„.soldiers, infantry, cavalry, artillery, all fled pelf-melt - " At eight P. ),1. the night being obscure, it was requisite to take position. The Emperor placed his head-quarters at( the farm of Epine aux-Bois. ",General Michel,, of the Guard, has been wounded by a ball in the arm. Our . loss amounts to more than 1000 men killed or wounded. That of the enemy is at least 8000 men killed or prison ers. We have taken many cannon and six stands of colours from him.—;:his. memorable day, Which confounds' the pride and boa tint; of the enemy', has annihilated :the elile of the Russian army. The fourth Of our army has not been en gaged The next day, the 12th, at fine in the morn ing; the Duke of Treviso followed the. enemy upon the road of Chateau Thierry. The Emperor, with two divisions of cavalry of the guard, and some battalions, Went to Vieuxmaisons, and from thence took the road Which goes right to Chateau Thierry. The enemy covered his retreat with eight battiu lioiiis; which arrived late the preceding evening, and had not been engaged.. He, supported them with sonic squadrons and three pieces of cannon. Arrived at the small village of Cacquerts, he. appeared,determined to defend the position which is behind' the rivulet, and to cover the road of Chateau Thierry. A company of the Old Guard marched upon La Petite None, overthrew the enemy's tirailleurs, who were, pursued to his last position. Six battalions of the Old Guard, at proper diStances for deploying, occupied the plain on both sides of the road. Gen. Nausonty, with the divisions of cavalry of Generals Lefevre and, Defranc; had orders to Inak'e a movement to the right, and march between Chateau Thierry and the enemy's'rear-guard. This movement was executed with equal skill and intrepidity. The • enemy's cavalry marched from , all points -upon his left, to opp ose •ithe French cavalry ; it was overthrown and obliged to quit the field of battle. The brave General Letort, with the dragoons of the second division of • the guard after lie having repulsed the enemy's cavalry, uloved upon the flanks and 'rears of eight masses ofinfantry, which formed the enemy's rear-guava. • This diVision burned with desire to equal what the light-horse, the dragoons, and the mounted gre nadiers of General Guyot had.done the preeeding -evening ; it surrounded on all sides those masses, and made a horrible carnage among them. 7The three pieces of cannon, the Russian General Then .derich who commanded this rear-guard,• ‘vere taken; all which composed its battalions have ceii lSlleel er m a de ki • ioniFt. TFte buttibe t piisonell made in nit brilliant affair amounts r's' More than. 2600. Col. ChrelY Of the 10th hussaile distinguished hititself. theft arr i v ed upon. r il e Heights of Chateau Thierry, frOM, .wb . e t : ce :be saW the remainder of, that army flying in .its • greatest diSprder, and 'gaining with hage bridges. The great, roads were cut off from 67. —they sought their salvatioii upon the right b' t i ; of the Marne. Prince William of Prussia , f had remained at Chateau Thierry w ith a 2690 advanced to the head of the Silb(!f to protect the flight of this disorganized mass• Two battalions of the Guard at thiS time ntri'e) „ running. At the sight of them the sitl)nru )t. left bank were cleared ; the enemy bu rn' , bridges, and unmasked, upon the, right •I',P'c'be'c battery of 12 pieces of-,cannon ; 500 men of t reserve of Prince William were.taken., -ror " On the 12th, in the evening, the FOP= e . had his head-quarters in the small c astle of " On the 13th, from break of day, we'Wefe`", cupied in repairing the bridges of Chateau Thie rr ':, The enemy not being able to retire, either ,the road of Epernay, from' which he was ca or by that which - passes through the town of S° l ',l sons, which• we occupy, has taken fhe cross in the direction of Iti , eims.' The inhabitants sea, that of all that army, 10,000-men have passed through Chateau Thierry, and they in i , a a greatest disorder. A. few days Lerore th c Y seen it flourishing and full of boasting. - t ill " General Yorcle said that tea ho be suffieient mock . 1:17n ru tster of Piirk'' going, thes , i, trotvs only talked of Paris ; ttirilim; it kvali vear:e which:.hcy ,14 " One cannot , rorm an idea - of the ' which the Cossacks give themsdves up ; no vexations, cruelties, curses, ivhich thou! of barbarans have not Coin hwitted. try p.irst:: them, track them in the wool' , j ,, 7% , ; ' ) ferocious beasts, seize tnetn, and bi wherever there are French troops. they conducted more than 300 of them to i f ` ) 11 ,.., Maisons-. All those who Lid Clietoselvcs' Woods to esope the ‘co.nquerors, full iato• bands, and every instant augment the nuatbe' prisoners. - . PatttS, FEB. 111.—We have rec:ived the f..)lit ) , ?; ing letter, d.ited La Fe -t6 Feb. 14, at eight lo morning " The armies' of 'f.zacktm and lilucher a - • -strovetl. The artillery and all the materiel sre l rl our hands : 15 , 000 pt isoners arr:ve this town, which they pillaged three dot's They are to !!•7 pert to .earis, where, in f° ur ri l five days, they will make a 'very' (litre; alt from that with 'they had flattc:-eti selves. The Genyral in Chief AltSrMeic ll 7,;,l , Major-General of the aassian armies Prince tot'aski, the General of D,llsa n Meat:arid)" , 3 :: among the prO.oncrs. '1 h e y are going toy where !on will soon see them; 10 11 '' The annihilation of the Russian.and PO P • 'to e armies, is one of the most Ooriotts actious Pl .h p war. The enemy had, however, eonsi4lci,' cr forces, but Oil!' troops hav6 dolts wonders. 'haps, not one of the enemy's soldiers would ' l , l ', t ; remained to carry the news of the loss o f tlie'; 1 01 tie. had the inhabitrnts of ChAteau the means of destroyin g the !,ridge of bk:ats \" " 1- 4 , F the enemy had made in that town. or tile 0. 4 nothing has escaped but trifling wrecks, i0.1.1t" provisions, without artillery, without mater.: l •_ o ,l " 'The peasants. would • suffice' to give a ,i 41 1 ,1 1, account of therm, even ,if the Marshal Duke 0f f i the rentinn had not pushed strong columns on 0 0 roads to Rheims and Soksons, and pick up the, remains of,Atie two beaten ariore s :o How greatly is our situation all at on ce imprcv‘ r t i , e IVhat great things has t Emperor done lii t ll days ! l'he most diaieult is obtained, the violent enemies of France are defeatcd, tirj or l '' are not more• terrible, and, , it is to be .i° l ; e s t that it will not be inure diflictilt to prevail agl ii• them. " A bridge of boats is repairing bele, --byi order of the• Emperor- it w;1 hnished " It is affirmed, that, in the tear of the ellc i Tr i e army, the pe a sant s make cruel ha.v6e among • fugitives. 0 1 .4 "The Authorities resu me th e i r v i gour , cLI, the bridges t o b e cut d own , the road!. bloc %7c . and Obstruct the retreat of th e a rm i es . All vies, all is animated at the news of our sticc o ; c i :, At Champ Anburt, at Montinirail, at liens. sous, and at Chate.iti Thierry,'' the roads, woods, the vineyards, th e fields ar e l oa ded %c!":: dead bodies of Prussian 3 and Russians, it broken caissons, wag:ft - ins, carriages, &c. , il• " A number-of men from tine iteighbujiring v i, !ages has just been r equ i re d t o b ur y t h e r j r mthiber of which is innuen , :e. ' We have r above &) of the enemy's cannon. ft seerni c c • tam, that the Itn , :sian G enera l in Chief 5 a r.',. 01 .', 5 dead. It is added, that (ieneral Yorek was 1 0 .4 '. tally wounded, and di e d i n a: house at Chn ( e .. Thierry. , Not a:!ore 2000 or the Old Guard' were, ` r e gagf! , ,i at the banie of i'dontmirail. Thes , covered th:nnselves with glory,. particulailY . dragoons distio!riii3bed•themselves:' There one, of these-Crave men whose ex pl o it s are 11 )e worthy being relined. 'Ali t h at i s to ld o f ancient iCnigbts does not equal their PARIS, FEB. !G.—Discharges. vf artillery tl"* nouneil yesterday, at two o'clock, anotlicr:., tory gained by o u r arm i es . O n t h e 'l4th the 6 ' 0 "0, perar completcl e y defeated a corps of 25 or 31-0, 4 m Then, .come by Kl e ist:, i t is supposed I `., this corps , had been detached from the Anst r li i ` ti c army to assistance of . G ene e a l Bl uc her, ' 0 arriving too late, experienced, the same fdt c , the artny to wh ose support i t caine 6000 c i rt s .oners, two Gcm•rals, 27 piecesof : cannon, , pair (~4 colonrs, hask; I.lilen into wir hands. eicory is spokon of is being very brilliant. The wrecks of the enemy's army are flying t° • - Warts Chalon s . 3 na.opy news was read to th e pfibl:c in .1 the ilifierelyt theatres, and Was e%cry ‘vbet'e r- f ceired with th e rapturous enth tib ias m and crivs „ l'Entptfreur FRENCH FUNDS. Frb. 14 - - ' r 73 6-auks. bd 24 mats,