The Sun. — London, England, 1814-02-26 00:00:00

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Boards. _ _ A. he ilighlandtp, and 'other Poanis, in foolscap, prire FRENCH PAPERS. ritECEAVELI LAST NIGHT.] PARIS, FEB. 20.- , —Her Majesty the Emt , rtitts 111111 QUERti•ba.3 received the follosting nevi's of the situation of the Armies to the 19th of Febtuary The Duke of Ragusa was marching upon Cha lons, when he learned, that a column of the Inv pedal Russian Guard ) composed of two divisions of grenadiers, was Marching upon Montinh ail.— Ile faced about, marched upon the enemy, took 300 men, repulsed him upon Sezanne, from whence the move invents of the Emperor have forced this corps to proceed by forced marches to wards Troyes. 'Count Grouchy, with the divi ajar, of infantry of General Leval, and three di visions of the first corps of cavalry, passed to LA Ferte-sous-Jonarre. The advanced posts' of the 'Mike of I'reviso bad entereeSoissons. On the 17th. at day-break, the Emperor march ed from Coignes upon Nangis. The battle of Nangis has been one of the most brilliant. The Russian General in Chief, Wittgenstein, was at Nangis, with three divisions, which form ed his corps d'armise. General Pahlen, command ing the Id and 14th Russian divisions, and much cavalry, was' at Mormant. The General of Divison, Girard, an officer• of the highest promise,, debauched at the village of Mormant upon the enemy. A battalion of the 32d regiment of infantry, always worthy of its ancient reputation, which caused it to be distin guished twenty years ago by the Emperor, in the battles of Castiglione, entered the village at the pas de charge. • Count Vatiny, at the head of the dragoons of General Tyielhard, coining from Spain, and which arrived at the army, turned the village by its left, Count Milhaud, with the sth corps of cavalry, turned it on t,he right. Count Dronct advanced with numerous batteries.• In a moment all was decided. The squares formed by the Russian in fantry were broken. All was taken, Generals and Officers-6,000 prisoners, 10,000 muskets, 16 pieces of cannon, and 40 caissons, tell into our power. General Wittgenstein escaped ; he in great baste saved himself in the direction, ,of NOgent. He had announced to Sietir Billy, with whom he lodged at Provins, that lie would be at Paris on the 18th.—On returning, he stopped but a quarter of an hour, and had the frankness - to say to his, host, " I have been well beaten—two of my divisions hltve been taken, and in two hours you will see the French." Count Valmy, with the Duke of - Reggio; marched upon Provins the Duke of Taro - rum] upon NontiCularie ; the Duke Of Belltmo marched . upon Villaneuve. General ‘Vrede, with his two Bavarian divisions, were iu a position there.—Gen. Girard attacked them, and put them to rout. The 8 or 10,000 men, who composed the Bavarian carps, were lost, if General Sterther, who commanded a division of dragoons,had charged, as he ought to have done ; but this General, who has on so many occasions distinguished himself, allowed this one, • which 'offered itself to him, to escape. The Em peror has caused his disapprobation to be convey ed to him. He has not been brought before a Council of :Inquiry, certain that as at Hoff, in Prussta, and at Znairn, in Moravia, where' be conuaanded the 10th regiment of cuirassiers, he will merit culogiums, and repair his fault. I-lis Majesty has expressed his satisfaction tee Count Vainly, to Gen. Treilhard and his division, • to Gen. Girard and his corps d'armke. The Ent peror passed tire night between the 17th and 18th, at the castle at Nangis. On the 18th, at day-break ; General Chateau marched upon INlonterean. Tire Duke of Bel- Juno was to have arrived there on the evening of the 17th. Ile halted at. Satins ; it was a great fault. The occupation of the bridges of Mon terean would have gained the Emperor a day, and • enabled him to avail himself of a flagrant error of the -Austrian army. Gen. Chateau arrived beforeMontereau at l GA.M, but at 9 o'clock Gen. Bianchi, COlntlianding the Ist Austrian corps, had taken a position, with two Austrian divisions and the Wirtemberg division; upon the heights before Montereau, covering the bridges and the town. Gen. Chateau attacked him,; not being st;pported by the other divisions of the corps d'artn6e, be was repulsed. Sieur Li— eoutela, who, in the morning had been sent upon a reconnoissance, having had Iris horse killed, h a s been taken. He is an intrepid yoeug•man. Gen. Girard supported the battle during the whole morning. The Emperor pr6ceeded there at full gallop. A.l* two r. at. he caused tine 4, , ing ground (plateau) to he attacked. Gen. Pagol, who starched by the road of Maun a - arrived whilst . t 6 et drfai . o•weit pi . ng tin; charge-, nverthfew the enemy; and drove him inW the Seine and the Yonne. . The braYt.': 7th Chatteurs debonehed upon the bridges ; Which the grape-shot from more than 60 pieces of cannon prevented froth being blown rip, and we at the same time obt tined the doutle *Vantage of being able to pass the bridges at the pas de charge, take 4000 men, 4 pair of colours, 6 pieces of corium*. from the enemy, and kill 4 or 5000 men. The squadrons de seri:ice debauched in the plain. gen. Duhestne, an officer of rare intre pidity and long experience, debauched upon the road of Sens ; the enemy Was driven in every di rection, and our army defiled upon the bridges.— , - The old guard had only . time to shew itself . ; the ardour of the tr(iopi of General Girard and Gen. Fagol prevented it from participating in the affair. The inhabitants of Monterean did not remain musket=shots fired from the windows augmented the enemy's embarrassment. The Austrians and AVlrtembergers litre* lilvay their arms. A WirteMberg General has been killed, an Austrian General taken, as well as some Colo nels) among whom is the Colonel of the regiment of Collared°, taken 'with his Etat Major and his • colours. On the same day, Generals Charpentier and Alcx debonehed from Melon, traversed the forest cif Fontainbleau, and drove the Cossacks and an' Austrian brigade from it. General Alex arrived at Moret—tlie Duke of Tarente arrived before Bray. The Duke of Reggio is pursuing the enemy's . parties from I'rovins towards.Nogent. The Ge neral of Brigade Montbrun, who .had been charg ed, 'with 1,800 men, to defend ,floret anti the , forest of Fontainbleau, abandoned then► and re tired upon Essonne, notwithstanding the •forest of Fontainbleau might be disputed toot by toot. —The Major-General has suspended General Itlontbrini,' and scut him before a Council of Inquiry. A loss xvhich has sensibly affected the Emperor, is that of General Chateau. This young Officer, who gave the "utmost promise,' was mortally wounded upon the bridge of Montereau, where he was with the tiralleurs. If lie dies, and the report of the surgeons gives little reason for hope, he will at least -die accorup2nied with the. regret of the whole army ; a death worthy of envy, and much preferable to existence to- every military man, who cannot preserve it but by surviving his reputation, and by stifling the sentiments with which - , in these great circumstances, the defence of. the countr and the honour of the French name ought to inspire him. The palace of Fontainbleau has been preserved.. The Austrian General Hardeck, who had entered the town, had placed sentinels to defend it against the excesses of the Cossacks, who, however, suc ceeded in pillaging soine door-keepers, and car rying away the horse-cloths from" the stables. — The inhabitants do not complain of the Austrians, but of these Tartars; monsters who dishonour the • Sovereign who employs them and the army which protects them. These brigands are covered with gold and jewels. There have s been found from eight to ten watches upon those whom ,the soh diets and peasantry haSe killed. They arc true highwaymen. The Emperor, on his march, met the national guards of Brest and Poiton. He reviewed them : —" Shew," said he to them, " of what the men of the West'are capable ; they were at times the faithful defendefs of their country, and the firmest support of the monarchy." Ills Majesty passed the night of the 19th at the castle of Surville, situated upon the heights of Montereau. The inhabitants complain greatly of the vexations of the Prinee'Royal of Willem berg. Thus the 'army of Schwartzenbsrg found itself touched (entente) by the .deleat of Kleist, this corps having always constituted part of , it ; by the defeat of Wittgenstein, by that of the Ba varian corps, 'bf the Wirtemberg division, and of General Bianchi's corps. The Emperor has granted to the three divisions of the old guard (mounted) 500 decorations of the legion of honour—He has granted a similar num ber to the old foot guard—He has given 100 to the cavalry of General Trielhard, and a like number to the cavalry of General Milhaud. We have , collected a great number of the deco rations of St. George, St. Wlademir, and St. Anne, taken from the men who covered the different fields of battle. Our loss in the battle of Nangis and Montereau does not exceed 400 men killed and wounded, which, although seemingly improbable, is never theless the exact truth. The town of Epernay having been informed of the SUCCCSS of our army, sounded the , tocsin, bat ricadoed its streets, refused a passage to 2000 men, and made some prisoners. Let this example be every where imitated, and itis to be presumed that very few men of the enemy's armies will re pass the Rhine. _ The towns of Guise and St. Quintin have also shut their gates, and declared - that they would not open them unless a suflicrent force of infantry presented itself. They have not acted like Rheims, which had the weakness to open its gates to 150 Cossacks, and which for eight days leis compliii►ented and well treated them. Our annals will preserve the recollection of the populations which have failed in what they owed to themselves and to honour. They, on the con trary, will exalt those which, like Lyons, Cha lons-stir-Seine, Tourbois, Sens. St. Jean de Losnes, Vitry, and,Chalous-sur-Marne, have paid their debt to their country, and h►►ve risen to that height which the - glory of the French name de .manded. Franche-Comte, the Vosges, and Al sace, will not forget the moment of the retrograde movement of the Allies. The Duke of Castig lione, who has collected an army of chosen troops at Lyons, is marching to block up 'the enemy's retreat. - • PARIS, FEB. 21.—We this moment learn, that the _Emperor of Russia and Kiug of Prussia, who werd on the LStli at Bray, precipitately left it, as soon as they knew the bridge of Montereau had been forced. FRENCH FUNDS. Franks. Cents. Feb. 21. Opened at- - 57 to. Eudsd at - 54 tAjrf;.,'ii tAicKit' Feti. day, being tile one htlpointed for the - evacUation of ibis tomi, the Dutch flag tiras, at flay-hre.ali, flying on the kteplcs and public buildings of the fortress. i'LB. 22.—We learn that on the 14th the town of 'SOisSons (situared in the Former Isle of Pratice)-Was taken by storm, after an oli stinate defence. The French General Rusca, who defended it with a corps• of 6 or 7000 men, was killed, and General Longctiamp; many Officers of rank ; and upwards . of 3000 men, were made pri soners of lvar ; 13 pieces of artillery, and a'num her of artillery waggons, fell into the hands of the Allies. The whole corps of General Rusca is dis persed and destroyed. The Cossacks are bringing in prisoners every moment. GOES," FEB. 6.—What we expected took place yesterday. The English, with two . frigates, two brig~, and tWo other Vessels carrying a gun each, conducted by rowers, have forced the passage of the Missengen at about eleven o'clock in the morning, and have sailed past that town without suffering any material damage. They had reach ed the town before their approach was known, and soon girt beyond the range of the cannon. Some pretend that they hoisted the French flag, but that is doubtful, and - it now appears that the passage Is not impracticable, as the French had•supposed. Goes, FEB . . I I .-130th the Eiiglish ships wb,;ch .forced the passage at Flushing last Saturday, lay • still before Berselon, and the two brigs, with the gun-boats, adjacent to Waarden, about six. miles from Batz. It is ascertained that the pilots are gone to the Roompot for the purpose of bringing four store English ships past Flushing. AKEN (BELGIUM), FEB. 11.—Allthe country situated over the Mitese was yesterday taken pos session of in the name of his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange Nassau. In Vac's, about three miles from hence, there was in consequence a ge neral illuinination,. and the Orange flag every where displayed. - BRUSSELS, FEB. 16.--‘The Prussian General Von Billow has this day left this city, with the general staff of his corps trarm6e, for the purpose of moving to the frontiers of Old France. A great number of troops of all descriptions have taken the same direction. ItoTTERDAm, FEB. 22.—According to letters from Brussels of the 18th instant, the Saxon troops, to the number or 6 or 7000 men, had left that place on the same morning., and the bead-, quarters of the Duke Of Saxe ‘Veimar hare been removed by the way of Enghein to Ath. ALmiiteo, FEB. js. —After a part of the corns of hiS Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Weimar, and battalion of Prussian infantry, had, a few days ago, passed through this city, his Excellency the English General Gore arrived here two days since, in the evening, with & battalion of Scottish infantry, about 906 Ten strong, with music.play ing, and whose martial appearance'gratified every beholder. As soon as these troops break up from hence, we may expect the other regiment belong ing to this division. bIINDERBERG, FEB. 20 —The garrison of Nnar den, in the night between the 18th and 19th, kept up a heavy lire on Bussuni with bombs and howitzers, wllich was returned in an effectual manner. Deserters that have escaped from the fortress assure us, that the howitzers thrown into the town have caused much damage, whilst the enemy's fire has done us little or no injury. BREMEN, FEE.. 16.—We are in daily expecta tion of receiving intelligence concerning Ham burgh ; all the troops at this place are marching in that direction, and it is supposed that the opera tions of the siege will be carried on in the most effectual manner. • COLOGNE, FE.S. 15.—0 n the Bth and 9th inst. we saw advanced guard . of the Crown Prince • of Sweden's army, under the' command of Gene ral Worouzow anti 'l'ettenborn, enter our city, and which, after having taken some rest, march ed again forwards., At six o'clock yesterday even ing we had the happiness of seeing his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Sweden within our walls : the joy and enthusiasm with which this Prince, who may be regarded as one of the pin- , eipal instruments of the yestoration of the liber ties and peace of .Europe, is not to he described ; the banks ..of the" Rhine, and the roads along which the Prince, passed, were covered with people, and the cries 'hie Charles John !" filled the air, and almost deafened the noise of the cannon, and the ringing of the hells. The whole city was illuminated, alit' instantaneously. This evening his Royal Highness gave audience to all the public funetionaries, who were received with- the affability which ,is so natural to him. This evening a grand Concert and Ball will be given, which will be honoured with the presence of the Russian Generals and all the Chief °dicers. The march of Russian, Swedish, and other troops through this place, on their way to France, continues - uninterruptedly. They write from Luik, under date of the 13th F e b ruar y, that Gen. .'Woronzow, with the advanced guard of the Swe dish army, had arrived there on that day. Roma, JAN. 10.—Last night the garri , on of this city received orders to repair,to the Castle Of St. Angelo, a fortress situated on the banks of the Tiber, and - which perfectly commands the place. The Governor General Miolitzis,likewise within the walls. One-of the conditions of the peace be tween the. Allies and the King of Naples is said to be the alienatioti of the Roman provinces in his favour. 1 At a Meeting. 'at Birmingham. on Tuesday last, the High Bailiff, S. T. CALTON, Esq. in the Chair, it 'was resolved, after a most konourable discussion, in which the Rev. Messrs. SPRY, KEN- N-EDT, BURN, and JAMES, rorticipated, to enter into a Subscription for the relief of the saff;‘ring Germans—upwards of 8001. was subscribed before, the. Meeting broke up.—Mr. WILDAY, the patrio— tic master of the floYal Hotel, at the same place, has offercd,the use of his Assembly Room, pro perly lighted up, and free of expence, to the'Coni: mittec for the relief •of the distressed Germans, fora Ball, or any performance, in aid of the snsb., seriptiou. - o,.L;;;;.=az; ~,., - • NEXT FRIDAY THE LbTTEKY BEGINS 0 • • MAILs. Atto.9tn-1 I,i'sbdri., 1 WAtilford. Dur. Maita t 13 tia ` timburgli, 2 iiolla►id, G I feligolarid, P . RICE. OF STON.S Tiits DAY Al' TWtLVE O'Cl.ook . 0011306 • 694 'Nil I Oulbiunt ..... ... 2711 ci,4.°l HIC;I4•WATER AT I.dNiiON iIItiDGETO- 110 F at° ' nabs after U. 1 El ening, i 0 milittes atCer THE SUN. 81)1.KNI QUIS DICERE FALSUM Al/DEAT i' LONDON, S_lTUlt DAY; FEBR U.4RY 26, 1814. There is a report on the French Coast, that' in a inost sanguinary battle within six miles of P 365 ' BuoxArAßTE'had obtained an advantage ove.r the Allies. We cannot reconcile this Ili mour with 84 other accounts through other channels, and are 3 , a loss to dress (if authentic), on what si de , °t Paris such an action could have occurred. • of We hare sincere pleasure, in referring' ° Readers to the Extracts in our precediug - c0i 4095 : from French Papers to the 22d inclusive, to-6 3 ,' in our power to state that they fully ( l cu lonstr g ' r the accuracy of the opinion we formed . of tb ei f reported contents, in the Second .Ealition °' 'CHB Sus ofyesterday, wherein we .annouffri their arrival. Instead of treating of any ' l° ll action, these Papers only furnish u 5. the Official Report from the French Army t° th f 19th, and certainly . do not place the situation ° affairs in a worse light than the Bulletin issued bf our i t own Government on the receipt of the io tc '' i ' ligence brought by Mr. ROBINSON. The _Ac. 6ollg of the 17th' and 18th, (which we meutioned thc probable dates, though by some mistz - ,',.e ' J.' and 19th were stated in our Bulletin), °ef evidently partial engagements between seP ' rate corps of the opposed Armies---the 1 09-e being sustained' at Nangis, and Morant, ,(11 t° l 'ubottt six miles North-west from the fornuer , ' t° t 36 from Paris) by the advanced cavalry an I► . troops of the Allies, under WITTGENSTE I ' PA II N ; and 'the latter . at' Montereau, Austrian division under Ill'Axcit , and the Wi r vo bergers under their Prince: Minor affair s `' . o s ensued; inovhich were engaged Wructm's in thg direction of Bray, and PLATows Cos4f^c no the left'of the Seine, - at Fontaiobleau. lfter the contest at Nangis, OuntsoT anob r towards Provins. " At the same time INJAc . ' )9# NALD (now transported from the. North-east the- South-east-side of Paris) marched on Pow i f marie, , and VicTott on Villeneuve le Cote the both towns on the road-from Nang - is to prilJ 7 it latter Marshal attacking WncnE, I%hose cbrps', is said, would have been destroyed but fin . the' )e glect of 4 G Gen'. STERRBER tO make an onpor -, t`of charge with his cavalry. Oupi NoT wa s Olt:1d t the Enemy's Corps engaged 2 on these oceioi'lj!' and his op er ations pointed due East, from rt. o 1 . towards Nogent and Troyes : on h i s rigb t %, • MAcaosALn, and, on the right of MACOOIAl':: VICTOR. Nl: 7 t have no further accounts of °P c oo r tions, or of positions, on the 17. tit. On the I St b ' th e attention is called to the extreme right (4 ois French opposed to the Allies at Montcre 3th • le° the Light bank, and Fontainbleatt "on the bank of the Seine. Here General, C 1 1 0) who first attacked General B rAs ct4l, 11 1 the , Prince. of WIRTEMBERG was repnl 3 "' killed but on the coming up ofPAJoi, frow - lore Inn, and of BUONAPARTE- himself from the o f central part in these operations, the the Allies were assailed by this accunnilated and carried. As the advantag-e over 11 7. 1 1 ' ; ' ) 4 the former day was neutralized by the ini , 3coo'' ., ' l , t c of STERRBER, so were thefruits of this victor/ tie ff BIA and the Prince of"WIRTI7.IsIBE "I :r •of troutthe grasp of the CorSican by the liti ltive. „o, VICTOR, who; instead of joining the 6ssailant6'oe 81/ON A PARTE eXpeCtC(l ) bV a forced march 414P V9 t he Seine on his right (as PAJot had arrived `` l l ll ics River) halted at Satin's, and thus afforded the .0 1 the opportunity of reti r i ng itll their ki t '5 unbroken. The last of these , accounts 1 to the transactions o n the l e f t o f the . 7c-l oD° te. Ceneral A.loNTßaut4 had been charted to .(1;511 t the forest of Fontainblcau with 1800 roe n ' O l, not finding hintsiAl a match for PLATO reel a d -lid HARDEGG, he abandoned his post, - to Essonne. To counteract the danger •0 , • • .threatened Paris in this direction, Oeneri ls and CHARPENTIER daouehed on the 18th f it 15 lun, and marched on-Fontainblean, Avheuee' Said, they drove the Austrians and CossJes' AL i‘j oi ALLY advanced about . half a dozen miles to of On -the edge of the Forest. We hear nothi(ll.'•, 31 1 1 '( 1 their exploits, and it is evident that tb e d 10 0 troolis against which they were enyl(l4. k a bri led 11 ()111 ~~SI i'. to t i