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the Legion of Honour to the detachment of the 3d regiment of the Guards of Honour, and the same number to the National Guards. "The Count de •Valmy has advanced to-day, the 24th, upon BJr-sqr-Seine. On arriving at Saint Paar he fell in with the rear-guard of General Gullay, ‘vhich be charged and put to the route,'and has taken 1200 prisoners. It is pro bable that Count Vainly will he at Bar-sur-Seine this evening. General Girard marched from the Bridge de la Guillotiere, supported 'by the Duke. of Reggio ; he adv;inced-upon Lusigny and passed the Baise. GeneralDubesine has taken• a'position at Monte- reau, near Vandouevre. 4 7 r Count "Flahaut,' Aid-de-Camp to the Empe ror Napoleon ; Count Thieca, Aid-de-Camp to the Emperor of. Austria ; Count Schouwaloff, Aid-de- Camp to the Emperor of Russia ; . and General Ranch, Chief of • the Corps of Engineers of the King of Prussia, are met together at Lusigny, to treat on the conditions for a suspension of arms. " Thus, on the 24th, the capital of Champagne bits been, delivered, and we have taken about 2000 prisoners, among whom are a good many officers. We have also found in the hospitals a thousand wounded officers and soldiers left by the enemy." PARIS, FEB. 28.—Her Majesty the Empress has received the following accounts of the situa tion of the Armies, to the 27th Feb : " On the 26th, the bead-quarters were at Troyes. The Duke of Reggio was at Bur-sur- Aube with General Girard, and the 2d corps of cavalry ethumanded by Count Valmy,. ". The Duke of Tarentunt had his head-quar . - ters at Massy-l'Eveque, and his advanced posts at Chatillon ; be was marching upon the Aube and upon Chary° . ux. The Duke of Castiglione, who has under his command an army of 40,000 men, mostly chosen troops, was in motion. " General Marchand was at Chambury ; Gene ral Desaix under the wallS of Geneva ; and Gene ral Musnur had entered Macon. " Bourgand, Nantua, were also in our power; the Austrian General Bubna, who had threatened Lyons, was retreating on all sides. On the 20th, his loss was already estimated at 1500 men, of . whom GOO are prisoners. " The Prince of Moskwa is at Arces-sur-Aube, the Duke of Belluno at Planey, the Duke of Pa dua at Nogent'; troops were marching in the rear or Ole remains of the corps of blucher, Jacken, York and Kleist, who had received reinforce ments from Soissons, and were manoeuvring on the corps of the Duke of Ragusa, who was at La Fette Gaucher. " Gen. Duhesme has taken Bar-sur-Aube at the point of the bayonet, and made some pri soners, among whom are several Bavarian of ficers." PARIS, FEB. 27.----To-day, Sunday, the 27th, the colours recently taken by the Emperor from the enemy's armies have been presented to ber Ma jesty the Empress Queen and Regent. They were carried by two Officers of the Imperial Guard, four Officers of the troops of the line, and four Officers of the National Guard, who set out at half-past eleven with the Minister of War from the hotel of his Excellency. Tlte procession, consisting of various detach ments of troops, with music playing, passed into the court of the Thuillerics. The standards, pre ceded by the Minister of llTar and the Staff, were conducted by the Grand Master of the Ceremo nies to the foot of the Throne, on which her Majesty was surrounded by her attendants, the Princes, Grand Dignitaries, &c. His Excellency the Minister of War presented the standards to her Majesty, and delivered the following speech : " MADAM,—New orders from the Emperor lead me to your Majesty's feet to lay these nee: trophies taken from the ene mies of France. " At the time when the Saracens were defeated by Charles Martel on the plains of Tours and Poictiers, the capital was adorned but with the spoils of a single nation. This day, Ma dam, when dangers equal to those with which France was then menaced, have given rise to successes more important, and which were more difficult to obtain, your august Spovie offers you standards taken from the three great Powers of Eui (we. " Since a biind policy !gas raised up against us so many na tions—even those which France has restored to independ ence, and for whom she has tootle such great sacribccs— may we not say that those standards are taken from all Europe ? " When our enemies, listening only to the suggestion of revenge, in contempt of the ordinary rules of war, resolved to penetrate into this empire, leaving behimitheru the vast cbaiu of fortresses which surrounds it on all sides—when they de signed by a rash measure to get possession of the capital, without thinking of the means of effecting their rctreatin the midst of a population whom their conduct has exasperated, how was it possible that, they were not stopped in this gigan tic enterprise by their knowledge of the genius, of the ta lents, of the character of the Emperor ? In a few days they have learned the falseness of their calculations. The hold and rapid operations I,Vhieli have just bailed their designs, recal to every mind the gloriovs and memorable campaign in Italy in the year 5, and that which succeeded it. It was against the flower of the troops alliod against tie, at 61 battles of ►Montmirail and Vauchainp, at the combat of Monte. reau that the ten standards were taken, which I present to your Majesty from the Emperor. " These pledges of 'French valoUrpreSage to us new and greater successes, if the obstinacy of the enemyprotracts the war. This noble hope is in the heart of every Frenchman.— You share in it, Madam; you, who, always confiding in the genius of, your 41ugustSpouse, in the efforts and the love of the nation, have continued to chew in all the circutustances of this war a firmness of mind, and virtues worthy the admira;. ti of Europe, and of posterity." .Her Majesty answered . M. le Due dereltre, Minister of War : • "1 see with lively satisfaction those trophies which • you present me by the orders of the Emperor, my August Spouse. " They are in my eyes the pledges of the safety of the country. " Let all Frenchmen, at the sight of them, rise in arms. Let them assemble round their Monarch and their Father. Their courage, guided by his genius, will soon accomplish the deliverance of our country." The audience being ended the procession with drew, and the standards were taken to the Hotel des luvalidL. One of them is Austrian, four Prussian, and five Russian. Copy OF A LETTER FROM THE MARSHAL .DIME OF CASTIGLIONE, TO EIS EXCELLENCY THE MINI STER UF. WAR. Lyons, Feb. 21. " Sir,—l hasten to acquaint your Excellency with the 'se , quel of my operations. " Your Excellency has see.), by my Report of the 19th inst. that Genearl Musuier, alter having overthrown the enemy at .MeXimieux, had advanced upon Bourg. He entered there the 19th, and the 21st, in the morning, be marched upon Port sue-Ain, by the road of Bourg, while the brigade of General Poerchelon took, that of Meximieux. The enemy, who seemed to have concentrated himself in this important . positiOn, did not think lit'to remain in it, and hastened to evacuate it, re tiring precipitately upon Mantua. I have given orders to Gen. Mosnier to pursue him briskly, and try to get possessioivof Mantua, where there are considerable magazines. General Pauniteer, who, as I informed your Excellency, was march ing to Macon, entered it on the 19th, after a smart action, iu which the enerny,.who wcs about 3000 strong, experienc e d a considerable l os s in killed and wounded. 1b e took 2CO pri soners. Our loss is extremely trifling: Gen. Panniteer has orders to send out strung detachments towards Chalons and Dijon. This General communicates also, by Bourg, with Gen. Musnicr. " Generals Marehabd . and I)esaix, after having taken Echelles and Montmeillan, entered, on the 19th, into Chun:- ben , . whence they intend to proceed tn. Geneva: " The result of these different operations gives us 800 prisoners, and -insares the speedy deliverance of the de partments of the Ain, of the Saone and Loire, and of Mount Blanc. " The Generals greatly• praise the excellent spirit Thal reigns iu the inhabitants of these departments. " Accept, &c. (Signed) " AOGEREACT, Duke of Castiglione." DECREES. " Heald-quarters, at Troyes, Feb. 24. "Napoleon, Emperor of the Freoch and Kiug of Italy Protector of the Confederation of Clelthine, Mcchato; • of the Swiss . Confederation, &c. &c. " Vire have decreed, and decree as follows : ‘` Art. 1. A list shall he drawn.up of those French, who, living in the service of the Allied Powers, or under whatever titles have acc,,mpaoied the enemy!s armies in the invasion of .the territory of the Emperor since the 20th of December, 1813. "Art. 2. The individuals who shall be comprehended in the said list shall be summoned without delay, and all other business cc:l:big before our Courts and Tribunals, to be there .....autuned to tiw peualtiec inth.ctuk.l by the laws, and their property confiscated tor the benefit of the domains of th.e State, according to the existing laws. "Art. 3. Every Frenchman who shall have wor'n the badges of the decoratioAs of the ancient dymisty, in the. places occu pied by the enemy, and during his stay there, shall be -de clared atraitor, and as such judged by a military commission, and condemned to death. His property be contiscatcid to the profit of the domain of the State., " Art. 4.. Our IS,Jinisters are charged each, as far as con cerns him, with the execution of this Decrees, which sha, be inserted in the Builetin of the Laws. ' (Signed) " NAPOLEON. By the Emperor the Minister Secretary of State, (Signed) " The Duke of BASSANO. • " .NAPolzoN, &c. &c. " Troyes, 24th February." " Considering that the Prefect of the Aube has quitted the territory,of his departn►eut, and especially tl►e arron.lisse meat at. Nugent, while our troops still occupied it; thu he has not since taken measures to return and resume his ftinc tions, at the moment when the chief town of his departu►cut way; evacuated by the enemy W e . have decreed and decree as folloWs: ~ }ta►un Calierelli,Prefeet of the Department of t=►e Aubv is depiircd of his office." And a second Decree, appoints M. Roederer, Prefect of the Department of the Thrasinieire, ►o be Prefect of the Aube and a third Decree names Mr. Flaw to exercise the functions for the present. FRENCH FUNDS. Feb. 24 - - S 5 1. - - —c. 25 - 55 - - 25 26 - - 56 - - 50 28 - 54 - - - 75 FIFTEENTH BULLETIN OF THE SILESIAN ARMY. " Saint Owen, Feb. 4, 1814 On the 24th of January the corps of SACKE N advanced in two columns, the first upon Liguy, the second upon Vancouleurs and Joinville: "In the afternoon of this' day, the enemy, with about 2500 horse, advanced from Ligny upon St. Aubin, cannonaded with a battery the cavalry under General WTaselsckikoff, but retired when he saw it did not give way. " On the 23d January, Lieut.-General Prince Scherbatoffattacked the town of Ligny, and took it by assault. Our loss was alwitt 200 killed or wounded. The ,enemy retired upon St. Dizier. " On the 2501, Lieut.-General Prince Scher batoff attacked him also in this place, and drove him towards Vitry: " On the 26th, Prince Schulatoff, the proper arrangements having been made, marched upon Brunne to join there the corps of Gen. Sacker, and Lieut. General Lanskor continued to occupy St. Dezier with the advanced guard, in order to wait for the cot ps of York, which was coming by St. Michael, and was to arrive at St. Dizier on the 20th. The enemy having been probably in formed of the march of Prince Schulatoff,"took , advantage of this circumstance, attacked St. Di zier on the 27th, and, by his superior numbers, forced Gen. Lanskor to retire upon Janville. This case had been foreseen. The cores of the Prince of Wurtemberg was between Brunne and Bar snr-Auve, and that of, Guilay at Bar-sur-Aube. The grand Army advanced from Chamont upon Bar-sur-Aube. The corps of Gen. Wittgenstein might arrive the 29th at Junville ; that of Kleist was to pass the Meuse, at St. Michael, on the 29th, to'support General York. Under thee circumstances, the Field Marshal caused Licht.- General Lanskor -to return by noulevent to Son laines, concentrated at Brienne the corps of Sacken, and a part of the corps of Langeron, un der General Obsusuff, pushed the cavalry as far as :Arus and Troyes, which the enemy occupied with infantry, and waited for the farther motions of the enemy. He advanced on the 28th upon gassy and Monherender, and, •on the 29th, from Mon herender upon Brienne. We could . not yet judge of the enemy's intentions. The Field Marshal collected the forces under his orders at Brienne, and sent word of what was passing to the Prince Royal of Wurtemberg, who was preparingto take a position at Maisons. " The advanced guard of the corps of Wittgen stein, commanded by General Count Pablen, join ed the Army of Silesia. Towards Donn, a Lieut.- Colonel of the enemy was brought in who had been made prisoner. He had about him several very important dispatches, from which it resulted that the EMperor Napoleon bad joined the Army. and that it was intended to continue the offen sive, which had been begun at St. Dezier.— An order to Marshal Mortier desired him to aban don Troyes and - the Aube, to join the left wing of the Army which was advancing. " This news proved that the enemy intended to give'battle, and, as he had collected all his army, the Field-Marshal resolved to approach the Grand Army, because it might arrive on the Ist of February at Bar-sur-Aube; and because there was between Brienne and Bar-sur-Aube, near Trannes, a strong position connecting it with that at Maisons. " At the moment when orders were going to be delivered for the march, the enemy advanced in strong columns upon Brienne. It was 3 o'clock in the afterhooa, The Field-Marshal resolved to accept the battle." BATTLE- OF pRIENNE. " Brienne' le Chateau is a plHce gulte open, without ,walls, with houses of .wood, at the foot of an eminence, on • which is situated the castle, and which extends as far as Lisinont.— From Brienne to Mentierender, and on the other side as far as Trannes, there are large plains. Lieut.-Gen.Count Fallen had in themorning covered with 2000 horse the march of the corps of Sacken, from Lismont upon Brienne, and had observed the deployment of the enemy's forces. , " The town of Brienne was occupied by the corps of Olsusief, The corps of Sackett was be- hind in columns on the road from Brietne to. La Rothiere. " The enemy slimed a considerable mass of cavalry against General Pahlea, who, to avoid a combit with the enemy's cavalry, which was su perior in numbers, retired upon Brienne. The enemy, to out-flank him, extended his cavalry to the heights, and General Pahlen, according to his instructions, retired through the town upon Sacken's corps. The enemy had formed his co lumns of attack, both infantry and artillery, against Brienne, and made them advance froni i►e right wing, where the cavalry remained ►!1O- tionless. On his left wing he had little cavalry, but masses of infantry and two batteries, which, with two others on the right wing - , fired on the town, and had already set it on fire in sevetlil places. The enemy could not make use of his cavalry upon his right wing ; he had been obliged to draw it back, upon his left wing after the departure of Count Pallier]. The Yeld-Marshal profited by his fault ; he ordered the - cavalry of General Sacken, which had been added to that of .Count Pahlen, to throw itself promptly on the left wing of the enemy. This took place at the close of the day ; the two bat teries of the enemy were taken, and his left wing overthrown. " Iu the mean time, General Olsusiet had re pulsed the attack against the town, but the ene my continued his attacks on the right wing with fresh troops ; they were repulsed like the preced ing, but on the side of the Castle the enemy found means during - the night to penetrate thither by a passage which was not occupied, and to Mahe himself master of the castle, and a part of the to.cn. The corps of Sackett advanced at the pas de charge, and 'at eleven in the evening the battle ended, when Brienne, all on fire, remained in our possession, and sonic tiraileurs of the ene my occupied the castle. All the prisoners were of the guard, and said tire Emperor commanded . them in person. The Field-Marshal deferred till the next day concentrating his corps, and left Brienne le Chateau occupied by cavalry. . " It was in the Milital School of this place that Napoleon was brought up ; it was thereth't be took the first lesions of the military art) 3-i d he has burnt his cradle. " On the 30th , of January the enemy caus te his left wing to advance, inclined towards the south with COlui lhls of infantry upon Menne, " L ' a cannonaded with heavy artillery our lines qf valry behind.tbat town. They retired slowl7' n° the position of Tt;auties. The enemy placed right wing at Dieuville, his centre at La thiere, and his left wing at thaumeneil. He d is ' played .conliderable force - s, and even superior t° those of the Army of Silesia. The enemy advanced on the 31st of Jan!-' 3l i He deployed in the plain between Rotbiere 91i, Traunes. Ile occupied a wood on a height advance of the position of Traunes, where hit ' could attack with much advantage. " In the mean time the principal army l' 3 ` i proceeded forwards. General D'York bad o!l iE 30th of January attacked and carried St. Dizi n where he had taken -a piece of cannon. f i lje .General, Field-larshal the Prince of Sewartzeiv berg gave information to the Field-Marshal; that on the Ist of February the corps of the Royal of Wirtemberg, that of Count Giulay, the reserves of the Russian grenadiers, would 'W I rive at Traunes. He charged the Field..MarsP to attack the enemy with these troops, w hile O ld General of cavalry, Count Wrede, advanced fO l/1 Doulevent against Brienne." BATTLE LA OF ROTHIERE. " The Field Marshal fixed the hour of noon to attack, in'three columns. The,Prinee of Warteo r berg was to attack Chaumeriel, General 13ar'''' de Sacken, La Rothiere, and General Count lay, Dienville. The Russian grenadiers remak il " to form the Reserve. . " The Prince of Wurtemberg began the battle by the attack of the wood on the heights, be enemy from it, attacked La Chiory, carri c it, and surmounted all the difficulties of ground, which prevented him,among other thiog" from Causing his artillery- to adyance to the tack. General ,De Sacken could not wake 111 move, as it was sunk in a sandy soil, where ° li half was obliged to re ma i n i n i ts pos i t i on t ill t he harnesses were taken o ff t o b r i ng forward T Other. " Gen. de Sacken penetrated to La noth ie : r s ' , Gen. Count Giul a y con d uc t e d hi s artillery ag °-11 1 , y Dienville, and caused Unienville to be t:kh e ' l o'c" lhe infantry at 3 6'c:hick ; the action boom". neral, storms of snow in the meantime so Ob Scul ; Cd the air, that the artillery was obliged to c e ' s , l its fire, the two armies not b e i tig a bl e s ee cues" other. The enemy adanced with superior ' 1 against the Prince of Wurtentherg, and to" k -• f) Chiery ; the Prince retook it, an d k e p c it, alter throWing into it' eight battalions. " Gen. Baron de Sicken th en f orme d 1005ce41 and took the village of la Rotheire. The ea c ' ll. attacked that of th e enem y, w hi c h. me -, it 'All r great superio r ity o f f orce , an d a d vance d u p ti ) masses of infantry. -The cavalry of General Srl ckirk then received reinforcements; and advanced it ibe in concert with the infantry. The cavalry t' t .• -enemy was overthr own , arid pursued toward' o be Brienne.• The 'enemy's infantry -w as 'put t 0 I , o l ' route. Thirty-two 'pieces of cannon were From that moment the battle was gained. " The enemy still maintained himself ill tilrs, places. The Field- Alarshal had s en t rcinfolc-ei, mews to the Prince of Wirtemberg. Ile e• ducted the reserves himself against Rothiere• ". The Hereditary Prince put himself irvc`ll trilj munication with General Count W r ede ; at first gained Chanmenil. , They. afterk' t took Rothiere, hut the e nem y st ill . himself till 11 o'clock in the houses. At. 116 was about midnight] when General Count h tk succeeded, after having surmounted many o ' . •cles, to take and preserve Dienville. "Then the enemy, beaten at all points, during the night by Brienne. was received from General Wreck riot :is had taken possession of A.lorvilfier,'tlat be, I1: 0 advancing upon Chaumenil, and that l'e , • taken 23 pieces of cannon from the 6th commanded by Marmont, which had fought iig gi" 0` him. Prince Wurtemberg had taken [ title: • had an affair with the 2d corns of the eneill'Y',,r " Gea Sacken and Gen. Guilav h -ad • the my's Guard before there. The M0n,•: ,5 ref' present at. the battle of La Rotla ere , aW I in the centre of the A my, between Tratwe', La Rothiere; their . pre,sencc animated the tr'' ' 7 l ,l " In the course of the night, the RUSSiall Prussian Guards, both foot and horse, arrive d fl Traunes'. " On, the 2d of February, at sevel the Field Marshal advanced to re-commeli ce t 1;, action, but the enemy had thrown but a ``e'l 0 rear guard in Brienne, to cover his retreat l ts Lesmont. He Was quickly driven, and ecC :, 14 , Iere left traces of hi s d e f ea t an d of lose A