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)o.cssifin of the town till te.n o'clotic ; they had 1111 , -,-,.r crossed their cavalry round to the right 0'; ti, , . town,-end pushed road to Berri-an- - - . .15 t:: ; this movement cut diribi retreat of a sm , lll e. , ilii;t3 by that road, and obliged :hem to retire she road of Neufchatel. The whole of the , •] , s . have this morning . joined the army of i •••:i-Marshal Blucher in the nighbourbood• of l am not able to state the exact lois of the A.lles in the affair of yesterday, but I understand d ,, :s not exceed two thousand men. Seven Prits ,u and one Russian guns were left in the poses ,u of the enemy. The cannon taken on the 12th . at Michas, wire removed to Clutloni, be the town was re-occupied by the French L'4)(121 The loss of the enerawin killed ;and vrotind ed cannot htit have been - very considerable. It is said that linonaparte spas hiinyelf present dur, 7 ing the whole of the day. I hare - honour to he, SLe; • - (Signul) T. N. LIATtItIS, Aid- -'Camp. Arcis, March 1 8, ,Iffl4. AlyLont),—ln consequence of the su.Ccesses obtained by Marshal Blucher's, army nearLann, Prince Schwartzenberg carried his head-quarters on the 15th to Pont-snr•-Seine, and, with the vi,.w of assuming the offensive, directed the 4th, sth, and 6th corps to pass the Seine, and endea vour to •esruhliNii themselves at Villeneuve, Pro vins, and Bray, while the the 3d corps. establish ed itself at Sens. Before these movements, how ever, were carried into complete execution, the news of the defeat of a part of General St. Priest's corps on the 14th, and the occupation of Rheims by the enemy, arrived. • Prince SAwartzenberg determined to suspend the movement he bad commenced ; he brought hip head-quarters on the 16th to this place, and collected his army within reach of it. • The sth corps occupied the town of Arcis ; its advanced .guard was placed at Mailly and Somme sons. The 6th - corps was ill position between St. Ferrail and Mont-le-Potier,,ThmAth corps was at Nugent, 'parries letached l 11410, it occupying Marriot and Sordaa, the_ road to Provins and B tav Irl:e 3d corps was between Villeneuve and Troyr.s7. ' The details of the affair of General St. Priest hare not yet been received ; I fear that Officer was inost severely wounded ; he retired in the di rection oF-Berri-au-Bac, and is supposed to have formed his junction with Gen. D'Yorck. By the direction of 114 . retreat, Rheims was left ppcn to the Pl'ench; %Oro immediately occupied it. From thence they moved upon Chalons and Eper tniy, which they took possession'oF on the 16th, the small garrisons which occupied them having retired upon their approach.' The enemy yesterday marliiicy movement iu ad vance from those places. It has however to-day been reported from Gen. Keiseroff, that Buona parte was ISM night- at Epernay, and that he is ad vancing upon Fere Cbampenoise. in the contemplation of such a movement, and in the determination in any case to march upon Chalons, to support the movements of General Blucher, Prince Schwartzenberg had yesterday directed the different corps of his army to move into a position, the gnarls and reserves between Vonneuient and Doinmartin; the sth corps be tween Rammarci arid Arcis ; the 6th corps be tween Ards and. Charily ; the 4th to form the left at Mery ; the 3d to assemble between Nogent and gout sur Seine. General Bianchi was attacked on the 1 Ith, near Macon, by two divisions of INiarshal Augereau's army. The affair lasted till dark, wile-) the enemy retired, having a considera ble number ot killed and wounded on the field' of battle ; 500 prisdners and two'':cannon remained in the hands of the Allies. General Bianchi pushed his advanced guard th e next d ay to S t. George: By reports from that army of the I4th, the Prince of Hesse HoViurg had joined the corps of Gen. Bbinchi at Bale le Chatel ; be meant to pass the greater part of his forces to the right of the Saone, and move upon the enemy then assembled at Villefranche on the IZ,th. General Bubna waited the arrival pf a corps of Austrians, which was advancing upon the road of I``alr•,tua, to assume tile oifens'ive : he would then co-operate in the attack uponj4o4.3> A most successful effort has;:been made by a 'corps under the direction of Colonel Sembscheii, against the posts occupied by the enemy upon the Simplot:. Captain Luzern, who was charged with these attacks, captured the whole of the enemy's force employed there, and established himself at Dotnodosola: Since I commenced writing this dispatch, a report is arrived from General Keiseroff, that the enemy are actually in possession of Fcre Chatriptz noise, and are advancing in force on this side of it. The enemy are also reported to be advancing upon Ott road from Chai9ns to Sc. , tritnesons-. The sth corps, under th* orders of Gen. Wreck, is in consequence now taking up its position in front of this place, and on the right bank of the I have the honour of reporting to your Lordship that the fortress of Custrin has surrendered to the Allies. I have the honour to be, &c. C:iigned) BUR:illEB:611, Lt.Cul.63dßeg. Lord Viscount Castlereagh, in a letter to Earl Bathurst, dated at Bar-stir : Aube, the 22d of Nardi, incloses the following copy of a report of an affair with the Freueli.,arniy. under the command of Buonaparte at Arcii`jiiir-Aube, the list inst. }Tead-Quart ers , P ongey , M arc h 21, 181 . 1. The disposition renewed. yesterday was to place th e army in a concentrated pcsition before Arcis. T he r i g ht flank was placed at Orthilion on the A u be ; and the left laetvveen St. - Remy and Mont sur-Aisee on the tatbnise Rivulet, havingin its centre the village of Mesail to Comtesse Keiseroll was placed on the left bank of Elrbni:,7e, in observation of the enemy. The enemy I , .ept a considerable force at Arcis, and had large masses of infantry and cavalry be fore it, and on the ruute from FettikAampenoise. Ii permitted tile march of bikkillltrelit columns to form tite;rjiinction Without , iitoids:Aation, having only cudtai . miretl once to interrupt the progress )1 the Prince Royal of WirtlaiLerg, but a sudden and bold Atha of Gen. Conht Palden's, in which three guns were taken, faced. the enemy so far hack, that the junction of the differefit columns of the army was completed, and the position taken up without diffienity. - Until ball pat one.o!clock nothing particular occurred, and both the at mies remained ready for battle opposite each other ; about this time the , enemy were perceived filing. off on the other side of the Aube, and their columns taking the diree,- tioti of Vitry. A powerful rear guarttVemained in possessiOn of Arcis, and had placed itsOf in a po sition on this side of the place. At this period the Prince Royal of Wirtemberg, with the 3d, 4th, and 6th corps of the army, made a united attack on Arcii, at the same time the sth zorps of the army, and the cavalry, were directed to move on Reimerir, and the infantry of the guards and reserves to Lesniont, to pass the right bat 4 of the AllbC. The attack on Ards was be gun about three o'clo:k, and was withstood by the enetny,wi..h the- greatest . obstinacy ;• but the Prince Royal of IVirtemberg, by his good and able dispositions, carried every thing before him and the enemy must have sustained an immense loss in killed and wounded, with which the field of battle was covered, when he abandoned Areis.—the ne cessary dispositions to follow up the enemy. are made. WAR DErARTMENT. Dozryting-street, Marrh 30, 1814. A Dispatch, of v.•hich the following is a copy, bas been re ceived this clay by Earl Nino ►tsT, addressed to his - Lord. ship by Lieutcnant•Cal. Rheims, March 42,1814. M LORD,—The army of Marshal Blucher was reinforced, upon the. 1 6tl) instant, by the corps of Count St. Priest, which had retired from Rheims., after a combat, in which the Genera) was unfor. tunately wounded in a dangerous 'manner. Upon the 18th inst. the army was again put in motion. The corps of Generals Kleist and Yorck were on this (lay at Bery-au-Bacq ;. that of General liulow'marched. from La Fere to Lan ; and the Russians, under General Wlnzingerode and Count Langeron, in pbsition of Atnitontaine and Ram conr. The bridge having been destroyed. at Rery=au- Bacq, two pontoon bridges were established, this night; and the rear-guard of the enemy having re-, tired, the whole paSsed the Aisne upon the morn ing of thd 19th; the Prussians taking the route to Fumes, and the Russians the high read to Rheims: The allied cavalry, under the orders of Gene rals Chernicheff and Benkendorif,. surrounded the town of Rheims early iu the . (4ay. • TO war d s s i x i n , the evening- the infantry, under General Count Woronzow, having arrived, dispositions were im mediately made fpr carrying the place by assaulr. For this purpose some guns were moved for ward, supported by two battalions of 'ROSSIIIII light troops, to the'gates of the town, which were blown open, and the troops entered without re sistance. The strictest order and discipline was observed. The rear-guard of the enemy, under the com mand of Marshal Afortier, retired in the direr= tion o. Epernay ; .their cavalry quitted the towst about the same time the Allies entered. Napoleon lett this place, with the greater part of his army, upon the 16th inst, : he also marchetl upon the same route. nave, &c. WAR MPARTMENT. H. COOKS. nowniNg-sfrert, .elpril 1, 1814. A Dispatch, of whicb the following is a Copy, has this day been received at Earl DAM UltsT'S Otlice, • a4dresse4 to his Lordship by Field-Marshal the Marquess of WELLING sot:, K. G. . _ _ Tarbes, Marc!) 30, 1814. MY Lortn,..—The enemy ckliected their force at Couches , ou the 13th, as 'Termed to ;your Lord ship in my dispatch of that (We, which induced me to concentrate the army in the neighbourhood of Are. The various detachments which. I had Bent out, nod the reserves of cavalry and artil lery moving out of Spain, did not join till. the 17th. In the mean time, the enemy not findiag his situation at Couches very retired on the 13th to Lembege, keeping his advanced pos6 toward Couchez. The army marched on the IStb, hnd Lieute nant General Sir Howland IEII drove in the ene my's outposts upon Lembege. The enemy retired in . the night upon Vic Bigorre ; and on the tol lowing day, the 19th, held a \ strong rear-guard in the vineyards in front of the town. Lieute nant-General Sir T. ton, with the 3d division, and Major-General Boek's brigade, made a most handsome movement upon this rear-guard, and drove them, through ,the vineyards and town ; and the army assembled at Vic Bigorre and Ra bestens. • The enemy retired in the - night up - on Tarbes.— We found them this morning with the advanced posts of their left in the town, and their right upon the heights near the windmill of Oleac, their cen ter and left were retired, the latter being upon the heights near Au.gos. We marched in two co lumns front Vic Bigorre and Rabestens ; and I made Lieutenant-General Sir Henry. Clinton turn and attack the right, ivith the 6th division, through the village of Dons, while Lieut,Gen. Sir Rowland Hill attacked the town by the WO road from Vie Bigorre. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Clinton's movement was very ably made, and .was completely successful : the light division, tinder Major-General C. Baron Alten,. likewise-drove the enemy from the heights above Orleix ; and Lieut.-Gen. Sir Rowland Hill having moved through the town, and disposed his columns for the attack, the enemy retired in all directions. The enemy's toss was considerable in the attack. made . by the light di v isi on; oars has not been considerable in any of these ope rations. Our troops are encamped this night upon the. Larzet and Larroz; Lieut.-Gen. Sir IL Clinton, with the 6th division, and Lieut.-General Sir Stapleton Cotton, with Major -Gen. Ponsonby's and Lord Edward Somerset's brigades-of cavalry, being well advanced upon their right.----Althougli the enemy's opposition has not been of a nature to try the troops, I have every reason to be satis fied with their conduct in all these affairs, parti cularly with that of the 3d d:vision, in the attack of the vineyards and towu of Vic Bigorre yester day, and with that of the 6th diviskn .P,nd light-di vision this day. . In all the partial affairs of the cavalry ours have shown their superiority ; and two squadrons of the 14th dragoons, under Capt. Miller, can the 14th, and one squadron. of the 15th, - on the 16th, conducted themselves most gallantly, and took a great number of prisoners. The .4th Portuguese dragoons,. under Colonel Campbell, likewise conducted themselves remark ably well in a . charge on the 13th. • 1 have not received any recent intelligence from Catalonia. I have the honour to be, &e. WELLIN GTON. FRENCH PAPERS. OFFICIAL NEWS FROM THE ARMIES. DOUL,EVENT, MARCH 7 25.-The bead-quar ters of the Emperor are here., The French army occupies Chaumont and Brienne.• It is in commu nication with Troyes, and its patroles extend as, far as Langres. On all sides prisoners are bring ing in. His Majesty's health is very good." PARIS, Maacx 28.—Letters from the head quarters of his Majesty, dated the 25th of =March, annotmce that our army was in the rear of the - enemy : that we,were masters of Bar-sur-Aube, Joinville; Monteriender. Our troops were 'at Chaumont ; ofir patroles go as far as Langres. Prisoners are brought in; equipages taken, couriers intercepted. A great number of prisoners had already arrived at head-quarters. The Emperor of Austria has, it is said, retired upon Chatillon. His Majesty King Joseph reviewed today, in the Courts of the Tbuilleries,,the National Guard of Paris, oomposed 'of 20,000 men at least, corn . pletely armed and equipped, with their artillery, and different corps of troops of the line,. infantry, cavalry, and a corps of artillery of 1500 men .at feast. All these troops, forming 'about 35,000 men, occupied four hours in defiling: There were at least 2000 superb - cavalry, consisting of etiitas siers, dragoons, and hussars. They werelolloW ed by a train of about GO pieces of cannon. The greater part of the troops of the line set off im mediately loi• the army. To-day a numerous artillery, served by the in val:ds and the pupils of the Polytechnic defiled in the Conrt of the Thhilleries... The age and Martial pad& of the veterasi warriors were agreeably contrasted with tbe' liVely and animated march of these young and ..intei;esting soldiers.— The former seemed to !rive renewed their strength -to give the country ftesh proofs Of devotion and courage; the latter seemed to. -wish to. give. pledges of the exploits they would one day per- . form. These corps, well experienced in the•ma-' umuvring of capitol', and of-a .fiae appearance, have been :formed wish astonishing rapidity by a General of Artillery, whose talents, - long tried, have always acquired the confidence and venera tion of ;he armies. After the parade his Majesty Kingiuseph received the oaths of General Count de Lepinasse, the Etat Major, and Officers of the Artillery and Engineers. There continue to arrive at Paris a great num ber of troops of all descriptions ; detachments of t.bnscripts, succeed each other incessantly. , We learn from the departments of Normandy and Brittany, thai all the roads are covered with troops proceeding to Paris; that the. National Guards . are 'armed, clothed, and exercised 'every day in :Uananivres. TARBEs, MARCH 15.--The troops of the allied powers are all agreed in one point, that of laying . waste and pila4ing France. • The Russians do not even wait till they are arrived there to exercise their system ; they pillage Prussia and all the German states they pi is through.. The Anglo. , Portuglie§c„. who will not be behindhand with them, have given themselves up to the most frightful excesses inSpain, is order to have the way for tliose which they are now committingin France. - A manifesto has recently been published at Tolosa, to inform the Spanish na tion oft he horrors corunkitted at St. Sebastian by the English.and Portuguese troops, after the taking of that town, against the inhabitants, who had succoured their woinn'ed, taken care of their pri soners, and given a kind reception to the con querors. This document is printed in Spanish, and signed by 179 of the principal inhabitants of the town, all of whom pledge themselves for the truth of their assertions. Gwcral Graham is now in Holland, to repeat the horrible scenes of car nage, violation, and pillage, perpetrated —at Sr: Sebastian, on a town to winch he WilS to give in dependence. TouLuusv., Matters 21.—Yesterday, the 20th, Count Caffarelli, his Majesty's Extraordinary Commissioner in the lath Military Division, ac companied by General Tresot, the Prefect of the Upper Garonne, the Mayor of Touloilse, and the Officers of the Etat Major of the place, reviewed the two cohorts (If the national city guard of this town. Almost all the men were in raniform. At the next review all will be clothed and armed : this operation took . place in the Garden of Plants, to which the two"cohorts marched with a - band of music. DUTCII PAPERS. GENP.VA, MA Bcn 11 .—Count Bubna Las issued several - Bulletins here, relative to the movements of the armies ; that of the left wing contains the following particulars General Wiinpfen., commanding the advanced guard of the Prince of Hesse lioniburg, entered Lons le Sanlnier is the 7th, after having defeated the enemy between 4trbuig and Poligny; Marshal Augeran made his retreat on Bourg. " The corps of General Bianchi advanced on the 7th from Chalons on Macon, whipp yva , the same day occupied by the advanced guard under tl'eneral Scheither. The enemy abandoned the territory of Got, and retired on Fort Ecluse. " A part of our garriion marched out oh the 9th, to advance upon the point, which the French had occupied. The first column, under Gen. Zeichineister, proceeded against Bonne ville, sending sonic detachments towards hit Roche, %Ina. and Pontre, wherebY he coveri the river Arve. The other co luinn has advanced into the territory of G;!x, from which the French appear to have completely withdrawn.' GENEVA, 13.—Travellers from Lyons report, that Marsltal Augereau had returned thete on the Bth, with the whole of his Staff, and that on the following day he received reinforcements. BaUSSELS, AlAtiCit 23.—The Duke of Saxe Wei mar has established his head-quarters at Doenylt, and his army is encamped in the neighbourhood, amounting to '2O or 25,000 men. Ile has under taken the siege of Maubeuge, which, it is expect ed, will surrtuder in a short time, His army is compospl prineloally of the Land wear, gtl4 i! (9 be strengthened by further reinforcements. The publications which have been is,oed in tl'e name of Louis XVlll.'.have. been circuiattY the armies of the Allies. of . Baussime, Dliacn 26.—The - light troop s Marshal BLUCHER have entered Normandy, en" occupy the great road between Paris and Rouen' MAILS. ARRIVSD—A Dublin, 2 Waterford. Dur,-24 Gcttel3i4tlrgils 1 Holland, .1 Dublin, k Waterford PRICE OF STOCKS THIS IMY Al TWELVE 0 . C1.00 C. Consols - 0-11 i I 'Omni tun ............. 1% HIGH WATER. AT u)NDON BRIDGE To-motuto - 3 , Nforning„ 42 minutes atter 3.1 Evening*, tninkite , after • iE SUN. (JUI PICCItZ FALgIM. AlWrA.l' LONDON, mo. N -0.41; APRIL 4, 1814. Yesterday morning a heavy firing waslicaru Art cj i 'or of the French Coast.—l n th e p resen t state public feeling this circumstance has'occasiwi ed $ t very considerable sensation. The cause hos lw or been .ascertained ; but it will. readily occur t° ° Readers that there may be many, not councelc with rejoicing. There is a strange report in circulation , . t i l t , BUONAPARTE WRS killed at Vitry; on the 25 6 ' . We knortir nothing of it. The London Gazette of Saturday, with its plement, French Papers to the 2gth, , Papers to a late date, and Letters from v B r i°ll :, quarters, fill our columns with much imper t° o matter. Before, however, we proceed ' l /, analysis-of these, we beg to state, from and we' have no doubt authent;c, private into gence, which we have.received, that the 3.` - _,„ iit oP have actually entered- Lyons w ith ou t oppu.- The second City 'in France lias therefore beet rescued from slavery ; a city too, Ivhich in P °1 0 ') 0 of local situ a tion i s o f g r eater i mporta nce ' I even Paris. This event is s t a t e d t o have ''' kea • tb e place:on the- 22d ult. an d C ount BUBNA, SV't.l Austrian force, to have been most favourably ceived by Alit; inhabitants. itS We learn also that . another CITY or N 6 ` France has hoisted the White Cockade 'l nd 1 .0 1 " the Mob" only, but ' the. iohole Puoulatio, cloto the exception of the OfEcers of OR' N ` lti° o f Guard. From the unfortunate circurnsto'" the seal of our letter being placed, m ost ifull' a P i : pos, upon the name of, this plaCe, we are ° lt to gratify the public curiosity in that respec t ; tio j we can assure theni of the general fact' that much importance is attached to this nc` v o rnonstration in favour of the Boußzoss intelligent Correspondent. 5 011j514 It is, we fear,. too true that Gem MAI - re ef entered Ghent with 7000 men. In conseco% c eo this, we are i n f o rmed Si r Ta os . G RAII AM 13 ' 15 v ki it' forced to break up fr o m hi s p o siti o n befor e i t - to r werp, and retire.—lt is expected, howeve r ' der in a day or two our brave and judicious Cool li° e will, if pressed, try his strength with the ` l .pol which prudence would forbid his doiligi It urged to it by very special considerations. I jo g The extraordinary Movements end grea t c ' r „ i ce of relative position of the hostile armies in :lo y) (which we announced on F r id a y and Same 0 1 set all CUljecture completely at defi"' 3ce :lli till further information is received on thi s ,01 1 J important subject, any speculations Upon ' s o k be only calculated to mislead the LOl derst O r ' ing. That BtroNAPARTE has attempted t° 00‘• himself between Prince ScitwAaTzENß ss° I:‘ 4 the Rhine is P re tty ev id en t— t h a t he l ' : " 1- , e 0 1 ' 5 into the rear of the Allies is by n° fl ec of' so clear. And ought bes:des to be rtit lected, that th ese t erms , o f ge tting i nt ar ,ia' rear of an enemy and cu ttin g o ff his co ll°. ` tr W tions, arc merely relative,.and convertibl e a ri !lf' sore to either side. F o r e xam pl e , if BLI °SA has got into the rear of the Adios, ant int er C —pi (partially, as Are have reasoa to belie" lie j: their intercourse with the Rhi ne , ;t °ll l ,l l reverse the mode of wording will find. thltt Prince Scuw,taTzENBTO G , b %t r e ( into the rear of the Prench,:and out otr th eir course with Paris. lint we should rath er that neither of these events has taken Pl ace ' o s' great extent; for were the opposing b° sts i t ie j the news , 31- 5 ' e if tamed, it would he impo,-sible to 03 "- sense of the statements wbich assert th t die peror of AUSTRIA had retired on Cbatiii"ibo je that 20,000 111CTI lkad marched from Piiris to .1 1 the army. Th e l atter cannot b e wig, if t lies are between BUONAPARTE ant i r' iris r ; if the f orm e r i s correct, t h en is' 1 31)4974h rti‘ in front of the Adlies, and manceuvriog °ll , CI) t right wing, fur' hatillon is further 5 ' 1 : 1 it' even Langres, th e utmost p n int to wino 51;,;, said the French advanced posts bad bee° P •