The Sun. — London, England, 1814-03-17 00:00:00

F 11.W&C I I PAPERS, PARIS, INTAiton 11.—Iler liajeity the Empress Queen has received the following intelligence of the situation at . the armies to the 9th of March :-- The army of General Blucher, composed of the.wrecks of the corps of Generals Sacken, Kliest, Vorek, retired, after the battles of Montrni , rail - .and VauFhamp, by Rheims, upon Chalons. It there received the two last divisions of the corps Of General Langeron, which bad remained before Mentz.—The loss bad 'been such that it was ob 7 lilted to retitled it cadres half, though several con - voys of recruits from its reserves ha,l arried. The army, called the Army of the North, composed of four divisinfis, under the orders of Generals Winzingerode and Woronzow, and one Prussian diriz,ion under the orders of General I,3tdovv, replaced at Chalons and Rheims the Army yaf Silesia. " The latter passed the-Auheat Ards, whilst the Prince of SCHWARTZENBERG lined the right of the Seine, and in consequence of the action of Nangis. and Montereau, evacuated all theeountry befween the Seine and the Yonne. " On the 22d February, General Blucher ap. peared before Mery. He had already passed th bridge,. whea.the General of Division, Beyer, marched against him with the bayonet, overthrew him, and drove him to the other side of the river ; but the enmity set fire to the bridge and the little town of Mery, and the conflagration Was - so vio lent, that for 48 hours it was impOssibleto pasi. " On the 24th, the Duke of Reggio proceeded • against Vandoeuvres, and the Duke :ofiTarentum 11-ton Bar-sur,Seine. It appears that• the army of Silesia had marched on the left of the Aube to join the Aus trian army, and fight a general battle ; but the enemy having renounced this project, General Blucher repassed the Aube, and directed his course tipon Sezanne. " The Duke of Ragusa - watched this corps, checked its march, and retreated before it with out any loss. He; arrived on the 25th at Ferte Gaudier, and an the 26th effected; at Ferte Soilage, his junction with the Duke of Treviso, avhi, observed the tight of the Marne, and the corps of the army called the Army of the North, which were at Chalons andltheintS. ." On the 27th.; General Sackett snored upon Me7ntx, and appeared before the bridge placed at the farther end of Meaux, upon the road of Nan gis, which had been cut. He was received with gape-shot. ,Some of his stragglers advanced to the bridge of Lagny. " However, 'the Emperor left Troves on the 27th, slept, the same_night at the village of Her basse ; on the 29th, at 'the Castle of Esternay ; and on the Ist of March at Jouarre. " The army of 'Silesia was thus extremely ex posed.. Ittad no other part to take but .to past the Afarhe it threw three bridges over it, and tiOved upon the (MITT " General Kleist passed the Ourcq, 'and pro ceeded upon Meaux by Varede. , The 'Duke of Treviso came up with him on the . 2Sth, in posi tion at the village of Gue a Treme, on' the left bank of the Teronenne. He attacked him man fully. ,General Cbristiani, commanding a division of the old guard, covered himself with The- enemy was chisely pursued for several leagues. Some hnhdredS were taken, and a great number remained on the field of battle. " At the same time the enemy had passed the Ourcq at Lesy. The Diike of Ragusa threw them on the other side. The retrograde movement of the army of Blucher was theided. All filed off upon Ferte Milon and Soissons. " The Emperor left Ferte-sons-Jouaree on the 3d. His advanced-guard was on the same day at Rocourt. " The Dukes of Ragusa and Treviso pressed the' enemy's rear guard: they attacked it warmly on the 3d ar Neul!y_Saint l e ront. " The Emperor arrived early on the 4th at Fismcs. Prisoners were made, and , sevetal bag gage-waggons' WCTC taken. " The city of Soissons had twenty pieces of cannon; and was in a condition to defend itself. The Dukes of Ragusa and Treviso; proceeded triton that city to pass •the- Aisne, while the. Em perer marched upon Mexy. . The enemy's .array was in ihe most dangerous - position, but the Ge neral C;:enneanding at Soissons, by an unaeconnt able cowardice, 'abandoned the place at tour in the afternoon of the '3d, by a capitulation, sty'l ing itself honourable, because the -enemy perthit ted hint tolaav; , . the city w , ith his troops and ar,. tillery, and retire with his garrison and artillery to fillers Cotterets. At the moment the enemy's army thought itself lost, it was imformed that the bridge. of Soissons was in its power, and had not been destroyed. • The General who commanded in the city, and the Members of the Council of Defence, are ordered before a Commission of inquiry. They appear 'SO munch the more culpa-. ble, because, during the whole of the 2d and 30, they beat i front the city the cannonading .of our army, which was approaching SoiSsons, and be cause a battalion of the Vistula, which was in the - place, and which quitted it with tears 'in their eyes, - had given the greatest proofs of intrepidity. "_General Corbinean„ Aid-de - Camp of the Emperor, and the General of Cavalry, Falerriere, 'had proceeded upon Rheims, which theyentered at four on the morning of the sth, by turning an enemy's corps of four battalions which covered the town, and the troops of which were made pri soners.—Every thing in Rheims was taken. " On the sth, the Emperor slept at Bery-au- Pac.. General Nansoaty forced a passage by the bridge of Bery, routed a di'vision of cavalry which covered it, obtained possessibn of two pieces of cannon, and took 300 cavalry, among whom was Colonel Prince Gagarin, who commanded brigade. - The enemy's army was divided into two por . II I • I •• • anal of Winaingerode, had taken a position on, the heights of Craone, and the corps of Prussians on the heights of Laon: .•, " On the 6tlt.the• Emperor came to. sleep at Corbani. The heights of Craone were attacked and carried by two.battalions of the guards. aTtie officer of ordnance, cariman, a young officer of • experience, turned the right at the head of'a• bat talion.. The Prince of Moskwa marched oti,e,hei farm of Urtubre. The enemy retired and took: position on a height which was reconnoitred on the 7th at day-break. This gave rise to the battle of Craone. • " The position was fine, the enemy having his right and left. supported on ravines, and "a third ravine in his front. lie defended the only pass age, 160 toises broad, which joined his position to the plateau of Craone. " The Duke of Belluno marched with two dia• visions of the young Guards to the Abbot of Vali. eler, tito which the enemy bad set fire. Ile drove them from and passed the defile, which the enemy defended with 60 _pieces of cannon: Gel. Drouet passed it with several batteries: ,At the same moment the Prince of Moskwa liaised the ravine on the left, and debouclied on the enemy's right. The cannonade was very heaVy during an hour. General Grouchy clehouched with vairy. General Nansouty passed' the - ra'vine'ol. the enemy's right with two divisions of cavali' The defile being passed, and the enemy-foreal in his position, he was pursued four leagues, and cannonaded- by 80 pieces of cannon with grapi. shot, which caused him to sustain a great loss. The plateau by which he had retreated having also ravines on the right and left, the, cavalry could not get up to attack him. The Emperor moved his head-quarters' to Bray. On the next day, the Bth, we pursued the enemy to the defile •f Urcel, and on the same d eq ay uia e p it g e e r . . entered Soissons, where they had left a bridge " The -batty* of Craone is extremely glorious to our arms: The enemy lost six generals, and es timate. their, loss at from sto 6000 men. Ours has been SOO killed or wounded. • The Doke Of'Belluno was,wonnded.by:a ball:- General Grouchy, and General Laferriere, a ca valry officer of great-distinction, were also wound-. ed, in debonching at the head of their troops. " General Belliard has taken the command of the cavalry. The result of all these operations is a loss to the enemy of from 10,000 to 12,000 men, and 30 pieces of cannon. .' -. . The intention of the Emperor is to manoeuvre - with the army upon the Mine." Paais, MARCH 12.—The lietman of the tes sacks, I'latow, has boasted that he will enter and quit Paris at full gallop with his Cossacks„ after having set fire to 500 parts of the city, without losing ten men. These nien, as ferocious as they are ignorant, imagine that Paris resembles the towns of . Russia, rrhosc houses are built of wood, and they do not knows what the population i s of a single suburb of the capital. They would' hold a very different language if they bad a perfect knowledge of what is passing i n Paris, and the disposition of the inhabitants, if they visited our manufactories, whose arms of all kings are fahricatedsdaily by thousands ; finally, , if they were acquainted with all the means of de _ fense that could be opposed to them. Indeed with what hope of success could an enemy's army venture to enter the capital ? What would be come of it.irr the midst of a vast population, arm ed, irritated, and resolved to defend themselVes ? Paris contains moo draught horses, 'which would put in motion 500 pieces of cannon.. It would be easy to barricade the streets, and to pre sent at every point an efficacious. resistance. It would be only necessary ,to shut the barrierS on the enemy's troops in order to cause theirexter mination to the last man. We could refer tosvery remarkable examples of courage which the inha- , bitants 'of Paris have displayed in the defence of this city, tvhen they have had only slight motives for resorting to arms ; and can it now be supposed that they will have less energy and 'intrepidity when the preservation of their families, their pro perty, their lives, and liberties, is at stake ? The Prussians, who know better than the Russians the danger of attacking a town like Paris, avow their fears, and ask everywhere as they pass, whether it be true that this 'city is prepared to defend itself? Marshal Blucher has even said, that he would in that case despair of the sue. cess of the expedition. We 'are not ignorant that the enemy's Commanders,' in summoning i towns to surrender, threaten to burn them ; but, in order to burn Paris, it is first necessary to penetrate it. Paris is full of soldiers and can- noniers, who very well know that there is no thing to fear from the fire of artillery placed on the heights which 'surround this. city. The. largest . pieces, s placed on the elevation nearest-to Paris, would not reach to one-tenth of the diameter of the town, that is to say, to the jnisst populous quarters. Besides, the artillery of an ' army,. would consume six tunes as much ammunition as ,would be necessary for a campaign, Sefore Six houses would be bwnt. '['he enemy .is himself convinced of these' truths. These reflec tions have been suggested to us by the perusal of the authentic declarations made by the Municipa tides of -towns Which the enemy have completely ravaged, and by a perfect knowledge of the powerful means which hare been prepared to save the city, of Paris from the enemy's fury. Thanks to the skilful manoeuvres of the Emperor, and the cOurage of our soldiers, the enemy is far . from us ; but. if ever he approach our walls o lie will there find 600,00Q French animated - by the same sentiment, and determined to rescue,thent selves from pillage, conflagration, and death. State of the Funds on the Ilth of March :-5 per Cent. shut-9th March, 511.--Ditto, Dividend on the. '22.d Maith, , 49 4 ask F s. div. I . • On Tuesday the Lottery was contracted for by RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. and SWIFT and Co.; the. Scheme, we understand, is entirely new, every purchaser is to have the chance of the Prizes not only in that Lottery, but in the, ti.43.ttax TGIF, Cf,O,I3.TOUS NEITS The following Editions we yesterday pulAished in part of our impress'on--we this day reprint it for the information of all our Readers. SECOND EDITIQN. kiUN OI'FICE, One, French Papers to the 13th have reached 'Town, 'being one day later titan those of which the pub lic are already ifi'pOSSeSSlol . l We have not seen them, but We rely on a friend who run over their contents 'in a hasty manner, th,it the Paper of thel2th announces in effect the following intelii . Bence The Parisians are assured that BLTONAPART E had defeated Marshal BLUCHER, and taken 12,000 Prisoners, and thirty-one pieces of Cannon. It i 3 admitted that three French General Officers had been. wounded; VICTOR, GROUyELLE, (not Guou- . CHY, as stated yesterday by mistake), and LAVAL. This is the magnification of the Action at Craone of the ith, and its res'ults. On the other hand, a Hague Courant of the 14th has been received, which states that the gallant 'l3l.neuEtt had completely defeated BUONARARTE ; on the 110, with the loss of all 114 artillery, and that the Tyrant .had fallen back on Paris with the wreck of his army, reduced to only 15,00 -men. Upon this news we place more reliance than we usually do on intelligence through the same chan nel. All previous circumstances tend to give it the air of probability. It mar indeed be' ey.Ug gerated, but if the main tact of the defeat be true, we need care little for a difference of ten; or twenty, or thirty thousand men, in the details. Omniam has advanced from 2.31 to 27. TWO O'CLOCK. We have since seen the ltionitein' of the 12th.— Our statement is correct. Even from the details in the French account, it would appear 'that BLU CHER had not been more severely annihilated on this occasion than on- former occasions, when he had the best of the battle. We have this moment received a private and most cheering letter from near Rheims. —lt describes the condition of the 'French army .; fatigued by rapid and forced marches ; exhausted. and AVOrn out by everlasting action—and in' a most' deplorable state, from the want of even the common necessaries. of life. We can depend on this information it is neither fallacions. 'nor 'overcoloured. THIRD EDITION. SUN Orvicc, Half-vast Two. We .-have to add to the most important and glorious News contained in the Second Edition,, that the Hague Courant is .of the 14th, at Night. The couununication was official from the Duke of SAXE WEIMAR to tlie Prince of ORANGE. The battle commenced on the morning of the 9th, lasted all that clay, and the subsequent . night, and was renewed on the morning of the 10th: ,On the first day the attack was made on one point of BLUCIIEWS Army, and on the second day on another point, - in both of which the object of the Tyrant. was 'completely frustrated. He lost Seventy' Pieces of Cannon, and the greater part -of his Army, having retreated, .as we' have already .stated, towards Paris 'with 15,000 men, closely and vigorously pursued by the gallant BivoonEn. We are informed, .from credible authority, that Prince _SCIiNVARTZENBERG, V.'llo bad advanced` considerably towards Paris, only waited the re sult of this splendid Battle to put his whole force in motion towards the Cipital. There appears to be nothing to impede his Fogless, 'ol.7lt'rl - I EDITION. SUN O)rxcE, FOUr In confirmation of what we said in our Third Edition, we deem it our duty to give the follow :jog Extract front " The Times Extraordinary," dust published HAGUE, • MARCH 14.--A Courier from his Highness the Duke of Saxe Weiniar, sent from .Tournay, has brought the following important news to . the Sovereign : TOURNAY, MARCH l2.—According to the plan of the High Allied Powers, the different corps were to concentrate, in order to form two army corps : for this purpose some short retrograde movements were necessary. The army of MatOal Blucher had concentrated itself near T..ialm; and Napoleon, ak the head of 10,000' men, had ioiloWed it. Yesterday a 'cou rier arrived here with the tidings that the Field- Marshal had determined . to comae to a general en gagement on the 9th ; and at this moment a se cond courier is arrived, bringing the following o'fficial information from hint : " This morning, before day-break, the enemy attacked My right wing and centre, under the commands of Generals Winzingerode awl Bu low ; an'l by favour of a thick Mist; penetrated o tll , . walls of Lion. About mid-day, whea 114 -turstcliired off, the cmps of the • twe aboor' namcd Generals drove back ,the enemy. A veil isevere contest of infantry began on intersected ground, and we progressively advanced until . oe Ifall of evening. "- About three o'clock in the afternoon the ale". my's columns appeared on myleft wing, and-toolg. possession of the village of .Athieres, and corn- meuced a heavy cannonade on'the corps of Vo* Yorck and Kleist. Having .foreteen. this oc currence:, I caused the corps of Langeron and acken to break up, for the, purpose of strength ening the left wing,, with orders to -act effect" sively at the same time with the corps Of Y-circk and Kleist. The Generals Yore( and Kleist emuted this order with their usual ability. The enemy .was, at the close of day,_ wholly . ovei‘, thrown : his artillery,- his ammunition-watOlg' and a great number of prisoners, fell into or.. hands.: General Yorck informs me at this ine" ment, that he still pursues the enemy, and that his cavalry has already driven them in the greatest' disorder as far as Corbiny. I hasten to commtink cate these tidings to your Serene Highness. Up to .this moment, 70 pieces of cannon bal . ° Arcady falleil into , our hands ; the number of pri': soners and Caissons is not to be estimated. t rb ° victory was principally decided by a brillian t charge of cavalry. My left wing this day -crosses the Aisne. I,t is not certain whether Napole°9 commanded in person. "rhe most 61 the Pr i ' soners deala re that they bad seen him ; but deserters Say, that he departed on the evening of the Bth VI it 4 15,000 , men, taking the road for Paris, as 0 ° Grand Amy, tinder the command of Fri Schwartzenberg had entered Funtainbleau." LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINAO' 311URSDAY, MARCH 14. 1 6 I 50 send thisletter thtough the enemys P - Flanders, to Admiral Young, 'who I l 0 1i e vAg loP dJ enabled to forward it immediately - to WAR DEPARTMENT. Downing-street, March 17, 1814— One A. An Officer has arrived at this Office, bringitl Dispatches addressed to Earl Bathurst, of wh icil , the following are Copies : . - Copy of a Itter from Admiral YOUNG, commanding jesty's Fleet in the North Seas. Impregnable, Much 15, 1614* My CoaD—l cannot send forward the ac c°"l „Oil? panying Dispatch without offering your 14°' • r 41 my most hearty cong ra t u l a ti ons on the c %2- 0' Iriteiligeli c e . it conveys. have the fiOilourrqbc, &c. (Signed) W. YOU NG !, Right Hon., Earl Bathurs t , &c. &c. &c. spy-of a Letter from Captain. CHAFILTS ITAXILTON SgICOP Deputy Ackistant-Quarter-Master-General, to Earl /344 Tuu BAT; dated Brussels,. March 13, 1814. MY Loll.l),—uis Excellency Sir- Thos. Grab ° having permitted . me in case. of any important o,°' carrence, to address myself directly to..yout f•A rd ; ship,, I avail myself,. I hope with. propriety, of tbl e indulgence, because the 'quantity of ice in tb rivers of tiolland, together with - the contintr gice, of easterly winds, might- retard a dipatch I,4°' ° o round by lielvoctsluys, and prevent intellig ellc v of the greatest importance reaching his IViaje sti • Ministers. • In consequence, I' take the liberty of encl P 's to yOur Lordship an extract of a leiter froth Serene liighnrss the Duke of Saxe Weimar, ° lr. n 3ar )ander in Chief of the allied Russian, Pruss' and Sax , ,n forces in the ,Netherlands, to ‘-' °ll s , Lottum, Governor of this city, containing an c o tract of a letter froin Marshal Blucher,. which 01 4 have been dated•the 10th instant, but which some inadvertence lias been omitted. As your Lordship may possibly not be in 5 4 , 1 1 session of the previous measures of Ala r- tia - g ' Bucher, I beg leave to add, that wben . l le ft 1— Duke of Saxe Weimar, on the morning of tlO 10th, at TournaY, be directed me to infor m e , Excellency Sir Thomas Graham, that he had r 0 ceived to letter from Marshal Blucher, dated 13 % 0 Bth inst. at 7 P. M. informing him, 61 . 3 : 0 0 had tha4 day concentrated his forces, con g '" of the corps of Billow, D'Yorck, Kliest, gerode, Langeron, and I believe Woronq vf ' tb e all 90,000 combatants ; his left occuring ajo e commanding point of Laon (that city st a d i e on a conical hill), and his right extending to ~s 0 small fortress of La Fere ; and that a ba ttle • inevitable. o 1 i i fr It appears that General Winzingerodel ia° s v e feted some loss_orsthe 7th, but during th e fil a r' operations which had taken place since the 0, steal had broken up from the vicinity of M e : 1 .5, the enemy had likewise lost considerable nu i " ij i, and among others 'Marshal Victor, Gen• Gr° f i .ell La Marque, and another, had been se— wonaded.