The National Register.
London, England, 1814-03-20 00:00:00

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THE lIATIONAL R.EGISTErt,

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J. Baker, tile younger, Wistol, victualler, March el. aid
prll VI, at eleret., at the Angel Bath: Attornies, Messrs.
Shepherd; Adlington, and Gregory, Bedford-row, London ; and Mr.
Sheppard, Bath. -
W; Old-stteet, jeweller,. March el, 26, and April 26,
twelve', at Guildhall. Attornivs, Messrs. Mahew and lhice, Symund's
G. johnson; Spring-street, Shadwell, grocer, March 22, 26. at d
April `26, tst twelve, at Guildhall. Attorneys Mr. Eyles, Castle:-stmt,
.1. Simpttnn, Shepherd's-Btr.h; Ftilliain„ farmer, Marchte, 29, and
April '26, at ten, tat Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Satindetl, Charlotte.street,
FiO,roy-srpsare.
E. Smith, Ratnishani, borsrt, miller, March 29, April 9, and 26, at
eleven, at the George inn; Crewkethr, Romersctsl:ire. A ttornies, Mr.
It nter Braid, Crewliortie ; and Messa. Pearson and Sun, Tonisle,
London.
J. Whitehesd,, Bury, Lancaster, wonllen Manufacturer, March '25,
116, and April :26, at eleven; to the Mosey Arias inrr, Matiellestur.
Atrntniec, Messrs. V illis, Fiiirthorile, and Clarke, Wardlord•court,
London ; and Mr. thaly, Ruling's ORM. Maiieliebter,

LONDON GAtEITE EkTPAORDINARr.

THUR9bAY, MARCH 17.

IiPEPARTIIiENTi DOWN 6•9111 Et?, -m Ancu 17, (Me Ai Mi

Air Officer has arrived at this 'Office, bringing Dispatches ad
klressed to Earl Bathurst, of which the following are copies
Copy of ft Lette► from Admiral Young, coitimanding his Majesty's
Fleet in the North Seas.
Impregnable, :'arch 15, 1814.
cannot send forward the accompanying di§patch
ivithout offering, your Lordship itiy most hearty congratulations on
the excellent ►ntell►gence ►t conveys.
I have the honour to be, &e.
Right ilon. Earl Bathurst; erc. (Signed) I%'. 'YOUNG.

Copy d'a Letter from Captain Ch :rtes Hamilton Smith, Deputy
Assistairt-Quarter-Master-Gthet LA, to Earl Bathurst, dated liras-
*els, Mare'h 13, 11114.
Mv Loani—His Excellency Sir Thomas Graham having-pet-
initted me, in ease of any important occurrence, to address myself
directly to your Lordship, I avail myse:f, t hope With propriety,
Of this indulgence, becattsr the quantity of ice in the rivers of
flolland, together with thee contiouarce of ea-tetly miuds, might
retard a dispatch goiog round by flelyoetsloy-, acid prevent in-
tellir„enee of the greatest importance reaching his Majesty's
Ministets.
In consequence, I take the liberty of enclosing to your Lordship
fn- extract of a letter frOm his Serene Highness the Do',:e of
Sax* Weimar, Commander-in-Chief Wl' the allied Eassian, Prussial,
and Saxon forces in the Netherlands, to ronnt Lotttuu, Governor
of this citY., containing an extract of a later from ;It hr.alat lilucacr
which should have been dated the 10th instant, but vs Inch by some
inadvertence has been omitted.
As your Lordship may possiblY not be in possession of tin
joreYinus measures of Marshal Blucher, I beg leave to add, that
Ivr!ts.o I left the Duke of Saxe:Weimer, on the morning of the toti,,
at Tournav, he directed me to inform his Hxceliee4y Sir Thole; s
Graham, Nutt he had received a letter front 3layshp.l Blucher, dat. d
Lame the oth inst. at 7 p.m. informio him that he 11;1(1 that (16:y
'corcentrated his forces, consistiug of the cod=s of linlow, p
IViniingerode. Langeron, nod I believe Woronzoff, in al
9:),010 combatants : his left occupying the commanding point of
Laon; (that city standing on a conical hill), and hi 3 right extending
to the small fortress of La Fere ; and that a battle was inevitable.
It appears. that General IVinzingerode had suffPred sonic loss on
the 7th, but duriog the active operatiims which had taken place
since the Marshal hail broken op from the viciloty iii Meaux, the
Onernvh.ol likewise lost considerable numbers, and, among °Marc
Marshal Victor, General Grouchy, La Marque, aud another, had
been severely wounded.
I 'send this letter through the enemy's posts in Flanders, to Ad- i
rmiral Young, who, I hope, wilt be enabled to tOrward it iriwy-
diately to England., with my most SinMe eon4ratulatiots on thip
ecisive event. I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed) CHARLES fi AMI uroN SMITH,
Right Hon. Earl Bathutstb Captain ll• A. Q. M. el,

MARCh go.

"1

According to the plan of the l ligis Allie'l Powers, all the different
corps tErmee were to coneentrate themselves, in order to limn two
great. armies For this effect, some momentary retrograde move-.
m erits were necessary. The army of Marshal Blucher emineci.:ratcd
itself; near Laon„-having opposed to it Napoleon, at the bead of.
ist),ooo'men. A courier; who arrived yesterday, brongiim
tut' r na-
tint the Fie;,l-Marshal had resolved is give battle on the 9th ;
and this momenta second tourier is arrived, bridging the following
account.
This morning, before day-break, the enemy attacked my right
wing and tenire. under the orders of Crenerals Winzingerode and
Mow ; end, mlcr favour of a thick fog; he penetrated quite minder
the walls of Laon. Towards noon, when the fog cicaredaway, the
two corps ahosementioned moved against the enemy engaged in
intersected ground a very sharp atiair of infantry, and gained
ground till nightfall.
Towarls three in the afternoon, the enemy's columns appeared
on my left wing, took the vAlage of Althies, and cannonaded
bri.kly the corps of D'Yorck and Kleist.
. Having forseen this event, I sent the corps of Langernn and
Sackers to reinforce the left wing, with orders to assume the Olen-
sky , in conjunction with the corps of b'Yorek and Kltist.
Generals D'Yorek and Kleist frilfilkd this object with their
known ability. The Ninny was totAly overthrown at night-fall :
• his artillery, ammunition waggons, and a great number of prisoners,
tell into °or hands.
Gem-ral D'iCorck reports to me at this moment, that he is sti!l
in pnrsnit of the enemy, and that his cavalry has already driven
I them in the greatest confusion to Corbeny.
I hasten to communicate this news to your Most Serene High-
; ness.

P. S. Up to the present time, seventy pieces of cannon have
been already taken. The numbers of prisoners and ainnmuition-,
waggons cannot yet be calenlattd. The victory was decided
principally by a brilliant charge of my• cavalry. My left wing
passes the Ainse this day. It is not known positively if Napo-
leon commanded in person. Most of the prisoners assert that the'
saw him ; bnt deserters ,:ny that he set off on the night of the atlr,,
%%kb tiftt en thousand men, in the diteetion of Paris, the Grain 4
Ai my, tinder the orders of Prince Seliwartzenherg, having
taken Fontaiiihlcan.

LONDON O.f:P.ll7'E E.VII7,IOIIDINARY,

FRIDAY, 1I ARCH 13, 1811.

WAR DEPARTMENT, DOWNING-STREET, 111ARCII 17i 1814.

A (lisped', of which tip following is a ropy, bag been receivcii at
this office, addressed to Earl flatlinist by Colonel Lowe :

flca,:-quarleri of the Camtined itrny under Field-Marshal Blucher,
Lao:, March 11, 1814.

My Lone,—As some delay attends my emmilluications at the
present mom( lit with Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir Char;es Stewart, 4.
du mysclt the honour to enclose to your Lord,hip a duplicate of my
report to !iim of the events that have taken place in this vicinity,
witnin these three days. It may be necessary at the same time to
give yam- Lordship the thllowing outline of the movements that
p:Te..:led then;, in the event of my tomer reports nut having beet)
yet received.
'Lie alley of Silesia tff,•etrd its junction with the corps of Ge-
mcrals and lItilow• at Snissous, on the evening of the
.;d instant ; and on the fol;ow lug day, F.eld-Matshai &licher (to
whom the colon:mil of Ili:. Wade inid been entrusted) took up a
p on an exienshe plateaux, to the left and in the rear of the
of:6oisons, with his 14,1,1 dose to the village of Ladino), and
his left near Craone. fluonaparte, with the whole of his gnat ds,
the eorpt ut Marshals Marmon' and Mortier, and w nth a con-
sit table body, of ca%—lry, hail hillowed the at my of Silusta it) its
march from t!:c Mara.:2 to the Aisne. On the :Wm he resolved on alt
attempt to regain pessyssico ,)t the town of Soissons ; ten thonsand
Russian infantry of the 'C4 irps of Geti. Cohul Li:net:roil, tinder the
orders of feet). Fludzewidi, defended it, The town, which lies on
't t' onl+o`.ttc side t tire to that on which the army was in
position, is surrounded try a broken wall and ditch, passable in many
parts. •
'Lit' enemy attacked FOOD after day light, gained possession of
the greater part of the suburbs,' oknd twice attacked the town itself
en oppw.ite.siLies with heavy c4#lsinns, supposed the separate divi.
shuns ut' Mamma and Mertier..-.:hie was both times repulaed with