The National Register.
London, England, 1814-01-30 00:00:00

TUE NATIONAL REGISTER.

S.stne troop% of Geisotei Btionais advanced guards havii.g. entered
the department of the Ain, had occupied Bourg, atter having experi-
enced some resistance Iron the-i.,habitants.
On the 19th the enemy's advanced-posts were three leagues fiom
Lyons.
The AfarsliAl Duke of Castiglione had repaired to Dauphine to rally
all the troops, and to march in force toward. and Geneva. Gen
Musiner occupied Lyons, and was destined to act on the right bank 4
the Saone.

The Extratirdinary Commissioner Count Chaptal, and tl e coma du
-s.lonily, Prefect of the Rhine, have dune all that caul!! lw expected
Irani them. The inhabitnnts of h.,ons have shewn au! it;r and patriot-
ism. The city btiilc thicateped, musty families had lairawn, mid
the value of the gowls sell to the is estimated at 190 mit-
lions of livres.

From Bourg, Count flubnal;ns sent light tioops in nll direFtions ; 15
hussnrs appeared before Macon. There were troops a,.d national
guard's for the &faience of the !own. bet the Mayor of flacon, and she
Mrvor of St. Laurent, betraving the imblse confidence, seffered the
pridge. over the Soane to be s ecupied by 5Q of the enemy. On the
I(ith, the fOrce of the enemy at Mayon was 400 cayalry. This conduct
is an indelible stain for the inlitabita)its of tins town, anti a contrast tO
the heroic keution of Chalons.
A party of the cite:Hy had appeared before this 1 .st place; the Chia
lonais flew to arms; the national gunrd of 4ptun marches! to their aid ;
the inhabitants of the Charohis descended from their mountains foist
iron canon were drawn from the Creuzot, the bridges were barricadued,
redoubts were censtructed. and the
.people put thentselet g in a state of
defence. On the 18th the spetny had been repulsed in all his attar. it•.
Another division of the armv of Prince Schwartzentre had advanced
towards Besancon. Count Manilas had taLen the comur.pd pf tie
town. Seconded by Bar nnc Pry, Prefect of the J.? uh., he had, in a
few *days, provisioned pesußcuil, which was armed and in a state of d: -
fence. General M.trulaz had sent sevrral detachments, which ha •e
survized and cut ip pieces miles of the enemy. They pstiamte at 15
or 16 (100 men the Austrian troops which are Wore. Besancon, and
which send detachments in all directions.

One of those detachments appeared before Dole 1.51) cavalry were
onificieni to occupy that town ; having, received remforceinents of iii-
fantry, they advanced towards Anatomic, but the garrison sallied oi4,
beat them, and drove theta beyond Dole.
The inhabitants of the little town of St. Jean de Lone flare defended
lit. it bridge, and made 14 prisouers. A captain of the enemy's cavalry
was killed by a blow of a sabre from a supeiannu.ited officer, wl.o put
himself at the head i.t the national ;guard-.
Another corps of Prince Schwartzeoberv's army had marched to Eisi-
nal, and thence towards Nancy. On the 19th, its aiivanced posts were
before Toni. The puke of Bellows was behind the Mt use, at Void,
occupying Commercy, anti comae:limning with the Duke of Ragusa.
On the 12th, the Duke of Treviso was at Lange; ; he had hefore
him the corps of General (iiulay, which is also a part of the army of
The Prince of Schwartzenberg. On the 13th and 11.11, the Doke of
'Treviso sent troops again et the enemy's advanced-guard, which was
1,800 strong ; sao chasseurs, of the infantry of the young guard, con-
ducted by some people of the country, marched at cnie in the morning.
into the rear of the enemy. who hid just taken his arms, att:lrked him
with the bayonet, killed five or 60q men, and took from him 150 pri-
&niers.
On the 19th, in consequence of general arrangements, the T)uke of
Treviso had taken a position at Cammont, where he has heels joined
by two more divisions, and by a pork of 70 pipces of cannon.
Two battalions of Wurtemliergers coining I rim Epinal, having eot
jou far, the Duke of Treviso, alker ceasing them to be cnnnonuded Prr
ten minutes, had them attacked with the bayonet by 60 grenadiers of
the guard, who offered their services These two hattabops were re
pulsed by 60 men, and thrown into the river, 80 prisoners were taken.
Camps of reserve et forming at Mean;, at &Anon', oyes.
land Arcrsur-Aube.
A hundred squadrons of reserve cavalry are forming at Meaux and
tido'', under the Oenerals of Division Bordesault and P,gol.
The natjonal guards pf Normandy, Poiton, and Brittany, are on
the march to reinforce the camps of Meaux, Soissons, and Troyes.
A park of GOO pieces of ea 111101) is collected at Chalons, under (k-
J:era' Ruty.
The moment ins tope yilien from all parts of this vast empire,
the French uho desire speedily to deliver the territory of their
r mum. y and preserve the national honour w.hipia we have reeeived
front nor foretath.ei s, (milt to take up arms, and much to the
pimps, which are the rendezvous of flag brave And true 'Freneirmen.
The enemy announce that they innute France yith 200,000 men.
There are 10,0. a) in Brabant, .59,QQ0 of the Silesian army before
Nyntr, _Sarre, Ldxenabanyg, Thlotrjlte, and 'llctf, and

100,00(► in the army of the Payee or itchwartzetiberg, whivh it !it
BOtillto lid ore Besancon, Hunln;epe, Schlestpdt, apd Iktirt oral
on the side of Langres.

fASSAGE OF TIIE RHINE BY THE MOST CALLED THE ARMY

OF SILFSIA, eq:NrOSED OF PRVSSIANS AND Iteill4lst
On. the Ist of January the grin} of Shelia payed the Rhine at
ditkre. t points. The corps marched, viz. die Rossi division of
General Laugeron before May puce, having his ;idyll! •ed gtiard to-
ward!, Treve4 ; and the diliintts of Sacken anti Vol k upon tile
Sane ; divi,ion in reserve, . ftol!diVisitt is, including
cavalry, may 4 estimated at 5p.i100 men. The Mike of R.igliva
has retire() before tite;e corps without stiffeitng any ; he ilea
take n a position on the iiaarPt has ealite 91j4
to 4e provisioned, has MVP' towir44 Met; and staid' some day.
luititre that town, to make all evacuate it who vile listless for it,
detencp, and to compiete its prpvisions for a year. He occupied
St. 41ilte1, and was ne‘plid Verdun. On the 19th or this month.
without having had any atrair of -eolverpiptice, yerdurt was prtLi.7
aimed, armed, ami inn goad state of defence.
The division of Sacker' v)•as at Punta- Mousspn. that of York he,
f wt. Metz, that of deist- before and that ur Laugeron
nefnre Naycnce.
Tile infantry of this army js vitally end( yed in the leockrui.
of the fortresses? The rigour pl. the selson, the bad weather, and
the naidtiplied bivouacs have inerea....l the ravages of disease
dmortgst the troop., whose health bac! been already impaired by the
fatigues of the campaign. The lanspities iii thc rear of the ant y
are 441, and the roads are ea /erect with dead bouts. The Pr feet
and the Mayor 4f Met;, the Sab-Prervet of Thionville, mod; ge-
neral, ah the population of the Messrs have desmed the praises t f
the Emperor,

.4,R41y OF' TILE NOWIVI. •
PAR IS, J4N. 20.—The desertion of eight battalions from the 34
and 4th foreign regiments, ml*of two battalicp, of ' Hollanders,'
which fornied die greater past of the &vision of (ken. Molitor,
having left Holland without defence, anti the cities of Amsterd.nt
and the Have being in a state of insurrection, Gen. MiCittir 'nu m!.
diately threw a garrison into Nitardrn, and GenHatitp.ll)
himself up in Goretini. Troops tierealso thrown into Bois•le-Dne.
Bergen-op-Zoom received yarrison of spoo men. Evetits
ceeding With rapidity, a panic diffused Neff ainong those who at
Aytwerp directed the military dispositions. Thp P. toe
important place or Will:anisburg,. Mid that of Breda, wirrq
or.lered. The enemy profited by the errer, and immediately took
pOssessiOn of Olen and Williamstailt 'became to himpoint of
siipptirt for !di * i.clidisirkatinat. Gen. Graluan Lock ailvaistage. of
it, a.,il la.ideri a column of Km:lisle militia -between 4 or N'lfi)
min. In tile evacuation of Williamstailt, ~,rear was the distract
tion, that the powder, the artillery and a flotilla, tile cres of
which were almost alone sidileient to defend the pkee vet+ !rlt
'whin!! All ineriiiv has been orilerAl into this attair. The ?stk._
:lister at War iiiiiiijd)ately directed Gem Rogeet to mai ch upoil
Breda, and enileatiOny to retake that place before the en. my shoul4
be able to provision it. no,cl re-e•ti.olnat himself tliet e Armly?
On the ...1:1 Dee. Gen. ltogitet Marelieti upon the city * Bredat
overthrew the adreneed posts, surroonned it, and threw some how:,
itzers into it ; he toed hove) to make himself Taster of it, whew }lv
leametl that a c• rps of F.1;4.4.4 hail landed at Tholes, and
marching to place it-cif between Lim-and Intwerts ; lsis therefore
judged it proppr to approach nearer to that Ohre. pisid took a posi-
tion at Hoogriaten. Gen. was aPpOrnted to the contmand
of the first corp:4 of the army Of AntWerp ;f p haptenrd to eomplete....
the provi.ioning of Bereeiwip-Zoom for nine moptlis. - The forts of
Katz, Lino, and Liefkerisock were privisioned : flnshing aria
Teerveer received provisions for a year; in fine, the places .on thp
left hank of the Sebehlt, Its Irsendelik, if gilt;, and the forts of 'he
isle of C.:adz:en, were completely armed and pyovisioncil. Gen.
Alaison also employed Kipp telf in eNeeciAintf ;;is curl", with nil the
hOtationa milich had been completed in line atrimt places of Flan-
der-.
On the litli of Jannary Deneral delptulled fi•om Bredry
wiTh a corps of front 10 to i 2 O' nicer; and m.o.chisti tkroo
straten. Rognet 'rad his left at Vriest +tut] his r cline
at Hotirstroten. The brigade Aimard, winch formed hi.; CC7
eypied Turnhout ; it received orders to intone upon Lierru, 'a Inch
Wrevented its taking part in the affair. A colorful of tiro et piny de.
'milled by 'Alio:, white another 'eclumn of t.tielve batfapon• march,
ed upon Wor:ie'l. General lepgriet had placed a haitation of •
IVtli tiraillears in the chnrch•yarel of •Tli,is:hatt.,
reputspd all the attaiks of the enemy,and covered itself with hL
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