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London, England, 1814-03-20 00:00:00

TILE NATIONAL REGISTER.

whole of the td and 3d, they had heard from the city the carnet:ma
ding of our army which wts apprqadiing Suissons„ and because a
battalion of the Vistula, which was in theplace, and which quitted
it with tears in their eye, had given the greatest proofs of in-

General Corbinean, Aide-de-camp of 'the Emperor, and the Ge-
neral of cavalry PLAferriere, had proceeded upon Itheints, which
they entered at tour in the mornitig of the sth, by lurid's!, an
enemy's corps of four battalions which covered the town, And the
troops of which were made prisoners. Every thing in Rhein yd rs.
taken.
On the sth, the Emperor slept :at Bery-an-line. Gefitral Nan-
scuty forced a passage by the bridge or Bery, routed a division
of cavalry which covered it, obtained posseasionafiwti pieces of
emmon, and took 300 cavalry, among whom waif CulouelTriskre
Gagarin, who commanded a brigade.
The enemy's- army was %divided into twoltortions. 'The eight
Russian dirisnms Of Sachen-and of Winzlegerode had takett'a posi-
tion on the heights Of Craone, and the corps Of on.tae
beichts of Lann. ' • •

On the 6th the Emperot rameic sheep at Carlini, the heights' of
Craone were attacked and carried by two Initiations of the Guards.
The officer of ordnance, Caratnan, -a ythitut ottlecr of experience,
turned the ri /lit at the head'of a battalion. The Prince of Moskwa
munched on the tarn of Urtnbre. 'rite enemy retired, and took pn.
sit ion on a height which was reconnoitered on the 7th at day-break.
This gaye•else to the bsttle-bf Craone.
The pc-Ition wei tine, the enemy havino. his tight and•left
pilled MI ravines, and a third ravine Mills front. He defended the
only passage, 14)0 toises broad, .which j'Aned his position to the pla-
teau of Craone.

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The Mike of 13rHann marched with two divisions of the young
Guards to the Ab!At,y of ‘'aireler, to which the enemy had set fire.
He drove them from it,-aod Passed the. do file winch the enemy
defended with 60 pieces a!' cannon. Gen. Driinet passed it with
several batteries. At the same moment the Prince of Moskwa
nis,ed the ravine on Oft left, and debauched on the enemy's right.
Ike cannonade was very heavy during an hour; General Gronehy
debonched with his. cavalry. General Nanst,sity pagSV4l the ravine
on the enemy's right, with two divisions of cavalry. T. c defile be-
ing passed, and the enemy forced in his position, he mks pursned
four leagues, and cannonaded by SO pieces of cannon with grape-
%shish caned him to sustain a great loss. The plateau by
which lie had retreated havinT «lso•ravines on the right and left, the
cavalry (mild not get up to attaek him.
The Emperor moved hie head.rinarters to Pray.
;On the next 41sy, the tttli, we pnrsued the enemy to the defile of
Ureel, and on the same day entered Suissons, where•they had left a
bridge equipage.
The battle of Cranne is extremely glorious 4o our arme. The
enemy lost six Generals, and'eldimated at from 5 to 6000 men.
Out's has been tioo killed or wounded.

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• TIo• Doke oll3ellono was wounded by a ball. •Gen. Grouchy and
(hot. Laferrieie, a cavalry oftlirr 'of great distinction, were also
Asontided, iu dehonehing at the heactof their troops.
(:eo. 11;:ilhard ha, taken the command of the cavalry.
'I he result of MI these operation; is u loss to the enemy of from
It) to 1,2,o:;0 men, and :30-pieces of-cannon.
The intention of the Emperor is to manoeuvre with the army upon
thr

l'Anfq, liAncii 14.-11 P Empresr-Queen and Regent as re-
ceived the following lie‘‘S of the rituation of the armies to the IVtli

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• Tlic day after the battle of Craoric (the Atli)" the enemy waipnr-
sued by the Prince of Mcfsk wit to the village of f:tiniville, Gekeral
Wountizow, with ? or kOOO men, gnarded this priyitiott,'whieli .was
very difficult to be got at, because the road which. leads ts., it runs
fur a league iretween.tWo -impracticable mar4res.
Gourgault, an officer of Uistiliguished merit, get off at 11 at •
might.tiam Chavignon, • with two ImatalionsAkt the. old guard, turn-
ed the position, and proceeded ,hy upon Chivi. He.
reached the enury, whom be attacked With the bayonet at oneAn
the morning. The.gumians were awakened with the cries of Five
IT/ape/T.4lr, and pursued to Loon. The Prince of Moilwa de-
bunched by the defile.
On the 9tit at day-break we reconnoitred the
.enemy who had
joined the. Prupsiaa corps. 'lslie position was such as to be deemed
iiiattacici-,hic„"Witook a position.
The Duke of Ragusa, who had slept on the Bth at Corboue, ap-
peared at two in the afternoon at Veslud, overthrew -the enemy's
vanced guartl,...attatliced the village of Althies, utbioll he parried,
d was aticce4il disitog the. wit* day.. •At liaalf-put six. he_took

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tip a position. At seven the enemy made a dash of cavidry, one
league in the rear, where the Duke of Reggio had a park of reset ve.
The Duke of Ragusa procceikti thither quickly, but the enemy had
time to 'carry off 15 paces of cannon. A great part of pers3nntl
saved.
On the' same day General Charpentier, with his division of the
young guard, carried the village of Clary. Oa the next day the
enemy attacked this village, seven times, and were seven times re-
pulsed. General Charpentier lost 4th) risoners. Tice enemy left
the avellnes covered with his dead. The Emperor's head-quarters
were on the; 9th and 10th at Chavigeln.
His Majesty, judging tl►at it was impossible to attack the heights
of Leon, fixed his head quarters on the 11th at Soissons. The
Duke of Ragusa occupied on the same day fiery an Bac.
Gen. Corbi. eau praises the good dispositions of the inhabitants of
Rheims.

Oa the 7th, at eleven in the morning. General St. Priest, com-
manding a Russian division, appeared before Rheims and summoned
it to surrender. General Corhinean replied with cannon. General
Defrance then arrived with his division of Guards or Honour ; tte
made a fine charge and drove off the enem y Gen wer h w
set fire to two great manethetories and to fifty houses, h ter
on the outside of the town; a conduct worthy of a tumeoa e in
all times turncoats have been the most cruel enemies of (licit 0)101.
try. . .
• Sois;ons has suffered much. The inhabitants have conducted
themselves in the most houourv.bie manner. There are no praises
too great for the regiment of the Vistula, vvhiell formed the garrison
there arc no Arai es which the regiment of the Vistula deems too'
great for pie inhabitants. His Majesty has granted this brave corps
decorations of the Legion of Honour.
The plan of the enemy's campaign appears to have been a kind
of general h,oura, dash upon Paris. Neglecting all the strong places
of Flanders, and only observing Bergen-op-Zoom and Antwerp with
troops inferior by half in number to the garrisons of those towns,
the enemy penetrated upon Avesnes. Neglecting the places of the
Ardennes, Meziere, Roeroi, Philippeville, Givet, Charlemont, Mont-
mealy, Maestreont, Vanloo, and Juliers, they passed by impractica-
ble roads, to arrive upon A vesnes Reihel. Tlu•se places com-
municate. ;Ire not observed, and the gar; hems alarm the rear of the
enemy considerably. Whilst General St. Priest burned Rheims,
his brother was arrested by the inhabitants, and s; nt off prisoner to
Chailemont. Neglecting all the places of the Meese, the enemy ad-
vanced by Bar and St. Dizier. The garrison of Verdun is come
quite to St. Mikiel. Near Bar a Russian General, who remained
sonic moments with fifteen men, after the depannre 01 his troops,
wa.; killed with his escort by the peasants, it; revenge for the atrt-ei-
lies he had ordered. Metz pushes its sorties to Nancy; Strasburg,
and the ether placea.of Alsace, being observed but by small parties.
there iv free ingresa and egress. and provisions arrive in abundance.
The troops of the garrison of Metz go as far as Spires. The de-
partments having hastened to complete the corps of battalions
are in all these places, where they are armed, equipped, and exer-
cised, we may say that there are several armies in the rear of the
enemy. His position cannot but beeome mire dangerous daily.
We see by the reports that have been intercepted that the regiments
of Cossacks, whose force was, 950 men, have rose- upwards of l'2o,
withont loving been in actiiim, but only by the hostilities of the
peasant,.
. The Duke of Castiglione mancenvres on the Rhone, in the de,
partment of the:Aisne, and in Franche Comte. Generals. Desaix
and Marchand . bare al ri Yf n. the enemy from. Savoy. Fifteen t hou-
mud menare passing the,Alps, to reinforce the Duke of Castiglione.
The Viceroy.has obtained.great success at Borghetto, and has dri•
yen the enemy upon the Adige.
• General Greiner, who set out from Placentia on the Vint' March,
beat the enemy at Parma, and (glace(' him beyond Taro.
The French troops that occupied Rome, Civita, Vecelea, and
Tuscany, are entering Piedmont to pass the Alps..
The exasperation of the population inereases.daily in proportion
.to the atrocities which are committed by those hordes, more bathe-
, rons still (ban theietlimute; who dishonour the Jinrnan race,, and
whose military existence has fur its object pillage and crime, instead
of honour and renown.
The conferences of Lnsigny for an armistice have failed. We could
not agree upon the line of. demarcation. We were :;greednpon tee
points of oecupatinn to the north and cast, • • but the enemy wished
not only to extend hieline upon the Soane and the Blume. but to in-
close Savoy in if. We replied to this unjust pretension, by propos-
ing to adopt on this line the status quo, and to leave the Duke of
Cri,tiglione and Count. Hubei& to settle it upon the hue cf their ad-
. vauced posts. This was rejected. It WO then necessary to DAP