The National Register.
London, England, 1814-02-27 00:00:00

IT,R. (27.

Wittgi i:situi w,.s ...tiered to assrunde his corps
l'ont.sur-Seine ; Guieral Wiede to advatice front Nogent towards.
Bray.
lii corsctpience cif these movements, the enemy abandoned the left
of tilt. Seine, and destroyed the bridges over that liver.
In pursuance of l'inine Seliwartzenberg's directions, General
Wittgenstein has alleady crossed the Seine, near Pont:stir-Seim .
General Wrede has re•establiidied the bridge at Bray, has pi s.ed a
part of his rot ce on the rig t hank of that rivt r, and has directed-It
Timm (Is Prov _

General Bianchi is marching upon itifonterean ; General Oyulay
will support him ; the renminder of Prince Schwartzenberg's army
nill br asselnbled on the left of the Seine. _ _ _

four Lord-hip will already have been informed that Buonaparte
wamhed with a considerable portion of his army against the corps
mulct the in tiers of Marshal Blucher. You will be acquainted with
the rei•-It of his operations. 1 fear they have been, ton certain
eh gree, tenfavotirahle to the Mlies. 'the separation of the army of
-,ia from that tinder fire orders of Prince Schwartzenberg, is
likely to follow from the efforts ~f Bnonaparte.
With a vit,w, however, of stopping Ale pursuit of any advantages
he may have rained, Prince Sehwartzenherg has determined to
carry the corps of General,. Wiede and Wittgenstein, and of' the
ince Royal of Wirtemherg. to Pioviii4 and Viiienox The corps
of Russian reserves nil: be placed between Very 81141 Isingent, and
the whole army will ,tand, in po' ition. the right at Merv, the left
at Monterean, with the corps at Provinit and Villenox ready to push
fOrwsrd, if necessary. upon the rear of llttonapArte's present line of
operations. or within reach to protect the movements of Prince
Schwartzeitherg's army Won?, the left of the Seine, towards Fon-
taisiebleau.

Prince Lohomirsl6, with a carp' of cavalry, occupies Sezanne.
Fativy is occupied by a detachment from the corps of reserve. .1
Lave Ilk honour to bc,
PUIIGH)ERSH. Lieut.-Col. 631 Regt.
The Right Hon. the Vi.count,qastleivagn, &c. &c.

(The extract of a dispatch from T.orti 13iitglier.h, dated from No-
pent, the of that in consequence t.f ad
lit:CS Iron, Guli. who aliemly in romnitmication with
Blucher, announcing thief the ens n»• load rt treated, Prince Schwart-
vetiberg had altered hi• Flan of rorozatling, and had, on the con-
trary, pii•hed the eon): of Wrede and of Wittguii•tein more for
'wad by Nangis, and that of Bianchi on the road of Fontainebleau.)

Can of a Dispatch from the Right lion. Frederick Robinson' to Furl

Jfuthrn•r:t, dated London, Feb. '24.. 1814.

111 v Loan—l have the honour t, acqUaint your Lordship, that I
Irft Chainlon n tha night of the 18th instant, on my way to England.
been detained far some hours at Troyes on the I9di, 1 there
received information of some events which had occurred, of a date
later than that of the dispatches of which I was the bearer. It ap-
peared 'hat on the 16th or 171 h (I believe the latter), the corps of
Gaunt Ilardegg. and Count Thurn'( Austrians), and the Cc slacks under
Count Platow, had succeeded in capturing. Fontainebleau, where they
te::k one General, some rainam, and several prisoners. On the 17th,
Bootaiparte (who, upon the advance of Prince Schwaftzenherg across
the Seine, had desisted from his operations agiiinst Marshal Blucher)
fell, milli a very coasiderable body of cavalry, upon the advanced
Guard at C. lint Wittgenstein's corps nt Natives, under the command of
Count }Ude!). ailiranced guard, wine!' consi-rerl .if several re •
meats cif cavalry, was etiveti back, with con-iderdde loss' both of mtsii
and artillery, and Prince S.hw:irtzenberg ditto-milled to withdraw ft.e..
RI rat t r part of his array across. t;ie Seim,. lie still, however, occuyied
o,e bridges over that rival. at Alaniereati, Bray, and • N'o,,erit. in the
re;rning of the 18th the two fernier posts were attacked widi coiO4.ler-,
able vigt_ur, but without effect : and the Prince Royal' of Wirtemberg,
htr commanded at Mont.-'eau, not unlv repulsed three snacks
made upon Inm, but t,.ok both Kis...lwo-A and can.tori. Liter
however, in the evening., the attack wi.:S renewed, pith increased
three, and the enemy finally succeeded in di iving the Royal
across the river, and pressed him so seveieiv. that he had ?i,rt time
to destroy the bridge. He retired in the direction at Ilray, and it
was understood that the enemy passed a considerable part of his
army across the rivet% 'The resnit of this atlair induced Prince
Schwartze:•berg to witArnw the grand army from flair advanced
position upon the Sei. c, I understood that .his head-tpitwter3
were to be established at Troves in the night of the I Oth. • -
I have the Nitisfacti.lll of acquainCile 3 oar Lord,hip, that on the'
inoridug of the tVh, I had an opportunity of seein:t the %%hide of
Marshal Blucher's Kiev reunited, mid on its march from Chalon., to
Lbt• grand army . was arovint: tycn 1411 road to Troyes
s • .1

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awl the Lead of the column near Arms-snr-Aube, istelween
ei.liteen and twenty Enr.lish miles from Pyince Schwarizenheitis,
•ati. quarters. After the severe action in which this inciroparahle
army had recently been ciii:tiord, it %VHS a matter of intinite
cation to me to °K.:rive the inimitable condition of the troops com-
posing it, who amounted to neatly ioNty thowand men.
I have the honour to
F. ROBINSON.
Earl Bathurst, 4.c. 81-es.

ADIIMIALTA' OVPICE, FPS. (.16.

Copies of three letters tcec•ivecl at this Mire from Rear- %cliniral
Durham, Commando im Chief of hi 4 111ajesty's ships anti vessels at
the Leeward Wands. acicli•cssucl to John Wilson Ccoker,'l?-sq. _

The first, dated Venerable. Ike. 31, asinonue,.. the capture orthe
French brig Le Jaiou, of 264 tons, 'Het ced fui 22 guns, but munut.
lug only 14.

Irenerahle. at sea, Jan. 16.

Stn—l have the satisfaction of statin,, that thi.4 day. at nine,
A. M. the Cyane made the signal for two stranger- in th • north-east,
which were immediately given eltace to, and owing to the very sit.
perior saifing of the Venerable, I was enabled to come up within
gmtsshot of them at the close (tithe day, leaving the Cvane fat a ten
On ranging up with the leewardm.st (the night was too d 1 k to d
tingnish leer colours), desirous of saving her the consequences of so
uncoil:A a contest, I hailed her twice to surreteler, not the evasive
answer returned, obliged me to order the gnu' to he opened, as
they would bear ; upon this the enemy itnineiliately'put his helm up
:MI, under all sail, laid us on board, for which temerity he has sti
fere,' most severely.
The promptitude with which CATtain Worth repelled the attempt
to board, was not k" con•picuons than the celerity with which lie
passed his men into the enemy's frigate, and hauled down hereo-
sign. I have mach pleastwe in naming the petty officers who distin-
irnished themselves on this ivasion, Mes,rs. Mailman, Walker, and
Master's Mate.. and Mr. Grey, Midshipman.
This ship proves to he the Alcmene, a beautiful French frigate
of forty•tuor guns, having a rompliment, at the commencement of
the action, 01319 men, commanded by Captain Docrest de Ville=
active, an officer of much merit, and who was wounded at the
tine of hoarding.
To his determined resistance, aided by the darkness of the night,
the other frigate for the present owes her escape; but I have eves y
hope that the Cyane will he enabled to observe her uniil I fray*
shifted the prisoners, and repaired the trifling injury dune to the
rigging, during the period of the enemy ?win on board.
Our loss consists of two seamen killed and tour wounded that of
the enemy two petty officers and thirty seamen killed, and MY
wounded.
Lieut. George Luke, whom I have placed in the frigate, is an old
and very deserving offisser, who has served twenty years under my
command: I have, &c.
J. W. Croker, E,q. P. C. DURHAM, Real... Admiral.

Venerable, at sea, Jan. D), I 8 1 4.
nffor►ls me much pleacure to eominutneate to you, for
their Lor►l.hip luformation, the capture of the French frigate that

eseaped on Sundae night.
'inc vigilance of Captain Forrest enabled him to keep sigla of
her during the night, and two following days, when, having ton
1&S miles, in the &reetion I judged the euveny had taken, the Vv..
nerable's superior sailing gave me the opportunity of akain disco-
vering fife tneitive, and, after an anxious chase of 19 hours, to
conic up with and capture.
She is named the Iphigenia, a frigate of the largest Hass, corn.
mantled by Celltain Emi,rie. having a complement of S-.:5 men, and,
like her consort thetA lenient!, perfeetly new.
Every means to effect her escaper were resorted to, the anehxs
being cut away, and her boats thrown overboard.
On our coining up we had run the Cyane out of sight from the
m,:st-head.
These frigates sailed in Company. from Cherbourg on the :',oth
October last, and were to cruise for sly. months.
It becomes 111 e DOW to IlfaiCe the vc!'y nivritm jam; coodort of
Captain Forrest, not Only in assiduously kee;;:og sieziet, Iva Jeff:a-
rtily offerinfx hat:le to a force so coperior ; no; 1r... desvrving of my
warmest approbation is Captain \Verdi of tlis wkose
nldetil-
tiWthle attention devil)? the inteic eree.crovec: attempted by the eye.
my in this long awl arlooom cleave, oii.; crpealled only hy he exeirt-
plary behatiour of every ciiicer and man nnficr his command.
have the hmour to ht',
V. C. Duttict3t, Reat-Adist.