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London, England, 1814-04-10 00:00:00

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LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.

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Dispatches, of which the following are copicA. have hen this day
received at thisPifice, from the jiiqht Hon. Liar( ilurglieish,
and Lient.-Geu the 11m. Sit- Ch.trles Stewart, N.B.
Fere ChaYnpenoise, :1Iiir4;!1 26, 1814.
MY LORD—In considerabfe dreitht whether this dispatiii well it .ich
you, I still ant anxious to .eiz-.. t:e -first opportunity of hiforminz
you of the cve'its which leave then p•-ace iiice my last letters, and
vvliielt, np to the precut tnoweiit, have-been attended with the must
brilliant successes.
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In the morning of the 2:3(1, the different corps of this army were
assembled in po,itions' nu ‘vlience the whole were directed upon
Vitro. The Russian lialtt division of cavalry of the guard, under
culltral Count Angerowsky, advance.l from Metieret lin to &Mlle-
pitis. where they ataaektal a (mashie; ~itie body of infaotry, killed
and made prisonars a great number 01 them, and took twenty pieces
of eatwon. This attacic was coudneted with so much talent and
rapiaity, that the loss on the part of the Russians was ioconsitier-
able. The enemy immediatc ly after began to defile front. all :their •
positions near Arils, directing themselves upon Vitry. Count
: 11.'m& endeavoured to intercept their march, bat was tine& to do
I so. " The Prince Royal of Wirtemberg followed them, and did them
considerable mischt 1.
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By a French Comic), taken at the charge of the Russian cavalry'.
at Sommepuis, it was ascertained, that %Ise corps of Marshals Ney
and Macdonald were in our front filing to join Buonaparte, who Was;
already at St. Dizier. The Commandant of Vitry had beet, biiill-
nionett by "1:-..rshal- Ney, and threatened with the massacre' of the
whole garrison, if he did nut surrender :.he had, how .. ar, refuted;
Vitt.), was still. in our possession.
- -By an intercepted letter of Bnonaparte's, the objects of his move-
ments were discovered. Prince Schwartzcnbcrtr, in "consequeoce,
I terlted his army on the Manic:4llring the night of the aid, the French
;raving entirely patted to the other bank of that rig. r.
Buovaparte having placed himself upon our line of communion.
tine with the rear, mid our junction with the 'linty of Nlaraltal Me-
cher being formed by the arrival of General NVinaingerode from
i Chalons at Vitry, it was determined that the whole of the two great
Allied A iILiCS should march upon Paris. With this oksject the
whore tulny Lroke up .yesterday, and had advanced 'in one column
upon this plac:.!. The corps' of Miridlah Marmont and Mortier op.
Spear to have, received orders ta -join Buonaparte ; they arrived
within two leognes of Vitry "on the night Of the,24lh. The ad-
vanced glided of the Prince Royal of Wirtemberg fell in with them
soon after he had coniMenced his.meteh in 'this directiOn.
The enemy pereet- ing a considerable' force advancing upon hint,
retired; the cavalry of tae 4th and 6th corps pursued. The light;
cavalry division of Yessian guard; again distinguished itself; it
charged first the enemy's enirassiers, next his masses of infantry, iu
both it succeeded ; a great number of killed and wounded were left
on the field of battle, ten pieces of cannon taken, and near ona
thousand prisoners. Several other charges were made by the Aus-
tnan cuirassiers and the Wirtemberg cavalry; the'eneuiy sniffled
from them considerably, and was pursued, with the loss of above
30 pieces of cannon, to SCSaUII?.. The 112.911iA of these affairs are
not yet completely known; I 1011 transmit them to your Lordship
by the first opp: minty. 'Upon the arrivai.of Prince Schwairtzen-
berg at sere erampenoise, a cannonade was observed. upon our
right ; soon after a body of Infantry was seen moving upon the head-
quarters. . .
The Emperor Alexander and the King of Pruesia,
.immediatcry
directed te train of artillery, which belonaed to the; 6th corps. and
which was -paasing at the lime, to plate itself in .posititin .against
this corp. Ilk. (-avail y which was in rear of this body, was soon
~.fter discovered to belong to the army of Marshal .Blucher, %%inch
had been pursoing_it during the greater part 'of the day. Prince
Sehwartzenberg immediately brought up a considerable partici') Of
k, cavalry front the corps that were pursuitig Marshals Marmara and
I Mortier ; the Emperor of Russia directed the advance of the Rm.
slam guns, the whole body of French infantry was surrounded, they
were charged on all side:;. talider the immediate directions-of. tire
Emperor of Russia, the 'Lilac of Prussia, and Prince Sehwartzco-
berg ; after resistance, which does hoMmr to the enemy's troops,
tha'whale of hi.; two masses, emanating to 1,600 infantry,lind twelve
pieeea of cannon, woe taken.
Such have been, my Lord, the triumphant results of yesterday.
1 The-troops are alrete. in advance this ;naming, the cavalry will ar-
It rise taalajt at La I'erte Gaucher. General Witaingerode, with