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London, England, 1814-02-13 00:00:00

TILE NATIONAL REGISTER.

FEI.. 13.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

FFTI. 5.-L-On the 4th, in the morning, Cnnnt Stadion,
Count lia•woow,ki, Lord CastlereaA, acid Baron Itinnholdt, ar-
rit el at Chatans snr-Sei;:e, v‘ln7re the Duke of • Vicenza already
In.• 1 Ti. first visits on both sides have been made, and
the first eriferenee wa; to take place between tile Plenipotentiario
the ,-a!ne tvening.—(Monitcur, Fib. 6.)

PARIS, F 1 n. --I-Icr Maje,ty the Empres; QueCii and Regent
icceivrd the following advices of the situation of the armies un
of Ptqtrueav

The Emperor airived at Vita' on the 2011 January : General
Pincher, with Oar army of had vissed the slarne and was
zu,:ehire.! upon Troye.A. On the t?Ttli the enemy entered Brienne,
aril eontinneil his march; hut he had to lose sonic: time In repairing
the In idge of Lessoont an the Aube.

" On the '27th the Emperor caused St. Dozier to be attacked.
The Duke of Bellow, presented himself before that town. Ge•
rural Duliesmi overthretv the enemy's rear-gtiard,- which was still
there, and took conic hundred prisoners. At eiglit in the morning
the rinpuror arrived at St. I)ezier. It is difficult to describe the
intoxication of j. .y of the inhabitants at this moment. The excesses
c% t•t y kind committed by the enemy, especially by the Cossacks,
art beyond all description.
" 0.11 the .c.'.Bth, the Emperor went to Montierender. .
" On the vitt), at eight in the mom ning, General Gronehy, whb
cononands the e‘tyaky, sent word, that Gentral Milhaud; ‘N WI the
corps of cavalry, was between Mazieres and Vivienne, in pre-
sence cif the enemy's army, commanded by General Blotchier, which .
was estimated at 40,0;i0 Russians and Prussian:—the Russians under
Ge;.eral Sacker. At flair o'c:oels the little tower of P,rienne was
attacked. General Lefebvte Desnouettes evnimaeding a division
of cavalry of the guard, and Gene' al, Grouchy to d Milhaud, made
sever..l tine charges on 07e right of the road. a:A took possescion of
the height of Teethe. The Prince of Moskwa pat himself at the
head of fix battalions in close colinnu, mul advanced against the
tam' by the road to Moziers. General Chateau. CAM:IOf the Statf
of the Dm ke of lielluno, at the head of two battalions, turned by the
right, and got into the Castle of Brienne by the pal k.
" At this moment the Emperor directed a column on the road
of Bar sur-Anbe, which seemed to be the retreat of the enemy.
The attack was warm, and the resistance obstinate.
" The enemy did not expect such a brisk attack, and had had
but just time to call back his parks from the bridge of Lesmont,
where he intended to pass the Anbe to advance. This counter-
march had 11111:11 embarrassed him. Night did not put an end ta
the combat. The div;sioa Deconx, of the young guards, and a
brigade of the llivißiop Meunier were engaged. The great force of
the euemy, and the excellent situation of Brienne, gave him many
advantages ; but the taking of the castle, which he neglected to
guard with a sufficient force, caused him to lose them. About
eight in the evening, seeing that be could no longer maintain his
ground, he set tire to the town, and the flames spi earl with rapidity,
all the houses beite: of wood. Profiting by this event, be endea-
voured to retake the Castle, which the brave Cominnuler of a bat-
talion ef 11:e defended with intrepidity. lie covered with his
dead all the approa-hes to the Castle, particularly the stair-eases
on the pal k side. This last check determined the retreat nf the
ellcinv, which was favoured by the binning of the town.
" eleven in the morning of the Stith, General Grouchy and the
Duke of 13elltmo pursued him beyond the village de la liothierek
where they took their position.
The was employed by us in repairing the bridge of Les-
moot on the Anbe.

" The Emperor intended to advance towards Trees, to. operatt
upon the carman!: which directed their march by Iluts•sur-Aube, and
the mini of Ans.etre, upon Sen-. The bridge of Lesmout could not
be repaired before the Ist of February in the morning. A part of
the troops was immediately made
.to file off
" At !hate in the afternoon, the eremy having been reinforced
by Li,: whole army, debauched upon La Rothiere mad Deinville,
Windt we •till held our rear-guard stewed a good countenance.
General Duitcone distinguished himself by • preserving itothiera.
and General clerand by preserving Deinvilfe ; the Austrian corps
of General! Clatilay. which attempted to pass from the left bank to
the right bank, and to force the bridge, had seven' of its battalions
destroyed. The Duke of Reiland maintained himself the whole.
flay at the hamlet of La Giberie, notwithstanding the enormous
oportivn ofb*ocol-pi to the forces that attacked it. •

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" day, in whi h mir rear-guard maintained it,3.lf in a ‘ast
plain against the whole of the enemy's army and tinintripie forres,
ane 'cf. the tieest achievements of the French army. In the utit:st
of' the obscurity of .he ni2lit, a battery of the artillery of the !_titartl,
follo%ing the inovflneuts of a coltiom of cavalry which was ad-
vaitchig to reittilse a eliar.ge of the enenly, lost its way aivi taLen,
Wlien.the camiiiiiiers perceived the ambush into whkh
fallen, and saw they had Hut time to form their battery, they
formed themselves in a ::(iii.tdron, attacked the cncmy, anci
the honies and harness. They lost fifteen men killed or taken
misers.

'' At ten in the evening, the Prince of NenfelErtel yi•ititit; :he
posts, festal the tlto ittilliCS SO near, that he several times tobk the
enemy's pests for outs Ode Aid-cte ramps being, ten rt.( s
front a vidi•tte, Was t-Len pi isoner. The same accithoit happeoi
to several Russian Officers who were corryirg the %void, ai.d NAP)
got among our posts, taking •tlic m fur their own.
" Few prisoners base been math- on either Attle ; we 1 ;e
On the 2d Fehrnary, at break of day, th • reor-glia, I of :Le
army was en !Karaite bt fare lirienne. It 311(14 SSively took posit icos
to finish passing the bridge of Lesmont, and ri juining. the rest ut the
army. The Duke of Ragusvi who was in position tiput. the bridge of
Rosnay,,was attacked by-au Austrian corps whi..4 had pissed be-
hind the woods. He reptdsed it. made 3nO prisoucis, and (trove the
enemy beyond the small river of Voire.
" On the a I, at noon, the Emperor entered- Ti oyos.
" We have lost in the battle of Brieune, the wave Gen. Baste ;
Gen. Lerebyte liesnottettes has been wounded by a bayouct ; Celt.
Fot•estier has. been seveusly wounded. Our loss in ti.ese two days
may be estimated at from 2 to 34tR) men killed or wounded; that of
the enemy has at least been double.

" A diviNi in, drawn from the enemy's corps &armee which
observes Metz, Thienville, and Loxemberg, twelve battalions strong,
mtrehed upon Vi try. The enemy wisbed to enter that town, wl,ich
Gen, Montmarie and the inhabitants have derenled. Ire in vain
threw in shells to intimidate the inhabitants ; he ..vasrceci•. vd
dinliarges from the cannon, and repulsed to a ieagne an:i a Irdi
tanee. hc Duke or Tarentinn had anived at Chalon., and v‘
marching upon that division."--Noniteur, Feb. 6.

Pknrs, rEl3.3.—The works of pallisades and of defe:ice, which
ave coustracting at the' different barriers of Paris, are being executed
with the must astonishing rapidity. The zeal of the rer•ons um-
these different works cannot be too much praised. la
few day*, artillery will be placed on them. Already the troop* of
all amp, Which ate to march to them in case of being called upon,
are pointed out. Each knows his post ; civil is disposed to do his
duty. The service of the garrison is now performed at Paris as in
a crOnir frontier place.
These prudential measures maintain security; let the enemy pre-
sent himself; he will find imposing forces superiorly organised; be
will find all the means of resistance which an immense portlptien,
animated by a desire of defendiog their property, and all wit.t it .a.e
have most dear in the world, the country, eoVernment, our
our property, and honour can oppose to them.
Four comm unes. of artillery of the marine have arrived this
capital, and are gifing to he placed in activity. Every day there
ar-
rive from td to 18'30 conscripts, who arc immediately clothed.
eqnipocil, and :,ratted.
Pattie, FEB. 3.—According to letters received to-day from the
head-quarters, the Duke of TreVisc must have effected his jubetion
with his Majesty.
Tiny- write from Versailles that a division from Ma Army of
Spain bad arrived there this irellung. and that to-motrow and
the follo-A in day they w ill be followed by a second and a third. •
The works for the defe!iee of Pais are continued with extreme
activity. • A numerons artillery daily reinforces the grand park. •
['Ants, FEB. 4.—The CW1110111%410 ion With his Mitjesty% head-
(marten; is no longer earned on through Chalons, it is deciir.Ntly
established by Troyes. The troops arive 'much quicker by this
route. We have to-day seen in the different quarters of the capital
unseat number of wilitary men of nll ranks, forming part of the
eirps d'armee which is retnruing rim') the frontiers of Spain. These
troops are remarkable for their martial air. To-morr.Al they are
to set out fir Champagne. •
Pants. FIB. ti.—Ou the Ist there was a fresh affair at Prienne
The enemy *wished to ppose the j miet ion of the ,fiderclit t")i 114 tai
the French army. He attacked ass at two o'clock, at the Mao-
mesa when the artnv was making
movemegts to effect this reaction.
A lively cannonade followed,, which lastkd till night. Then the
j
combat ceased. The army has continued without obstruction ;

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