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London, England, 1814-03-17 00:00:00

F 11.W&C I I PAPERS,

PARIS, INTAiton 11.—Iler liajeity the Empress
Queen has received the following intelligence of
the situation at. the armies to the 9th of March :--

The army of General Blucher, composed of
the.wrecks of the corps of Generals Sacken, Kliest,
Vorek, retired, after the battles of Montrni,
rail -.and VauFhamp, by Rheims, upon Chalons.
It there received the two last divisions of the corps
Of General Langeron, which bad remained before
Mentz.—The loss bad 'been such that it was ob 7
lilted to retitled it cadres half, though several con -
voys of recruits from its reserves ha,l arried.

The army, called the Army of the North,
composed of four divisinfis, under the orders of
Generals Winzingerode and Woronzow, and one
Prussian diriz,ion under the orders of General
I,3tdovv, replaced at Chalons and Rheims the Army
yaf Silesia.

" The latter passed the-Auheat Ards, whilst
the Prince of SCHWARTZENBERG lined the right
of the Seine, and in consequence of the action of
Nangis. and Montereau, evacuated all theeountry
befween the Seine and the Yonne.
" On the 22d February, General Blucher ap.
peared before Mery. He had already passed th
bridge,. whea.the General of Division, Beyer,
marched against him with the bayonet, overthrew
him, and drove him to the other side of the river ;
but the enmity set fire to the bridge and the little
town of Mery, and the conflagration Was-so vio-
lent, that for 48 hours it was impOssibleto pasi.
" On the 24th, the Duke of Reggio proceeded
• against Vandoeuvres, and the Duke :ofiTarentum
11-ton Bar-sur,Seine.
It appears that• the army of Silesia had
marched on the left of the Aube to join the Aus-
trian army, and fight a general battle ; but the
enemy having renounced this project, General
Blucher repassed the Aube, and directed his course
tipon Sezanne.
" The Duke of Ragusa -watched this corps,
checked its march, and retreated before it with-
out any loss. He; arrived on the 25th at Ferte
Gaudier, and an the 26th effected; at Ferte
Soilage, his junction with the Duke of Treviso,
avhi, observed the tight of the Marne, and the
corps of the army called the Army of the North,
which were at Chalons andltheintS.
." On the 27th.; General Sackett snored upon
Me7ntx, and appeared before the bridge placed at
the farther end of Meaux, upon the road of Nan-
gis, which had been cut. He was received with
gape-shot. ,Some of his stragglers advanced to
the bridge of Lagny.
" However, 'the Emperor left Troves on the
27th, slept, the same_night at the village of Her-
basse ; on the 29th, at 'the Castle of Esternay ;
and on the Ist of March at Jouarre.
" The army of 'Silesia was thus extremely ex-
posed.. Ittad no other part to take but .to past
the Afarhe it threw three bridges over it, and
tiOved upon the (MITT-
" General Kleist passed the Ourcq, 'and pro-
ceeded upon Meaux by Varede. , The 'Duke of
Treviso came up with him on the.2Sth, in posi-
tion at the village of Gue a Treme, on' the left
bank of the Teronenne. He attacked him man-
fully.
,General Cbristiani, commanding a division
of the old guard, covered himself with
The- enemy was chisely pursued for several leagues.
Some hnhdredS were taken, and a great number
remained on the field of battle.
" At the same time the enemy had passed the
Ourcq at Lesy. The Diike of Ragusa threw them
on the other side.
The retrograde movement of the army of
Blucher was theided. All filed off upon Ferte
Milon and Soissons.
" The Emperor left Ferte-sons-Jouaree on the
3d. His advanced-guard was on the same day at
Rocourt.
" The Dukes of Ragusa and Treviso pressed
the' enemy's rear guard: they attacked it warmly
on the 3d ar Neul!y_Saint leront.
" The Emperor arrived early on the 4th at
Fismcs. Prisoners were made, and,sevetal bag-
gage-waggons' WCTC taken.
" The city of Soissons had twenty pieces of
cannon; and was in a condition to defend itself.
The Dukes of Ragusa and Treviso; proceeded
triton that city to pass •the- Aisne, while the. Em-
perer marched upon Mexy.. The enemy's .array
was in ihe most dangerous-position, but the Ge-
neral C;:enneanding at Soissons, by an unaeconnt-
able cowardice, 'abandoned the place at tour in
the afternoon of the '3d, by a capitulation, sty'l-
ing itself honourable, because the -enemy perthit-
ted hint tolaav;,. the city w,ith his troops and ar,.
tillery, and retire with his garrison and artillery to
fillers Cotterets. At the moment the enemy's
army thought itself lost, it was imformed that the
bridge. of Soissons was in its power, and had not
been destroyed. • The General who commanded
in the city, and the Members of the Council of
Defence, are ordered before a Commission of
inquiry. They appear 'SO munch the more culpa-.
ble, because, during the whole of the 2d and 30,
they beat i front the city the cannonading
.of our
army, which was approaching SoiSsons, and be-
cause a battalion of the Vistula, which was in the
-place, and which quitted it with tears 'in their
eyes, -had given the greatest proofs of intrepidity.
"_General Corbinean„ Aid-de-Camp of the
Emperor, and the General of Cavalry, Falerriere,
'had proceeded upon Rheims, which theyentered at
four on the morning of the sth, by turning an
enemy's corps of four battalions which covered
the town, and the troops of which were made pri-
soners.—Every thing in Rheims was taken.
" On the sth, the Emperor slept at Bery-au-
Pac.. General Nansoaty forced a passage by the
bridge of Bery, routed a di'vision of cavalry which
covered it, obtained possessibn of two pieces of
cannon, and took 300 cavalry, among whom was
Colonel Prince Gagarin, who commanded
brigade. -
The enemy's army was divided into two por-
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anal of Winaingerode, had taken a position on, the
heights of Craone, and the corps of Prussians on
the heights of Laon: .•,
" On the 6tlt.the• Emperor came to. sleep at
Corbani. The heights of Craone were attacked
and carried by two.battalions of the guards. aTtie
officer of ordnance, cariman, a young officer of
•
experience, turned the right at the head of'a• bat-
talion.. The Prince of Moskwa marched oti,e,hei
farm of Urtubre. The enemy retired and took:
position on a height which was reconnoitred on
the 7th at day-break. This gave rise to the battle
of Craone.
•
" The position was fine, the enemy having his
right and left. supported on ravines, and "a third
ravine in his front. lie defended the only pass-
age, 160 toises broad, which joined his position
to the plateau of Craone.
" The Duke of Belluno marched with two dia•
visions of the young Guards to the Abbot of Vali.
eler, tito which the enemy bad set fire. Ile drove
them from and passed the defile, which the
enemy defended with 60
_pieces of cannon: Gel.
Drouet passed it with several batteries:
,At the
same moment the Prince of Moskwa liaised the
ravine on the left, and debouclied on the enemy's
right. The cannonade was very heaVy during an
hour. General Grouchy clehouched with
vairy. General Nansouty passed' the- ra'vine'ol.
the enemy's right with two divisions of cavali'
The defile being passed, and the enemy-foreal
in his position, he was pursued four leagues, and
cannonaded- by 80 pieces of cannon with grapi.
shot, which caused him to sustain a great loss.
The plateau by which he had retreated having
also ravines on the right and left, the, cavalry
could not get up to attack him.
The Emperor moved his head-quarters' to
Bray.
On the next day, the Bth, we pursued the
enemy to the defile •f Urcel, and on the same
deqayuia
epitgeer. . entered
Soissons,
where they had left a bridge
" The -batty* of Craone is extremely glorious to
our arms: The enemy lost six generals, and es-
timate. their, loss at from sto 6000 men. Ours

has been SOO killed or wounded. •
The Doke Of'Belluno was,wonnded.by:a ball:-
General Grouchy, and General Laferriere, a ca-
valry officer of great-distinction, were also wound-.
ed, in debonching at the head of their troops.
" General Belliard has taken the command of
the cavalry.

The result of all these operations is a loss to
the enemy of from 10,000 to 12,000 men, and 30
pieces of cannon. .' -. .
The intention of the Emperor is to manoeuvre
-with the army upon the Mine."
Paais, MARCH 12.—The lietman of the tes-
sacks, I'latow, has boasted that he will enter and
quit Paris at full gallop with his Cossacks„ after
having set fire to 500 parts of the city, without
losing ten men. These nien, as ferocious as they
are ignorant, imagine that Paris resembles the
towns of. Russia, rrhosc houses are built of wood,
and they do not knows what the population is
of a single suburb of the capital. They
would' hold a very different language if they
bad a perfect knowledge of what is passing in
Paris, and the disposition of the inhabitants, if
they visited our manufactories, whose arms of all
kings are fahricatedsdaily by thousands ; finally,
, if they were acquainted with all the means of de-
_ fense that could be opposed to them. Indeed
with what hope of success could an enemy's army
venture to enter the capital ? What would be-
come of it.irr the midst of a vast population, arm-
ed, irritated, and resolved to defend themselVes ?
Paris contains moo draught horses, 'which
would put in motion 500 pieces of cannon.. It
would be easy to barricade the streets, and to pre-
sent at every point an efficacious. resistance. It
would be only necessary
,to shut the barrierS on
the enemy's troops in order to cause theirexter-
mination to the last man. We could refer tosvery
remarkable examples of courage which the inha-,
bitants 'of Paris have displayed in the defence of
this city, tvhen they have had only slight motives
for resorting to arms ; and can it now be supposed
that they will have less energy and 'intrepidity
when the preservation of their families, their pro-
perty, their lives, and liberties, is at stake ?
The Prussians, who know better than the Russians
the danger of attacking a town like Paris, avow
their fears, and ask everywhere as they pass,
whether it be true that this 'city is prepared
to defend itself? Marshal Blucher has even said,
that he would in that case despair of the sue.
cess of the expedition. We 'are not ignorant
that the enemy's Commanders,' in summoning
i towns to surrender, threaten to burn them ;
but, in order to burn Paris, it is first necessary
to penetrate it. Paris is full of soldiers and can-
noniers, who very well know that there is no-
thing to fear from the fire of artillery placed on the
heights which 'surround this. city. The. largest .
pieces,splaced on the elevation nearest-to Paris,
would not reach to one-tenth of the diameter
of the town, that is to say, to the jnisst populous
quarters. Besides, the artillery of an ' army,.
would consume six tunes as much ammunition as
,would be necessary for a campaign, Sefore
Six houses would be bwnt. '['he enemy .is
himself convinced of these' truths. These reflec-
tions have been suggested to us by the perusal of
the authentic declarations made by the Municipa-
tides of -towns Which the enemy have completely
ravaged, and by a perfect knowledge of the
powerful means which hare been prepared to save
the city, of Paris from the enemy's fury. Thanks
to the skilful manoeuvres of the Emperor, and
the cOurage of our soldiers, the enemy is far .
from us ; but. if ever he approach our wallsolie
will there find 600,00Q French animated - by the
same sentiment, and determined to rescue,thent-
selves from pillage, conflagration, and death.
State of the Funds on the Ilth of March :-5 per Cent.
shut-9th March, 511.--Ditto, Dividend on the. '22.d Maith, ,
49 4 ask Fs. div. I
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