Star.
London, England, 1814-02-24 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

OFFICIAL' BULLETIN.

CAPTURE OF THE INTRENCHED CAMP
BEFORE SOISSONS,

BY GENERAL WINZINGERODE, &c. &c. &c.

FOREIGN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 24.

The Honourable F. ROBINSON arrived this morn-
ing at this Office with Dispatches, of which the fol.
lowing is an abstract :

66 Sir CHARLES STEWART, in a dispatch dated Cha-
talon, the 12th instant, incloses reports from Colonel
LowE, of the preceding operations of the army under
Marshal BLUCHER, up to the 12th instant inclusive.
" General D'York attacked Chalons on the sth of
February, which surrendered by capitulation : Mar-
shal MiDonald retired over the Marne in the direc-
tion of Meaux : lie had with him the corps of Sebes-
tialti and Arrighi, besides his own.
66 On the 6th, Marshal Blucher's head-quarters
were at Sandron. On the Bth they were moved from
Vertus to Etoges. General Sacken being then at
Montmirail, General D'Yorck at Chateau Thierry,l
and General Kleist at Chalons, the whole advancing
upon the army of M'Donald, who was retiring, with
one hundred pieces of artillery. On the evening of
the Bth, Marshal Blucher's head-quarters were again
removed to Venus, on the report of a Russian regi-
ment having been attacked at Baye. The advanced
posts of D' York from Dorment, and of Sacken from
Montmirail, now reached as far as Chateau Thierry,
and La Ferte sou; Joanne.

" In the afternoon of the 10th, the Russian corps
of Alsuftief being at Champsubert, was attacked by
a very superior force of the enemy from Sezanne,
and after an obstinate resistance, was compelled to
retire after considerable loss.

" On the I Ich, Marshal Blucher's head-quarters
were at Bergeres. On that day the corps of
Sackett and D'Yorck marched upon Monttnirail
against the enemy. A severe engagement ensued
for several hours, both armies remaining in their po-
sitions. General Sacken lost four guns ; the hottest
part of the action was in the village of Marchais,
which was taken and re-taken three times. The
enemy was thirty thousand strong, under Bonaparte.
On the 12t11, Sacken was at Chateau Thierry, and
D'Yorck at Biffert.—Marmont with the sixth corps
at Etoges. On thy same day Marshal Bhicher, with
the corps of Kleist and Rassiewitz, were in position
at Bergeres.
" Duplicates of subsequent dispatches from Colo-
nel Lowe to Sir C. Stewart have also Ven brought
by Mr. Robinson, from the 13th to the 17th inclusive.
" On the !SO), Marshal Blucher's head-quarters
were at Champatibert. He had advanced. from Bet-
geres to attack Marshal Marmont at Etoges, who
had about nine or ten thousand men. The enemy
gradually retired, and several brisk attacks were
made upon his rear, particularly by the Cossacks,v-
Thepursuit continued fromEtoges to beyond Champ.
aubert. The enemy bivouacked in front of Fromen_
tieres. In the mean time Bonaparte marched upon
Chateau Thierry, from whence Generals D'Yorck
and Sacken had retired behind the Marne.
" On the 14th, Marmont retired from Fromontiers
to Janvillieres,. where he was joined by Bonaparte,
who had made a forced march from Chateau Thierry,
with the whole of his guards and a large body of ca-
valry. A very severe action now took place. Marshal
Blucher's force being very inferior in numbers, and
particularly in c ava!ry, his infantry was formed into
squares, and he determined on a retreat. The enemy
made the most desper4te attacks of cavalry u pon
these squares, but were received with such undaunted
firmness, that not one of them was broken.

After a very severe and unequal contest, carried
on during a retreat 42f nearly four leagues, Marshal
BLUCHER observed a large corps of cavalry posted
on the chaussee in his rear near Etoges. He resolved
to force his way, through this obstacle, and by open-
ing a heavy fire of artillery and musketry upon this
cavalry, posted in a solid masse on the chaussee, he
succeeded in his object.
" Upon reaching Etoges towards night, he was as.
sailed by a body of infantry, which had penetrated
through by-roads upon his flanks and rear, but Ge_
nerals Kleist and Kasslewitz, forced their way
through this obstacle also, and placed their corps for
the night in tke position of Bergeres.

" General BLUCHER'S whole loss on these days, is
estimated at three thousand five hundred men, killed,
wounded, and prisoners; that of the enemy is stated
to have been very great, as' he was exposed to a tre.
mendous fire of artillery, in which BLUCHER was
superior.

.• General Blucher subsequently retired to Chalons,
where he was joined on the 16th by Generals Sacken
and D'Yorck. Part of General Winzengerode's corps
had carried Soissons by assault, taking two Generals
and about three thousand men; General Winzenge.
rode was himself at Rheims.

Counts Langeron and St. Priest were rapidly
advancing to join Marshal Blucher, whose whole
army would speedily be united at Chalons, ready to
resume the offensive.

i, Lord Burghersh writes front Troyes on the 19th
and 16th February:

4, The town of Sens was taken by assault on the

Tick by the Prince Royal of Wirtemberi, *llO ins.
mediately marched on Bray by Pont•sur•Yonne.
" On the 9th. Count Hardegg attacked the rear
of the enemy at Romilly and St. Hilaire ; and joined
by General Wittgenstein, he again attacked them
near St. Aubin bnd Marnay, and drove them upon
Nogent, part of which was occupied by Count Har-
deg►g on the I oth.

Cvunt Wittgenstein having advanced towards
Pont-sur•Seine, General Wrede towards Bray, the
enemy abandoned the left of the Seine, and destroy( d
the bridges, which were re-established by the Allies ;
and General Wrede advanced towards Provins. Ge-
neral Wittgenstein crossing at Pont-sur-Seine, Gene-
rals Bianchi and Guilay were at the same time march-
ing on Montereau, and measures were taken to place
the grand army on the left of the Seine, with the right
at Mery, and the lift at Montereau, with the corps of
Generals Wrede and Wittgenstein, and of the Prints
Royal of Wirtemberg at Provins and Villeneuve.
66 On the 16th, dispositions were made (on receiv.
ing intelligence, that Marshal Blucher had repulsed
the corps opposed to him, and was advancing beyond
Etoges) to remove the head-quarters to Bray, and
the corps of Wrede and Wittgenstein by Nangis to-
wards Melun—that of General Bianchi pressing upon
Fontainebleau.

a Mr. Robinson was officially acquainted, on his
road at Troyes, that on the 17th instant Fontaine.
bleau was taken by Counts Hardegg_and.Thurn, and
General Plat'off: the enemy lost some guns and psi- -
soners, and the Allied advanced posts were pushed
on towards Paris. On the 18th Bonaparte attacked,
with a large corps of cavalry, at Nanges, Ahead-
vanced guard of Count Wittgenstein's corps, under
Count Pahlen, and dtove it back with c( nsiderabli
loss both of men and artillery.. Prince Schgartzen-;
berg then withdrew his army behind the Seine.
" On the 19th, the enemy made three desperate
attacks upon the corps of the Prince Royal of Wit t •m-
-berg, posted at Montereau, and occupying the bridge
at that place. He was repulsed with loss; the Prince
of Wirtemberg took some cannon : late, however, in
the evening the attack was renewed, and the enemy
succeeded in obtaining possession of the bridge; and,
It was understood, that I.e had passed over a consi-
derable pr: of his army. The head-quarters of
Prince Schwartzenberg were to be at Troyes on the
night of the 19th.

" Oa the mornin3 of the 20th; Mr. Robinsen
Passed through Marshal Blucher's whole army, from
ty to s;x:y thousand strong, in admirable order.- -
It was niateiing from Chalons to unite with the grand
army. Tile head of the c, lumn was near Ai cic-sur.
Aube, and about eighteen or twenty English Mile•
from Troyes,'

Advices were this hamming received from Aim.-
ral Yot,,tc, in the Roompot Channel, an the Duti h
Coast, which state that Gen. WINZINGZW)DIet army
took the entrenched camp before Soissons by storm cn
the 14th instant. Between six and seven thousai d f
the garrison were killed, mong whom are two Ge-
nerals. The Allies also took 3000 Prisoners and
13 Pieces of Cannon.

Accounts have been received that Lord Wu-
LINGTON had invested Bayonne, and advanced with
his army in the direction of Bourdeaux.
The last dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON con-
tained accounts from Lord WILLIAM BENTINCE of the
state of the Negotiations with MURAT, which have
been laid before the Ca binet Council.

Mr. SHAW. the Messenger, was expected to follow
Mr. ROBINSON in two days. It has been even reperted,
since this Paper was put to press, that the Admiralty
Telegraph has announced his arrival at Dover this
•
forenoon.

We hare the pleasure of stating, that the French
frigates, ALcatstra and IPHIGENIF, are taken by his
Majesty's ship VENERABLE, 74 guns, and CYANB
sloop of •l 0 guns :

" LLOYD'S 12 O'CLOCK, FEB. 24.

4, The Admiralty has sen tnotice to Lloyd's, of the
capture of the Alcmene and Iphigenie frigates, by his
Majesty's ship VENERABLE and CYANE sloop of 20. .
guns."

PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 21.

Arrived the MIDZIELA US frigate, from a cruize ;
Clarendon, Henry Broadhurst, Admiral Gambier,
Union, Gratitude, and Britannia transports, from
Passages ; Havante, GATE, from Waterford ; Staff
of Life, DANIEL, from Dublin.—L'Aimable French
chasse maree, laden with wine and brandy, is cap.
tured by the ARROW schooner and arrived at this port.