Star.
London, England, 1814-02-22 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, FEBRUARY Is.
We have received the following letter,
.dated La
Ferri, February 14, at eight in the morning:
" The armies of Sacken and Blucher are destroyed;
the artillery and all the matcris ate in. our hands ;
15,000 prisoneis will arrive to-day in this town, which
they pillaged three days ago. They are to be sent
to Paris, where, in four or five days, they will make a
very different entry from that which they had flattered
themselves. The General-in-Chief Ousouvieff, the
Major-General of the Russian armies, Prince Polto-,
tatici, the General of Division Heidenrich, are among
thrprisonere. They are going to Paris, where you
will soon see them. The annihilation of the Russian
and Prussian armies is one of the most glorious
actions of the war the enemy bad, however, consi.
derable fotces; but our ttoops have done wonders.
Perhaps not one of the enemy's soldiers would have
remained to carry the news of the loss of the battle;
'tall the inhabitants of Chateau Thierry had the means
Of -destroying the bridge of boats which the enemy
bad made in that town. For the rest, nothing has
escaped but trifling wrecks, without provisions, with-
out artillery, without matetiel.
at The Yeasants would suffice to give a good ac.
count of them, even if the-Marshal Duke of Taren-
tum had not pushed strong Columns on the roads to
RheiMs and S.issor.s, and which will pick up the re-
mains of the two beaten armies.
- S "-How greatly, is our situation all at once im-
prOved What great things has the Emperor dome in
three clays The most difficult is obtained, the most
violent enemies of Frame are defeated ; the others
are not More turas:el and it. is to be hoped that it
tbe more d: cult to prevail against them.
A bridge of boats is repairing here by the Order
of Enipar(s- ;it nib be finished today. . .
" It is armed; that in the tear of the enemy's
army, the peasants make cruel havock among the
fugitives. The authorities resume their vigour, cane
the bridges to be cut deign,- the roads blocked, and
obstruct the retreat Y. the armies. Alt revives ; all
is animated at the new: of. one successes. At Champ'
Aubert, at Montmirail, it Vieux Maisons, and at
Chateau Thierry, the roads, rue W3/414146, the vineyards,.
the fields, are loaded with dead bodies of ProsiiAnS
and Russians, with broken caissons, waggons, car-

viages, Sic.
"A number of men from the neighbouring villages
has just been recoil-4cl to bury the dead, the number
of which is Immense.
" We hive already above SO of the enemy's can-
non. It them: certain that the Russian General-in-
Chief Sacken is dead. It is added, that General

Yoyck was mortally tiketuded, and died in a house
at Chateau Thierrt: "t, •
,s Nut above 2;0440 of the old guard were engaged
at the tittle of Montmirail. They have covered,
themselvet.t.,h glory; pirticalarly the dragoons dis-
tinguished.- hentselves. Altera is not one of these
brave mesh who*e.exploits are not worthy of bring
related. All that is told. of the aunt knights does
not equal.tbiir bteiliaat talour."
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Discharges of artillery announced yesterday at two
an,:Llaer victory, gained by our armies. On
the 14th, the Emperor completely defeated a corps
of 25 or 30,000 men, commanded by General Nleist.
It is sill posed that this corps had been detached from,
the Austrian army to the ass.fitance of General Mu;
chef, but arriving too late, experienced the same fate'
as the. army to whose 'support it came: 6,000 pri--
. }own, yak, Generals, 27 pieces of cannon, and several
fair of colours, have fallen into our hands. This vie-1
is soften of as being vey/ brilliant. The wrecks
the enemy's army we?elffiiik towards Chalons.
This happy news was read to the public in all the
etent theatres, and was every where received with
gir most rapturous enthusiasm, and cries of Vive
l'Ainiteratr.

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PARIS, FEBRUARY 15.
Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has
received the•following accounts of the situation of the
armies, on the 7th of February :
bn the lid, two hours alter his Arrival at Troyes,
the Emperor made the Duke of Treviso depart to
Maisons-blanches. An Austrian division, command-
ed-by Prince idAurice•Lichtenstein, had advanced to
this point, which is two leagues from the town :—ir
was trigotiouty repulsed,• and driven two leagues
beyond.
On the 4th, in the evening, the head-quarter• of
the Emperor of Russia weve ot Lnsigny, near Van-
doenvre, two leagues from Troyes,, where the Russian
guard was, and the enemy's army. The enemy in.
tended to enter Troyes that evening. He marched
-on the bridge of La Guillotine, where he found a
warm resistance. Hie- first attack was repulsed.—
Some cavalry, who were made prisoners, told him.
that the Emperor was at Troyes. Then he thoughse
it necessary to take other Measures. At theelltit

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moment the Duke of Treviso caused an attack to be
made on the bridge of Clercy, which wnsoccupied
by the division of qieneral,Bianchi: The tin•my was
driven assay. That enerat of Division Briche trade
a charge, in which he took 160 men, and killed a
hundred.

On the sth the Emperor was preparing to pus
the bridge of La Guillotiere, and attack the enemy,
when his Majesty !earned that he had sounded a
retreat, and retrograded one march towards Va-
doeuvre.

On the 6th, arrangements were made to menace
Bar-sur-Seine. Some attacks took place on th 4 road.
We took from the enemy thirty men, one piece of
cannon, and a caisson.
During this time the army put itself in march for
Nogent, in order to fall on the enemy's columns
which have occupied Chalons and Vitry, and which
threatened Paris from Ferte-sous•Jouarre and.Meaux
On the 7th, in the morning, the Duke of Tarentum
had his head-quarters near Chaville, between Epernay
and Chalons.

The diVisions of the National Guard dWite from
Montereau, Normandy, and Picardy) put themselves
in motion, under the command of Gen. Pajol.
The division of the army of Spain under General
Leval is arrived at Proiins : the others follow. They
are composed of soldiers who made the campaigns in
Austria and Poland. They are replaced in the army
of Spain by the five divisions of reserve.

To-day, the 7th, at noon, the Emperor is arrived
at Nogent. All is in mntinn to manoeuvre.

The inhabitants are exasperated to the highest de-
gree. The enemy every where commits the most
horrible excesses. All measures are taken for sur.
rounding him on all sides as soon as he retrogrades
one step. Millions.of arms wait only for the moment
to raise themselves. The sacred territory which the
enemy has violated will become a land of fitc, which
will devour him. •

Her Majecty the Empress Queen and Regent Ins
received the inllowing news of the situation of the
armies to. the of February :

.0b the 10d;; the Emperor had his !In d-qtial ters
at Seziume., •
The Duke of Tarentom was at Mcaux, laavi'tz
causqd the bridges of La Ferte •and Ticport to be

General Sackcn and General Yorek were,at La.l
Forte ; General Blucher at Venus"; and General Al.
sufliew at Gir.imp Aubett, The Army of Silesia wash
only three marches from Paris. This army., corn.
mantled in Chi:J. by General Blucher; was 'composed,
of the 'corps of i3ac ken ansl,l4xsgeen,lorrnittesistyr
rqr,i filen( of Russian infantry, and of the flower of
the Prussian cniy. -
On the 10th, at day-Ilreak, the Emperor advanced
to the heiglits o Saint Prix, to cut the army.ot Oe
trend Blucher in two. •At ten; the Duke of Ragusa
passed the marshes (damp) of Gond, And at-
tacked the village of Base. The oth Russian corps,.
under General Alsufliew, of twelve regiments, de-
ployed, and pr,:sented a battery of twenty-four pieces
of cannon. The divisions Lagrange and Rican,.
with the cavalry of the Ist corns, turned the enemy's'
positiOns by his right. At one oocloak we were mss-'
tell of the village of Baye. At two o'clock the Im-
Rerial Guard deployed in the fine plains between
tlaye and Champ Aubett. The enemy begin his
retreat. The Emperor ordered General Girardin,
with two squadrons of the guard de service, to put
himself at the head of the Ist corps of cavalry, and
to turn the enemy, in order to cut him off from
the road to Chalons. The enemy, who perceived
this movement, fell into disorder. The Duke of Re-
gusa 'caused the village of Champ /when to be car-
ried; at the same instant the cuirassiers charged on
the right, and pressed the Russians against a wood
and a lake between the Wild to gpernay and that to
Chalont. The enemy had but little cavalry. See-
ing himself without retreat, his masses became con-
fused. Artillery, cavalry, infantry, all fled pell meal
into the.wood. Taro thousand men were drowned
in the lake; thirty'piects of cannon and two hundred.
card ages 'were taltelt * •
The General.in-Cbief, the Genet+, the Colonels,
More than 160 officers, and 4006 men, were made-,
prisoners.
This corps of two divisions and twelve regiments
ought to have consisted of 18,000 men ; but sickness,
long marches, and battles, had reduced it to eight
thousand : scarcely 1500 escaped by means of the
woods and the daikne.s. Gcncral Blucher remained
at his head-quarters at Venus, where he witnessed
the disasters of this part of his army, without being
able to remedy them. Not a man of the guard was
engaged; except two of the four squadrons de service,
who behaved eiliaatly. The aim:piers of the Ist
corps pf cavalry have displayed the rarest intrepidity.
At eight o'clustk, Gineial Natisouty having de-
botiched on the cluteway, advanced'upon Montmi.
rail with the division of the cavalry of the guard of
Generals Colbert and La Ferriere, took the town and
QOO Cossacks who were in it.

The 11th, at five in the morning, the division of
cavalry of General Guyot also advanced upon Mont-
Several divisions of infantry were delayed by
being obliged to wait fnr their artillery. The roads
from Sezanne to Champ Aubert are execrable. Our
artillery would not k&ve passed thaws, • but for the di.
ligenee of the catnnoneets, and by the assistance fur-
nished by tho inholitauts wtio broughrtheir

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The action at Champ Aubert, where apa :411k
Russian army was destroyed,. did not cost
200 men, killed nr woondesi. The Genera lA/
sion
sLagrange is among the latter, having I;ght,
wound in the head.
The Emperor arrived on the 11th, at ten in the
morning, half a league in advance of Montmirail.•
General Nansnuty was in his position, with the ca-
valry of the guard, and kept in check the army of
Sacken, which began to shew itself. Informed of the
disasters of a part of the Russian army, this General
had quitted Ferte-sous-Jouarre, on.thc 10th, at nine
in the evening, -and marched the whole night. Ge-
neral Yorck had also quitted Chateau Thierry.
At eleven in the morning of the 11th he began to
form, and all foreboded the battle of Montmirail, the
issue of which was of such vast importance. The
Duke of Ragusa, with his corps and the la corps of
cavalry, had placed his head-quarters at Etoges, on
the road to Chalons.
The division Ricart, and the Old Guard, arrived
at ten in the morning. The Emperor ordered the
Prince of Moskwa to line with troops the village of
Marchais, by which it seemed the enemy's intention
to debouch. This village was defended by the brave
division of General Rican, with rare firmness ; it
was taken and retaken sever: II times during the course
of the day.

At noon the Emperor ordered General Nansonty
to advance to the right, cutting the road to Chateau
Thierry, and formed the 16 battalions of the c,ld
guard, under the command of General Friant, in a
single column along the road, the battalion columns
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being MO paces from each other.
Daring this time our batteries of artillery succes-
sively arrived. At three o'clock the Duice of Tre-
viso, with the 16 battalions of the 2d division of the
old guard, which had left Sezanne in the nwrning,
debouched on Montmirail.
The Empefor would haves wished tp wait (or the
coming up of the other divisions, but night was ap.
I,rodching. He ordered, General Friant to /march
with four battalicns of the old guard, two of the 941
regiment of gendarmerie, and two of the 9.i regiment
chasseurs, upon the farm of Epine-aux.Bois, which
WAS the key of the position, and to carry it. The
Duke of 14reviso, with six battalions of the second
division of the old guard, advanced to the right; of
Gpiseral Friant's attack.

The success of the day depended on the p,.sition of
the farm of Epine-au:-Bois. The enemy was sen-
sible of this: ite had placed there 4.0 pieces of cannon,
had lined the hedges with a triple row of tiraillents,
mod formed behind masses of infantry.
• Man dreg, to sifnder this attack -mote easy, the
Emperor ordered General Nanscuty to extend his
line to the right, which made the enemy apprehen-
sive of being cut of, and forced to uncover a past of
.his centre to cover his right. At the same time, he
rordered General Piscart to yield a part of the village
of Marchais, which also induced the enemy to un•
cover his centre, to reinforce this attack, on the suc-
cess of which he supposed. the gaining of the battle
depended.

As soon as General Pasant had begun his move-
ment, and the enemy had weakened his centre, to
take advantage of an apparent success, which he be-
lievecf'real, General Pliant attacked the farm of
Haute Epine, with the four battalions of the old
guard. They carrre up to the enemy running, and
procload on him the efFect of tbk head of Medusa.,
The Prince of Moskwa marched the/41142a stewed '1
them the mad to:tonoitr. • Thetirailleurs retired-in
affright upon the masses of infantry, which were at,
tacked. The artillery could no longer, play; the,
firing small arms became dreadful, and success
wa:,- barred; but at the same moment General '
Guyot, at the head of the Ist regiment of lancers, of
the old drimoons and old grenadiers of the Imperial
guard, which filed along the high road in full trot,
and' with 'cries of Vive 1' Empereur, passed to the right
of Haute Epine. They fell on the rear of the masses
of infantry, broke them, threw them into disorder,
and -killed all that were not taken prisoners. The
puke of Treviso, with six battalions of the division
AK General Michel, seconded there the nitiick of the
old guard, 1-eached the wood, carried the village of
Fontanelle, and took a .whole park of artillery.

The division of the guard of honour filed off after
the old guard on the high road, and being arrived at
the height of Epine-aux-Bois, turned to th 4 left to
carry what had advanced on the village of Marches.
General Bertrand, Grand Marsha of the Palace, and
the Duke of Danttic, at the itead,6f two battalions of
the old guard, marched upon the village, and placed
it between two fires. Alt t)t were io it were killed
or taken. I - •
In less than a quarts of an hour a prnftS )itrui silence
succeeded to the noise a, the cannon and a dreadful
fire of musketry. Theriemy no longer sought safety
but in flight. Generals, Oakers, soldiers, infantry,
cavalry, and artillery, 0)1 tied pell-mell.
At eight p. m.. he cight being obscure, it was re-
quisite to take a posttici*. The Emperor plated his
headquarters at therartp of Epine-aux-Bois.
General Michel, otillie guard, has been wounded
by a ball in the arm. .04 less amounts to more than
WOO men, killed or wounded. That of the enemy is
least 4WD men killed or prisoners. We have taken
many cannon, and six stands of colours from pitn.—
Thie memorable day, which confounds the prate and
bOasting. of the enemy, has Anniliihted the elite of
the Rowan army. The fourth' of our army has not
been engaged. •
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the Duke of Treviso' follovied the ertesky upon tic
road of Chaim Thietry. The Emperor. with tvp,
divisions of the cavAry of the guard, and some bat
talons, went toVieux-Maisons, and front thence took
the road which goes right to Chateau Thierry. The
enemy covered his retreat with eight battalions which
arrived late the preceding evening, and had not bee:.
enmed. He supported them with souse squadrons
And three pieces of cannon. Arrived at the str.4ll

village of Cocquerets, he appeared determined to de-
,fend the position which is behind the ringer, and to
rover the road of Chateau Thierry. A company of
the old peed marched upon La PetiteNouv, over-
threw the enemy's tiraillenrs, who were purlced
his last position. Six battalions of the old plaid, ,-
proper distances for deployi,:g, occupied the plain or•
both sides of the road. General Nansouty, with the
divisions of cavalry of Generals Lefernere and Dr.
franc. had orders to make a movement to the right,
and march between Chateau Thierry and the ene•
my's rear guard. This movement wes executed with
equal, skill and intrepidity. The enemy's cavalry
marched from all points upon his left to oppose tl•-
French cavalry. It was overthrown, and oblige/ t •
quit the field of battle. The brave General Letort,
with the dragoons of the f/d division -.)1 the guard.
itter having repulsed the enemy's cavalry, moved
upon the ilteits and rears of eight masses of infantry,
which formed the enemy's rear-guard. This division
burning with desire p equal what the light horse,
the dragoons. and the mounted grenadiers of Gene
ral Gdyot had done the preceding evening, it star.
rounded on all sides these masses. acid made an hor-
rible Carnage among them.
The three pieccs of cannon, the Russian General
Freudenrich, who commanded this rear guard, were
taken ; all which composed its battalions have been
killed or made prisoners. The number of prisoners
made in this brilliant :affair amounts to more than
`2OOO. Colonel Curley, of the 10th Humus, distin-
guished himself. We then arrived • upon the heights
of Chateau Thieny, from whence we saw the remain_
der of that army flying in the greatest disorder, and
gaining with all haste its bridges. The great road
was cut off from them ; they sought their salvation
up-at the right bank of the Muse. Prince William
of t'russia, who bad remained at Chateau Thierry,
with a reserve of 200) wen, advanced to the bead of
the suburbs, to protect the flight of this disorganized
mass. Two battalions of the guard, at this time,.ar-
, rived running. At the sight of them, tberuhurb and
lett bank were cleared ; the enemy burnt his bridges,
lard unmasked upon the right bank a batitery of twelve
west of cannon ; 500 mesa of the reserve of Frinca
illiam were t.tken.
Oa the 12th. in the evening, the Emperor bad l.'s
head-quarter at the small castle of bide.
On the 15th, from break of day, se were occnpirii
in repairing the bridges of Chateau Thierry.
The enemy not being able to retire, either npon
the road of Epernay, from w hich he was cut off, or
by that which passes through the town of
which we occupy, has taken the cross road, in the
direction of Itheims. The inhabitant. assert, that cf
all that army, 10,000 men have not passed throtti,l,
Chateau Thierry, spit they in the greatest disordsi,
A few days before they had seen it flourishing, and
!ull of boasting. Ceneral Yocrk said that 10 howit.
zers would be ifficient to render him mesterei Paris.
In going, these troops only talked of Paris ; a n retur-
ning it was i.e.ice which tarry invoked.
One cannot form an idea of the excesses to which
the Cossacks give tl:emselves up; there are nn veKr-
Lions. crueltlesicrimes, which thostordes of bail, t•
clans have not committed. The peasantry pursue
them, track them in the woods, like ferocious beasts,
seize them, and bring them wherever there are French
troops. Yesterday they conducted more than 300 of
them to Vieux-Maisons. All those who bid them-
selves in the woods, to escape the conquevars, fell
into their hands s and every instant augmenss the
number of prisoners.

Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has
received the following advices from the Army; cf
morning of the 15th :

On the 13th, at three in the afternoon, the bridge
of Chateau-Tiiierry was re-established. The puke of
Treviso passed the Marne, and put himself in pursuit
of the enemy, who, in frightful disorder, appeared.*
have retired upon Soissons and Rheims, b). the cross.
roadcf Lafere in Tardenois.
General Blucher, commanding in Chief the wholv
army cf Silesia, had constantly r.mainesl at Yew's
durink the three days which have annihilated Li,
army. He collected IQOO men of the 'remains
General Cdsutiiew's corps, beaten at Champ-Archers.
which he united to a ititssi:n division of the corps of
Langeron arrived from Mentz, and commanded br
Lieutenant. General OuroussoL He WAS WO WC4
to attempt any thing; but on the 13th he wasjoing4.
by a Prussian corps of General Kleist, composed of
tour brigades. fie t! en put lAnself at the head of
these 20,000 men, and marched .g the Duke
of Ragusa, who constantly occupied Etnges. In the
night or the IStn A4h; 1,(,. mug h:s forces
sufficient to meet the enemy, the Duke of Ragusa
put himself in retreat, au,i surported near
Montmirail, where he was in pc., on on the 1-1-th, at
seven in the morning.
The Emperor set out the satne day ftom ChateN:
Misery, at four in the morning, and at eight arrivee.
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.tt ached, who had just taken up a position with'
body of his troops at the village of Vauchamp.
The Duke of Ragusa attacked that village. Ge-
neral Grouchy, at the head of the cavalry, turned
the enemy's right by the villages and the woods, and
advanced a league beyond the enemy's position.—
While the village of Vauchamp wad vigorously at-
v.cked, and as vigorously defended, .taken wind re.
taken several timed, General Grouchy arrived in the
rear of the enemy, surrounded and sabred three
squares, and drove the rest into the Woods. At the
same moment the Emperor caused a charge to be
made, by our right, by his four squadrons da service,
commanded by the Chief of Squadron of the Guard,
La Ilisse. This charge was as brilliant as 'fortunate.-
A square of two thousand men was pierced and taken.
All the cavalry of the guard then arrived at a sharp
trot, and the enemy was pushed sword in hand. At
two o'clock we were at the village of Fromentieres ;
the enemy had lost 6,000 men made prisoners, ten
colours, and three pieces of cannon.
The Emperor ordered General Grouchy to ad.
vance upon Champ•Aabert, a league in rear of the
enemy. In effect, the enemy continuing his retreat,
arrived' on that point at night. He was surrounded
on all sides, and all would have been taken- hid the
bad state of the roads permitted twelve pieces of
light artillery to follow the cavalry of General Grou-
chy. Nevertheless,. though the night was dark, three
wares of their infantry were broken, killed or taken,
and the others were bitskiy pursued as far as Etoges ;
the cavalry also took three pieces of. cannon. The
Russian division formed the rearviard ; it was at-
tacked by the Ist regiment of marine of the Duke of
Ragusa, charged with the bayonet, broken, and lost
one thousand pisvners, with Lientettant.General On:
rousgiff, who coinmanded it, .and several Colonels.
ihe results of this brilliant day are ten thousand pri-
soners, ten pieces of cannon, ten colours, al • a great
number orshaidinemy killed.
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killed or wisonded ; which is owing to the readiness
with which our troops attacked the enemy, and the
superizsity of our eavalig, which determined him, as
soon as be pereeived it, to put his artillery in retreat ;
so that Is- marched constantly exposed to the firoof
sixty pieces of cannon, while, of the shay coupon
which bebad, he opposed to us only two or three..
.The Prince bt Neufchatel, the Grind Mawr a
the Palace-omin' Bertrand, the Duke of Danteic, and
the Prince of Moskwa, were constantly at the head
of the troops. • . _
General Grouchy bestows the highest praise 0*
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. the divisions of cavalry St. Germain and Dou
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The cavalry of the guard covered itself with * ; ,i,
nothing could equal its intrepidity, General Lan,,
- 4 Ake pued, "rat iiightl;—*.nrrnird. The Duke of
Ragusa makes .particular mention of the Ist regiment
of marine ; time rest of the infantm,isoth of the guard
and the line, did not fire a shot!
Thu, this army of Silesia, composed of the Rus-
sian corps ,of Sacken. and Langeron, the Prussian
corps of D'Yorck and Kleist, and about 80,000
strong, has been, in four days, beaten, dispersed, an-
nihilated, without a general action, and without occa-
sioning any toss proportioned to such great results.

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his arrival to some official officer in this 'dace; and to send an
express*to the Admiral at Deal, to announce to him the objeet of
his -ctireag, is also strange for a foreign °Beer to do, without
first ifting.some Officer here. The boat, too, not having been
seen, either from t"e shore when be landed, or froni the hills at
day-fight in the mottling, as ft has been nearly calm flew the
time lie said he landed, and French boats do not row eery farts
the boar must have been seen from the signal station on.the Fore.
land soon after it was light. And had the inteffigessce been cor-
rect, we should have had other arrivals from the opposite shore
ere this to confirm it."
ANOTHER LETTER—SAME DA l'E. •
" Fatly this morning (between one and two o'clock) a person
dressed in a Colonel's uniform, and a Star at his breast, as if the
kisignia of some Order, arrived at the Ship inn, and gave direc-
tions for asChaise and four to be got ready immediately to take
hint to London : he stated he bail just landed from a boat from
France (part of his clothes being wet, as if done in stepping to
tile shore), and was the bearer of most Important dispatches, the
chief contents of which were, that the Allies had complealy
beaten the French army, and --Ennetrairtz was left dead on the
of battle. This person, whe'ealled himself Colonel Da
[kW a nit, set off at two o'clock, and upon arriving at Canterbury,
rgave the Post Boys a \Napoleon each for the expedition they had
r osed. Before he left Dever, be wrote to the Admiral at Deal,
to forward an ateount, by Telegraph, or his arrival, and of the
beads of the news ie was the bearer of. bqt we understand it
was not forwarded, the name of Dt Buacit nut being known,
.and .the truth of the dispatches, If he bad any, doubted. No
one at Dover knows any thing of the arrival of any Boat, and
altogether the affair seems very mysterious." '

, .

French Papers, to the I7th, arrived last night.—
They are. fled with interesting matter. The regu-
lar Official details of the series of actions from the 7th
to the 15th inst. inclusive, are now before us. They
are sufficiently copious to ,enable us to take a clearer
view of the important operations of the contending
armies than we have been able since the Allies crossed

the Rhine. From Drienne Bor.IPARTE retreated upon
Troyes, and afterwards upon Nogent, on the Seine, oc-
tispying the line of this river.—His Conqueror, the
intrepid BLUCHZR, Seems to have pushed forward to.
wards Paris by another route. He seems to have
kept to the line of the Marne, occupying Chalons,
Epernay, Chateau Thierry, and La Ferte. At the
latter plaice his advance met with the first serious
check. MACDONALD had been driven before him upon.
Meaux, within thirty miles of Faris. Upon hearibs.
of MACDONALD'S perilous situation BONAPARTE.re..
1101VO41 to support him with the elite of his army.

On the 10th, therefore, he fell upon a Russian
carps at Champ-Anbert with a most overwhelming
force, and compelled the Geneml who commanded,
with all fps Officers, to surrender. Four thousand
Prisoners are claimed on this occasion. That this
reverse was occasioned by a too precipitate advance
of some part of the Silesian army is evident, for we
he:r of a concentration of their forces immediately

taking place at Montmirail, about )4. miles westward
of Chautp-Aabrt. We are parrigsliCitt- Lutist.
the directienl6he movements (Attie Allies, beratik
tie are convinced that nothing like a pell-mell retreat
took place, as the French statements give out. At
Montmirail, therefore, the grand struggle took place.
—BoNapaaTa must have had • in the field at least
100,000 men. He tells us that the Silesian 'army
amounted tb 80,000 only. It was of course annihi-
lated, according to the Mositeur. We are of a con-
trary opinion. The Allies seem, to have made a most.
heroic stand, for we -dad that Nay, MAVEN BER-
TRAND, and Le sabers, wese all engaged. The
Young Guard, the Old Guard, and some other
Guards we never heard of before, were also in close
encounter. The villages' in the line of operations
were take and retaken math times, and night put
an-end to the %west. Next day. (thwllth) the
Allies moved upon Chateau-Thierry Vicenellt
undCr, for we find them successively bring6guP fru.sh
divisions of troops to form their rear-guard. It am
-
not be true. therefore, that they fell into confusion''
and abandoned every thing. The former absurd,
report of the French pursuing them pe/Itmell through
Chateau-Thierry, is flatly contradicted . by the dr.
cumstance of PrinceWitalast of PRUSSIA having bees
posted there with a corps of 2000 men, to cover the
passage of the Marne.
The divisions of Generals SaccxEm and' Vote YORK
only were engaged in the engagements above men-
tioned, and BONAPARTE commanded against them in
person. Pt.vcasn does not seem to have been per-
sonally engaged until the 13th. On this day we find
him coming in Contact -with MARMONT at Etoges,
whom he seems to have handled rather roughly, for
this gentleman retreats during the night upon Mont-
a distance of nineteen or twenty miles. Bo-
riaeAltxtc, who was following up what he conceived
to be his advantages over Generals SACKEN and'VoN
Teak, at Chateau Thierry, suddenly returned to
Montmirail upon the 14ah, to support MARMONT.—
Here a second desperate battle took place on that
day—the French claim a victory, at the expence to
the Allies of 10,000 prisoners, ten standards, and ten
pieces of cannon.
There is something too much of the tnelo-drame in
all these round numbers, to entitle them to pass muster
with an experienced newspaper reader.
AU that can be fairly said of these boasted victories
is simply this :—BONAPARTE has succeeded in check-
ing the advance of the Silesian army for a few days.
It will, of course, reappear to the incessant annoyance
of the enemy, as it did on the Eatcbach, the Elbe,
and the Elster and while BLUCHER is the Comman-
der, we cannot doubt the success of every enterprise
in which he is engaged.
A profound silence is maintained in' all the tiesillh"
statements respecting the onavemedu cf Mb

&OM. ARTZRNBILIG% army. Hat he reached Paris by
the Seine, while BLUCHICK fOUlla employment for 80.
NAPARTE Oil the Marne We apprehend that the
next arrival from the French ciAst will announce this
highly gratifying intelligence.

_
As we have already intimated, it is difficult from
the French accounts to uuderbtand auy thing cor-
rectly respecting the operations of the contending;
armies. We may remark, that in the best informed
political circles, it fit believed that all &mimes
ovements, which, according to the Moniker, gave
••
Important victories to the enemy, were in fact mere
feints on the part of that Able commander, for the
purpose of diawing off BONAPARTL3S attention from
Prince SCHwARTZENBERC9 who is in the mean time
pushing for Paris.
The object of the Allies, it is rumoured, was, if
possible, to obtain possession of the Arch-Duchess
Of Austria, MARIA LoutsA, in orderto resco,t her from.
any act of violence that might be retaliated on her
persen En the event of her husband's complete defeat
If they succeed in seeuri4 her person, it is added.,
that the Alliei will immediately throw off all dis-
guise ; and, if circumstances shall render the mea-
sure advisable—that is, if the French people shall mi•
nilzst a proper dispoiition, an opportunity will be
afforded to them to manifest their Layalsy to the
Bourbon dynasty.

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We have, to add, however, that strongly as this
is insisted on in some circles, the Allies have in no
way cummitted themselves on this question : nor will
they—every thing will depend on circumstances
which time alone can unfold.

New York Papers to the 21st Of last month have
arrived. They contain a brief account of the pro-
ceedings in Congress on the extraordinary Letter ad-
dressed to the PRESIDENT by the French Minister
TURREAU, and afterwards withdrawn from the ar-
chives of the United States. Copies of singular do.
cuments, it appears, are in the possession of some of
the Members of Congress, and are likely to be brought
before the Public. Another Loan of Thirty Millions
of Dollars is required by the American Government
foi the support of the War.

At the opening of the Stock Exchange this morn-
ing, Omnium was done at 27 prem. for the account;
and one of the Brokers, who sold largely yesterday,
bought nearly JeSOO,OOO, which had the effect of
raising the market full 1 per Cent.

The EArl of LIVeRPOOL continues confined at Fife
House, being indisposed. , YesterdAy several of the
Cabinet Ministers, the LORD CHANtuettLatN, and a
number of persona of distinction, called at Fife House
to make inquiries after the Noble Earl's health.
The Hertfordshire 'hounds tdthed off yesterday at
Blake's Ware, and finding in the first cover they
drew, had a burst for forty minutes, when they run
into their lox in a fa mens sty*.

TRICE OF 13111tAb.—•This day, the Ii.ORD MAYOR
having inspected the Meal-weighers' rettrns, ordered
the price of Bread to be lowered Three I"..rthings in
the eiu.alern loaf, which takes place on Thursday
next.

, EXTRAC OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM THE HAGUE,
..,t
t
DATED FEBRUARY 11.
"tit i ith unspt 1 kable regret that I communicate
to yolf e total failure of the Lite attack upon the
city of Antwerp, and the fleet lying there. The whole
force tins/et the command of Sir THOMAS GRAHAM
has been Sliged to retreat, and the French have re-
taken Merxham. This failure is attributed partly t 9
the excellent precautions taken by the French to se-'
cure the shipping, and partly to the determination of
Sir THOMAS GRAHAM not to permit the _destruction
of the city, which he could have effected with ease,
and which the Prus:Ans were anxious to accomplish.
The tire of the British was directed exclusively to-
wards the ships.
"The French had filled all their decks with straw
and sand, and the snow which had fallen melting,
formed a kind of pulp, info which shells fell, and
burst without doing the slightest damage. The Prus-
sians fired on the city, and at one period it was on
fire in three places; but this part of the attack was
not continued. Ac length it was discovered that the
fire of the British, although wtil directed, was, quite
ineffectual, • and a great number of Men having been
lost, Sir THOMAS GRAHAM determined to discontinut.
the attack altogether.