Star.
London, England, 1814-03-21 00:00:00

FI2II'CH PAPERS.

PARIS, MARCH 14.
The Empress Queen and Regent has received the
• following news or the situation of the armies to the
12th March :•
64 The day after the battle of Craon (the Bth) the
enemy was pursued by the" Prince of Moskwa to the
village of Etouville. General Woronzow, with seven
or eight thousand men, guarded this position, which
was very difficult to be got at, because the road which
leads to it runs for a league between two impracti-
cable marshes.
Baron Gourgault, an officer of distinguished me-
rits set off at eleven at night, from Chavignon, with
two battalions of the Old Guird, turned the position,
and proceeded by Challevois upon Chivi. He reached
the enemy, whom he attacked with the bayonet at
one in the morning. The Russians were awaked with
the cries of Five l'Entliereur ! and pursued to Laon.
The Prince of Moskwa debouched by the defile.
" On the 9th at day-break we reconnoitred the
enemy, who had joined the Prussian corps. The po-
sition was such as to be deemed unattackable. We
took a position.
64 The Duke of Ragusa, who had slept on the Bth
at Corbone, appeared at two in the afternoon at Ves-
lud, overthrew the enemy's advanced guard, attacked
the village of Althies, which he carried, and was suc-
. cessful during the whole day. At half past six he
took up a position. At seven the enerhy made a dash
et cavalry, one league in the rear where tire Duke of
.Reggio had a park of reserve. - The Duke of Ra-
gas.% proceeded thither quickly, but the enemy had
time to catty off 15 pieces of cannon. A great part
of the personnel was saved. -
" On the same day General Charpentier, with his
division of the young guard, carried the village of
Clacy. On the next day the enemy attacked this vil-
lage seven times, and were seven times repulsed.—
General Charpentier lost foto- hundred prisoners.—
The enemy left the avenues covered with his dead.
The Ethperor's head-quarters were on the 9th and
10th at Chavignon.
64 His Majesty, judging that it was impossible to
attack the heights of Laon, fixed his head-quarters on
the Ilth at Soissons (that is in retreat). The Duke of
Ragusa occupied on the same day Bery-au-Bac.
44 General Corbineau praises the good' dispositions
of the inhabitants of Rheims.
64 On the 7th, at eleven in the morning, General
St. Priest, commanding a Russian division; appeared
before Rheims and summoned it to surrender. Ge-
neral Corbineau replied with cannon. General De-
franca then arrived with his division of Guards of
Rano& ; he made a fine charge and drove off the
enemy. General St. Priest set fire to two great ma-
nufactories and to fifty houses, which were on the
outside of the town ; a conduct worthy of a turn-
coat. In all Mmes turncoats have been the most cruel
enemies of their country.
Soissons has suffered much. The inhabitants
have conducted themselves in the most honourable
manner.

There are no praises too great for the regiment circumstances.
of the Vistula, which form: d the
.garrison ; there are "On the 13th, a*. four o'clock in the evening, the
no praises which the regiment of the Vistula deems Emperor was on the heights of the Wind-mill, a
too great for the inhabitants. His Majesty has league from Rheims. The Duke of Ragusa formed
granted this brave corps thirty decorations of the Lc- the advanced guard. The General of Division, Mer-
von of Honour. lin„attackedy-surrounde...l, ana took several battalions
" The p'an of the enemy's campaign appears to of Prussian landwehr. Gener.ilSebastiani, command.
have been a kind of a general Ihnira dash upon Paris. ing two divisioas of cavalry, advanced upon the town.
Neglecting all the strong places of Flanders. and only Une hundred pieces tef cannon were engaged on the
obserTing*Bergen-op-Zoom and Antwerp with troops one side and the other. Tile enemy crowned the
inferior by half in number to the garrisons of those heights in front of Rhiims.
towns, the. enemy penetrated upon Avesnes. Ne. While the attack was making, the bridges of St.
9 Brice were repaired, in order to elm the town. Gen.
glecting the placee of he Ardennes, Meziere, Rorroi
Giver, Charlemonr, Montmedy, Mau. • Defrance made a superb charge with the 'Guards of
tre:ht, V olon, and Juliers, they passed by impracti• I Honour, who covered themselves with glory, particu-
cable easels to arrive upon Avesnes and Rethel : these: laxly Couat Segur, 'commanding the 3d regiment,
daces communicate, are not observed, and the gas- who charged between the town and the enemy, whom
rcatais al 19911 Abe rear* Of the enemy conaidevab!Yo.;" they drove into the suburbs, and from whom they took
Wilda Gent rat St. Priest burned Rheims,' his broth& woo cavalry And hie artiTleir•
.vas arrested' by the inbabitaau, and sent a prig trier • " Meanwhile General Count Krasinski having in-;

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tercepted the commulication from Rheims to Bury-
au-Bac, the eaeray abandoned the town, flying in
disorder on all sides. - The results of this day, which
did not cost us 100 men, are 22 pieces of cannon, 5000
prisoners, 100 artillery and baggage waggons.
" The same battery of light artillery tshich killed
General Moreau before Dresden, mortally wounded
General St. Priest, who had come at the head of the
Tartars of the Desert to ravage our beautiful country.
" The Emperor entered Rheims at one in the
morning, amidst the accramations of the inhabitantsl
of that great city, and has established his head-quar-
ters there. The enemy is retreating, partly on Cha-
lons, partly on Rethel, and partly on I.aon. He is
pursued in all directions.
46 The 10th regiment of hussars, as cell as the Sd
regiment of the Guards of Honour, particularly dis-
tinguished themselves. General Count Sept- has been
severely wounded, but his life is not in danger.