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city, and that opportunity should be
his return to.Ftance.
" nis Majesty likewiae declares, tb
the Sovereigns united against France, i
sist is bringing about a general peace,
the nations of Eurdpe are lalwarsinag,
so necessary for the Danis States."
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LEYDEN, FEBRUARY 28.
Accountsrecetied this morning fro,
of Belgium, say that there arc at this moi
rences betlveenthe General commandinz_
of AntWerp and the Governor of the place, and that
they relate to proposals for the surrender. We learn
that the Governor has turned 2,200 poor people et 44
of the town, and signified to the inhabitants thane
those who could not furnish themselves with provi-
sions for three months, might +expect the same fate.
The Government has jusericeived official news of
the occupation of Sas de Gand. The garrison are
prisoners of war. •
LIEGE, FEBRUARY 21.
General Strogonoff left us yesterday for Hwy. A
great number of troops are gone thither. Wir*Vert
Moment expect the Crown Prince of Sividen.
BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY 23.
A detachment fiorn the third German corps, con-
sisting of Saxon troops, and one regiment of Cossacks,
under the command of Colonel Geismar, has taken
possession of Cirtryk, Meinen, and Cassel. After an
engagement, which proved glorious for the Allies,
near the latter place, the enemy's retreat was so very.
tepid, that he was oblige,d .to leave ter, pieces of ar-
tillery 'behind bibs, A' great number of prisoners
Were taken, and many Spaniards released, who were
Ithinediately supplied with arms, and joined the corps.
Vire inhabitants evince the best spi-it, and receive
their deliverers with the greatest gratitude. Colnncl
Von Geismar is in pursuit of the enemy. recepting 1
Antwerp, and a few fortified places on the coast, the
Netherlands are entirely cleared of the enemy.
BRUSSELS, FEB. 24.
The Swedish and Russian army, which is at pre.
sent under the immediate command of the Prince
RoAl of Sweden, is hastening by forced marches to
the Maese, fur the ptirpose of penetrating further into
Frarce, along that river. The advanced guard, corn!,
manded by General. Strogotsoff, arrived. two dap
agci. at Namens. All the. divisiims of .this corps
d?armee, which at present consists of 4.0,000 men, are
.successively to pass through that town. The CroWn
Prince is expected to fj his, headquarters there on
the 26th, when the Allied armies will act in the moat
vigorous manner on our frontiers.
It appears that the Duke of Sate Weimar is ap-
pointed to push through French Flanders, Artois,
and Picardy, into France. The Prussian General
Von Bulow is to march by the way of Valenciennes
and Quesnoy, in order afterwards to direct his march
on Cambray and Peronne, and whi4t this is tab%
place on the right wing and centre of the army,. it is,
supposed that the Crown Prince will march on Philip-
perville and Gevet, and from thence.proceed into the
heart of Champagne, and so muchdirect upon Paris.
The curps.of General Winzingerode, which may be
considered as belonging to the Crown Prince's army,
.is already in the. vicinity of Soissons,
oand so is
Cosialksiffilarthe Castle of Villnitote , t ti'
formerly belonged to the Duke of Orleans, ' I
The present state of affairs on the frontiers of Old
France is as follows —General Maison has succeeded
;in provisioning Lisle for some months. Valenciennes
,has scarcely provisions for six weeks. Iu both these
iMportant fortresses thete is scarcely a third part of
the rialtiisite artillery arid ammunition for their de-
fence. Their weak garrisons consist entirely of dis-
contented national guards, who lately laid in Picardy
and Normandy. Tire only military force on which
'the French Government can place any reliance, con.
,sists of the corps of Genet:444;m, which is about
7 or 8000 men strong „.and with regard to the other,
fortresses, they are totally deficient of all means of,
defence. The French have left weak garrisons in
Ostend, Nieuporte, and Ypres.
BASLE, FEBRUARY 7.
. Preparations are making here tor the reception ei
I:her Majesty the Empress of Russia.
ORDER OF THE DAY FROM I'RINCE SCHWART-
ZENBERG.
Soldiers !—The Army is now in the heart of
France, in that country where the yoke of the people
expresses their joy at our arrival : we must only re.
gard those as enemies whom we find armed against
us. I learn with the greatest dissatisfaction that some
stragglers, who have escaped the observation of their
chiefs, have ill-treated the peaceable inhabit Ants.-.
This disobedience to the formal orders which I gave
at the time the Army entered France, obliges me to
renew them, and render them more severe.
" Reckoning from today, every soldier who shall
allow himself to pillage, or commit any other excess,
shall, without any distinction,, be brought before a
Council of War, and punished with death, according
to the letter of the I.lw.

I hold the Commander of the corps d'armee re-
sponsible for the enact observance of this order and
its publication. It is only by this means that a strict
discipline, which is one of the first duties of brave
soldiers, can be reestablished.
48 The inhabitants of France ought always to see in
us, warriors who are fighting for the repose of Eu-
rope. Let no shameful action blast the laurels which
.yOu have just gathered—you will merit thelove of
the world, for the world will be indebted to you for
the palm of Peace."

1-I.IC;UE, FEBRUARY 25.
We are at present almost destitute of news, the
only article of information we have received to.day,
is an account of the surrender of Sas Van Gand,
which, though a small, is rather an important place.
An opinion prevails here, that Sir Thomas Graham
will immediately make another attack on Antwerp ;
this opinion appears to have been adopted in conse-
quence of the Dutch regiments, which have lately;
been before Gorcum, being ordered to join the Bri-
tish army. We are without any intelligence from
the head-quarters of the Allies; indeed, the scene of.
`,eir operations has been so completely changed, that
e now get almost all our information relative to
them through England.
It is said here, that the Emperor of Russia hae
rely taken from his crown the most plecious diamond
contained, and presented it to. Marshal Blucher,'
;upplying the ♦acancy with the nave of that veteran.

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February : " •.' -7 1:-.-..4v.7-,.,
te On the 2'2d, at two in the afternoon, the thip.
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rbr rent to the little village of Merg-sur.Seine. Ge.
neral Bayer attacked at Merg the wrecks of the corps
of Generals Blucher, Sacken, and York, which had
Twi ,;- the Aube to join the army of Prince Schwan.
at Troyes.
Oral 13oyti itticked the enemy at thtpas do
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C NRY,ett4reW him aq got. possessiqn,of the {own.
, lye enemy in his rage set fire toicecith such rapidity,
that it was impossible to penetratatlirough the fits to
*role him. , We took 100 prisoners.
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4 4 From the 22d to the 23d the Ensperor had his
head-quarters at the little hamlet of Chatres.
" On the 23d Prince Wentzel Lichtenstein cam
to the head-quarters, this new flag of truce was sent
by Prince Schwamzenberg to ask for an armistice. 2
" General Milhaud, cortimanding the cavalry
, .
the 3d corps, has taken prisoners 200 horsemen, be.l
treen.Pivillan and Troyes.
" General Girard, coming from Sens and ns arch.
'itig upon Villeneuve, PArchireque, Villen, and St-
tubant, fell in with the'rear-guard 9f Prince Mau-
'rise Lichtstvitr, and took from him sit pieces cf
cannon and 600 men on •horseback, who were sur-
rounded by the brave division of *the cavalry of Ge.
•
neral Rousse. 't•• •

a On the 23d our troops invested Troyes on all
sides. A Russian Aide-de-Camp came to the out-
posts to request time to evacuate the city, otherwise
it should be burnt. 'This consideration stopped the
movements of the Emperor. The town was era.'
'mated in the night, and we entered it in the morning.
" It is impossibleio form an idea of the excesses
which the inhabitants hive endured during the 17.
days occupation of it by the enemy. Jr would be
equally difficult to paint the enthusiasm and the
transports they sheaved on the arrival of the Emperor.
A mother who sees her children rescued from death,
a slave, whose chains are broken after the most cruel
captivity, do not experience more lively joy than that
which the inhabitants of Troyes have manifested.—
Their conduct has been honourAble and worthy of
praise. The Theatre was open every evening, but
no man, no woman, even of the kmer classes, would
appear there.
44 Sieur Gan, an ancient emigrant, and Sieur
Viderange, au ancient garde du corps, declared in
favour of the enemy and wore the cross of St. Louis.
They have bcen accused before a private commission
and condemned to death. The first has undergone
the sentence, the second has been condemned for
non-appearance.

$6 The whole population desires to march. 4 You
had good cause,' ctied the inhabitants surrounding
the Emperor, to 01 us to rise en masse. Death is
preferable to the vexations, the bad treatment, the
cruelties, which we have endured for 17-'days.'
" In all the villages the inhabitants are in arms.
Every where they fall on the enemies whom they meet
with. The stragglers, the prisoners deliver them-
selves up voluntarily to thegcns d'armes whom they
no longer consider as keepers but as protectors.
" General Vincent writes from Chateau Thierg
on the 22d, that the enemy having attempted to levy,
requisitions on the communes of Bazzi, Passi and Vitio.l
celles, the National Guards assembled and repulsed
the enemy, after having taken and wounded several
men. The same General writes under the same dater
that a party of Rusian and Prussian cavalry havink
approached Chateau Thierry, he caused them to bt.:'
attacked by a detachment of the 3d regiment of the
Guards of Honour, commanded by the Chief D'Es-
cadron Andlau, and supported by the National
Guards of Chateau Thierryi and of the communes of
Bienne and Crezensi. The 'enemy was driven away
and put to the route ; 12 Cossacks and 14. horses were
taken ; the Nationil.Guards were pursuing the rest
of the troops who had fled into the woods. .

His Majesty has given three decOrations of the
Legion of Honour to the detachment of the 3d regi-
ment of the Guards of Honour, and the same number
to the National Guards.

a The Count de Valmy has advanced to-day, the
ilth, upon Bar-sur-Seine. On arriving at Saint Paar,
he fell in with the rear-guard of General Guilay,
which he charged and put to the route, and has taken
1200 prisoners. It is probable that Count Valmy
will be at Bar-sur-Seine this evening.
General Girard marched from the Bridge de la
Guilletiere, supported by the Duke of Reggio; he
advanced upon Lusigny and passed the }Lase. Ge-
neral Duliesme has taken a position at Montereau,
near Vandouevre.

" Count Flahaut, Aid-de•Camp to the Emptror
Napoleon ; Count Dueca, Aid-de-Camp to the Em-
peror of Auttria ; Count Schowaloff, Aid-de-Camp
to the Emperor of Russia ; and General Rauch,
Chief of the Corps of Engineers of the King of
Pius-
sia, are met together at Lusigny, to treat on the con-
' ditions for a suspension of arms.
" Thus on the 24th, the capital of Champagne has
been delivered; 'an& we have taken about 2140 Fri-

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ty pie Emperor en. d after ome liant
`actioni of cavalry, •.. .1. • . w a ' k from she enemy
8. several thou?and prisoners an • :/ilrstliecerof cannon.
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lm the frontiers - -- ?ARO, FEBRUARY 27. ::...
moment conic. Her Majelo the Empress has received the follow-
ng the blockade ing accounts ofthe situation of the mistiest° the 24th