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cruel example held on to them by the

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troops of France. - •
EXTRACT /ROM LORD BURGHERS?, DATED LANGRES,
JANUARY 18, 1814.
It is with considerable satisfaction I am enabled to
date this dispatch from Langres.
Your Lordship will have been informed that a force
consisting of Bonaparte's guards, had occupied the
important position of this lace.

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The mountains of the Vosges, which form one of
the principal barriers to the entry into the heart of
France on this side, offered a formidable position to
a defensive army in the neighbourhood of this town.
From the arrival of the' guards, it heel been pre-
sumed, that a considerable corps of !mends would be
assembled here. Prince- Schwartzenherg in conse-
quence, determined to advance upopit with a force
which should secure him success in the attack of the
position.,
Marshal Monier did not await the advance of the
allied army. It appears that on the 16th he began
his retreat front this place.
On the 17th,. General Gyulay pushed forward his
advanced guard. The Commandant of the town en-
deavoured to capitulate for it, but he was told he
must surrender ; he was left without the means of
resistance. The levy ex manes which had been or-
dered by Bonaparte, had not been carried into effect
by the people..
General Gyulay took possession of the place : 13
cannon which had been brought from Dijon, a con-
siderable quantity of powder, and two hundred men,
have been captured by the allies.
Marshal /tinier retired towards Chaumont ; hate-
cupied this place with twelve thousand of the, old
" guards, unsupported by any other troops.
At Chaumont there does not appear to be any tein-
forcement.arrived for him—the Prince Royal of Wur-
tenburg has been directed to march upon that town,
and it is expected he will be in possession of it this
evening.,.
General Count Plato* has arrived with his Cos-
sacks at Neuf-Chateau; and has already pt slidd his
pats-01es in- idvanceof that place. .
The head-quarters of General Blucher were in have
been yesterday at Nancy. The Cossacks under Prince
Tcherbatoff, according to the last report from that
officer, were advancing upon Toul.
RETRACT FROM THE HONOURABLE Silt C. W. STEWART,
• DATED BASLE, JANUARY 17. •
Te details from all the.adianced corps continue
to be of the most encouraging description.
Marshal Blucher has taken near three thousand
prisoners and twenty-five cannon since his passage of
the Rhine. His last reports are from St. Arrol, gaf '
the 10th instant. -Detachments of his corps occupy'
Treves, and in. a lew days Luxembourg will be in-:
vesi ed. • -
• Marshal Marmont has been tinder the necessity .of
*taking the most rapid forced. marches. to. prevent,
the Silesian army getting into his rear by the Vosges
mountains. In his retreat, he has broken dowtr-aff,
bridges over the Saar,' but Marshal Blucher is par.!
ening him. •
Your Lordship will have, front the advance of the
armies, more detailed information than I can give..
Prince Schwartzenberg was still at Vesoul, the 15th.
The enemy were collecting at Langrei, and the'
Prince Marshal was preparing to attack them if they.
remained there, which I should doubt ; he had made-
his dispositions for this purpose. The main Russian
army, under General Barclay de Tolly, will he ready-
to support Prince Schwartzenberg's offensive move-.
anent. General Wittgenstein's corps occupies the,
country between General Barelay"de Tully and Mar.
shal Blucher, and the Russian and Prussian reserves;
together with his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of
• Russia, have left this place to march on Veboul.
• The French garrison that retired into Besancon
amounts to 8000 men.

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Befort is still bombarded, and Gereral Scholia.
commands the forces which it engages.
General Bubna's last repiirts were from Bourg. en
Bresse, having left detachments at Geneva and Fort
. L'Ecluse (which was taken) and Setten : the Sim-
plon and St. Bernard are occupied. The Prince of
Wurtemburg had advanced from Epinal, the ene-
my retiring after their defeat by General de Roy to.
wards Charmes. The Prince of Hesse Hombourg,
from Dole, and Genera,' Scheitha, surrounded the
fort of &dins. General Platoff's Cossacks are heard
of in every quarter.
=TRACT FR& THE HON. SIR CL W. STEWART, DATED
BASLE, JANUAitY 22.
The details which your Lordship will receive from
the advance of the grand army, will be more :ads.
factorY;than any I could relate. The entry of the
EmPerov pi. Russia into Vesoul with the Russian and
Prussian reserves, the abandonment of Langres and
Lie position around it by the enemy; the advance of
she Prince Royal of Wurtemherg to Ch affront, are
'ill subjects of congratulation. The movements of
10 powerful a force as the Allies now possess.in all
directions, upon any central point, render any position
the enemy takes up so precarious,. that I yas satisfied
(as i ventured to express in a former dispatch) they
would not hold out at Langres. •
Marshal Blucher's last reports are of the 17th, from
Nancy*. He sent the keys of this town to the graP4
head-quarters ; the Emperor of Russia met the 0,
cer hearing them, as he was on his march to Vesour
he immediately sent two of the keys to the King at -
41rusgi, reserving two for himself, with an appro.
wiate message, which strews the anxious attention
and consideration that exists between the Allied So-
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iereips On every occasion. .
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Marshal Blucher in communicatjpn with Gene-
ral Wreck's corps, and thus with the grand army.—
'this animated veteran gives a vigour ;Tad life to all
his proceeding's, that affords an iityaloablik example
to every professional map. '
It is with no small satisfaction I announce to your
Lordship another brilliant achievement of the Pros.,
sail antis. 'His Prussian Majesty is again master of
Wittenberg, and by no other means but the glorious
valour of his braye soldiers, The siege was begun
oo Ih. 28th of December, and the place was in our
possession on the 12th of tannery. No impediment
of the season arrgited
.the spirited satertions of the
besiegers ; the enemy made a yaliant resistance. 4
breach was made on ail 11th, apd it was mica.
able on the 12th, Alen. a proposal to surrender was
made and refused. -At midnight the assault was de-
tegninad on in four coin*: ; the gallant Prussians