The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-04-20 00:00:00

',WAR DEPARTMENT.

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Go ! carry your battalion, into the very E•rt !

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" On the 7th of April, the day preceding that when
the Duke D'Angouleme capitulated at with
General Gilli, General Erriouf tried an attack upon
Gap, accepted by the troops of General Protean,
Commandant of the department of the Upper Alps;
the leading column of General Proleau, command.
ed by the Chief of Battalion Chauseau, of the 48th,
was on the Durance.

" The troops under the immediate orders of Ge.
sterol Loverdo, hating under him a Chief of Batts.
lion of the 58th, who had long been detached from
his corps, made their appearance to attack an ad•
valued post which guarded the defile of La Saulce.

" On the first information of !heir approach
Colonel Cbauveau advanced to the assistance of his
picquet.
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" Having arrived to within a few paces, he ad-
vanced between the two columns to attempt to
parley, having prohibited his troop to fire first. He
was shot at ; his troop then vigorously returned the
fire, and darted forward to the charge. The assail-
ants, though thrown into disorder by the first shock,
rallied and made a new attack, still more unsuccess-
ful than the first ; 150 of them were killed or thrown
into the Durance; a great many were wounded;
among others, General Loverde,. severely.

" The troops of General Protean did not exceed
300 men, and n company of artillery.. Their as-
sailants were 2000 in number, with two pieces of
cannon.

" The enemy left in our hands a white standard,
on which were embroidered in gold, the words, the
Bourbons or death.

66 Nut day,- the Bth, the insurgents ■ttempted a
second attack; but this time the National Guards of
the village of Vitrolles, alone sufficed to repulse
them on Sisternii, whither they retired in disorder.
It was on this day that the Duke D'Angouleme capi-
tulated. General D'Aultanne, his chief of staff, ar-
rived here this morning, the 15,h, and presented
himself to receive the orde►s of his Excellency the
Minister at War, aho sent hint under close arrest,
to his residence, in Paris.

• COURIER EXTR AOR N aRI % 111.mday Naming.
The project of the new Constitution will appear
the day after to•morrow.
In a short ►ime there will be in Pro►ence an army
of 100,000 men.
The Mite of Dalmatia, Mrs rehel Soult, has had
a particular audience of his Majesty. It is said that
in case of war, Marshal Soult will occupy an im-
portant post in the army.

It is said that Count Be Ward will be charged by
his Majesty with an extraordinary minion.

The Baron Vitrnlles who was arrested at Thou.
loose, has arrived in Paris.

The Commercial Board of Nantes has received in.
that French vessels have been captured by
the English in the river of Bourdeaux.
The apartments of the Elysee are preparing. The
Emperor, it is said, proposes to pass some days there.

The Horace* was performed the day before yes-
terday at the Theatre Francais. The pit would not
allow the spectacle to begin until the orchestra
played The Marseillaise, the first couplet of which
was sung in chorus. When Mademoiselle Petit, who
played the part of Sabine, pronounced these words of
Corneille—

Go! phut your sthudard, upon the banks of the Rhine !

Shouts of Vine l'Emperertr! were re-echoed, and
the actress was oblivd to repeat the passage ap-
plauded.

Marshal Nev pv;secl thraugh Litidau on the 9th,
on his way to NVissenihnuq.

There fs a report that the King of Naples, after
basing an iiitair with the Austrians, in which he
made a great cumber of prisoners, Las entered Mi-
ta!), and that nil Lombardy is in insurrection. This
news nalits confirmation.

We were assured thiS day nt the review, that the
Emperor Los received vety satisfactory news from
rogland ; we may therefore still hope that the re.
pnse of Europe will not be disturbed. ft h, they
say, the intention of England to become a mediator,
hi the event of any difference arising between France
am' airy of the Continentnl l'owers.

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An army of reserve is forming at Paris, the cam.
rrmsd its chief of which has been given by the Empe-
rm. to G. sloral Cem►t Lobau. General Nourril will I
command the artillery. Generals Morand and Abbe
will also hare commands in this array.
When the Emperor presented himself, without
►ite and without arms, to the people of Lyons,
0: re was not one man who for two millions would
deliver him up to his enemies. When the Duke of
Angouleme fled from Dauphine, there was 10,000
peasants to arrest the Prince and his whole Staff,
grail:. On which side is the voice or the nation ?
It was at !Apollo, about four leagues from Mon.
telimart, the Duke of Angoulense and his whole Staff
were made prisoners. He wished to proceed by '
short jeurn*.es, and to be em'sarked at Marseilles, '
but Gets. Dilly would not consent, and he has been
conducted to Cette.
NICLHAUSEN, Amur. G.— At Vesoul, and in French
Compte, enthusiasm is at a very high pitch ; they are
determined not to suffer a second invasion, of which
they know the frightful results.
Mo.t ur Maestri, APRIL 9.—We just learn here,
by a letter from Bayonne, that there has been a
siolent insurrection in Gallicia. This letter states,
tha► a great fermentation exists iu the rest of the ,
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