Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-24


P1RIs, March o.
Accounts from Mean state. shat lhe
Duke OF Ragusa, has gained an advsHtsEe4
GUS situation at I.idy, aud thac toe ezeTpr
had cetreated, in order to escape the aoogs
that were advancing against them frou eTiz
ry quarter. Yesterday and the day before,
a great number Of troops and arms, togsa
Paris.
Yesterday great number of prisoners are
rived az Paris, brought in by the cauntryu,eu.
who had been themselves taken.
The first detachment OF the frs; inden mend
eht corps OF the detachment of the Seine set Gus
to-day, commanded by Col Simon He vent
to tue Quarter "a ster~Generai 10 receive tha
GERS are mostly adorned witt TIC cross of no..
nour, was remarkable for its COCO deportmcns,
Tor the zeal with which it was animated Tor TIA
defence of its country.
AMIENs, Feb 23
On the goth Feb. a body of the enemy %
mounting to- about 300 men appeared before
the town of Danlens. Judiciot,s moans ,b,ra
been taken by the under project to defend
themselves from invasion, but the pouul ,tion
OF that city not being more than 5000 scgi|.
they would not resist so considerable a for
ne GARRISON winch was composed only of Is
men of the Departmental Guard, having retired
into the citadel, kept possession of il some
time, but were at last obliged to cede to num-
bers. -
The enemy were not able to penetrate far,
ther than Danlens, all the bridges on the rod
having been cut.
There are no more than $50 of the enemy as
Danlens.
We are assured that our National Gusrd.
have entered Danlens, Every likely after The
bridges We're cut down, which prevented the
Allies from proceedng.)
So LONDON Feb 10
Since the arrival of Mr. Sylvester the state
messenger, several meetings of the Cabinet
nave taken place. The last continued four
hours. On the Councils breaking up. Mr..
Brown messenger of state, received orders
TO hold himself in readiness to set out fo,.
CnaeteAea our-Seine.-Jonrndk de Paris.
LONDON, Feb o.
1t IS with regret that we have to announce.
mat the last attack upon Antwerp has failed
Inc English troops under the command of
Gen. Graham have been obliged to retreat, and
.he french have retaken Markham This
loss must be attributed to the precautions tbar
the French took to secure thfr vessels. Our
troops and those OF the Prussians, were not of
the same opinion. We wished to DESTROY tha
heet, and they the town The French csveret
the decks OF their vessels with straw and sand.
and the snow falling, formed sort of plaster.
ing, upon which the bombs falling did NOT oc
caslon the least damage. After great loss Of
time and ammunition, we perceived that our
hre though well directed, did not produce the
least effect and the enemy's batteries having
Killed great number Of men, Graham deter
mined to close the attack.
Our loss IN this unfortunate affair was a.
bout 1000 Bulow having received orders IA
go to Brussels, and our force being not more,
than 20cO men, the garrison of Antwerr,
made vigorous sortie, and succeeded ia
taking possession of Merxhan, and on Mon
day ofWest Vessel: Ger. Graham's QUAR-.
ter master general is in the rear at Groot<
sundert' and the army occupies the line Of
oat'le winch 1t did before its attack on Anz
twerp. 1t is thought they are going into
winter quarters. The post of the Saxon
corps which had possession of Grootsunx
dert has taken another position-the Saxon
nave very good military post, but they ara
as abusive as the Cossacks.
The last news from Spain announces,
that, after the order of the Cortes, the Span
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