Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-04-21
From The Boston Daily Alverds,, +,
MIN. :"
THE INVASION OF FRANZ,

| THE INVASION OF FRANCE
We have given to, day few fp.,.
paragraphs from foreign papers reI 9s
to tho progress of the war in En,, .''
That the reader may better unds ,"9s
the details which have Gene 70 =. 'a
disconnec,cdly; we here gi.e
summary of events since tie f., "@
sion Of tho FrsHcn TERRITORY by II, i y
lies, W.
! Lord Wellington is still in ,be No.,
borhood Of Bayonne and is oppo,.5 .D'
ooult, who has under him In y
troops in France. Il docs not sro ,,H
that Bay ohne is yet irsesed. fp'''
Prince Schwart-enburg, 3, n.
OF an army OF probably 10000 w..
Including sVittgenstein'x rorps cra,
ed the Rhine into Sei;zeilap3 No..
Basic, and thence marched lmne5i,,.
ly into France, bending his ccur,. /;
,ec.ly towards Paris ns,scbmen,.
from this army marched on the len uo
O Geneva, Bourg, Lyons, Besapcoo
| Dijon, Macon, .Chalons Sdr sc2pe. "
pa OF which they took, from Dart ,brv
were repulsed andppst they invest.
DetachTents Oh the right advanced m.
on Epinal Nancy, &c. other detac5.
ments were f to besicge Hunirpp,0
and Beflrt. Wiugenstein's corps cro.
sed the Rhine at later date, d!rerIv
into France near Strasburga, and On
the 2lstof Jan. wa. ct Haguena1
Schwartzenbursh's head quarter,
were OF Vesoul on the ism Of Jan. s,d
were to be at Langres .n the l5Ih Or
leih. This is the last information ti.
rect from Schwartzenburg but gen.
Galley, who preceded him bst Two OF
three days at Langres, is mentioned in
Bonaparte's official Journal as h.ing al
Deinviile. on the Auoc near B;itnnc,
Jan. %, in conjunction si'h BiGcbeT.,
army. Bonapsrte likewise SAYS tia!
The Duk. OF Ragusa. was attacked FEB.
2. on hebFidse Of Rosmay at LeSnoO,
by Austrians. These AustIians nOi
hare been Of S~artzenburg's army ,ci
a Junction yDust have been ioFmc5
bout this tine between hi. aaSaucli
guard and Blucaer's army.
Butcher, having under him the corps
of Sacken, LapgeroD, Yoyck and Edis
crossed the Rhine atseversl plsccSwa:
Mayence. a detachment tom ea,a
corps was left TO observe M.'Gcs
Pon,-a-Mouss&n, Metz and I,hiaoSis;
aud the main body marched dlfecayn'
wards Paris. The head quarters ven
Jan. 10, at Kassei. Tue arny 400
strong, reached Bfisrne Jan %, ~hs.
il was met by Bonspartc. HSFe eniC'
ed what it related in Bonapare's Jeu''
nal, published here tao CT three wees
ago /, docs not appear that The coGi''
of this army towards Paris vas stOppst
or even delayed. Besides the psri Of
the grand army which had joiped BICch.
or Feb 2, it is evident from the oInel'I
Journal, that there were other dcsch
ments of Schwar,zenburs's army ca
their way to PaTis by rouse farther
the left.
To strengthen these two armies no
Russian and Prussian reserves otM
600, described by Lord C4,hcaTt to Dc
in such excellent conditisn, were a.
vancing. They crossed the Kline
Basic Jan. 10. Besides these the ia
ters frou, Basic ct Jan. u stale ltA
Gen. Barclay de Tol!y was ioflovingt nv
route Of SwaftzeDburg, with 4V'""
men.
To oppose these two armies Sfeh.
powerful reserves, Bonapare ns' W
corp. Of Victor. Ney, Marm'n' en-
Mo:ti=r, WHO were all With hin o. ~
last cate, Feb 3; snd the corfs Of ia.
donald, who Vas neer Why. The eo'L'
IF Victor, which was in Dec. at > ~, ~
burg, was said to amauHt to 49,
men, but after being joined y M ,a..,
rom ,Colmar, he was attacked a'a 90. -,
en- by Gems. Wrede and dc Roy q n ",
head of The Bayarian troops, st .. ~
Jan. 10 and obliged to retreat' n' 4
Jan. ~ at St. Dizier, on the o'''
Lesmont and Feb. /, at Ia Gloeri'' 49,,
Nlarmonl's corps was sad % az, q.
to $1,000 men. He retired f''" g.,
yence before Blucher! n l,W1s - l.
dun, Jar. 10, and at Lesmons * ~.
Ney was at 3e,anecn, Dec S'' ~
cy, Jan y, ard near Brlsnhs ' S.i /
Moriisr joined the emperor J,It
The number Of troops cop'r-'oja
these two last Generals Is Tor '-'
the French papers. ,y,t
Macdonald was assembling 30 " i
Dec. 81. at Nimegnen. apo j. r,ye.
that he had raised 10000 men " vent,
into Holland He sttervs'o' ,,,s
Anlwerp.-Afser leaving s..r
here Of 10000 men, be vsDs ~ ~
trieb, where Jan. 10, he issued h.
clamation calling fer volunteer, rs,, 5s
9TH he was at Brussels; tie Ma Nsaaa
q. Liege, and the day aiIsr a, : . s
Thence it seems he was 'eean. 50: q
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