The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-04-27


king 5000 men, four Gags. six pieces of can
non. and killing from tonr to five thousand
of the eaenv.
The inhabitants Of Mcntereau were no,
'die. ne musketry, from the windows,
augmented the embarrassment of the enc
nY. The Austrians and NVurtemburyers
threw down their arms.
The Duke Of Iareatum arrived before
Brav.
The Duke of Rergio pursued the enemy
from Provins upon NOgert.
The General Of brigade Mon tbtun, who
had been charged to defend Moret ard the
rorcst on Forsans'eau, with 1900 mea, a.
oahaoneu ueIn and retired to Essone
In the meantime the furest Of Eontain-
hlcau might have been disputed step by
ste Glen. Mon'brun has been suspended
By the Major General aud comnittei to
n court OF inquiry.
General Cha eau vas morta!ly wonp-
dsd ON the bridge Of Montereau, a los.
winch has seneibly aft cted the Emperor
lie was an officer of the highest promise.
ne palace OF Fortainblrau has been pre-.
served. he Austrian Sen. Harheck, who
has entered the city, has placed centincis
to defend it from the excuses of the Cos.
SACKS. The inhabitants do not Complain of
the Austrians, bu, of these Tartars-mun-
sters who dishonor the sovereign who en-.
r'rged them and the arnie. who pro
tect them. These robbers are covered
with gold and wels-there ha, been fund
.,"m eight to ten watches On those whom
he soldiers and peasants have kiIl.d.-
ihey are true highway robbers
Thus the army of Schwartzerhureh has
been cut Up by The defeat of Kleist, (,bs
corps having been in all the engagements,
oy the defeat Of Wie'gensten, by that of the
bavaran corps, of the Nirtemburph divi,
SION. aud OF the corps of General Brauchi.
Our loss at tae bait es Of Nangis & Mon
tereau does not exceed 400 men. killed or
wounded. Tn 5, although very improbable,
Is notwithstanding strictly true Ilredaf
1~d@ms afIteLa )--Moniteur.
FEB go.
Exsracts from the representations made bv
tne Deputies from the cities of Montereau,
oezanne, Nogent on the Seine, Proyins. 8,
Sna'Gau thierry to the Municipal
Body of Paris. of the progress and nro.
ceedipas of the Allies in these cities.
The Municipal Council of Sezanne say
he 4'h OF Feb. We had the misfortune
OF being invaded by 1000 Cossa c ks and ,hree
squadrons OF Prussiaa Light horse. V,xa.
IONS OF every kind, acquisitions on reouisi
IONS tue most cxtravagant demands auc.
ceeding each ether. Such was their CON
duct. This first visit ofthe epemv which
lasted days, did more harm to our civ
than 10000 regular troops would have done
a" = Guys. 40 Inure safety Tor our citizens
no more respect for women. Nevertbe
iesS rms hrst misfortune would have been
forgotten, n Conquered second time BY An
enemy much more numerous, they had no,
consummated our miseries. II vas then
falt
painful situation bbery, rapes borr;d
treatment was the order Of the day new
demands hourly increasing, and which it
was impossible to satisfy, became for our
enemies preteXt to exercise on our weak
and In"hensive inhabitants the lost aboro;-
nable vexa ions.
In The in'oxicstion with which their ernie.
neral success inspired them, the kpss;sns
PUBLICLY announc ed their speedy entrance
INTO Paris. and their intention 10 carry awsv
al the precious monuments mortal tro
pines OF our victories; 10 give Paris up to
p"iage; 10 send all our women to people
tneIr horrd desarts; to blow up the Thu
iiser'eS J and to make, in one word, the seas
OF the line arts but enc heap of ruins.
Sue is the faithful picture of the facts of
which we have been the sorrow;rp vic,;r,o
aud we can assure yon, gentlemen. thar
Notwithstanding the horror which we feel
IT Is rather short of the truih than exareer-
ated.
The detutation ofMe CRY Of P,opfns.
Gen. Rudler took up his Quarters and
that OF his staff the 18Th in the evening THO
General Immediately N ade forced reou;s;
tions ar the houses Of the jnhabitants nf
Champaign, Bordeaux aad Bureundy w;,,es
I Brandy and IT Sugar. The next dav the
officers Of his staff comps led the Mayor n
make further demand, for them Of clothes
mus'inS, linen. iron, tobacco. skins oe ali
kinds, u all the hoIse-naIls which wsra ~
the c'ty.--During this the Russian SOLDIERS
CossacSs, Baskirs, Kalmucs took nm
their quarters in the city and suh,rht
where they seized the stores. provis,ons
AMI forage, and robbed many IF IN.
inhabitants and farmers of Provins and
its environs. They assassinated peacs,
Die inhabitants quartered a MAYOR Dut
enid III the fire to obtain from jts unhan nv
mother what they wanted to satisfy thr;r
brutal passion they violated, in MANY nIaces
girls and married women, of whom one Va as
90 years old, one pregnant who was bronqbt
70 ped some moments after. They even
broke with kind OF fury into the aSsvIum
OF misfortune, by entering on horseback and
armed the very hospital, and robbed and
mangled all the French they found. They
spread every where death and destruction
Notwithsiandlng all these horrors. Germa7
and RUSSIAN Princes. and men of the fret
INSTRUCTION among our enemies, Commanded
or accompanied the allied armies, and ne
yer gave any order nor made any efTorf tn
arrest these scenes Of desOlation
These cruel and barbarous savagas bo,.-