The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-05-21

Goth MaruA, matched upon h,s cavalry, Z
1f;er many hne charges. routed him. SOCG
Russian cavalry, many OF them Of the i'm
Perial guard, have been killed or taken
prisoners. The / pieces of cannon which
the enemy had. were taken froa him as
we'll as his baggage. The enemy has LEI
the woods and meadows covered with the
dead. All the corps OF cavalry have distin-
gsished them selves to lhe admiration Of
each other. The Duke of RaSusa pursued
the enemy TO Bar-sur Ornain. On the 29th
the II. q. Of the Emperor were at Eroyes
Conveys of prisoners amounting to more
than 1000 men follow the army. In ell the
villages the inhabitants are under arms ::
exespera,ed by the violence, crimes and RAJ
wages of the enemy, they wage against him
q destructive war.
APRIL l.
The Emperor, who had moved his cad
quarters 10 Ircyes the G9th, made forced
marches by Sens upon the capital. His
majesty was at Fontainbleau 3lst of March
il the morning but he there learned that
the enemy nad we'd 81 hours before the
French army, and had occupied Paris, after
having met IN obstinate resistance, which
COS; hmm many men. The corps Of the
Dukes IT Treviso and Ragusa, and thar OF
Gen ConphnS, who have united in the de
feucs Of the capital, have re assembled be
tween Essoae and Paris, where the Empe-
r1r has taken position. with all ths army
which is arriving from Troyes.
| His Majesty Enjoys the best health.
The following rs endorsed in manuscript
and in English on the paper.
| the English and Portuguese troops,
70 the number Of about 5000 men, enteret
| Bordeaux without oppos,tion, on Saturday
the l2th of March. the French troops he
rod 30. y II
| The following is ali that we have been
| able to collect f verbal intelligence from
the passengers:
Capt. Woodruff left Paris March u
| On his arrival at Bordeaux found the plac,
IN quiet possession of the Eaglish and Por
tuguese, and the iShabitan,s much please,
| in the change-the white flag flying, ant
| he " hte cock ado displayed in almost eve
~ persons hat.
| About the 9th of March, severe BATH
was fought between the armies under Lor,
Wellington and Soult, in which the latte
vas defeated with immense loss.
On the 18th Of March, about 5000 Bri
tiSh and Portuguese troops entered Bor
deaux, the Mayor having previously mad
arrangements fer their entry Lord Wei
imgtoU was within lew miles of Bordeaux
when the Ida sailed.
Honaparte with his army waS at Essoue
about10 leagues south of Paris.-Thc En-
press and IWperial Court were at Tours.
MIR. Crawford was at Paris when Capt
Woodruff left there, but had not been adj
TO effect Any object Of his mission.
1t is stated by the passengers, that Mar
shall Butcher entered Paris with 40, coo meu
that he met With no resistance except from
5000 young men in the Polytechsc school
ali of whom eXcep; four " ere killed
n ship, nearly ready for sea, called the
Shark, bult by Mr. Thomas Lewis for {
privareer, was the only American vessel ia
ken possession of at Bordeaux by the Bri
fish. The schoor or David Porter lef5 l.;
Teste in great has'e, in ballast, just before
the British entered Bordeaux, almost with
out provisions 10 the Bay of B,scAy, fell ir
with or Eogiish merchantmen. fror
which she took an assorted cargo aud stores
landed the ceptaia a 49,, md ordered the
| schooner for the u, States IN charge of IN,
mate. Passengers. Niessrs, w ,odruff anC
Son, of Philadelphia, and Iaques 1. Cab
Tier.