Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-08-28
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The foreign news which occuni.. /.
subsequent columns, is eyt,ac SsgIes the
London papers. as copied into ,I =, from
papers Of the 18th of juIy. r pcu Exeter /
the office Of the New YORK Gazettsea at
the ship Weodrop Sims. in 90 PERI
from Plymouth, arrived at this n so oays
terday, with released American 'al yes
ers, among whom are the offcepp. prison,
crew OF the late U. S. sloop of va, s S1
rem. val ~,
From tie London Gazet'e E.rtroor1.,,
ry, July7, / Is. N'''-
From his grace the Duke Of Vem
ton, to earl Bathurst. '''f
GoNAssE, Ll4l. 1915
My LoRD,-Field Marshal d.;
Butcher was strongly opposed bv ,S ss.e
nemy in taking the position on tho "1 W.
of the Seine, which reported in nv d. u.s.
|pstch Of the cd inst. that he intpn;Io Nc.
take upon that day, particularly ON ~ 20
|ne'ghts o. Ut. Loud an Mendon brt
the gallantry of the Prus ian from, ~ Ou'
der gen Ziethen, surmounted eyelv a ah
stacle, and they succeeds fnalIv ~ 'o'
establishing themselves on the he;gbts g.
Mendon, and in the village ofEly@.Tbo
French attacked them again j, ,Hv s|c
o'clock in the morning of the Sd hrt
were repulsed with considerable lass
and finding that Paris was then onan M
its vulnerable side, that comnunic ya
ton was opened between the two allied
armies by a bridge which had est,.
|blished at ArgenteuN, and that a Rr;fsh
corps was likewise moving upon the left
|ot the Seine, towards the Point de Neml.
~, the enemy sent to desire that the
firing might cease on both sides of the.
Seine, with view to the negotiation at
the Palace Of St. Cloud, of military
convention between the armies, under
which the French army should evacuste
Paris. Officers accordingly met on bath
sides at St. Cloud and enclose the CO.
|py Of the military convention which was
agreed to last night, and which lad
been ratified by marshal prince BIacher
and me, and by the prince d;Eekmuhl on
the part ofthe French army. This con,
vention decides all the military questions
at this moment existing here, and
touches nothing political. Gen. Id. HiA
has marched to take possession Of the
posts evacuated by agreement this day,
and | propose tomorrow to take posses
sion of Montmartre. | send this dis
patch by my aid-de-camp, captain lord
Arthur Hill, by way of Calais. He will
be able to inform your lordship of any
further particulars, and | beg leave to
recommend him to your favor and pro.
lection.
(Sisned) WELLINGTON.
This day the Sd of July, 1915, the
named by tie command.
ers in chief of the respective armies, rhat
is to say, the baron Bignon: holding the
portefeuille of foreign affsirs; the count
Guilleminot, chief Of the general stai'o1
the French army the count de Bondy,
project of the department of the Seine,
being furnished with the full powers Of
his exceIlency the marshal prince OF Ech'
muhl, commander in chief Of the French
army on one side, and aajer general ba'
ron MutHng, furnished with the fall pow
ers of his highness the fed marshal Blu
cher, commander III chief Of the Prus.
sian army; colonel Hervey, Furnished
with the full powers of his excellency the
duke of Wellington, commander in chiei
of the English army, on the other sldc'
have agreed to the following articles -
Art. |. There shallbe suspension OF
arms between the allied armies COZ! -
manded by his highness the prince Blu,
cher, and his excellency tie duke o.
Wellington, and the French army uhoe'
the walls of Paris.
Art. II. The French army sha!! Ftt'''
self in march tomorrow to take up us ~,
sition behind the Loire. Paris shall oe
completely evacuated in three Gays
and the movement behind the Lore shali
be effected within eight days. :,
Art. Ill. The French army shal! TAKE
with it all is material, field artillery:
military chest, horses and properly ~
regiments, without exception. Al! PI,
sons belonging to the depots shall as" t te
removed, as we'll as those belonsSns
the different branches of admlnlstla' !oH'
which belong to the army. ,s
Art. ". The sick and wsunden' a''N
the medical officers whom il may DC ~,
cessary to leave with them, are E'aee1