Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1815-08-23

cdIy deftroyen ai the Prulians cruih.
cd afterwards but the attack of the
| Enghfh had been made fecondary OBJ
.Tieef; and the Emperor had attempted
the zbfurdity of fighting two battles in
one day. .fHmthtay men, 4vbo lasO fhsjs
proceedings, declared fb-m to be incomprs-
! brnEble." /" / he general opinion in
France he continues, and Especially
in the army, was, that the Emperor with
ed only to deltroy rhe iirirlih army and
the circumstances were favorable for that,
but the dcifiDies ordered it otherwife."
! In abiding to the Dattle Of the 18th,
he Jays. "the carnage was the mott
fr,ghrful have ever (senin IS years
fighting" He aludes to talie. report
fpr-ad from the Emperor BY Gen. Lao
adotere. that Martial Groucliy had ar
rived or the right, ard attacked the PFu
! l1ian aud Britiih left, -taas this excited
/ the troops TO ~frelh exertleos; but tilat
foon aftcrit was learnt, mat 1rouchy
was on the Dyle ; as bad as If lie had
been an hundred Leagues off.
He then rccises the events If the great
battle. - Mentions Gen. Frianr beng
truck down at his Gde aud thai he,
the MARTIAL. had his horic,. killed, ADD
was throws under him, and much b. uiis
ed" " The brave men," hc adds, " who
will return from this terrible affair will
render me the juitice, hope, OF laying,
that they Jaw me on foot, fword IN hand,
the whole evening, and that Quilted
not the fcene of carnage, but one OF the
lait, and at the moment when retreat
was necedary'
8 From that moment, continued the
Martial, /. the re,rograde movement was
ordered, and the army formed but con-
fnied column. There was not hear
however. in the route, the cry Q saVs
hmieF 7cbs can J" with which I. irmy
has been illuminated IN the hnlle
/" As to myfeif, conf4n5Iy
guard, which followed Ga II
all my hdrfss killed, exaaulted
tigue, covered with bruiiess ali
longer itrength to march, mi
TO a corporal of the guard whS
cd me in. the march, and did
don ne during the retre2t.
"lowards II o'cIock III tlis
found Lit Gen Lefeoyre Os
and Major sch nidt, one 81
had the geperoiity to give w
horfc thai he had remain
arrived at Marcieune
II. the moraing, aionc @itfauuI ue
ignorant OF what had bce9ne of th>
pcror, whom iomc time before Ills
of the battle | had entirely Iolt tgbc
and whom believed to be ia "a Oh Rai1A
9. Gen P4mphye Lacroix, ,aici ~ .eA
eta Major of The I'd corps whom foaad
in that city, told mt that the Lmree9r
was at ChAmbray. iuppofed tina tae
Emperor would put me at the hea,
the corps OF Marihal -Gsouchy, to CO,
the Samore, and 10 facilitate the mean
of the troops rallying towards Ayefnes,
and in thar pertuaGon repaired TO Beau
mont But fome parties OF cavalry fol-
lowing US vtfy near, and having already
intercepted the road OF Maubeuge, and
Phllippeviile, perceived the total lmpof-
tibihty OF ttopping Jingle folder at that
point, AMI of making my oppoiuon TO
The pfogreis Of the victorious enemy. |
Continued my progreiS upon Avefnes,
where could not obtain any information
of what had become of the Emperor
In this fate of things, obtaining no
news ofh Majeay, or Of the Major Gen
eral, the diiorder .ncreaiing every mo-
menf, and, with the exception of fome
regiments Of the guard and the line eves
ry one marching at pleaiure, | determin.
ed to repair to Paris BY St Quentin, TO
make known as promptly as poiliole to
the Minifrr of War, the true fate of af-
fairs, 70 that he night at leaf fend TO
meet the army fome new troops. and
take Immediately the meafures which cir
cumlfances rendered neceiIary. On my
arrival at Bourgct, three leagues from
PATS, | learned that the Emperor had
pa6ed there at o'clock in the morning,
He concludes with loud complaints a
gainit his calumniators, and with the
boldness and confidence of an innocent
man.
DUDE If Orauto As this man has again be.
come conspicuous character on the theatre 81
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