Action of t)i£ ICA.*—This first action was solely with 
that part of the Silesian army which was at Champ Au Aubert, 
bert, Aubert, under General Alsusvff, and which is stated to have 
been not more than B'Xk) strong. Bonaparte had evident evidently 
ly evidently a much superior force at this point, and Champaubert 
was carried with a Joss, according to the enemy’s account, 
of 6000 men. Bonaparte now evidently brought up his 
•whole force to Montmirial; it consisted of Nansouty’s, 
Guyot’s, Marmobt’s, Ricart’s, Ney’s, Mortier’s, and 
Friant’s divisions : 
Adon of the llf/r.—Upon receiving information of the 
attack upon the division of the Silesian army that was at 
Champaubert, Gens. Sachen and Yorck retrograded ; the 
former from Feite sons Jouairc, the latter from Chateau 
Thierry. Gen. Sachen marched the whole night, arrived 
time enough to join Gen. Yorck. Marshal Blucher was 
at Vertus. From the enemy’s account of the battle, it 
appears not only to have been a most obstinate one, but 
that till towards the evening, the victory was on the side 
of the Allies. The village of Marchais was taken and re retaken 
taken retaken several times during the day. All the reserve that 
was at Sezanne was successively brought up to dispossess 
the Allies of the farm of Epine aux Bois, which was the 
key of the position, and the possession of which bv the 
enemy, could alone turn the scale in th ir favour. Blucher, 
aware of the importance of this position, hail placed 40 
pieces of cannon on it, and astrong force of infantry. 
Mean while the enemy abandoned part of the vi’lage of 
Marchais; they were probably driven from it, though 
they state the movement to have been a voluntary one. 
Some troops were drawn from the centre of the Allies to 
render the success at tins point complete. In this they 
appear to have cucceeded. In the interim, Bonaparte 
poured wholemasses upon Epine.aux.Bois, and still with without 
out without effect. Success was a long time balanced. But ac according 
cording according to the French account, their cavalry turned the 
position upon the right, and attacked the infantry of the 
Allies in the rear. The battle continued till night, and, 
making theallowances for the exaggerations of the enemy, 
we dire say the loss on each side was nearly equal. Bo Bonaparte 
naparte Bonaparte obtained the advantage of taking the position of 
E pin®-aux-Boise. —The allies fell back upon Chateau 
Thierry, and though we arc informed that “Generals, 
officers, soldiers, infantry, cavalry, and artillery, all fled 
pell-mell on the preceding night,” we find them next 
morning covering th'»r retreat with eight battalions of 
fresh troops, retiring leisurely, d.finding such positions 
as were necessary, and although Mortier was said in the 
battle of the day before to have taken Fontenelle, directly 
in the march from Montmirail to Chateau Thierry : and 
though Nansouty is said, with the French cavalry on the 
morning of the 12th, to have marched between Chateau 
Thierry and the allies, yet still the latter reached Chateau 
Thierry, Prince William of Prussia, with a reserve, re receiving 
ceiving receiving them at the suburbs, and protecting their retreat. 
They burnt the bridges, carried off their artillery, and 
checked the enemy by unmasking a battery on the right 
bank of the Marne. They fell back on the road to Rheims. 
The 12th, and part of the 13th, were passed by Bonaparte 
in repairing the bride s of Chateau Thierry.—ln the after afternoon 
noon afternoon of the 13th, Mortier passed the Marne in pursuit of 
the Allies towards Rhitms: In pursuit of the Allies! 
Why the Paris Papers stated that they were destroyed; 
men, material, artillery, every thing. However, whilst 
Macdonald was in pursuit of this no longer existing army, 
Blucher did not remain idle at Vertus. He was joined by 
General Langeron and General Kleist on the 13th, and 
immediately marched against Marmont, who was at Eroges, 
between Champaubert and Vertus. Marmont retreated 
and fell back upon Montmirail on the morning of the 14th. 
This movement recalled Bonaparte immediately from Cha. 
lean Thierry.—Wiiuingerode was beyond Rheims before 
the 12th. 
Action of the l\/h.— Blucher had taken up a position 
at the village of Vanchamp. Marmont attacked it and 
failed. It was several times vigorously attacked and as 
vigorously defended, taken and retaken several times. 
Grouchy made a movement into the rear, and the Allies 
retreated to Champaubert. Grouchy is said to have 
reached that place before them, and they were surrounded. 
But then comes an is—ls the light artillery could have 
come up they would all have been taken. However, 
10,000 prisoner, 10 pieces of cannon, and 10 colours, are 
raid to har® been taken, “And thus,” adds Bonaparte, 

“the Silesian army, composed of the Russian corps of 
Sacken and Langeron, and the Prussian of Kleist and 
Yorck, 80,000 strong, has been in four days beaten, dis dispersed, 
persed, dispersed, annihilated, w ithout a general action, and without 
any loss proportioned to such great results.” —\Ve have 
been so accustomed to Bonaparte’s aunihilatiug armies 
upon paper, which we find afterwards to be healthy and 
active in the field, that we confess we are not much in intimidated 
timidated intimidated by the sentence we have just quoted.—Where 
Bonaparte was on the morning of the 15th it is not said, 
but we believe at Montmirail. 
London, Feb. 23. — The Paris papers to the 19th justify 
the belief we expressed yesterday, that the Austrian army, 
under Prince Swartzenberg, had not been inactive during 
the operations against the Silesian army. The Prince 
marched from Troyes, as we said he intended to do, on the 
10th, and proceed towards Nogent and Bray. Bonaparte 
had left Victor and Gerard before Nogent; Oudinot at 
Provins, nearer Paris; and Pajol near Moatereau and 
Melon. As soon as the Austrians had broken up from 
Troyes, Victor retired fromNegont across the Seine, and 
left Gen. Bourmont at Nogent with about 1200 men. 
The French official account inform us, the Austrians ap appeared 
peared appeared before Nogent on the 11th, and that on that and 
the next day they made several attacks upon it without 
success. But we suspect that these were mere feints, 
calculated to deceive the enemy, and draw their attention 
upon Nogent, whilst the main body of the army took 
another direction. Bray on the Seine, rather nearer 
Paris than Nogent, had not been fortified, and no corps 
seems to have been stationed there f>r its defence. The 
Austrians entered it, and crossed the Seine without ©posi ©position. 
tion. ©position. The position of Nogent then became of little im importance 
portance importance so the enemy, and Victor destroying the bridg s, 
I fell back upon Naugis. Oudinot abandoned Provins a! 
! the same time, and retired to the little river Yeres, which 
> runs into the Seine. Pajol took the same direction, aftei 
blowing up the bridges of Montereau and Melun. This 
was the situation of affairs on the 15th. The French 
army about 30 miles—the Austrian army scarcely more 
than 40 miles from Paris. 
On the 16th, Bonapaite, recalled from Montmirail by 
the advance of the Austrians from Troyes, arrived upon 
the Yeres, and fixed his headquarter at Guignes, on the 
southern bank of the Yeres.—Here the official account 
closes, on the morning of the 17th.—But the Moniteur of 
the 18th adds, that letters from the army, dated from 
Nangis, at noon, on the 17th, announce that Bonaparte 
had attacked the enemy, and had, “at that moment in 
his power 6000 prisoners, amongst whom were several 
Generals and a great number of Officers, and 14 piece* of 
cannon. He was following up his success.” 
We have thus only the account of the commencement 
of the battle—a battle successfully began may not be sue suecessfully 
cessfully suecessfully endid. The great Frederic’s campaigns furnish 
a memorable instance of this;—ho wrote once to the 
Queen at Berlin, saying, that the day was his own, and 
desiring Te Detim to be celebrated. In the evening, he 
sent a dispatch of a very different nature—“ Victory is 
against us, remove the atchieves from Berlin, and make 
the best terms you can for the city.” To these letters, 
written by no official persons, little attention perhaps is 
due.—ls letters could be written ;an official dispatch could 
also be written; and as the Moniteur of the 18th is print, 
cd like our Morning Papers, on the night of th# 17th. a 
dispatch sent off on the evening of the 17th might easily 
A'ach Paris time enough to appear in the Moniteur of the 
18th. A signal Victory over the Austrians would be of 
that importance to Bonaparte that he would immediately 
transmit it to all parts. The guns of Bologne would 
have announced it, and telegraphic dispatches would 
have reached us from the French coast, We might easily 
have had this morning a telegraphic dispatch from the 
army down to the 20th inclusive. 
In yhat an anxious, critical state do these papers leave 
us! The armies of Austria, and Prussia, so near Paris 
that the sound of the cannon may almost be heard at 
the Thuilleriea! 
Whilt these events arc passing within 30 miles of Paris 
Bulow and Winzingede must be cuming up to reinforce 
Marshal Blucher.—The former was, on the 12th, pushing 
on to Mons. The latter, having his head-quarters at 
Namur, has sent his advanced-guard to Avesnes and 
Rheims, of which it had taken possession, By the 20th, 

they might be able to join Blucher. The Crown Prince 
was to follow Bulow and Winzitigerode.—Such are the 
military accounts in these Paris Papers. We contemplate 
them without any diminution of the confidence we have 
placed in the military efforts of the Allies.—Would tha|t 
we could say that th-ir policy afforded us equal satisfac. 
tion ! But hear no more of negociators or Plcnipoten. 
tiaries. Chatillon-sur-Seine is no longer mentioned. Wa 
shall scarcely avoid passing through it if ever we travel 
h rough France. Lord Castlereagh by the last accounts 
was at Troyes with the Emperor Alexander, and with 
that illustrious Monarch we hope he has crossed the Seine.. 
We shall be delighted to hear that he has shared in th® 
military glories of the Allies— 
And chang’d his pens for truncheons.—ink for blood 
It is to be remarked and we remark it with pleasure, that 
all those facilities of passage for countries through France 
to England, facilities w hich were blazoned forth so osten ostentaGouslyin 
taGouslyin ostentaGouslyin the Moniteur, seems to have subsided at once; 
not a courier has arrived for some days; aid hence w® 
infer that thenegociations have broken off. 
By a letter from Lord Wellington’s Head-quarter® 
dated the 6th Feb. we are informed, that the weather had 
changed Considerably for the better, and it was supposed 
that the right and centre of the army would move up th® 
; left bank of the A dour, cross that river above the enemy, 
and turn th ir left; our left standing fast to observe any 
movements from Bayonne, which has been reconnoitred 
within two miles of the place, and it was ascertained that 
the French h id taken every possible precaution to guard 
igainst an atta k by al! sorts of field works, independent independently 
ly independently of the fortress and town itself. 
Courier O ffice, Three o'clock. 
We have just received the following : 
“ Ibi' :>gne, Feb.2\ , / 'rep. —Our telegraph has been 
cut off by some light troops, partisans. The following 
comes by our extraordinary Express from Paris; 
Paris, Feb. 19. 6 p. w.—“On the 17th at Nangis th® 
the 1 mperor beat Prince Schwartzenbcrg; he pursued hi# 
successes. On the 18th in the morning, between Fontain Fontainbleau 
bleau Fontainbleau and Melon, he marched against the enemy, who 
were at Montereau. There was a warm oction. Th® 
enemy fought obstinately—he was defeated and pursued. 
We have 3000 prisoners, one General, and five pieces of 
cannon. 
“No official accounts of the battle of th® 17th had 
retched Paris late this night.” 
Foreign.Office, Feb. 14, 1814. 
A dispatch, of which the following is an extract, ha® 
been received this morning at this Office from Lord Burg, 
hersh, dated 
“Troyes, Feb. 8, 1814. 
“The important position and town of Troyes was yes yesterday 
terday yesterday taken possession of by the Allies; the enemy re retired 
tired retired from it in the night preceding, and took his direction 
upon Nogent. 
The numbur of roads loading from the different point® 
of France, and uniting at Troyes, the resources of th® 
place itself, with a population of 30,000 inhabitants, ren renders 
ders renders its occupation of the greatest importance. 
The Prince Royal of Wirtemberg was the first who en entered 
tered entered the town w ith his corps; on the day preceding he 
had turned the enemy’s position near Ruvigni, and had 
taken possession of the village of Lanbrisscl on his left. 
I have the satisfaction of reporting to your Lordship, 
that a detachment from the corps of Gen. D’Yorck took 
possession of Vitry on the sth. 
-Gen. D’Yorck, as I have already informed your Lord, 
ship, attacked and defeated the rear-guard of the corps of 
Marshal Macdonald’s army at Chaussce on the sth. On 
the Same day, Gen. D’Y’orck pursued the enemy to the 
gates of Chalons, and bombarded the town. Marshal 
Macdonald entered into a capitulation for the place, which 
he effected on the morning of the 6 th, retiring with 
army, composed of the corps under his immediate orderv, 
and of those of Generals Sebastian! aud Arighi, to th® 
left bank of the Marne. 
Chalon-sur-Saone has been captured by the Austrians. 
General Le Grand was assembling a French force at that 
place; the Prince of Hesse Hompourg directed it to b® 
attacked ; some guns were captured in the town. Gene General 
ral General Le Grand retired upon the road to Lyons, where Mar. 
shal Augereau has collected a force of about 4000 men.