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1 - 1 1 11 flJf:--3. ' j In ,. lITjJf II tJ:C'.i"J tr i I fyll J'll : -XV'AIJli . ! ;V. , FRIDAY, AUGUST t$, 1815 JVU 1012. Vol 19. I I -7 ' .' . . . .. .... 1 RALEIGH, (If. C.) adew.kpt up la that qrter,fwiAwhIch lhet J EBgU u,t .ufferrd great J; 11 thej HtTV, VTEEKtY, fiS divUiof Coi.nl d'BrlOD, took Three doBax per year, o . ... . . -n M.Hn K;tt Anhn torbSoS afterCTar'l subscription b- r'f ?.T:,rt ihall have been riw Swe'w j tntv-vevCenU etch tabse- ,lf"T r". .:.- pqBe$8lon 01 mc viMgo -" L iecd bttgKde"Fahr5d b.v Kdy,ofB -t:.v.t,!r wliJh occasioned it ereat lost. Thus, aflcr ending the battle and repairing e erirotf of the day, with an aasuranee of the greatest tnccels on the morrow, ell theae ad vantagc were lost by a inglmoment of panic. ijven me suaaron 01 aerviue ruugcu, i imc emperor's e, were routed and disordered by these tumuhaoos waves, and there was left no choice but to follow the torrent. The parks of reserv,lhe baggage, that had not repassed the) Sambre every thing that was on the field of baU!9fell Into the. hands of.tbe enemy. It waraQlfvea possible to wait for the troops on hnr riffht-' Kvprv one knows what the bra v. lt'j.- S 'm t ... . 4. 1 est army infthe world may become when lit h ti : a .v.1.a1r i tVia nrnAAn. I lift I . . . . IT will nilW AU kiugk iuuv iwhwV -'"tlkAikM nlA ...... n n .1 .., K f eroperoroieredthoguarfUadva4M,inorderu . nlain it in tbn nlam nnon uie Krouuu, wurcni rrti m. - j q t .3. iiri Mti. 1. EMta ; a . f0r one oo 'r.SnronoWion where there ry tnargea me, nawery ui j...y ?ucDtSmmbSof UfuxW&T right W deranged several piece. but Gen. ; rreaU-r numoer u ..w., nr.nrp.Pii this division Arts and Sciences.;, -? and broke and cut to pietes three regigf ats of I 1. 1 c ler? of u nnei Bp:cui;u v. - : r f1-' . . ... innrin? toplinn. to Sir Francis leti Dy u t elu- fh.A which coni.U of three hundred sad . veoty one fZi a Mausoleum should be erected for hamat, d m, two frieil8, connected withth GlU?ry. . The Gallery conUin specusens of nardi Da Vinci, fennans, and arnny others, the greatest names, in the r Mid is a mas.tcr.pwce of strong ettect- It is Lgh,vd fioai the roof through a ianthern ot orang. wuureu t , Mid is a ro!tcr.pHscer cissti : whiehnrotiuciiig.the gloGtn of candle lighVcreates Solemnity that is highly impressive. The bodies are, SYposiied jn Saroopnagi, piacea in recesc , uw ftdn4er, rtehind an elegant altar piece.- -, ' , impetuosity ; the battle became general and tfa$ victory was aot doubtful, when, at the momeut in Which I was about to advance the 1st corpi of infantry, which until then had been left by me in reserve at Frasiie,I learned that the Em-. iflie Fine Art. Among the most munificent instan ces of public patronage which the fine arts have hither tn;vut in thia country. mas4 be numbered the es- toblisbinent of tlie gallery of portraits of public" men, which hisrwithin afewyears, been formed by the cor poration of the City of NeWorr. i nis originauy con Ested of Trumbull's original large pictures of Wash ington and Hamilton, and of bis series of the govern ...rth utate of Nrfw-Yoik in full lenerth. and of the myors oftlvecity since ir81, hi half length 'port aits. Lue ri-ht was decided, became fatal. kjw.from time to time, voted thatportraiU of sever al of our most distinguished military and naval men should be added to this collectioa. Several of these are Ibjcfidy painted, and others are nownin , hand ; amohg th'stare laige full lengths of Commodores Hull, Bain bRdffe. Pcrrv. MacdonoUfirh;: and of General Brown, by Jarvis, of General Macomb, by .Wshio, and of Decatur by Sully. The full length public or historical portrait, aipiimg to rise above the dull cjorninon-lace, of the tiiinly portrait, forms an interesting link between mere portraiture and historical painting. Our artists have al jcadv attained to great cxQellente-in portrait and min 1itj."t : and it is with Pleasure and pride that we no rrtsMponuJtttywbredtnenr Mghw- ano bolaer flignt ; ot rismg'irom me coiq aeuneation oi individual nature to the dignjy and. invention of the higher branches of the art, and ring' to that hoble tcL of concept iiVrt which, says Reynolds, goeS beyond any thing in the mere exhibition Cven of perteet form to tiie art "of animating and dignifying their figures-, and impressing them with the appearance ot intellectual en rV. .. .;,,:"'" , '-" fire upon the whole of our right flanK;, lt was proper. . beforennoeriaK where, to await the this vifrw. the whole diness to move to the assistance of Count Lobau, and to crush the Prussian corps, as soon as it should have advanced. - . .This done the Emperor had jWrmed a plan to iead on an attack by the village of Mount 8aint John, from which was expecfed a decisive, success. But frna an impatient movement, so frequent in our military annals, and which has so often proved raiai to us, trie cavairym iuo reserve bavinc noticed a retroeade movement of the English, to shelter themselves from our batteries, from which they had already suffer ed severely, surrounded the heights of Mount Saint John and charged the infantry. This movement, which, made in proper time and sup ported by the reserve, must have .decided the day made Senerately andDeiore tne aitacK on perof had disposed of it without infurmlnir me.: m well as. the diyision of Gerard of the 2d corps, to direct them upen St. Amaad and sud- porthis leiVwing, which was severely engaged against the Prussians; , . The How which this news gave me was ter rible. Not having under mv ordir mnr. than three divisions, instead of eight, on which I calculated, 1 was obliged to suffer victory to esi cojjc, anu ia spue oi myrenorts, and in spite ot the bravery and devotedness of ihr trnfm. T could do nothing nioie thau to preserve mv po sition to the end of the day. Near 6 o'clock in . i. ...... , tor wliicb he had uo use.--1 .000 men Were, so to speak, pa- had been marched about duriuflf in their bauds froux r om th e jggh t to tho - ffewsfrom the Army, extracted from the Mont -Vfe,'. ' - rear. - - . We" have not room' to point out the various positions of the armies in the engagement of the 16th, from which, however it appears, that the left, the right, iand the reserve were equally engaged, at a distance of about two leagues. . The 17th, af 10 o'clock iu thie evening, the English ocupied Mount riaint John with its cen tre, and had its) outposts in advance of the forest bfriaignea. 'Three hours Would have been re quired to attack it. It was therefore necessary "fiuteTlm TheHead-Quarterf of tjue Emperor were es ttHhed ,tthe Camioff.'Caillon near Plan i'.-aorte, ; The rain fell in torrents. . "XI 6 id tun morning the rain having sorae IHat diitiiiiish'ea. the first corns Dut itself id taotion and, took " poit with its left on the Brusi seis road, opposite the village of Mount saint John, Which appeared to be the centre of the nemy's position. The second corps supported Us right upon the Brussels road, and its left on 4 i sinal! vood , within reach of the EngU cani Bon. The cuirasSieri held themselves in reserve in the rear, ud the guard were also in reserve tpon the heights. ' The sixth corps with , the Cavalry of Gen; D'Aumont, under the orders of Court Lobau, was ordered to take post in the Tsar of our right, to oppose 'a Prussian corpB, which seemed to have escaped from Marshal Grouchy and to intend failing upon our right Bank ; an iutentioo which had been made known to ns by our reports and by a letter from a Prus sian general n Inch had been taken by our couts. - ' ' ; -. -. - - - The troops were full of .nrder. The force of the English army was estimated at 60,000 men, There beinj no means of countermanding it, the enemy displayed many masses of infantry aud cavalry, and the two divisions of cavalry rushed at the same instant to support its com rades. For three hours numerous charges were made, in which we pierced several squares of the English infantry, and took six of its stan dards an advantage beyond all proportion to the losses which the. cavalry sustained from the grape shot and niusquetry of the enemy. . It was impossible to dispose of our reserve of i nf&n tf y wi t h a u r havirrg-first repelled t he-ats taek of the Prussian corps upon flank. This attack was. constantly kept up and bore directly upon our flank. The Emperor sent Geo. Uubhesme to this point with the young guard and several batteries of (be reserve. The ene my was checked, repulsed, an1 driven back; he had exhausted his strength and we had no ure to fear from him. This was the moment marked out for an attack upon the enemy's -n- f&PAuis, iUNB aJijtre. ' As the cuirassiers suttered from the grape snot, tour battalions ot tne middle guard were sent to protect the cuirassiers, support the po sition, and, if possible, t'o disengage" jr par -of our cavalry and eause them to tall back into,the plain. The other battalions were sent to hold them selves en potence t upon the extreme left of the division, which had manoeuvred upon our flanks, in order that we might have no anxiety on this side ; the residue were placed in re serve, a part to hold themselves en potence in the rear of Mount St. John, a part upon the iormeu our position oi reserve. - it anHnpnditfiv fnt a we nave ta&en, anu ttie mrogade steps that lie; moment those details,, to remark lofywu, hartnide. Ours cannnt be calculated until the Duke, all the consequences of this fafoe mot'i- -troops shall have been re-assembled. Before merit, and in general of the bad dispbsitioue thedisorderjepmm s .. fered considerable loss, especially in out" caVaTT by"wlir fatality, ToeiampJeTdihedpr ry, which had been so fatally and yet sV honor-roK instead -of bringing all his force against ably engaged. ' Notwithstanding thfeJe losses, Lord Welfiiiglon, who might have been attack that valiant cavalry maintained with constan- ed by surprise, and was not equal in force, re- the position it had uken from the English,, gard this attack as secondary ? .. How could the until compelled to abandon it by the tumult and Emperor, after the passage of the Sanibrc, con disorder of the held of battle. Night, and the ceive the possibility of giving tuo battles i:i one obstacles which encumbered the road, made day ? That nevertheless took placi against them unable to preserve their own order. . forces double our numbers, and tlis. military, a ub ai iiucry, as pauai, . covereu itseii wiii uicu nuo aw u, uuve ueen uuauie 10 Compre glory. The carriages of the head quarters had remained in their orilisary-position, uo relro- rgade movement heuig judged necessary. In tne course or the night they all tell into the hands of the enemy.- . .. Such is the issue of the battle of Mount Saint John so glorious for the French armies, and yet so fatal.' 4 We abstain from giving the details, that are brought to usj it circumstances so afflictive, too much caution aud circumspection cannot be used. - General Letort, whom the Emperor hop ed to preserve to the army and the nation, of -I'.l. V m .t '- . ..'.i v - wuicu ne was one 01 tne most wormy Biyipor tert, is said to have died on fhe 17th at noou. lie was ooeBf the5srdisUnguier Paris, junk 20 Among our wounded are named Priuce Jerome, General Gerard, and Count de Va!my. A decree of June 11. placed in a state of siege Bapaume, St. Quentin, Guise, Ea Fere, liaon, ooissous, U ity, Eangres, Auxpnne, Saiut 1 roper, ttie tart renaii, 1 iquemorre, the cas tle of Jolies and Granville. .MARSHAL NETS DEFENCE1. Letter' of Marshal the Prince of Jlosku-a, to his Jbxceuency the Duke of Otranto. Monsieur Duke The most dei'amatsry and the most lying rumours have been circulated for some days among the public upou my con duct in tlus short and disastrous campaign. hend. Instead of this, if he had left a corps of ob servation to restrain tie PruSsiafis, and march with his strongest masses to support me, the English army would have been undoubtedly destroyed between Qeatre Bras and (Jenappe ; aud this position, 'whieh separated,-the two a- lied armies', once in bur power would have given the Emperor the facility of approaching the fright of the Prussians, and crushing them in ineiriui n. ine general opinion in rrauce ana especially in the army was that the Empi rof washed onh to dellroy the British army ; end the circumstances werie faorabic for that, but thV distinies ordered it .otherwise. " Gat tF17l fil hear min'archIn"lfie"diree' lion 01 viouni Jorn. On the lh th" battle cbniinenced about one olock, aiTiT although the bulletin which gives the recital of it makes 110 nuntiou of me. th ra is no need of my uliirming that I"Vas pi-seut. Lieut. Ueu. Count Drouet has alreailv spoked of this battle in the House, of Peers. His nar rative is exact with the exreption'nulv ol sumo important parts, on which he was-cithvr'Vifcnt or ignorant, and ti hicb I ought to make ktiotMi. About ? o'clock iii the evening, after lie most fright Hi I carnage J. have ever seen, Gen. LatTfa doyere came to inform me from the Eu.peror, that Marshal Grouchy had arrived on oiirng'it and bad attacked the left of the English and Prussians united." This general othcer 1 to- The public journals repeat them and seem to' celling along the line spread this news aimm- give credit to the most odious calumny. After ; the soldiers, whose courage and devoted ;n-n4 having fought for .25 years, aud shed my blood : were dltvhjs the same, abd who gave new proofs for the glory and independence of my country, they dare to accuse me ot treason ! Me it is, whom tbey point out to the people., and even the army, as tne authorjil the disaster Uhlcu :'it has just encountered. . Compelled toJ break silence, for it is always painful to speasot one's self, it is more espe Jre fore .more than. hinety f jjdusahd , men. Ours were less numerous. j. . ,.At noon, every preparation having been made Prince Jerome, Commanding a division of iLt second corpVaad distined to form- its ex treme left, advanced upon the wood, which was In part occupied by the enemy. The cannonade began ; the enemy supported the troops which it had sent to guard the wood, with thirty p"ie ei of artillery. We'too, on our side, employ.' ed our artillery. v At one,' prince Jerome was completely master of ; the wood, and the whole English array fell back behind a sereeri. ; CpuntD'Erlon. then attacked the Village of AlOttut Baint John, and supported his attack, rwitb 80 pieces ' of cannon. ; A (ertible caonon- jlThe Allies call it the UttieflclAil''froni aviUageof that name rT7rT'Tr. . In this state of things, the; battle was gained j we oftr.nnied all the nouitinns whip.li fhn pnomv had held at the commencement of the action ;Tcialiv 80 when one has to repel calumny 5 I ad our cavalrv havine been too soon, and f.,n AiAi ! drew myself to you, M. Duke, as president of vantagenusly employed, we could not hope for ine provisionary government, 10 give you a decisive success. But Marshal Grouch having hfulxposition of events of which 1 have been informed of the movement of the Prussia .. le,a a. witness. , .... corps, was marching upon the rear of that body, On the 1 1th June, I received an order from which assured us a brilliant success in the oner- tue mni8ter of . war to repair to the imperial ations of the following day. After eight hours quarters. I had held uo eommahd nor had I of firing, and of charges of infantry, aud caval4any inforraaiLon uP0n the composition and force ry, the whole , army sawi with satisfaction. thelof iEe ar,11- N" the Emperor nor the fiir- battle gained aud the field of baltlein our power. Fn,sler had previously said any thing to me nuiiii vouiu icau uie iu eapeci nitti a suuuiu uc employed in this campaign. I Was consequently taken at iiimwaresT wiihutorsesw iU'tit equipage, without money, aud was obliged :to borrow to enable me to repair to my destina tion. Arrived on the 12th at Laon, on the 13th, at Avesnes, and on the 14th at BeaUmont; I porchased. in the last named town of the Duke of Trevisoy two horses with which I repaired od 1&5 l&th to Cliarieroy; accompanied by. my first aid-de-camp, the only efficer whom 1 had near me. 1 arrived at the moment when !the knemy, attacked by our light troops, fell back upon fieurus and Upssellms. 1 The emperor ordered me immediately to put myself at. the head of the 1st arid 2d corps of infantry, commanded by"Th"e Lieuti Gens D' Erlon and Keille, of ' l he division of light ca valrv of the euard under the ..orders of the Ueut.r.Ge.Da,iLefebY.fc At half past eieht, thelfour battalions of the middle guard, which had been sent to the ya teau beyond Mount St. John lb support the cuirassiers, being galled by the enemy's grape shot, marched with charged bayonet, jto seize the batteries. The day Was just closing ; a chargej made upon their flank bv several En- glish squadrons threw them into disorder : the i . 1 . C . .1 . . . . lugmvea repanseajioe ravine: tua ncigtiUuriiig regiments', seeing some troops of the guard in confusion, supposed it to be the old guard aud were alarmed 1 the cries "all is lost" "the j :j .1 ' 1. " : .sua. L" 1. ZiM" VP- r ,1"" U , 1 Srd is repulsed'Were heard j the soldiers might be in posumu by the evening, amounted en .declaJe. .hat in several nuart.r to 15,000 men.-a.rbe enemy 's lorce was 1 even-declare, that iu several quarters trai tors cried out " sauve qui peut" (save himsetfl wno can.) now ever mis may be, a panic ter ror spread all at once through the field; the' men rushed, in the greatest disorder, upon the line of - communication : the soldiers, canno niers and caissons hurried to arrive- there j -the old guard, Which was in reserve, was unable fb withstand the torrent that passed upou it. . 7 In to instant the army became a confused mass j the. troops fif all arms were mixed, to gether, and it waa impossible to re-form a sin gle corps, ihe enemy, perceiving this strange f An elevated letet piece of ground 1 J 21; i A militart bhrase which sicnifieahemos'itinn nT m j army, when ftsjCto'nt is not in-one right line.- ; and 1 of two divisions of..eafUryf , and which formed eight ilHisfoijbt. iulVii'rtMean(tme'tae ruy, and w hich formed eight try and four -of cavalry. "With thestffQOp ol .whom meaii whii I ever had- baiitto der imy command, Wepulsed the enemy ,t, aud obliged hun to evacute Gossellinsj Frasne, Ma. u ..1.1 1- : fii;.'v-t .'f.''it.; to debouche; the disorder increased, andVhefT darkness ot night forbade our rallying the troops and convincing them of their error was yet at Marcieuuelf and which rejoined: -me the next day. tJ', . '&Zi$zf0j Oh the 16th, I received, an orde'rtd attack the English in their; position pfJjuitreJ marched upoh the enemy' with an enthusiasm dimcalt to be described j "nothing relisted ;tur of it at this moment, notwithstanding the fa tigue with which they Were exhausted. . lri the mean time, what was my astonish ment, I ought t say my indignation, when 1 learned oome moments after that Marshal Groucliy bad not arrived to bur support, as it had just been as sured to the whole army, but that 40 or 50,000 Prussians attacked our extreme right, audforc cd it to fall back. AVbether the Emperor waa deceived as to tvheu Marshal Grouchy'' might arrive to support him, or whether the uinrch bf the Marshal had been more retarded than had been anticipated, by the efforts bf the eheinyi the fact is, that at the moment when his Arri val was announced to us, he was only near Wavre upon the Dyle? that is, for us", as If he had been at a hundred leagues- distance from, our field of battle. ... J A short time ufterl saw arrive four regi ments bf the middle guard; conducted by the bn peror in person, who w ished w ith tfiese tibi?pay to renew, the attack, and penetrate-the centre pf the enemy. ' He ordered hieio marfh at their head rwith general Friant. Geueralii, bilkers,' soldiers, all sheAved the gKatest riilrepidHyl but this corps of troops was too weak to be able to resist a long time the forces -that the enemy opposed to them, and it was sooii hecessary to renounce the hope,.'vhich for Some moments this attack had given. -' Gen. Friant was struck by tttall at my side i iVad my horse killed and was thrown under him. The brave men,, who will i rehihi from this terrible affair, will tender me the justiee, 1 1iati(. of Savins that they saw me on foot, sword in hand, the whole eenirig,and that I quitted liot the scene ot carnage, hut one of the - . . : "a .. 4 . J . last, and at tne momeui wneu reircat w as Meantime the, Prussians-continued tneir oi- fehsive. movement, and bur right sensibly leii b'a?k The English :in their turn advanced, ere' remained t iis et four squares of the Qldruard, laced advajilageously for protechng -.. , tlWatvHThosVgienadieri,-the eliiebfr.hfe army, successively , su ecu w . fielded Ihe; grotimL foot by foot, until finally iHii Wbi-tmed hv nnmhers. tbew ere almost en- toKtrnixut Frnni' that moment, the re- 1 anil tliA.Jtr. '.- ': treKrauejaovemeai--w?wvvfirv-.-rv-- vu-z my'forni'ed butaconfued column. . 1 here was r lotheafdhowever in tbelreu ...r..r ,-,..
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