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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



his property confiscated ; and that 

 every Frenchman who had worn 

 the badges of the decorations of the 

 ancient dynasty in places occupied 

 by the enemy, should be declared 

 a traitor, and condemned to death, 

 with confiscation of property by a 

 military commission. 



The French troops assembled 

 • near Lyons under the orders of 

 Marshal Augereau, commenced of- 

 fensive operations about this time, 

 and advanced to Macon and Bourg. 

 The corps of Gen. Bianchi was 

 sent by Prince Schwartzenberg to 

 oppose them. The town of Rar- 

 sur-Aube having been taken pos- 

 session of by the enemy, Gen. 

 Wrede was dispatched to retake it, 

 which I'-e effected on the 26th. 

 The French, however, recovered it, 

 but the suburbs remained in the 

 occupation of the Bavarians. On 

 the 27th, Schwartzenberg attacked 

 the enemy on the road to Vau- 

 doeuvre, and after a severe action, 

 drove them from all their positions 

 on that side the Aube. The Prince 

 of Wnrtemberg and Gen. Guillay, 

 succeeded in obtaining possession 

 of La Ferte and Clairvaux. On 

 the same day Napoleon's guards 

 had attacked Tetenborn, who was 

 posted at Fere Champenoise, and 

 oblij^ed him to retire to Vertns. 

 Napoleon himself was at Arcis, 

 and a considerable corps of his army 

 was marching upon Sezanne. 



The operations of Schwartzen- 

 berg's army were preludes to the 

 recovery of Troyes. Gen. Frimont, 

 after various affairs with the rear- 

 guard of the French araiy, esta- 

 blished his head-quarters at Vau- 

 doeuvre. The Prince of Wurtem- 

 berg, who obtained possession of 

 Bar-sur-Seine on March 1, fol- 

 lowed the retreat of the enemy to 



La Maison Blanche on the 2nd. By 

 a reconnoissance on that day, it was 

 ascertained that the French army 

 was in position along the Barce, on 

 the right of the Seine, and at Mai- 

 son Blanche on the left of it. An 

 attack was determined on by 

 Schwartzenberg on the 3rd. Its 

 details are not intelligible without 

 a local map ; but the result was, 

 that Marshal Oudinot was com- 

 pelled to retreat with a loss of tea 

 pieces of cannon, fifty-four officers, 

 and three thousand prisoners. Ge- 

 nerals Wittgenstein and Wrede 

 particularly distinguished them- 

 selves in this action. The latter 

 advanced upon the enemy on the 

 4th, who, upon being summoned to 

 surrender Troyes, capitulated, on 

 being allowed half an hour to eva- 

 cuate it. As soon as that was ex- 

 pired, Schwartzenberg directed all 

 his cavalry to pursue on the road to 

 Nogent. Napoleon was at this time 

 marching against Blucher ; and 

 Schwartzenberg dispatched Pla- 

 toff to move upon Sezanne, in order 

 to harass his rear. At this period 

 we shall suspend the narrative of 

 events in these qnarters till we 

 have given a view of what had 

 been passing in other parts. It 

 will be proper however first to 

 mention, that plenipotentiaries 

 from the different belligerent pow- 

 ers had been sitting at Chatillon 

 during these hostile operations, for 

 the purpose of establishing a basis 

 for a general peace. . 



The name of the Crown Prince 

 of Sweden has not yet been men- 

 tioned as connected with tlie ope- 

 rations of the allies in France. A 

 bulletin from his army, dated Co- 

 logne, Feb. 12, relates, that the 

 Prince arrived at that city on the 

 loth, and gives the foUwving state- 



