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,er corps earns up ,ty degrees, and the battle teed the 'whole length of the' line, and men the last village on the left ; I tlo not exactly what distance. We occupied for some hours ige on our right ; but the enemy presented there in considerable force, surrounded and He did not keep it above half an hour. We ,ticked and took it ; we even penetrated be and took two other villages by which means on the enemy's flank. im this moment the battle becarne very obsti tis ; almost all the infantry of Blucher's td part of that of the other corps, came up by We were then very near each other. Vic !ared to inenne sometimes to the one side and !s to the other. In the mean time we did an inch of the ground we occupied on the flank. It was bow between . six and seven in ug, aed at this moment I was wounded in and forced to quit the field of battle. lam what passed' on the left wing, but I per hat we had likewise gained sonic ground on , The battle was consequevly won. Ida !t know what has been the result. _ _ The enemy has occupied Leipsick in his tear.— Therds evening reniforcements had arrived from the G:and Army, and Miloradovitch's corps was in march. At this moment I learn the battle is over, and that we are 'masters not only of the first field of battle, but likewise of the ground which we had taken from the enemy. Nevertheless, the occupation of Leipsick by the enemy, obliges us to make a lateral move rent." Ile otter tr imene dtd past kl:OW to v I ,Fe villaE tt t ook it. w i n arta von,' it, a we came s• From nate at thi coips, and d e grees. aPPe' sc zetime s not lose 4 enemy's f the eveniii the leg, a ip+ Tint teived the that side. not as yet el ThP PARIS. MAY 11. Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has received the following information of the situation of the Armies, up to the morning of the 9th : On the 7th, 'the Emperor's head-quarters were at Nossen. Between Nossen and Wilsdruf, the Viceroy fell in with the enemy, posted behind a torrent, and a tine situation. He drove them from this post, killed about 1000 men, and Made 500 prisoners. A Cossack, who was taken, was the bearer of the annexed Order (A ) for burning the baggage of the Russian rear-guard. In effect, WO Russian waggOns were burned ; a quan tity of baggage, and '2O pieces of artillery were taken by us on the roads ; several columns of Cossacks were cut off, we pursued them. The Vicemy entered Dresden on the Bth at noon. Inapendent of the great bridge, which the enemy had restored, they had thrown three bridges over the Elbe. The Viceroy having caused some troops to march to wards those bridges, the enemy immediately set fire to them. The three tetes•de-p6nt which covered them, were carried. On the same day (the Bth), at nine o'clock in the morning, Count Lauriston arrived at Meissen. He •here found redoubts, with blockhouses constructed by the Prussians ; they had burned the bridge. The whole bank of the Elbe is freed from the enemy. His Majesty the Emperor arrived at Dresden, at one o'clock in the afternoon. The Emperor, in making ; • a circuit of the city, immediately went to the stores for building at the gate of Pirna, and from thence to tire village of Prielsnitz, where his Majesty ordered a ; bridge to be thrown over the river. At seven o'clock in the evening, his Majesty returned from his recor.- tvissance to the Palace, where he is lodged. The old guard made its entrance into Dresden at eitht o'clGc k in the evening. On the 9th, at three o'clock in the morning, the Emperor himself caused a battery to be placed on one of the bastions which commands the rght bank, by which the enemy was driven front the position that be occupied on that side. The Prince of Moskwa is marching upon Torgau. You will here find the relation which the enemy has given of the battle of Lutzcn (13), which is no thing but a tissue of falsehoods. We are assured here, that orders had been given to sing Te Drum ;! rut that the people of the country, who were charged I to have it performed, declared it to be ridiculous, and I that what might be suitable in Russia would be very' absurd in Germany. The Emperor of Russia left Dresden yesterday morning. The famous Stein is an object of contempt to all honea people. He wished to cause the mob to re- Lit against the land-owners. We cannot recover trim our surprise, to see such Sovereigns as the King I o; Prussia, and more especially the Emperor ! Alexan.. on whom nature has bestowed so many fine qua li:ies, give the sanction of their names to actions so criminal and atrocious. Independent of the cannon and baggage taken in :he pursuit of the enemy, we likewise made 5000 i.risoners in the battle, and took 10 pieces of artillery. —The enemy did not take a single cannon from us, but he made 111. prisoners. The General in Chief Kutusoff died at Buntzlau, GI a nervous fever, about a fortnight since. He has been replaced in the Command in Chief by General Wittgenstein, who made his debut, by the loss of the battle of Lutzen.-6-Monifeur, May 15. (A.) f...STY OF THE LETTER OF WHICH A COSSACK WHO WAS MADE PRISONER WAS THE BEARER : If the enemy shout force you to fall back, you will take the 'ter prescribed to you in General Wiesingerodes orders. I au thorise you to destroy all the baggage which might impede your ratite, and cannot be carried off, by bnrning the waggons, and !alun g the horses with you. Those who are able to escape, must By without relaxation as far as the Elbe. Chu:units. (Signed) I shall eet off this day for Freyberg. • (B.) LANSKOT. INTELLIGENCE FROM TIM COMBINED ARMIES, FROM TILE FIELD OF BATTLE, TIRE 21ST APRIL, (may 3), 1813: The Emperor Napoleon had quitted Mayence on the 12th '•: . .ittij of April. Being arrived at his army, every thing announced that he meant itnmcdiately to act on the ofkn-ive : in conse quence the combined Russian and Prussian armies had been united be:ween Leipsic and Altenburg, a central position, and very advantageous in all possible cases. Meanwhile, the General- Cnunt dc Wit•genstein, had soon convinced himself by grind and spirited reconnoissances, that the enemy, after having ccnceatrated h msclf, was debouching wick the whole of his forces by Merstburg and Weissenfels, whilst at the same time he sent a cotisiderahle corps on Leipsic, which appeared to be the Pr;: view of his operations. Count Wittgenstein immedi we'ly decided on taking advantage of the moment when i: would he out of the power of this detached corps to co-operate with the i'iat body of the French army, and to attack, this linatediaMl • hiswith l t---- " 7". "e I 1"91..41111.11.1.1" Per tide 'teepee,. ..,411ISO0aSe s tr=to era-' his movements, and duringthe night, between the lllth and 2pth, (Ist to id), he drew to himself the carps under the (sisters of the General of Cavalry Tormazoff. By this junction, 'he found hlittself enabled to throw himself' en case on the enemy, at a place where the latter might suppose he had only to deal with a detachment, whose aim was to give him disturbance on his flanks. The action commenced. Gene rals Elticher and Yorck entered into it With an ardour and energy which was in a lively manner, participated by the troops. The operations took place between the Elster and the Luppe. The village of Gross-Gorschen was the key andcentre of the French position. The battle commenced by the attack of this village. The enemy Was sensible of the whole impOrtance of this point, and wished to maintain himself in it. it was carried by the right wing of the corps under General Blucher's orders ; and, at the same time, his left wing pushed in front, and soon charged On the village of Klein-Gorschen. Front this time, all the corps came successively into action which .00n bar. ame general. The village of Gross-Gorschen was disputed with unexampled obstinacy. hie times it was taken and retaken with the bayonet : but the valour of the Russians and Prussians obtained the superiority, and this village, as well as those 'of Klein-Gorschen and Ahem, remained in the hands of the combined armies. The enemy's centre was broken, and he was driven off the field of battle. He, nevertheless, brought for ward fresh columns, which being come from Leipsic, were des tined to support the left flank of the enemy. Some corps drawn from the reserve, and placed under the orders of Lieutenant Ge. neral Kanovnitzin, were opposed to them. Here, towards even ing, a combat conunenced, which was likewise exceedingly ot stinate,but the enemy was also completely repulsed at this point. Every thing was disposed for renewing the attack at sun-rise' and orders had been sent to General Miloradowitsch, who with his whole corps was posted at Zeitz, to join the main armyy and to be there at break of Jay ; the presence of an entire fresh corps, with 100 pieces of artillery, leaving no doubt as to the issue of the day. But tower ds morning, the enemy appeared to be moving towards Leipsic, always falling towards his rear-guard. This mode of refusing the challenge made for engaging, gave room to believe, that be would endeavour to manoeuvre, either to move towards the Elbe, or on the communications of the combined armies. Under this supposition, it becaMe necessary to oppose manoeuvre against manoeuvre, and by occupying a commanding front between Colditz and Rothlitz, we immediately became possessed of every benefit of this kind, without for such purpose quitting too tar the points for making an offensive attack. On this memorable day, the Prussian army fought in a manner to fix the admiration of its allies. The King's Guards covered them selves with glory. Russians and Prussians rivalled each other in valour and zeal, under the eyes of the two Sovereigns, who did not, fur a moment, quit the field of battle. The enemy has lost 16 cannon ; and we have taken 1400 pri soners: not 3 single trophy hat been conquered from the Allied Army ; its loss, in killed and wounded, may amount to /Kw men ; that of the French army is estimated at 12 or 15,000. — Among the wounded are, the General of Cavalry, Blucher, and Lieutenant-Generals Kanovnitzin and Scharnhorst ; their wounds are not dangerous. The enemy, having but few cavalry, endea voured to get and keep possession of the villages, the ground of which w.rs rugged and broken; consequently, the day of the 20th of April (May 2) was a continual combat between the in fantry. An uninterrupted shower of balls, bullets, grape-she:, and trenades, was kept up on the part of the French, during an action Of ten hours. THE EVENING STAR LONDON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1513. pßicp.o I , STOCKS THIS DAY .A . l . ONE O'CLOCK: Red. 561 sS—Cons. 59 54 —for acc. 59 ss2 i . 4 per Ct. 7211-5 per Cent. BSI 88-13ondi Is. Q.s. Exch. Bills 4s. 6s. pre.—Bank I.Ong Annuities 141 Last night we received Paris Papers to the 16th inst. from which we have given large extracts. In these Journals copies of the official account of the battle of Lutzen, published by the Allies, arc given. This is a curious manc:cuvre of NAPOLEON.. He af fects to give this statement as a weak device of the enemy—published for the purpose of deception ; but his usual sagacity seems to have forsaken him, for he has given it, with its true date, the 3d of May, and it is dated from the field of battle—a plain proof that the Allies were the victors on the 2d. This document, compared with BONAPARTE'S account, establishes several important facts, which have been thus accurately stated in a respectable Morning Paper The General in Chief having fully satisfied him self of the French plan, called in General TORNIA• 7.')FF in the night of the Ist, and finding that BONA PARTE had detached a strong corps on Leipsic, seized the moment of throwing himself upon the enemy en masse, at a place where they might suppose it was only a detachment intended to harass them. Here was the eye, and the judgment, and the prompti tude of a soldier. Observe how the same fact is confessed amidst the confusion and verbiage of the French statement. • The Emperor ( BorrAra am) thinking the enemy could not attack till the 5111, ordered LAURISTON to march upon Leipsic, in order to discon cert the enemy': projects.' Here was a double mistake of the omniscient NAPOLEON. He did not reckon upon TORMAZOFF'S junction in the night of the Ist ; nt.d he did not reckon on the enemy's disconcerting his projects, whilst he was pluming himself on dis concerting their's. However, so it happened. The Allies (contrary to his calculations again), defended the village and. bridges in front of Leipsic. He only waited for these positions to be carried, to put all his army in motion in that dtvcilon, make it pass to the right of the Elmer, &c.; but—what? he was again die ' concerted by the enemy's passing to the left of the Lister, and seizing the moment to fall on his centre, when it was entirely separated from the left. Now it was that he became sensible of his error. He ordered BEAUHARNOIS (under whose command LAU IRI:,TON was) to march to NEY'S si;pport ; but (ano ther but ! ) three hours were necessary to execute this move ment. During these thr,:e !vitas, poor Nay, with his five divisions, supported the battle, 6 %%Lia o at the saituiir Oafs the, trentg beco ne terrible.' The of Baia—which seems to be the same that is called in the Russian account Gross-Gorchen--was taken and retaken se vend times. In this, both statements agree. The French centre was broken. In this, too, they coin cide. Fresh troops were brought up. A new and obstinate conflict was again commenced. At this time, says the French statement, the fire became dreadjid. Down, therefore, to the very latest period of the ettgagement, that is, till ten or eleven o'clock at night, the two accounts confirm each other." The Antes had every thing ready for renewing the attack at sun rise, but NAPOLEON preferred manceu- vring to fighting, and moved off a part of his force to wards Leipsic. Lavatiron was ordered to this point, II whence he proceeded on the road to Dresden— the defence of which formed no part of the plan of the Allies, who, as we have frequently no-_ , ticed, mean to confine the chief efforts to the right bank of the Elbe. Their future operations will be directed by General WlrrpEnszats—a circum stance which we hail as of great importance, as he has never been unfortunate —or, to speak I more correctly, he has invariably displayed those powers which in a General secure victory to the troops which he commands. We have only again to remark, that nothing has occurred which should excite apprehension in the minds of the friends of oppressed humanity. • Two Gottenburgh Mails arrived this morning. The Swedish Papers are filled with reports of various descriptions, upon which we cannot place much re liance in their present shape. One thing is certain, however,—the CROWN PRINCE has at length set out for the seat of war : he was expected at Dresden, along with Mr. THORNTON, the English Minister, to hold a conference with the EMPEROR of RUSSIA and KING Of PRUSSIA. " GOTTENBURGH, MAY iO. The Danish Consul left this place yesterday, having been ordered by the Danish Court to leave the country in twenty-four hours. gg The expedition of 5000 men, embarked here, will sail through the Sound, for Wismar, as soon as the wind permits. Twelve thousand Swedish troops have already arrived there, and the Crown Prince will soon join them : he has left Carlscrona for the Rus sian head-quarters, in Dresden, for which place Mr. Thornton also left Stockholm on the 4th instant. 66 MAY 11.--They write from Copenhagen, under date of the 3d, that the Austrian Ambassador there has officially declared the intention of his Court to join the Allied Powers, but not to guarantee Norway to Sweden. The same accounts state,-that the Danes will support the independence of Hamburg'), Lubeck, and all the Hanseatic Towns ; and that Prince Dol goruki has been recalled, and will leave Copenha gen on the 7th." THE PENINSULA. A Cadiz Mail arrived this morning, but it has not furnished us with much intelligence of interest. Su. CIIET, and the allied Alicant army which defeated him, are said to have resumed their former positions ; a circumstance which has excited some surprize at Cadiz. It is admitted, however, that the English are still a little in advance. Every account from the Peninsula portends a most active and sanguinary, and we hope a successful campaign. When our latest letters left Lisbon the new battering train had gone up to the army, and another was landed at St. Andero, so that Burgos will have no chance of standing a long siege this year. It was understood that the army was in readiness to move, but that the MARC/LIS waited for the long looked for Generals from England, who could not be up from Lisbon, and with their divisions, before the 15th. The cavalry, which is again in high order, has ad vanced and crossed the Douro, at Oporto; it is at present commanded by Baron BOCK, and it will re main under his command until Sir STAPLETos CoT TON and Lord UXBRIDGE join. While every thing goes on prosperously with the regular army in the Peninsula, we regret to hear that the Guerillas do not go on so well as they did : their force has diminished, what remains is inefficient, se veral bands have disappeared, the remaining leaders qunrel amongst themselves, and they do not aid the general cause so much as they did at one time.— There are, we understand, rational causes for this : some of the Chiefs have become rich, and are of course careless ; and there is not now that plunder and means of subsistence which there used to be.— Add to all this, that the French have learned to keep together in large parties, and to make strong holds wherever they are. The Duke del INFANTADO is mentioned as likely to take an important command ; and the Duke del PMIQUE comes to London as Ambassador. The Count FEnNAN NUNEZ goes to Sweden in the same character. Stockholm and St. Petersburgh will also have Spanish Residents. The letters and papers from Cadiz, are dated on the Bth insi,ant. The Lady Mary Pelham packet has arrived from Corunna, in three days, with mails and passengers.— By this conveyance we learn, that Lord WELLINGTON having sent forward 3000 cavalry from Frenada in advance, the enemy had precipitately abandoned Leon and Astorp, falling br.ck upon Burgos. In tke mean time, the Vrenct taTie contrived to threaten St. Andero, anJ C ism° ; in consequence 4 which the Chie , M tNA, h s rah cd to the miuntains of Firragon. The intelligence, upon the whole, is A. vaurawe, as will appear by the t ilow;al4 cxtracts " COP ITNNA, AIAY is.. di We have reeeiveJ Rev - nous here o! ih: enemy kraving.moved towards Burgos, in considerable f rce. From Colonel Canyello's statern2 it, it is known that 25,000 men hive marched into France; that a strong. column of 10,000 infantry and I 200 horse has obidged General Mina to abandon his strop; holds in Na. varre, and retire into Arrag m ; and that the high road from Bargns to Vittoria is crowded with the enemy's columns of osservatism marching backwards and forwards. • It is said that three of :he cnem:'s moveable co lumns, consisting of 3000 men each, the Ist march- . ing towards Espenosa, the 2d towards Vil!arcays; and the 3d in the direction of the Castro and Bilboa roads, had made their appearance, which caused some apprehensions to be entertained for St. Andero and Castro, but nothing is yet known of their having at tempted either. " Six O'CLOCK, P. M.—The post from Castile has just arrived, bringing accounts, it is reported, tht the French had left Benavente, Astorga, and Leon ; that the combined armies are all in motion, and that 3000 of Lord Wellington's heavy cavalry had arrived in Tamamas." CORUNNA, MAY li e gg By intelligence received by yesterday's post we know that the army ct operations has put itselt in mo tion ; to-day the Benevente Regiment is to march, and to morrow the head-quarters, all is the direction of ViUa Franca." " OVIEDO, MAY ff. " They write from Santander, that on the 28th and 29th ult. the enemy commenced the siege of Castro, with a force cf from 7 to 8000 men. Gene. ral Mendezabel had, with the divisions of Biscay and Ibecca, took post in the rallies of Saba and Mina for the purpose of assisting that place." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING IViEETING-,.-111111. Toast)A v, MAY Is. Mr. Barlow 's Merryfield, Pst. he:A Nlaktr f. by bro ther to Vivaldi. 7st. 511). T. Y. C. 50g4.-3 to 1 on M. ri ylteAL Lord Sackville's Lady of the Lake, Irs b..at Lur.l.Jet Antltonio, list. 911). T. Y. C. 10 gs —4 to. I on I at:y c• t. e I aim Fifty Pounds, for 3.yr.01d Colts, sit. 41h. F4l.es, bit. R M. Mr. Way's ch. f. by Stamford, butt,,ht of Mr - -Wale - 1 Gen. Gower's f. 1. .lona .Y • 4 to 1 aZ3t. Mr. Utlny's ch f.-7 to '2 a c :4t Lolona. Eleven °thins started, but the lti.l ) -e could place I.u. two. Handicap Plate of #5O, by bubscr.ption, the tit ill of , Ne three £3O Plates for 3,4, 6..yr-aidsaod aged Lorses. A. F.— Won by I.crd St.tweli's Cato. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FM.lllOlll'll, MAY 16. Arrived the Lady Mary Pelham psickA, from Co. rums, in three dayS ; Duke of Kent packet, from Cadiz, in seven d.iys; and the KENT man of war, from a cruize.—Wind West, strong gales. PLYMOUTH, MAY 17. Came in the TEAZER gun brig, horn Cork, with ten sail of transports under convoy, having on board the Monaghan Militia.—Pitt b4,:k the STAG frigate. Wind West. DEAL, MAY 18. Sailed this morning the whole of the outward bound, under convoy of his Majesty's ships ALERT, PROTECTOR, and SPRIGHTLY, for Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, MAY iB. Arrived, and sailed for the Downs, his Majesty's ship Away', from Rio Janeiro: sailed the 27th of December, with th - e.following ships under convoy, from whom she parted on the voyage : the Rambler, Murphy, Queen Charlotte, and the Elizabeth ; awl was joined at sea by the Jupiter, from Buenos Ayres. The Rambler has arrived at Lisbon ; the Murpil its Ireland ; the Elizabeth is taken. The JuPrren p is sed her last night fur the Downs, and the Qwen Char lotte is still missing. Arrived his Majesty% ship IVOL TRIUNE from a cruize, andVittmo from Cot k. Sailed the HOPE and MISSLETOE on a cruizt ; IlitutiEux for the Downs, TisteroNE for Yarnictith, and the Java, East Indiaman, for the Downs. His Maj. -ty's ship EcHo is appointed convoy for the D.)wiri. Yesterday afternoon, a GoVernment:letin, re specting the defeat ot S. COLT, WAS circtilateJ, of which we inserted a copy is part of our impr..ssio.t. In the evening a Supplement was publisher vt ith London Gazette, given in another part of this Pal er, which renders a republicati,,n of the Bulletin nun:- cessary. Ministers were list night left in a m'nerity t f cne on the Leather Tax., The numbers being equal, the SPEAKER gave his casting vote agailst them. The Papers are not correct in repies Lours XVIII. as proceeding to Germany. It is Monsieur the Ccnnt d'A wrots, who, at the in ion of t: e Cn . peror ALEXANDER, is going to the he.tdsculartt-ts of that Monarch. Monsieur will be accompan.ed by his eldest son, the Duc d'Amcout.e.Nter, by the Counts F. d'EcAns and 'E. de Damns : l'Hry let tot. n yester day for their destination. Tile Baron de ROLLE pre ceded them on Monday nigh , . The Duke D'Axo. u- LIME unites in his person all the (linos of the Becit soNs, and all the hopes of the Ancient Monarchy of France, and it remains now to be seen what impres sion, if any, will be made by his presence with the Allied Armies, on the mind ot the French soldiery. COHN EXCHANGE, MAY 19. We had but few fresh rrrivids of an, Gr..in this morning, when the sale of Wheat was v. ry b, avy, having but te.v Ituyers at market ; but our pr condone the s .me as on Monday.... Fine Barley goes off 4 w:y, mahout any va. ia. to t in pica, add tae ordinary qualities are amber cheaper.—Oats are 41u:l of sale, at Monday's price. ; and 1'C.45, Bearia, and other s: Lutes, wi.liout alteration,