Star. — London, England, 1813-11-04 00:00:00

.16 ikbri stn; parted General Langeron, very much dis yingnislied itself . in the presence of Bonaparte, who, it seems, according to the information of the prim. perm, arrived from' the other part of his army at ire o'clock in the afternoon, he corps of General D'Yorck, which so conspir piously distinguished itself, bad many of its most gallant leaders killed . or wounded ; among the latter are Colonels Heinmita, Kutzler, pouch, Hiller, i;aurentz ; Majors Schott and Bismarck. The momentary loss of these Officers is serious, as they nearly all commanded brigades, from the re 4uced stare of General Officers in the Prussian asMY; and I hale sincere regret in adding, that his serene Highness the .Prince of Meeklenberg Strelitz, who was distinguishing himself in a particular manner, ;laving two horses shot under him, and whose gallant corps took five hundred prisoners and an eagle, re ceiyed a severe, but, I trust, not a dangerous wound. Among the Russians there are General Chinchin and several Officers of distinction killed and wound ed ; and I average General Blucher'; whisk lois jsetween siz and seven thousand men hors de combat. I can add little to the catalogue of the merits of this brave army in endeavouring feebly, but i hope ' faithfully, to detail its proceedings. Your Lordship will, I ana persuaded, justly appreciate the enthu siasm and heroism by which its operations have been , guided. It has fought twenty-one combats since' hostilities recommenced. Your Lordship is so well aware of the distinguished merit, and very eminent services of General Gneisenau, that it is unnecessary for me, en this fresh occasion, to ,allude to them. ji attached General Lowe to General Blucher in the field ; and being absent in the early part of the day with the Prince Royal, it is due to this very de serving officer to inform your Lordship, I have de „rived every assistance from his reports. My Aide-de-Camp, Capt-in During, an officer of knerit, has unfortunately, I fear, fallen into the ene jpy's bands. shall now put your Lordship in possession, as far as I Am able, of the military movements of the grand army up to the Ifith, and the disposition for the attack which was sent to the Prince Royal of Sweden and General Blucher, by Prince Schwartzenberg, and which was to be made this day. The corps of General Guilay, Prince Maurice Lichtenstein, Thiele man, and Platpff, were collected in the neighbour. hood of Markrasted, and were to move forward on j e aipsig ; keeping up the communication on one side with General Blucher's army, and on the ether these corps were to detach to their right, to facilitate the attack of the corps pf General Mereveldt, and the divisions Bianchi Weissenworf, on Zwackau and Con szewitz, at which latter place the bridge across the Pleisse was to be carried. General Nostiltz's cavalry were to farm on their right. In case of retitui, these corps ware to retire towards Zeitz. The reserves of the Russian and Prussian guards, were to move on Rotha, where they were to pass the Pleisse, and form in columns on its right bank. The reserves of the Prince of Hesse Homberg, Generals Mereveldt and Wittgenstein, were also to take post at this station, General Barclay de Tally to command all the co limns; en the right bank of the Pleisse, Generals Witt' genstein, Kleist, and Kleinau, were to advance from their respective positions on Leipsig, the Russian guards fcrming their reserve. General Colloredo Advanced from Borne, as reserve to General Kleinau. The retreat of these corps was to be on Chemnitz.— t •enerals Wittgenstein, Kleist, and Kleinau's, on Al. tenberg and Penig. The army of General Beenigsen from Coldlita was to push on Grimma and Wurtzen. The corps of count Bubna had been relieved before Leipzig by General Tolstoy. A very heavy firing continued all the day of the 101 from the Grand Army. A report arrived late at night to General Blucher, that Bonaparte had at tacked in person the whole line of the Allies, and for. ping his cavah y in the centre, succeeded in making en opening in the combined army before all its cavalry could. come pp ; he was, however, not able to profit • py it, as it appears he retired in the evening, and the Allies occupied their position as before the attack. Of the &lags of the above I 4ni as yet wholly ; .ignorant. ga the 17th all were ready to renew the attack en, this side. The Prince Royal who bad his Head fixattcrs at Landsherg, and his army behind k, parched at two o'clock in the morning, and arrived. B r itt f nfel4, - with Qeneral Winzingerodes an d Ce. pernl Doloves corps towards mid-day on General Billow's left. General Winzingerode's mar? and artillery had moycd forward in the night near the heights of Faucha, hto atom:made being heard on Ilia side of the graod Flay (though General 4lticher's corps was under !plea) and as iF was also understood General Bennig sett could not arriVo until this day at Grimma, an.: part 4" the Prince Royal's army. being still in the fear, it was deemed expedient to wait till the following day tq renew the general attack. The enemy skewed • bi f atelf is great fop,e in a good position, on the left pf Pardus, on If ridge of some extent, which rune %par4llo to thi river. There was • some cannonading • if, par suoralrg, nnd the enemy made demonstra t i ons , attfl 'the hussar? of tdeclileOcrg charged is advanced ,sues i n to ikf ,0031 of J.0914.* to o k three ,w• twee led ems pitettirtel She buialfrAtifi 4". ghia**. The Mate •Pfeur SOS is such. that the most ann• jui;te , ezpectstloptis pp ? , be justly enteetphtect, mat t the protection of Dulles PxoviDeNt e r., which his, Willem so conspicuously favoured us in the Onions caw* in which we are engnzest. I en% (Sighed) CSAYLI : 44TZWART, Lieut.-Gen. • . Lehrsig. October 19,1619. MI lon— + Furopeatiangth approaches her deli vexation, and England may triumphantly look for ward 16 reap, in conjunction with her Allies, that glory her unexampled and steady efforts in the com mon cause so justly entitle Ur to receive, I wish it had fallen to the lot of an abler pen to detail to your Lordship the splendid events of these two last clays. but in endeavouring to relate the main facts, to send them off without a moment's delay, 1 detailed ac. shall beet cleanly duty, counts. 444 $ Ertl opportunity. The victory of denim! Blucher, upon the 16th, hai been followed, on the 18th, by that of the whole of the combitted forces oier the army of Bonaparte, in'the neighbourhood of Leipsig, 1 The collective loss of above One Hundred Pieces of Cannot), Sixty Thousand men, an immense nnm ber of Prisoners, the Desertion of the whole of - the Saxon Army, also the Bavarian and Wurtemberg Troops, consisting of artillery, cavalry, and infantry, many Generals, among whom are Reasuart, V Als• 1 LARY, SRUNI4 BratreasT, and LAIMISTOW, are some of the first-fruits of this glorious day. The capture by assault of the town of Leipsig this morning, the magazines, artillery, stores of the place, with the Log of Saxony, all his Court; the garrison, and rear-guard of the French army, all the enemy's wounded (the number of which exceed thirty thou sand), the narrow escape of Bonaparte, who fled from Leipsig at nine o'clock, the. Allies entering at eleven; rthe complete deroute of the French army, who are ) endeavouring to escape in all directions, and who are 16011 surrounded, are'the next objects of exultation. The further result your Lordship can best arrive* at, from an account of our military position. . It will be my endeavour to give yen as succinct and clear ap account as I am able; first, of the ge., neral and combined operations determined upon by the Grand Army ; and, secondly, to describe what immediately came under my own observations, name ly, the movements of the Prince Royal and General 'Blucher, My dispatches, up to the 17th, have detailed the position of the Allied Armies up to the date, It be ing announced by Prince Sella artzenberg, that it was the intention of their Majesties, the Allied Sr vereiglls to renew the attack on the 18th, and the atmies of the North and Silesia being directed to co-operate, the following general disposition was made ; I moat here observe, that the attack on the 16th, by the grand army, occurred in the neighbourhood of Liebert Wolkowitc. The country being particu larly adapted for cavalry, a very sanguinary and hard combat ensued with this arm, and an artillery, exceeding in number six hundred pieces, between the opposed armies. Two solitary buildings, which the enemy had occupied with several battalions of infan. try, and which formed nearly the centre of the cue. my's position, were attacked by the Russian infantry, and, after several repulses, carried with amazing carnage. The whole of the enemy's cavalry, under Murat, were then brought forward ;—they made a very des. perate push at the centre of the allied position, which for a short period they succeeded in forcing. To oppose this powerful cavalry, six regiments of Austrian cuirassiers charged in columns. Nothing could surpass either the skill or the desperate bravery of this movement : they overthrew all before them-- , destroying, I am told, whole regiments, and returned I to their wound with many pr:soners, having left 700 dragoons within the enemy's line. Many officers were killed and wounded. General Latour Maubourg, who commanded the enemy's cavalry, under Murat, his; his leg. Both armies remained neatly on the ground on which the coieest commenced. While tl.e grand army was to commence their attack on the morning of the 18th, from the differ.' ent points of assembly, on the principal villages tiro ated on the great roads leading to Leipsig, tilt Armies of the North and Silesia were jointly to attack from the line of the S.tah., and up.):: the enemy's po. siticn along the Martha river. General Blucher gave to the Prince Royal of Sweden thirty thousand men, infantry, cavalry, and artillery, of army. and with this formidable reinforcement, the Northern Army was to attack from the heights of Faucha, while 'General Blucher was to ret...e his position before Leipsig, and use fits utmost efforts to gain-possession of the place, In the event of the whole of the enemy's fories being carried against either of the armies, they were reciprocally to support each other, and concert fur ther movements ; that part of the enemy's force which for some time had been opposed to the Prince Royal of pieden and General Blucher, had taken up a very 'good position upon the left bank of the Partha, having its right at the strong point of i•-,ucha, and its left towards Leipsig. To force the enemy's right, arid °Stain possession of the heights of Vaneha, was the first operation of the Prince Royal's army. The corps of Russian; under General Win?ingerode, and the Prussiaski under Pack., wore desthle4 fcii purpose, and iish army 'km dirk* to force the passage oldie river at Plosenand hlockau. The passage was effected without much opposition. General Winingerode took about three thousand pri sonersat Faucha. and some guns. General Blucher past Isis army in motion as soon he foUnd the grand army engaged very hotly in the neighbourhood of the villages of Stollintz and Probestbeyda, and the infantry of the Prince Royal's army bad not sufficient time to make their flank move, meat before the enemy's infantry had abandoned the tile of the river, and retired over the plain in line and column towards Leipsic. occupying Somerfelt, Nuns. dorff, and Schonfeldt, in strength. protecting their retreat. • A very heavy cannonade, and some brilliant per formances of General Winzingerode's cavalry, marked chiefly here the events of the day, except towards the close, when General Langeron, who had crossed the river, attacked the village of Schonfeldt, met with considerable resistance, and at fast was not able to fence his way. He however took it, but was driven back, when the most positive orders were seat him by General Blucher, to re-occupy it at the point of the bayonet ; which be accomplished before dark. Some Prussian battalions of General Bui.ow!s corps were warmly engaged, also.at Parrnsdorff, and the enemy were retiring from' t when the Prince Royal directed the rocket brigade under Captain Bogue, to form oil the left of a Prussian battery, and open upon the co. lumns retiring, Congreve's formidable weapon bad scarce accomplished the point of paralysing a bolid square of infantry, which after one fire delivered themselves up (as if panic struck,) when that gallant. 'and deserving officer, Captain Bogue, alike an orna ment to his profession, and a loss to hie friends and country, received a shot in the head, which deprived the army of his services. Lieut. Strangways, who suc ceeded. in &he command of the brigade, received the Prince Royal's thanks for the services they rendered. During the action twenty-two guns of Saxon ar tillery joined us from the enemy, and two Westpha lian regiments of hussars, and tvo battalions of Saxons; the former were opportunely made use of in the instant against the enemy, as our artillery and ammunition were not all forward ; and the Prince Royal addressed the latter by an offer that be would head them immediately against the enemy, which they to a man accepted. The communication being now established between the grand attacks and that of these two armies, *e Grand Duke Constantine, Generals Platoff, Milans. dovitch, and other officers of distinction, joined the Prince Royal, communicating the events carrying on in that direction. It seems the most desperate resistance was made by the enemy at Probethede, Stelleritz, and Conne vitt ; but the different columns bearing on these points, as detailed in my former dispatch, finally car ried every thing before them. General Bennigsen taking the villages upon the right bank of the Rents. chove, having been jollied by General Bubna from Dresden, General Tolstuy having come up and re lieved the former in the blockade of mat city, and General Guilay manoeuvring with twenty-five thou. s,.nd Austrians upon the left bank of the Ilster, Ge neral Thieleman and Prince Maurice Lichtenstein's corps moved upon the same river, and the result of the day was, that the enemy lost above Forty Thou sand Men in killed, wounded, and prisoners ; Sixty five Pieces of Artillery, and Sev'enteen Battalions of German Infantry, with all their Staff and Generals, which came over en masse during ;lie action. The armies remained upon the ground on which they had so bravely conquered, this night. The Prince Royal had his bivouac at Paunsdorff; General Blu cher's remained at Wineries, and the Emperor's and the King's at Roda. About the close of the day, it was understood the enemy wet. retiring by Wissenfels and Naumberg ; General Blucher received an order from the King of Prussia, to detach in that direction. The movement of the Prince. Royal's army completely excluded the retreat on Wittenberg, that upon Erfurt has long since been lost to them ; the line of the Saale alone remains, and as their flanks and rear will be operated upon during their march, it is difficult to say with what portion of their army they may get to the Rhine. - This morning the town of Leipsig was attacked and earned, after a short resistance, by the armies of General Blucher, the Prince Royal, and General Bennigsen, and the grand army, Marshals Marmont and Macdonald commanded in the town ; these, with Marshals Augereau• and Victor, narrowly escaped, eith a small escort. Their Majesties the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia, and the Crown Prince of Sweden, each heading their respective troops, entered the town at different points, and met in the Great Square.— The acclamations and rejoicings of the people are not to be described. The multiplicity of brilliant achievements, the im possibility of doing justice to the firmness that has j been displayed, the boldness of the conception of the Commander-in-Chief, Field-Marshal the Prince Schwartpenbprg, and of the other experienced leaders; together with the shortness of the time allowed me ' for making qp this dispatch, will plead, I hope, a sufficient excuse for my not sending a more accurate ' or perfect detail, which hope, however, to do here 7 after.-p 4 send this dispatch by my Aide de camp, Mr• James, who has bees distinguished far his sefv.... since he has - been with this army $ he has also tr. : with me in all the late events, and will be able ;4 gin your Lordship all farther particulars. I have the honour to be, ace. (Signed) CoAut.r.s STCW , Lieutenant. Genet .11. 1 1 . S. Ott the field of battle, this day, au Otii.r arrived from Genera/ Tetteaborn, briaging the formation of the surrendess . of Bremen to the cori. under his orders, and the keys of the town, were presented by the Prince Royal to tie Ereperc; of Russia. • S» s• THE EVENING STA*. Lt) N DON, • inin• 4' . *4: • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, Mfik_ lump fiNoto.--Fluliday it the Eschews. ihrA *t Indio so 4 boot-Sea Houses... r r . .• • • t. Yesterday we had the ho,nourAbla Wawa mamas - nicaung to our Readers a faithfaa abstract of Ile glorious dispatches from Saxony. To-deT we give Sir CHARLES STEWART'S accurate and anintatitti *- tails at full length. Accofding to Sir Cas4ll4ne OTEWAIIT'S expectation, and we mar now regal 4 bit predictions as having bee oracular, Bon/Amato clung to the last moment an the Banks of Ote he staid, in Ent, until it was too late to gain auk advantage by manccuvringi and nothing remelt:cc, but the dreadful alternative of cultiag his way through the bodies of his opponents,. With this view he moved towards Leipsic. 4tul concentrated army around it : the October seems to Ibirt: been preFoncerted between him and Nty, as the day upon which the gr t u4 attempt was to be wiarle—to annihilate the Allied Army was out of the . question ; but there was a chance left of the personal escape of the Imperial Coward ; and we fear that at an espenc which we shedder to enumerate, the object bai bees attained. The French were the assailants on -the first day's engagement —Nay attacked Bt. ictnot with the ut most desperation to the Northward of Leipslc, and BONAPARTE in person at the Came moment attacked the Allied Army, under Prince Scanvakianantan, t:. the Southward, The Allies were vict(Nriotis on4sotle occasions. BLUCHER totally defe.oted 'ter;tt~ith itar ateme loss. Munav had been sent forward frosts Lr irsic with the rise of the French cavalry to clear the way for BONAPARTE and those attached to ilitrrt n..ito a certain extent he stueserled—and but for tbe opportune coming up of Bextraosats and Ipisres ervcs the tyrant would have carried off the greater, part of his army on that day. He was, however, driven Wok upon Leipsic.. Upon the 18th, after the inter v 4,1 of a day spent in gloomy silence, the grand Allied Arntia› baying completed their movements, boldly soova4 forward and became in turn the auailapts. They carried all before them —*be beech lcir.spirerid* &woo men, and at least 40P piecit of cnttoP...- Again the miscreant was driven into Leipslc—Do give occasion for fresh triumphs to his enemies, and to experience new disgrace. At nine o'clock in the morning of the 19th, terri fied at the approach of the Allies, the Cares mounted his horse and fled towards Weissenfels, surrounded by his Imperial Guards. Of the events of his jour, ney, we have as yet no account: but we may mi mic to assert, that his escort was diminished one hal before be had travelled the thirty miles between Lap sic and Weissenfels, where, if we are to believed* French papers, he arrived on the nigbt of tits Hake.. On the day just mentioned, one of the slavdear scenes which ever occurred in the annals of Ma& kind was witnessed by the inhabitants of Leipslc. In a few hours after the disgraceful tlight of Quit oppressor,' their deliverers were seen entering the great square of the City, amid the joyful acclaim. tions of thousands of exulting spectators deli aerials. Irgemiaant plau t a Tyrii,Treempleseiesster. It must have been a scene fit only for . the P*v Painter to describe. . Of the events subsequent to the 19th, a; wp hays already mentioned, we have no details, but we ma now fairly anticipate that they will be of a still aware glorious description. Last year, precisely at this pe riod, we bargained for the total destruction of the French army in Russia before Christnias--our ntit cipatiot)s were fulfilled to the 4 , very !enc." Today we venture to predict, that if 1141,41 1 4 4 Tig escapes across the Rhine, he will not carry with him £OOO men, or as many horses able to stand upon their legs. And how changed we may add will be his appear• ance at the barriers of Paris, in December, 1815, from what it was at the same period last year with the Twenty ninth Bulletin, ready prepared in his pocket. He then declared, and his assertion was believed by the people of Prance, and by his admirers in this country, that it was the Elements of Nature and the frightful climate of Russia which had destroy;d hi army, A clamour was immediately raised in this country, both in and out of Parliament, for rropo<ak of Peace to be made to BONAPARTE. the mono• tonous notes of these Guinea fowls—the growling' of these pusillanimous spirits had been listened to —lf Ministers bad not displayed that stubborn a l persevering but noble and magnanimous spirit, which ;lone is capable of bearing up against these vicissi• tudes of fortune which, a war like the present must inevitably bring—if they had not been at once adver, i nrotp and pro vidept r -circumTect and dying-0 ij PaTS Run have snot 1 'II ire I rule of bi le c ivlais) of id Whi spok W Lt C • rov ien ;, hic ult I ort orn he e enr A ct• . . 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