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II M' ' - BULLATINB OF TIM CROWN PRINCE. FOURTH StrI.LETIN. " POTIDAJd. AVGITST el. I 46 It announces the position of the Crown . Prince's army from Potsdam to Tfebbin and Belitz—that the Ur any had under Oudinot twenty thousand men at Luckenvalde. Some affairs of advanced posts had *ken place. ig General Walmoden reports, that two battalions of Lutzow had been attacked near Lauaburgh, on the 11th and 12th, by six battalians, but they had been repulsed." FIFTH BULLETIN. •• Ituritsposrr, Noow, Aua. 24. II All the reports of the secret agents having an nounced.on the evening of the •21st Augtist, that the Emperor Napoleon was concentrating the corps of the Dukes of Reggio and 13elluno, and Padua, and of Generals Bertrand and Regnier, forming more than eighty thousand men, in the environs of Barenth, and every thing announced on the part of his troops a rapid march upon Berlin, the Prince Royil made the following dispositions : •u The third Prussian corps, commanded by Bulow, placed two divisions between Hernersdorf and. Klein Berin. One division already occupied Mittenwalde, and another Trebbin, in order to mask the whole movement. The 4th Prussian corps under Tauen vein united at Blankenfelde. The Swedish army left Potsdam on the 22d, at two A.M. proceeded upon Saarmund, passed the defiles and took post at Ruhls. dorff. The Russian army followed the Swedish army, and took post at Gutergatze. 4. *eneral Czernicheff guarded Beletz and Trean- borteen, with three thousand Cossacks and a brigade of light infantry. " The secret agents announced that - the Emperor Napoleon was to pass by Luckau to proceed to Ba. reach. Gen. Czernicheff executed his orders with his usual intelligence, and carried alarm and uneasiness to the tear of the enemy's columns. General Hinchfeldt, who had received orders to pmceed from the nvirons of Magdeburgh to Bran d. nburgh and Potsdam, and from Potsdam to. Saar mund, made a rapid movement of five Swedish miles in-ten hours. Affairs were in this state when the enemy at-1 tacked General Thumen at Trebbin, on the 22d, in I the morning. Their superiority determined the Ge-' neral to evacuate that post. The enemy advanced I successively, and occupied all the interval between Mittenwald and the Saare, covered by woods and Banked by marshes. The advanced posts fell back slowly, and covered the front of the line. On the 25d, in the morning, the corps of General Bertrand debouLhed upon General Tauenzien. The latter re. pulsed him and made some prisoners. 64- The village of Gross Beren, against which the 7th French corps, and a strong reserve, was directed, was taken by him. The Duke of Reggio's corps proceeded upon Ahrendorff. By the occupation of Gross Beren the enemy was at one thousand toises from the centre of the camp. General Bulow re ceived orders to attack it; he executed it with the decision of a skilful General. The troops marched with the calmness that distinguished the soldiers of the Great Frederick in the seven years' war. The cannonade was warm for some hours. The troops advanced under the protection of the artillery, and fell with the bayonet upon the 7th corps, which had deployed in the plain, and Which marched boldly upon the camp. There were several charges of cavalry against the corps of the Duke of Padua, which do great honour to the Prussian General Oppen. The Russian and Swedish army were inbattle, and waited the deploying of the other enemy's corps to attack them at the same time. General Winzingerode was at the head of ten thousand horse, and the Count de Woronzow at the head of the Russian infantry. Mar shal Count S!edengher in front of the Swedish line, and his cavalry in reserve. 66 The village of Ruhlsdorff, situated in front of his corps, was furnished with infantry, in order to keep open tie communication with General Bulow. The other ccrrs of the enemy's army not having de bombed from the woods, the Russian and Swedish army did nil. stir. , 4 However, the enemy menacing the village Rultls.tcrff, and having already pushed his tirailleurs aga'nst the I.ght Swedish troops placed in front of tha. village, the Prince ordored some battalions, sup- For ed by artillery, to reinforce the advanced, posts, and Colonel Cal deli was directed to push on with a battalion of flying artillery to take the enemy in front. Hitherto ti.e results of the affair of Gross Ekren, are twenty-six cannon, thirty caissons, and much bag gage, andone thousand five hundred prisoners, among whom are . forty Officers, the Colonel of the Uhlans of the Saxon Guard, and several Lieutenant Colonels and French Majors. a The number of killed and wounded of the enemy is very considerable, and the woods are filled with stragglers, whom the light cavalry are bringing in every moment. 4 , The enemy are retired beyond Trebbin, which is already' occupied by two regiments of Cossacks. Generals Bulow, Tauenzein, and O'Rourke, are ja i pursuit of the enemy, as well as the whole light Rue. *lan cavAry. a The Prince Royal found among the prisoners Officers and soldiers who had served under his orders, and who shed tears of joy at main their osd Ge. ntral again." FRENCH PAPERS. centre s and dispersed them. They g by the Chief of Division Gnillermie. PARIS, SEPTEMBER S. Her Majesty the Empress Queen add Regent, on her return from her voyage to Cherbnerg; today alighted at the Palace of St. Cloud, at one teckock in the morning. At noon the cannon announced 'her arrival in the capital. Her Majesty the Empress Queen - and Regent has rwiived the following intelligence from the'Aony, dated the 26th August : 64 The enemies denounced the armistice on the 11th, at noon, and stated that hostilities would com mence on the 17th, at midnight. • 46 At the same time, a note from Count Metter nich, Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, addressed to Count de Narbonne, gave him to understand Aus tria's having declared war against France. 44 On the 17th, the dispositions of the two armies were as follow : 46 The 4th, 12th, and 7th corps, undei the orders^ of the Duke of Reggio, were at Dahme. 46 Prince Eckmuhl with his corps, to which the Danes were joined, encamped before Hamburgh, his head-quarters being at Bergendorf. 66 The 3d corps was at Leignitz, under the Prince of Mosl:wh's orders. "The sth corps was at Goldsberg, under General Lauriston's orders. 46 The 11th corps was at Loewenberg, under the Duke of Tarente. •6 The 6th corps, commanded by the Duke of Ra-, gusa, was :it Bunzlau. 66 The Bth corps, under Prince Poniatowskii was . at Zettau. " Marshal St. Cyr was with the 14th corps, the left leaning upon the Elbe, to the camp at Kcenigs tein, on both sides the great road from Prague to Dresden, pushing corps of observation to the debou ches from Mauenberg. 46 The Ist corps had arrived at Dresden, and the 2d at Zettau. • " Dresden, Torgau, Wittenberg, Magdeburg, and Hamburgh, had each their garrison, and were armed and provisioned. " The enemy's army was, as far as could be as certained, m the following position: M On the 18th the Duke of Tarente gave orders to General Zueetic 'to take the small town of Lahn ; he marched there with an Italtan brigade; he bravely executed his order, and caused the enemy a loss of upwards of 500 men. General Zueetic is an officer of distinguished merit. The Italian troops attacked the Russians, who were superior in number, with the bayonet. “ On the 19th instant,, the enemy encamped at Zobteu , a corps of 12,000 Russians passed the Bo ber, and attacked the post of Liebeniekes, which was , defended by three light companies. ▪ General Lauriston caused a part of his corps to take to arms, left Loewenberg, marched to the ene my, and drove him into the Bober. The brigade of ,General Lafette, of the division of Rochambeau, has distinguished itself. •Meanwhile the Emperor arrived on the 20th at ,Lanbau, and at break of day on the 21*, he was at Loewenberg; and caused bridges to be thrown across the Bober. General Lauriston's corps crossed the river at noon. General Maison, with his accustomed ealour, beat down every thing that endeavoured to I oppose his passage, -tarried all the positioni, and drew the enemy fighting near to Goldsberg. He was supported by the sth and 11th corps. On his left the Prince of Moskwa Caused General Saken to be attacked by the third corps, in front of Brunalaw s overthrew them, put them to rout, and tcuic some prisoners. a , The enemy put himself in retreat. w An engage ment took place before Goldsberg on the 23d Au. gust.- General Lauriston was there at the head of the sth and 11th corps. He had before him the Russians, who covered the position of Flensberg, and the Prus .sians, who extended themselves to the right on the road to Leigoitz. At the moment when Gen Gerard debouched to the left on Niederau, a column of 25,000 Prussians appeared at this point. He caused them to be attacked in the middle of the bar racks of the old camp, which were forced at all parts; the Prussians essayed to make several charges of ca. valry, which were repulsed every where; they were driven from their positions, and left near 5000 dead on the field of battle, besides some prisoners, On the right Flensberg was taken and retaketi IQh, . see. 66 Eighty thousand Russians and Prussians entered, ral t , mes 7 at length the 185th regiment threw itself on the morning of the 10th, Bohemia, and were, on on the enemy, and entirely overthrew him. The the 21st, to arrive on the Elbe. That army was enemy has lost at this point 1000 dead and 4000 commanded by the Emperor Alexander and the.! wounded. The allied army retired in disorder, and King of Prussia, the Russian Generals Barclay de • in great haste towards jauer. The enemy being thus Tally, Wittgenstein, and Miloradowitsch, and the defeated in Silesia, the Emperor' took with him tht Prussian General Kleist. The Russian and Pros. Prince of Moskwa, left the command of the army is sian Guards formed a part of it, which, joined to Prince Schwartzenbourg's army, formed the Grand Silesia is tfie Duke of Terence, and arrived on the Army, and a force of 200,000 men. This army was 25th at Stotpen. The old and young guards, infan to act on the left bank of the Elbe, by passing that try, cavalry and artillery, performed these 40 leagues river in Bohemia. in four days." The Silesian army, commanded by the Prussian Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has Generals Blucher and York, and the Russian Gene. ; received the follow ing intelligence from the army, I dated 28th August : rals Sacken and Langeron, appeared to collect upon aon the , . . . . . . Mtn, at eight in the morning, the Breslaw ; it was 100,000 men strong. Em peror entered Dresden. The grand Russian, Prus , gg Several Prussian and Swedish corps, and the in. .Sian, and Austrian army, commanded by the Sone I sunectionel corps, covered Berlin, and were opposite I reigns, was before it ; it crowned all the )ills which Hamburgh and the Duke of Reggio. The force of surround Dresden, at the distance of a short league the army which covered Berlin is estimated at one i upon the left bank. Marshal St. Cyr, with the 14th :.undyed and ten thousand men. ) corps, and the garrison of Dresden, occupied the en- . " All the enemy's operations were made under the trenched camp, and lined with sharpshooters the for- . idea that the Emperor would repass to the left bank :, tifications which surrounded the suburbs. AU was of the Elbe. ! tranquil at noon, but to the skilful eye, this calm " The Imperial Guard left Dresden, marched on was the precursor of a storm ; an attack appeared the 15th to Bautzen, and on the 18th to Goerlitz. I imminent. "On the 19th the Emperor went to Zittau, andi 66 At four in th e afternoon, at the signal of the . instantly ordered Prince Poniatowski's corps to ! firing of three cannons, six enemy's columns, each ; march, forced the debouches of. Bohemia, passed the I preceded by 50 pieces of artillery, formed, and a few., great chain of mountains which separate from Bohe. moments atter descended into the plain ; they march- mia to Lusace, and entered Gabel, whilst Generals ed towards the redoubts. In less than a quarter of an ~ Lefevre and Disnouettes, with a division of infantry hour the tire became terrible. The fire of a re d ou b t being silenced, the assailants turned it, and m a d e and cavalry of the Guard, obtained possess'on of Rumbourg, cleared the neck of the mountains at efforts at the foot of the fortifications of the sub ur b s , Georgenthal, and the Polish General Reminski took wher e A rod number met death. Friedland and Reichenburg. . 44 It was near five o'clock, a part of the reserves of the 4th corps was engaged. Some shells fell in the « This operation WAS intended to disturb the ene my at Prague, and acquire certain ii.formation re- town—the moment appeared pressing. The Emperor specting their designs. We there learned what our i ordered the King of Naples to march with General spies had already informed us, that the Elite of the . Latour Mauburg's cavalry upon the enemy's right Russian and Prussian army were traversing Bohemia, flank, and the Du ke of Treviso to march against the left and uniting upon the left bank of the Elbe. I flank. The four divisions of the Young Guard, corn " Our light troops pushed to within 16 leagues of i manded by Generals Dinnoutier, Barroe, Decouz and Prague. ' Roquet, then debouched, two by the gate of Pirna, " The Emperor was at Zittau, on his return from and two by the gate of Plauen. The Prince of Bohemia on the 20th, at ten o'clock in the morning. Moskwa debouched at the head of Barroe's division. He left the Duke of Belluno with the second corps at Those divisons overthrew every thing before them ; Zi:taii, tO stteagthen the corps of Prince Poniatow- the fire immediately got to a distance from the centre ski. He placed General Vandamme, with the first to the circumference, and was soon driven back upon corps at Rumbourg, to support Generals Lefevre the hills. The field of battle remained covered with and Desnouettes ; these two Generals occupying the dead, cannon, and wrecks. point in force, caused redoubts to be thrown up on 44 General Dumoutier is wounded, as are likewise the height which commanded the point. The Em- Generals Boyeldieu, Tyndal, and Combelles. The peror took the road to Laubau; in Silesia, where he officer of artiUery, Beranger, is mortally wounded ; arrived on the 28th, before seven Velock in the even-' he was a young man of great hopes. General Gros, ing. The enemy's army in Silesiti had violated the of the Guards, was the first to throw himself into the neutrality, and passed through the neutral territory ditch of a redoubt, where the enemy's sappers were since the 12th. They had, on the 15th, insulted all already at work ; in cutting down the palisades he our advanced posts, and carried off some ridettes. received a bayonet wound. 44 On the 16th, a Russian corps iliced itself be. " The night became dark and the fire ceased, the 1 tween tbe Bober and the post of Speller, occupied by enemy haying failed in his attack, and left upward; 200 men of the division of Charpentiere. These of 2000 prisoners on the field of battle, which was co brave men, who were reposing themselves on the faith vered Ishii dead and wounded. • of treaties, flew to arms, passed through the enemy's "On the 27th the weather was dreadful, and the 1 rain fell in torrents. The soldier: had passed the night in mud and water. At nine o'clock in the morning we could plainly perceive the enemy, lengthening his left, and covering the heights which were separated from hiteantre by the valley of Plauen. 4 The King of Naples departed with the corps of the Duk; of Belluno and the division of cuirassiers, and deboncbed on the road of Freyberg to attack this left wing. He performed it with the greatest success. The six divisions which composed this wing wire broken and scattered. The half a them, with their co: lours and cannon, were made prisoners, and amongst the number are several Generals. it In the centre a brisk cannonade fixed the enemy's attention, and some columns chewed themselves ready to attack him on his left. " The Duke of Treviso, with General Nantsoutr. mancenvred in the plain, with his left to the ricer and his right to the heights. 44 Marshal St. Cyr's corps joined our left with the centre, which was formed ci the Duke of Ragusa's corps. At about two o'clock in the afternoon the enemy deckled on baking his retreat—he had lost his grand comannicatiott with Bohemia on his left and right wings. . 6 The result of this day is twenty-five to thirty thousand prisoners, forty pair of colours, and sixty pieces of artillery. We may reckon that the enemy has lost sixty thousand men our loss in killed, wounded and taken, amounts to four thousand men. " The cavalry has covered itself with glory. The Etat-Major of the cavalry will publish the details, and mention those uho have distinguished themselves. The young guards have merited the praises of the whole army. The old guards had two battalions en. gaged, its other battalions weve kept in reserve in the village, to be at disposal. The two battalions which ware engaged beat down every thing before them. " The city of Dresdin ran great risks of danger. " The conduct of the inhabitants has been such as we should expect from an allied people. The King of Saxony and his family remained at Dresden, and have shewn the example of confidence." Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent hal received the following intelligence from the Army, dated the 80th August: " On the 28th, 29th, and SOth, we followed up our success ; Generals Canis, Doumere, and d'Oudi. narde, of General Latour Mauberg's corps, have taken 1000 caissons, or waggons, of ammunition, and col ; lected many prisoners. The ♦illages are full of the enemy's wounded; we already reckon 10,000 of them.. " The enemy, according to the report of prisoners. hacreight Generals killed or wounded. " The Duke of Ragusa has had several affairs of advanced posts, which attest the intrepidity of his troops. General Vandamme, commanding the Ist corps, on the 25th debonched by Koenigstein, and on the 26th took' possession of the camp at Pirna, of the town, and of Hoendorf. He intercepted the grand communication from Prague to Dresden. The Duke of Wirtemberg, with 15,000 Russians, was charged with obberving the debouche. On the 28th, General Vandamme attacked and defeated him, took 2000 prisoners; six pieces of cannon, and drove him into Bohemia. The Prince of Reuss, General of Brigade, an officer of merle, was killed. " On the 29th, General Vandamme took a position upon the heights of Bohemia, and established himself there. He caused the country to - be scoured by diffe rent parties of light troops, to obtain intelligence of the enemy, annoy him, and seize upon hi. magazines. The Prince of Eckmuhl Was, on the 2.4 th, at Schwerin. He had had no affair of consequence.—. The Danes had distinguished themselves in several trifling affairs.—The opening of the campaign has been most brilliant, and allows us to form great hopes. The quality of our infantry is much superior to that of the enemy." PARIS. SEPTEMBER S. We have this instant received the 'following letter from Dresden ; • " returnee give you the particulars, but our suc cesses aitonish ourselves. Almost without loss, we have distlozed, or nearly so, the forisidabk Austrian army; I believe that we have already brought into Dresden bet Ween SO and 40,000 Austrian prisoners; we are in pursuit of the vanquished, and I trust that they will not be let off so." According to private letters from Dresden, dated the 29th, in the evening, the result of the affairs which have taken place since the 26th August, is 50,000 men killed or taken prisoners, besides which, a great number of cannons and colours -have been taken. There is talk of a train of 300 carriages of artillery taken by us on the road to Freyberg. It is said, that the two roads by which the enemy inclined upon Dresden, that of Freyberg and that of Peterswalde, have been cut off by the fine manoeuvres ordered by the vivacity and genius of his Majesty.— The enemy has now, in order to return into Bohemia, only very difficult roads, in which they must suffer considerable losses of every kind. The enemy's re treat resembles a flight. Letters from Hamburgh, which have just arrived, announce some new successes gained by the Prince of Eck muhl on the side of Rostock. PARIS, SEPTEMBER £ . • We continue to receive the details of the prodigious successes of the French army. As the letters ale written by different persons ) it would be impossible