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the Guidry, had his thigh carried off by a ball. Our loss on this' day has been 2500 men, killed and woended,, tt will not be Ceaggera ting to estimate - that of the enemy at 2.5 1 000 men. •One cannot too wish eulogise General Lauriston and Piince Ponta ! towski's good conduct dosing this day. To give the , latter a proof of. his satisfaction, the Emperor ap rioted him, on the field of battle, a French Marshal, and granted a great lumber of decorations to the re- , giments of hit corps. . , General riertraed we; at the same time attacked in the village of Liedenau, by generals Giulay, Thiel man, and Lichtenstein. They deployed from diffe rent parts about fifty pieces of cannon: he combat lasted six hours, without the enemy's being • able to gain an-inch of ground. At five in the evening, Ge neral Strtiand decided the victory by Makinza charge , with his reserve, and not dnly.rendered 'lain the ene my's designs, who rusisa to seize upon' the bridges of Lindeaau and the latiurbs of Leipsic, but even constrained him to evacuate the field of battle. ' Upon ibelight of the Pantie, a league from Leip "sit, and nearly fotir leagues from the field of battle, where the Emperor was, the Duke of Ragusa was • engaged. By one of those fatal circumstances, which often have:an. influence over tlw most important af-i tairs, the Sicorps, which was to support the Duke of Ragusa, hearing nothing on that side at ten in the morning, and on the contrary, hearing a terrible can " mcmade on that side where the Emperor was, thought • proper to march thither, and thus lost the day in =arches. _ _ 44 The Duke of Ragusa, abandoned to his own forces, defended Leipcic, and maintained his position . daring the day, but he suffered losses which were not . compensated by those he inflicted upon the enemy, • however great they were. Some battalions of marine srtillerymen conducted themselves but indifferently. Generals Co/vans and Frederich were wounded.— In the evening the Duke of Ragusa, himself slightly wounded, was obliged to contract his position upon the Partha. He was obliged to abandon in this movement several dismounted cannon and several waggons." Her Majesty the - Esteems has received the follow ing intelligence respecting the situation of the armies on the 24th October, 1813: 44 The battle of lfachaet disconcerted all the ene my's projects ; hot his army was so numerous that Ire had still resources. He hastily called in, daring the night, fhe corps which he had left upon his line qf operations, and the divisions which. emained upon he Seale, apd he pressed the march of General Ben who was coming up with to,obo men. After the movements in retreat, which he made on the`l6th in the evening and during the night, the enemy occupied a fine position two leagues in the rear. It was requisite to employ the 17th in Neon twitting, and. fully determining upon the print of attack. That day was, besides, necessary to allow the parks of reserve to arrive, and replace the 80,000 ,cannon balls which had been expended in the battle. —The enemy had therefore time to re-assemble his troops which he had scattered, when he delivered himself up to his chimerical projects, and to receive the reinforcements which he expected. 44 Haying received information of the arrkal of these reinforcements, and knowing that the position of the ene:nr was very strong, the Emperor resolved to draw them vpon another ground. The 16th at two o'clock in the morning, he approached Leipsic within two leagues, and formed his army with the right at Connewitz, his centre at Probstheyde, and the left at Stoetteritz ; placing him self at the mill of Ta. " The Prince of the Moskwa, en his part, had placed his troops in front of the army of Silesia, on the Partha.; the 6th corps at Schoenfeld, and the 3d and 7th along the Partha, at Neutsch and at Teeth. —The Duke of Padua, with General Dombrowski, guarded the position and the suburbs of Leipsic, on the road of Halle. 46 At three o'clock in the morning the Emperor was at the village of Lindenau, and ordered General Bertrand to inarch on Lutzen and Weissenfels, to sweep the plain, and secure the debouches of the Saale and the line of commupication with Erfurt.— The light troops of the enemy dispersed, and at noon General Bertrand was master of Weissenfels and the bridge on the Saale. . 66 Baying thus secured his communications, the Emperor waited the approach of the enemy with snunesp. At nine o'clock the scouts announced that they were matching on all the line. At ten o'clock the cannonade commenced. Prince Poniatosyski and General J. defended the bridge of Connewitz ; the King of Naples, with the 2d oorps, was at Probs theyde • and the Duke of Tarentusn at Holzhausen. IAII the efforts of the enemy, during the day, against fonnewitz and Probstheyde, failed. The Duke of Tarentum was outflanked at Holzhausen. The Em. peror ordered him to take a position at the village of Stoetteritz . ; the cannonade was terrible. The Duke of Castiglione, who defended a wood in the centre, maintained himself there the whole of the day. The old guard was drawn up in reserve, on a rising ground, in tour massy columns, directed towards the bur principal points of attack. "'The Duke of Reggio was sent to support Prince 7oniatowski, and the Duke of Treviso to guard the Oct), uches of the city of Leipsic. 66 'the principal success of the battle was at the -village of Probstheyde :—the enemy attacked it four times inconsiderable force, and four times they were repulsed with great loss. " At five o'clock in the - evening ihe'Emperor , oansed the artillery of reserve to advance, and drove back the fire of the enemy, who withdrew to the dis tance of a league from the field, of battle. " In the mean time, the army of Silesia attacked tl:e suburb of Halle. All its attacks, repeated a number of times dus-ing the day, failed. It attempt ed, with the greater part of its force, to pass the .Par iha at Schoenfeld and Saint Teckla. Thrice it sux tecsle-41 in gaining a footing on the left bank, and thrive the Prince of the Moskwa repulsed and over threw it at the . point of the baycnet. 44 At ths:ee o'clock p. m. the victory was ours, as well on .this side against the army of Silesia, as on the side of the Emperor against the grand a rm y.— put at this instant tthe ,Saxon army, infantry, cavalry *nd artillery, and the Wirtemberg cavalry, passed over in a body to the enemy. •Of the Saxon army there remained only General Zeschaw, the Comtnan der in Chief, and 500 men. 'This act of treason not \ only caused a vacancy in our lines, bat also delivered The Duke ofTareatum swam atom the river $ Count up to the enemy the important debauch* itooAded to lattwision, less fortunate, was drowned ;--Prince the Saxon army, who tarried their balmy so far as Po n iatowski , mounted on amirited hone, darted into i instantly to turn their 40 pieces of cannon agajnit the . du - water, and appeared no more. The Emperor was division of Duran. A moment of dismally succeeded 1 itot entwined of this disaster until it was too late to —the enemy pasted the Partha, and marchtsi ups; 1 remedy it. In fact s no remedy would have ban pose Reidaitz, which they occupied; they were now lime *ibis. Colonel Montfort, and the Corporal of Sap , re only half a league from Leipsic. . pas, have been handed over to a Court Martial. , . _," The Empe r or sent his horse pare, 'erillinaella alt is impossible as yet to ascertain the losses oc ed by General Nansouty, with 20 pieces of artaleryi stationed by this unfortunate event, but they are esti -to take in flank the troops that were advancing . along I, mated at 12,000 men, and several hundred waggons. the Partha to attack Leipsic. He proceeded in per. I The disorder which it has occasioned in the army son with a division of die guards to the village of has changed the state of affairs. The French army, acidnit;, The promptitude of these movements re- though victorious, is arrived at Erfurt, as a defeated stored order. The village was retaken. and the ene. army would have arrived there. It is impossible to my driven to - a great distance. The field of battle describe the regret which the army feels for Prince remained entirely in our power, and the French army Poniatowski, Count Lauriston, aid all the brave men remained victorious in the fields of Leipsic, as they who perished in consequence of dale fatal event. We had is those of Wachau. have no accounts of General kegnier ; it is not known aAt nightfall the fire of our cannon had, at all whether he is taken or killed. The profound grief of points, repulsed that of the enemy to the distance of the Emperor may be easily conceived, who sees from a league from the field of battle. l'he Generals of inattention to his wise dispositions the results of so Division Vial and Rochambeau fell gloriously. many fatigues and labours completely vanishing ! 46 Our loss on this day may be estimated at 4000 "On the 19th the Emperor slept at Markran men killed and wounded ; that of the enemy must staedt ; the Duke of Reggio remained at Lindenau. have been considerable in the extreme. They - took On the 20th the Emperor passed the Seale at Weis. no prisoners from us, and we took from them five adds. On the 81st the army placed the Unstrut, hundred men. at Freyberg ; General Bertrand took a position upon 44 At six in the evening, the Emperor ordered his the heights of Coesen. On the 22d the Emperor slept dispositions for the following day. But, at seven at the village of 011endorf. On the 23d he arrived o'clock, Generals Sorbier and Dalauloy, command- at Erfurt. The enemy, who had been struck with ing the artillery of the army and of the guards, came consternation by the battles of the 16th and 18th, has, to his bivouac to inform him of the expenditure of the from the disaster of the 19th, resumed the courage day ; 95,000 cannon balls had been fired. They in- and ascendancy of victory. The French army, after formed him that the ammunition - in reserve was ex. such brilliant successes, has lost its victorious attitude. hausted, and that there remained only 16,000 cannon We have found at Erfurt provisions, ammunition, balk; that this would scarcely suffice for a cannonade clothing, all that the army stood in need of. The of two hours, after which no ammunition would re- staff will publish the reports of the different Chiefs of main for ulterior events ; that the army had in five the army, as to the officers who distinguished them days fired upwards of 220,000 cannon balls, and that selves in the grand battles of Wachau and Leipsic." a further supply could only be furnished at Magde- FRANKFORT, OCTOBER 25. I burgh or Erfurt. This state of things rendered ne- We to-day expect 10,000 French troops coming' cessary a prompt movement upon one of our two from Cassel. Yesterday a courier arrived from the largest depots. The Emperor decided for that of Er- army ; he was dispatched from Vacha, where the fun, for the same reason which induced him to come E mperor 's head-quarters then were. Vacha is two to Leipsic, to enable him to appreciate the defection miles from Eisenach, upon the road to Fulda. of Bavaria. According to all reports which arrive from the a The Emperor immediately gave orders that the theatre of war, the loss of the enemy in the days of baggage, the parks, and the artillery, should pass the the 17th and 18th inst. was extreme. We leant that defiles of Lindenau; he gave similar orders with re. the Austrian General of Cavalry, the Prince .nf Hesse spect to the cavalry, and - the different corps of the Homburg, was killed, and Prince Charles of Meek army, and then repaired to the Prussian Hotel. in l en b urgh dangerous l y wounded. • • the suburbs of Leipsic, where he arrived at nine • o'clock in the evening. This circumstance obliged . -FRANKFORT, OCTOBER 29. the French army to renounce the fruits of the two We learn that the headquarters of the Grand Army victories in which they bad, with so much glory, were on the 26th at Eisenach, 15 leagues from furth. We are assured that General Count Lauri armies Er beaten troops greatly superior is numbers, and the 'tol of the whole Continent. But this movement n, who was believed to have been drowned, did was not without difficulty. From Leipsic to Linde. not perish ; and that Prince Poniatowski was equally nau there is a defile of two leagues, with from five to fartunate• six bridges on the road. It was proposed to place Another letter of the same date says, according to 6000 men and 60 pieces of eannon in Leipsic, which the last accounts from the army, the Emperor's head ,is a walled town ;to occupy that town as a tete de quarters were on the 26 th at Fulda. His Majesty rn defile, to bunt its vast suburbs, in order to prevent was very well. Troops arrive night and day in our the enemy from effecting a lodgment therein, totta, and every thing announces the approach of and to give full scope for our artillery on the ramparts to the arm y . The Emperor is expected every moment. play. However odious the treason of the Saxon army Generals Compans, Boyeldieu, Marchand, and Fres was, the Emperor could not resolve to destroy one of sinet arrived yesterday. . . the finest cities in Germany ;to deliver it up to the We learn, that after the battles of the 18th and disorders of every kind inseparable from suck a de. 19th, the enemy's army having suffered considerably, recalled to it the Austrian divisions which had been fence ; and that too under the eyes of the King, who had been pleased to accompany the Emperor from placed under the command of General Wrede, so Dtesden, and who was so sensibly afflicted by the that the latter has only the Bavarian corps. . conduct of his army. The Emperor chose rather to MAYEjCE, OCTOBER. 21. expose himself to the loss of a few hundred waggons, The head-quartet's of the Grand Army were, on than to adopt this barbarous measure. the 26th, at Eisenach. This town is situated on the o At break of day all the parks, the baggage, the Nesse, in Thuringia, IS leagues from Erfurt. whole of the artillery, the cavalry, the guards, and MILAN, OCTOBER *2. two-thirds of the army, had already passed the de- The head-quarters are still at Gradisca. The file. The Duke of Tarentuni and Prince Poniatow- troops occupy the same positions. The enemy's ski were charged to hold the suburbs, and to defend deserters from different regiments, who arrive at our them long enough to allow the whole to debouche, advanced posts, say that their army suffers much from and then to execute, themselves, the passage of the bad weather, the difficulty of the roads, and the scar defile towards eleven o'clock. At six o'clock in the city of subsistence. morning, the Magistrates of Leipsic sent a depute- °cruses 26 —The enemy, who had not till the tion to the Prince of Schwartzenberg, to beg that he 14th ceased reinforcing himself in the valley of the would not make the city the scene of an action that Drave, on the 18th made an incursion into the De. would occasion its ruin. partment of the Piave. aAt nine o'clock the Emperor mounted his horse, On the 20th, a column of some thousand men, CQ11126 entered Leipsic, and paid a visit to the King. He manded by General Eckard, entered Belluto. left this Prince at full liberty to do as he pleased, The Prince Viceroy was no sooner informed of and not to quit his dominions, leaving them to be those movements, than he immediately ordered against exposed to that seditious spirit which had been foe the enemy, a column under General Palombini : he mewed amongst the soldiers. A Saxon battalion thought proper, at the same time, to direct upon the had been formed at Dresden, and joined the young same point, General Greniees corps, with orders to guar . ds. The Emperor caused it to be drawn up at act v i gorous l y i n t h at di rect i on. O n t h e 2Sd, t h e Leipsic, in front of the King's Palace, to serve bias Prince had removed his head-quarters to Udine ; and as a guard, and protect him from the first movement on the 24th all his troops were concentrated there. of the enemy. Half an hour alter, the Emperor re. it ought not to be thought extraordinary,if, in or paired to Lindenau, there to await the evacuation of der to support General Grenier's movement, our Leipsic, and to see the last troops pass the bridges other divisions should for the moment approach the before putting himself in match. Tagliamente and the Piave. 44 Meanwhile the enemy was speedily apprised that HAMBURG.H, OCTOBER 24. the greater pan of the army had evacuated Leipsic, Frans the Head-quarters of the Thirtetntl Cam d'eames, and that there remained there only a strong • rear. at Rataelum, October us, ism guard. They aniskly ' attacked the Duke orraren. Marshal Prince of Eckmuhl had ordered the Colo. turn and Prince Poniatowski ; they were repeatedly net of the 30th regiment to make a reconnoissance repulsed ; and in the act of defending the suburbs, upon Luneburg. Lieutenant.Coionel Hels was char; our rear-guard effected its retreat. B - sit the Saxons ged with it. He felt Winsen on the 21st, and march that remained in the city fired upon the troops from v.a• A in such a manner as to arrive at it in the night, the ramparts, which obliged them to accelerate their and surprise the epemy's troops which were in the retreat, and occasioned some disorder. town. He arrived at the gates of Lunenburg at one o The Emperor had ordered the engineer to form in the morning ; the enemy's advanced ports had . loupe-es under the grand bridge which is between given the alarm, and shut the gates. A company of Leipsic and Lindenau, in order to blow it up at the e use aOth, conducted by the Captain of Douaniers, latest moment ; and thus to retard the march of the Lavarideze, succeeded, in surprising a gate. The enemy, and give time for our baggage to file 01E— enemy then endeavoured to save themselves in every General Dalauloy had intrusted this operation to direction : we kialedabout 50 men, made from 15 to Colonel Moatfort. This Colonel, instead of remain- 20 prisoners, one of whom is a Prussian officer, ski itig on the spot to direct it, and to give the signal, w o k so ho rs. 4, ordered a corporal and four sappers to blow up the • BREMEN, OCTOBER 24. bridge the instant the enemy should appear. The A n enemy ' s party, under the orders of the famous Corporal, an ignorant fellow, and •but ill compre. Tetteriborre glided into the rear of the I:3th corps hendine tne nature of the duty with which he was , , s p asms . an d presented itself before Bremen. The charged, upon hearing the first shot discharged from ' death of the French Commandant rendered it neces. the ramparts of the city, set fire to the fougades and ' pay for the gars ton to retire ; and the Cossacks, be. blew up the bride. A part of the army was still* come masters of the town, established the same sys the other side, with a park of 80 pieces of artillery, tern of anarchy of which Haniburgh had been the and some hundreds of waggons. The advance of theatre in the month of March last :—but the inhabi this part of the army, who were approaching the cants of Bremen display the best .spirit, and unani. bridge,' seeing it blow up, conceived it was in the rnously refuse to accept places is ine new administra power of the enemy. A c ry o f di smay sprea d from tion which Tettenburn wished to form. The quac k rank to rank—a Th e enemy are close upon our rear, tr i es o f t hi s pianist% were not of long duration. On and the bridges are destroyed !" a The unfortunate soldi ers di sperse d, a nd endea- the 21st of this month, General Lauberdiere, at the soured to efrect their escape as we ll as theycould.ead h ota - French corps, appeared before die town, and forced the gates of it, wbich had been barricadoed . . . ~ . • by the Cossacks, who saved themselves by thshank,, A and flyin g iu disorder. Tile rapid movement of out troops did not give the enemy time to destroy the great bridge over the Weser. AU the horses having been put in requisition, it is believed General Lau. berdiere is going to pursue the enemy in his Right Our town has suffered nothing. The same evening, lifter the retaking, tho Military and Civil Authorities were collected to a great banquet, at which the) celebrated our happy deliverance, and enthusiasti sally drank to the health of his MajestY the Emperor and 'Sing. We this moment learn that Prince Eckrnul , l'i army has just been reinforced by a new Danish of 8000 men. The Prince's head-quarters a:, Iltatzeburg. At H-amburgh all is tranquil. AUGSBURG, ccrossit The posts from Italy arrive but very irregularly tc us by the Tyrol. It appears from intelligence fror. Inspruck, that there have been 'several affairs in the Pusterthal, and that the Italian troops, though ihie rior in number, have every where shewn the greatest bravery, and opposed the most lively resistance. The Austrians are commanded by General Fenner. MAYENCE, OCTOBEA. es. The Prefect of Mont Tonnere has to-day received the following letter from the Marshal Duke of Vaimy: MONSIEUR i.E Pttwacw-1 beg you to cause the following advice to he inserted in the Mayence Ga. zette, and in both languages c 44 The Marshal Duke of Valmy thanks the good inhabitants of Mayence, for the care they have taken of the sick and wounded, at the time of their evAcua lift, it was impossible to act in it with more huma nity, as women were seen disputing with men to.cany the sick upon litters. The brave inhabitants of lvlayence have at all times distinguished themselves by their devotion, by their good treatmeqt of toners of war, and what they have dose in this lass conjuncture surpasses all eulogium. Receive, my dear Prefect, the new assurance of asy distinguished consideration, and of my attacl.- sant. (Signed) "Tilt RULE ow vaLsci." FR NC}I FUNI)S. Now. 2. /110 price quoted.—Nov. 3. 50 frs, 50 cents. LISBON MAIL. LISBON, OCTOBER 23. ''be Cadiz Papers, to the 16th, have arrived. They mention that the Cortes have left Cadiz for the Ma de Leon, is which place the cirdiaary cartes cele ; - brate4 their first sessions oo the sth. VALENCIA, OCTOBER S. Orders have been — liven for removing the maga zines and hospitals which were in this city, belonging 4o the British army, to Tarragona. We momentarily expect the surrender of Denia, the fort of which has been greztly incommoded of late by our fire. MADRID. OCTOBER is. On the 10th instant two battalions of the Impeepi regiment of Alexander, consisting of more than 1300 met., entered the town of Reinosa. These worthy Spaniards, brought from Russia by the English, dis embarked in Santander on the Sth. The first bor. talion, whose force consists of more than 900 firelocks, previously arrived, and is in Santillana de la Mir, Waiting orders. The Captain Casamandea; of the first has been in the north right years. Many of the soldiers are those who returned five years ago with the Marquis of Romans, and then disembarked like• wise in Santander, were made prisoners by the fret*, and obliged to bear arms against Russia, where they proceeded, and have for the second time returned p Spain. Gin Of AN OPPICIAL MOAT= ?ILO* VIZ PUMP Or THIS gIINEJIAL WAVY 210 TIR CHINZRAL IN CUES 0: THZ ARMY OR IX-121r2 01 ANDALUSIA, RZLATIVX 10 TUX IaLITAAT lIIMITS ON Tit 7m AND 8111 INST. " Head-quarters, Luaca, Oct. C,1.15. ss The Puke of Ciudad Rodrigo, General-in-Chief of the natiOlial armies. is perfectly fatis6eo 114 b 4 1 e brilliant conduct which the army lender your com mend displayed on the days of the 7th and Bth inst. and wishes that this should be made known to the Generals, Chiefs, 9f4cers, and troops who compose it, returning them on his part his most expressive thanks for the skill and valour with which they con ducted themselves on those memorable day& By or ! . der of the said Duke I state this to your Excellency, for your satisfaction, and thug Qf tbe troops of your army. (Signed) s Louts wwPnzt. AZTLY. 41 Head Qtiarten, Coseroo de Vredo, Ott. 10, 101 S. " le I have received the letter of thanks which your Excellency has been pleased to address*? melq order of his Excellency the Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, OR account of the conduct of the troops of the army under my command in the late operations, and Wisest your Excellency will be pleased to assure his Excellency that the greatest satisLiction to which the arms and its chief aspired was, that of fulfilling the wishes of his Excellency, and rneritiag his approbation. Signed) " P. A. °IRON." " To Senor Don L. YoUp . ffen." PROCLAMATION. AVDRESSED RV GENERAL OIRON TO THE FRENCH. " SOLDltah:rbt war in which you are engaged is not now a national war: it is the result of the mad ambition of your Em peror, who wishes to subject all nations. " Spain was in intimate friendship with France; Napoleon wished to cosigner bee; 400,000 warriors remained nte,red in het soli; and you now And yourselves, after so insny.labours, once goon on the other side of the Pyrellnees. " Prussia was almost subjected; the Emperor wished to dr ahoy bar; and 100,000 Prussians are fighting for liberty. Russia, relying upon the good faith of her treaties, your Chief wished to invade ; you lost in a single campaign 300. 000 soldiers, 40,000 horse, and more than 1,000 cannoo; and Rus aia's ilotorloas armies liming saved Poland, brie collected wpm the Elbe, and threaten France herself. See here bow he deersts tke blood which you spill, and laugh. at your valour. ' Soldiers I Europe has determined to be free, and the armies of Napoleon cannot resist her. She fights for the peace and li berty of the world, and Frenchmen should take as much or more Interest as us in the good success of this contest, equally terrible a. necessary. " Soldiers; It is now requisite to put an end to tills war of twenty years, which walk last as long as your Emperor's hasten to concur in this grand work; Spaniards invite you, and will receive you as brothers: every French soldier, as soon as be I presents himself, shall receive his daily ration, and bread; the cavalry stadia; shall likewise be at liberty to sell his horse: yon shall be at liberty to go wherever you wish, or to enter into the foreign corps which are in our pay. " Soldiers I In a just' and national war,. no man of honour would abandon his claws ; but, under existing circumstances, it is better to join the cause of the world, than combat for that of a single man, and contribute to the digrace of your own couutry. Who among you can be actuated by greeter honour, greater v lour, and greater love for France, than Moreau and Bernadotte You know them well, and you know that tbeyfight for our cause ? which is that . t4 justice and glory. Hasten to imitate them: