The National Register. — London, England, 1813-09-26 00:00:00

:y. the llolonese and drazoon regiments, charged columns of infantry in the highast style. General Biebzetscli, and officer of great merit particularly distinguisbed himself; Prince Galitzin in like winter. He was wounded in the attack. Count Osterman, towards the close of the &iv, hail his ;arm carried off by a r anion shot ; the General COM- Minding the ( :iirassiers of it. Geor4e was also woundod. Tae bisportanee of the Iwivery displayed by these troops is ily augmented, when it is considered, that 11a:1 they not held Voir ground tie! colooms of the army and artillery retiring by .I:tenber_ , , which were dilayed by the bad roads, must have In en 2111 1 1 y e'll(1.1114eril. I- I At,ijesty vra: Toplitz when the enemy made their iaphl ailvaiire by Pet. , rswahle, sua-le the most able di-po gill° is to r•-iiitoi re ( ~ iifq ()stermanti, and by his coolness a ,ti txertiiios p e.erveil order and regularity, wideli evcii the mo.nentary ide., of I lie enemy's gutting in the rear is apt to endanger. admirable ron.ltiet of this Sovereign on all occasions is the theme of itniv.-r4d praise. The corps of Count ():terittann lost three tiontsatid she!' in this el ly's ae: ion hors di? combat. Toe Fr- net% loss ma\ he ;eye ra:3l at double. General VanilJnytte's cores suffered immensely. The cavalry of tho Ititssian guard took t ‘io •tisoida - rds and three or tone hundred prisoners. _ e follm‘ett onr rex-1;11:1rd dnrin...! the day, on the ))ipta)•,ica•A le road, a,id they nut %%Hi a considerable eheek from the rear-viaid, commanded by the Austrian Go ticral I hope your Lordchip ev.u.e toe burly vvitli which this irt writ tee, and ‘x ill make aliowa ices:, a, the period and continued mov e m en t s A nd o per a tions prevent much aeeinaey. I 11AVC the honor to be, &e (31:ARLES STEWAR r, Lieut.-Gen. (S•gur;l) Toplit; August ,31, 18!3. • Mt Lou brilliwit and wed conte,ted action of the :ioth ultimo, in which the gnat ds coves ed themselves with glory ha: bre:i tO•lovi.ed up by a very general and decisive victory over tlt:►t put of the enemy's arty wl►ich had ;tilvanced froic Konkstein mid Perna, on the .zreat lcaiiing from Peterswaide to Toplitz, It hec:one ofthe istmoq importance to make this attack, out 01:!y to rztre time fur those columns of the army to 101 l back phis were ,t;:I retiring upon the Altenbiirldi and Dippoldiwalde rood, bed at the ,inne time to extricate the corps wider General Kleist which hail not (li%eagatl,ved from the mountains. The eni•mv had the advantage in pn.binl rapidly forward upon our right fla;•k, ofa good line of road ; whereas the column of the Allied Army. although r: tiring by shorter lines, were impeded, not o•Ily by the unfavourable state of the weather, but by almost impass ab'e oads A great prePortion of the' artillery train and baggage of the Anted Army had not yet got clear of the mountains, when the enemy l:ad arrived at Uoliendorf and Kohn, about three German distant from Toplitz, the scene were the action took ;dace. Tie a tack being. determined upon, the following disposition of the troops destined for that purpose. was immediately made. Six thousaiel Rus.ain grenadiers, two thotisand infantry, and four sau cavalry, 'tiller the immrdiate orders of General Miloradositelt togetio•r • ith twelve thon.and Austrians, untie, Count Colored:: and tlieneral Bianchi, commenced the action ; the remainder of the troops cot ecteri for tits enterprise being formed in columns of reserve meal ,he o.i•teent plain. The village of is situated at the bottom ofa ranee of moun tains, h ahnoit an impregnable barrier betweeli Saxons. and Bohemia ; trom this point branches off two distinct ranges of mountain., east and west ; between these ranges the ground is ge net kik flit , atfirding, however, in some places good defensible pu. siti-o•. Up. n this ground, imieediately fronting the village of Kidin , flu cop-by collected a strong force of infantiy, with a great portion of ai t.Nery ; a galling fe e was kept up incessantly from Rits.bin • u-det General Miloradovitch. •%sicl l was the strength of lit adi , cei t t heights IA Kilo , aila Si) ably bad the curt y disposed of t''rce tar its d. fence, that it was jud,:ed el. re txpecti-nt to ake the principall attack by the right, in consequence ..t *hi h the Aii•trion intuntry were directed to move •ii.tig the Vivi, grilati,l tip , o light. while the Russian g _lards and jawit , v %tett. In (*lets • vice il.e r upon the left, so soot) a• the Austiiains were stiff'. ieii' k ild• al.( en. %% (ilk these movements were ixectr c..rps t t Grin.: .1 I\ ~t hick had not bet n dtsrngaged front the Inonniain., appeortA in the enemy's rear, descending the T w i rl D e which th eec.oy neve to retire in rase of need. On all sides the aittack comiutuctu iu the most vigorous and decisive manlier. The AL R • . PPT. 26. enemy's left were turned by the distinguished bravery and good co n . duct of the Austrians tinder Count eiloredu, the cavalry charging re- peatedly ; while Keit the otht r flank General Miloradovitch, wi h the limners u.l the guards and grenadiers, forced every point which ti e ,nemy in vain attempted to defen I. Upon this point about forty pieces of.artillery and sixty tumbrils, much baggage, and the whole equipage of General Vandurnme, fe:l itrto the hands of the Russians. Completely beaten in fruit at all point , , and intercepted in their rear by General Kleist, nothing was left for the enemy but a desperate and precipitate retreat. The rout now became general, the enemy throwing down their arms in every direction, and ceasii g even to resist, i.bandouing guns and standards, to seek for.shelter in the wood.f. 'lime fruits of t!iis victory are considerable. The General command ing, Vandamme, six other General Officers, of whom are Generals Guyon. flaxo, Ilimberg, and P.ince Reuss; sixty pieces of artillery, and about ten thousand pri-ooers, with six standards. The whole of General Vandamme's staff, and many officers of rank, are also atihofl the prisoner. , . Time enemy continue their retreat, closely pursued by time Cossacks and mmllie rl cavalry. Hiving received a severe contusion by the explosion of a shell shoitlY after the comm-ncement of the action, I w.,s under the necessity of quitting the loud of battle, and am, therefore, indebted fur the latter details wh di I have given your Lordship, to Colonel Cooke, Aide-de camp to Its Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, who upon this, as tip-u every other occasion since he has been attached to me, has ;drirded me great assistance. I have now the pleasing task of calling your Lordsilip': , attt nlion to amok r most iant contest, which has terminateu highly to the ho mw and advantage of the Allied Army. It would appear tint upon the 2;r h, Marshal lUacdonald had occu pied a vete strut% position in the neighbourtmod of .caner in Silesia, which he had strei.gthened with a numerous and formidable artillery. lie was, however attacked by General Blucher olio!' the morning of the 26111, and after a very shilrp contest, driven from every part of his position, leaving open) the ground fifty pieces Of artillery, thirty-nine turninils and ammunition-waggons, with a number of prisoners, ex ceeding ten thousanii men. The contest was renewed with fresh vigour, and with equal success on the part of (torn. rl Blucher, the whole of the 27th and 28th, of which the result appears to be, that 30 pieces of cannon, and five thoussnd more prisoners. have beru taken during the last two days. Accordit"r to the latest intdligence, General Blucher continued the pursuit with the utmost celerity. General Prince Reuss, %how I named to your Lordship as among the prisoners taken in the a cry brilli ,nt affair of yesterday is dead of. hi s wounds. I IlAve the hi none to he, &e. CHARLES STEWART, Lieut.-Gen. ADMITtALTY-011 ICE, Sept. 21. Extract of a letter from Rear-Admiral Moore, to John Wilson Croker Earl. dated on board llis Majesty's ship Vigo, off Rostock, the 2d inst I-hiving reason ti think that Rear-Admiral Ilope may by this time have left Gottenburg fur England, I address this direct to you, and have the honour to inform von, that on the 28th ult. General yegesack marched out of Rostock at day-light, apd drove back the enemy's advanced gourd, which was within eight or nine miles of Rostock; and having received reinforcements from the Prince R“yal of Sweden, after the victory of Grin-Buren, he has been *Ado to follow them up, and force them to evacuate Wismar. I have had a dispatch from C-tint Wallinoden, dated IVoblin, the '2Bth ult. informing me that in cote squence of 'lts victories of the Prince Royal of Sweden, he had bet n able to resume his operations against Davoust, who seas still at Schwerin. LONDON G 4.2E7 TE EXTRAORDINARY, THURSDAY, SEPT. 23, lam FOREIGN OFFICE, SEPT. 23, 1813. Dispatches, of which the following are copies and an extract, were be.t evening rt eeived by Viscount Castlereagh, His Majesty's Prineiral Secretary of State for roreign Affairs, from Edward Thornton. E.q. His Maje.ty's Envoy Extra rdinary and Mtioster tiary at the head-quartets of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of S‘veileis ; His Excellency Cseoeral Viscount Cathcart, K. 'l'. His Nla.ie.tv's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plen ipoientiar% at the head -gnat tees of the Emperor f All the Russias ; and from Lieutenant-General t. e Honourable Sir Chaales Stewart, K. B. His Majtsty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plempo- 614 THE NATION, w dit - amounting at least to 3.),050 men. I should (Ili his Imperial JVlnjoity's Guards injustice WI attempted to describe the admiration I felt at their si l .nal a very. The light cavalry of the guard, consisting of