The National Register. — London, England, 1813-05-30 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL TIERISTBIL MA I - Qt • . The ea% alry corps commanded by General Latour-Manbitorg 01. . tie nth crossed by the bridge ot.Dresden, at three in the afternoon. Tile King ..f 84xony slept at Sedlitz. All the SAXOIi cavalry ma.t rejoin 4)n the 13th at Di esden. General Replier has resumed tit% command ov the 7th corps at Torgan : that corps is compuStd of two. Sam))) divisions, c:ol..iiting of '2,000 men. • Hl4 Majesty spent the whole day on the bridge to see his troops defile. rue Colonel of Engineers, Bernard, Aide-decamp of the Em perm., has exerted great activity in repairing the bridge of Dresden. Geltral Rogniat, Commander-in-chief of the Engineers of the army, has traced out the works which are to cover the new town, and to serve as a tete-de-pont. We intercepted a courier from the Count de Stackelberg. Ex arnhassadm from Russia at Vienna, to - the Count de Nesselrode, Secretary of State, accompanying the Russian Emperor at Dresden. We have also intercepted a number of estafettes front Berlin and Prague. Her Majesty the Empress .Qneen and Regent has received the following account with regard to the situation of the armyon the evening of the WO of May : On the 12th, at ten in the morning, the Imperial Guards were drawn up in battalion on the road from Pirna to Gross-Garten. The Emperor reviewed them. The Ki►►g of Saxony, who slept the night before at Sedli tz, arrived at inithday. The two Sovereigns alighted from hor,eback, embraced each other, and then entered Dresden, at the head of the Guards, amidst the acclamations of an immense population. It formed a very fine s►ght. At three o'clock the Emperor reviewed the division of cavalry of G. ntral Fresia, consisting of 3,000 horse from Italy. His Majesty was extremely sati•fieel with this cavalry ; the good condition of which is owing to the care and activity of Fontanelh, the Minister of War tin Italy, who spared no pains to pia it in a good state. The E►eperor has given milers to the Viceroy to repair to Milan. there to fulfil a special mission. Hi 4 Majesty has been extremely t►ati•fied with the eowiuct of that Prim* during the whole cam• pain ; that cooluet has acquired ti►r the Viceroy a new title to the em.fiiener of the Emperor. to the welfare of Europe, and to religion, which lie Im/4.1;1i-eel up, 41.1 which lie is called to rt -establish.. He is the most sincere and •altliful protector of it. This lett'r having nu other object, we pray God, M. Bishop, to have you in his holy keepi , .e. Given at our Imperial Palace at St Cloud, this I Ith May, 1913. (Signed I MARIA LOUISA. By the Einprew.-Rekent. The Due de CA DUKE, Secretary of Stilte. VIENNA, MAY 5.—A French cone:el . , from the fe dof bat le v s terday brought intelligence ola great victory gai!iett oy the Frencti army, commanded by the Emperor Napoleon, over the eomui►►ed Russian and Prussian armies, commanded by the E►nperor A .exandee and the King of Prussia. This battle, which appear. decisive. « as fought on the id, on the plains of the Sa••alc. This news has eatied a great sensation here : it was not believed that the Emperor of the French have been already able to collect all his forces, and be in readinefs to fight a gt-aleral battle. F eld.Marshal the Prince of Schwartzenberg, who arrived here on Sd, will forthwith set out for Bohemia, there to take the command of a corps d'armee. Lieut.-General Hiller has, it is said. been appointed to the com mand of an army corps which is assembling in Upper Austria. The Malan tegiments of the Arch :like Charles, !Ind the Hohenlohe dragoons hare received orders to join the corps which is in Styria, and the head-quarters e which are at Pett.►a. Alagazines are fw•n:ing at Raab and Radkersbnig. AUGSBURG, MilY he Vienna public are extremely im patient to learn the purport of the new imperial Declaration hich i• now in the press. and the publication of which is momentarily es pt c ted. We learn from Vienna that the Count de Metternich, Anstrian Minister fin• Foreign Affairs, has frequent colder's:nets with the Count de Narbonne Ambassador from France. RELATION OF THE RETREAT. The Bth and 9:11 of May were very remarkable days for the inha bitants of Dresden, some days previous we could collect that the Allied Army was te!reating, because we witnessed the arrival of baggage, of the park of artillery, and many Prussian. and Russian Generals. with some truops who returned front Pegau ; but in the triad of the 7th, all doubt was removed of the retreat of the Combined Force:;; and on tne morning- of the Bth the troops were hastily ietiriug t ► the right oahk of the Elbe. By four in the morning of that day the Emperor Alexander had retired to the right bank, and about Dine was bil lowed by the King of Prussia. At last, about 11 o'clock, when the A:lied Army had crossed the Elbe, the bridge was bursted, by which means alt communication was interrupted. About 11 o'clock in the forenoon the French Hussars entered Dresden, accompanied by inany other troops, who pursned the Rots= sans to the points where they crossed the Elbe. The Russians de fended the hies-de-pont erected on its banks; there was a gooll deal of connonading, awl tire of musketry; but the Russians having all crossed the Elbe by mid-day, set fire to the ly idge s, which were seen floating down the river, on fire, and continued to float duwu in that state as far as the great bridge. After dinner, the Emperor Napoleon entered Dresden with his army. accompanied by the Viceroy of Daly, a number of Marshals. Berthier and Macdonald. He is lodged in the same palace which he formerly occupied. During the night, and next day, the neces sary preparations were made for establishing a bridge over the Elbe. The Russians endeavoured to oppose this, and did not cease firing on the left bank both with cannon and tunketry. 'they bad placed a cante.n at the bridge, and occupied the homes acljrinitig the Elbe. from whence they directed their tire, to which the French did not cease teplying, so that there was a continued engagement, which lasted from tour in the morning to eight in the evening. Two inhabitants of this city were killed, and between Z) and 40 wounded. A number of balls fel on the houses, and in the streets, bat did no damage. Thus the inhabitants of Dresden spent this day in tear and alarm. Scarcely had we reposed a few hours, when at one in the morning of the inth, the cannonade and tire of noisketry rs com menced, and lasted till four o'clock. The Russians en . .. tell the New.. Town, and a Freneh garrison WV immediately placed there. Pro bably, the new bridge of boats will be forthwith re—established. PARic, M tir 19.—Her Majesty the Empress Qneen and Rezent hag reeei% ed the following intinm ition respecting the situation of the armies on the morning of the 13th : The fortress of Spandau has capitulated ; ibis event astoriAes all nailitaq men. His Majesty has ordered that General Lit nub the PROCLAMATION OF THE EMPEROR TO THE ARMY. Soldier, !—I am satisfit d with you. Yea have filtilled any expec tations. You have supplied every thing by y 4. ur good-will. and by your valour. On the memorable td of May, you delCateo and routed the Rev:glair and Prussian army, eommiaided by the Emperor Alexander and the king of Prussia. You have added .ne w lus tre to the glory of my eagles. .You have disphayed all that the French blond is capable of The battle of Lutzen will be placed above Mu , * of Austerlitz, Jena. Frieriland, and the Moskwn. Li the last campaign, the enemy taund no refuge against our arms, but by fallowing the ferocious course of his b.trbarons ancestors. Armies of Tartars laid waste Ins fields,— his cities,—.aered Moscow itself. They are now arrived in our regions, preceded by all tex subjects and desert r, of Germany, France, and Italy, far the pur pose of preaching up revolt. anarchy, civil war and murder. They beeame the apostles of every crime- They wishea to field up a too ral conflugratioli betwech. the Vistula and the Rhine, in order, ac cording to the wage of despotic Goveinments, to place deserts be tween us and them. The madmen! They little knew the attach merit of Germany to their Sovereigns,—their wisdom, their orderly disposition, and their good sense. They little knew the power and bravery of the Fieneli. In a single battle,.you have counteracted all those parricidal plots. We %vill drive back these Tartars into their triglirrid regions, which they ought ne v er to h ave l e f t . Th ere ! P t - th em rema i n , amidst their • fr. ezen de sarts,---thr abode of slavery, of barbari , - in, and of corruption, where man is debased to an equality with the brute. You have de served well of civilised Europe. Soldiers--Italy, France, Germany, return you thanks. From our Imperial Camp, of (Sigurd) NAPOLEON. Lutzen, May S, 1813. PARIS, MAY 14. in the name of the Emperor:— THE EMPRESS-OUEEN AND REGENT TO M. THE BISHOP OF M. Bishop of -, The victory gained on the field of Lutzen, by his Majesty the Emperor and King, our very dear husband and sovereign, can only be considered as a special act of divine protec tion. We desire, that on receiving this letter you cause Te Deum to he sting, anti rerun thanks to the God of armies, and that you will thereto add %itch prayersas you shall judge most suitable for drawl% down the divine protection on our arms. anal especially for the pre servation of the sacred person ni the Emperor and King, our very dear imsnauti and Sovereign. May God preseete Hos from all dan. g er His safety is as nccrs.sary to the happiness of %he Empire as t