The National Register. — London, England, 1813-10-24 00:00:00

ed si g - 4 rati • •o plrs3,7 p one to effect the complete subjugthon every indevndent Power, the time verbally dedicated to the nobler work of pacification. When he thought his su. periority in the field sufficiently secured, he threw off the tuask, and his negociators who had intentionally amused the Congress with unimportant preliminary discussions,. by making in.-Amiss:l)lc proposals at the very close of the armistice, compelled the Nlinis:ers of the ether Powers to reject them, and to declare that the Congress was dissolved, thus dssatuing, in the eyes of the ignorant, who compose the , mass of na.iorN, the responsibility of the war on their own aboulf;e•s. Eating thus, as he fancied, cleared himself of all ambitious motives. Nara LEON prepared to execute his pans of uni.e- al conquest. But he had grossly deceived hiniseq. The activity of the Allies, during the suspension of arms, had kept pace his preparations, and when he thought he should break through their line, and (hive them to the ; forests of the north, he found himself vigorously attacked in front, on his left, and in his rear, and coinpelled to ' resume the defensive. It was then that he perceived how far his first succe7.• es had blinded him. The troops that had recalled victory his standards at Lutzeu and at Wurt chen,thou4ll filled up to ti.e:l; wh* complement with national plaids and conscripts, Co usistecl :•I;i'L'fiy of the remains of his veterans who had escaped the desoiatiou of Russia, or had been left to guard •the coasts and fort; esses of the French em.ri!e. Op!Josed to equal numbers, they had conquered ; and they might sill' conquer. But the force of the Aliies Waz more than trebled by the accession of Sweden and Aus t-ia anti the ruing of the Landsturm. To meet this increase (;f . r , l:Arrs, IIuoNAP A RTE bad only raw conscripts, ce. cd by privates brought from Spain, where our troops had t.i.ught them defeat. He had wiongly ima gined they would be equal to the army with which he had opened the campaign, and put them forward; only to see them beaten and disgraced in every quarter. Ile them kept his Lest soldiers around him as a reserve, and employed them only to repair di:as!er and to check pursuit. This in glorious service required incessant marches through the most difficult countries, and under the most heavy rains. Hence fatigue and disease thinned their numbt:ts in an equal proportion to the loss which the new levies suffercd•from the swo , dof the Allies. The accession of strength received by the latter, on the euntraty, consisted of brave and discipli ned veterans fu; ni:hed by St‘eden and Austria, and of the whole popuhtOon of Pi ussia, burning with pnti iiitic spirit and thirst for revenge At the present stage of the campaign, there fore, and at the moment when chosen and experienced warriors advance on ever y side to surround him, NAPO LEON'S force. thoogh perhaps not numerically, is greatly inferior in dicipline, experience, activity, zeal, and even &Ally strength, to that winch presses upon him. En feebled by diseace and want, it is discouraged by re peated defeats. itli its despondency, the auda city of its opponents encreases. To retreat, would, on the part of NAPOLEON, only serve to complete the deo:sorra/sat/on of his army. To remain, can no longer be done without fighting a general action, and to engage an enemy flushed with victory, strong, active, 'and kilted in all his movements, with dispirited and nerveless soldiers, is t,ot le s danger (dos. Whatever be his resolve, NA- P o LA) ts . s five tienbles in the balance. Nothing but a de risive victory can restore his fortunes, and nothing but gross blunders on the pact of his antagonists, or the special will of that Providence who has raised him to scourge the tia- Cons of .thilastrtb t eiff give him a victory. " , 1~ : = ~ .: ►" ..:: '~ THE NATIONAL RI C~YSTI BULLI fort rt'ss. `NS OF ifiE tiOnrii . Fit ~kc& " Heilfl-QiiarterS at Zerbst. Sept. 9_ 6 , 1813. " On the east, at break or day, two Saxon Officers appeared at the Swedish advanced posts, before Worlitz, and informed them t:!at their battalion would come over to our side. Colour 1 Iljor instierna, accompanied by Borne hussars, went to the front of the battalion to give it a reception. Its Commander, the Allgor Vett Ilitnau, declared, in the name of his whole troop, that it requested to fight under the standard of his Royal Highness. for the liberty of Germany. This battalion is the first of the King's regiment; its free amounts to eight Officers, and 360 men. It entered Wat left fixed bayonets and drams beating, and will bear the name of The first beibilien of the King of Saxmay's Legion. lu three days at ',.l.tliest it will be completed to 800 men. The Cossack Officer, (threes, who was detached with 30 men, on the t3tl, mar Ciold• witz, took one Captain, two Officers, and 4U Saxon dragoons pri. soneN. after a slight engagement. " Six Swedish gun-boats, under the command of Captain Kreger, have cannonaded the town of Stettin, the suburb of Drawn), and the batteries which connect both ta n Owes, with good effect. On the 24th August, the guns at Dan , rn were dismounted. I. o ote. Col. Fezmairt, his Adjutant, a serje::nt.itior, and several re were killed, and a great number wounded, on the enemy's sole. Ou the 30th August, the gate of boner' was broke down iey shot, and on the Ist September the fire Was directed agaiost the town itself. The boats had a few men killud or wounded in these affairs. " To draw off the attention of the garrison of Wittenberg from the site where die trenches were opened, and thereto' e to lessen our loss, General Btdow received orders to bombard the place from the opposite side. At two o'clock in Abe afternoon of the 424th, be caused the suburbs to be attacked. The judicious disposition made '! , y , Gen. Hirehfeldt caused the attack to be attended with complete seeress. The suburbs %vete taken, and the enemy driven back on all points ; we had only a few men wounded, not a single one killed. The attack does great honour to Gen. Hirclifeldt The trenelic; were opened on the side of Luther, brnnn, in the night between the 4tii and 25th. The bombardment commenced on the same night, and several places were set on fire. The fire continued from ten o'clock in the evening till five o'clock in the morning. lite fire was perceptible from* the steeples. of Leipsic and Dresden, at the same time a second parallel was opened on the side of the Castle. Count NVoronzow's cavalry keeps Halle, Qnerfurtb, Eisleben, Berns burg, and Halberstadt garrisoned.. A detachment has been at Clued lenberg. A part -of this cavalry has formed a junction with tbe great Bohemian Harboor, and is marched into the rear of General Lefebvre, %vim was skirmishing with General Thichuann. Every thing is in the greatest confusion at Leipzic. This city can nu lon ger rai:v the contributions of money, provisions, and tiwses, whielf are denial:fled from it on all sides. " The people are reduced to such a degree of misery, that the authorities, who carry the command, have every thing to fear. The French soldiers are tired and weary of a war without an object, saieh they rail the Colic(' and Sugar V. - ar. 4 4 Gent ral Czernitseheff is gont . 3';00 horse on an expedition. " Major trelkx of Georral Itulow':. corps, has, on the kft bank or the opened a communication with the van-:4111114 of Gen. Schill/enheim. at I)e‘san. " Field-Marehal Count Stet Mick causes consider ible narks to be thr.wn no, above ittwitti, am) bei %%Ten the Ell,e atitiM General Baron Witizingerotle is limiting the Mutt of Aiken into a " Tl:r Military Government between'the O 4rr and the Vistula Owed the whole of the lAndsturin on the tight bank of the under the.nrders of the Genof commamling the sieges of Stettin and Kustrin. This Landstorm will torsi a HMS of about 5 \..00c1 tan, in a line of aliont seven German :rides. " 'lke Landstorm en the Ict) hank of - the Oder will in the same extent produce an equal nuni , :f..P of men. This foree is certainly not neces , :nry, in coopmetior -.brit the troops of the line, to hasttn the surrender of those Waco:. Conseirently, in a :Inc of fourteen German miler, there is already orgunized a mass of 100,0-woglitorg hers who are ready to fight for the protection of their home-. " When MagdebuFali shall be inclosed, the Lanthtnrm of that province will be called out; at every seep that the Allied Aimy moves forward, it will tied masses to assist it. " The letters reeei%ed from Dresden state, that the Prince of f Neufchatel is very much displeased, Raul that he has. made the most urgent remonstrance prevail Oil the Faiperor Napoleon to make peace. •Ilad his coacil 3 beta fyllowcd s b ut naiiity rvettlil have bad Ices to tenioan." 674