The National Register. — London, England, 1813-11-07 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. NOV. 7. GREAT DEFEATS OF BUONAPARTE. The fortunate events. which we had so confidently antici pated have now occurred.. The mortal blow has been struck to French oppression in Germany, and NAPOLEON is once more become a fugitive with the wrecks Of his army, whilst his Allies hasten to abandon his cause, and to join their rower to that of his enemies, to annihilate for ever his hopes - of universal dominion. French Pa pers received at the beginning of the week, announced that a number of sanguinai y battles had taken place between th e contending armies in Saxony, in all of which the gnemy had the advantage ! and that Bonaparte's head-quarters were on the 19th ult. at Weissenfels, near Leipsig.—Private ad• vices, however, front the French capital, added to the fall of the French funds, left little doubt of the result of these actions being highly disastrous to the enemy ; and this belief was confirmed as well as the falsehood of the Parisian editor demonstrated in all its unblushing impudence, by the arrival of dispatches from Sir C. Stewart, which brought the most glorious intelligence of The Total Defeat qf the Grand French Army—Desertion of the Bavarians, Saxons, IVirtemburghers, and all the Germans in the Battle—Flight of Bonaparte . from Leipzig—Capture of that Town LA Storm—King of Saxony and Court taken—Move Secenty Thousand F'risoners—Bc sides Killed and Wounded—One hundred and Eighty-Five Pieces of Artillery, Ammunition, Baggage, 4-c. 4-c. This astonishing success was first announced to the public by Bulletins issued to the LORD MA YOR; and afterward, by a London Gazette Extraordinary, to which we refer our read• ers, as nothing can do jujtice to events of this magnitude, but an attentive perusal of every particular contained in the official account, especially when it is written with the clear ness and ability which always distinguish Sir CHARLES ST EWART'S dispatches. Thursday Gazettes published at Bremen and Verden were received, one day later than Sir C. Stewart's dispatches. They state, that Count ‘Vrede, with the Bavarian army under his orders, was in the immediate neighbourhood of the live of the Saale, which is the only channel of retreat that had been left open to Buonaparte. Bremen had again devolved into the possession of the French, the detachment under Tettenborn having withdrawn before a superior force; but on the information being obtained by the new French garrison, that Napoleon had been totally routed on the 18th ult. the French precipitately withdrew, and the city on the same day was re-occupied by the Russians.—The Verden Gazette contains the following account of the events at anti near Lespsig it differs materially from the accounts of Sir C. Stewart as to the French Generals supposed to be killed or taken. . , • Verdun, October 44, 1313. This day, the Imperial Russian Colonel Baron Von Herbert arrived here, as Courier lrum Leipsig, at which place the he of the two Emperors, the King Of Prussia, the Crown Plince Soiedett, Generals Blucher and sliennigsett, were on the 19th, in consequence of the great victory olvained 11 the Armies over the E iinert , r Na poleon on the sane day. Already on the 16th the army of General Blucher was engaged, at trrosbuLwl, with the French corps d'arinee, which WWI post".d opposite to it. The client); was overthrown, with the loss of 48 tamoos taken. The 17th of October passed tisitbuut 71 any particular fighting. The Emperor Nvoleon 141 d concentrated hin forces behind Leinvg. The. Allied Armies marched cnwar-I, by the roads of Halle. Dresden, and Altenburg, to a decisive engage:nein...re On the 1811 i of October, with the ri•iiig sun, the Emperor Napoleon debouchcd out pt . Leipsig, and formed in CMUIIIIIS for Woe.. To battle lasted the whole dsy with indescribable obstinacy. Towards evening, the French were driven towards Leipsig. A great portion of them garrisoned Lt.ipsig.—On the 19 . 1 i of October, at day-break. King of Saxony (who was with the Emperor N poleon) sent a flag of true* to the Emperor of Russia, with a request that he would spare the town ; but the Emp-ror of Russia vittisiog the fl of truce as the •isual feint of the Empuror Napoleon to gno time, ordered an imme. dihte assault. The town was fortified with 9ti cannon, and, in defi ance of all opposition, was carried, and the enemy forced to seek safety in flight. rl:e mink of this most memorable of all victorio oar, un the evening of the ‘iolll of October. PR 15024:E116. The King of Saxony; Maishals Marmoot and Macdonald; Generals Regnier, Smrm's, Bertrand, Lewiston, Dombrouski, and texts othgr Generals; General Prince Poniatowski, drowned ; General Gre nier, dead; Marshal Net, wounded; Marshal Augereau, (according to prisoners' account,) dead ; 300 Stair officer.:, prieoners ; :!5.004 killed and wounded ; 35,000 taken ; t,2;i,000 sick in the hOspitals taken; 200 cannons, and 810 powder wegetm The whole of the Saxons went over to the ?Mks. A b: igade of Simms. already in the battle of the ifttli, took part against the Freni7b. The Frei', h ure retredting in disorder by the roads of Merscburg and Weisenfels; a consiaerable bedy of cavalry pursues tlwni, and the Allied Army moves after throe unremittingly. The co ulier was an eye witness of the battle, and its result. AVe reckon that Napoleon saved only front from 50 to 60,000 men. The horrors of defeat accompany them. Two 11,11,1re:el and fifty thousand men, with the Empereers and King at their head. piirstic thenfiying army of the ettot.y. The "Sava ni,o army had much earlier taken the direction of Gotha, to cut off the retreat of the I:: each. Th.? King of Saxony stood at his balcony, bowing to the three Sovereigns as they entered Leipsig, and wishing to be considered quite as an acquaintance and friend—none saw or spoke to hint. It is a coincidence worthy of notice that Buonaparte lost the great battle of the 18th, on the anniversary of the day on which his army began to retreat from Moscow, and that he himself left Moscow on the 19th, the same day on which he twelve months after fled flout Leipsig. Every means practicable of making the glorious successes of the Allies known to the enemy by the firing of cannon from our shores and on board our ships, by Bulletins, &cc have been adopted. The Extraordinary Ga:ettc of Wednesday will be pritited in French, German, Italian, and Dutch, and some thousaml copies sent to every part of the enemy's coast for distribution. A quantity are also to be sent to the head-quarters of Lord Wellington. Admiral Young, with the fleet under his command, sailed from Deal on Thursday, in consequence of a Telegraphic order, .and proceeded to the Dutch coast. According 16 some reports, " the Scheldt fleet is likely to follow the impulse by which the Dutch people are known to he actuated ' and to deliver itself into the protection of the _British ;" while others suppose, that " Buonaparte, apprehensive of the rising of the Dutcb, has ordered the tlect to put to sea, and attempt to reach a French port." In either case, we have no doubt of the Scheldt squadron receiving that protection from us whieh the people, we know, are so very desirous. " DE u„ Nov. 4.—The Tclegr iph last night ancounced the glo• Hems tidings of ever-mm.4:4l)k Victories of the Allies over the French Despot, and at the `ante time communicated an order for the fleet under Atliwii . 4l Yonne, to prepare for sea inune , liately. The Offit•cra were pritwipally ott shore, at a play desire,' by ral Crown, the Comm:m.4m of the Russian fleet now in the: Downs. but in a moment the Theaue wax glutted, and all was bustle and anxiety to Mr. it Common! the nous' House of art on .oline Sumner gave notice last night in the House of . is, that, to morrow, he would call the attention of se to the speech delivered by the Speaker in tat if Lords at the close of last Session.