The National Register. — London, England, 1813-11-28 00:00:00

- P'ara,,"e) CoAiLackti and Isis other pursuers, and has carried the reina:n; of . his l;uard, and some other corps, to the left bank of the Rhine, lutviirg but few troops bete: . The possession of a fortress at Erfurth has been the great instrn went by which this retreat has been effected. It was thought lie would make some stand behind this post, while, on the contrary, he redoubled his speed ; and having possession cf ‘ the best road, NVOlle the cross roads by which the Allies cudeavoin'ed to interxept him were scarcely passable, he gained several marclics. Gen. Count Wrede gAllaetly arrested his-progress for two days at Hamm ; on the first of which, particularly, the French fought with great obstinacy, and the loss has been considerable on both sides. There is one small spot, where an officer of rank, 'a he, saw it, as sures me, that-the carnsgc of men and horses was most extraordi• nary, The efforts of this Austrian and Bavarian army, though they ftolped the (twiny for two days, meld not prevent his arriving' at Masenee before the colunna under the orders of the Field-Marshal Prince Schwartzenberg could overtake him. There are dal: rent accounts of the enemy's force ; but, consider, lug the numbers lett on the field of battle at Leipsig. acil in that city, the number of prisoners sent to the rear during the retreat by all the corps which came up with the enemy, and the losses' insepa rable from all retreats of sO difficult and so protracted a nature, it seems impossible, that he can have carricti :)0,030 inch with him, though there are persons who estimate the force still higher. Buonapatte was present in the battle of finnan, and his officers aitr said to have displayed more , military talent oa that occasion than 'h"y have lately shewn. The main army is assembling here, and will immediately be ready Ito- ulteilor operations. Field• Marshal Blucher's army is moving to the Rhine, in the di. reetion of Iflrenbreitstein. His head-quarters are this day at Limbourg. The Kiag - of Prussia has been at Berlin and Breslau Sit:CC the battle of talpsig. His Majesty is expected here Mum diately. Dispatchfmn Viscount Catheart, K. T. dated Ftankfort on the Maine November 10, 181'3. MY loom—T;:e enemy had retained a position at Thiekbeim, and was employed in restoring the %%hob, which passed limn the tete-de-poet a . t Cthsel ronod that position, and back to the Rhine. Schwartaenberg determined to put a stop to thi , , work, and to occupy the position isilinwle. With this view an at tack wigs made yesterday. in winch the lines were carried by as . saint, and . the enemy was dri'ven•into the works of Cassel, with the loss of scveral hundred prisoners ami four pieces of eannon. 1 have the honour to be, &e. The Viscount Castlereagh, &c. • CATHCART. DisputeA from Licutemaal-Generalthe Honourable Sir ('Males Stewart, K. B. dated linuorer, Norember 16, 1811. My Loßo•—lt is with siosere satisfaction I have the honour to acquaint your Lords!..ip, that accounts were reccie , :d this nuniiiti at this piacc by his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Sweden, trout General Thielman, commanding the saxon I ro.Ops on the Elbe, which state, that Ge.ieral Cionvion St. Cye, and the French girl i-on of Dresden (eonki , ini4 of near 16,000 men) after iiiefiectually at tempting to obtaia a capitulation, suit rendered as preonters of war to General Kleinan, commanding the allied forces. before the place. I congratulate your Lord,hip on this good intelligence, and have the honour to be, Ste. • (Signed) . CHARLY,S STEWART, liient.-General. To 'Viscomit Castlereagh. [This Gazette also contains' a dispatch from Edward Thornton, stating, that Gen. Winzingcrodv is in po.sse , !.ion of (iri?ettingi Bad occupies Zwol, ZnpMen, and Deventer. Gen: blow' itreches upon Aritheitn. The Crown l'i ince proceeds in perZroi'to holland at.tite head of the Rits,iati and Prussian troops, leaving tite:eoildnet nf the afftirs in the North, Pavonst, and the re rapture tlt Ham bitr;.:ll, 01 Got. Baron Adiert.retitz, with the Swedi , :i troops and the verps of Countlen, and the Russian Croups nutter the eotn►ni,nti of G I . neral .11enti,igsen.] By an ivals from Heligoland, we have advices from thence to the 22d inst. and. born Hamburgh to the.lsth. .Davoust 'had put seals on the Bank, in which bullion to the amount near a million sterling, belonging; to individual mer chants of vani:Ats countries, prttiuularly.Daues,-has for so hr. deposited. Remonstrances had been made r-,hhery, but it was reared they would be useless. Inwly years against this TITT, NATI ONAL REGISTER: LoNon);.,' EXTR OR 01 NARY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER '45, 14313. WAR-IPEP 114 TM ENT. VOWNING•STREET, NOV. f 0.4. The 10f IYoreester . has arrived with a I)iliatelr of which the follow ins; is a copy, addieNt•ed to the Eat . ' Ilathurbt, by the Marquis of Wellington, Dati'd - St. Pe, Nov. ts, 1813. Linn—The enemy have, since the beginning of August, oc cupied a position with their right upon the sea, in front of St. Jean de Luz. and on the left of the Neville, the it Centre nn La Petite La Mime in Satre, and on the heights behind the village, and their left, consisting . of two divisions of intautry, under the Comte D'Er lon, on the right of that river, on a strong height hi rear of .-bilione, and on the mountain of Mundarine, which protectud thu approach to that village ; they had one division mult- General lug, at St. Jean de Port, %%lieu' w joint!) by one of the Army of .Arragon, under General Paris, at the time the Allied Army crossed the Hi. dossa en 7th October; Cleneral T'oy's divishri kined those on the heights behind Anlioue, when Lieut. General Sir Rowland Hill moved into the valley of Balla% The enemy, not satisfied with the natural strength of this posi tion, had the whole of it fortified, and their tight, in particular, hail been made so strong, that I did not deem it expedient to at- tack it in front. Pamplona having surrendered on the 31st October, and the right of the army having here dkengaged limn covering the blockade of that place, I moved Licut.-Germ. Sir R. Hill, on the 6th and 7th, into the valley of Boston, as FOOD as the state of the roads, after the recent rains, would permit, intending to attack the enemy on the Bth inst. ; but time Lain which fill on the 7 th instant having again rendered the roads impracticable, I was obliged to defer the attack till the 10th ; when.ne completely succeeded in carrying all the positions on t he enemy's, left and centre, in separating the term( r from the latter, and by these means training the ell(my's •treng positions occupied by their right on the lower Niville, %hick they were obliged to evat•oate during the night, having taken .il pieces of canon, ant 1,1.400 prisoners. • The object of the attack heing to force the enony's centre and to establish 4,11 r artily in rear Of their right, 'the attack was made in co . Im»ns of divisions, each led by the General Officer commanding it, and each forming its' own reserve. Lieut.-General Sir Ross land !till directed the movement of the right, consisting of_the 2d dirt. sion, under Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir. Win. •• tewart, the 6th di vision' under Lieut.-General Sir IL Clinton, a Porhigne , e division, under Lient -Gvieral Sir John Hamilton, and a Spa eish division, under General Morino, and Col. Grant'a brigade of cavalry, and a litigade of Portuguese artillery, - mider Lieut.-Colonel 'Dino!), and i three mountain guns, under 'neut. Robe, which attacked the posi -1 tions of the enemy behind Aulione. Marshal Sir Win. Berestbrd directed the movements of the right of.the centre, consisting of the 3d division under Major - General the Hon. Charles Coville, the 7th division under Maris( al De Cam po Le Cur, and the 4th division under Lient.-General the Hon.. Sir 1,. Cole. The latter attacked the redoubts in front of Sarre, that village and the heights In-hind it, suppot teal on their left by the army of reserve of Andalusia, under the command of Mari-earl De Carotin Don P. (;iron, which attacked the enemy's positions on their right of Sarre, on the slope' of Lai Petite La Rhunc, and the heights beyond the villagp, on the left of the 4th division. Major- General Charles Baron Alien attacked, witit the ligl.t division and General Loega's Spanish division, the enemy's positions en La Pe tite La Rhune, and having carried them, co-operated with the right of the centre on the attack of time heights behind Sarre. General Al teles brigade of cay..lrT, tinder the direction of Lent,. General Sir S. Cotton, followed the movements of the centre, and there :bete thief brigade's of Britili io 'diary with this part of the 4riny, and three mountain guns with General Gaon and three with Major-Geher 11 C. Allen. Lient.-Gcnoral 1)o:' ;panne! Freyre moved, in two columns, from the heights of Minulale tow arch Aseain. in order to take advantage °laity moyeine :ts the eneniv might unite front the i igtit of his po sition towards his centre i and Lient.-Gen. Sir J. Hope, vi ith the tell of the army', drove in the enenev's eel posts in front of their rot et iii•:aneots on the Lowt r Ni% elle, ran led the redoubt aotiv e Orogoe, and astabliAleil hitioalf on the - heights immediately oppo site Siliour, in readiness to take advantage of army movement made by the enemy's rigl.t. The attack began at daylight, and Lient.,`,Tien.. the Hon. Sir Lawry Cole havieg obliged the enemy to evacuate- the itidoniit on ll:e,r right in flout of Sure, by a cannonade, and that in flout of I.c kft village haying been liiewiai: evacuated on the a 1 roach of NOV. 28. fij.