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

. 652 LONDON GAZETTE EXTHAORDINARY, THURSDAY, OCT.?, 1813. FOREIGN OFFICE, OCT. 7, 1813. Dispatches, of which the following are extracts and copies, have been this day received by Viscount Castlereagh, his Majesty's Prin cipal Secretary of State 14 Foreign Affairs, from General Viscount Cathcart, K.'l'. dated Toplitz, September ; and from Lieut.- . General the Hon. Sir Chas les Stewart, K. B. dated Prague, Sept. 14, IPI3. Nxtract of a dispatch from Genera! Viscount Cathcart, dated Toplitz, September / 3, 1813. The Austrians have kept possession of the roads leading to Sax ony by Marienberg and Altenberg, and General Kleinan from the former ;dace to Chemnitz and Freyberg. The country between the Elbe and the Eisler is over-run by several partisan corps from the Allies. These report that the enemy has been emplkr j ed in moving the sick and eon. descents, and baggage to Leipsic. Prague, Sept 14. Lord,--On the Bth inst. the corps of Count ‘Vittgenstein, and that part of Gem ral Kleist's corps, under the orders of Gen Xittlien, which had advanced :miens through the mountains beyond Petersivalde and Zehista, on the road towards Dresden, were at locked by a very superior force of the enemy, and a very .sharp affair took place. Count Wittgenstein had his headquarters at Pirna when the ene mv began their advance. The chief contest during the day was for the village of Dolma, which was defended with much valour and bravery by the Allies : but the enemy bringing up increasing num bers towards the evening, Count Wittgenstein determined to fall back and evacuate Dolma: General Ziethen's corps, tilers:We, was ordered to occupy Pirna in the evening, and Count Wittgenstein's corps retired towards Peterswaldc. The loss of the Allies, in this day's action, may he estimated at about one thousand men killed and wounded; that of the enemy was much snore considerable. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland was in the field, and assisted at this day's action. General Kleinan, with a corps, had been detached towards Frey berg and Chemnitz on the teft, while the Austrians had moved, as I stated in a former dispatch, to Aussig and Leunuerita, on the Elbe. On the 9th, the enemy continued his advance, and the Allies re fired, fighting every inch aground in the maintains. Buonaparte bad arrived, and a very large force was advancing, either with a determination to make a general attack, or for the purpose of great demonstration, to cover a retrograde movement, and the removal of a large magazine of powder from lionigstein to Dresden. On the advance of the enemy, orders were immediately sent for the Austrians to countermarch, and the Allies immediately began to collect all their forces iu the already victorious fields or Cahn and Toplitz. On the 10th the eneui pressed, ;, , ieeminady with greater force, from the mountains on Clem and towards Toplitz ; they had ad- Named not only with the colionus that followed Count Wittgen ottio's rear, but also with another very considerable corps by Zinn avaltle and Kraals:it. At this time the Austrian columns had not come into close uommunication from Ansaig and Lentmeritz ; and , it was known that the Russian and Prussian torce, in ft out of Top roz, was greatly outnumbered by the enemy :it v. - as, however, de aermined, in the most gallant manner, to give him battle in the event of his advancing, and the disposition was accordingly made. Beina nialer the necessity of being removed from head-quarters, 1 tatn from Colonel Cooke, that the enemy had on the 1 ith, to make &nal liemonstrations as indicated a general attack ; and on the 1201 they advanced aial took possession of the village of liollendorf, and came close to Culla. Above half the Austrian corps had now joined the :Wily, and come into position ; they hail been marching in very had weather, and worse roads, without intermission, from the 10th, hitt arrived in excellent order ; and Buonaparte could now perct ive the Allied Army, upw,..rds of one hundred thousand men, in position, with eight imitated pieces of cannon, ready to give him battle. i t seems, how ever, that he began his retreat, about mid-day, from Ilollee doff. The Allies began immediately to clear their front, and to send out strong reconuoitring parties ; and General, Kleinan's corps was again detached to the left, reinforced by two divisions under Prince Lichtenstein. , Up to mid-day on the 13th, the enemy still continued his retreat, breaking lip and destroying all the roads in every direction towards Dresden This will somewhat delay the purstit of the and will make eves any lateral ot iltiolMUVtnktret mote difficult. THE N A.TIONAL REGISTBR. Accounts have been received of General Bautzen on the 10th, but I have reedy flu.: the Prussian head-quarters. The Russian Colonel Prince Modatoff, guards, executed a brilliant coup on the 9th, Dresden. He blew up '2OO aninnmition Buoaaparte's baggage, and made WAX) Ow I congratulate your Lordship most b victory of the Prince of Sweden. The al reflected in this day's battle, on the arms is forcibly dwelt on by his Royal Highni soldiers of the Great Frederick are again which they have been engaged. 1 have th (Signed) CHARLES Sr Viscount Castlereagh, &c. Copy of Enclosures from Sir Chart Toplit Strt—The enemy advanced against us . Dad been removed from hence, upon the 101 The utmost uncertainty appeared to number, as the point upon which they wmi Towards the evening, strong &Nelms' troops got possession of the road %%Well leads through the Altenherg, and drove in the greoadiers of the Russians nearly to the plain below. As the enemy made use of no cannon, and di4l not appear upon the Peterswalde road at the same time, their appeared no indication of a serious attack at so late an hour in the day. The Allies however threw back their left, placing troops and guns all along the toot of the hill, between the village of Calm and Toplits, while the whole army were formed in position of two lines, having their right appnye upon the mountains adjacent to the town : columns of infantry were in reserve on either flank. The ground was crowded, and could afford little advantage, in the event of a serious effort, upon the front of the French. The firing ceased about sunset, and the Allies remained in position during the night. lam inclined to attribute this movement upon the part of the enemy, to a desire of learning the general feature of the country about us, and the number of troops we had at hand. 1 have the honour to be, &e. (Si g ned) HENRY C OOKE. • * '49r C)C'l° • - • Blucher's having entered '1 Ned MO official Bulletins ft, of the Alexandrowski th, between Bautzen and waggons, took a part of isoners. .incerely on the brilliant uhlitional lustre which is of his Prussian Majesty, nes% who states that the visible in every action in he hooour to he, &c. 'EWART, Lieut.-Gen. 'harlts Stewart. tz, September, 11, 1813. bout an hour after you oth instant. • exist, as well as to their old attack. cents of tile enemy's light leads through the pass to To Sir Charles Stewart. SIR, Toplite, September 12, 1813. The enemy increased considerably in number during the whole of yestenlay ; towards► eve&ng great motion was perceptible upon their left flank. They soon advanced with guns upon the high road, and above the Russians, under Count Pahien, from the village of Nollendorf nearly into Culm. Towards night, we where reinforced by above 25,000 men, of the Austrian army. 'l'l►eec troops were immediately placed in position upon our extreme left, a certain distance up the mountains. They had marched with little interruption since the morning of the 10th instant. and during the whole night, but were in good order, and and without stragglers. Every thing indicated a general attack upon the ensuing morning. The prisoners accounted for the skirmish of yesterday by stating that Bonaparte had reconnoitred us, and at night the whole range of mountains was covered with the enemy's fires. The corps of St. Cyr and Victor, the whole cavalry of the guard, and the remainder of Vanchomme's division, were the troops in front of us. About twelve o'clock this day, however, the enemy com ' meowed his retreat from Nollendorf. It is believed, they have detached strongly towards liotnmotau. In consequence of this General Kleinan has been reinforced by two divkions of Austrian light troops, under the orders of Prince Lich tenstein. The Aries are otherwise posted as I reported to you on the loth. ' The remainder of the Austrians, detached towards the Elbe, are covering the Aussig road upon oor right. Dispatches have reached us this day from the Prince Royal of Sweden, announcing the ioyti►l tidings of a victory gained by the Allies, under his Royal Highness's command, in the neighbourhood of •Wittemborg. Upwards of eight thousand prisoners, sixty guns, two hundred tumbrils, and forty pieces of cannon, had been taken. The Prussians are said to have sustained the brunt of this affair, to have lost many people, and to have done great honour to their army. This was fought upon the 7th and Bth lust. I have the honour to be, Arc: b• (Signed) HENRY COOKE.