The National Register. — London, England, 1813-09-12 00:00:00

p divided into three armies. The one in Bohemia 200,000 men strong, was under the Emperor ALEXANDER, and the King !I of PRUSSIA, assisted by Generals Motteau, BA RCL AY DE TOL LY, WITTGENSTEIN, Al ILA RA DOWITCII. KLEIST, and Prince SCliiv Alt TZENI3 ERG, at the bead of the Aus ti inns. The nest, 100,000 strong, was collected near Bres under Generals cu a, YORK, Rest, and LANG ERON, and the third, which covered Berlin, and whose commander (the CROWN PRINCE) is not named, con sisted of 110,000 men, forming a gaud total of 400,000 • combatants. The lirst operations took place on the frontiers of Bohe mia, where BUON r A fITE in person directed the Poles and Frit of his plaid. The latter entered Gabel and Homburg, ANbi l .st the Polish Genet al Itemtsts,Kr took Fi iediand and Rd ii - chenberg and pushed his light scoops to withio about 15 1! leazues of Prague. 1 : I •,tving increased his troops in that ..quarter by the addi• tion of the Ist and 2,1 corps under VA N MNI E and VicTo 1 1 NAPOLEON repaired to Silesia, where he forin4 the had driven in his advanced posts and crossed the Bober. Ile 1 iminedia!elv threw blidges over th:it river, which LAU troN and Nest ~as-rd at different points and compelled the it Allies to retire. On' the 23d they WM! overtaken by Lae-1 n LSTON, MACDONALD, and. CILIA no, near Goldberg, where), an action occurred, in which the enemy boasts he killed ij 5,000 Prussians and took some prisoners, whilst at Flensburg, 1, which was taken and retaken several times about the same time, the Russians lost 1,000 killed and 4,000 wounded. The' Allies then arc stated to have retired in disorder towards , . . P Janer, 'and BUONAPARTE having witnessed their, retreat, !_ left the command in Silesia to MacooNat.D, took NEY and his old and young guard, infantry, eavally, and artillery with him, and on the morning of the 96th entered • Dresden, baying marched one hundred and tw:mty miles in four days. •The second_ bulletin is dated August 28, and details the attack made on the 26th on Dresden and the battle of the 27th. At four o'clock in the afternoon ofthe 26 h, six columns, • each preceded by fifty pieces of cannon, descended from the hills to storm the redoubts and fortifications erected round the suburbs of Dresden. In a short time the file terrible; • one of the redoubts wels carried, the enemy approached, and aorne shells fell into the town. The moment, says NAPO- L EON, was pressing. The King of SA XO NY and his family Fad remained in their capital, probably in obedience to his commands, and defeat would have been doubly gratieg, when experienced in their sight. Ile sent out Me! A T with I~AToUIt U SOUR . G'S cavalry to act on the right flank of the Allies, whilst MO RTIER attacked their left, and the four divisions of the voting Guard debouched in their front, supported by Nice at the head of BA Rao's' division of the fo l d Guard. The united attacks of thee troops prevailed over men who were already worn out by long and severe lighting, and the Allies fell back, lea in; two thousand prisoners behind them, ar.d the field of battle covered with their killed and wounded. Early . the next moreing BUON AP ART E having now more space to act in, for the Allies hemmed in the city close the preceding day, moved out with his whole army. The Allies had extended their eft wing on some hills separated from their centre by the valley of Plauen. Lie perceived this error, and directed his chief attack on that point. MURAT, with Vic - roof.; harps and the Cuirassiers,. turned it, whilst a brisk can- S ET 12. THE _NATIONAL that the Allies denounced the Armistice on the 1 i th, and that at the same ►ime Austria declared war, in a note ad- II &Med 167 Mr. DE •METT ERNICH to Mr. DE NARBONNE. After describing the positions of the French army. composed of 14 corps, it states the force of the Allies to have been EGISTER. '5R5 nade fixed the attention.ol Cie centre of the Allies, am! nonal their right was threatened by the corps of MoaTIEW, NA ti souTY, and ST. Cm. At two o'clock the Adied Army commenced its retreat, having lost nearly the whole of its left wing, 25 to 30,000 of whom, accoiding to the exag- • gerations of the enemy, were made prisone!s, 60 pieces of cannon, and 4'o pair of colours taken. The killed, wounded, and prisoners, the less of the Allies, is swelled to 60,000 men, whilst the enemy, as modestly as truly, computes his own at only 4,f00. , • The third Bulletin is dated August 30th, and states-that the pursuit was st:ll continued. LATOU a MAUMOU aa's ca valry bad taken loot) caissons of waggons- of ammunition. and collected more prisoners. 10,000 wounded had beau found in the villages, and on ,the 28th, VA ND AM AE, whey had penetrated on the 26th through Ilobendorf to the great road from Prague to Dresden, which le. in:ercepted, was attacked by the Duke of NVIIRTEN4IIEitG at the * head of 13,000 Russians, whom he defeated, t king 2,000 prisoners" and 6 pieces of cannon. On the side of the French, (ge neral of Brigade the Prince of Reuss was killed. VA N' DA MME k then establ.shed himself in his position on the 20il. Saosh is the iutelligenee contained in these Bulletins. It is undoubtedly disasterons; but if the Arne.; keep, as we trust they will, their spirit unbroken, the loss which the,v have experienced, however heavy, cannot be considered as even'endange; log the final result of the contest. , They mrf: , t have been prepared lir evil as well as for goal fortune. Suc cess might animate, but defeat should not depress theoe. The secret auents of the enemy will no:- he actively at wort: to produce pusillani:nous counsels, and Buosae A wee will assist their exertions by pubic proposals for another wink,- tice. But let them beware: If they willingly re ante the , r! s vi . ; yoke they have alrealv partly shaken off; they will find its 'At;-7 4. weight so far enereased, that every future attempt at,emau- 1 - cipation will becothe imposi , ible. • ~ ~ ... From this somhie picture we shall turn to the gleaM of light and hope which the advantage ob!aincd by the C4olv.t. PRI NC F t though not as considerable as it hal been rept/eteil,, presents. The battle was foaght with part of Ou o IN‘er's and not 'DA VOUS Cs army, and :It Ruhlsdorff, and lio - W itic : n. berg, which, of cottrse, was not taken by ttoln.a:'ter Cie action, as the first unofficial accounts stated. On the co::- trary, when Mr. :11 EA TEs, the Messen4er who brought di.- patches from Lord CAT liC A RT, Sir Cu A1;1, ES ST KW A IZT, and Mr. THORNTON last Frid iv, left 13eiliteon the '2sth. ult. the CROW N PRINCE Was concentrating his forces, zwd . preparing to make a general attack on. h the enemy, who still rremained within twelve or fourteen mi:es of ;hat capital. • The details of the action of the 2:3d and the previous ope:a. dons in that'quar:er are given in two Bulletins issued by hi.... i. , Royal Highness: the one at Potzdam, August 21, the othei at Ruldsdorff, at noon, August 24 ; from which it appears that on the 2lst his army extended firen Potsdam to Treb bin and Be!itz, whilst Oudinot had only 20,000 men ; at Lockenwalde, with whom, however, some ski, inishing bad already taken place. On the evening of that day, the secret agents reported that Napoleoh was con , entrating - the corps of Oudinot, Victor, Aregia, Bee tram!, and r Renier, forming together more than eighty thousand men, in the neighbourhood of Barcuth, preparatory to a rai.ii .march upon Ber T I 11, , 11, C Prince placed Bill Klein Bain, whit! 1 i Trebbin. The fro, post at Blakerrte , Rehlsdoi 11, folio' din. To cc , utitei act this plan, the Crown low's corps in xivancc, at Heine:Rl 'rff and. [st divisions or.:Cti pied Aii!te , ,walde and ,urth corrs, titidcr Tane-zcin, t elde, atid the 4 .‘vcclish Army arivaliced Toy the ro.r...siau. Micy, which entered