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

1 " • 1 • - Alimmommo•77-7 , . rejoicing, at the 'public expeive ; but I want every one Who w o o rit pillage and plunder, that the be.ivie.t penalties will be inflicted upon them. . [Ciecidate this]. ORANGE BOVEN. Holland is free !-- The Allies advance upon Ulretcbt.-- The English are invited.--The French fly on h I sides.--The sea . is open.—'Trade revives.---Party spirit has ceased.--What has been sidiefrd is forgiven and torgotten.— Men of consequence and con,i• Oration are called to the Government.—The Government invites the Prince to the soveriguty.—We join the Allies, and force the enemy to tine for peace. The people are to have a day of rejoicing, at the public expense, witlhnit being allowed to pliinder or to commit any exec's.--trey one renders thank.; to God.—Old times ars returned. 7 -014A NGE BO VEN ! TUESDAFS LONDON GJZETTE. This Gazette contains dispatches from Lord Cathcart, of the 19th nit. from Sir Chalks Stewart, (tithe titst, and from the Earl of Abertievn, of the 22d, all chiefly relating to the splendid svictes rlo at Leipsie, and the arrant;e:eetsts made fur the pursuit of the enemy's army. The dispatches of Lord Cathcart being very long, and principally descriptive of the battles of Leipsic, we are only able to extract from them a few facts, whirl' have not before met the puld:e eye. The other dispatches are given in full. Lord Cathcart, atter describing the battle of the 1 nth, states, " that Buonaparte continued to hold Leipsig, and the villages con nected with the suburbs, a ith a strong rear-guard towards the Allies. He seeuas to have counteO upon the presence of the Saxon Electoral', Family, and the s , licitations of the inhabitants to preserve the city, to gain time, and to resd(' for his own security, but lie was &sp. pointed. The I.:nip:col . Alexander received a flag of tine., sent in the name of . the King of Saxony, offering to capitulate to save the town. His Imperial Ma s i( sty gave his answer aloud, in the lwaring of many Inneh•ed officers. with reno.rkable force and dignity ; he said, in substaece, " that an army in pursuit of a flying enemy, and in the hour of victory, could not be stopped a moment by considera tions for the town ; that, therefore, the gates must he inneediately opened, and, in that ease, the most strict discipline should be ob scrved; that if the German troops in the place chose to join their countrymen in this army, they should 1w received as brothers ; but t tat he considered any proposal sent, white Napoleon was at hand, as extremely suspicious, a. be well knew the enemy he had to deal with ; that as to the King of Saxony pet sunnily, who had taken a line of determined hostility, he gave no answer, anu declinel utakiog any communication !!' 1 ord Cathcart states, that nearly' half a million of soldiers fought in the tremendous battle of Leipsie, which his Lors4hip justly considers as " one of the most extensive and generally'engaged that ever took place,* at least in modern his tory." Of the conduct of the Allied Sovereigns his Lordship speaks in the the; terms of commendation . , particularly of the distinguished- heroism of the Emperor Alexander': " this (says his Lordship) is' the eighth geucral action, seven of them conithanded by the Ruler of France, in which have seen the Emperor Aleitander in the lield_at the head of his army ; as usual, unmindful of posonal dan:ter, he 'appioached every colarms, animating the officers awl men by his presence and example, and, by n few' ellergetic words, touching the' chords whicli produce the strongest effects 'on the Minds of Ktissian soldiers, confidencCin the Supreme Being, resig nation to His Will, and atiachnient to tack Sovereign." " Ex cinsive of the King of Saxony and his family, the following ars among time must distinguished prisoners: —Comte de Houberg, Baron de Hokorn, Prince Emile de I [cord, Baden and 'H ess i a n G e . nerals ; Generals Count Lanriston,. thesuai . n, Delmas, Regeier, Anbt y , Charpeutier; General of DiVision Krasinski , Prince Pools= towsky, drowned ; Bony, Bertrand,' Latour 11LitibOurg, dead of his wounds." • Divateh from Lieutenant-General the Ma. Sir C. Stewart, dated Leipsic, Oct. '2l, 1813. MY Lott n---1 have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that, I►y intelligence received from Cou►►t Tolitoy's corps, which was left to watch the force muter General Gouvitin St. Cyr, in garrison the enemy finding the army bad moved away, corn i.nsive operation on.Cou►.t Tolstoy, winch they-have 'WI some success, ahe IA as much overpowered I►v has taken up a position at Pcterswalde, by the last have the honour to be, (Sig►ted) CHARLES STEWART. ;lose a report I reecivod from Cokinel Cooke, of hawse lAA:bat:4 l on the 13th inttaut. at 13res(leo, roomed an otti. li►llowethi) wi umbers, He accounts. Ili P. S. t lack the operation NATIONAL REG ISTF, . . he preceding Dispatch, _dated Frey Unurg, October 14, Vita. r.•Stn--The army of reserve under the immediate command of General Bennigsen, advanced from Toplitz by tke way of Peters walde, so soon as it was known that the grand army, tinder Mi tshel prince Schwartzenberg, had oce npied Altenberg. The enemy ma de some stand at the strong camp of Pinta, as well as at Dot na, from whence they were driven into Dresden. This occurred upon the 11th and 1-2 th instant. Upon the morning of the 13th in stant, the arinv was assembled around Dresden, and the Austrian corps under General Count Bubna, crossed over to the 101 bank of the Elbe, between Pinta and Konigstein. In order to obtain, if possible, the nature of the e , envy's plan and defutee, as well a 4 of his strength, a movement was made by the whole army appearing in columns upon the grand plain adjacent to the towns. 'lnc vilage of Plauen, upon the southern suburb of the town, was occupied with a view of obtaining from thence the above-named intelligence, but in order to defend the movement of that portbm or this army n kith were to march by the way of-NV ildsrutt and Frcylong, to join the grand army. So soon as t he troo p s dehottelled from Piaticn, the enemy brought out of Dresden about foil' teen, rieces of artil lery, with a proportion of cavalry and infailtr. A small skirmish ensued, Without either patty gaining gsound ; but the enemy studiously Confined themselves to keeping us in check, without moving a man beyond the walls of the town, mote than was neces sary for this object. I learn from the best intelligence that Gem Gouvion St. Cyr commands in p e rson v haviinf_, ii ltogether, two corps, amounting to üboat 010 men. Fresh wo rks had been constructed iTire we last appeared against the town, and it was, altogetheY, una strengthened. Under these circumstances, it was at once determined to smiask the place, leaving for this purpose 15,01 n men, under the command of General Tolstoy ; the remainder of the at nsy continuing its march upon Wildsrd. and Frey burg. The enemy have strengthened Pinta, and eel n inclined to maintain their line ,ofeontnamication upon the right bank of the Ellie. A portion of Count linbna's force has been lett to watch that place. His Ma jesty the King of Prussia accompanied this army, and was, as usual, constantly. with the most advanced. His Majesty's head-quar tess were at Lokovitz the 13th instant, and at Free. burg the night of the 14th. I have the he"..nir to be, &e. (Signed) H.C(JOKE. Lieut.-Heft. Sir Charles Stetson, &c. &c. • I,oclosnee reit Dispatch from Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir Charles Stettetrt„ dated Leipsig, Oct. .!I, 1E15 2 MY LORD—The pursuit of the enemy continues on all sitles; and rpri-oners, baggage, and the attirail of a flying army, are hourly sending in by the Ctrzsaakit and light troops. Bnonaparte certainly reached Lutsten on tht 19th; and it seems. that he wilt either direct his mart+ accuse the Saale, and make flit Nordhausen, in order to place himselt ultimately behind the Weser, calling Marshal . 11avoust's army from the Nortlt to .his aid, or attempt to move titian* i Chauasee to Erfttrth, after passirg - the Salle at IVeissenfels. It is almost impossible rte should escape but with the wreck of an army ; but your Lordship will easily imagine, that masses directed in one line may force their way through smaller corps. • The tiillowing disposition of the allied p army .was agreed upon yester day, and is, I believe, to be carried into effect ; the grand army. of 80. hernia marches upon the enemy'* right, in the direction of Frankfort 'upon the - Main, taking the roate of Pegau, Zejst, and Ersenber.r. The unity of Gen. Bennigsen, united to the army of the North ; and wider the orders of the Crown Prince, follows the enemy's centre in !he di rection of Lutzeu and Mersberg. The glorious army of fille!Ait was h?rdly'arrived near Leipsig, when it took another cast-off to the right, and is to cover the enemy's left by Merseberg, and this day its caution are heard in that direction. It the enemy passes the Seale at Weissen- Fels, the army of the Prince Royal, in that case, will move upon Frey berg. The Saxon troops have been joined to the Prince R,oyat's army--• a 'thousand Haden troops are considered prisoners of war. The details of the captures are greater than I conctived ; Arty more pieces Of tau lion have beed found ;- many were buried by the *enemy. Prince Po niatowski, who received two wounds, in attempting to pass the Pleisse, .in despair of getting off, was drowned in the.t ri‘er. His Prussian Alajesty has 'laminated Gen. Blucher to the rank of Field-Marshal, for his most pre-eminent services, and their Majesties the Emperors of Austria and Russia have been conferred upon Marshal Prince Schisartzenherg, the first class of the Orders of St. George mid :Maria.Theresa, and the King of Pruisia, the Order of the, Black Eagle. 6 Several battalions of Niles have joined the army. The Emperor leaves this tO-morrow ter Zeilz or Ersenberg. rie Prince Royal, I understand, since writieg the above, has changed leS line of march, and moves to Naumburg. .. . 1 have tlw..honour to he, &c. (Signed) CI L STEWART, Lieut.-Gen. '