The National Register. — London, England, 1815-06-25 00:00:00

TIT FJNATION, ossaw~ It was found that our light horse made no impression on ' ate cuirassiers, and therefore great efforts are to be made to send net heavy horse. A further draft was made oil Friday from the Life Cuard; Ina dispatch to the French Embassy it is said, that "the -Prussian army entered Future on the 20th, and that the Duke of Wellington would enter it on the 21st--that this march, eupported by the main body of cavalry, has for its object to prevent Bnonapatte (ram establishing a line under the pro tection of the. Dill of Laon, called Le Pain Sucre de Loon, which he had fortified with a large quantity of cannon." The same dispatch Ads, 6' that there is a great fermentation in pcardy against Buonaparte." (Courier.) The Hake of Wellington's whole f rcc of British, Bel gians, Hanoverian% Brunswickers, &c. is said to have amounted 'o 64,000 men, and his total loss is upwards of 10,000. This is to be accounted for by the immense army of 'the French, probably not less than iso,noo men. Of their loss we have not had any probable account. The Prussians estimate their loss, up to the 16th inclusive, at 16,000. — (Morning Chronicle.) The Cour;cr of last nicht says that a firing has been heard ann The French coast, but adds : it was the firing of our own ships, which so etched over to the coast to fire a royal salute in honour of this great victory. Extract from a letter. dated Ostend, the list instant.— " Accounts just received here state, that in the great battle of the i tith, Murat was killed by his brother in-law Jerome Buoraparte, whether by accident or intentionally, is not men tioned, and that Buonaparte himself was wounded." It is unfortunate for the writer that Murat was not in the battle. Every hour new accounts of the killed and, wounded are 'brought in, and the numl:er swells to an unprecedented amount. It is beFeved that no fewer than 400 nfficers were !killed and wounded in this dreadful conflict. We have re ceived the names of many, but for fear of mistakes, that might give distress to families, we suppress the enumeration till the official report shall arrive—( iforning Chronicle.) In the battle of the 16th it is said that in fighting the Missians, the French acted uoon the principle of neither giving nor reeeivirg quarter. Tlie lit and 5d French corps accordingly hoisted the black flag. The Prussian loss, in all the affairs n getber, is calculated at near 20,000 men. The Horse which the ince Regent presented to Marshal slucher and en which the gallant Veteran placed so high a value, was kiilt d under him during the late battle ; anti he swearshe will never forgive Buonapatte for the loss of that Morse. Su wit-tit was this noble Warrior to get up to the ,field of battle, that lie was absolutely rode over by his own Cavalry while exciting them to the utmost speed. A Gerttli man who canoe to town with Major Percy, say s, -be was ti%e boars on the field of battle at Waterloo, and the C)fßcers declared they never witnessed so dreadful a scene of ,carnage----the Prus•iatis north, neither give nor take quarter.. o immense number of inhabitants from Brussels and neigh-, 'bout hood were so anNious to see the battle, that at last they' - : got intermixed with the soldiery, and materially assisted in l e ge% irp. 4 the ut f ntonate wounded men. The whole of the , people in Bru'se!s had voluntarily quitted their houses, to :eceivc the wounded. Thcre does not appear in the Extraorditrry Cavlte any! .aceollnt of the. loss sus . ained by Sir Thomas Picton's division on the 15 h, except Lieut.-rant Colonel Macara of the aid, and throe of the 05th, though it is known that no fewer than 13 ffi ens t f the 42d were either killed or wounded. The account of the great victory arrived oa the anniversa ry of anoti-er victory gained by the tame immortal Hero-- tire 'battle of Vitttnia. *~:~ ' '= =lbadMllw'wa •!"P"ok T. rtvGisTER.. j One of the Duke's Staff says, " the Duke has again saved Europe; he was himself every where---When the French cavalry charged. he placed himself in the hollow squares tif our infantry. and %shell the cavalry. failing in its efforts to break us, passed by, then be (the Duke) charged at the head or his infantry." Three or four of his officers were killed near him . Lt is certain that the attack of the French Emperor was not foreseen, and accordingly the British were much dis persed. A great part of the cavalry were several miles dia taut from the scene of action ; and Sir Thomas Picton, who commanded the division sent forward to the support of the Prussians, had neither artillery nor cavalry. A Gentleman who was at Ghent on Monday last, gives the following account of the great battle fought on the preced'ng Day t—fle was ou Monday at Ghent opposite the hotel of Louis XVII], when at 1 p. m. an officer arrived covered with j dust ; and as the King receives every dispatch openly, he instantly entered the lintel with the Officer, who forthwith congratulated his Majesty on the great victory just gained— . " We have taken all the heavy artillery," he exclaimed, " and a greatand decisive victory is ours." There was ins. mediately the greatest joy amongst the personages assembled. The King embraced the Officer with transport. The Officer then said, that the battle of Sunday had been general along the whole line, and had continued for nine hours—that a great number of prisoners had been taken, the French retreat ing with the greatest confusion ) leaving all their heavy artillery. Ere. behind them. The infantry regiments which suffered most in the des perate action of the 16th were the 42d and 44th regiments. The former were resting in a corn field. after a march of 19 miles, and waiting for their rations, when the Cuirassiers of the Imperial Guards cut in upon them, and although they were received upon the point of their bayonets, the men having formed into a solid square, the attack was so fir suc cessful, that the regiment was nearly cut to pieces. Every man who was killed or wounded fell where he stood at the first onset. We are sorry to add, that only about 80 rank and file of this gallant regiment escaped unhurt. The Cuirassieurs who attacked were literally annihilated; partly by the steady fire of the 42d themselves, avid partly by the coming up of other regiments. The British crops which suflered most was the 44th ; only sixteen rank and file and three subaltets were able to do duty after the action. A strong reinforcement of Artillery, and all the men be longing to the Light Corps which can be collected are to be immediately forwarded to the Duke of Wellington's Army. Three more Regiments of heavy Dragoons are under orders for immediate embarkation for Flanders. The 2d Battalion of the 12th Regiment at Plymouth is held in readiness to embark at the shortest notice. A detachment of six hundred men is to lie selected from the three Regiments of Foot Guards in London to join the Battalions in Flanders. It is to be hoped that the late important victory will ten. der it unnecessary to embody the Militia, by which two millions of money will be saved to the public. Intelligence of the death of the King of Sardinia was re ceived at Genoa on the 7th instant. . On Tuesday last the Duchess of Angouleme, French fri- gate, of 44 guns, with artillerymen from Martinique, bound to Dunkirk, was detained and brouglit into Plymouth by the Tay, Capt. Bloye, and the Acteon, Capt. Ross. We learn by a telegraphic dispatch from Sachet, in the Paris papers. transmitted through Lyons, that hostilies have commenced in that quarter, between the .French and AU. 1. M..... . .- z..