The National Register. — London, England, 1813-05-23 00:00:00

232 t to def'end the passage of it, but was driven back upon Ertzdorf. The position of this last point is Vcly five : the ClUilly wished to bold it, the bridge being burnt the Viceroy ordered the village to be turned by the right and left. The enemy was placed behind ra vines. A brisk fire of musketry snd artillery took place. Quickly we marched right to the enemy, and the position was carried. The enemy left 200 killed upon the field of bottle General Vendamme had, on the Ist of May, his head—quarters in Harburgh. ,Our troops have taken a Rtrssian cutter, armed with Q 0 cannon. The enemy repassed the Elbe with so much preci pitation, thathe left upon the left bank a number of boats, • proper tUr passing the river in, and much baggage. The movements of the Grand Army bad already cateed a great consternation at Ham burgh;—tire Harnburgh traitors see the day of vengeance is fast approaching.. • General Dumoncean was at Luveburgh. At the battle of the tit, the Ordnance Officers Beringer and Pre lil were wounded, but only slightly. PAnts, MAY 14.--Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has received the following information of the situation of the armies, up to the morning of the 9th : On the 7th, the Emperor's head-quarters were at Nos-en. Between Nossen and Wilsdruf, the Viceroy fell in with the enemy posted behind a torrent, and a fine situation. He drove them from this post, killed about 1000 men, and made 500 prisoners. A Cos sack, who was taken, was the hearer of the annexed Ordr r (A), for burning the baggage of ,the Russian rear-guard. In effect, 800 Russian waggons were burned ; a quantity of baggage and t 0 pieces of artillery xvere taken by us on the roads ; several columns of Cos sacks were cut oil; we pursued them. The Viceroy entered Dresden on the Bth at noon. Independent of the great bridge, which the enemy had restored, they had thrown three bridges over the Elbe. 'l i me Viceroy having caused some troops to match towards those bridges, the enemy immediately set fire to them. The three Ides ore phi which covered them, were carried. On the same day (the Bth), arid at 9 o'clock in the morning, Count Lanriston arrived at Meissen. He there found redoubts, with blockhouses constructed by the Prussians ; they had burned the bridge. The whole bank of the Elbe is freed from the enemy. His Majesty the Emperor arrived at Dresden, at one one o'clock in the afternoon. The Emperor, in making a circuit of the city, iiiimediately went to the stores fir Wilding at the gate of Pirna, end from thence to the village of Prielsnitz, where Majesty. ordered a bridge to be thrown ovz - r the river. At seven o'clock, in the evening, his Majesty returned from his recouimisance to the palace., where he is lodged. The old guard made its entrance into Dresden at eight o'clock in the evening. Ott the 9th, at three o'clock in the morning, the Emperor himself caused a battery to be placed on one eif the bastions which com mands the right benk, by which the enemy was driven from the position that he occupied on that side. The Prince of Moskwa is marching on 'organ. You will here find the relation which Ilse enemy has given of the battle of Lutzen (111, which is nothing but a tissue of falsehoods. "We are assured hew, that orders had been given to sing Te Deam but that the people of the country who were .charged to have it performed, declared it to he ridiculous, and that what might be boilable in Russia, would be absurd in Germany. The Emperor left Dresden - yesterday morning. The famous Stein is an object of contempt to all honest people. He wished to rause the mob to revolt against the land-owners. We cannot recover from our surprise, to see such Sovereigns as the King of Prussia, and more especially, the Emperor Alexander, on whom nature has bestowed so many tine qualities, give the sanction of their names to actions so criminal and atrocietiv. linlypendent of the cannon and baggage taken in the pursuit of the enemy, we likewise made 5,000 prisoners in the battle, and took 10 pieces of arti:lery. The enemy did Hot take a single cannon from us, but he made tll prisoners The General in Chief Kuttisoit died at lluntzlan, of a nervous fever, about a fortnight since. He has been replaced in the Coin mand in Chief by General Wittgenstein, who made his debut, by the loss of the battle of Lutzen.—Moniteur, May 1 5. (A.) A COSSACK WHO WAS MA DE PR l• 'H E BEA7U IS :- :o fall bark, you will take the step nzingerudios orders I authorise 'jell might impe , !e your route, and the waggons, +al Win% the horse MAY 23. with you. Those who are able te; escape, mast fly wid:out relaaaa tion as fat as the Elbe. (Sigtied) LAN SKOY. I shall set off this day for Frey berg. • (B.) OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FROM THE COMBINED ARMIES FROM THE FIELD OF BATTLE, THE 21ST APRIL(MAY 3), 113L3 : The Emperor Napoleon had quitted Mayence On the Path (2 4th) . of April. Being arrived at his army, every thing annoimeed that • he meant immediately to act on the offensive : in consequence the combined Russian and Prussian armies had been united bet eel' Leipsic and Aitenburg, a central posit on, and very advantageous in all possible cases. Meanwhile, the General-in-Chief, Count de Wittgenstein had soon convinced himself by good and spirited recoil noissancea that the enemy, after having concentrated himself; was &bunching with the whole of his forces by Merseburg and Weisser'- . fels, whilst at the same lime he sent a considerable corps on Leipsir, which appeared to he the principal view of his operations. Count • AVittu s ,enstein immediately decided on taking advantage of the nao -1 ment when it would be out of the power of this detached corps to en.aperate with the main body of the French army, and to attack this immediately with his whole force. For this purpose, it eras ne cessary to conceal his movements, and during the night, betaeen the 19th and 20th, (Ist and 2d) he drew to himself the ern ps un der the orderA of the General of Cavalry Tormasoff. By this junc tion, he found himsellenabled to throw himself en masse oo II e enemy at a place w I;(1 . e the latter might suppose he laid only to deal wMt a (let:aliment, whose aim was to give him disturbance an his thinks. The action commenced. Generals Blucher and York catered into. , it with ardour and enf rgy, which was in a lively wanner partici pated by the troops. The operatioos took place between tie Oster and the Luppe. The villagn of (iicioaGarscheri was tae hey and centre of the French positiaa. The battle. comma ice J by the attack of this village. The enemy was i•ensilde of the whole importance of this point, and wished to maintain himself fa it. It was carried by time right w lag of the corps tinder Ganeral 13:ocher's orders : and, at the same time, his lett wing pushed in limit, and soon charged On the village of Clein•Gorselam From this time, all the corps came snecessiselv iuto action, which soon became ge neral. The village of Gross G o a s ahan was d'esputed with unexam pled obstinacy. Sin times it was taken and re-taken with the bayonet : hut the valour of the Russians and Prussians obtained the superiority, and this village, as well as th se of Kiein-Gorsefien and ' Rhan', remained in the hands of the mnhole(' armies. The ene my's centre was broken, and he was driven off the field of battle. Ile, nevertheless, brought forward flesh columns, svhich being come • from Leipsie, were destined to support the left flank of the enemy. Some corps drawn from the reserve, and placed under the orders of Lemtenant-General Kanuvintzin, were opposed to them. Here, to • wards evening, a combat commenced, which was likewise exceed ingly obstinate, but the enemy was also completely repulsed at this point. Every thing was disposed for renewing the attack at sun-rise, and orders had been sent to General i‘liloraildwitsch, who with his whole corps was posted at Zeitz, to juin the main army, and to be there at break of day ; the presence of an entire 'fresh corps, with 100 pieces of artillery, leaving no doubt as to the issue of the day. But towards morning, the enemy appeared to be moving towards Leipsic, always falling towards the rear-guard. This mode of iefusing the challenge made for engaging, gave room to believe that he would endeavour to IllitllMlVre either to move towards the Elbe, or on the communication of the combined armies. Under 1 this sapposition it became necessary to oppose mancenvre, against ma !oeuvre, and, by occupying a commanding front between Colditz and j Rothlitz, we immediately became possessed o f every lnaiefit of I this kind, without for such purpose quitting too far the points for I making an ofliaisive attack. On this memorable day, the Prussian army fought in a manner to fix the admiration of its allies. The King's Guards covered themselves with glory. Russians and Prus , ,ians i rivalled each other in valour and zeal, under the eyes - of the two Sovereigns, who did not, for a moment, quit the field of haute. The enemy has lost 16 cannon : and we have taken 1,409 prisoners : not a single trophy has beeu conquered from the Allied t‘riy • its I loss, in killed and wounded, may amount to 8 , 000 men ; that of time French army is estimated at 12 or 1:5,000. Among the wounded are, the Genaral of Cavalry, Blucher, and LientenaenGcnerals Kano vitzia, and Saharnhorst ; their wounds are not dainscrous. The empty having but kw cavalry, eadeavoin ed to . get and heels possession of Cie villages, the ground of which was meager' and broken, consegnently the day of the 20th of .•Ipril (May '2) was a cantinual combat between the infantry. An uninterrupted shower ofhalls, I bullets, erape-shot, and grenades, 'sal , . Kept up on part of the French ) ' dolma 40 'Action of 10 hottlfra—Uflonfia‘a Mail 15.) ; - • COPY 0 T E LETTE4 k OF WHICH i'" 6i " 4 4- !At% WAS TH e it 1 . 1.7 ; 1 / 4A 'Ott it !.... , 1 1 : ).V./ - • ,•,,. j t.7t , - , :," e" , -I — , _ ~,•,—;. VA 1 . . ..i. AL , 1,.. . , : . • ~., . i v 4 il '-': •••'. _ OIL 1,), 4. ..- 4 • •1 ',... .• 4. , •'. • . '' ••• , • ..• c , ~, g 1.1 •-.4, A, # - .it , 11 ' .' ' ' a t . f. .'\ :C‘ '''' s'•7l .4.:' 4 . i , A • i lit ! • . 1 ' 14 • 7 • elf • 4•11414 THE NATIONAL REGISTIR.