The National Register. — London, England, 1813-10-17 00:00:00

OCT. 17. 667 THE NATIONAL REGISTER. VICTORY - OF NOLLENDORF. AUSTRIAN BULLETIN. Brn LIN, SEPT. 24.—We have just received the following official intelligence from the head-quarters of the Graul Unite.l Army, con ceritiog the victory at Nollendort Head-quarters, Toplitz, Sept. 19. The Emperor Napoleon having united on the 16th instant a great part of the remains of the armies which had been opposed to Gen. Blucher and the Crown Prince of Sweden, with the Ist. '2d, and 14111. corps d'armee, had advanced at the head of his guards to• wards Nutiendurf. The statements of the prisoners, and more es pecially the preparations made-by the enemy, left no doubt remain lug, that it was his inteutiou to make a serious operation against Bo hemia, under the direction of the Emperor in person. For this purpose, on the 16th at noon, he caused a column to file off from Nolleudorf. His Serene Highness the Commanding Prince of Schwartaenbnrg had given orders.that all the advanced posts should WI back into the position at (Alm. and their await the enemy. The villages of Ar 'resat', Dense'', Prioitz, and J ulmsdorf, were relinquished to him. A lively cannonade commenced. The corps of the Gen. of Aiiillery Count Colluvedo and Mecrfeld de fi led by the way of Gerona' Neu dorff and Reinitz on the left flank of the enemy, whilst Count Von 'Wittgenstein caused the Prussians, wider Gen. Von Ziethen, to advance- in masses of infantry on the enemy's front. The enemy showed continually more masses of soldiers ; and every thing for him depended on his gaining *round to debouch. The cavalry of the guard% attacked our bath!' ies w ith great resolution, whil s t the French masses of infantry kept 'iv a murderous fire on all sides. At this important moment a squadron of Hesse Nurnberg hussars, sup ported by the brave Prussian Cavalry, cut into the tnemy's ranks with the valour peculiar to themselves. The Austrian infantry nil lowed them with t h ey utmost cosi:nt ss. The ens my was every where forced back anti driven in the greatest disorder to the heights of Nollendorl. The French CIVIL Krentzer, feVell pieees.of artillery, and a standard, tell into our bands ; the number of prisoners taken amounts to more than WOO men. A thick fog and the darkness of the night preserved the enemy's columns from unavoidable &Arne- It is said, that the Emperor Napoleon was in the midst of them ; and, according to reports of the prisoners, he had a horse wounded under According to the French liNUctirs, the French army is victori ols and advancing at all point'. The filet is, that it has for the greater part lett the right bank of the Elbe, and has hitherto three entleavono to penetrate into Bohemia, but which have all been attended with destrneti , m of those advanced corps. All the ii:telligence received concerning the condition of the French armies in the Mineral liountains (Erzyabure) concur in stating, that they sutler the most dreadlid privations, that they daily lose hundreds of horses for want of forage, and that it supports itself on horse flesh. The three armies again fought on this day as fraternally united and animated by the same spirit. His Imperial Majesty, on the night aftt r the battle, sent to the Gen. of Artillery, Count Coiloredo, the Coss of the Military Order of St. George of the third class ; and to the Lieut. Field. Marshal Alovs Von Lichtenstein, a gold sword of honour set with diamond., and an inscription on the same. According to intelligeore just received from Dantzic ) the paral lels-befure that place are already opened. . LieUtenant-Gencral Comit - trilmoden, having received inform'. Lion that the Prince of Eckninhl had detached the division of Gen. sPecheux to the left bank of the Elbe, passed the liVer at Domiti, and in his march on the 16th fell in with the enemy. General Pechenx had posted himself advatitageously on •the heights behind Goerde. The cannonade commenced ; the attack made by the tiraillem•s of Lutzow and Reiche, and the well combined moVemehte of the colmnas of infantry, forced the enemy . to 'quit the heights, and Corm en masse on the plain. At the very moment when our columns bad got as far as the heights, the cavalry and the Cossacks appeared on the enemy's left flank. Notwithsanding this, he made • an obstinate defence, supported a very brisk 'combat with th infantry, and repulsed several attacks of the cavalry. He was how ever, soon brought to give way by the artillery, a part of which fol.. to wed close after the infantry. The enemy bent. , repeatedly at tacked by the infantry, and on several sides, w kited to hasten his retreat; and from this moment, as both the cavalry and the infantry fell on him, his disorder was complete. The enes my's corps would have been totally destroyed, had not the in tervention of night, and the broken ground, saved a part of them. The field of battle was covered withi the enemy's killed and wounded. We have taken eight cannon, 12 ammunition-waggons, and a great quantity of baggage. • The General of Brigade Mrilzinski, two of Genet al Pechemes Adjutants, and upwards of 1000 men, are made . prisoners. Even on the following day, prisoners were brought in from all sides; so that the whole may amount to about 1800 men. General Pechenz had lost horse, and escaped on foot. The re. mains of his division are retreating in disorder on Bleckede, pursued by the Cossacks under the command of Gen Tettenborn. our loss consists of 30 officers and 400 men killed and wounded. The MOON Von Lutzow, Firks, and Schasser, are wounded : Major Deranx is killed. All the troops under Lieutenant-General Count Von Walmoden havi vied with each other in zeal and bravery, ott this day. The :Id regiment of the English hussars, the Orst of the Legion, and several other battalions of the English and Russian Legions, have highly distinguished themselves. The tirailleurs of Lutzow and Reiche took the-first gun. • The English artillery and rocket corps deserve the highest encomiums. During this attack, the enemy advanced with some thousand men on 11';itzealcerg, but without any effect. Gem Walmoden removed his head-gum tors, on the 17t1. to Danneberg, to be nearer for eh serving that part of the Marshal Prince of Eckmnbl's corps d'annee whieli had remained on the right bank of the El b e. The Grand United Army of Bohemia must have gained fresh advantages, the official statements of which are expected. We know, by private intelligence from' Licpsie, that in the evening of the 161)1, t ight thonsand cagalry; two thousand of which were dis 'roamed and several dismounted ; pieces of artillery, had arrived there. The field-hospital had been - brought from Dresden to Leipsic, and a part of it even as tar ar Mersebeig. • - The want of forage at Dresden is so great, that for some time past, 20(1 horses have daily died there. General Thielmann has made a General, :17 Officers, and 1200 men, prisoners at Weissenfels. On the 14th, the Cossacks took, at Wurtzen; a convoy of wag g ons laden with corn, which was destined for the garrison of Torgoi, and was escorted by a Saxon battalion. Col. Von Menzdorl has in tereepteil couriers, whose dispatches expose the destitute and dispirited condition of the Freiall army. General Blacker has his headquarters at Bautzen : by his right wing lie eon:Miles his operations with those of the united army of the north of Germany, and•by his left wing is conneeted with the Bohemian army. On Inning received intelligence that the enemy's 6th corps d'arm6e was marching on Grossenhayn. General Windier caused die corps of General Sackett to move forward to ,Camenz. The vanguard of this corps disturbed the enemy the whole of the 15th and 16th. The 6th corps (l'arm6e fell back on Dresden, and the first cavalry corps put itself in motion to follow the infantry. General Count Tanenaien was preparing to pursue them. The Wurtemberg General. Franquemont, had complained to Gen. Delort, Cilief of the General Staff of the 4th corps, that his troops were always in the van when advancing, and in the rear when re , treating . . That General answered him---' , You mast he content with its being so ; it is our interest that you should all be killed ; for otherwise, yon would soon be at;oinst Us." Denmark, which had yielded to the threats, and thr vanoting irtel ligenee of Baron Alquier.on the Sty of' (;eptemio•i - cla vcd r al.;tirst Sweden. It is strange, that in ti' . -stihtr Which had previously been conimitte(' sea, arc passed over in silence Government, being infoimed war o will at length perceive 1 till , liit' hiPstlhilt"F Nvittch .d aLr;lin , :t Swvd,i), both by land a:nl ‘Ve twist 11 ,, Tw that Dani occurrowe, itt ti t f o-nute.s 01 the the divi;er it thus ; cmipt.ll4:l SIVEDISTI BULLETINg. Head-quarters, nt Zerbst, Sept. 20, 1813. General Von Pnttlitz, who is charged ‘vith the olicervation of Magdeburg, is posted at Mockery) : he has sent several detach. merits of cavalry to the left bank of the Flhe. Two companies of the regiment Joseph Napoleon, 161 men strong, with their Chief of Battalion, and two other officers, come o%er to our advanced posts at Biederitz, in the night between the I';th and ink of September. They were permitted to retain their arm, and were taken to the lie.ollnarters of hi: Royal Ilicimess, from % %hence !hey viii he sent to Spain, bv the xvay of Stralsund. A part of the landsturm of Preiguitz, tinder the command of Major Von Points, has crossed the Elbe, and taken pc) session of the environs of Seehausen and Osterburg. He protects the inha bitants of the old Marche of Brandenborgh against the requisitions made by stragOng pati', and by the Government of Westphalia. 1