The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-10-21 00:00:00

+i 4 rV AUSTRIAN MILITARY REPORTS. , Pearl-quarters at Toptits, Sept. 99. 'The following accounts have been received from the army acting on the Italian frontier ' : —With re- La i rd to the expedition into Istria, Field-Marshal 'etttettant Raditrojevich has received accounts that General Nugent had succeeded in taking possession of the strong points of Pola, Capo d'lstria, and . Monte Maggiore, where, among other things, he found a considerable quantity of artillery and em munition, namely, forty-six 30-pounders, four pounders, and 249 barrels of gunpowder, and a very considerate quantity of unmanufactured *mutual General Nugent was about to corn Ifpr • rations, from in Istria; tett the enemy; tosearde which the Nolitia ported him, for they had - not oily given their' aietiste artillerymen for thmworking of the.ctionon,; : bal, ba4 also distribated arms and atanutaition for theca islets arming of the Istrion teridaturi."• . Major Gavenda, whols posted wi l tinittilleb.l. went at Lippe, keeps op from them:ebb • •.• cation with General Nugent. • • On the lath of *September, General IfttpOsirae attacked by an enemy's column; consist's* . st( 'We battalions of infantry; and the reginVent gina, which had athinibed - aka two pieta oreibiadif and two howittere from Krailburg. After a iteie action of four hours, the' enemy *as renhielle3"to retreat. The bussavvegiment.Radetzky particularly distinguished itself. Notwithstanding that General Rebrovich had do. fatted and dispersed the enemy on,thel6th, yet * latter having received considerable . rernforcetneots from &antra% and Loibel, attempted nett day a renewed attack upon the position of that General at St. Morelli, which, however, by the valour of the troops, was On all points repelled with. loss. [With regard to events iu this quarter, previous to those above detailed, it appears from B erlin I Pa. pers, that General Nugent was compelled by a au perior (orce to leave Flume uncovered en the 15th ult. He made a Rank movement towards Istria, for the purpose of reinforcing himself with the Istriaus uhtler grog: hit as General Nugent, with the esseri iistance of the British fleet, was arming the Laud. sturm, awl as appears, from the above report, tended to act in rear of the enemy, there is season to !oppose, that the enemy would be compelled agate -to evacuate Fiume.) SIZNI Rziroter OP THE SILTSIAN AUNT, UTIDUL ORNIRAL BLUCHER. pg.l at. Bittitz It. Sept. 'is. Alreetit,' ea the 10th of Septembr, the Silesian.. Army had Athited itself to the Austrian corps of Count tlubea. On the 11th, _Generals St. Priest and Kiptesrich crossed the Spree at Schirgizwalde and Posteirli ; General Count Bebna advanced to• wards NPottittlt. On the 12th, before day-break, the enemy evacuated his position at Beliteen and Neustadt, and retired behind Bischofswerda and Stolpen. Hera he•was one day's tnercli from Dres den, and in immediate counattalcatkon With ids right wing, by Pima. . On the 141 h, Geniial St. :P4it etheneed.--7 His cavalry entered DrebnitS, whets a Met et Bat talion, and several hundred men ) were taken pri soners. The enemy was more and more etraitened iu his position at Dresden, where, according to ,the reports of prisoners, and of deserters, Who came over in troops, the want of forage and provisions was every day more severely felt. On the 21di . Nenliall Macdonakl. broke up from his positiotrit Schtniedefeldt, against Bischofswerda. The advandlsd-guard under the Russian General Rude tewitz, and the Prussian Colonel Katzler, wide him march every foot of ground fighting ; but I.ii superior force enabled him to occupy Bischofswerda in the evening, after having suffered very consider able loss from the attacks of our infantry. Our ad vauced guard had twelve officers and 300 men killed or wounded. On the 23d, the enemy continued his attack. The advanced guard yielded to tarn the wood of Bischnfswervia ; but as soon as be debauched from it, they turned about, and the Russian cavalry, under the Russian Generals Witt and Emanuel, with the Prussian cavalry under Colonel Katzler, drove the enemy back into the woods. Ten officers and more than 300 men of the Westphalian Guards re mained in our hands; the field was covered with-AO killed and wounded. The enemy, however, who was very superltir in - force, pushed forward to Godau. Here the ground opens, the thick woods cease, and towards Bautzen there are plains where masses of cavalry can act with effect. The General-in-Chief placed the corps of Von Sacken in a concealed position, to fall upon the enemy in flank and rear, on-the 2fth, when he should attack the army. As the enemy remained tranquil till mid-day over against oar advanced-guard,' the General-in Chief ordered Baron Sackett to post pone his attack : his column. debauched towards the left wing of the enemy, and the night prevented the effecting of any movement in his rear. The decisive attack was, therefore, fixed for the 23th, at day. break ; the enemy, itowever ' did not await it, but retired in the night to Bischofswerda. Thus has his third offensive movement against the Silesian army totally failed, with a loss of 7000 men. The country ilea suffered excessively Crow , these marches of the French army. The corn4iwal 'Army found the inhabitants of all the towns on the road from Goerlitz to Schmiedefeldt, driven onkel their habitations Iv the barbarity of their allies, and fled to the interior of the Woods. .B{?_I TOPLITZ, SEPT. 29.—Accounts front Dread** at the 25th state, that the Emperor Napoleon had been two days in H.arthau, near Irischofswerda; but that on the evening of the 24th heagain returned to Dreg., den. (This coincides with the accounts contained in the 1?•- from Blucher's army). The French holly withdrawing to the left Marshal Ossdinot had arrived In , whirls new scarcely amount- The want of provisions and day in that city ; eight men radon of bread ; the number le. Horses were constantly Op the sober skit the abe t ou ,1•17: ZT ;a' O'j =►~wi 1' fit► y i iti '1 " • Y ! 1,1 • 6 , . v i 1 the Report from Bled army appears to be wlic ' • i I bank of the Elbe.. Mar r , c Dresden with his corps, eti to 10,000 men. '1 ' 1 t ' , raga ticreaseti wiry d .%. , al. I, va daily only one r of sick was incredible. d nig by hund.rede. A -~ :414:740-14,t0v 4044 wilteet fairing 'sloe • t; 7: the Bautzen soak Siiiiges„ m o ns, were coniplately driven away. The trots in the I Dresden had jieen cut ; `dpsn. In 45th a niagasine l or oats, straw, Dresden i the loss is estimated at 11VIZItc$ TE D LE 2TE, _ (wed Emboli. copa l t ,vt)n) was % the d‘ail of not4so6, .)sterooptea of SepteMber Atterh in &Keil , of Gen. T ' -"" '..• - EITRACT or AIL X. 9 7...; PartioM" 0. . • Di --- • f I r.tiuc ~, fleet. 5. toe, It would tree • appear, my dear.. In ,fital epoch was epacisily reseribd for us. Id ell (... wars there has Men no outwit of dyke - Isolated, separated from each other, deprived of mutual WM l'otunications .: such, however, is datr situation, *We a fortattate campaign may change, but 044 1 441* mean iltue ) Rakes the quite mad.. . .. . ~- .. -. s~ I. I , . . • ~, :, .„ i, . „,:i .- • . • iririaiet V . LETTIR TRQN MR.. 1.: , TO 111110 .MO IAROMEM LIT BOARcOIt. .1% • .-. !.44. 4 ' .. .. . • . t ' '''' Dresite, Sept.lo. arrived here alike 701,. in the most frightful weather ever witnessed. I found out aco , near `the plain, where my park is, where, with al lb lb conveniences, 'conveniences, i got to bedsit eight o'cloek. • , hive' spent almostall the timesince indryingaottscritbbirt inyaelf, so mach had I need of..tioth. ~ Il a 01. i • The enemy, on our departure from Dre Ave L ep. 1 proached'uitan a few leagues of it. The, peros'e l return made hits retire. Ail our artillery, with the exception of the park, has advanced towards Robe. 1 mia With his Majesty, and is now fire leagues from hence. As I am left quiet, I cOncltide that this is only , a diversion , _ not a decided movement in advance ; and that the Emperor will soon return to Dresden:-.-• Thus 'chat unfortunate city is become the centre of all ear operations, and is traversed sometimes in one t, direction, sometimes in another, by the greater part :of the army. Its resources are thus exhausted, and levery thing becomei very scarce and dear. Our situation is such, that it is impossible to ' foresee the future; the Emperor, however, is on, the spot, and that is 'sufficient: wherever he is, all does well ; did his Lieutenants only do as ranch ! {but, —. In conclusion, we have only a vague knowledge of what happens to the corps d'art** where we are not ourselves ; and, perhaps, in France, you will form a better idea of our combined movements from the Gazettes, than we do ourselves. ANONYMOUS LETTER TO MADAM! Ir• AT PARIS. A rbesor. Sept 11. his not withott pain, my dear friend, that I have hitherto been prevented from giving yon any accounts (.1 . me. I returned to Dresden the day before yester. day, but did not stop there, as It was necessary to dellle through it the u hole day, amidst one of the heaviest rains, towards Bohemia. We are now, therefore, in the mountains. I know, not whether it is intended to penetrate far into Bohemia : In ; deed, I hardly think of it ; for, to tell yon the truth, iris nearly all alike tome. On the 3d, while marching from Rothkretsam to Bautzen, one R—, Secretary to the great --, whom I pointed ont to yoti at the play—you must recollect him—a young man, rather short, ,and always wearing a black stock.; this poor devil fell, I know not how, into the hands of the Cossacks. He has written to as, land speaks highly of the treatment he receives. ILITIACT OF A LErsErt FRON 11Ia. 11. TO 111. 1- 2 AT "~Lsvae. Ebersdorf, Sepi.l2. • dace the resumption Of hostilities, I hare not had a moment to spare: we hare been always either fight. ing or marching. It was our corps &orate which defended Dresden, and at present It fora* the ad vanced guard 'the army marching on Bohemia. We have been assuring the =materna for the last fcninight, constantly Wit to the skin : to-morrowate shall, doubtless, descend into the plains; aft the dispositions are made for attack; the, enemy is.cers centrated it Toplitz, a' league from. Mir, ibqmo Russians, Prussians, or Austrians, 'wait us : the battle* will be terrible.' The Emperor was with us yesterday ; he passed 'along our left to arrange every thing. 'We hope we shall ba victorious : we hare I need of it. I con(esi long 'for a termination ;my health cannot long Withstand the fatigue. Eery thing seems to show, .that, one.wiy or the other, the • war will not beiong.- , -Adien. EXTRACT St A MIMI TILO TO-PIADA3.I • !i - ). - 7'l • " '* - 1410.12. Your letter Nabs' ale; Om itlYs ago - An a*Sche fr village, where we. bid . to sleep, lifter fighting the. whole day. It recalled to me very ifrileable racer- , lectiona ;. but , strongly iehtranted-iritiOny44 n sent situation . 7Since the 22d, our corps baa beet constantly fighting, wet to the :skin ; it was,.nro who defended Dreirden and who laved it. At preient , we are le: . persoit of the enemy; and write to yogi frotwa Wretched . harrack, perched qt, the top of ono dike highest • ineutitaies of Bohemia. Doubtless, we skiff, to•Morrow l defile into the plain k 160,000 - Russians, Prussians, or Austrians there *wait us: the battle will be terrible; and God-grant We may be ooeflueroros for ming will not be easy. We make war in sath a way, tlUt it cannot fail to ba goon terminated. mr health is a little Impaired.. 1 4 b. Maxsiovit din Indisposed. • . li: i:'l NITA AC7 07 AN eireirteops, JAWS,» 9ft , ' • Drake, Sept. 11., Be not in too great a berry to place ottt . it i!gis of 4000 •france. • The present are mouhiati WAsiiyou, should have fanda . by you. Endeavour to hi,* te 4000 francs largoick, and - by so Means get'fid g thew. till you know our affairs are going on better.. •At present, on my oath, they are not issimelbre ler- , " ett • tante; isi iiellepeller the best. _ ~~ • • •^.•.". r. o f •, • , Lena* mouNIL4l.lllO 4 ‘. irts Will AT *lats. • Seit. 12. We are just returned from nn eitohton in Bohe mia. It is the moat miserable canary in the world ; 'and it' the interior is not better s It it doebttesa the country accursed or God. It it gcturexpe su•ofilt . . ;ftv '• - ~/ , ~ •i4414:- 111 1 1A1C7t 07 Jr;:114112"111011 btu:" lb. la *t. Jell. TO ' Alfrh• SAWA,. "- • • iseijOit, Sept. )4. 'VW Disperse liaiiitiarnevi . to Dresden ; and they talk hrthat-city of an intervii*, and of peace. God grantita speedy. arrival In the mean time, I will taligoo, my (Fiend, that I am hero charged with a very delicate, and often embarrassing service ; our 'roads are inkin4llth onemfi Parties. PARKA! PAPERS. ,„,gti • • • • PAWS, OCT. 14.—T0-day i Thrtsday, Oct.. 14, the Conservative Senate met at two o'clock, ander the Presidency of the Arch-chancellor. The Senator Count Segur, in the name of the Spe cial Committee, appointed In the Sitting of the 12th of this month, made a report of a projet of a Se natus Consultum presented that day, relative to the island of Guadeloupe. The Senatus Consultutn was adopted by the Se nate. our tr r o orc ops es . upon the by gmat Laybaela by reads . . red and to so i ra n e . intention of entlea-vonting to find an oppor: falling on our flank. The enemy has been _ from the Fianna side. was again menaced by a column of f ro w in hic Ma h appea red aseived. f d r e o b ut oei g h t ed ria ad, in fine, by the English cruisers bla b ' within sigh t of the port. , the let of October the enemy adva nce d reconnoitre a party of our troops which Adelsberg, but he was Malty repulsed. o of October, the Prince Viceroy marched up on _J heightt i ef Previa% and General Palombini upo n Piisawiestr.— reserve division was, vv-the 48th September, at Barren. General Gillienque an.. pn the 29th, that on the preceding day, General Mazzachelli had carried the enemy's post of San Sigiscurnda, defended by 800 men. The enemy precipitately retired upon Wilbache. PAlt/B, Our. 12.—Intelligence front Simony, ef the 4th, gives, upon the events which are passing ira that country, or which are preparing in it, the fol. lowing details : " The principal armies still occupy the same po. sitions in the eeighbourhood of 'Dresden, and upon the Bohemian frontiers. They continue to. receive numerous reinforcements of every description. " The town of Leipsick hue suddenly become the very important centre of military movements. The Member of troops there are so considerable, that it ,Ms been found requisite to lodge a part of them in churches. The neighbourhood is filled with cavalry, * forming part of the 3d corps of tke army, corn. minded by the Duke of Packs. Troops which in. verse Leipsick, coming from the side of Wurzen, march by Halle and Weissenfels towards Dessau.— The Duke of Ragnsa's corps d'armee supports the _operations of the Prince of Moskwa, who has driven to the other side of the Elbe all the enemy's corps - which endeavoured to attempt the passage of that river. " The commnuication between Dessao aod Mag. deburgh is completely free. " Including the Duke of Castiglione's corps d'armee, the French forces between Jena and Mi o deburgh, are estimated at 150,000 men. This posinglorce has occasioned irresolution in the ene lny's projects; and the partisan corlo under CrPneral czeikeitscheff is now endeavouring to regain the right bank of the Elbe, but it is possible his re! rest will be cut off from it. In the two attacks pre.,iouly to.t3e against.Dessau, the enemy had a great nurn:'P► of killed and wounded. He carried off the taster to Jutterbock. " Beyond Dresden the'French army remain. ann. centrated, ready to act on the first notice. It daily receives reinforcements, especially iu cavalry. 66 His Majesty the Emperor continues to enjoy the best health. " The Prussian army, Commanded by General Blucher, has entirely retired." CASSEL, OCT. 6.—The following has been pub ' lished here; — 44 The o rder and tranquillity which we enjoy in our city, and its neighbourhood, are owing, as each of owc citizens has convinced himself, to the acti► ity of ottt National Guard ; but it would be enreasoni... hie ti expect from those who compose It a longer services as that would keep them from exercising their professions ' • whilst others, who profit as much, and even more, from this service, would continue to be exempt from co-operating in the general safety. In consequence, we summon all the inhabitants of this city, no matter of what condkiee, to perform the service of the National Guard, and for this pure pose to present themselves to Const de Reldring, who will point out to them the mode of arming, and the part which they must take in the service. As the mounted National Guard at present is of the greatest utility, those who can produce a horse ant requested to enter themselves as horsemen ; and it is expected of those who can give horses, that they will, hasten to co-operate in the general good. c l esel,. Oct. 4, 1813." FRENCH FUNDS. Oct. 90c. Oct. lb .69f. 25e. ..••60 b 9 16 59 25 14. SO • 69 . .. • . • .1 1 11 E RI:ATES . • i n doef a e. A Paintet,'MMThrilarirere liOthing ' int movessento of our t i i and ell the . e and hasubblpri My Skies are quite broke read. Jill principal 1 Graw_lo l : I tearaf i t hVaaSlaochafirin and inquietude . ' Feta; with' the intention of In the monief!. ~ .t i erlottfs Alm Joqiert smonntalic and. the i tunity of falling on n &c. waki. , 01l t Toedh t , When a.aoldier, fortunate or i silently reinforced fn 30 1 00 l o x - .• ', *ln 4fsififite s I kirir not WitiOh -he may . De . ga11e4,4 ~99 Vie s t a , was ag Il k .. , , ...;i r : . -4, receiver nittertdli6ith d ; :. lee toothier dews oat Of : troops, which debou err i ssi ~ 2 . ..,.. debt, and einnis3heirfddislibnd let° the riot litiintia; bands arrived - from -l' of *0 onthrY I eta oevymeti) mid - mr - aPPOtltEln- 1 crease • and, in fine, . -: t v itt ... .._.• • "*. s ,j4 . p i pp i pg ist .l o Ill y exercise std elfrtkniste; I a r ' ed within sighs Lo Is . . 14114 1P 1 _ , Inth ,", , " “ i r l eMb iv, 440,, yoiricakfpoy. 404 Old • itawl . P " On the Ist of si ' C rosiP 8441 : 11 " 14 • 1 ,_ _ Tut u ,wilt revintyitit frost exporiaoagtoy wits. Thiel. ' farce to reconnoitre i 16 - 011s. ( W tile' party ' expeocerilliel 14 Allied :to incur, , and of i copied Adelsberg, bt i t - . ...,: v; - Iheatiofortunes*lrith ilay'ebsne. •Aet so that we. 1 the 44 nt October, th t. --e•-&:Ateipmimmoi ratlentlisecteMil and a peat; and that we may ! the heights'or Prevail ► it -i li '.'__`iiiki 4 4 .- iltift 4. cOOttitelatereireelvea on est - prudence. 1 Prawiwisair.- -The re 5. Immo i• I nW :trumpet alitods 4 ,tha coned Instrument },of September, at HT . 0- frililL a It f pois ,thelip swee ct iv . life. When shall I be flounces pre the 291 1 for US. zu Au oar , -1:_.2 •_t:l:__. .. _ _t___ --f At- _ , / • i •-• _ 9 - _ . . . DECREE. Art. 1. There shall not be concluded any treaty of peace between the French Emperor and Sweden, till Sweden shall have previously renounced possession of the French Island of Gundaloupe. 2. It is forbidden to every Frenchman in the island of Guadeloupe, under pain of dishonour, to take as)* oath to the Swedish Government, to accept auy office under It, to afford it any assistance. 3. The present Senates Conseltem shall be trans. /flitted by a message to his Majesty the Emperor and King. )'or the Emperor, and in virtue of the powers cos. faded is us, (Signed) MARIA LOUISA. By the Empress Regent. (Sighed) CAM RAC ERLS, Duke de Cohere. PARIS, Ocr. 15.—Letten from Dresden, of the Bth, announce, that his Majesty the Emperor left that city on the 7th. It is believed be has proceeded to the side of Leipsick and Wittenberg. FRONTIERS OP SAXONY ) Oct. 6.—The Prince of Moskwa continues to obtain advantages over the ene my's army of Berlin. The Prussian corps of Bulow, the Russian corps of Winsingerede and Worenzoff, and the Swedish corps d'armee, bare successivel fought a nd suffered a great loss. Many prisoners bare also been taken from them. We are aseartcl that Thielmann's partisan corps made a great booty between Leipsick and Weimar, 'bud among other things took Prince Poniatowski's plate; hut that all has been retaken by Gen. Lefeb vre Desuouette's Prowl light horse. It is the Austrian corps, commanded by the Aus trian Gen. Baron de ?Lobe, which is stationed in the Erageberg. It forms part of the army under Gee. Menu, The Russians attempted to destroy the bridge of boats established at Litienstein, but did not succeed In that enterprise. RASTLDT, OCT. 9.—lt was on the 3d that the Russian General Czeinkscheff, why had penetrated to Cassel, at the heed of a corps of partizans, pre. cipitately abandoned that town, on learning that the French and Westphalian troops were 'marching against him. He at first retired upon the heightsl orSangerhansen, and thence by Menden, upon Get. tingen, where we are assured he was overtaken and , . beaten. . • ...... 1 He saved himself, with whet *leaped the French sword, on the side of Halle and Merseburg, to • endeavour to gain the Elbe; butit scarcely appears possible that he.. will be able to avoid th! French troops which are en that side.; we therefore expect , tin hear intelligence of his complete defeat. Many persons, who had retired at, the time when ,Ceernitscheff 'a corps entered Westphalia ) ere now returning to their homes: The corps d'armee of Marshal the Dake of Cas 41glione being now posted on the • Stale, and home. k ditifely loining the French corps d'a'rtnee which are 'in Saxony, there is no longer any fear of the commit :tie:titles being interrupted. . ' Paws, OCT. 14.—A letter from' Cissei,:dated Oct: 9, contains the following details :-... • L " The day before yesterday, we 'saw thi troops 'under General Aux arrive. On the Bth, be himself entered our walls with a numerous infantry. Seve val columns bare proceeded from Friedberg to Cas. sel. All is now tranquil- in, that country, tad 30,600 men are mancenerlegin every direction to pro. tut it. ; . 45 1r.Terferal Rigaud, who,. on the Bth ot °do lirt arrived at Rothenberg, With six thousand .nsen v has just transmitted official news here, that 'the Swedes and Russians have been defeated -upon the gibe) Sad that they have suffered considerable' BATRIUTLI I Ocr. 3.—The grand head-quartere•of the mislay', army are still at Topaz. For some day% nothing important has taken place epee - the frontiers of Uohemia. The corps d'armee of Marshal the Date of., tielone hal arrived oppn,the banks of the Ude, sot 'appears to be marching open. Neumhourg.—Thso S'wedes have left the•poeithms which they had upon the left .bank of the lithe, to intrench themselivis upon the right bank of thnt river, • , 4) . ;. PARIS, Oct.' l.—Accounts from tie head.queriert of the Army of Italy state as.*allows : a The enemy has bnt„wilily acted spinal . `• ~ . . .'l4*: • 4; .• AMERICA. FROM FORT GEORGE, AUG. 24.—A letter from General Boyd to the Secretary at War, of this date, advises—" That at day-break, this morning, tho enemy attacked us at atl our piquets, which retired towards the camp, pursued by his advanced guards. A SkirLish ensued in the village, with little effect upon us ; after which he retreated, having come within the reach of our cannon, but never within tniisket.shot of •otir intrenchments. One Captain of the 49th, aud't few privates, have been brought its prisoisarsez We lost t wermen and orre* wounded ; die. enemy - left about lb dead on the different grounds. ,Ths is supposed to have brought the whole of his Toms into the field ; but fiuding our posi. tion se strong he desisted from a general attack. Ilia force ii withdrawn out of our reach into his strong holds. F eat SAOKET'S HARBOUR Auo. 93.—ft appears by theiatest accounts from this place, that General Wilkinson was preparing for come expedition on the •Clinada side of the Lake; that he had reviewed the troops atthat station, wbo were supposed to be 4000 strong ; that Commodore Chauncey bed completed the repairs of his squadron, and was expected to salt immediately, having added to his force the new schooner Sys. mounting 2.0 guns. nett 1.4q..n Ease.-...We have nothing of a Teter datoftai was siven le our last. Commodore Perry ittletterion the Lake cruising; and it is highly pro.. *bible, has hid a brush with the enemy . ere this. la 4 eamt of• this kind, should our fleet prove victorious, It h Saki to be the intention of General Harrison to cooperate with him in an attack on Fort Malden, let which purpose he says he can march 4000 regu bre, IMRI 300 G militia. An Ohio Paper, of August 9 1 says, Filiselithow sand of the Militia of the upper part of this State are cow on their march to Join General' ihrrisos. And in the State of New-York, by ihe two late *Wm of his Excellency the Govcrnor l 'abotit At: , •toral , Thoissalid of our, Militia are ordered to be !tea 14 Iliditillpi tot a three aliontlietent of duty. `t: ...' . :-.! I OP I