The Sun. — London, England, 1813-09-18 00:00:00

!ciciek Ote knurly began the attack by unmask , 'jig a battery of forty pieces of cannon, which he had erected the preceding night in the great Garden. 4 To spread terror and disorder, the enemy for an hour mid it halt made howitzers 'play ppm the city, however, produced but little effect )111e ,rtie houses were. damaged, and not one lnirnt. At ,half past .three 'they had commenced deploying according to the Emperor's disposi tions, and ot 'six the enemy was repulsed at every., Point where he had attaelted. An timeline-which he occupied, as well as the ast-extent of the great garden, were fi lled with '„'his 'dead, The eoenly's army which surrounded Dresdenis.estimated at 150,00 men. On the 27th, at four , A.M. the French troops were all at theiv posts. The Dukes of Hellunoand Ilagusa"s. eorN, as we;: Gen. Latour Manberg's corps or_cavalry, which had passed the bridge in the greatest order, took the positions which bad been assigned - them round the town. They were obliged to deploy upon a ground of little extent, within sight of an immense army. , Nevertheless the French commenced the attack at seven o'clock, by'a brisk cannonade. At nine all the troops were advancing already ; had they the advantage every where ; ali4,:itly did, the battle extend along the whole line. At three in the afternoon the enemy's right and left wings were overthrown and pot in flk,order, but they had not yet been able to Attack the centre, which occupied the advan togeoes position of Roccknitz. The defeat of the wo wings mast occasion its fall. The allied army has suffered enormously. The greater part of the kit wing has been annihilated, placed in un in- comprehensilde manner between the Elbe and the valley of flatten, it could not communicate with the centre, nor be supported by unpardon able a fault must have cost it dear, and the Gene-. rats to whom it may be attributed prepared , a great misfortune for that army which tVil';.loll,fided to them. " At five o'clock' we saw the Emperor return to Dresden ; he was accompanied by several Au striaa:r Genertils, by a great number of officers of' the Staff prisoners, by a considerable number of cannon snit caissons taken, which were 'accom panied by the artillerymen, and drawn by their OWII horses ; he was followed by columns of pri soaers which succeeded 'each other, and by the colours taken, which were carried in triumph by sub-officers of the Guards. The centre of the Allies Was still in its first position, one would have thought that the different corps of the right and left wings would have joined the centre, and that the tollowing day the battle would have been renewed ; but the Freyherg road was cut off by the right wing of the French army, and General Vandanitne was advancing during the battle with 7(1 battalion's, a cavalry and artillery proportion ed, by Firms and Noenigstein, ar,tl had occupied the reterswalde road. At 10 in the evening the enemy, was informed of these movements. In despair at the disorder that appeared in his lines, uncertain respecting his communications, be thcn wished to begin his retreat. It may easily be comprehended, that after what passed during the day, that retreat became a rout ; the result affords proofs of it. i)uring the 28th columns of prison ers made in the mountsins were' 8141) to 111TiVe every moment. The womided, which had been Isbandotivd in the villages, arrived with those co* morns, as well as the flags of entire regiments, which retiring without order, and seized with ter- ror, laid down their. arms on the appearance of a French detachment. Every mornefit of thiS remarkable day has increaed the triumphS of the preceding one. Thus this grand army, which in stmie hours expected to be masters of Dresden, was in the same space of time dissipated :tad almost dissolved. What a lesson in it single day! Detachments of the train and the re- Illiall9 of columns continue to he taken in the mountains. The unhappy prisoners are without eloathing; they sink under want and .firtigue.— The Austrian Army left its frontiers before its Or ganization was finished, and before its equipment and closathing were complete. " A delay of six months, and the employing in equipping it some millions which Austria had not at her disposal, were requisite for snaking it act, and opening With some SAICCeSS a campaign such, as, that she had comineoced. The small number of, old soldiers, who arc in the'army is considered us astonishing. Its greater part consists of • yoting men of 18 years and under.'' In a single clay it has lost a third part ot' the need of wltich it ,was• composed. It is now endeavouring to regain• 130heinia by ergs:, roads, where it necessarily must lose pait of its materiel.. There are a few ex amples of a misfortune of this kind having fallen 'upon a nett/ army, animated as it appears by the enthusiasm of patriotism, and which had all the advantage of acting offensively or defensively on its side. The events round Dresden can only be compared to those of .I.Jhu. 'A storm •of rain •Ahiels did not cease falling . during the 27th, ren dered. this comparison still more striaing.. -The 'Emperor. was., out Ole .19th`, iii Bohemia beyond ciabel his advanced post had advaixed to Both , . voLls-Leipa; near Praettv. '' Ou the 1 21,i 11 beia.th e Ttilsian army in' Si- . and on the 26th appeared bO'ore Dresden, 'where ii alsO beat the grand Atv , trian Arnty IVittgenstein's Russian Corps, iind Icleises Prus sian corps. 'Those armies which calculated - upon certain victory, lied in disorder, and sought:their salvation beyond the mountains,, from whence they had ;launched with so much contidenee. 7 - We are assured ,the Emperor of-Austria hail ar rived at Perna. It is added, that (Itiring the battle, he returned to Toeplitz..., 'lime Emperor Alexander did' not quit the . ormyy It even appears that hit commanded in person, pgrecahly to the in structions of two ' men WIIO arc trilito:'S CO their country. fle supped on the night of the 25th up on the heights of itoultnitz, where lie lied at his table Prince :Schwartzenhyrg, Commander-in (.:hier of the Anitrian arfAy„ the French Ex-Gcne rol Moreau., and General Langenan, who de serted the Saxon service. General. INiorean had I.l•turited from the. interior of America, iti the hope o f 0: r !ring mortai blow uguinit the glory of the nuits, although it wnlic ,to those artnie , i he itul‘!!)ted to;' the fleeting reputation he f0r (27..1.(•`!al L7ngenati wled to 41- r,qpit,•.! 0: ha co , , , t,try • Atc--01 L . i, t.n...3tet AFITIPTD-I'Waterford. Dur,—Cadit, 1 Lisbon; 9. bottvri , tp.irgh, 1 Eh:lig - 01,1.nd, 1 I;titti uscy, '1 ,terse', I.th Alin, 1 Watrfurd.- PRICE iri.' :+'t't C . .;;Ks Tills ii.ty A t i WHArt , I,'f:Lea:.K. Cons4ls Say I (Thulium •7i Hirai IVATER, A'l' i.oNims tp.tmcip: TO-NIOILROW. Alonailig, 10 tnitdittes alter 9. 1 Evening', 35 altiiititi.saftcr 9. Ti IE SUN. 1.11 Is FAI,IIINI. LONDON, B.ITIIRD.IIr, SEPTEMBER lA, 1613. Reports of the most vivifying descriptiom have this morning reached our Office from variips parts; • reports Mach, if they receive confirmation, are of a nature well calculated to gratify the warnmit wishes of our hearts, and fulfil the sanguine ex pectations we entertain of a glorious and blesaed termination to the contest in which we are gaged. The intelligence contained in the follow- ing letter from our Correspondent at Deal is too congenial with our hopes to permit to throw doubts upon the authority whence it is derived more than is consistent with ,that gene ral caution necessary to he applied in appreciat ing all communications of the kind. So far as the writer of our letter is concerned, we will pledge ourselves that the facts be states are unquestion- able—what reliance !nay be placed on the Dutch boatmen, from whom they emanate, and on Whose Veracity they rest, our readers will determine. In all our views of the state of affairs near Dresden, we have expressed opinions which prove that such a victory as is here described comes fully within the scope of our anticipation as a most probable CV Grit. " DEAL, Sivr. 17. News (if true) of the highest importance has just arrived here, sent trom the Commander •of the in-shore sytatiron . off the Scheldt to the Com mander-in-Chief in the Downs. The intelligence thus obtained, states, that the Allies had made a General Advance and Attack upon the French Armies, and that most sanguinary. .Battles•were fought on the sth, Gth, and 7th of this month, near Dresden, when BUONAPARTE, being' nearly surrounded, Was oblised to eta his Way .through the Allies, and retreat in disorder towards France, leaving SEVENTY TLIOUgAND Of his 661,,D1R10 KILLV.D, WOUNDED, or PRISONEUS t the hands of our Friends, the Allies. It is also stated, that commotions in Holland and Flanders, begin to make a visible appearance." On the latter subject, namely the discontents and insurrectionary motions` said to be prevalent in Holland, it is scarcely possible to conceive that . there can be any misrepresentation. Rutuonrs rnas7 distort the appearanee of distant objects, but sure ly there can be no ground for believing that these Fishermen' who spoke Our squadron would utterly pervert the narrative of facts passing immediately under their own eyes, and within the bound of their own personal observation. With regard to the victory near Dresden, it' is much eorinho rated by the following information, which, had it conic singly, we 'should have- considered a relating to the battles of the 26th and 27th, but Which, .conjoining with the reports front the Dutch coast, we earnestly hope cony refer to sub- , sequent battles on the sth, Gth, and 7th. " The Badger - hired armed cutter, Lieutenant MARSHAL, arrived. at Deal yesterday, after a short passage, front.Heligoland ; a Gentleman svho arrived in her, states, that previous to the sailing of the Badger, accounts, which were regarded as nearly official, had reached the Island, from which it 7 „appetred, that the Allied Army having concen trated their forces in the iieiglibourhoti-of,D.res den, bad made another attack on that. City with complete success. A battle wtich lasted three 'iLlys, commenced, which terminated' in the total Defeat of the French, who lost SEvto. , 4 THOUSAND KILLED, a great number of Wm/titian, and about SEVENTY THOUSAND PRISONERZ. lIITONAPARTE endeavoured to cut his way tin (nigh the Allied Army with a part of his troops, nut was unsuc cessful, and it was supposed at Heligoland bud eF,caped individually. " have nut learned at what date the Badger sailed, but it must have been after the paclut which brought thr. Our Deal letters do not mention the as Gvai cif the Badger, and we ought to remark, that that port i 3 not the most obvious one fur a ship from Heligoland. To - detect the falsehoods promulgated by the enemy Nads lis directiy to the development of trk;th, rti icrttis al obviously $0 the fureantitm Qf right ettimate a the uetualstatc of afLivs 03 the , Continent, as . if counter-statements were lulls' iishecl on the other side, and received with that credit which, we Crust, will be glue .to all the documents. of our; Allies, reach this Ctiun try when they may. Besides; as this is the only source of informOtion whence we can, tinder ex- 'sting circumstances, draw, we trust the unwea ried pains we take in endeavouring to elicit real facts from the. incumbrances of Gallic mummery and deception will neither be thought tedious 1101. unprofitable. From the relative positions OF the conflicting hosts, it is observable that we can only obtain intelligence from the combined army , . in Bohemia by a very circuitous route, ex . cept indeed when some adventurous Cossack overcomes. the obstacles opposed 'by nature and by embattled multitudes, and, regardless alike of toil or danger, cuts anti conquers his way to that quarter, betwem which and'. J. , :ngland there is 1:o interruption to apprehend because the intervening medium is the ocean, where Britain endures the presence of no con trouling toe. Such was the service recorded in the : 7th Swedish Bulletin of . General Prince KounnscnorF, who with 2QO Cossacks traversed Saxony and Brandenberg, from Dresden to Ber lin, swain across ricers, forced posts, and convey ed to the CRowN. PRINCE at Belitz the only in telligence yet received from Bohemia since the commencement of the war. The same.diffictilties will continue to attend the transmission of ac counts from this point till perhaps British ex , extions and .Austrian victories open some port in ,the Adriatic, or till the Tyrant 'is driven, which we trust he by this day is, from his strong hold at Dresden, and the whole line of the Elbe. It round Dresden that " the front of battle lours," and a better notion of the campaign cannot be'con veyed in fewer words than by considering that. ca pital as the central point in the war, within a circle of from SO to 100 miles of ,which the strug gle is maintained on the North' towards Berlin, by the CROWN PRINCE ; on the East,' towards Bresslau, by BLUCHER ; and on the South, to wards Prague, by the Allied Monarchs. On the West, lies the Despot's road . towards-. Fiance— a road to Ivhich . we expect he will speedily com mit himself, and,' for the welfare of mankind, we earnestly hope, without being able to find safety in his flight. Continued extracts from the French. Papers en able us again to compare the enemy's accounts, and never was there afforded R more glaring illus. tratims of the non' bibi eonstet, than in these ever varying and inconsistent dettils.—Read over the Lop.tu. tho I.)..ttlaa r,d; Diroidun 5 acipsi n is near enough. to the scene of action to . poNiess full and accurate information. Here we have the first notice' of the affairs preceding thc attack upim Dresden, which, in Tit SUN of the ith instant, we stated, must have taken , place as the Allies advaneetl into SaXony. kfru shal ST, ' CYR, it seems, was driven from the 20th to the 23d, " after having disputed the ground foot by foot," under the walls of Dresden !. Re tiring before an enemy so overwhelming in mini - 'ben, his loss mustAave been very great. As it was not safe to lie so enormously to the inhabi tants et Prague, who from their proximity were necessarilyacquainted with some particulars of the 'action, as to the more distant population of Paris, the report here given steers clear of the superadded exaggerations of lino? A -r TiTE's bulletins, and reverts to the less ob trusive falsity of Aliawr :—the invasive army is consequently again reduced to 150,009 instead of '200,000 men. But to make amends for this, the said Report asserts, that both the "right anti bfft wings" of the allies were defeated, whereas BiIoNAPAIi.TE, more modest in this particular, only claimed to have beaten the kft wing ! The error committed by the Austrian General, in taking up a had position With the valley of flatten, to inter cept his communications with the centre army, is once more protruded and dm It upon„but instead of the entire annihilation of this tdrce, the Leipsie Story-teller contents himself with say ing, " that so unp.wionable a' fault until have (not " has," though lie article is written a week after the battle) cost it dear:'—" Several" Aas trian Generals are mentioned as prisoners, but still no names; and the firtn possession of their first position acknowledged to have been main tained by the Allied centre, till they chose to with draw at night, is a taut conelimive against' the claim of victory set up by IiVONAPTE. But the main point elucidated be this report is, the amount of the force 'under VANDAMITE. Not one corps only did this ghost-like Count com mand at the period of his disappearance— he had " seventy battalions, and a cavalry and artillery proportionme," under him, when the brave Prussians with VoN KLErsr, destroy ed this large and imputing force,. the very ma meurrintof which among the deities 41 Bohemia, a)" j , w:aea a sujicieht reason for . the . reitf, ade nt - etia of the khole Allied Army front belore es , d. , • As the Leipsie Report diwiniihed the tunuber of the Allies 50,000 below the rafi3inn Ve3ion, SO - near its conclusion, we remark, it dufkd theirloSs in a still greater prop or tion.' I ,l ' 'stead fde h " l f of 00,000 put hors de coda , " Of 150,0 - 00 (no sin is asset ted to have been lost. Not • a nor,' it whisperedabout MaRRALY'S or Se iiwAnTzErirt;to u wouds—no: ho ast ing of future operat i ons : to be founded On these i';nagitiory the eneniv wri!•es llttOg r2 contrary, dl ditference) the.r and grieVously as it he had bein fc3e4 and defeta,-,j, We i•rjoice to see it repeatedly st‘get;, t,61 Allies have taken the field in "perfect coniilha-3.!vi yirtory, aye, and.-of supporting the war Ly and the Rhine. They have met With nothillg put t hem out of spirits, or abate their h o p es and between tf, Übe tributions levied' in Saxony, Stocks are up.—Oninium is now p•er eev The PRINCE REGENT arrived at Catiteo 11°4 ' last night. The Lords of the Admiralty, Sto. 1 "" V Y‘ Tli 191 Portsmouth this day at 2 o'clock. , Yesterday the Earl of LIVERPOOL, BATHURST, Lord CASTLEREAGI, Lord SlD:o l 'l' 4 the Earl of WESTMORLAND, and the Ci t iver 3 ;,,, • of the E XC H EQUER , sat in .Council at the FONle • 1 14 Yesterday the Earl of YaamouTo, the .lotP LIVERP9OL, and Lord BURG 1%"I 3 „ interview with Lord MELvILLE, •at °ll. ' C‘ the Admiralty, . • Yesterday the Earl of WEsTmontattqn MUNSTER, the Earl'. of- 'Li vettroor. and 313vacntiasu transacted business With his. Highness the COMMANDER IN CHIEF) at lice at the Horse Guards. The mail which - aura Ted yesterday from If land' brought letters thence to the loth 11 from Altona to the 7th, andfrom Hamb"fg stb, and from several other quarters ()fair cent of various dates. If the accounts conveyance could be relied on, we 51 '" 91 that h e a c r a ß p o i d sr movement been made DAvousT from Haniburgh ; and'tbatTEl with a strong force, was ‘vithin a Ow of that city. cc All the acc oun t s from Harnburgh fact, that the post from Dresden , haci 'for two fla...vs, without any reason signed . for it ; but on the third no caused some- tiring to take place ot 'l great victories alle4ed to have 1) 1'. the Austrians b e f ore lire.stion' sons, boal'ver, attached importan cumstanee ; but the less so , 39 4 , " military operations were ;iv" "- papers: On account of the imPca llll '' eo r i p irs ni c ei. tine news transynitt not direct from the camp, but b' sel, and on through Vanovo A Gentleman who has just n that ea in that place,.. f ro m the!' and Dii - ousT, Was so great , estabiishnients there dation for them, and that t! the principal citizens were tali for their reception. Au occurrence it is sal minutes bctorc the stormin proved very fortunate ; 0 number of Ike shells be" from one of rim' batteries th em, and caused that hag the enemy which was iv Some private letters, mention, that Souves tempt to relieve St. men. The Spaniards took, their batteries. .the enemy to the Bid; fiy a vessel from 0 are said to'have beet the 2-Ith June, • in differences between Colonies, io.that claims of the fort cably adjusted: IV ed States, matt in pot in possession • It' has been a/ bud-been undem that they -hail without any rr march' towards of. Chili. BO ceived, contat' CAR REN tiOniSt:s, liatf RIM the Bth had re,taltc! ef foor iaon which were bad afterwi foreement which' he these pur by the u' Royalist , Santiagi frqm tip directic Lima t Ace+ o' that t daily mon, It ing is t ce vi