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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. 'lime 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 15.
(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
• AVittus,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 Goasahan 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
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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 of 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.)
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