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

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WAR DIPARTVIENT, DOWNING-STRUM, OCT. 7.

A dispatch, of which the following is a copy, has been received at
Earl Bathurst's office, addressed to his Lordship by Lion.-General
Omit Wallmoden, dated heati-quarters, Domitz, Sept. ‘tt) :
Mt- LORD—Since my last report, dated Schwerin the 4th inst.
Marshal Davoust continaed upon the river Stocknitz.
Having moved to Domitr, I caused a bridge of boats to be there
built across the Elbe, with a tete-de-pont, in order to pass the river
as soon as the enemy should appear upon the left bank, although he
remained combined with the Danes, with whom I imagined he had
ceased to co-operate, in consequence of the late disjoined march of
the French troops upon Ratzebnrgh, and of the Danes upon Lubeck ;
the evenly continued contrary to my expectations, in a state of in-
activity for several days. I consequently once more made a move-
ment towards him, fixing my head-quarters at Hagenow on the 12th
instant.
But having been apprized, by intercepted letters, of Marshal Da-
voust's intention to detach eight or nitre thousand men, in order to
cleat the left bank of the Elbe, and advance towards Magileborg,
I cre,sed the river at midnight, on the 14th inst. near Domitz, tak-
ing the troops under my command, with the exception of the Swedes
and Meekleuburgers, who remained in the position of Oravesud-
ben, and the Hanseatic legion, which I left with the infantry of
Lntzow's corps on the right bank. On the ilith 1 occupied the p-
si tioh of Jetzel, near Datmenherg.

In the mean time, Marshal Davonst bad detached the General of
Division Pecheux, with the chief part of his division, which having
passed the Elbe, had marched upon Dahlenburg.
Late on the evening of the 13th, I was informed this force bad
taken up the position of Gorde.
On the following morning, the IGth, at day•break, I put the
troops in motion. The enemy had occupied the heights in front of
Gorde, on the Dannenberg road. I posted my troops in the-valley
with the view of concealing my numbers from the enemy, as well as
there to await his attack.

l'owards mid-day, I received intelligence that he had but par-
tially ocenpied Gorde, and that the main part of his force was be-
tween the villages of ldendort and Eichstlorfs a quarter of a Ger-
man mile in rear of Gorde. No time was now to be lost in making
the attaek.

I caused the Hanoverian infantry, with two ;Potteries, to march
under the command of Majar-General Lyon upon the great road
leading to his Majesty's castle of Gorde, in order to attack the ene-
my in front ; General Tetteuborn forming the advanced-guard with
three regiments of Cossacks. I directed at the same time six bat-
talions of infantry, one battery, and a regiment of hussars of the
Russian German legion, to move under General Arentschildt, by
the forest of Gorde, to turn the enemy's right flank, and I detached
General Dornberg upon the enemy's left, towards llnbbelwald, at
the head of the 3d hussars of the King's German legion, the hussars
of EAnd, one battery of horse artillery, and the half of the rocket
brigade.
The enemy's outposts in the woods making little or no resistance
retired to the. extremity of the fbrest, where, having pursued them,
I found the enemy's corps very advantageously posted on a height
in front of the Datmenberg road.
At four in the afternoon our two columns were seen advancing
out of the forest, and the enemy returned' but feebly the fire of our
artillery with eight or ten pieces of cannon.
Stu-prized at seeing a large hotly of infantry, while be imagined
be had merely light troops to encounter, the enemy began to make
a disposition for retiring, at the moment that onr battalions were
forming for the attack. It is very probable be would have earlier
determined upon retreating, but that General Pecheux, the Com-
mandant of this corps, was actually with the advanced posts in the
forPst, at a distance rom his position, where he bad only time to
arrive just when our troops were preparing to from against him.
The enemy's left began to fall back—the right stood fast to cover its.
retreat. This flank was formed upon the height in three columns
of battalions, and made the most astonishing resistance, when at
half-past five o'clock our infantry attacked two of those columns on
all sides.
The first and second battalions of this Ritssion German legion
commenced a-very heavy fire at the distance ofninety paces,.
At the same time the column of the Russian German legion ar-
rived at Nue side, and General Dornberg with the 3d hussars of the
King's German legion, appeared on the other. The Ist regiment of
hussars of the Russian German legion charging the enemy, broke
one of his squares. The 30 hussars of the King's German legion
eharged-with two squadrons another of these squares, which at a
Lttk disSaucc was advancing at the pas de charge: These hussars