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

tunes. Their infercority to the allied troops is more than once con.
reised. Gloomy. rumours added to their deapnisdenrY ; and to re..
riled), a Riipposed financial deficiency, a forced loan to a great
aniAini, and even a,signats are mentioned as about to be recurred
to.—The following are a specimen of these letters ;
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE QUARTER-MASTER 1)--2 TO

114 A Ll..iltE D- -. •

. 44 Dresden, Sept. 3. 1813.
" We were for ten days of the last mouth without bread ; we had
onlv potatoes, which we boiled and ate without any. thing else. The
water is constantly over our bodies, lying along in the mud. One
night a great deal of rain fell; illy boric could no longer hupport it,
and I still less. I swi ar to you, that had they .attacked us, tiwy
might have killed us all without much difficulty'. One pour dragoon
could no longer hear nit ; he litew his brains out."
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MR. 1)---, TO HIS MOTHER AT

MA ES
" Lowenberg, Aug. 29. 1813.
Eiraprd from the greatest dangers, my first thought is to in.
folio you that lam still well. lam naked as my twirl—the cloak of a
!wens d'ornil., which has been lent me is my only covering ; hut let us
not anticipate, and do n it make yourself uneasy about what I write
to von. For three days we were in march by dreadlid roads, and
amidet continual rains, our singlits division, with sixteen cannon.
Arrived within o leagues of this town we enconntered the enemy
who was double our numbers, and who surrounded tts on all sides ;
our only hope was in fighting with desperation, which we did ; but
after the finest resistance, the greater part of us were.compelled to
surrender. Two of my comrades had the same good fortune as my-
self, to escape the enemy ; and we are soliciting our return to
Maest kilt, to recover front our miseries. The whole regiment was
made prisoners, exrept Captain Si--, who was in the rear with
the wounded of the regiment : the Colonel, the Commandant of
Battalion H---, in short, all were taken, not excepting my poor
friend K—, ll is with the baggage ; I must find hint to.
morrow. I have lost every thing, I ant stript of every thing,
and --."

TO MR. S

EXTRACT OF • LETTER FROM MR. R
AT LAMDALLE, IN BRITANNY.
" Dresden, Sept. 8.
" A General Order has just been published to the army. All the
stragglers to be collected, and every tenth man upon whom the let
may fall, is to be shot. Should this order be rigourously executed,
in another month we should no longer have an army. The greater •
part of our men are too weak, and-our horses are too much fatigued.
The apparent system of the enemy will considerably multiply the
number of the wretched. He means to exhaust us by marches and
countermarches. He has a great advantage—particularly the Swedes
and Austrians; their men are strong and vigorous, and their eatialry
admirable. Some sqaudrons of the Guard of Holtonr have already
arrived ; these poor fellows know not how to manceuvre ; •they are
at Pima; if they have fought how many of them will be left? We
arc told that fresh levies are making in France ; indeed, every
one must march should the war last ; there will be an absolute me..
cessity for it, should our enemies multiply, every day ; should the
Turks join them, and they talk of it. I know not the power in
Europe that will not be against us. How unfortunate and hated the
arc !"

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

COLON lU. DEPARTMENT, DON% NI N G-11 REET, OCT. 11, 181 S.

Dispatches have been received from Lieut.-Gen. Sir G. Prevost,
Bart. dated Kinston, Upper Canada, July His 'Excellency
has transmitted at copy of the official report of Licht.-Col. Clark, of
the *d Lincoln Militia. of the successfid attack made on the enemy's
post at Black• Rock, on the morning of the 11th of July, Lieut.-
Col. Bishop!). being unable to write in consequence of the severe
wounds he received. Licht.-Col. ('lark reports, that the objects of
the enterprize were achieved with the utmost gallantry, and that by
the judicious . arrangements of Lient,Col. Bishopp, the enemy's
block-houses, stores, barracks, and dock-yard, together with a large
vessel, were burnt, and ail the ordnance and stores that could not he
removed were destroyed, 3oel the detachment was on the point of
re-ennharKing !osing a sinle man, when it was warmly at-
t.:lo,rd by a Woltz rt-inloreenient of the euemY, aided liv a mime,'
oils body i.f!ndiatis, who had he ti enabled to approach under cove r
of the st:r.rooltdio;.! cell kept up a galling tire 'won the boats.
The detachatert had thirteen raid: -and file killed ; Lieut.-Colonel
Bishopp awl Captain Samidurs, .ttst re;:iirent, severely wormded
tied priwntri Licut,-Col. Clark, 'A Lincoln regiment ; antl