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ATIONAI4 REGISTER.

tunes gave way_ frequk - recapture cif the
village of Kara, must have cost equally dear to both pat ties.
We think, therefore, that it is very moderate to state the
enemy to have had at least 2.9,000 killed and wounded with-
out the prisoners which may have been taken, On the
side of the allies the Prince of MECKLENBURG STRELITZ
was killed; and it is asserted, the Prince of ri LSSE HOM ERG.
The French continued their march the next day, and on the
sth inst. the head-quarters were at Colditz; BEAUHARNOIS
at Hotta; NI A R MeNT behind Colditz, NEY on his way to
raise the siege of Torgau, and jain the Saxons on the banks
of the Elbe, I,A u atsToN on his march through Wewertzen
to Dresden, from which he was only forty miles distant.
OUDINOT was at Altenburg, and BEItT.RAND •at Rochlitz.
On the morning of the sth, B EAUH A RNO Is had fOund the
Prussian rear guard posted at Codlitz, the bridge of which
was cut, intending to defend the passage of the river,
but he crossed it at a ford below the town, and
establishing a battery of t 0 pieces against it, whilst he
threatened to turn it, compelled the Prussians to evacuate
it, and followed them to Gersdorf, where they united with
the Russian corps of Mi LA RADOWITCH and turned on their
pursuers. A sharp action ensued, in which BEAUHARNOIS
being supported by M ACDONALD ultimately sitcceeded in
repelling them to Ilona, which he occupied with the loss,
on his pat t of 600 killed and wounded, and that of the alllies
.of 1000 prisoners, and an equal number put hors de combat.
We should rather suppose that both sides suffered . equally;
and that the Russians only retreated in consequence of the
arrival of superior numbers.
Such have been the momentous occurrences of the first
fortnight of this campaign. The allies have been weakened,
but not crippled. The enemy states that they brought be
tween 150, and 200,000 men to the field : according to this
account the loss of 30,000, allowing it to be real, would
leave them still powerful and able to resume the offensive
whenever they might think proper. They, fall back, besides,
upon their reinforcements, and as the inferiority in cavalry,
under which the French labour, compels them to advance
cautiously and slowly, the allies will probably have time to
join the troops in their rear, before they can be forced to
fight another general battle. As a military disaster,
therefore we do not consider it as likely to prove
decisive. Its moral and political consequences are
more dangerous. The fickleness 0/popular opinion is so
-great, that we dread the effect a first defeat or even a repulse
may have on the Germans who were inclined to rise and
vindicate their freedom. So many Princes too were
hesitating until fortune should have shown which cause it
.svontd be safe to espouse, that we fear they may be thrown
once more into the arms of France. The French also will re-
gain
their lost confidence in themselves and their leader, and
whilst it is the interest of the allies now to avoid a general
engagement until they have united all their forces, every
t our of delay will increase the moral power of their enemy.
These are the only consequences which we think are to be
apprehended from the result of the battle of Lutzen. Other-
wise, both armies having suffered equally, the advantages
would be little more than nominal, for the possession of a few
towns and of I's leagues of county could not affect the issue
of a contest, the field of which is almost the whole extent of
the Continent.

By accounts from 'Malta fO the 4th ult. we are sorry to
learn the plague has again bioken out at Constantinople.

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PREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

MAY 16.

PA to TS, MAY 7 --Her Majesty the F.mpress end Queen has received
the following intelligence,. respecting the situation of the army on the
Ist of May :
" The Emperor had removed his head-quarters to Weissenfels ; the
Viceroy his to Mersbourg ; Oeuvre! Mai‘rat had e:.tered Halle; the
Duke of Ragusa had his head-quarters at Naumberg ; Count Bertrand
was at Stolossew ; the Duke of Reggio had his head-quarters at Jena.
" There was much rain on the 3oLli April. On the Ist May the
weather was better.

" Three bridges had been thrown across the S3ale at WY• issenfels ;
campaign works had been commenced at .s...a.iabouriz, and three bridges
had been Virown over the Saale.

Fifteen grenadiers of the 014 Luc, .be;•ag b..tween Jena and
Saalfeld, were surrounded by 9 Piussiar• hussar.. she Commandant,
who was a Col.nel, !advent. d. Kenclimen, surrender.'--
Ihe ser.:eaut him. 1 ise of her greoadit rs foraied in a platoon,
killed seven Prussians, and the hussars went off taster than 'hey came.
• 'Flue different par ies •.i the Old Guard are collected at Weis-
senfrls. The Get et of Division ltoquet commands them
• The Emperor visited all the adv. need posts, notwithstanding the
badness of the "weatliPr. Iris Majesty enjoys exceeni health.
The first blow with the sabre which ww, given the renewing of this
campaign, at Weymar, took of the ear 4f Major•Geiteral tiluchei's st.n.
It was by a Mareelial des Loges, of the loth 1111MierP, that this blow w:;s
!riven. The Inhabitants of Weyniar remark, that the first subra- blow
given in the campaign of tBoti, at Stialfield, mad which killed Prince
Louis of Prussia, was-given by a Marcchal des Loges, of the same
►egiment."

Her Maje-ty the Empress and Queen has received the following in.
relligence of the situation of the Army at nine in the morning of the 2d
May.
" On the Ist May the Emperor mounted cm hniseback at nine in thee
morning; with the 'Prince of Muskwa, and General Soulless)** division
put biluself in motion towards thr• fine plain whirls cmume-ces upon
the heights of Weissenfe's, and extends to die Elbe. The Incision was
formed in four squares of four battalions each, r ach square 500 wises
from the other, and having four pieces of.camion. Behind the squares
was placed General Ladoissier's brigade of cavalry, eider the ',Hers
of Count Valray, who had just arrived. Girard sod Martmunt's
ohs came belitud in echelons, amid fernied in the same manner as
Souhain's division. Marshal the Duke of Istria was On the right, with
all the cavalry of the guard.
At eleven o'clock, this disposition made, the Prince of Musky/a, in
presence of a cloud of the enemy's cavalry. which covered the plain,
put himself in motion upon the defile of Pontine. He seized upon
several villages without giving a Wow. The enemy occupied, upon
the heights of the defile, one of the finest positions that can be seen ;
he had six pieces of cannon, and presented three lines of cavalry.
The first square passed the defile at the pas de charge, amidst cries
of " Five l'Emperenr," long continued throughout the line. It seized
upon the height—the four squarcint Statham% division passed the de-
file. Tao other divisions of cavalry then came to reinforce the enemy.
with twenty pieces of cannon. The cannonade became lively. The
enemy every where gave ground. Soulnau's division marched upon
Lutzen, Girard's took the direction oft Prague road. The Emperor,
wishing to reinforce the batteries of this last division, sent 12 pieces of
the gourd, under the orders of General Monet, and this reinforce-
ment performed prodigies of valour. The ranks of the enemy's ca-
valry were ovetthrown by grape abut. At tit-. same moment the Vice-
roy debauched from Merschourg, with the 1 Ith cois%) commanded by
the Duke of Tarente, and tl.e sth, commanded by General Laudston.
Gen. Lauriston's corps was on the left, upon the high road frnat Muse-
bourg to Lipzu ; that of the Duke of Tarente's, where the Viceroy
was, on the right. The Viceroy, hearing the bri,k cannonade, which
took plsce at Lutsen, made a movement to the right, and the Ea:pe.
ror almost at the same moment. at the village of .Lutzen ; Marchant's
diviiion, and in succession Brenier and Ricard's di. wens passed the
defile; but the business was settled when they entered io line ; 15.000
cavalry were therelme driven from these plains by neatly the Name
number of infantry. It was General Winzingerode who comma, led
these three divisions, one which was Lanslidi's. The enemy dis-
played hut one division of infantry. Become more prudent Ly !he
b4tile of Weissenfels, and astonished at the fine order and sen_ fro d
of our mirch, the enemy dared not approach any part or 011,
and was crushed by out grape slot. Our loss amounted to ki;led,
and 55 wounded, one a chief •of battalion. This loss be consi-
dered tc: extremely trifling, in comparison to Oat or the eaemy. vino
bad 3 Culunels, 30 Officers, and 400 men killed ur

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vay, and the frequent loss and recapti