The National Register.
London, England, 1813-06-13 00:00:00

'NA T, !MOIST

On the lath General.Jelowoisks
ancera
of the Ditch guard ; and in the
'oviteh
made a reconnoissance, in Vidal the enemy lost 100 kilts. 1, and
ISO prismters Deserters come in daily front the enemy, and he
sutlers considerably by our skirmishes.
Heal-quarters, Wurtzen, May 20, 1813.
My .Lonn,—The enemy &weed on the evening of ti.e 17th and
lElth iu the direction of Luckan and Lubben, on our right; the force
was stated to be Reynier's corps.
Intellig,exce being seceiVed that General Lauriston, with 9000
men, would march to reinforee the troops above mentioned on the
19th, General Barclay de 'roily and General d'Yurck,-with a strong
corps, were sent to intercept and fall upon General Latiristote.
General Barclay de 'lolly fell in with the enemy in the neigh.
bourhood of Kotogswerdc, and a sharp contest ensued, which was
put an end to only by night-fall, And in which the Allies were cows
pletely successful. They drove back the enemy at all points.- took
fifteen hundred prisoners, a General of Division, and eleven pieces
of cannon. The enenty'a loss in killed and wounded was conaideros
bees The cavalry were in pursuit when the accounts came away.
The loss on our &de has not yet been ascertained, nor am I in pos.
se‘sion of the details of this 'Altair.
General D'Yorck was engaged more on the right, and etICOSID•
tered a strong force, the support of LaiirlStmes corps, supposed to
be Marshal Ney's. He was engaged till _eleven o'clock at night,
against very superior numbers, with success. Both the Allied corps
reunited into the posi:ion this morning.
Six o'clock p. nun enabled, being just returned from Ge-
, aeral Aiiloradov.itch's advanred guard, to report to your Lordship.
that a very severe attack has been made to-day by the enemy, to
possess themselves of the town
.of Bautzen. They attempted a
false attack on "tn. left, but the' real- tone was on Miloradovitch's
right. 6esiera4 Kleist's corps wad movtd up to leiesimport, and the
attack was snstaieed by Generals Mitoradevrticlore.l-Kleist with the
utmost gallantry. I witnessed two Very gallgitchaeges. of Russian
light cavalry as well a' extreme good. conduct throughout the
troops engaged. General MildradoVitch will be drawn to-night
into the position.
It would seem from what has occurred this day, that the enemy
intend a great sfloet I have the honour to be, See.
('Signed) CHARLES STEWART,
Visce wit CastiereiegZ • -•
Head-quarters, Goldberg, Silesia, May 24, 1813.
MY LORD,--1 hastily detailed to your Lordship in ny last
dis-
patch the military movements on the 40th, and the attack on Baut-
zen by the enemy.
The intention of the enemy, in his attack on the.right and leftol
Bautzen un the 20th Was to force the Spree river. and to pass o
some heights on our Fight, thus threatening General Miloradovit o's
rear, and gaiuiug advaiitakenWg ground, from which his art iery
could sweep our main
position, awl under cover of whosg. re he
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might with greater fissility make his disposition for theme at-
tack on the followitte morning.
The action was bravely come:00; a Russian bat tion, and some
.114tly. advanced and
cover of a battery.
Prussian lancers, under
vent! Kliest's curps.
contested alone the heights. spite of the enemy's powerful eftbrts,
"nit!! Itilileeynawole.,7llil/141:40.410(1,t9r6.:S(*ix.treine right, the enemy's corps fol..
law" Genegab; naeceiy lfp.tTolly and D'Yorck, in their retrogade
movement from theitexpeption against General Lewiston.
General D'Yorek-keaS
rps entered the position in the evening,
!ant the whole of Barclay de Tolly's did not effect it tilt the follow.
inn morning.
Gen Miloradoviteli repulsed the repeated ettOrts of the enemy that
were vigoronsls made against him on the left ; and the cohrmns
of the enemy that had attempted to pass into the mentitains, *ere
kept in check. Finding, however, that General Kliest had fallen
back into the main position, General Miloradoviteh withdrew er.
tirely from the Spree river, and the town of Bautzen, and In the
night occupied the ground marked out fur him iu the general line.
rite severe affairs of this day reflect the highest honour on Ge.
Miloradoviteh and Kleist, and the brave troops under their
I have the or s r be, &c.
command.
(signed) CIIARLE:" STEWART, Lieut.-Generals
Viscount Castlereagh, &c.

tinder the ordees of Count
Goldber,l, May '24, 18114
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My Lonn,--The Army
genstein, in position in advance of Wursciten and Hoclikirch, wax
attacked by the enemy at day-break, commanded by Buunaparte
person, on the morning uf the -21st istant.

ieral.Jelowoiski made prisoners a troop of aneem
,ird and in the afternoon General Miloradovitelt

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en , to Silesia and the °dbl., was bout],
by a , inotintains %%hid* separate Lusatia from Bohemia,
4hrongK which Marshal Daun marched to the bathe and victory of
Hoelikirch.
• Some strong commanding heights, on which batteries had been
Constructed, near the village of Jackowitz, (and separated from
the chain of monutains by streams and marshy ground) formed the
appni to the lett Omsk of the position. Beyond, and in front of it,
many batteries were pushed forward, defended by infantry and ca-
valry, on a ridge that picketed into the low ground near the Spree
river. It then •extended •to the right through villages that were
strongly entrenched, across the great roads leading from Bautzen to
Hochkircle-aed Gorlitz ; from thence in front of the village of
Bunttliewitz to three or fom• very commanding hills, which rise
abruptly -in a conical shape, and form strong features ; these, with
the high ground of Krcckwitz, were strengthened by barteries, and,
were considered the right point of the line.
The ground in the centre was favourable for cavalry, except in
tome marshy and uneven parts where it Would impede itti opera-
Fleelies were constructed, and entrenchments thrown up,
at advantageous distances on the plain, along the front of which
• tan a deep boggy rivulet, which extended round the might of the
priettion.
. On the extreme right the country was flat and woody. intersected
by roads bearing towards the Bober the Oder.
General Barclay de 'lolly's corps was stationed here, and shoold
be considered more as a maneenvrieg corps, placed to gnard against
the.enemy's &attempts on the right and rear of the Allies, than as
ittnno diaiely in position: the extent of the whete line might be be-
tween three and foes. English miles. Tire different corps occupying
it were as follows.; Geeerai theist's and General d'Yorek's e“rps,
in echdon and in reseete, on the right ; General Blucher's, Count
Ittgensiein's, and *cetera! Mitoradoviteles forined Am the left;
the guards and grenadiers, and all the Russian cavalry, were
etet'ened reserve in the centre. •
enemy evinced, early in the action, a determination to press
. sof the AlLes; he had thrown a very strong corps into the
. , en our left, which favenred his species of warfare, but
":, radovitch was prepared here, having detached Priiice
',c.0....it A...A."lam .••; th ht.l% 11-tit:,liens of Iwo troops,
• .nf Cossacks, with their artillery. under Cutout'
• v these hills.
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-• .. ••• tirailade in this quarter, and •a distant
deal,: 3., • which commenced the action, the
rem 'f•• ics,..and to move his different coba
nk m.
Ole ,:.c became gradually v
site. •<. ;# • pov,tr",bl- •Line of artillery
Wur,. • • • !voila) St. nriest's division Omen;
ar•
doviteb, ••• -. •• e Ymgagee,• a citatXe eaval
siteceedee. '• t'l "emY. 4,llfeh t 4 take
Runt ,wac,
brittle. e •••;-•kil in tiOnt • ,:e •
arn.e.eszat. „and la„ •s, she "
esplanade tseeir., :riveirg ql1.•
artillery, with • • ,
tween our position a •••
,
Inc attacks.
These demonstratiui' an et.A- 0.. tion, and a
ju,
disposition wag MT*. 'nudeM.': 0), .47.'1,44'1 ; •
telier's carp.,
add our c .mmandieg , sir et it ; be' :r, aline tire art;
a snore lively eamionan- oer
oTattaft7kr,
doubtful where his chief one:met-. 5e:,1.4•45;.
tinder cover of a I:eavy fire -were ' •
I:firis the eneMy's
left, while others were filing e-- • - Goier,,f Barclay
force nteler Marsh N
de Tay was attacked by a vet, -
and*Gencral Lauriston;
and tai's-itra.cyliii!z:i.g.4ll:o_l;esie:
and not w.,.;.‘A.antlii:tz the incr4
**as tnreed to anarolon the villages of Kin tz.
. nerd Barclay de Telly itouta.unthered,
,'givend he occupied 11-,•nt of Calinervitz and -
grain
throlio•
wiirtnn
a.ntpi
place himself on the :Jr ts.surro,solloo th.N rout:4Ru:: famild to
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Baretb, by which :;.e. :11•:oy v‘ot:l6l dionge •'7:!:5.n on th . a"
and'eriver the k%uc likirc'h cu the
rear : but the enemy outflanked him on the light,• while they
him in front, And occupied these- heights i
Atim, weir!! determined him to throw on the right of i'Ver.s.
.on, where the Imperial head-quarters +ad beet', end wi
u
perceived that General
Testy the object. Wle:o it was
Teity was pressed by inonense odds, General Belcher
to groove to his right, and attack the enemy in dank..

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General Blusher was afterwards supported by Generals Kleist
ind D'Yorck, and her.e'a most sangitinary contest ensued.
These attacks succeeded in checking the enemy. That of •Ge-
nem} rthicher's corps exceeds all praise; and the Prussians in this
eventfid.day, as at the battle of Lutzen, again evinced what their
troops ai c capable of accomplithing when headed by a King they
love, and fighting for their country, their libertyeand independence.
A charge of four thous:,nd of their cavalvy on columns of the
enemy's infantry, which had carried the village of Krachnitz, com-
pletely repulsed him, und the Prussians again occupied it, display-
the greatest order and steadiness under the most galling fire.
Still these gallant efforts were arrested by the ehemy's bringing up
fresh troops, and though partial successes were obtained, the ge-
neral issue was in suspense.
A momentary advantage being gained by the enemy, in conse-
quence of General Barclay de 'lolly's movements, he lost no time
in making every exertion to•push it to the utmost, renving, at the
same time, his attack on our left flank, and assaulting the batteries
that covered the conical heiglits, as a!so those of Kreckwitz on the
right. He made himself master of the latter, ant of one of our. hat-
trries, which gave him, in some degree, the key of the position, as
it commanded the low ground on the right and centre of it. Still
in every other part of the line the Allies firmly sustained the -con-
flict; but it soon became apparent that the enemy had not only
superior forces to fight us at all points: but h nl fii-0 the means
of proloming his flank march on our right, veiling our OM-
1111111i0110115 and menacing our rear.
Although it might have been easy iv a *4o* - -eon -of the
grenadiers and guards in reserve. t' .yve veto.- • • • heights of
Kreckwitz. still the pressure roe +Nods
corns would have again neeesv' , obrintioons, rt and
when these troops moved tr irent of 1044 k, t 1 c rfro. , where
the enemy still
strewed P ..; endan-
gered.
it was only from Illi4eta6rtiA a 411111." .--
,4letailcd, that dr ..!•t* "l a itOz.ert; ,
five o'cl.,ck in havilift tier'.

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It appears be had assembled all his forces for this effort,:"and bad Gen'ral Bhicher was
t 0 t iletarketiurgelrasisad!been suproseftwistltercputrter,a,---:. ' and D'Yorck, and here 'a
The ground selected by the Allies to resist the enemy's approach, These attacks succeed
on the great roads to Silekia and the °dbl., was bounded on the left 'nem]. Mueller's corps ex
by a range of mountiiins which separate Lusatia trom Bohemia, eventful.day, as at the I
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