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London, England, 1814-01-02 00:00:00

TETE NATIONAL RrnisTru.

his cavalry ; he had snpported them with a rescrie of several b .t•
tallow:. This corps, wider the orders of the General of Divis on
Vickety. attacked an advanced post of the. Cossacks. placed at Ton-
durff, and pursued its march with so much impetivisity, that it en-
tered Raid:ain't along with the picket. The iegiment of Cossacks
which entered that place was obliged to retire upon Seik, where
General Palilen was, with six squadrons of regular cavalry, 'deiced
by General Wormizotl. In less than four minutes, these last forces
were oath r arms. Gent ral Pahlen, well known in the army by
his military talents and manly intrepidity, immediately lett them to
the charge. Colonel Timm, at the head of a squadron of the regi-
ment ot Izonm, nenn the attack se its so minis vicour, that it im-
mediately overthrew the enemy, who was from thenceforth in com-
plete runt. They were WillidSbak. The road In twee ti
Seitz and Wamlshcck was strewed with dead ; more than vOO weie
comited ; and above 150 piinnwrs, ot sham one was an otliT•er,
were taken. Tie Colonel of the Jutland dragoons was wounded,

and died soon afer his wounds.
General Dcrenberg attacked, with three hattaliong, three rcgi.
mews Dayi.sli Mien try tliat had come out of Oi!lesloh. The
ect my was hi iAsly press'ed as far as Bode, and night put and cud
to the combat. The General made some prisoners.
A.squadron oldismounted hussars attacked the village of Ben.
thorst, %lium there t%:15 a cumpany of Danish infantry. It made
prisniu vs, and di.persed the rest.
A (let:Lel:locot of the advanced-guard of General Walmoden has.
taki is a part of tLe enemy's baggage near Eckenfohrde, and math:
some hordreds of prisoners.
General Tettcnbern, who had pa sed the Eydet with his ecrps,
Las occnpied Fie. t rickstadt, Totiningen, and Unsum, and has
sent detachments towards Flewbottre, and Slesw ick. He has
• surroniul, d the fort of %Totten% yk. He has surprised, at Haman,
I'2o carriages, con% eying the sick to the hospital of Alfons. One
hundred nod twenty of the escort were made prisoners; the test
,:aced themselves by tavola-at the night. At hustim hr took seven
cannon. The lit neral has also disarmed the Land:4nm of Tomlin-
gen and linsinn. Mute than SOO muskets vvere Liken there.
One of his iletachmcnts has destroyi d the depots of cavalry which
mere at Itzolo e. The enemy has lost many men in killed and
wounded. One officer, 100 soldiers, and 110 horses, •iiave been

taken.
The army has advanced nron the P.yiler, between
Rend•hnruh and Kiel. Its dvtaehments occupy the latter place.
The (read-quarter• of Marshal Count Stedinsk ore at I)rcetz.
The intrantants of Plum, and ot• Dahl, •have reerived the
Swedish troops with great acclamations of joy. Those towns were

General Skioldebraml, who was engaved in the pursuit of the
enemy, eame up with them in front of Ilornliorft. lie found that
their force, consisting of Mice battalions ea iolantry, and two
regimentit of caYalry, was drawn np in battle, and had a battery'of
six pieces owl) their left flank The tire I f their grape shot
beeatele lively aud de4ructive ; but Col eral Skinidebrand himself,
at the head of his troops, charged n ith YU vigour, that the
battery was rattled, the battalions broken, mid Ibl C 4 d 111 lay down
their arms. The enenly's cavalry took flight : all that ilensti al
Skioldebruni had pursued it, leaving a squAttron to receive the bat-
talions which had surrendered. By treachery, or at the instigation
of some of their officers, thee troops took tip their arms,
tired upon Imr cavalry, and did great mischief. Some squadrons
of hussars ....hid) pursued the enemy, immediately returned to the
eharze, and ,abred those battalions. As the enemy had in the
of Vonlitolt a considerable corps of reserve, only the battery
at:d about pri.eners, could he taken. Their 'wit' in kiiktl HMI
WOillided Is very heavy : ours amounts to about nien mid as
many horses. Capt. Planting, and Adjutant Cock, of the Monier
bare been killed ; C 016111.1 CederStrOnl, of the same
r eginitnt, wounded. The Swedish cavalry displayed in this affair
a rare intrepidity : It Cluii ged on very difficult ground Aimee
different kinds cat arms (cavalry, artiliciy, and ha...lm.y), and
ebtained cemplete success.
It is painfid to be obliged to mention combats which have taken
place between the o,iHren of the North. Tiny ought only to
produce mourning and silence. The Sovereign %%how policy has
prOVOkCd them can • alone desire !bat tic y should be prolonged.
Let its hope,ihat the Kin:: of Dutmark will put an end iW the war
of brethren and that his kiiugtk a d that of Sweden, will present
the image of one family united, tranquil, and happy.
The enemy, cut off from r; ni.berg by Gen. Walmoden, retired
upon Kiel, punned by Gen. sl itildebrand. lie passed the canal,
and proceeded by the opposite batik, upon the fortresses, after
baying destroyed the Widget,. It tequii tad twroty-four hours to re-

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pair Item. Gen. Watnit.eten, vv;Ai hod advanced to Klaw
threw CAI rs aCross and net:at-Inca Gen. Doracrg runs l'ekern-
fortirde, after having receive(' intellitxnee that the (navy was re-
tiring upon that point. The advanced guard of Gen. ‘Valmoden
had passed long before. Some-battalions, ansi a regiment ot. Hussars,
which should have guarded the bridge, and kept up the communica-
tions with Geis. Dornberg, were :Marked at Ostentode by the ene-
my's army ; -which fearing on doubt that it should be destroyed in
its march 'pat Colding, tuck the sudden resolution of piercing to
rlendsiire. The corps cf Gen. Wahnoden twin!, separated could
not arrive in time to take part in the action. This General sus-
tain«l, with four battalions, and one regiment of Hmsvas, four
piects ef cannon, a long and obstinate combat, against a force of
10,01 oat least, with a nainerous artillery. Success was a long
time balanced.; but at last the enemy weae enabled to gain po.ses-
sion of the road to Rendsberg. The soldTvs were often mixed with
each other ; and'although the 11111111 her of Dares was in I.roportien
el three to one, the field of battle remained, with Conet Walmo.
den. The Not and horse chassenrs of Metkienherg, which formed
the advanced guard of Gen. Vegesack, arrived in time to take
part in the engagement. and to dt elite it. Its cavalry eviade a
charge against the regiment of Holstein, and under the
cross4ire'ef several battalions, which were placed bi hind the hedges.
Gustavus of 11)ieel:10141g, who has distinguished himself in
ao extramdinary manner. has been womuted. Hit great valour
having borne him into the midst of the enemy, he fell into their
hands: but he was exchanged for an officer of the same rank. It
is hoped that his wounds will penult him to continue the war.
His conduct has het n above all praise. Col. Muller, of the Meek-
lenberg cCassearc, has cominted hints:Win a brilliant manner. Ct mri
Walmodt is has lost in this affair one cannon. and m 5 to 600 own
killed, wounded, or missing. The lost of the enemy, by his own
c:,11 ession, is more than 10ta0 men. In this engagement, which does
great honour to Count Walmoden, and in the preeening,
which
consisted of skirmishes, that General has taken eight pieces of
cannon, and 400 prisoners, Young Lieut. Malik:ol.ls, oldie hussars
of the legion ; and Lieut. Manrenholz, of the hussars; with a score
of hussars, and the same number of Hanovelian chasseurs, hz.ve
pet formed prodigies of valour, and taken five cannons.
The Prince of Hesse has demanded an armistice It is prolialtie
that the diflerences between Sweden and Deem ark will soon be
settled, and that Denmark will at last join haself to the Allies.

Heal qiiarter9, Kiel, Dee. 16.

The armistice demanded by the Prince of Hesse has been granted,
It began on the 15111 instant, at midnight' and will thirst' on the
.:911i, at the same hour. We shall profit by this inters al to posh
the operations against llanthorgh. The Danish army has been able
to enter Reudsberg as it were by a miracle. Two hours later, and
it would have been fore-ed to lay down its arms, or to disperse.
The tint of 'Vollerwyk has svrrendered to the corps el General
Tettenhorn, after having been cannonaded for some days. The
garrison are prisoners of mar, aid are not to sme agno i
they are exchanged. Eighteen eamion and ten mortars, helve been
taken by General Tetlenborn ; since kis entrance into the Duchies,
they all amount to thirty-eight.
The el al acteristie talents of the Cossacks, of extricating them•
selvcs out ordirriculties on all emergencies, has shewo itself en this
occasion. For want of artillerymen they then':-elves served the ar-
tillery, with which they tired against the battery. The most severe
weather, roads almost impracticable, nothing steps these warriors.
An alley whit h has Cossatks at its command will a;ways find its
operations, awl its success. facilitated by their vigilapee.
The fort of Frederiksost. and Ohickstadt, are not included in
the armistice. If the Danish Government w Nies for peace, these
places will not e\pericnce the horrors of a bombardment. The
army-has halted in the midst of its successes ; the tiire which it
loses by waiting for the conclasion of. a peace is of incalculable itn-
rtance. Thus have the Allies given to Denniark, and to Europe,
an evident proof of their moderation: If hostilities re -committee.
it will doubtless me a great misthrture ; but no one can reproach
tl:c Allie s with tho• e eonsequenees. •
,Two regimeots of Cossacks, ut the corps of General Benkendorf.
have advanced upon Breda. The garrison has vvacuated that
pace, awl retired upon Antwerp, pursued by the Cossacks. The
town of Rieda, wherein GCO'peisoners have been made, was itlllllC.
diitely occupied by the allied troops.
Thus the army of the North of Germany occupies, at this me.
meat, a line from Breda to Dusseldorf. In consewie»er of the
;:ranstice, it has I CealiCti all the parties in •Schlrswitt ; and
troops hold in this Duchy, the hue from Eckernforde to Hte
The d4o.,tions have becu so taken, that upon the eztronit