The National Register.
London, England, 1813-05-30 00:00:00

MAY3O.

stood opposed to tile enemy at a distance of inn paces, and Woe
of the mast bloody battles became general. Our reser,ves had drawl'
nearer to the field of battle, to be in readiness whereier neetleul,
thus was the battle contin-ed till near seven o'clock in the evening.
Dining its course. the villages on the left wing wrote several times
taken and retaken by both parties. At seven o'clock the enemy
appeared wits, a few corps on our right wing, before Gross and
Klien Gorschen, probably with the Viceroy's army, made a brisk
attack upai us, and again endeavoured to tear from us the
advantages we had gained. The infantry of a pan of the Russian
reserve was now brought forward to the right wing, to the support
of General de Yerk.'s corps, which was briskly attacked, and a most
desperate engagement took place, in which the Russian artillery,
during the remaining time, greatly distinguished itself, as did the
corps of Von ,York, Blucher, and Winzhigerode. The b .ttle was
continued till night came on The enemy had likewise again attacked
our centre and villages with great briskness, but we maintanied
our position. I this situation ni :lit pot an end to the battle. The
enemy was to have again been attacked on the 3d May He had
meanwhile taken Leipsig during the battle This obliged its to
manoeuvre with him. It was not till afterwards that we were
informed, that in consequence of the battle he had again been forced
to quit it, and hail by the same means lost Halle, and 15,0 Ki men of
his nest troops.---Nlany of his cannon are dismounted, and a nuiwier
of his powder waggons blown up: Our light detachments are again
at liberty ro harass him, and to follow up the advantage gained.
We have ctinseqnently kept the field of battle. The victory is ours,
and the intended object accomplished Near _ 50,0.'0 of our best
tro. ps have not yet been engaged. We have not lost a single cannon,
and the enemy must
.have perceived what can be, effected by
united tiational feeling between two firmly allied nations in courage
and resistance, and that the high hand of Providence protects
the just cause of those powers who have no design of aught
but tneir independence. and to found a durable peace on the free-
dom of all nations. Such was the battle of the VI of May. fought
year the plain or Lutzen, where the liberty of Germany was once '
before conquered. With the courage of lions did both Russians and
Prtissians fight for it, and their endeavours will not haye been in
vain. The lois we have sustained may amouat to about 10„00(n
men, but the most of them are only slightly Wounded. Amongst
the killed on the Prussian side we have, among several other valua-
ble Staff Officers, to lament the loss of the Prince of Hesse Hom-
berg. Our wounded are, on the Russian part. General Von Kano-
wiecz)n, and on the Prussians, the "Genera& Von Blucher and
Scharmhorst, slightly. and 'Von Huderbun, dangerously. On the
French side , according to the reports of the prisoners, we learn
that Marshal Bessieres is killed, Ney and Statham wounded. Up-
wards of 1000 prisoners are already brought in, ten pieces of artil-
lery taken, and some thousand muskets caphiled at Halle. Our
light troops are now occupied in pursuing the enemy. Although
the numerous villages laying near to each other in this tenitory and
its canals. together with the precautimataken by the enemy never
to appear in the open plain,. did not afford our cavalry an oppor-
tunity of charging in line, yet the Prussian Garde du Corps, and the
regiment of Brandenburg Cnirassiers, cat down several masses of
_the enemy's infantry, even amidst the villages and under his crows
fire, and have therefore gained a share in the immortal honour which
the Prussian warriors have again obtained in this murderous baffle ;
and in like manner have the Russians proved that they can fight on
the German soil with the same sentiments which insured victory to
them in their own country. I hese are the results of this day, up to
this present. God bless.our arms. He visibly, apd during the bat-
tle, protected both our beloved Monarchs, who several times ex-
posed themselves to danger, even in the villages, where the battle
raged the hottest. May he, future, bless and preserve them to
[Here fellows the " Official Intelligence from the Combined Ar-
mies, from the field of battle, May 3," which appeared in our last.]

ADMIRALTY•OFFICE, MAY .46.
Letter from Sir J. B. Warrrn to J W. Crokert Esq. dated St. Domingo,
off Annapolis, Chesapeake, 20th of April.
SIR-4 request to inf+or►u your la►rdships, that in proceeding up this
bay, of the river hopelinunock. five sail of .wined vessels were, disco-
vered; immediately ordered the Maidstone and Stattra, with the Fait-
tome and Mohawk brigs, and Iltgligyer tender, to pursue them into the
river ; however, it falling little wind, the signal tOr the boats of the
squadron, tarmtied and armed, was repeated, and they were all sent in
antler the direction of Lieutenant Pockinghorne, of raid ship ; atter
a most gal ant attack iron the officers, seamen, and In:trines in the boats.
and • determined iesistance ftvio the enemy's vtssels, . who were pie-
pared to receive dim, the whole were carried, with the loss of two