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the troops to
(tithe evening
it, or make an impression.
From tl," best rah ulatiqn I can make, 1 shonhl rstioree the P•-.. 4
of the A llie3 at under 4000 men in this attack. The Aitstrialki chit
suffered.
The sortie of the enemy was a prelude to a more general luomie,
which took place on the following, morning, the 28th. fitemat rts
had arrived in Dresden, from that Dart of his army he Lusatia, 03
the night of the '22il ; and having a %cry large Chce•iti Dresden, at
least 15:),00;) men, he appears to have tktermined on attacking the
Allies who o:Tupied a very extended position on the heie",rhts sur-
romAing it.
Coe enemy had great advantages in their disposition for attack ; •
Dresdrn lined with ~tins, was in their rear; their comninnications
were no: int••Es.:ected ; if they made an impressiim they could ;movie
it ; if they fitted they could will.driw in security, and our mop*
could not follow them under the guns of the place. One of the
worst day• that ever was seen added materially to the ehtiicciltiest of
the Allies, who had arrived, by rapid marches through bad roads
and defiles, at their positions; an:t whop• supplies of every k intl. it
was impossible to get cp. Availing himself of the disackantavea
above stated, Itnenap displaye,l at: immease Demon rof pieces of
artillery ; arid a heave camonading on both sides ten-med klie cbtef
feat er. of the battle. Charges in various points acre cantle.
with the Russian, Prussian, and Austrian cay.tt, y* and jou &son.
gui•htd theneselvas ; hurthe imio bodies of the entintrv,
in both armies, did not come in contact. The aea ther was so hazy,
and the rain so incessant, that the action was •ustained. at all points
under the heaviest disadt'ant.n
Towards the middie of the day a catastrophe occurred whirls
awaketted more than oreimary sensibility and rt'gr.,t throiee;:ont the
allied army. Geo. Moreau, in carne-t rolivefsation with the E -
peril. of Russia On the operations, had both his legs carried off by a
cannon she the ball going through hi. horse :an equal to both to
the good cause, and to the prote,simt of arms. It is inipmstble nut
deeply to lament his fate. lie is suit ahte.
The enemy continued his efforts on the position of the Allies,
till finding he could make no impres-ion, the' action ceased.
The battle may have cost ii. six or seven th. osated own. The
enemy most have suffered more. Its Line charge or RiVo-iAll
eavalty
azaiiiSt infantry and a battery, a great milliner of prisoners were
taken, though the guns MTV, not brought eq..
I have already detailed to ykinr Lor ship tire general difficulties
in which the Allied Army wa:- placed by thi firge force oppose-d to
them, and by the opinion that Bonaparte would pass a ein„“dtrabie
body of troops across the Ellie at Konigstem and Pima to possess
himself of the passes in our rear. 'rite orders for retiring, to the
Allied Army, were issued on the evening of site ...13th, and the ariny
is now in march in different columns.
It is impossible not to I anent that so fine and so numerous au
army, perfectly' cont.:. in all its parts, should be under the neees.ity,
having once advanced, of makiog a retrograde step, as IIIiSCUIChtAIiOUS
may be made on the event, and the enemy may suppo•e he mks
gained an advantage. I can only' pledg:' myself t.: pia; Lardshiy,
that the army is as eager as ever to meet enemy, and the *AMU.
let ermined spi:it exists though a partial change of operatiores may
he.deemed Ileeessal).
The enemy's force was not diminished on the side of len•atia op
to the 25d, for hi- efforts on the ; as he attaeked Knacibur
again in great force Lin that day, who retired upon 341'.C.r. Mu
'nth, however, lie advanced again, the etictay f_avi
It would indicate his bringing :mat, tor; e- into Bohs-nine.
c Austrian corps of tie". NetiFerg has •.1.10 advance J 11/ t:10
dire; tion of Zi Ban. I hay, the 11'910m to be. &c.
(Signed) C LIIS &IL ',.% litT,

nail, . .

I', 'Alia:,
My. Lonn,--Since my diliatch of yr,teith,)•:. flat. 1 tb.ire to
lequaint your Chi, a very iioltliant 4.•iton !Ls. taarn
lids day on the 11)4.1 from loolitz. t)w al ilz+ Yt ',EP, dik, ..okott
Iwo Hi It.lll S tioni the p.o-oner place. h Ars hitt use
roltilon nu 'AT Octermaou w Ls to vet t.o. 10.61
Ostvrw:ll,:. t oind the voi—oy, oho trill activtily 1.3%.,•••CU E:.14
Virna and tomig-trio, ,(1 w ,t. 1).,s i,„: .
ma they %Nett: inost talitietiy toret ..t.
vitli the bayonet. •they toeti re oamed aestoi. t..e eatoiy
11.11.ite 111 tin ut ening ; and havinf. hers, teont.o, t•t!oy t.ts
blow Kus-ian gliar4l:., cavalry ant; infuniry. :he toni..e, fraticf
/11;:lo.e .• 11w Dlthe COlistoo tint- WWI
1.1:o.11y to Illor sopp,Ost. ACLUS buil3; of troop,. e,,,a,t-tun
uO, 0 net, held in cheek, during t;oe day. AN so COipS
of the Frepcli army, uutier Cieuerala Viiutritimuse awl

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the llolonese and drazoon regiments, charged columns of infantry
in the highast style. General Biebzetscli, and officer of great merit
particularly distinguisbed himself; Prince Galitzin in like winter.
He was wounded in the attack. Count Osterman, towards the close
of the &iv, hail his ;arm carried off by a r anion shot ; the General COM-
Minding the ( :iirassiers of it. Geor4e was also woundod.
Tae bisportanee of the Iwivery displayed by these troops is
ily augmented, when it is considered, that 11a:1 they not held
Voir ground tie! colooms of the army and artillery retiring
by .I:tenber_,, which were dilayed by the bad roads, must have
In en 211111 y e'll(1.1114eril.
I-I At,ijesty vra: Toplitz when the enemy made
their iaphl ailvaiire by Pet.,rswahle, sua-le the most able di-po-
gill° is to r•-iiitoi re (~iifq ()stermanti, and by his coolness a ,ti
txertiiios p e.erveil order and regularity, wideli evcii the
mo.nentary ide., of I lie enemy's gutting in the rear is apt to endanger.
admirable ron.ltiet of this Sovereign on all occasions is the
theme of itniv.-r4d praise. The corps of Count ():terittann lost
three tiontsatid she!' in this el ly's ae: ion hors di? combat.
Toe Fr- net% loss ma\ he ;eye ra:3l at double. General VanilJnytte's
cores suffered immensely. The cavalry of tho Ititssian guard took
t ‘io •tisoida-rds and three or tone hundred prisoners. _

e follm‘ett onr rex-1;11:1rd dnrin...! the day, on the
))ipta)•,ica•A le road, a,id they nut %%Hi a considerable eheek from
the rear-viaid, commanded by the Austrian Go ticral
I hope your Lordchip ev.u.e toe burly vvitli which this irt
writ tee, and ‘x ill make aliowa ices:, a, the period and continued
movements And operations prevent much aeeinaey.
I 11AVC the honor to be, &e
(31:ARLES STEWAR r, Lieut.-Gen.

(S•gur;l)

Toplit; August ,31, 18!3.
• Mt Lou brilliwit and wed conte,ted action of the :ioth
ultimo, in which the gnat ds coves ed themselves with glory
ha: bre:i tO•lovi.ed up by a very general and decisive victory over
tlt:►t put of the enemy's arty wl►ich had ;tilvanced froic Konkstein
mid Perna, on the .zreat lcaiiing from Peterswaide to
Toplitz, It hec:one ofthe istmoq importance to make this attack,
out 01:!y to rztre time fur those columns of the army to 101 l back
phis were ,t;:I retiring upon the Altenbiirldi and Dippoldiwalde
rood, bed at the ,inne time to extricate the corps wider General
Kleist which hail not (li%eagatl,ved from the mountains.

The eni•mv had the advantage in pn.binl rapidly forward upon
our right fla;•k, ofa good line of road ; whereas the column of the
Allied Army. although r: tiring by shorter lines, were impeded, not
o•Ily by the unfavourable state of the weather, but by almost impass-
ab'e oads
A great prePortion of the' artillery train and baggage of the
Anted Army had not yet got clear of the mountains, when the
enemy l:ad arrived at Uoliendorf and Kohn, about three German
distant from Toplitz, the scene were the action took ;dace.
Tie a tack being. determined upon, the following disposition of
the troops destined for that purpose. was immediately made. Six
thousaiel Rus.ain grenadiers, two thotisand infantry, and four
sau cavalry, 'tiller the immrdiate orders of General Miloradositelt
togetio•r • ith twelve thon.and Austrians, untie, Count Colored::
and tlieneral Bianchi, commenced the action ; the remainder of the
troops cot ecteri for tits enterprise being formed in columns of reserve
meal ,he o.i•teent plain.
The village of is situated at the bottom ofa ranee of moun-
tains, h ahnoit an impregnable barrier betweeli Saxons.
and Bohemia ; trom this point branches off two distinct ranges of
mountain., east and west ; between these ranges the ground is ge-
net kik flit,atfirding, however, in some places good defensible pu.
siti-o•. Up. n this ground, imieediately fronting the village of
Kidin , flu cop-by collected a strong force of infantiy, with a great
portion of ai t.Nery ; a galling fee was kept up incessantly from
Rits.bin • u-det General Miloradovitch.

•%sicll was the strength of lit adi,ceitt heights IA Kilo, aila Si) ably
bad the curt y disposed of t''rce tar its d. fence, that it was
jud,:ed el. re txpecti-nt to ake the principall attack by the right, in
consequence ..t *hi h the Aii•trion intuntry were directed to move
•ii.tig the Vivi, grilati,l tip, o light. while the Russian g
_lards and
jawit,v %tett. In (*lets • vice il.e r upon the left, so soot) a• the
Austiiains were stiff'. ieii' k ild• al.( en. %% (ilk these movements were
ixectr c..rps t t Grin.: .1 I\ ~t hick had not bet n dtsrngaged
front the Inonniain., appeortA in the enemy's rear, descending the
Twirl De which th eec.oy neve to retire in rase of need. On all sides
the aittack comiutuctu iu the most vigorous and decisive manlier. The

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enemy's left were turned by the distinguished bravery and good con.
duct of the Austrians tinder Count eiloredu, the cavalry charging re-
peatedly ; while Keit the otht r flank General Miloradovitch, wi h the
limners u.l the guards and grenadiers, forced every point which ti e
,nemy in vain attempted to defen I. Upon this point about forty
pieces of.artillery and sixty tumbrils, much baggage, and the whole
equipage of General Vandurnme, fe:l itrto the hands of the Russians.
Completely beaten in fruit at all point,, and intercepted in their rear
by General Kleist, nothing was left for the enemy but a desperate and
precipitate retreat.
The rout now became general, the enemy throwing down their arms
in every direction, and ceasii g even to resist, i.bandouing guns and
standards, to seek for.shelter in the wood.f.
'lime fruits of t!iis victory are considerable. The General command-
ing, Vandamme, six other General Officers, of whom are Generals
Guyon. flaxo, Ilimberg, and P.ince Reuss; sixty pieces of artillery,
and about ten thousand pri-ooers, with six standards.
The whole of General Vandamme's staff, and many officers of rank,
are also atihofl the prisoner.,.
Time enemy continue their retreat, closely pursued by time Cossacks
and mmllie rl cavalry.

Hiving received a severe contusion by the explosion of a shell shoitlY
after the comm-ncement of the action, I w.,s under the necessity of
quitting the loud of battle, and am, therefore, indebted fur the latter
details wh di I have given your Lordship, to Colonel Cooke, Aide-de-
camp to Its Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, who upon
this, as tip-u every other occasion since he has been attached to me,
has ;drirded me great assistance.
I have now the pleasing task of calling your Lordsilip':, attt nlion to
amok r most iant contest, which has terminateu highly to the ho-
mw and advantage of the Allied Army.
It would appear tint upon the 2;r h, Marshal lUacdonald had occu-
pied a vete strut% position in the neighbourtmod of .caner in Silesia,
which he had strei.gthened with a numerous and formidable artillery.
lie was, however attacked by General Blucher olio!' the morning of
the 26111, and after a very shilrp contest, driven from every part of his
position, leaving open) the ground fifty pieces Of artillery, thirty-nine
turninils and ammunition-waggons, with a number of prisoners, ex-
ceeding ten thousanii men.
The contest was renewed with fresh vigour, and with equal success
on the part of (torn. rl Blucher, the whole of the 27th and 28th, of
which the result appears to be, that 30 pieces of cannon, and five
thoussnd more prisoners. have beru taken during the last two days.
Accordit"r to the latest intdligence, General Blucher continued the
pursuit with the utmost celerity.
General Prince Reuss, %how I named to your Lordship as among
the prisoners taken in the a cry brilli ,nt affair of yesterday is dead of.
his wounds. I IlAve the hi none to he, &e.
CHARLES STEWART, Lieut.-Gen.

ADMITtALTY-011 ICE, Sept. 21.

Extract of a letter from Rear-Admiral Moore, to John Wilson Croker

Earl. dated on board llis Majesty's ship Vigo, off Rostock, the 2d inst
I-hiving reason ti think that Rear-Admiral Ilope may by this time
have left Gottenburg fur England, I address this direct to you, and have
the honour to inform von, that on the 28th ult. General yegesack
marched out of Rostock at day-light, apd drove back the enemy's
advanced gourd, which was within eight or nine miles of Rostock;
and having received reinforcements from the Prince R“yal of Sweden,
after the victory of Grin-Buren, he has been *Ado to follow them up,
and force them to evacuate Wismar. I have had a dispatch from
C-tint Wallinoden, dated IVoblin, the '2Bth ult. informing me that in
cote squence of 'lts victories of the Prince Royal of Sweden, he had
bet n able to resume his operations against Davoust, who seas still at
Schwerin.

LONDON G 4.2E7 TE EXTRAORDINARY,

THURSDAY, SEPT. 23, lam

FOREIGN OFFICE, SEPT. 23, 1813.

Dispatches, of which the following are copies and an extract,
were be.t evening rt eeived by Viscount Castlereagh, His Majesty's
Prineiral Secretary of State for roreign Affairs, from Edward
Thornton. E.q. His Maje.ty's Envoy Extra rdinary and Mtioster
tiary at the head-quartets of His Royal Highness the
Crown Prince of S‘veileis ; His Excellency Cseoeral Viscount
Cathcart, K. 'l'. His Nla.ie.tv's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plen-
ipoientiar% at the head-gnat tees of the Emperor f All the Russias ;
and from Lieutenant-General t. e Honourable Sir Chaales Stewart,
K. B. His Majtsty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plempo-

614 THE NATION,
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amounting at least to 3.),050 men. I should (Ili his Imperial JVlnjoity's
Guards injustice WI attempted to describe the admiration I felt at
their sil.nal a very. The light cavalry of the guard, consisting of

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tenteary at the head-quarters of the King of Prussia ; dated Jitter-
Koch, Septen►b.r 13, and Toplitz, September 151, and 3ht August
1913.

Juterboch, Sept. 8, lal3.
MY Loan,—Almost immediately after the dispatch of my letters
of yc.terd:•y's date from Bruck I set Of for tin. place, Baron *de
Wetterstedt Paving received a snlnmoua 11.0111 the Prince Royal of
Sweden to proceed hither.
I arrived here this morning, ard have now the honour of trans-
mitting to yonr Lordship the bulletin of the operations of the day
before yesterday, ►this h have been attended with the most import-
ant results, and which have conferred immortal honour on the Prus-
sian army, against whom the whole force of the enemy was directed
and who sustained the unequal contest with unexampled bravery
and fit mess.

The accounts from the side of Mccklenburgh confirm the retreat
of Marshal Davou-t rim]] Schwerin, and his passage across the Elbe,
in ine direction of Niagdcburgh. As it is possib e that this 'move-
ment wa, combieed w ith the attack of Marshal Ney, and was in-
teni'ed to act as a diversion against un the other side, Count
de iValimmien has been directed to approach Magdeburg!' on this
side the Elbe, for the purpose of w,itching the movements from
that fortress. The corps of Gen. Hirschfeld has the same destina-
tion against Witte:.berF, and the main body of the Allied army
will take such a position as will counteract any operation on the
side of Torgan. It is understood that linonaparte has taken the
conunard of the army acting against Gen Blocher, the latter of
whom has moved from Lanban to Corlitz ; but it may be equally
the intention of the formes to act in conjunction svith the corps at
Torgan against this army, and it is necessary to be prepared for
anch an event.

It is understood that the head quarters will continued in this place
to-morrow ; but the troops have been moved forward, and six
thousand Swedish troops have been placed under the orders of Gen.
Bulow, in order to act with his corps.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) El) W. THORNTON.

Head-Quarters, Juterhoelt, Sept. 8, 1313.
The Prince Royal transkrred his head quarters to Rubenstein Su
the 4th of this month.

At the moment when His Royal Highness bad commenced a
movement, in order to advance with the Russian and Swedish army,
to Roslan, with an intention of there crossinc the Elbe, and of tak-
ing the direction of Leipzig, His Roy al Highnees learnt that the
enemy, after having made a demonstration of passrog- over to the
left side of the river, bad suddenly returned into his intrenehments
of Teuchel and Trap!), in advance of Wittenburg. 'this sudden
return afforded a presumption, either that he intended to attack
the combined army in their passage across the Elbe, or to make a
rapid march upon Berlin.
The Prince Royal slackened the pace of his troops, and an-
nounced that it should take place the following day : two battal-
ions, a Swedish and a Prussian, were dispatched to Roclau, under
the orders of Lient.-Col. Hoist, Aide-de-Camp of His Royal High-
ness, in order to collect alt materials necessary for the construction
of a bridge.
The reports of the out-posts announced every moment, that the
enemy's al my was marching on Zahme. This post, occupied by the
corps of Gen. Dobschutz, belonging to the corps d'artnee of Geo.
Count Tauentzein, was attacked by a very superior force on the
4th of Sept. in the afternoon, and maintained its ground with great
bravery.
The enemy having been repulsed in several attacks re-entered
his entrenchments before Wittenburg.
Next day, the Zith of Sept. most murderous atacks were renew-
ed against Zahme, and in spite of the courage displayed pry Gen.
Dobsehutz, with the troops under his orders, that position was
carried. The same was the case, after an obstinate resistance,
ith respect to the post of Seyda, occupied by the corps of Tau-
entz(in.

The• reports of the conntry people, of the oubposts and of secret
agents, announced positively that the enemy was taking the route of
Torgan. These accounts came in every hour, only one single per-
son brought word that the enemy inte►►ded to proceed to Jitter-
)) och.

The Prince Royal set out on the 6th of Sept. at three o'clock in
the morning, from Rabemtein. and collected the Stye(list. and RUN-
tian atulies upon the heights of Lohesscn. His Royal Highness was
waiting the reports of Gen. Tauentzein, whom he thought further
atlvanetd, when he reee'hed an account from Gen. [Wow. ;announc-
ing that the whole army of the enemy was iu full march upon Ju-

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terboch. The Prince Royal ordered him to attack immediately the.
flank and rear of the enemy, before Oen. Timentzein, who defended
the approaches of the town, should be overwhelmed by numbers.—
fire Swedish army, who had been marching upwards of two Otrmae
miles, proceeded to Jute; bitch, which was yet distant three German
miles, and was followed by the Russian army, with the exception
of the advanced guard under the orders of Count Woronzow, and of
the corps of Gen. ezernicheff,. which cotitinued before Wittenbnrg,
I he cannonade and musquetry began immediately between the Prus-
sian troops and the army of the enemy. The Russian and Swedish
corps, after their forced marches, were obliged to halt a moment,
in order to form in the order of battle. The Prussian army, at
most forty thousand men strong, sustained in the mean white, with
a courage truly, heroic, the repeated efforts of seventy thousand of
the enemy, supported by two hundred pieces of cannon. The
struggle was unequal and murderous. The Prussian troops, how-
ever, were nut disconcerted even for one moment, and if sonic bat-
talions were obliged to yield for an instant the ground which they.
had gained, it was only for the purpose of re-occupying it the mo-
ment after. Whilst this was passing seventy battalions of Russians
and Swede's, ten thousand hone of both nations, and an hundred
and fitly pieces of artillery advanced in columns of attack, leaving
intermediate spares for deploying. Tour thousand Russians and
Swedish cavalry had advanced in 11.11 speed to support some points
whither the enemy principally directed his attacks. Their appears
vice began to cheek him and the appaarauce of the columns did
the rest. The fate of t'.e battle was instantly decided. The ene-
my's army beat a retreat, the cavalry charted them with a boldness
resembling tury, and carried disorder into their columns, which
retry ated with great precipitatior upoirthe route of Dahme.
The enemy's force was composed of four corps d'armee,— those of
Marshal Doke of Reggio, ofGenerals Bertrand and Regnier, and of
that of the Dirke of Padua; and of ti-om three to four thousand Po.
list troops, foot and horse ; the whole moles- the commaud of Mar-
shal Prince of Moskwa. The result of this battle, which was fought
near the village anomie.% itz, by the name of which it will be called,
was already, yesterday morning, five thousand prisoners, three
standards, ti-om five and twenty to thirty pieces cf cannon, and np-
wards of two hundred ammunition waggons. The field f battle,
and the road over which the enemy passed, are strewed with dead
and womidcd, :ma with a quantity of arms ; sip thousand of the for
oiler have Arcady been collected. Vigorously pursued, the enemy,
Oro appeared o illing to proceed to Torgati, will not reach the Elbe
before he has • suffered losses yet more considerable. So early u
yesterday evening Gen. Wobeser, who had been ordered to proceed
with five thousand mess from Luckan upon Dahme, attacked in that
town, where the Prince de la Moskwa an? the Dukes of Reggio and
of Padua had taken up their quarters, part of the enemy's army
that intended to go to Dresden, and made two thousand five hem--
drcd prisoners. Major Hellwig, with five hundred horse, ad-
vanced upon Sweinitz and Hertzberg, and attacked a column of the
enemy in the night, taking-60n prisoners and eight pieces of can-
non. Gem Orouck, at the head of his cavalry, has made upwards of
one thousand prisoners, and taken several pieces of cannon. The
light troops were every mumeet brieging in more ; and Gen. Reg.
nier remained along time exposed to the fire of our sharpshooters, in
the situation of a man desirous of death. \Ve may estimate that the
enemy has lost, up to this moment, in killed, wounded, awd
%oilers, from sixteen to eighteen thousand men, snore than. fifty
pieces of cannon, and four hundred ammunition waggons. The loss
of the enemy in killed. and wounded must have bee n immense ;
half of the escort of the Prince de la Moskwa was killed ; Marshal
Doke de Reggio charged himself the Ml:entry of the Count dc Tau-
entzein. The loss of the Prussian troops is greet, and amount, to
between four or five thousand men, in killed and wounded. How-
ever. the results of the-day ought to contribute to the consolation
of every true patriot, who will find the triumph of the cause of his
• country insured by the death of these brave mere Tire Swedish
and Russian troops have lost little.
The corps vied with each other in courage and devotion. The
heroic example %hewn on this occasion by the Prussian army, is cal-
culated to exist for ever in the annals of military tame, and to in.
spire all those who tight for the indepedanee of Germany. The
Russian and Swedish troops who took part in the engagement. have
valiantly seconded the efforts of their brethreo in arms. Gen. Bu.
low has displayed the coolnes abet bravery of a warrior, who has to
other object than the glory of fis King. and the defence or his
country. The Officers snider his command have imitated his 1--
nourable exampa.. The Prince of Hesse Humbourg,
Uppers, Borstel, and Timmer), and C 1. Ka" have dist
themselves in the most brilliant manner.
Gen. the Count de Tauenzein, has continued to give
his talents and sang froid. He has, riming nearly the iihu,

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