The National Register.
London, England, 1813-11-07 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

NOV. 7.

GREAT DEFEATS OF BUONAPARTE.

The fortunate events. which we had so confidently antici-
pated have now occurred.. The mortal blow has been
struck to French oppression in Germany, and NAPOLEON
is once more become a fugitive with the wrecks Of his army,
whilst his Allies hasten to abandon his cause, and to
join their rower to that of his enemies, to annihilate
for ever his hopes- of universal dominion. French Pa-
pers received at the beginning of the week, announced
that a number of sanguinai y battles had taken place between
the contending armies in Saxony, in all of which the gnemy
had the advantage ! and that Bonaparte's head-quarters were
on the 19th ult. at Weissenfels, near Leipsig.—Private ad•
vices, however, front the French capital, added to the fall
of the French funds, left little doubt of the result of these
actions being highly disastrous to the enemy ; and this belief
was confirmed as well as the falsehood of the Parisian editor
demonstrated in all its unblushing impudence, by the arrival
of dispatches from Sir C. Stewart, which brought the most
glorious intelligence of The Total Defeat qf the Grand French
Army—Desertion of the Bavarians, Saxons, IVirtemburghers,
and all the Germans in the Battle—Flight of Bonaparte
.from
Leipzig—Capture of that Town LA Storm—King of Saxony
and Court taken—Move Secenty Thousand F'risoners—Bc-
sides Killed and Wounded—One hundred and Eighty-Five
Pieces of Artillery, Ammunition, Baggage, 4-c. 4-c.

This astonishing success was first announced to the public
by Bulletins issued to the LORD MA YOR; and afterward, by
a London Gazette Extraordinary, to which we refer our read•
ers, as nothing can do jujtice to events of this magnitude,
but an attentive perusal of every particular contained in the
official account, especially when it is written with the clear-
ness and ability which always distinguish Sir CHARLES
ST EWART'S dispatches.

Thursday Gazettes published at Bremen and Verden were
received, one day later than Sir C. Stewart's dispatches.
They state, that Count ‘Vrede, with the Bavarian army under
his orders, was in the immediate neighbourhood of the live
of the Saale, which is the only channel of retreat that had
been left open to Buonaparte. Bremen had again devolved
into the possession of the French, the detachment under
Tettenborn having withdrawn before a superior force; but
on the information being obtained by the new French

garrison, that Napoleon had been totally routed on
the 18th ult. the French precipitately withdrew, and the
city on the same day was re-occupied by the Russians.—The
Verden Gazette contains the following account of the events
at anti near Lespsig it differs materially from the accounts of
Sir C. Stewart as to the French Generals supposed to be
killed or taken.

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Verdun, October 44, 1313.
This day, the Imperial Russian Colonel Baron Von Herbert arrived
here, as Courier lrum Leipsig, at which place the he of the
two Emperors, the King Of Prussia, the Crown Plince Soiedett,
Generals Blucher and sliennigsett, were on the 19th, in consequence of
the great victory olvained 11 the Armies over the E iinert,r Na-
poleon on the sane day. Already on the 16th the army of General
Blucher was engaged, at trrosbuLwl, with the French corps d'arinee,
which WWI post".d opposite to it. The client); was overthrown, with
the loss of 48 tamoos taken. The 17th of October passed tisitbuut

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any particular fighting. The Emperor Nvoleon 141 d concentrated hin
forces behind Leinvg. The. Allied Armies marched cnwar-I, by the
roads of Halle. Dresden, and Altenburg, to a decisive engage:nein...re
On the 1811 i of October, with the ri•iiig sun, the Emperor Napoleon
debouchcd out pt. Leipsig, and formed in CMUIIIIIS for Woe.. To
battle lasted the whole dsy with indescribable obstinacy. Towards
evening, the French were driven towards Leipsig. A great portion of
them garrisoned Lt.ipsig.—On the 19.1 i of October, at day-break.
King of Saxony (who was with the Emperor N poleon) sent a flag of
true* to the Emperor of Russia, with a request that he would spare the
town ; but the Emp-ror of Russia vittisiog the fl of truce as the
•isual feint of the Empuror Napoleon to gno time, ordered an imme.
dihte assault. The town was fortified with 9ti cannon, and, in defi-
ance of all opposition, was carried, and the enemy forced to seek
safety in flight. rl:e mink of this most memorable of all victorio
oar, un the evening of the ‘iolll of October.

PR 15024:E116.

The King of Saxony; Maishals Marmoot and Macdonald;
Generals Regnier, Smrm's, Bertrand, Lewiston, Dombrouski, and texts
othgr Generals; General Prince Poniatowski, drowned ; General Gre-
nier, dead; Marshal Net, wounded; Marshal Augereau, (according
to prisoners' account,) dead ; 300 Stair officer.:, prieoners ; :!5.004
killed and wounded ; 35,000 taken ; t,2;i,000 sick in the hOspitals taken;
200 cannons, and 810 powder wegetm
The whole of the Saxons went over to the ?Mks. A b: igade of
Simms. already in the battle of the ifttli, took part against the Freni7b.
The Frei', h ure retredting in disorder by the roads of Merscburg and
Weisenfels; a consiaerable bedy of cavalry pursues tlwni, and the
Allied Army moves after throe unremittingly. The co ulier was an eye-
witness of the battle, and its result. AVe reckon that Napoleon saved
only front from 50 to 60,000 men. The horrors of defeat accompany
them. Two 11,11,1re:el and fifty thousand men, with the Empereers and
King at their head. piirstic thenfiying army of the ettot.y. The "Sava-
ni,o army had much earlier taken the direction of Gotha, to cut off
the retreat of the I:: each.
Th.? King of Saxony stood at his balcony, bowing to the
three Sovereigns as they entered Leipsig, and wishing to be
considered quite as an acquaintance and friend—none saw or
spoke to hint.
It is a coincidence worthy of notice that Buonaparte lost
the great battle of the 18th, on the anniversary of the day on
which his army began to retreat from Moscow, and that he
himself left Moscow on the 19th, the same day on which he
twelve months after fled flout Leipsig.
Every means practicable of making the glorious successes
of the Allies known to the enemy by the firing of cannon
from our shores and on board our ships, by Bulletins, &cc-
have been adopted.
The Extraordinary Ga:ettc of Wednesday will be pritited
in French, German, Italian, and Dutch, and some thousaml
copies sent to every part of the enemy's coast for distribution.
A quantity are also to be sent to the head-quarters of Lord
Wellington.
Admiral Young, with the fleet under his command, sailed
from Deal on Thursday, in consequence of a Telegraphic
order, .and proceeded to the Dutch coast. According 16
some reports, " the Scheldt fleet is likely to follow the
impulse by which the Dutch people are known to he actuated
' and to deliver itself into the protection of the _British ;" while
others suppose, that " Buonaparte, apprehensive of the rising
of the Dutcb, has ordered the tlect to put to sea, and attempt
to reach a French port." In either case, we have no doubt of
the Scheldt squadron receiving that protection from us whieh
the people, we know, are so very desirous.
" DE u„ Nov. 4.—The Tclegr iph last night ancounced the glo•
Hems tidings of ever-mm.4:4l)k Victories of the Allies over the
French Despot, and at the `ante time communicated an order for
the fleet under Atliwii.4l Yonne, to prepare for sea inune,liately.
The Offit•cra were pritwipally ott shore, at a play desire,' by
ral Crown, the Comm:m.4m of the Russian fleet now in the: Downs.
but in a moment the Theaue wax glutted, and all was bustle and
anxiety to
Mr. it
Common!
the nous'
House of

art on
.oline Sumner gave notice last night in the House of .
is, that, to morrow, he would call the attention of
se to the speech delivered by the Speaker in tat
if Lords at the close of last Session.