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PARtti tier, tisjeAty the itnipress
Otiee itegetit lilts vectiveti the following
iiitdiigetide (raft the Army, ditted Sept. 26
114pet'or imsged the days of the 19th add
20(1) t'eeciA..... His Majesty inaered t bridge to
te till' 'OW* across- there, and a tele de pont tube
tstiblifliea on the tight bank.

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CM the 21st the tmperor came. to sieep, ures,
dal; and on tlu 22d wait tr, Hartaw •be irtirrie4
dhitely ordevd to delibuch beyond the farest of
BilteholiWerdai the I,lth corp.,.cdniinanded by die
• •
Mike Of Titeetitei the bth corps, ctimmanded by
• Geheral tadriqmt, OW the 3d corps; comMaticlecl'
by General'Soc;ham.
'the 611dffly4s Artrly whieti hitdritarelix
thi; the eight cOrinnanded by Sacked, upon Co-
inehz', the left, coniiiiandtNl by.LatigefOrti npod
Neii.tailt, to the (khowthes of hi, and the
tedtre; 6ii)iitialtzlcd by Vorck , upon liisclioffwerda,
reirvitt,;,l all Genetal Girard.,
eofintiawling um' ad guard, briskly Innow•
ed it, •scime pii,.oiicrn. The enemy was
led fighting to the Spree; General Laiirktoil
eLi-
terc Neustaili.

The enemy thus refusing battle, the Emptrde
returned On the 24th to presden, and ordered the
puke of Tarente to take the position opoit the
heights of-Weissig.
The Stli corps, Comniati:lcd by Prhice Poola-
tokvslii, has repassed upon the left bank. •
Con* De Lobati, with the first, corps, still oc.
CupieS Oieshubel. Marshal St. Cyi' occupies Per-
ria,, and the position of Ilorna The Duke of Eel-
luniioecupiei,the post 61 Preyberg.
'rhe•Duke (if rtignsa, with tbe 6th corps, and
i3eneral Latour AlnobeiT,'s cavalry, Was beyond
Crestienhayn i he had reptilgecl ,the enemy upon
th`e right bank, beyond TOrgaii, to facilitate the
passage of a convoy of 20,000 *quintals Of meal,
and which has arrived at lirOftell• .
The Duke of Padaa is at Leipsic i the Niece
of kwa, bvtiviceit,Wittenlidg and Toriou.,--;-•
Geil. Count LefebVreDesnotiettes Was, 'with 4000
bOrse, pursnit of Thiebnan. 'This Thielman is
a:Salto-tit and.loaded ‘vith faVotirs by the
i'ettirn for go hinny benefits, be hits, sliOvn
iiinlself the Most friectineileabie ebony to 'his
'King and to his country. At the head of 3000
horse, partly Prussian, partly LoSsYcks and Ans.
trh'lns, he has plundered the King',S stud, every
where ievictlabiltribution., for his own profit, and
treated his cotnitiymen with al the hatred Of a
nian tormented by guilt, This deserter', deco-
rata tt i h the unit nrm of 'a nnssian Lientekunlt'•
General, Marched to NauMberg,•Whete'there net..
ther was commandant nor garrison, but Where.he
surprised tar 400. sic[ •
" titm ever, General. De'snonettes wet hint on
the I,9thi to Freyhorg, took front him the 3 'or
400 which that wietth huh torn trout thttir
butt,i •• to make it: trot-thy of them,. matte 50111 e bun.'
theft, cti prie,oners; took some 114i4,age, and le--
took soine eat'hag'es, %%4;14 he had' ThiO4,
man then took refuge upon Zeit4, where Colonel
Mulisdorf, an Austrian portizab, joined
Geocral Lefl,hvre besnoaettes attacked theist on

the 24th, at Altenhourg, killed. there a great thapy
atontig others, a Prince of flohenzollern
and a Colonel.

" Thie march bad canted some delays, in
the communications front Erfurth and Leipsie.
" The enemy's army o Berlin appears to he
making preparations for throwing over a bridge
at Dessau.
The Prince of Neufchatel is unwell of a Mi.
fever ; he has for home (1144 kept hii
His .N.laje(y was never better."

INIINSTERAI' Wf4\lL

AR:dES.OP At,RAG'dil AND CAtALOttlAi

cprr nf tJErrprt WRurrEN TAI nn T'=N6I,t.I:NGY THY, MIA
STgli WAN' MAA9IIA Tlir, DUNI: or ALfitlFliftit.
Franca, Sept.

• .
Nit N,,cNEon Duc,---ht the beginning of
'6,eptember, Lord ilentinek ,removing from the
tea, and batiks of the Ebt.o, established the An,
Esvagrinle army at Villa 'granea., occupying
the .Col .d!Ordal, forming magazines At Villa
Nova, and making the corps d'arn4e., of Generals
Coponi and Whittlngham', OM{ Settfitihrs
Upon the Upper Lobregat, to.
wards Manresa, Espragocra, and Martorel.
'The Collecting of thirty pieces of tannon at (int:
niarch frmn my line, all those dispositions and
11414 11ICIIVies to the a
mtitelt resolved to anticipate it, and
preveut my moveoMots from bcing pressed and
1-..rdnip-:If to zbe v:ntele, of nareelona.
oo .00e 1,201, the briny of Arragon was as-
tittmontd rptt tttti botwegot, ‘vlitlst the General itt
coinit Der itettr=oil Thy itlVitatiOli brought a
rill a the army of (hat.doitia. lor deted him to
restrain and keep tiwn my right General Colons'
troop t, to afterwards march :ciaturahr upon.
FritnCaj Mid Co-olierate in my attack. by the
'high road.
"At eight in the evening I passed the bridge'of
Afolens del Rev, with a 6ne clear mann,' which
favoured my and Hiirispe's division; whic•ii
led; marched upon Ordal.
" That position, very difileplt and very rugged;
at which. one can only arrive, after passing a defile
of three. leagues, was occupied by an advanced
guard of 9000 nreti, under the orderi hit Genera 4
Feetietick Aduo , taimpostal of. English troops;
Calahrians.; and ihe picked men of Sorsficld's di-
'vision. `!'lie General-M-Chiel, Lord I,36itinch,
Atrivoi tlrt ri.! ttn4 s:miat evening with Admiral
cititer to prepare- his tlitno.iitiOns tor
la speedy or, 14)(4 some .advice; t': t' my
ritovernent, to reinforee-t4defence of that impor-
tant, point ; the infantry ill tk WitS titp,
ported by r4w-ion, rtiiVrVkl Or Villl4iry. an
tbo first musket shots General Me&clop,, con j.
oanding the advanced guard, briskly p%;-'.i.cd foe-
roltigcurs of tins i:4 Of the over-
threw the pots,
_unit formed hi hrit,title ;:k (rout
`of the refloubts enemy cavalry tv it:
itiescotrdingin columns upon the road, with the
intention it,f,rvpuking 'what they midoulitediy
took. fur a tecouuoisaOce y but uta

quititty marl them) diseippeai., and tlie YoltLiirs
rushed tipoit the Mtn The vivacity and ex.;
tent of the ,fird which the enemy ii,noeditely
conimenad along the whole front, sliewed u* his
force, Gen. *solo") ordered the tst battalion
ofthe 7th-to advance, which he quickly supported
hinis,ylf with the 2d, whilst the 44th, on their
side, mounted the redoubts t he re-formed ; he
repulsed tirailleurs, and sword in hand, at the
head'of Ilis triluttin, &vetted the charge to be
beaten, and the enemy's first position to be car-
tied by main Joyce. A most obstinare combat
took pla6e upon this point t the enemy. in ft rags!,
and with great cries, twice returned with fresh
reserves, to obtain possession of it, and were
again.,twice driven to his mould position—groin
Whence he crushed us with his tire.

" Our infantry; accustomed to assaults, knew
how to tally and return to the' charge with con-
stancy a platoon of sappers, which had marched
with the advanced guard, covered itself with glory'.
the (thief of battalion, Feuchere, was avounded itt
spiriting his troops. I ordered Herbert's division
to advance, which I formed' on the left of the
' road, whilst General liarispe marched with his
reserve; the 116th regiment' of the Intel, to the
siipport of the first brigade. A last general effort
was combined and undertaken. The second bat=
talion of the 116th was tnalertal to the left, to turn
the second redoubt ; its Commandant, .Brigeand„
executed the movement with. equal skill as vig'oer..
Mesclop!s brigade rushed rorw art. at
the
samititne
with irresistible fury,: and we every Where remains
ed masters of the field of bottle ; it was in an hi-
statitcovered with killed add wounded. .The Spas
niards and Calabeians tied in disorder by the tvoods
and mountains. As soon as the troops were rats
lied, I made Gen. Delort, commanding the caval-
ry, advance to follow the English, whw precipi-
tately retired by the high road. I hoped to reach
their artillery, which they had succeeded in puts
tine in retreat. The 4th llits:airs defeated the
Brunswick flutqtrs, and notwithstanding some
discharges from infantry, succeeded In taking four'
pieces of English cannon, which they brought rue
With their horses and two caissons. We also took
Much baggage, anti 500 prisoners, to add tb I'2oo
killed or wounded. The English 27th regiment
Of the line was almost deitroyed ; its Colonel, anti
General Frederick, 'Aid-de-Camp to the, Pt ince
Regent,"were wounded. A great number of. Ql-
- fell in the uction our loss 'Was vet's trifling
in couipariSon4,
" A part of the garrison of Barcelema,,coin.
mantled by General Count
,Maurice. Matthew, and
a division of the'army of Catalonia, with tour
Italian battalions, bad marched during the night
under the mikes of the General in. Chief Decacn,
to pass Llobregat and the Noya. Before arriving
at Martorell, General Matthew had to tight and
diSlodge three of Erole's hattaliohs in very
cult positions ; in the evening he made some pr -
sorters, and again set out for St. Estevao and St.
Sutitrni ; in the morning he saw Manso's corps
and some Calahrians in order "of bottle ; he .or-
dered them to be :attacked by Gcnerai Ordotmeatt,
who, with some horse, and only his advanced
guard of the 18th Regiment. of Light Horse, un-
der the rattlers of the Chief de battalion, overthrew,
the two first battalions, the enemy dispersed,
leaving 30 prisoners, and 50 killed or womided.
The Genetul in Chief, Decaen, followed General.
M. Aliathew with all possible rapidity ; bait in
consequence ot infinite difficulties, After a mirth
most long, and roads the Most ImPracticable, the
cavalry and even the itifantry , Only being able to
adVanee One by oat; at a distance, day advaated
before they were able to take a position itt St.
Siturnl: The attack of the Col cle Orchid, which
did not finish till two in the Morning, by slacken',
ing the march of' the ata;y of Arragon,, fa-
viaitred ' my design for lhe remainder of the
.day. The infantry followed at the break of day,
Getteral Delort, who Iliarched in .ed+lllile tiat
caValry and the Lattallun of ,the Commander ]3n-
germ! ; I ordered. him tO halt at a league on this
side of Villarratica, behitti the beightsi trom
when e m whence all the ney array'array c, as discovered in
order of battle, in three lines, a great ravine., the
road; Mid a bridge.,
.int,.;.recteil and covered that.
front ; his left approached the villager of Cilgal,'
in %Vlach our tiralleurs
that
.hinr.. had
for an instant a hope tliat this army deployed,-
would have given time for °Ur movement being
coniplered, but fiord Bentinck, no doubt, Informs
ccl of what there wasaltmgerous in his position,
natty wished to 'flake tin appearance for a 1110Ment ;
he broke and made a passage of lines. The re.,
trent immediately eon:I-noticed in good order for
Villtiltauca. I made the artillery .and cavalry ad-
vance ; the cannon qaickly ' caused Some disorder
in the enemy's columns, whilst we passed the ra.
vine, And nay infantry debt:ticket:l to follow, w
out' delay, the movement.; the enemy left Villa.'
franca, and re-formed in the rear. ;drat' homme.
able confidence which has not. been disrespected,
all the inhabitants remained in their• houses, and
have men their property and their persons revert-
ed in the midst of one of the most Evely actions.
'' The cavalry began teaching the rear-guard
' on leaving the, towu : Colonel Citrisrophe, at the
Relict of the ims.savw mid a squadron of cuirassiers,
hrhikly pressed upon what entomb made int-.
pressitm t tire from infautry in ambush, and the
itrunsvvick basset's, covered the entaty!s move,'
menta .., charges were madt on either. side, with-
. great vigour. The brigade a'the 24th dragoons,'
and the Westphallan light Haase, niono:uvreti., at-
the same-time upon' the right. General Meyer,
Mid -uondoeted it, met the 20th English light
licsese, and some black t assars ; Ite charged them
with two squutrons : the first, at the head cat Ake
troop, he found thirnsell before Colonel Bentinek,
commanding die etterny's cavalry ;,they exchanged
severM sabre cuts.
• " Whilst mixed, ,a batttalions concealed in some
criods akid iineyartiti suddenly operteil a most
lively tircl, the remainder, at this '24th dragoons
proceeded, followed by (tile battalion commanded
by 3,/. Bugeand, whica;,4ll thealay, formed the,
ativanees,otard of the arnq, '1.14k enemy," by fa-
vour 'of this' last co'ur't.t*vSkl aeetenn ravine,
awl burnt the bridge upon tht: road. -l*ving more
ti,;Lo 150 horses tEllien, greater numbet
of men kilted, wounded, or,:pgistiners.
" 'The Much, or Duke of •lirtioptvick:s, hussars',
have particularly sufiered jar these last vngage-
nmits : 'frann that berate deserters have arrived:la
4:L.)4;5444441R ktuallsera- t",•thet.i4verlhli urattoceeriett

fur a teament Atba,l and of La
faint wheeee it gained, in :the night,
the roach, which is a
.tontinted, defile
'gem the sea coast ; It appears it is going to take
a Position towarda Cambrils and 'Pospitalit : the.
tick have been withdrawn 'from Tarragona, and
the whole fleet has presented itself to cover the
retreat. We have pushed forward to Vendrill,
where I have established General M:yer with an
advanced guaed. A pat of the Spaniards having
retired upon the toad to Ignetacht, the Westpha-
lian light horse charged them with their usual
bravery, and brought back saute men and horses
belonging to the Mancha dragoons, a troop per-
fectly well mounted' and of good appearance.
General Bentieck, on the lath, asked me, by
writing, permission io pay the last honours to the
Captain of Dragoons, Hanson, a man of the great-
est distinction for valour bast,wed to permit
that ae English nfficer shcinld assist at them--;
The enemy has lost more than 3,300 not only in
killed and wounded, hut in prisoners and desert-
ers. without including the liiss of his baggage and
Artillery. The troops whlch have 'ought merit
the greatest enlogiums , the artillery served with
the greatest distinction, and every arm evinced an
'unbounded ardour and devotion. I pray your
Excellency to receive the list of the different sill-
diets who have deserved rewards, and to 4uhinit it
to his Majesty.---1 am, &c. •
(Siened) The Marsbal Duke of ALBUFERA.
" P. S. All the accounts which I ieccive from
the places of Denia, Sagunti, Peniscola, Merilla,
Tortosa, Lerida, and Megninenza, are satisfac-
tory; the gatrisons in theta are in good condition;
they have beaten the enemy whenever be has made
movements too near them. General Baron Ito-
lcrt, who COMllltlllth at Tortosa, has burnt all the
boats they had collected on the Lower Ebro, mid
gained brilliant advantages."
FRANKFORT, Sean.. 27.--,i-Letters from Dresden,
of the 26th, announce, that the Grand Army is
in the best situation, and that the most severe
discipline reigns the:v. It is said, that his Ma-
jesty is to be at Itischoffwerda on the 27th, and
that he is preparing events of the highest int..
,portance. The Army of the Confederates, con-
fined in the plain of •Toplitz, begins to suffer:a
waut of provisions. It is held in check.
BANKS or TIIE ELBE, SEPT. 20.----The Army
under. the orders of the Prinee•of Bektimbl, is
Still posted opOn the right bank, of the
The' Auxliary Danish Corps is stationed in the
Duchy of Meckleuburg, and observes the Swedish
troops, under General Vegesack,
Pouts, OCT. 1.---Peivate letters. from Dresden
state, that,' op the 27th his Majesty was at Hi-
scholfwe.eda. some days before Blucher had his
bead-quarters at

()cr. '2.-Inteliigence from the frontiers of
Saxony states ►is follows We learn that the
garrison of Dantxic occupies a great space of
ground without the fortress. The Prince Alex.
ander of Wirtonherg, who,commands the: block
rule of it, complains of not haviug a sufficient
number at :men he has demanded reinforce.