The Sun.
London, England, 1813-06-10 00:00:00

dispatch the military movements on the 20th) and
the attack on Bautzen by the enemy.
The intention of the enemy, in- his attack ofi
the right and left of Bautzen on. the 20th, was to
force the Spree River, and to pass to,some.heights
on Our right, thus threatening General Milaratio-
vitch's rear, and gaining advantageous ground,
from which his artillery could sweep our mtlin po-,
sition, and under cover of whose fire, he might.
with greater facility make his general attack on
the following morning.
The action was bravely contested ; ,a Russian
battalion a:nl some Prussian lancers, under- cover
of a battery, boldly advanCed and contested alone
the heights, in spite of the enemy's powerful ef-
forts, until they were supported by General heist's
corps.
in the mean time, on the extreme right, the
enemy's corpvfollowed Generals Barclay de Tolly
and D'York, in their retrograde movement from
their expedition against General Latiriston.
General D' York's corps entered the position in
the evening, hut the whole of Barclay de 'l'oily's
did not effect it till the following morning.
General Milaradovitelt repulsed the repeated
Karts of the enemy that were vigoroivily made to
force him on the left, and the'eolturns of the ene-
my, that had attempted to paves into the moun-
tains, were kept in check. Findhig, however,
late in the eventug,,that,General.KleiSt baq fallen
into the main position, General 11'Warado-
Vitch withdrew entirely from the Spree River,
and the town of Bautzen, and in the night ocdu-
iiied the ground marked out for hint in the general
line.
The severe affairs of this day, reflect tbehigheit
honour on Generals Milaradoviteh and 'Kleist, and
the brave troops under their command: •
• have the honour to be, &c. •
(Signed) CHARLES tlyalwArer,
' Lieutenant-Gement'.
Viscount Castlereagh, &c. Szc:

MY LORD, Goldberg, May 9. 4 , 1818.
: The Allied Army under the orders uIA Count
AVittgenstein, in position, in advan‘a, of Wurschen
and llochkirch, was attacked by,tlre- yurmy at
day-break, commanded by Buonapat te in person,
on the morning of the 21st instant.
It appears he had assembled all his force for
this awl, and had not don( hed largely, as had

lie- en supposed, to Other quarters. • •
'The ground selected by the Allies to resist the
enemy's _approach,. on the great roads to, Silesia
and the Oder, was bounded
roil the left by. a range
of mountains which separates Lusatia. from Bo-
hemia, through which Marshal Dann marched to
the battle andjvictory of Hochkitch.
Some strong confinanding heights, on which
batteries bad keen constructed near the village of
Jackowitz, (and separated front the chain of
mountains by streams and marshy ground) formed
the appui to the left, flank of the position. Be-
yond, and in front of it, many batteries were
pushed forward, defended by infantry and cavalry
on a ridge that.projected into .the low ground near
the 'Spree River. It then extended to the right,
through :illages which were strongly entrenched,
across the great roads• leading trout Bautzen to
flochkirch, and Gorlitz ; from thence in front
of the village of BourtheWitz to three or four very
commanding hills which .rive abruptly its a conical
• shape, • and fortis -strong features; the.se.witb the
high ground of Ereckwitz were strengthened by
batteries, and were consideredllie right" mint of
the line.
The ground in the centre was favourable for
cavalry, except in some marshy, and uneven parts,
where it would impede its operations. Fleches
were, constructed, end entrenchments thrown up
at advantageous distances on the plain, along the
front of which ran a deep boggy rivulet,
.which
extended round the right of the position. •
On the extreme right the country was flat and
woody, intersected by roads bearing towards tic
Bober and the Oder •
General Barclay de Tolly's corps was stationed
here, and should be considered more as a
ma-
ncetteeting corps, placed to pard against the ene-
my's attempts on the right and rear of the 'Allies,
than as iminediately•in position ; the ext ent•of the
whole line might be between three and fonr Eng-
lish miles. The different corps occupying it were
as follows : General Kleist's and General d'Yorck's
corps in echelon and in reserve on the right Ge-
neral 431k:her's Count Wittgenstein's, and Gene-
ral Miluradovitch's formed on- the left ; and
the guards and grenadiers, and all the Russian
cavalry, were stationed in reserve in the centre.
The enemy evinced, early in the action, a de-
termination to press the flanks of the Allies ; he
had thrown a very strong corps into the moun-
tains ,on our left, which favotired his species of
warfare, but General ;Ililaradovitch was prepared
here, having detached Prince Garchikoft and
Count Asterman with ten battalions of light
troops, and a large corps of Cossacks, Witb their
artillery, under Colonel Davidoff, to occupy these
hills.
After a very strong tirailade in this quarter,
and a distant cannonading- on our right, which
commenced the action, the enemy began to deve-
lope his forces, and to move his different columns
of attack to their stations.
The contest in the mountains became gradually
wat met', and he supported it by, a vei y powerful
line of. artillery. The Prince of Wirtend4erg's
and General St. Priest's divisidns, of General INE-
laradovitch's corps, were here sharply. eirgiged,
and a charge of cavalry succeeded against some
pits of the enemy, one of Which was taken.
Buonaparte was now visible on a counnituding
spot, directing the battle. Ile deployed in limit
of the town "of Bautzen his guards, cavalry, and
lancers, and shelved heavy colututis *of infantry
on the esplanade before it, bringing tip hesides a
ntimber of brigades of artillery, with which he
occupied some advantagedus heightS,'betWeeit oar
position and Bautzen, that were favourable to
support his attacks. •
These-demonstrations denoted an, efFort in tlik
direction, and a disposition was accordingly made
with General Blucher's corps and our command-
ing cavalry tO meetbut Eth increasing
Made
fire,
and a more lively cannonade on our right,.
.doubtful where his chief
iatittetlitnipintatwelays naoinlioedn.ger
Columns of attack,. under

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