The Sun.
London, England, 1813-10-12 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

COPY or A LETTER FROM GENERAL-

cIITIZE OF BLOCHER'S STAFF.

" We have gained a very splendid victory on
the titer Katsbach over rite French. The loss of
this nettle has been ac, decided as any they have
ever sustained. The enemy intended an attack on
tbecorps of theßussian General Count LAN GERbII,
whirls was several 'miles. front us. We bad made
dispositions for the combined army to pass the
river Katshach to attack the enemy. We were,
therefore, two miles nearer to him than he ex-
pecte(' I. head.quarters bad advanced to
Breehtenshort, to receitt our recruits. A few
hours afterwards a very heavy firing bean be-
tweet% the enemy acid the Corps Langeron. We
ordered our troops to halt. Some time after-
wards see received accounts of the enemy's ad-
vancing upon us in a strait line. We put our
troops in motion, and halted behind hills. _Col.
Altssumgalloped with ate to the vanguard, to
observe the movements itt the enemy anti the ter-
rein. We made our disposition. The 'enemy 'was
tbe point of attacking 'the Corps-Langeron,
which was now abont half a mile 'from us, in their
right flank, as be bad done 'with its left. He was:.
on the point of 'overthrowing the few battalions
composing 6or vanguard, %Wen we advertised
General lit,o atm of this, who ordered .the troops
to advance front :heir position. Three brigades
opened the attack, another remained as reserve-.
ambascude. Four batteries were judiciously
posted, and fired with effect. Our infantry
marched upon the enemy without firing, and at-
'tided him with the bayonet. A great savalry
fight began soon after, in a long line, with various
soccess. The fete was Undetided for a moment.
New squadrons advanced ..to assist the cavalry;
Others to make aniattack on their infantry. Our
infantry, which had halted to "await the decision
of the cavalry fight, now attecked'the enemy's in.
(awry ; and at lust the enemy, whose rear was
posted on the steep edge of the foaming rivers
Neisse and Katsbach, was thrown into these
rivers, after having first been greeted with grape
shot. Atter the work of this day, the infantry,
which remained in the greatest order during the
whole of the battle, stood in well-formed squares.
This day is the triumph of our new-formed in-
fantry.
" A brave East Prussian beltalion of j..,and-
Webr attacked a great mass of the enemy's infan-
try, 41411cta down the whole of them, excepting
only inteutred men. 'The battedlors of
Land Wehr Ural afterward& surrounded by the cue-
sisy's cavalry; and called upon to surrender, " No,
no!" cried these brave men, and tried to diseharge
their guns. One only was discharged, on account
of the heavy rain, nevertheless they held the ca:-
wiry in check with their bayokts. After the
cavalry had left them again, they immediately as-
sailed a few pieces of cannon, anti took them.—
This is the highest trial for old accustomed sol-
diers, and so much more honourable for this
young infantry.

" The results of this battle are 103 pieces of
cannon, 400 baggage waggons, 20,000 prisoners,
&c. Ate. The battle lasted until one hour after
it was dark, which did not allow, us to know the
whole extent of our victory, for which reason the
army account which was dispatched one hour
afterwards, only contained those prisoners taken
until then. The roads between the' rivers Bober
and Katshach, prove the terror of the enemy
since the battle, Dead bodies are every where
found in the mud. This battle will }.)e called the
battle of theltatsbach, in honour oldic brave anti
wise General Baron VON SACULW, who with his
Russian corps turned the right wing on that river,
while we kept the left on the Neisse. These two
rivers join in front of us, and behind-the enemy's
position. In consequence of this victory, the
icorps of the Russian General Count Lamoruorr,
is freed from danger.
of the axistur army there is but very little
remaining, tsull all those Frenchmen who are
cot off from passing the rivet 3, and who run about
in the woud4, will be either killed or taken by the
pe;tcants, We expect that the measures whieb
}lave been taken wilt put the whole of the re-
•sn' ainder of MacDorprALD's corps into our pos-

Ao‘sion.

" The army of Silesia has well deserved of their
country. It eight days they have had seven gi eat
fghts ithei one battle, not coanting the inferior
one% a timse.fights cost us Prussians from 1800
to 2000 men l‘illed and wounded.

" The French ttt,iperot wished to draw us into,
battle at Lowenherg on the 2ltt Qt August. We
retired, and the trots?), fought in beatitifill order.
Only the vtinipiurd anti part of a brigade were op-
posed to thu enemy; the ten-n-13)4(1er retired slowly,
lutlf n allowing tlmtn the track. The.enerny
140,000 wun esuinut us. Wise* ttmy touud