The Sun.
London, England, 1813-11-24 00:00:00

rnl 13Iuc1 er, and to take his post in the general'
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action. with that General...
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Reports' liming been recefre(t-of the march of
General Benijigsen and Count Colintedo, the army
marched on the 15th front Altenberg to Pelrati
(the place of assembly on the' morning of the bat-
tle. of Lutzen) ; and it was determined to attack.
the enemy Ifie.followin,(4 morning, without wait-
.ing for the certainty of the arrival either. of the'
Prince Royal, General lietmings. en, or Count Col-
loredo, judgiug tilltit'their forces would influence
the enemy by their approach, and:that they would
he fresh for the' second day whereas by, waiting,
the enemy Might either improve his preparations,
or escape. Accordinily.the heads of all the co-
lumns advanced towards the e.liemy's poSition At
dayobreak on the 16th, General Blucher by Sehen7
ditZ .to GOlitr and Wetteritz, General, Giulay by
,Lutzen on Lindetitt). General Count Mehrieldt
*between the Lister and Pleisse, on Contiewitz;
General Prince of Hesse Hoinbourg, cotilie right .
hiitik -of the Elster, in the' same direction, to sup-
port. Count Wittgenstein towards Wachaw, with
General Kleist en his right, towards Lieber; Wol-
Weritz ; and General Klenau on the extreme right .
towards Fuchshayn, on the Grimmal road.
The enemy Occupied the only ridge in thktplain
in front of the named places, tiehin'd the centre of
which, towards Leipsiz, linonaparte's• tent was
pitzbed. lie was also in force at Connewitz, on
the side orGeneral (inlay's advance, and towards •
Gekral Blucher.

At lialf past nine, immediately on the'Empe-.
,roc's, arrival on the field, the cannonade began
with Count Wittgenstein's corps, and imme-
diately extended to both flanks on the whole pa:,
sitiOn,• nod .IV4IS COntinlied, without
,any
inter-
inission, till *fter dark at night. It was intend-
ed that Count Melirfeltit and' General Klcnaw
should turn the enemy on their respective Hanks,
but the French were in great force. on their
left, and the quantity of tenter, and the num-
berof gardens and summer-honies near Comic-
witz, rendered Count Math:ldes task extremely
arduous. • .

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Count Wittgenstein almost, immediately drove
the enemy from the heights oproscd to him, and'
the whole ridge was for ,scnne time occupied by
the Allies ; but a large fOrce of 'infantry and ca-'
valry opposed to GenerUCKleist, occasioned 'a
continued contest during the whole morning. •
Connt Mehrfeldt,baying advanced to Connewitz,
beyond the. tight of the forte opposed to Count
Wittgenstein, repaired a bridge which had been
destroyed on the.Plcisse at Dolitz, and was about
to pass over, when,'uufortuuat'ely,i his horse was
killed, and himself taken prisoner by a column of
the enemy, which was supposed to be a division
of the Allies retiring.
At the same time Mina, at the bead of an im-
mense bOdy of cavalry, appeared on
.the ridge, on
the right of Count 'Wittgenstein, and judging that
he had time to attack before the Russian reserve
could come. up to hint, he sent on the light .artil-
lery' of the guard, and imMediataly afterwards,
charged with his masses-of cavalry. The Russian
reserve bad broken ground in its front, which
rendered it impossible for the cuirassiers to meet
him with the vt-locity they' desired ; but the ca-
valry Of Count Wittgenstein's corps, and attached
to it, attacked him in flank, arid be retired with as
much precipitation as he advanced. '
During the preparation of Murat's attack*, the
Austrian cavalry was greatly distinguished ; they
made nine charges on the enemy's right, in some
of which they swept the whole front with great
slaughter. The Russian cuirassiers having ad-
vanced, together with the guards and grenadiers,
and the latter having occupied a wood on their
right, no further attack was .made; but the can-
nonade grid lire of the tirailleurs continued till
after dark, when' the
.troops lay' upon their arias
upon the ground.they occupied.
• General Giulay, opposed by superior force,
could not penetrate. General blucher had a bril-
liant action, and defeated the force opposed to
hint, taking upwards of 30 pieces of cannon, an
eagle, and more than 2000 prisoners.
The next morning at day-treak; Count Witt
genstein'S CorPs -anpeared on the grotind from
whence he had driven the enemy, but the. heads
of
.columns. of the Frt2nch cavalry and' infantry
were on their right on the same ride, the Cannon

on e.teh side'aln-tost within ihosket shot, and the

the videttes within pistol shot; anti in this atti-
tude thcarmicsremained the, whole clay, without
firing a shot, except some accidental skirmishing
by the advaneied men. Three great corps were,
advancing .rapidly to join the Allies ; it was'
therefore' evidently not to their advantage to re-
new the attack, unless either General illucher or;
the Fiehl-Marshal was attacked by the enemy, in
which case, either would have advanced immedi.,
"arty to support the other: COunt Colloredo ar-"'
rived at the village of Magdebornut noon, and in
l• the evening 'relieved Count Wittgenstein, who
became his styport. In the evening also pert
General. Bennigsen's corps arrival,; and would
have immediately marched 'upon the enemy's
flank, had ;not the General been made acqUajnt-
ed, while framing his attack, that the action was;
postponed. The Prince Royal also sent notice,,.
that he would arrive on General 131aeher's.left by
the lifternoon-of the next day. •
The received disposition for troops in these;
;plains, is flow, to form intmense solid columns oi-
litfantry and cavalry,- which are denominate('
Mas'ses, and Which are distributed according to
the grimly!, in one or More lines, always .with
reservc, ; in front are great qttantities of artillery,
within reach of Support. Ail villages, and broken'
or covered ground, are occupied by detaelltuents,,
furnished by the nearest masses, and supported by
; and which, being defended by musketry;
always occasion great islatighter.• Except on;stich
'occasions, and as skirmishers, the infantry and
'the cavalry are seldom seen in line, but the masses
which are usually formed' behind the centre of the
corps Which composes them respectively, can al-;
' ways extend expeditiously to• a larger front or
into line: •
Wurtzert was occupied on the 17th, by a de-
tfiehment or' Generalliennigsen'r army. On the
18th, the dispositiOn for a general .action %YRS
carried into effect.; Marshal Schwartzeuherg's,
order of battle, from left to right, was as folloWs
Count Colloredo's corns, supported by the Ails:-
trian reserve, and connected with General Mar-
feld's -corps, Comet Wit4mistOs au(' eon. Kleist,