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'llllls, INtAR 7.—Her Majesty-the Empress and
6411 has received the following intelligence
Victim; the-situation of the irmy•on the Ist!
' •
Emperor had removed • his head-quar-
' to Weissenfels
. , the Viceroy his to 'Merse-
g, General Maison bad entered Halle, the
401 Ragusa had his head-quarters at Nailin-
g, Coant Bertrand was at Stolissen, the Duke
,R,e,Ygio had his head-quartefrat Jena.
acre was mach rain on the 30th of April ;
'the itt of May the weather was better.
Three bridges had -been thrown across, the
Gaut
at {l'eissenfels ; campaigr works had been
tit Naumburg, and three bridges had
}.:-,,,tot•own over the Saale. •
'ifteen :grenadiers of the 13th line, between
i;;;',4lal•Saalfeld, were surrounded by 96 Puts-
timasars : the Comniandant, who was a Coloi•-,
',it ady.„need, •saying, Frenchmen surrender !
falsZleant killed him. The other grenadiers
4tbus a platoon, killed seven Prussians, anc,
11•141,Went off,faster than the came.
lecteei:.Liferent parts of the old guard are
Itogb,•tweissenfels ; the General of Division,ltil -IC °Omani's them. The Emperor visited
469 of advanced posts notwithstanding the bad-
leti I th weather. Ills Majesty enjoys excel-
! • t)e ,
fives
of},
first blow with the sabre' which was
jxk ,s„, the renewal Of this campaign at Weimar,
!t ilea lt the ear of Alajor-General Blucher's son.
lark, t, Nlaresebal des Logis, of the 10th tins-
! ofiv''e,llAt this Mow was given. The inhabitants
it 0, "'ar remark, that the first sabre blow given
}dlrcampaign of 1806 at Saalfeld, and which
liatelivi;'‘i'iiiteie Louis of Prussia,' was given by.. a
k/et0.',,411 nes Logis of the same-regiment.
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uvr • ,
ttiv,(i till,l,lesty the Empress and Queen has re-
! tt the le following intelligence of the situation
I'ayy army at nine in the morning -of the 2d
0 • 1
)14,61_1_,t(l'e Ist May, the Emperor Mounted: On,
Nos4,cl, nine in the morning, with the Prince
ttlf itt"a• General Solthanals division put it-
tlenees!ntotion towards' the fine plain which cora-
11Pott the heights •ot ‘Vtissenfels and ca-
-Irto the I; .
$lll.O
.li.. 'llns division was formed in
so„ ”..of four battalions each,
ttni
fie •es from th
ces of c„,tltl tot ler, and each square
Naving'tour
Aneral Behind the square was placed
Tc.,'„aor'itlien't*,4Vaitai4ya,(l:vh°ol. bcavalry;
a r!uriilvd6edr‘
riscirelen, and for en 'lilt's divisions came behinfl,
1134' 11,,Ired• i.ll the same manner as Son..
111 the right 't-tars,lial the Duke of Istria was
h:C At elevenlotliall the 1 of the guard.
Lava
Print clock this disposition was mane.
the „,, "" of Moskwa •
I. '"cloy's cav,i in of a cl.oud of
ittaseif cavalry, which covered the plain, put
sei.z rtmOoti
ed II • upon the defile of Poserna.—
lulow, Pon several villages without giving a
14411'11e enernrocean•
one of th. r , upon tlieheights of the
alai six . idlest positions that can be seen ;.
,iaes ofPleces'ot
carmen, and presented three
~ cavalry, •
de 'ne first 2'
ehar,e,''hare-passed the defile at the pcjs
.
co7it. arAIRISt cries of 1 Nye l'Empereur !
"'tit! lotted throughout the line. It seized
1.11, the
height pp,
1s1( he tour' squares of Souham's:
1i .P" Passed the defile
to '''"° oth •• • , teiafo (-1 IVISIO.IIS of cavalry then; caMe
4111104. tee the enemy, with twenty piecei, of
111
Ore I,,elitcannanaile -became lively, • The enemy
bit!Eircitert te gave ground. Souharn's division
the 1 Lutzen ; Girard's took the direction
cc eft—
e,
4 ,the t„iii road.
tes. Emperor, wishing to 'reinforce the bat`-
'the tl/4 this kst division, sent twelve pieces of
Itt nuclei the orders of his Aide-de-
'encral Drouet, and this 'reinforcement
Llt'g qiel(! Prodigies. The ranks of the enemy's.
it!-4att eve.overthrown by grape-chqt. At the
4 i
11,iietit the Viceroy deboucliedfrom Merse-
e 61I'Vklq!
the elevenih corps; coininandeci by
clle of Tarentuin and the fifth, commanded
sl rag Lane. G • AL' corps
!sum. user,' antis ,
the left, upon the high road from
iNata Rit to-Leipsie ; that of the Duke of
vin'i where the Viceroy 'was,' on the tright.
tei.,ery, hearing the brisk cannonade
to 4-,9", Place' at• Lutzen; made a more,
1 'lle right 'al id the Emperor, almost at the
,thine 4 Nonient a ' •
k, . at the village of Lurzen.
•
litm and, in succession, .Bremer
IL r sd}i and
.044 tvuivistoos,
1,0002_4 settled when they.
passed the defile ; but the bp-,
ttSl44, 'l)oalry entered in line
were therefore. driVen frinu these
gteWas j nearly the same number of infantry.
tlirneral • winzingeiode who commanded'
'64,4lltk„ie
s‘ divisions, one of which was General
of ita'„lttr The enemy displayed but One-division
al, !IteisseYn't* liceome more prudent by the battle
conk, and astonished at the fine order
('Illtoatii'll';'11(/ of our march, the enemy dared not
bY our P3rt of our infantry, 'and was crush-
killetil,"Pe-shot. Our loss-amounted to 33
65 wounded, one a Chief of Bat-
ialCist°34 may be considered as extremely
three
,(,)11tparisors to that of the enemy, who
tl 44.! vOlo
.414, or wo • ue.s, 39 officers, and 400 men
the hilt ;4"d'td,tihesides great. number of
sql.'listort, rtY one of those fatalities with which
,t},tl was' war is _full, the first cannon-ballhittiatike
„,;.'l*.i.ed on this day struck the wriest of
'•-•nt giii:144141,1. tivira I pierced his groin, and Wed-
ti•t 1e °f t( ue had advanced 56 paces from
~Plitt. tirailleurs, in order to reconnoitre
ti 144 114 Atti I'Bo4, who has a just title to ni . be na-
4ild juit, 'was equally recommendable for
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his military coup &wit, by his great experience in
managing 'cavalry, as by his civil totalities and his
attachment to. the Emperot. Ilis death upon the.
field of honour is the more worthy of envy, it was'
so rapid that it inust have been without, pities.
'There arc few losses which could, have more sen-•
sibiy affected the Emperor's heart ; the army and
all France will partake of the grief his :Majesty
felt.
• " The Duke of Istria, since the first Italian
campaigns, that is,- for. sixteen years, had always,
in differentranks, commanded the Emperor's guard,
which folloWed him in all his campaigns and bat-
tles.
" The sang fibid, good-will, and- intrepidity of
the young soldiers astonished the veterans and all
the officers. It' is a proof of the saying, that
to souls well born, virtue does not wait- a number
of years.' •
"-His Majesty bad, on -the night between the
Ist and 2d of May, his head-tivarters at Lutzen ;
the Viceroy is at Markrandstedt ; the Prince. of
Moskwa is at Keya ; mid the DAC of Ragusa is,
at Poserna. Generalliertrand was at,StohSsen ;
the Duke of Reggio in march upon Naumbui'g.
" At Dantzic, the garrison has obtained- great
advantages, and made so successful a sortie, that
it took prisoners a corps 0f*3009 Russians.
" The garrison of • ‘Viteenberg.also appears to
have distinguished itself, and to have, in a sortie,
-caused' considerable injturto_the enemy.
A letter in Cyphers., 'which has this momeet arm
ved from the garrison of Glogau, is; conceived in
these touts :
" All goes on well, the Russians have. made se-
veral attempts upon this- place ; they have been
always repulsed with much loss, three or- four
thousand men blockade us, sometimes leSs, some-
times. more. The trenches have been opened ;
(hiring two days the fire from our batterlei forced
them to abandon their project.
(Signed) -General. LAPLANE. ,
' '" Glogau, April 13, 1813." '
Her Majesty the Empress and Queen Regent litho
received news from the Emperor, from the field of
battle,-two leagues in advance of Lutzen, the 2d,,
of May, at ten o'clock inthe-evening, at the mi.)-
went when, the Emperor had thrown himself utidli
a. bed to take some hours sleep.
" The Emperor informs ber.Majesty, that he
has gained the most complete victory overthe Rns-
sian and Prussian army, commanded by the -Em-
peror Alexander and King of Prussia, in person ;
that in this battle more than,lso,oooeanuon-balls
ballbeen fired; that the troops covered themselves •
with glory in it ; and that notWithstasuling the
immense inferiority of cavalry which the Frenth,.
army had,-that goirdwill and 'courage„ inherent iii
Frenchmen, supplied every thing.
The enemy was briskly pursued. •
" No Marshal, no person composing the house-
hold of the Emperor, was killed or wounded.
MAY ,9.—The Empress Queen and Regent has
received the following intelligence from the ar-
my, .dated the 3d of May, nine o'clock in the
" The Emperor at.break,ot dity.of the 3d tra-
versed the field of battle., At ten o'clock lie put
himself in motion to follow the enemy. His
head-quarters, were on the 3d, in the evening, at ,
Pegau. •
7 The 'Viceroy bad his at Wichstanden, half
way between Pegatt and Borne.
' •"" Count Lauriston, whose corps had taken no
part in the battle; set out train Leipsic, to. march
upon Zweinkaw, where.he 4ad arrived. The Duke
of Ragusa bad passed the Elster, at the village of
Lcitz-Kowitz, and Count Bertrand had passed. it
at the village of Gredel. The 'Prince of Moskwa
was. in a position upon .the field of battle, The
Duke of Reggio, from Nattibtirg, was marching
upon Zeist.
"The Emperor of Russia and King of Prussia
passed through. Pepin, in the night of the 2d, and
-arrived in the -village of. Loberstedt; at eleven
o'clock at night. They reposed there four hours,
and -set ;. out on the 3d, at -three o'clock in the
morning, in the direction of Borna.
" The enemy has not recovered, from his, asto-
nishment, at finding :himself beaten on so large a
plain, by 'an -army so greatly inferior in • cavalry.
Several Colonels and superior pincers, taken pri-
soners, assure us, that at the enemy's head-guar-
tens, they had eat learned of the hunperor's pre-
sence at the afmy, till the battle had commenced
they believed the Emperor to be at Erfurt. •
". As idway,s happens in ,similar eireumstarcee,
, the Prussians accuse the Russians of 'not having
fought well. The greatest confusion prevails in
their retreat, several of those pretended volun-
teers which 'were, raised in Prussia have been made,
prisoners ; they cause- pity. All declarethat they
west enrolled by force, and on pain of seeing
their property and families.' confiscated. The.
country people say that a Prince of Hesse Hom-
burg was killed ; that several Russian and Pmtss'
sian Gentrals -have been killed or wounded:—
The Prince of Mecklenburg Strelitz is alto re-
Atoned to be killed ; but; this intelligence is yet
but. the reports of the country.
'The joy of these countries at being delivered
from the Cossacks is indiscribable. The haa-
. bitants speak with contempt of all the ICroclatua-
lions and attempts which have been acute to tempt
them to insurrection. •
. " The Russian and Prussian aimy was composed
of the corps of the Prussian Generals Yorck,
eller, and Billow, and those'of the Russian bene-
rals Wittgenstein, Winzi ngerode, Miloradowitsch,
'and Tortiatzow; The Russian and Prussian 'guards'
were likeWisi there. The l'ilmperor of Russia, the
King -of issessiti, the Prince Royal of Prussia, tind
all the Princes Jt the Royal House o Prussia were
in the battle. .
, - The combined. Russian and Prussian-army
is estimated- ut from ,11:40.. tO-200,Q00:Inen. Alj