The Sun.
London, England, 1813-11-29 00:00:00

EXCLUSIVE GERNIAN PAPERS.

REPORT OF Till: RATTLEs or )11tRilthil1iG AND
rueiUUtiG ON THE ?OTti AND 21ST-OCToBeR.
" After the taking of Leipzig on the 1901.0e-
tobei, 'the Emperor NAPoLRoN retreated upon
Weissenfels with his diminished army, and took
up his head-quarters at Markrantitadt.
.0n the
20th, several actions took place in the environs of
iderseburg,. all of which terminated in favour of
the Aliks. To prevent the retreat of NAPOLEON,
the Commander in Chief had, on the 18th, de-
tached Vox YoacK's corps, which marched by
Way of Halle upon Merseburg an& Weksenfels,
where it arrived on the 20th. On the 21st the
Emperor .Narot.zotst threw two bridges across the.
&fide, over which he caused.his army to defile.
voN Yoacxes corps had, in. consequence of
this movement, taken post at Fteiburg, while the
_enemy, already hard pressed by our troops in the
rent, was atteMptiug to pass the Utistrutt • Vox
Voacit's corps attacked _him in three different
points with the utmost impetuosity, by which be
was .thrown into the greatest conliision,.compelled
to a hat,ty retreat over his own bridges across the
ti,aie, and sustained conkiderable loss, for a corps
ot severakhousand men was cut off' and .

dead bodies, presented a most lamentable spe-
tack.. Three distinct ,corps of the enemy %rot
made prisoners. Many Germans and Poles,
is
whole battalions and squadrons, went over, acct'
cumstance which threw the French army
plete disorder. Several thousand prisoners, furtf
pieces of cannon, and many ammunition waggons,
are the fruits of that day. 4
" Herui-gnarters,..lllelk la, near Liclabeen,Oct.l3.
" After the action at Gorde the commuuicatios
of the enemy on the. left shore of, the Elbe was°
confined that the road from liambargh to
men only was open into CON'
Isis
to him, therefore this WaS frt•
~„quently cut off by detaChments of Co:isackV,
'marshal DAVOUST nevertheless COndillied in tut
position he had oriinally. chosen.
Stecknitz 'is a river impassable, except in afel
places, on account of its marshy bed ; ata110)0,
points he threw up works, and also entrencbo
the posts of Lauenbtirg and Molln, and his Prni`i''
cipal position on the heights of itattehars•
the left wing the works of• Lubeck were lr
ie
iaired as much as possible. To ascertain
ntentions of the enem Lieut.-General Clm.v
IVALuonax d y,eteiinined upon a reconnoiscs',
In the night of the 6th, General TerTol°so
crossed the
.Elbe, and went to Boitienbolgotts,e
survey the post, of Lauenhurg, and to 0% et'
enemy's attention the more from the left hit he
the Me. Qn the 6th' and 7th the whole of
ettli
enemy's posts were alarmed in 'a livelyelsn;fli
elision sonic hundreds of both sides
Generals VgGeSAcK and DORE NBERG, 011Wh'e-100(1
wounded. The .enemy, still more deceived );evit
report of an attack spread At the same tiwe'
together all. his disposable troops from
spiker and,even from Hamburgh. The tri°o3
ohject of drawing the enemy's whole ec•
to this point, and to gain a more accurate
(11Thintance with his position, was Ow acc
plislied.
l►c night
44 Upon this, Gen. TETTE NBORN, - gno
between the Bth and 9th, ieerossed the Elbe,:
efore
proceeded h
-y forced marches to Ilrenolo, ''. the
rot
which 'place he aeared on the mormq o,ho
13th. After engagements for two day, n,„dot,
the town Was 'clumowlded, and the Colo nlOO
Co-:onel Tutrima, killed, the mllo' klbc
me Is 101'
strong, capitulated, on condition that its otacto
Permitted to retire beyond the Rhine owiliviccel
were killebo
again on this side of that river, folleieeol, cool'
of cannon, two mortars, 200 cavallyltirs: or
pletely equipped, and other military eih•cm"foo,
"du 000
Ow with the chest, containing. , art
remained in our hands. The • t'ortificot,7'cogect
destroyed. The enemy attempted L....stoiceir.
troops in the vicinity, and to this, u"00!:
out even those that he had Ut Nienburgn.
th Cr dtstr
ral TETTENBOHN marched rapidly
aP •
eP
ad the works of that plate also, and
Keep ,
time a
pronched the Elbe, ac the satire
ent. lam
session of Bremey with a &tact" . atioa ‘i
" nv these Ilittaiib the last coniumnicco _il,sa
t
DAvOUST Still had is totally irojaa
he is confined, to Deumarkalona 71;:ie cattilie
with a view to uscertaitt whether the:4ok oo
had crossed the Elbe, that he iodt" of
set
morning of the Bth a reconnoissii-c,40- cbe
vanced posts, in which service iii„eateviety
ogo:
•
ttalions, 12 squadrons and to" general,
whole was under the coinniand of
,fleco v
who utt erniited to 'penetrate with (" eci o'i elf
ward, Zareut bin, while the other alarel mod a boy
lulu). An ambuscade of one ssimwdl`ilriassion„,,(o4 oi
of the Ist 11-
Regiment of the pod „,
man Legion 'under Captainbt
the Lebow JageN, placed in the ni,i'lace. he
vered the enemy on his first mmliPektels him° to
Captain instantly fell with his firs 101 d dotii,
head of the enemy's column before it ;der,
dcploy. General Rome, its Colo 9'0004
happened to be at this point, Wa,'
with 30 men„ and plunged into toriiri-vas
lake, where, at the moment' whe" acale
miming bock to surrender, lie reeeMycti ti
sunk. The others were taken priSOneri;
90#11
The enemy checked hy this ,sul' 041
and the loss of the General, remained
sition,• and contented hinisult with tau' hosyr
our detached posts of hussars• Th° °t advOlcg;
column had meanwhile attacked Col!:
posts at Vulluhn, under Lieutenant Coll'"oleeon;
Don NA, but being "ived, 00( mO,
steadily ect.
it. Drool.- „les,
of the failure .orthe Bret column, " lel"'"„o
farther,. and-also corifined itself to • ~051Owi
cannonade,-after which it returned to Itt'olly fr,ol;
and thus object the of the enemy was totally tee°
trated by,the vigilance and resolution. of
troops eompOsing...our advanced posts.