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supported by the Russian -reserve General Kle-
wm, hi* right a little brought forward, supported
Bko by'itnisinn grenadiers
his right still more advanced:. towvolti PriZ7l be-
yond Ow inorass on his right General Brthint and
Count Platotf were' advanced, connecting between
Gen. Bennigseu and-the Prince Royal.
General Blucher was to advance between his
Royal Highness and the great morass, which ex
tends from •Merseburg‘ to Leipsic and General
Ginlay in his original diteetion froto Lutzeli upon-
Lindenan.

.The village of LiebesklVoTheritz, was the point
to which all the attackS underalie direction_ olthe
..liehl-Marshal were ta point ; the corps advancing
towards a central point, thereby becoming gra-.
•dually more closely Connected-, and the more dis-
tant corps On the right advancing first. The ene-
my. occupied the villages with masses in their
. rear, but the more di3tant posts were carried
without being much supported, the masses roil.;
ing with pretipitation towards the suburbs of
'Leipsic. All the. villages, however, were defend-
ed with cannon, which rendered the action and
the cannonade general over the whole extent of
the plain. Saute of the villages nearest this City
were most obstinately disputed. • The whole plain
is covered with bodies of dead men and horses ;
and the ruins of the villages are full of heaps of
dead and dying.
Every part of the combination succeeded ; Ge-
neral Blucher's teft., connected with the. Prince
ROyal's advanced'-corps, consisting of the Rus-
sians and Prussians,.. came into action in the 4,-.
ternoon, hating approached by Taucha.
wards the latter part of the day, by far the most
serious and Obstinate etfOrts Of attack and defence
were made at the villages of Stetteritz and Prob-
steyda, the former of ,which was takenand retaken
seVeral tenses; the. latter held out till dark. Na-
poleon was several hours between these villages,
animating his. men, and sending in fresh troops.
till dark ; and it ;post be confessed that they were
most gallantly., nefeaded. •
• . •
The Emperor of Russia was.with his army dur-
ing the whole of Ole.three days; -on the first he
was joined in the field hy the who bud re-
' mainecl at.Toplitz, and had accompanied General
Beanigsen's 'army in its actions near Pinta and
liefore Dresden. In .the afternoon of the 18th,
the Emperor" of Austria arrived anti joined . the
other Monarchs near the village of Probsteyda,
• where their Majesties remained till dark.
The enemy had then been driven ironi every
part of his position, into a circle within cannon
shot of Leipsig, from whence a column had al--
ready begun its march' towards the south-west.
In the night, the villages of Stetteritz and Prob-.
steyda were abandoned, and occupied by the al-
lies : but Bnonaparte continued to hold Leipsig,
and the villages connected with the suburbs, with
astrong teav-gnard towards tbs.!, 'allies. He seems
to have counted upon the presence of the Saxon
Electoral Tamely,, and the solicitations of the in-
habitants to preserve the city, to gain time, and
to provide' for his own security, but he was this-
apponted. The Emperor Alexander received a
flag of truce, sent in ,the name of the King of
Saxony, 'offering to capitulate to save the town.
His Imperial Majesty gave his answer aloud, in
tile Wearing of many hundred officers, with sc
markable force mid dignity :. lie said, in substance,
that an army in pursuit of a flying enemy, and -in
the hour of victory, could not he stopped a mo-
ment by considerations for the town ; that, theic-
fore, the,gates must be,immediately opened, and,
in that ease, the most strict discipline should be
observed ; that it the. Gentian troops in the place
chose, to join their countrymen in this army, they
should be received as brothers f but' that he con,
sidered any proposal sent, while Napoleon was,
arhaud, as extremely suspicions, as lie well knew
the eitemy.he had to deal with ; that us to the King
of saxoav personally, who.had taken a line of dt..-
terinined hostility,, lie
,Ove. PO answer, and de••
clined making any. communication.
. The heavy cannon and columns of attack:were
ordered to advance. In the' Mean while,' the
Prince Royal attacked and stormed the city on the..
other side, a Prussian corps being the fist in tbe
square.
General Toll, who had been sent With the Saxon
flag of truce to ensure tile' correct delivery. of he
message, was, at that Moment, in the Elector of
Saxony's apartment, • and, running out, called to
'the. Saxon Guards to lay down their arias, which
they instantly did ; their exam* being folloWed
by the Baden and-117nrtemburg troops. The tt.e-
tiou continued finale time in the further part of the .
town, and, before it ceased, thcl?,,mperotand
King entered with the Yield Marshal,. and met the'
Prince Royal:at We: door of the Elector of' Sax'-
.ony's quarters. General .Blucher arrived also at
the same time. All the canaou was'taken,- the
particulars of which are not yet collected.
A . guard
.of Russian grenadiers immediately,
mounted over the Elector of Saxony, and their
Majesties rode out'to see the Prince Itcyll's army.
The Emperor of
,Austria arrived during the day in
Leipsig. The Austrian and Bavarian army, mulct
Genera Wreck,' will :reach Wurtzbarg the
The'Russian reserve will to Pegau this even-
ing. The extent of the result-.of this important
day cannot at yet be ascertained. Near halt it
•million of soldiers fought in this 'battle, probably
one of the most extensive and,thost generally en-
_gaged that tver • took place, at least• in modern
history., .

The presence of the-Sovereigns haS certainly a.
most animating effect on their armies. • All have
behaved well ; the Austrians haVe had a full share,
.and many of their Generals have been wounded.
The rit,l,l-Marshal Prince Schwartzenherg i cycle-
the Grand Cross of Mat la Theresa from the hands
of his Imperial Master, and tln of• the first class
of Si. George from the Emp.crar:Alexander.. Ge-
neral Barclay de Tally is created it Count. This is
the eighth general .action, seven of. them corn.
mantled by the. Ruler of France,. in -whjA I have
seen the Emperor Alexander in 'the' field .at the
bead of his army ; asusual, unininidfliT of personal
danger, he approached every' column, animating
the officers and men by his
.presence acid exeneple,
and .by a few energetic words, totiohnig the chords
Which producti theAtiongest effects on the Minds
of Russian soldiers, confidence- the Sußreme
Being, resignation to his will, and attachthent to
their Soverign.—l have the honour to be, &c.
Viscovat (Asti Fsagh, &5. (Si ing4) CATHCART.