Star.
London, England, 1813-10-22 00:00:00

FRONTIERS OF SAXONY, OCTOBER 6.

We now know that the Austrian corps d'armee,
which from the neighbourhood of Commottau, in
Bohemia, marched to Marienberg •and its environs,
was commanded by General Klenaw. His intention
was to march upon Leipzic, to effect his junction
with the coalesced army of Berlin, which was to have
marched upon the same town ; but the good disposi•
tions of the French Generals spoiled *is plan. The
enemy's army not being able to pass the Elbe, Gene-
ral Klenau retired upon the Bohemiao Fro niers.—
This General again marched on the `2.7th 6.!pteenber
to Zwikau and Altenburg, but ou the '2Bth the Auh•
trians were driven into Bohemia.

The deserter Thie4nano, during the excursion
which he made into Saxony, with a corps of light
troops and Cossacks, pillaged and exercised ail kinds
of ravages, although he had, in a proclamation, pro-
mised to respect property. Hr destroyed. among
others, the fine establishment ofiteunersdorl, where
the King of Saxony had collected the tinest Merinos,
to improve the breed of the Saxon sheep ;* he carried
<4 the cattle iie found there.

The French tro,:ps have established a bridge of
boats above Merchwia. The Saxon cuirassiers have
nad a very brisk engagement with a corps of Prus.
cavalry. It is General Tauenzien who com-
mands the enemy's corps d'armee posted on this side.
He has been repulsed beyaad Icaslerwerde.

FRENCII PIPER:Tom tattarstimr.
French Funds, October 17-411fraob SO cents.

PARIS, OCTOBER ts.
Letters have today bassi received from Barnmei
*they announce that the armies were still in presence
of each other, but that no event had takm place.—
The Duke of Dalmatia bad received some reinforce-
ments, and was still to receive more.

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It appears that some important operation is prepa-
ring in Sunny ; sevtral corps have assembled in the
plain of Leipzic. •
ARMY OF CATALON:A.
SKTRACT OF A LISTTEI4. WitITTZN TO WS EICCLLYNCIi
TUC bllmsTan AT WAN, BY GENLRAL COUNT pka:Alia, •
COMMANDING DM CATALONIAN ARMY.
" Germs, October 1, Hit f.
Motessmmn---1 had ordered the general of
Division, Lamarque, to march upon Mot. Peth's bii-
gade, composed of the 67th and 113th regiments,
and a squadron of the 29th, in order to observe the
movements of the Spaniards, who were said to have
some designs upon La Cerdagne, or the frontiers of
France.

4, General Petit manoeuvred according to the its.
structions he had received. On the 28th September
he was at Campredon t on the- 29th he returned to
Olot, and on the lit and 2d October he marched to
the foot of the Grad, .and towards St. Prtvat. and
took advantage of the presence of his troops to exact
payment of the contributions, and collect some requi,
sitions for the subsistence of his brigade.
,g The Spaniards, annoyed by these movements.
approached Olot on the 2d, and took a position, is
number from 3 to 4000 men, .upon the heights of
St. Pri vat,

d‘ General Petit reconnoitred them on the Sd : be
resolved to attack them on the 4th, and drive them
from his neighbourhood, which was executed with
vigour and judgment.
General Petit set out front Olot at brealeof day ;
he arrived about seven in the morning in presence of
the enemy he found him stranger than on the pre-
ceding evening. The regiments of Burgos, Tura.
gona, Ansonia, &c. crowned with. two lines of infantry
the mountains to the right and left of St. Privat. A
squadron of St. Narcisse's hussars was in order of
battle in the. valley, protected by the infatttry. The
French brigade halted to form and take a little rest ;
the enemy took this as the effect of hesitation he de-
scended with loud cries, and briskly attacked some
companies off' voltigeurs, which formed the advanced
guard. General Petit immediately ordered the charge
to be beaten ; his four battalions instantly marched
in the directions which had been prescribed them ;
the enemy, astonished at this attack, retired from po.
sition to position : they were all carried, and covered
with his dead. The difficulties of the ground, which
slackened oor march, allowed the Spaniards to fre-
quently rally : the fire was very brisk from eight
o'clock till noon, and lasted to four in the evening.
Every thing was at last obliged to give way before the
indefatigable courage of our troops, who pained the
enemy several leagues from the field of battle. and
completely dispersed him. We only took some psi-
aoners from him; but he lost many men in his re.
treat by the fire of musketry. sad a great number in
their flight threw themselves down the precipices.

44 This action cost us two Officers and seven sub-
officers or soldiers killed, seven Officers and 61 sol-
diers wounded. I have the honour to remit with this
to your Excellency, a state of each parti:ular regi-
meat's loss.. The good dispositions and conduct of
General Petit are worthy of eulogiums. He has been
excellently seconded by the devotion of the 67th and
113th regiments, the mounted chasseurs, and a batta-
lion of the nth regiment of the line. Some compa-
nies of this battalion placed in reserve upon Mount
Olivet, undbr the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel
Jacques, made a skilful and bold movement, which
was useful to the general attack.
44 I shall have the honour of sending your gin&
lency, by the first courier, the names of the Officers,
sub-officers? and soldiers, who particularly distin.
guished themselves, and who have been recommended
by the General of Division, Lamarque.—l have the
honour, &c. (Signed) 64 COUill =CAM,"

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• FRTDAY, OCTOBER tt. 1819. •
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• French i'apers to the 186, 'being a day later than
these noticed yesterday, have since arrived. The
extracts which we have made kohl them preseive a
tonstprofoUnd but not unaccountable silence on a
subject which we have no doubt engrosses as much
of the public attention at Paris as it does in London
—we mean the Invasion of France. This event is,
howeier, 'entirely unnoticed in the French Journals.
On the 15th letters were received from Bayonne at
Paris—they announced 44 that the armies werestillin
presence of each other, but that nn event had taken
place." Now the hoisting of the English Standard
as the heights'of La Rhone and the Montagne Verte
must have been known at Bayonne on the 9th, and
in Paris' on the 12th, at farthest; but it is now their
policy to conceal all disastrous events from due public
eye. The Duke of DALMATIA is represented as still
organieng the army of Bayonne-Lihe has not there-
fore left France for Germany, as was reported.—
Indeed, private Letters from Bourdeauk state, that
&Ur was there i fey days since, doing what he
timid to reinforce his shattered army.
A Report from Catalonia, with the Signature of
DICCAEN, gives a lengthened account of a partial
affair near clot, in which the Spaniards behaved with I
great spirit. They " rallied frequently," Came on
again ." with loud cries," and left the field covered
with their dead. Brave fellows ! how long is this
sangninary but glorious struggle to last ?
From the Bo'lemian and Silesian frontiers, and
from the Banks of the Elbe; we have not a single
icord that we can believe.
/!.'he Tyrol is onve more said to be tranquil, not-
withstanding the exertions of “ a few Austrian light
troops, about 100 sei.disant Tyrolian thasseurs,"
and certain bands. of gt deserters, refractory con-
scripts, vagabonds, and bad subjects," comitianded
by one EistxsrAxesr ! We firmly believe that at
least two-thirds of the population of the Tyrol are
thus libelled, and that nothipg hut the presence of
the Italian troops under General BONSINTI subse-.
open& mentioned, keepi the remaining third in
subjection.

The Saxon partizan, Tutzr.maNtr, seldom escapes
the lash of the French Journalists. He has commit-
ted all lands of ravages. He has not only carried
off all the horses collected by the King of SAXONY to
remount the trench tllagoons, but has driven off all
the Merinos and other cattle intended to feed the
trench army in Dresden.—Mast impudent traitor !
From the aide of Bavaria, we learn nothing tend-
ing to discredit or confirm the rumour circulated in
Germany, that the Bavarians had joined the allied
cause. We nevertheless tegard it as an event a hick
has every thing like probability to recommend it to
Dotiee► We have noc forgotten the memorable decla-
Tatlen of the King of PRUSSIA tO BONAPARTE, on the
occasion of the defection of General D'YORRE, as
published among the Austrian documents The
Emperor of FRANCE has placed all the Sovereigns of/
the Continent in such a predicament, that they can
no longer depend upon the loyalty of their subjects,
or the fidelity of their Generals."—lt may indeed be
argued, that Bavaria is the gainer by the alliance
with France. Thiel but how long will France be
in a condition to.gnarantee the integrity of the king-
dom she has created for Bavaria, out of the spolia-
tions of Austria ?
These are questions, which, we have no doubt, have
long since been debated by the casuists at Munich ;
and if they act wisely, they will not wait until the
treasons" of the Bavarian army, or the t, animo-
sities" of the-people against the French, drive them
into the field by the side of their German brethren.'
Bavaria, Wortemburg, and Baden, remain to be re-
generated ; and we do not see how they can avoid
all political extinction, unless by renouncing the bor-
rowed majesty in which BONAPARTE has clothed
"item. Besides, these pettifoggers have always sided
with the strongest : if they continue steadfast to the
falling fortunes of BONAPARTE, he must have kicked
them into a sense of honour, arid inspired them with
ideas which never belonged to himself.

The Coßingwood cartel, Captain HOPPER, which
sailed front Plymouth on Sunday evening, liar Mor-
/Air, with Sir Huurna* and Lady DAY on board,
.: :i tied there on Tuesday morning, and landed her
passengers. The Collingwood sailed from thence
the same evening, and returned to Plymouth on
Wednesday morning. She has brought over two
English Ladies, rho have resided in }ranee several
years, and two children—they left Paris about a week
since. It was whispered that the Allied Army had
entered the French territory, from Spain, lint very
little was said on the subject.
Sunday the Irish Solicitor-General and Mrs. BUSIIE
arrived in Dublin, from Holyhead ; Lord and Lady
toxi...man arrived at the same time on a visit to the'
RD LIEUTENANT.
Mr. Anaus the Exeter Oculist, has returned from
Clifton Hot-Wells to his town residence in Albemarle-
Street.

The inhabitants of the houses surrounding the
Opera House have received notices to quit on the
it of April. fQr the itsestdc4 improvetpcotsc

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i • A GOTTENBURGH MAIL.
I•BONAPARTE,AGAIN PURSUED BY "THE
COSSACIC3, AND ;DRIVEN BACK .
• . INTO DRESDEN‘
THE FRENCH ARMY COMPLETELY SUR-
ROUNDED IN THE
.SAXON CAPITAL.
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A Mail from Gottenburglf arrived this morning,
with intelligence nearly of the' same promising de-
scription which reached us last year from the vicinity
of Moscow. •
One of the private letters from Gottenbergh states
- that accounts hid been received there of a body of
%axons and Bavarians, not 'less than 30,000 in num-
ber, having actually gone over from the French to
the Allied army. We were prepared, by former ac-
counts, to expect such an event, and we hope that it
t will not be long till the fact be completely confirmed.
BONAPARTE made a desperate effort to leave Dres-
den on the 28th, accompanied by his wretched priso-
ners, the Royal Family of Saxony, and surrounded
by twenty thottdad of the Imperial Guards, when our
old friend PLATOP came in sight, at the head of his
Cossacks, and the panic-struck escort, as usual, fled
before him back into Dresden I

But this is not the whole of the joyful intelligence.
the Grand Allied army from Bohemia and Silesia,
reinforced by General BENNIGSEN, and in full co-
operation rith General BLUCHER, have boldly ad-
vanced frtm the defiles in Bohemia, and planted
themselves immediately in front of the S4zon capital,
BLoctrzn's army is also in full communication with
that of the CaowN PRINCE, to the northward of
Dresden, Nothing can now secure the retreat of
any portion of the French army, but-the failure of
the efforts of the CROWN PRINCE to forma junction
with the Grand Allied armies on the side of I.eipsic.
No wonder, therefore, that BONAPAPI E has directed
the Prince of Mosxwa. to keep it: check. the arm, of
Berlin at all hazards. The latest intelligence :ri'm
Toeplitz is of the 2d, and from Gottenburgh f the
11th inst. We hasten to lay the glorious details be-
f
Ore our Readers: •

" COTTENBURGII, OCTOBER i I.
‘ A Messenger has just arrived from HeAd.quar-
teis, Toplitz, which place lie left on the 2d instant.
At that time the whole Allied Army had moved,
and had possession of Gera, Egra, Freyburg, and
Chemnitz.

" Bonaparte left Dresden on the 28th September,
with the King of Saxony and suite, undei an escort
of 20,000 men. General Platoff, with his Cossacks,
got before him, and obliged him to return to Dres-
den, with the loss of from six to 8000 prisoners, and
26 pieces of cannon.
" General PlatofF, in his letter to the Emperor
Alexander* says.* I have not time to give Ton the
particulars of this affair, as I am just going in pur-
suit of the enemy.'

44 On the sth inst. the Crown Prince removed his
head-quarters to Dessau, which place was retaken
from the enemy. He has now under his command
the whole of 131ucher'i corps.
44 Wittenberg is completely in ashes—the Castle
and two steeples only remain.

46 A Danish Packet, with a Mail from Norway to
Denmark, was taken on the sth inst. by the Woodlark
sloop of war. The mail was thrown overboard, but
taken up by the crew of the Woodlark, and is now
at the British Consul's Office."
" PETERSBURGH, SEPTEMBER ;4.
" The Commander-in-Chief of the Armies, on the
31st August, issued the following Order of the Day
from Toplitz
Brave warriors! our arms every where triumph
over the enemy, to the general repose. The Russian
' and Pruisian army in Silesia have defea&d and routed
the numerous French forces commanded by Marshal
Macdonald. Five thousand prisoners, a General, a
great number of Officers, eighty pieces of artillery,
a quantity of caissons, ammunition, and baggage, are
so many trophies of this signal victory. They are
briskly pursuing the remains of the enemy. The
Bober must be the witness of their destruction.
6 The combined troops under the command of the
Prince Royal of Sweden, have gained a brilliant vic-
tory over the enemy's army under the orders of Mar.
shal Oudinot it has lost 2000 men and 26 pieces of
cannon. Its avidity, in its attempts against the
Prussian capital, has been disappointed.
• In short, a considerable part of his forces, esti-
mated at 30,000 men. and forming the head of that
column which was to have inundated Bohemia, has
been cut off from Dresden, and yesterday completely
destroyed at the village of Koulm, near Toplitz.—
General Vandamme, known by his courage and his
excesses, has fallen into our hands with all the ether
Generals of that corps, without including the killed,
'with which the valleys and the wood of Koulm are
• filled ; without including the wounded, Rho implored
our assistance and our compassion, 7000 men have
been made ptisonerst—others arrive every instant,
whom terror and despair dispersed in the forests and
mountains of Bohemia. All their artillery, consist-
ing of 60 pieces, and 4,11 the baggage adorn this third
-memorable triumph. It was on this celebrated day
that his Majesty's guards proved that they really are
that chosen troop proper to be held vp to all others
as a model. Let them-become an object of gene/al
emulation
It is thus, valiant warriors ! that the GOD of bat-
tles blesses the arms which you have 'timed against

the enemy of the oniverte—your exploits will he
crowned with immortal glory—Pacts justify your con-
fidence in Your Chiefs. It now only remains for you
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to yeturn thanks to the SUPREME Beim) for your pre,
sent success, prepare for new ones, and be in readi-
ness to seeoni the benevolent intentions of your august
Monarch and the Allied Powers, for the welfare of
humanity.. It is indispensable, without losing a sin-
gle instant, tn think of re-establishing order, after the
confusion inseparable from battles, and even from
victory itself. The Chiefs of corps and divisions will
be pleased to take particularly into consideration this
object, as the most'essential of their duties.'
" General Vandamme passed through Laun on the
Ist instant, accompanied by a Russian Fieldyager.
The inhalpitants, and some military men, (a thing
which rarely occurs in such circumstances) could not
restrain themselves from breaking out into invec-
tives against him. A Westphalian Colonel, who,
with his regiment, had deserted to the Allies, asked
him in French —if he had not some commisiions for
Bremen, Hamburgb, and Lubeck, where his huma-
nity 'was still remembered ? VANDADaIIi knit his
brow; and pretended not to hear him.
a On the 23d instant the suburbs of Dantzic were
taken, and became a prey to the flames. General
Rapp, in order to encourage his trrops in an obsti-
nate battle which took place on. the Ist, said to them,
4 Behave with courage, the Emperor Napoleon is
already at Neusradt, four miles from hence, with the
grand army, and undoubtedly will raise the siege.'
" The Russian entrenchments extend to half the
length of the Oliva walk.

" The continual rains during the month of August
have in such a manner swollen the Vistula, that it has
inundated an the country and added new dibasters to
the calamities of war."