Star.
London, England, 1807-03-10 00:00:00

BATTLE OF BERGFRIED.

" The Emperor repaired to the village of Getken-
dorf, and formed the corps of Mar(hal Ney in order
of hatt:e on the left, that of Mar fhal Soult on the
right, that nf Mai !hal Augereau in the centre, with
Tinileri.tl Guard as the refrrve. He gave orders
to Mart!lal Soult to advance by the road to Gutt-
fladt, and make !Amt.& mailer of tke bridge at Berg-
fried, with the siew of taking the enemy in the rear,
with the whole of his corps, a movement which mult
have been decifive of the fate of the day ; becaure,
ii he enemy was beaten, his retreat would be entirely
cut GIF.

." Marlhal Souk difpatched General .Guyot with
the light cavalt y to make himfeif mailer of Guttftadt,
where he tar.l: a great part of the enemy's baggage,
and made t&Do Ruffian prifoners. Guttftadt was the
centre ~f the army's depots. At the fame time,
tlarfltul Scult advanced with the divifions of Lavel
and Lag: inge, to the bridge of Bergfried. The
enzmy, convinced that this important paition would
cut off the retreat of his left flank, defended the
brill to with twelve of his bell battalions. The can-
ri,litaLle commenced at three in the afternoon. The
4,h i:siment of the line, and the 21ft of the light
infantry, had the honour of being the firft to attack
‘!n•9lly. They fupported their ancient charafter.
•t rz.imems :And a battali••n of the 28th, placed
the ic'fzrve, were found fufficient to force the
eneiity ; they puffed the bridge at a flnrming pace,
lowed the twelve Ruffian battalions, took four pieces
of rat;n2n, and coverecl'the field of battle with killed
a::d v.'^unded. The 46th and 55th regiments, which
foli,it.l the fccoral brigade, were in the rear of the
for,mr, but larg with defire to come to anion ; but
tl.: had already abandoned. all his excellent
. • :--d f ,Ituttate omen for the following day.
;:nt.ll-...; this time Mat fhal 1\1.4 made himfelt
~1"- .t wood which covered the •enemy's tight
divilion of St. Hilaire got poffetlion of
‘• • w ;licit the center was polled ; while the
(:;and 3erg, .aith leveral Icitindrt.ns of•dra-
;146(10 the wood, and cleared. the
4 the enemy in our front. In thefe repeated
the easy were continually driven back, and
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i.-rifoners-; and In this filuation ap-

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proaihed, while the armies were in prefence of each
other. The weather was favonrable for the time a
the year, though the fnow was between two and three
feet deep, and the thermometer flood between two
and three degrees of cold.
" At break of day General Lafalle. of the light
infantry. traverfed the plain with his Huffars. A line 1
of Coffacks, and the enemy's cavalt y, immediately I
advanced to meet him. The Grand Duke of Berg
formed his "cavalry in a line, and advanced to recon
nnitre the enemy. The cannonade began on both
fides ; but we were loon convinced that the enemy
had availed himfelt of the night to make his retreat,
and had only left behind him the rear guards of the
right wing, the left, and the center. We purfued and
I drove the enemy before tic, fighting for the (pace of
fix hours. The enemy's cavalry were repeatedly
charged, but the obnacles prefented by the uneven•
nets of the ground operated apical the efforts of
our cavalry. However, before night fall, the ad-
vanttd guard of the Fr ench cav4lry reached Deppen,
where it pallid the night. The Emperor flept at
Schlett.

On the sth, by day break, the whole French
army was in motion. At Deppen the Emperor re.
ceived intellig-nce, that one of the enemy's columns
had not yet pallid the Alle; that our left wing was
advancing, and followin,.. it at no great diftance; while
the main body of the Ruffian army was proceeding
along the roads to Ahrendorf and Landlberg. His
KijAly gave orders to the Grand Duke of Berg,
Marlh.al Soulr, and Davouft, to follow the enemy in
that direCtion. The corps of Martha! Ney received
orders to pals the Alle with a divifion of the light
cavalry under General Lafalle, with another of dra-
goons, and attack the enemy's corps which bad been
cut off.