Star.
London, England, 1813-05-19 00:00:00

MADE PRISONER WAS THE BEARER :

If the enemy shout force you to fall back, you will take the
'ter prescribed to you in General Wiesingerodes orders. I au-
thorise you to destroy all the baggage which might impede your
ratite, and cannot be carried off, by bnrning the waggons, and
!alung the horses with you. Those who are able to escape, must
By without relaxation as far as the Elbe.
Chu:units. (Signed)
I shall eet off this day for Freyberg. •
(B.)

LANSKOT.

INTELLIGENCE FROM TIM COMBINED ARMIES,
FROM TILE FIELD OF BATTLE, TIRE 21ST APRIL,
(may 3), 1813:
The Emperor Napoleon had quitted Mayence on the 12th
'•:..ittij of April. Being arrived at his army, every thing announced
that he meant itnmcdiately to act on the ofkn-ive : in conse-
quence the combined Russian and Prussian armies had been
united be:ween Leipsic and Altenburg, a central position, and
very advantageous in all possible cases. Meanwhile, the General-
Cnunt dc Wit•genstein, had soon convinced himself by
grind and spirited reconnoissances, that the enemy, after having
ccnceatrated h msclf, was debouching wick the whole of his
forces by Merstburg and Weissenfels, whilst at the same time
he sent a cotisiderahle corps on Leipsic, which appeared to be the
Pr;: view of his operations. Count Wittgenstein immedi-
we'ly decided on taking advantage of the moment when i: would
he out of the power of this detached corps to co-operate with the
i'iat body of the French army, and to attack, this linatediaMl
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his movements, and duringthe night, between the lllth and
2pth, (Ist to id), he drew to himself the carps under the (sisters
of the General of Cavalry Tormazoff.
By this junction, 'he found hlittself enabled to throw himself'
en case on the enemy, at a place where the latter might suppose
he had only to deal with a detachment, whose aim was to give
him disturbance on his flanks. The action commenced. Gene-
rals Elticher and Yorck entered into it With an ardour and energy
which was in a lively manner, participated by the troops. The
operations took place between the Elster and the Luppe. The
village of Gross-Gorschen was the key andcentre of the French
position. The battle commenced by the attack of this village.
The enemy Was sensible of the whole impOrtance of this point,
and wished to maintain himself in it. it was carried by the right
wing of the corps under General Blucher's orders ; and, at the
same time, his left wing pushed in front, and soon charged On
the village of Klein-Gorschen.
Front this time, all the corps came successively into action
which .00n bar. ame general. The village of Gross-Gorschen was
disputed with unexampled obstinacy. hie times it was taken and
retaken with the bayonet : but the valour of the Russians and
Prussians obtained the superiority, and this village, as well as
those 'of Klein-Gorschen and Ahem, remained in the hands of
the combined armies. The enemy's centre was broken, and he
was driven off the field of battle. He, nevertheless, brought for-
ward fresh columns, which being come from Leipsic, were des-
tined to support the left flank of the enemy. Some corps drawn
from the reserve, and placed under the orders of Lieutenant Ge.
neral Kanovnitzin, were opposed to them. Here, towards even-
ing, a combat conunenced, which was likewise exceedingly ot-
stinate,but the enemy was also completely repulsed at this point.
Every thing was disposed for renewing the attack at sun-rise'
and orders had been sent to General Miloradowitsch, who with
his whole corps was posted at Zeitz, to join the main armyy and
to be there at break of Jay ; the presence of an entire fresh corps,
with 100 pieces of artillery, leaving no doubt as to the issue of
the day. But tower ds morning, the enemy appeared to be moving
towards Leipsic, always falling towards his rear-guard. This
mode of refusing the challenge made for engaging, gave room to
believe, that be would endeavour to manoeuvre, either to move
towards the Elbe, or on the communications of the combined
armies. Under this supposition, it becaMe necessary to oppose
manoeuvre against manoeuvre, and by occupying a commanding
front between Colditz and Rothlitz, we immediately became
possessed of every benefit of this kind, without for such purpose
quitting too tar the points for making an offensive attack. On
this memorable day, the Prussian army fought in a manner to fix
the admiration of its allies. The King's Guards covered them-
selves with glory. Russians and Prussians rivalled each other
in valour and zeal, under the eyes of the two Sovereigns, who
did not, fur a moment, quit the field of battle.
The enemy has lost 16 cannon ; and we have taken 1400 pri-
soners: not 3 single trophy hat been conquered from the Allied
Army ; its loss, in killed and wounded, may amount to /Kw
men ; that of the French army is estimated at 12 or 15,000.—
Among the wounded are, the General of Cavalry, Blucher, and
Lieutenant-Generals Kanovnitzin and Scharnhorst ; their wounds
are not dangerous. The enemy, having but few cavalry, endea-
voured to get and keep possession of the villages, the ground
of which w.rs rugged and broken; consequently, the day of the
20th of April (May 2) was a continual combat between the in-
fantry. An uninterrupted shower of balls, bullets, grape-she:,
and trenades, was kept up on the part of the French, during an
action Of ten hours.

THE EVENING STAR

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1513.
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Last night we received Paris Papers to the 16th
inst. from which we have given large extracts. In
these Journals copies of the official account of the
battle of Lutzen, published by the Allies, arc given.
This is a curious manc:cuvre of NAPOLEON.. He
af-
fects to give this statement as a weak device of the
enemy—published for the purpose of deception ; but
his usual sagacity seems to have forsaken him, for
he has given it, with its true date, the 3d of May,
and it is dated from the field of battle—a plain proof
that the Allies were the victors on the 2d. This
document, compared with BONAPARTE'S account,
establishes several important facts, which have been
thus accurately stated in a respectable Morning

Paper
The General in Chief having fully satisfied him-
self of the French plan, called in General TORNIA•
7.')FF in the night of the Ist, and finding that BONA-
PARTE had detached a strong corps on Leipsic, seized
the moment of throwing himself upon the enemy en
masse, at a place where they might suppose it was
only a detachment intended to harass them. Here
was the eye, and the judgment, and the prompti-
tude of a soldier. Observe how the same fact is
confessed amidst the confusion and verbiage of the
French statement. • The Emperor ( BorrAra am)
thinking the enemy could not attack till the 5111, ordered
LAURISTON to march upon Leipsic, in order to discon-
cert the enemy': projects.' Here was a double mistake
of the omniscient NAPOLEON. He did not reckon
upon TORMAZOFF'S junction in the night of the Ist ;
nt.d he did not reckon on the enemy's disconcerting
his projects, whilst he was pluming himself on dis-
concerting their's. However, so it happened. The
Allies (contrary to his calculations again), defended
the village and. bridges in front of Leipsic. He only
waited for these positions to be carried, to put all his
army in motion in that dtvcilon, make it pass to the
right of the Elmer, &c.; but—what? he was again die-
' concerted by the enemy's passing to the left of the
Lister, and seizing the moment to fall on his centre,
when it was entirely separated from the left. Now
it was that he became sensible of his error. He
ordered BEAUHARNOIS (under whose command LAU-
IRI:,TON was) to march to NEY'S si;pport ; but (ano-
ther but ! ) three hours were necessary to execute this move-
ment. During these thr,:e !vitas, poor Nay, with his
five divisions, supported the battle, 6 %%Liao at the

saituiir Oafs the, trentg
beco ne terrible.' The of Baia—which
seems to be the same that is called in the Russian
account Gross-Gorchen--was taken and retaken se-
vend times. In this, both statements agree. The
French centre was broken. In this, too, they coin-
cide. Fresh troops were brought up. A new and
obstinate conflict was again commenced. At this
time, says the French statement, the fire became
dreadjid. Down, therefore, to the very latest period
of the ettgagement, that is, till ten or eleven o'clock
at night, the two accounts confirm each other."
The Antes had every thing ready for renewing the
attack at sun rise, but NAPOLEON preferred manceu-
vring to fighting, and moved off a part of his force to-
wards Leipsic. Lavatiron was ordered to this point, II
whence he proceeded on the road to Dresden—
the defence of which formed no part of the
plan of the Allies, who, as we have frequently no-_,
ticed, mean to confine the chief efforts to the right
bank of the Elbe. Their future operations will be
directed by General WlrrpEnszats—a circum-
stance
which we hail as of great importance,
as he has never been unfortunate—or, to speak
I more correctly, he has invariably displayed those
powers which in a General secure victory to
the troops which he commands. We have only
again to remark, that nothing has occurred
which should excite apprehension in the minds of the
friends of oppressed humanity.

•
Two Gottenburgh Mails arrived this morning.
The Swedish Papers are filled with reports of various
descriptions, upon which we cannot place much re-
liance in their present shape. One thing is certain,
however,—the CROWN PRINCE has at length set out
for the seat of war : he was expected at Dresden,
along with Mr. THORNTON, the English Minister, to
hold a conference with the EMPEROR of RUSSIA and
KING Of PRUSSIA.
" GOTTENBURGH, MAY iO.

The Danish Consul left this place yesterday,
having been ordered by the Danish Court to leave
the country in twenty-four hours.

gg The expedition of 5000 men, embarked here, will
sail through the Sound, for Wismar, as soon as the
wind permits. Twelve thousand Swedish troops have
already arrived there, and the Crown Prince will
soon join them : he has left Carlscrona for the Rus-
sian head-quarters, in Dresden, for which place Mr.
Thornton also left Stockholm on the 4th instant.

66 MAY 11.--They write from Copenhagen, under
date of the 3d, that the Austrian Ambassador there
has officially declared the intention of his Court to
join the Allied Powers, but not to guarantee Norway
to Sweden. The same accounts state,-that the Danes
will support the independence of Hamburg'), Lubeck,
and all the Hanseatic Towns ; and that Prince Dol-
goruki has been recalled, and will leave Copenha-
gen on the 7th."