Star.
London, England, 1813-05-10 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR

LONDON.

MONDAY, MAY 10, 1813.

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Last night we received Paris Papers to the 7th in-
stant, containing a detail of the first operations of the
'ampaign in Germany.

NaPoLEoN seems to have tost no time after joining
le army, in concentrating his forces to prevent the
te farther advances of the Allies. On the 29th ult.

head-quarters were at Naumbourg. NEY had
passed the Saale after an action between SOUNAMIS
'lvision and a part of the allied troops near Weissen-
is. BERTRAND occupied Jena, and, on the 29th,
id his head-quarters at Dornbourg, on the Saale.-
4.AUCHARNOIS had debouched by Hall and Muse-
)urg, and at the latter place some Prussians belong-
lg to d'YPRK's corps, had been defeated by /*Do-
%LID. VICTOR was at Bernebourg, OUDINOT at Saal-
Idt, and SEBASTIAN! at Vilzen, where he is stated
have beaten a corps of Russians, commanded by
!IERNICHEFE. LAURISTON had advanced toWetten,
IS afterwards opposite to Hall, where he defeated
JIM Prussians. MARMONT was at Koesen upon the
DAvotsr at Bremen.

The different actions stated in the Moniieur, appear,
Ten by the enemy's account of them, to have been

trifling affairs. It was to be expected that the
pearAnce of tht enemy's recruited forces would in_
ice the Allies to recross the Saale and concentrate
:ir own forces, and in fact the advantages gained by
APOLEON are summed up in this short sentence—
Already have all the parties which the enemy (the
(lies) had upon the left bank of the Saale fallen
tck."

The intelligenoe h, however, highly interesting,
s it shews that the business of the campaign has

.:otnmenced in earnest, and we may, by almost
every mad, expect most important details. That NA.
,EON will make great and imposing exertions is to
expected, not only from his character, but from
lat he has at stake in the contest: but it is not to
supposed that the Allies did not reckon upon this
making their arrangements for the campaign.
It remains to be seen whether the Allies have pro-
ided proper magazines in their rear. That the
'ranch will have the advantage of a well organized
:ommissariat is not to be doubted ; but we may
pe that the Russians have profited by past expe.
!ace, and that, should they find it advisable to te-
!at, which is far from being improbable, it will be
fall back upon their own resources; and it is to be
:ollected, that the difficulties of an advancing army
,crease exactly in the ratio of its progress. It would
fully to ascribe much importance to the details
,o‘t before us c they are exactly such as might have
Leen expected on opening the campaign.

A Heligoland Mail arrived th:s morning, but it
'.,~s not being any intelligence from the seat of war

a more recent date than that which is contained
tlic French Papers. The following extracts, how.
.:!r, are important t

WISMAR, MAY 2.
" Twelve ►.housand men of the army which is to
commanded by his Royal Highness the Crown
since, have already arrived here, under the corn-
land of General Baron von Adlercreutz, and whose
;an.,,uard is already pushed forward to Schwerin.
'he vizzle of the troops go by forced marches to the
lbe."

" PRAGUE, AMU, 24.
" The King •of Saxony, at Ratisbon, received a
'tier from Napoleon, and immediately after set off
Jr the Alstrian borders with all speed. The Great
',Juke of Wurtzburg has been expected for three days
Ist at Prague, where the whole of his equipage has
-ne.y arrived, but he was detained by Marshal Ney.
7rie bent oPthe people's minds here is such, that
iisturbances ate certain of taking place whenever any
)erson expresses the least doubt of Austria joining the
004 cause. At the ceremony of washing the feet
Ash-Wednesday, and just at the Monient When
:he Emperor was going to pont water on the feet of
old man, the latter fell on his neck and begged
ass not to join with France. It is said the Emperor
)riled, but with tears in his eyes."

" DRESDEN, APRiL 25.
" It is repotted that oui King has gone by the way
~i Passau to Linz, and there had a conversation with
I.c Emperor of Austria. He *ill be accompanied
to Prague by two regimt . is of cuirassiers, a battalion
f: the. guards, and a detachment of yagers, which

had followed him from Platen to Ratishon. They
will be cantoned in the iricinity of Prague.
gg The expenses of the Xing's residence in foreign
Countries is calculated at 50,000 dollars per week ;
and according to all appearances, an alliance between
him and Austria seems to be certain; consequently,
after taking this step, Saxony can no longer belong
to the Confederation of the Rhine. In Saxony Proper
the French Customs Tariff on Colonial Produce is
abolished.

44 That Austria is making preparations for war, is
generally believed here, from that Government hav-
ing determined on putting forty-five millions of guil-
ders in anticipation notes in circulation. There is
even mention made of a Congress taking place, which
will have for its object the restoration of the German
Empire, and the dignity of Emperor of Germany to
the House of Austria.

" DESSAU, APRIL 26.
16 It is reported, that the French left Bamberg
yesterday, after having set fire to it. The destruction
which these barbarians allow themselves to make,
surpasses description.. All the fine country between
the Elbe, the Saale, and the Hartz, is totally ruined.
In the villages near Bamberg, they have taken the
doors out of the houses and burnt them.—lt is re-
ported, that 36,000 French are in the forest of Thu-
ringen, and about the same number, under the com-
mand of the Viceroy, between Halberstadt and As-
chersleben. Quidlingburg is to be fortified, and an
entrenched camp formed near Ditfurt.
" General Kleist's corps this day entered Halle,
where his Royal Highness Prince Henry of Prussia
likewise is in person. The division of Bulow, which
was relieved before Magdeburg by Russian troops,
arrived here yesterday.

4, The Prussians, on their side, have thrown up some
masterly entrenchments before Magdeburg."

" FROM THE PRUSSIAN HEAD-QUARTERS.
" Altenburg, April 25.

" This moment, being six o'clock in the evening,
we received the information of the enemy's having,
at twelve o'clock, passed the Saale at Dornburg and
Comburg."

" MAGDEBURG, APRIL 23.

" The garrison here, since, the departure of the
Viceroy, consists of only 7000 men ; only one halt of
the cannon necessary for the defence of the works
are at hand, and the artillery is, in general, of the
smallest calibre.

" The French have garrisoned Cracau, a village
on the right bank of the Elbe, not an English mile
distance from the tower battery, with 1000 men and
16 cannon.

The bridge of boats at the late town of Neus-
tadt has been taken away after the retreat of the Gth
April. The buildings of the Monastery of Berg, ex-
cepting the Hospital greeted there, have been pulled
down. The citizens have received notice to deliver
their stores of provisions, of which an exact statement
is taken, into the public magazines, and will receive
from these a certain portion daily ; but this measure
has not as yet been carried into effect.

The indemnification granted to those who have
been sufferers by pulling down the suburbs, consists
in having had their landed property valued at a very
low rate, and then giving them the fifth part of its
worth, so estimated in neighbouring grounds."

PRIVATE LETTER.
" HAMBURGH, MAY 4.

" NINE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING.—Since my last,
our situation here has not changed, except that our
defensive preparations are becoming every day more
complete, at the same time that the probability of
our being obliged to use them daily diminishes. We
know indeed but little of what passes on the other
side of the river, but it seems that the French must
be in great want of provisions and of ammunition.
Their artillery is all of small calibre. We have, on
the other hand, formidable batteries at Willielms-
burg, particularly some 24-pounders, which entirely
command Harburg, and with which, when the French
shew themselves, a heavy cannonade is kept.
" From half-past twelve till five this morning our
batteries kept up a continual firing, till the French
fire wholly ceased ; since which time all is still. It is
affirmed, the French have fired with stones instead of
ball. The last of our people who quitted Harburg,
were 18 sharpshooters of the Lauenburg corps.—
These remained till they saw two Cossacks pursued
by a body of French hussars ; they lay in ambush,
and laid themselves on the ground, and firing all at
once, five hussars fell, on which the hussars retired,
leaving the sharpshooters and the Cossacks time to
reach the Castle, where they drew up the bridge, and
immediately embarked. One Cossack only remained
behind, but even he, finding a small boat, embarked,
with his horse, and amidst a shower of balls from the
French, arrived without hurt at Wilhelmsburg.
" By the Hoots, the French have made no attempt
to pass, but have unhappily taken an armed vessel,
which was run a-ground, whose Captain was killed,
with the mate and 9 sailors, and 19 taken prisoners.
The Elbe is so low from the East-wind, that the
French could wade to the ♦essel. It is very happy
for us that we had got almost all the boats over to
this side before the French came, else they might per-
haps have been able to lay a bridge over to Wilhems-
burg, from whence they could have commanded
Hamburgh—they have indeed taken at Buxtehude,
a number of small boats, proper for this purpose, and
bay. brought partly over-laud to Limburg, but our

ipatterieg would now eteethaily bade any *en*
tb that purpose.
gi Yesterday 200 attempted to wade over to ene of
'the Wands, but were immediately driven back. Softie
who attempted to cross in another place, stuck fast in
the mud and were taken. We do not know for certain,
the number of the enemy, but it seems not to exceed
10 or 12,000 in all, of whom 1100 in Stade, some
hundreds in Buxtehude, 4000 in Harburg, two or
three hundred in Luneburg, and the others dispersed
about in parties of two or three hundred, which plun-
der the peasantry, carry away the men, and even de-
Istroi what they cannot use."

From the above letter, it will be seen, that; not-
withstanding the boasting in the Moititeur, the French
army is by no means in that well•found state which
their own accounts wish lie world to believe. We
have not room for farther remarks. The facts speak
for themselves.

Dispatches received by Government this morning
from Mr. COCKBVRN, at Hamburgh, state, that the
French, under SEBASTIANI had once more evacuated
Luneburgh, and that General GIMBORN, the Russian
General, had taken the opportunity of again throwing
parties across the Elbe, to re-occupy Luneburg.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

DEAL, MAY 8.

Arrived the ACTIVE hired armed cutter, with dis.
patches from off Flushing ; and the ALERT cutter,
from Portsmouth. The ARCHER gun-brig has de.
tained and sent into the Downs a brig, from London
for Dunkirk.

P. S.—During six hours yesterday, a very heavy
and incessant firing was kept up on the French coast:
the report of the guns was heard along the coast to•
wards Holland : from our not hearing the firing at
Boulogne, nor from the ports to the westward, we
are inclined to think that it was a mere exercise of the
troops, but there has been no arrivals of any sort
fromthe other side since, to throw any light on the
subject. Wind S.W.
SHEERNESS, MAY S.

Sailed the FLAMER, with a convoy to Heligoland.•
The next will sail about the 22d instant.

FALMOUTH, MAY 7.

Arrived the Duke of Montrose packet, from do
Janeiro in 70 days. The WOLVERINE has arrived
from Portsmouth, to give instructions for the Brazils.