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The Emperor passed the days Of. the 19th and
20th at Pinta. His Majesty *ratted a Midge to be
thrown aCross.theie, and a teteklu-pout to be esta-
blished on the right bank-
" On the 21st the Emperor Game to sleep at Dres-
den, and on the 22d 'went to H.artow ; be imme-
diately ordered to deboueh beyond the forest of .Bis-
choffswerda the 11th corps, commanded by the Duke
of Tarentum ; .the.sth corps, commanded by •Gene-
ral Lauriston ; and the lid corps,commanded by 9e.
neral Bonham.

same•evening with Admiral either to pre-
pare hit dispositions for a speedy sitiack; or Ripon some
advice of my.movement to reinforce the defence of
that impoitant 'point; the infantry in a position ai
supported by cannon and a reserve of Cavalry.
" On the first musket.shot, 'Generals Meselop,
commanding the advanced guard, briskly Fished for-
wards the voltigeurs of the 7th ot.the line, overthrew
the posts, and &riled his brigade in front of the re-
doubts. The enemy's cavalry were-seen descending
in &limns upon the Triad, with the intention of re-
pulsing what they undoubtedly took for a reconnoi-
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" The enemy's army of Silesia which had,marehatd &ince ; but our light artillery quickly made them dis-
-.the right, commanded by Sacken, upon Comenz ; , appear, and the voltigeurs rushed upon the :noun-
the left, commandedlby Langeron, upon Neustadt to tain ; the vivacity and extent of the fire ,which the
the debouches of Bohemia ; and. the centre, com- enemy immediately commenced along his whole front
mended by York, upon Bischoffswerda—instantly re- shewed us his force. General Mescloti ordered
treated on all sides. General Girard, commanding the Ist battalion of the 7th to advance, wkich he
our advanced guard, briskly followed it and made quickly supported himself with the second, whilst the
some prisoners. The enemy was led fighting to the 44th on its side mounted the redoubts ; he reformed
Spree. General Lauriston entered Neustadt. the repulsed tirailleurs, and sword in hand, at the
44 The enemy thus refusing battle, the Emperor head of his column, directed the charge to be beaten;
returned on the 24th to Dresden, and ordered the and the enemy's &it position to be carried by main
Duke of Tarentum to the position upon the heights force.
of Weissig. " A most obstinate combat took place upon this
44 The Bth corps, commanded by Prince Ponia- point—the enemy in a rage, and with great cries,
.towski, has repassed upon the left bank. twice returned with fresh reserves, to obtain possession
• " Count de Lobau, with the Ist corps, still occu- of it, and were again twice driven to his second po.
pies Gieshtihel. sition, from whence he crushed us with his fire. Our
g* Marshal St. Cyr occupies Pirna and the position infantry, accustomed to assaults, knew how to rally
of Borno. and return to the charge with constancy ; a platoon
46 The Luke of Belluha occupies the position of of sappers which had marched with the advanced
Freiburg. guard, covered itself with glory ; the Chief of Bane-
" The Duke of Ragusa, with the 6th corps and ion Feuchere, of the 44th, was wounded in spiriting
General Latour Maubourg's cavalry, was beyond i his troops. I ordered Hebert's division to advance,
Crossenhayn ; he had repulsed the enemy upon the 'which 1 formed on the left of the road, whilst Gene-
right bank, beyond Torgau, to facilitate the passage ral Harispe marched with his reserve, the 116th regi-
ot a convoy of twenty thousand quintals of meal ment of the line, to the support of the first brigade.
which was going up the Elbe in boats, and which has A last general effort was combined and undertaken,
arrived at Dresden. the 2d battalion of the 116th was ordered to the lett,
" The Duke of Padua is at Leipsic. The Prince i to' turn the 2d redoubt ; its Commandant Bugeaud
of Moskwa between Wittenburg and Torgau. I executed the movement with equal skill and vigour ;
" General Count Lefebre lh:snouettes was with Mesclop's brigade rushed forward. at the same time
40(X0 horse, in pursuit of the deserter Thielman.-- ' with irresistible fury, acid we every where remained
This Tilielman is a Saxon, and loaded wit's favours • masters of the field of battle ; it ' was in an instant
by the King. As a return for so many benefits he covered with killed and wounded ; the Spaniards
has bilewn himself the most irreconcilable ellen)) to and Calabrians fled in disorder by the woods and
his Kitig and Country. At the head ..if 3000 hos se, 1 mountains. '
partlyfrossians, partly Cossacks, and Austrians, he ! 66 As soon as the troops were rallied, I made Ge-
has plundered the King's stud, every where levied literal Desort, commanding the cavalry, advance n,
contributions tua his own ea It, and treated his coup. I follow the English, who precipitately retired by the
trymen With all the hatred th a man tormented by Thigh road. I hoped to reach their artillery, which
guilt. This deserter, decorated with the uniform ot 1 they had succeeded in putting in retreat. The 4th
a Russian Lieutenant General, touched to Naum- : hussaib defeated the Brunswick hussars, and notwith:
berg, where there neither was Cottintandant nor gar. ; siacdieg some discharges from infantry, succeeded
rison, but where he surprised 3 or 400 sick. ! in taking four pieces of English cannon, which they
" However General Leebo: Desnouettes met him " brought me with their horses, and two caissons.. We
on the 19th at Fre) hours, took from him the three or also teok much baggage and 500 prisoners. to add,
four hundred sick, which that wretch had torn from !to 1200 killed or wounded. The• English 27th regi.
their beds, to make a trophy of them, made some ment of the line was almost destroyed, its Coto-
hundreds of
,prisoners, took some baggage, and re- - nel and General Frederick, Aid-de-Camp to
,the
took some carriages which he had nixed. Thiehnan Prince Regent, were wounded, a great number of
*then took refuge upon Zeit'', where Colonel Muni' officers fell in the action, our loss was very trifling in
dorf, an Austrian partizon,joilied him. General lie comparison.
febre Desnouettes attacked them on the 24th atAle st
btaarg, 'killed them many men, among_ others a A part of the garrison of Barcelona, commanded
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Prince of Hohenzollern, and a Colonel. by General Count Maurice Matthew, lnd a division
of the army of Catalonia with -four Italian battalions,
" Thielmair's march had caused some delays in had marched during the night under the orders of
the communications from Erfurth and Leipsic. . the General in Ciriet Decaen, to pass Llobregat and
, 44 The enemy's army at Berlin appears to be the Noya. Before arriving at Martorell, General
making preparations for throwing over a bridge at Matthew had to fight and dislodge three of Erole's
Dessau. battalions in very difficult positions : in the evening
" The Prince of Neufchatel is unwell of a bilious he made some prisoners and again set out for St. Es-
fever, he has for some days kept his bed. His Majesty tevan and St. Saturni. In the morning he save
was never better."—Mordieue, October''. • Manso's corps and some Calabrians in order of battle;
PARIS, SEPTEMBER SO. . he ordered them to be attacked by General Ordon-
Private letters from Dresden, dated the 25th, state, neau, who with some horse,- and only his advanced
that his Majesty continued to enjoy the best health. Guard of the 18th light horse, under the orders of
His Majesty the King of Naples was with thelChief deßattalion,. .
overthrew the trio first battalions;
Duke of Ragusa at Hayn. the enemy dispersed, leaving SO prisoners and fifty
Other private letters from Germany speak of a I killed or %sounded. The General in Chief Decean
considerable advantage that the Emperor has gained 1 followed General M. Matthew with all possible ra-
on that point where the Duke of Tarentum was; we, i polity, but in consequence of infinite difficulties after
of course, must soon hear the details.. 1 a march most long, and roads the most impracti-
cable. The cavalry and even the infantry only being
PARIS, OCTOBER I. * I able to advance one by one, at a distance ; day ad-
Private letters from Dresden state, that on the' vanced before they were able to take a position at St.
, Vith his Majesty was at Bischoffswerda. 1 Saturni.
T he last intelligence from the army announces, 1
is The attack of the Col d'Ordal,• which did not
that his Majesty bad marched on the side of Bischoff's- finish till two in the morning, by slackening the march
werda. Some days before Blucher had his 'head- of 1 the Army of An rrago , favoured my design for
quarters at Herrnhal. . . the remainder of the day. The infantry followed at
OCTOBER 2.—lntelligence from the frontiers -of the break of day, General Dilort, Who marched in ad-
Saxony states as follows ;—" We learn that the gar- . vance the cavalry and the battalion of the Comman-
rison of Dantzic occupies a great space of ground . dant Bugeaud ; I ordered him to halt a league on
without the fortress. The Prince Alexander of Wir- this side of Vitla Franca, behind the heights, from
temburg, who commands the blockade of it, corn- whence all the enemy's army was discovered in order
plains of not having a sufficient number of men ; he of battle in three lines, a great ravine, the road, and
has demanded reintorcembnts. a bridge intersected covered the front ; his •lett ap-
- ARMIES OF ARRAGON AND CATALONIA. ' proached the village of Cugat, in which our tirail-
COPY OF A LETTER WRITTEN TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE leurs anticipated him. I had for an instant a hope
MINISTER AT WAR, BY MARSHAL THE DUKE OF AL. that this army deployed, would have given time for l
HUFERA• our movements being completed, but Lord Bentinck,
" VillaYranea, September IS. ;no doubt informed of what there was dangerous in
46 MONSEIGNEUR La Doc—ln the beginning of Sep- his position, only wished to make an appearance fee
*tenaber, Lord Bentinck removing from the sea and
[ banks at the Ebro, es tablished the Anglo-Spanish a moment ; he broke and made a passage of lines.
army, at Villa Franca, occupying the Col d'Ordal, " The retreat immediately commenced, in good
order, for Villa Franca. I made the artillery and
forming magazines at Villa-Nova, and making the
corps d'armee of Generals Copon's, Whittinghani's,
_cavalry advance : the cannon quickly caused some
disorder in the enemy's columns whilst we passed the
and Sarsfield's divisiors manoeuvre upon the Upper ravine, and my infantry debouched to follow, with- '
Llobregat, towards Mamesa, Esparaguera, and Mar- out delay, the movement. The enemy left Villa
torell, the collecting of 30 pieces ot cannon at one Franca, and re-formed in the rear. By an honour-1
march from my line, all those dispositions and ma- able confidence which has not been deceived, all
' notuvres in iiirmatsou announced to me a speedy at-
the inhabitants remained in their house;, and have
tack. I resolved to anticipate it and - prevent my seen their property and their persons respected in the
movements [mini being pressed and cramped to the
midst of one of the most lively actions.
gates of Barcelona. On the 12th the army of Arra- ,
gon was assembled upon the Llobregat, whilst the . , "The. cavalry began
reaching the. rear-guard on •
General in Chief Count Decaen, on my invitation, teaving the town. Colonel Chnstopne, at the head
brought a part of he army of Catalonia. , of the hussars, and a squadron of cuirassiers, briskly 1
46 I ordered him to restrain and keep from my pressed upon what the cannon made impression on. I
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right General Copon's troops,* to afterwards march Afire from infantry in ambush, and the Brunswick
to St. Saturni, upon Villa Franca, and co-operate in hussars, covered the enemy's movement. Charges
my attack by the high road. ! were made on either side with great vigour. Thei
_glit brigade
horse, manoeuvred at the same time upon the i
of the 4th dragoons, and the Westphalian 1
46 At eight in the evening I passed the bridge of
.
Molins-del-Rey with a. fine clear moon, which favour, h
ed my march ; and Harispe's division, which led- right. General Meyer, who conducted it, met the
marched upon Ordal. ' i 20th English light horse, and some black hussars;
" That position, very difficult and very rugged, he tharged them with two squadrons, the first at the
at which one, can only arrive after passing a defile of head of the troop ; he fouad hismelf before Gotalk