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London, England, 1813-09-22 00:00:00

in liattie' *ink theth, to take their ke4140 fto.
Mitety they hate entailed Upt n. this touiltf t.
hai4 the Weald'''. tb be, flee:
CUARLEii biastrAi(4, LietitMenTstal:
head-quarttra a his kkaleitt, the tifipeat
of Russia, Attenbt:rg, Aostst Y 9, last.
it Loan—The enemy having abanthstied th
ground surrounding Dresden, tailed the Chnsitii
Garten, and having withdrawn into their iliorks,.stva
into the suburbs of the town on the mottling bf iht
kith, it si•ai cleemeti es ed'ent to k .ittnek
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with a large face upon the place, the posses 0:1
Which became of stonsiderable importances C tittf I
Witgenstein's and General Kleist': light tfanitt, njl
the right of the we'll, had .6tistaitted dtiYftlg ilk tbi)tiv.
ing of die Yid), in the attack of the gimlet% tail,
loss; and indeed the enemy had so much impioied
by art, the defences around the Sow% that it wat
evidently an enterprise of considerable difficulty .td
tatty ft.
ttodps fnoiecl io the assault at tour &Omit 14
the k 'ei ing j Count Witgenstein's corps, in tl►,-4
columns on the right of the Grossen Garten t Gettetar
Kleist moved one column of attack ttnnligh tht.it
gardens, and two on the left. His left colorful t'ss
headed by. Prince Augtistus of Prussia; thtee
sions of Austrians on the, left of the town, under iltrio
immediate direction of Count Colloredo, and Print*
Maurice:of Liehtettstein, joined the Prussians on the*
lefts the Prussians forming the Centre attack. A
tternlntfous eainvonade commenced the opefation
the battefies being planted in a circular form 1.61114
tonoc, the tifect *as magnificent ; the fine harp!:
intsln.Dtesden *eh: soon enifeloped in smokeb AA
the troops Muted forward In the ancist petfect
.to the assault. They approached on all sides time
to the town. The Austrians took an advanced ft=
ilairttbt with eight 'grans, in the tneM undanted
kAilant manner ; I ;lever saw troops behave Mott
conspicuously; the work was of Abe strongest 1614
not above sixty yards from the main wall, land it was
.flanked by cross fires of magnets,- from the vari.
ons loop holes that Wire 'made itt every. tart eel%
projecting buildings;* but nothing could sorpars
gallantry with Which it was sintrhed : t)le enetil-nit
from it only to shelter themselves behind new defences/
planning the thick walls of the town, in which it *se
impossible, without a long and continued fired bean
artillery, to make breaches.

The enemy, with the aid of those means whkh
strong toirn affords of resistance, held the tivops itl
eheck who had so gallantly called and meted the
Ontltorks.•

The night wail fast approaching, and the enemy
now attempted to make a dixtie wit a considerable
force of all his guards, at lea* amosnling to 'hitt,
thousand, to sepalate the allied troops) and take one
wing In Rank and rear, This was Immediately per,
ceived, and as it appeared evident that it was not
practicable to Garry the place that night, orders wet
sent to drat off the troops, and they returned to thiir
several encampments.
Pence Maurice of Lichtenstelr:metie an ackniratle
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disposition on the side %%here the enemy made thwit•

enemy 0,,..._
sortie, by which all disorder was avoided,. This A.
terprise, in proportion to its being of moment, was
one of great difficulty ; no troops could signalise
themselves more, and, in my humble opinion, if it
had been physictlly possible to carry the place tin.
der the eiteurnstanees, they would have accomplish.
ed k. But there were no breaches foi the troops
to enter, and the artillety, although Invught
the close of the evening to near one hundred paces
of die* will, were not able to batter it, or make an
impression.
From the best talculutiors I can' make, 1 shottiti
estimate the lots of the Alkies at under 4000 men in
this attack. The Austrians chiefly suffered.
The sortie of the enemy was a prelude rya mom
general battle, which took place on the following
morning, the 28th.
Bonaparte had arrived in kesilen, from that part
of his army in Lusatia, on the night of the 22d, and
has(ng a very large4force in Dresden,at least Iso,oun
merle he appears. to-have actermined on attacking the
'Allies, who occupied a very extended position on tho
heights strtrounaing it.
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The enemy had great advantages in their &peal.
tib-tifor attack : Dresden, lined with guns, was
their rear ; their communications were not intersect.
id; if they made an impression, they c.)nld pursue
k i If they failed, they could withdraw in security.
and our troops could not folks* them under the gnats
of the place.
One of the worst da7s that ever was seen, adieci
materially at the difficulties of the Allies, who bad
arrived, by rapid marches, through bad math anal
defiles, at their positions i and whose supplies, ei
every kind, it pas difficult, if not impossible, to getup.
Availing himtelf of the advantages abomstatec!,
Bonaparte displayeti an immense number of pieces
of artillery ; and heavy cannonading on both sides,
formed the chief feature of the battle. Charges in
vtnicas points were made, both with the Russian,
Ptiusian, and Austrian Cavalry, and they distin•
gobbed themselves highly f but the main bodies of
the Infantry, in both armies, did not come in contact.
The weather was so hasy, and the rain so incessant.
that the action Was sustained, at all points, under the

heaviest disadvantages. .
Mende the middle of the day a catagrephe- ot•
ret *doh awakened more then ordinary tenibi•