The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-11-12 00:00:00

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goons, the 19th ent22d, occupied Flemingen. The
• enemy attached Flemingcn with 1000 horse, and four
• pieces of 'canon. Colonel Mermet, of the 19th, re-
Poised that attack, with the loss of only tour horses
killed bj she artillery. General Subersie was at-
ticked as Withal, by /000 horse and 2000 infantry ;
he avoithel the surprise, and made his retreat upon
Natnehourg, without losing a single man.
" After the line retreat of the light cavalry, the
enemy occupied the d. file of Withau, upon the road
frOm Naumhourg to Weissenfels:
" The following day, the 10th, his7xcellency the
Dike of Castiglione continued his march upon help-
pc, and made his dispositions for attacking and
tiPing the ette‘y from the defile of Withau. Three
•ttalions it light infantry, commanded by General
tilt tier, to carry the pinition ; and our
• •yogag4.(filit4-, notwithstanding the Ire of musketry,
t. the eanoolotte of the enemy, rendered themselves
4116sters of the bridge of Withau, and all the small
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leimds that crown that difficult position. The light
.krone immediately pessed the defile, supported by the
'lagoons In echelons.
." It charged u.reati•the rising ground which lead
t Stoelaett and Pretach, the rear-guard of the ene
my's cavalry, turned the infantry, which were obliged
to throw themselves into the ravines, killed 100 men,
infantry and cavalry, and protected the movement of i
the light, Infantry • the. united efforts of those two
aeties'lnvle 3tX) of' the enemy's infantry lay down.
their arms, and we took 20 horses. ; •
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• titt•ails'aecenflitis risieggroitAthitrit if 11! small t
defile in the meddle of a weed, will fisihker on a tsar!
, plain, %kith. leadsslo village, eqrotscii- and din,'
tuna II towtiof Zeits.
" Tise light urt.illery,of my Meektry bad:already
caused: the enemy much %Hilary, and obliged him to,
.pass 'he defile from the wood arlth rapidity; 114
made all the cavalry debosehin close Column, in_ .OX4.
der to eoliceal. its force from the enemyi• whose force
was, however, twice as great ; bet I wished to Wile
to the charge with him, td convince him of then va..
Jour of -our ohl -cavalry soldiers. •
. t " The enemy withdrew his cavalry at full gallop,
`lnd immediately marched against us with the regiment
onf the old dragroons of La Tour and Keyser's light
.arse. The Gth dragoons of our Emperor moved at
the' head of the column against these two regiments;
ehe affair became serious; 1 ordered the squadrons
. and Gent awl Montiligier's brigade to deploy on the
aright and left; and the two regiments Ithandoned us
,the ground, leaving it•covered with Austrian dead.
" The enemy grimaced eight' squadrons of Ile-
lenzollern's dragoons, and two squadrons of the
Prussian black hussars, to support the dmgoous for-'I
merly Called La Tour, -but now St. Vincent. The'
2d Fieuch dragoons took these new regiments in
sank, overthrew and completely destroyed them, at
the moment when a single squadron of the 13th, sur-
'minded 4.800 horse, formed in a circle, and de-
stroyed every thing which approached it; this squaf
shoo was commauded by the Chief of Squadron, de
jeignesille.
" At the same moment, the light cavalry, com-
manded. by General Subervie, returning from break-
ing an .equal .number of Prussian hussars, and, a
squadron of twines, found itself out-flanked by dour'
ble numbers. Uut Colonel Mermet, who, in the ab.
• spessce el. the General •of Brigade, commanded the
leth, 19th, 22d, and 24th dragoons, received orders
' • to deploy his column; the 18th and 19th overthrew
ten squadrons. The light cavalry and our dragoons
crushed in nil parts the enemy, who left 600 dead
upon the field of battle, 100 cavaliers, and several
officers prisoners, and 120 Lurses. We have only to
regret the Captain of the.elite of the 11th dragoons.
14 chasseurs, awl 4 dragoons. Gens. Montiligier and
Subervie distinguished themselves. All the officers
and soldiers, during four successive charges upon a
ground a quarter of a league long, fought to the cry
of ' Vive I'h:were:l4r !'
" The Saint Vincent and Hohenznllern regiments
of dragoons, and Keyser's light horse, have been
destroyed in this gallant atfair. We have, besides,
eighteen killed, 120 dragoons, .chasseurs, or hussars,
, wounded; but 100 of them will return into the ranks
.in seven or eight days.
" The enemy's corps were commanded by Gene-
rals;Thielminn, the Prince of Lichtenstein, and Bi-
, roe, of Conria,nd. The enemy had 4000 horse, and
we but 2GOO, The old dragoons of Latour, and
Keyser's light horse, were the elite of the Austrian
cavalry.
" In my report to the Duke of Castiglione, I
made known the names of several brave men • but all
are deserving of his Majesty's favours, by their in-
trepidity, and by their devotion.,
(Sigurd) " Tt.e Gen. of Division, Count MILHAUD."

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LAK)i OSNTARIO.—CHAUNbEY'3. CRUISE.
The foMitcitts is artlfstreet all UMW from Com-
modore Isaac 13tittiititey, 'to the Setretary of the
Nary, dated Sept. 13, 1813:
On board the United Stites ship Geo. Pik•,
off Dark bland.

Sin,-04the 7th, at day-light," the enemy's fleet
was discovered close in with Niagara river, wind
from the southward. Made the sips!, and weighed
with the fleet (prepared for action), and stood out of
the river after him • he immediately Made all sail to
the northward. We made sail in chase with our
ieavy Schooners in tow, and have continued the
chase all round the lake, night and day, until yes-
terday morning, when he succeeded in getting into
Amherst Bay, which is so little known to our pilot.,
sod said to be full of shoals, and they are not will-
WO* tepee mie in there. I shall, however (unless
driven from ray station by a gale of wind), endea-
vour to watathlm so close as to prevent his getting
out upon no Lake.
. During oat long chase we frequently got within
from one to two miles of the enemy, but our heavy
sailing schooners prevented our closing with him,
moil off Gennessee river, we carried a breeze; with
us, while he lay bet:timed, to within three quarters
of a mile of him, when he took the breeze, and we
had a running .fight of three aid a half hours, but
by Ws noporiftF, sailing he escaped me, and run into
jeihressbay4esterday morning. In the course of
ger chase on the 11th, 1 got several broadsides from
m the enemy, which must have done him
injury) as away of the.thot were seen to

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