Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-11-11

On the, 9TH, s.raacr the command OF tho duke
Of Dantzic in lpersen, against STERLING, and
were almost al, crushed BY huge pieces of
rocks which were thrown down upon them,
whist those who escaped from thu carnage
were afterwards cat to pieces ty the Tyro-
iese.~ The Saxons, amounting to $4,000
men, fofwea the advanced guard. They
were ordered .oH,arch with the greatestra-
rslity, add were advancing with uncommon
intrepidity, when they discovered that the
lille 4ere'occupwd by the enemy On every
side. Apprehensive that their retreat
might be cat of, they commenced iramedi-
'ately retrosade movement, when they
were assaulted WithMssses al rocks anA trees,
whichwe,e flung wit, such tremenduousct,
feet, that al wnh. the exception o'SUO, wer-
sacrificed in less than Is minutes. have
this account from an ofiicer,who was among
the few who had the good fortune to escape,
and they Fed with such precipitation and
disnay, that they left their artillery, Il
n.ounting to>s pieces behind them. A So
cond, and'a more pruaent attempt was ROW
Falade ky the Bavarians, eut it terminated
with still greater carnage; and 1t was then
determined to effect retreat to lespruck.
During the march. our troops were ez-
posed Ito inconceivable hardships. ahe
Tyrelrse were transformed in,o men CT a.
mother stamp; for contrary TO their usual
mode OF fighting, they rushed with iiresfss-
IDLE fury upon our troops, undrr the most
dreadiulhre Of glape shot and aasketry,
which necessarily played upon them. The
column which advanced towards l<audcck
was exposed to sill! s-eae-. havoc.
cit ne sooner. entered the narrow pass
near Psunds, behind Landeci:, than it was
assailed by the insurgents. In an instant
the road, in front and rear Of the column,
was completely blocked up by trees and
rocks, which were preciptated down the
sides OF the mountains. The carnage which
ensued was dreadful. O. the regiment
Punker, which amounted little before 10
two thousand men, on,y sour lenacIrel 81
capped and three other regiyaeais sustained
proportiouate lass, Only t!;tsen nundrrd
were able to save themselves. I ne I'yroi-
csc fought with incredible iury. they
rushed upon the ba:ser;es, and auas them-
selves Into the midst ii the cavalry. No
thing could resis: their innFetuosity. Dur
ING the retreat 100 Of these nlountaineers
fell in with 60 irssars :ar Schyssz. They
charged with such iagy, that not single
horssman escaped. This 2o',sIsan, in It's re-
trext TO in:pruck, lost limos, all It's artlil=ry
and ammunision. 10 s!1at point The whole
of the army directed their retreat but even
there they found the mountains seized tf
the insurgents wko pursued AID those who
affected, in the coTm-u cemcns, TO submit.
On the 18th and 9th, two most sanguinary
battles were fought. Th:Bavsrians wished
to dis,odge the Iyrovse iron tie heights;
and though they ren@wed tn attack seven
times, tnev were ea,ii time rcpulsed win
great slaughter. The Insurgents afterwards
broke, though armed only wi.h hunting
pieces, unprovlded with bayonets, into the
,hickess ranks ofoar troops and wou!I, in
all probability, have Killed or taken our.
whole army, had tley succeeded in destroy.
ing the bridge over tie I'm Hall. AS this
project failed, he Eavafians were able dur
ing the 18th and 18th, to continue their re-
treat to Wozel, behind Rattsnhcrs. Theirs
they took up a,position for some time and
had afterwards the good fortune to reach
Khuistein and Saltzburg. In the battle Of
the 18th, near Insprsck, the TyroI=se lost
1000 men, and the French and Bavalians
5000 in-killed, besides wounded and prison
Grs.
"The principal leader Of the insurgents
is a man of the name of Parfeycr. When
sHmmon'd bv the duke ofDantzic to deliver
up his arms before the 10Th of August, he
wrote him back an answer, desiring him to !
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