The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-06-11

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'urSnce of my cons; a'ton
| Signed The DUKE DE RAssANo.
/ From FRENCH PAPERS.
| Prris, fhrn 8.
! SITUATION OF THE FRE>CH AR
| MES IN THE NORTH, ON The
I SON MARCH 1913.
| The garrison oil Dantzic dislodeed the
enemy fr n, ali the heights of Olivia 10 the
jbeginnirg or March.
| The garr,sons Of Thorn and ModeIip
were IN the hest state. The corps which
had biockaded' Zamose had renbsed to a
J distance. a
4 Upon the Oder, the fortreas.s of Ssettip.
/ Custr,n. q Gi"gan were not beseigetl. The
enemy still kept withoas cannon shot of
them. The garrison of Stettin had turnt
taH the suburbs, and had prepared all the
ground teupd the fortress.
! The garrison of Spandau had also burned
tevery thing which would operate against
the defence Of the place.
! Upon the iIibe, on tke I7th. an arch of
the bridge OF Dresden was blown up, and
| Gen. Dnrette had taken a posi- ion upon The
EFT bank. he Saxons had marched round
| Torgau.
| The victor had left Leiosc, and had on
the 2fst- his head Quarters at Magde
boursh. General i.apoypc commanded
the bridge aud Tor ress ar Wi,terbprr
which was armed and prnvisioued tor sc.
veral months it was givea up to him in
good condition.
Arrived at Magdeburg, the vicercy. on
tne ga l's'ant sest Gen. Lauris;on upon
he right l'aHk of the Elbe. Gen. Mason
had marched upon NJ pcksre, and ,,ushed
forward ms posts upon Berg and Znzar-
ne found only some puiks of hight tid,0ps
whicn he overthrew. and of which he took
or killed about siXty men.
On the 13th Gen. Cara St. Cvr co,
| nanding the SD military eivisi N iudee.i
is advisable to repass to TIVE left bank az
me Eide, and leave Hamburg to the Na:i-
onal GUARDS.
From the 18Th to the Goth. different in
'urreciions broke out IN the departments o:
ne mouths Of the Eibe and the Ems
General Morand, whu occupies Swedish
Fo'nerania, having been informed Of the
evacuation OF Berlin, retreated upon Ham-
pnrgh. lie passed the Elbe at Zoiinpsck-
err, and the seventeenth effected Isis iuncti
IN with Gen. Cara st. Cyr. Two hun
dred of the eneny's light troops having
.oveTtaken his rear guard. he caused Them
to DC charged. ard killed some oen.-Ge-
neral Morand took post upon the left bank,
and General St. Cyr marched upon Bre-
m NJ -,
On the Gath Gen. St. Cvr dispatched
Two movable columns to march againsttae
batteries of CaTlburg and B,exen, of which
same s'nugslers, assisted by the peasantry
ana some English d1.embarkatons, bad Ia
Ken possession. These Columns routed /
the columns and retook the batteries. RE
Chiefs were taken and shot. The English
who d'sembarked we're but about hun
ored /; we were only able 10 take 40 pri
'oners from them. The Viceroy had col
iected AL h's army, 100 Geo strong, and 500
pieces OF cannon round Magdeburgn, ma
noeJvrlng upon the two banks. rhe Gen.
y brigade, Mouti:ran, who, with brigade
u cavalry occupied Stundaii, having lear
led mat the enemy had passed the lower
G'oe IN boats, near Werden, marched tni I
-1rr on the 2ath, dispersed the enemy's !
'snt troogs, and entered Werden at full
gallup. ne 9TH Pol n Lanuers made g. |
'ncceasf"i charge, in Which they knied
about 80 Cossacks and took twelve. rhe
-neny nss.enet 10 gan the right bank of /
the EIDE. Three large buats were sunk |
tnu soihe smaller vessels shattered to- pie |
Seb"~'hey were laden with about sixty har-
ses, and similar number If men. we !
succeeded IN saving seventeen Cavaliers !
among ~hcm we're two officers, Que an aid I
de camp 70 Gen. Dumbcrg, vino Comnlan |
ded the column.
@'NrP~"' '"tl q corps Oh one Thousand 7
morse, t"o thousand Infantry and six pieces |
ct Cannon, have marched from the side OF !
brunswick to excite revolt 10 Hanover and !
he Kingdom OF West phaia. The King oil
Westphalia has set out in pursuit. OF this
corps, and the columns dispatched by the
Viceroy will fall upon its rear.
Fifteen thousand OF the enemy's light |
troops on the 27th passed the Elbe near
Dresden in small boats. General Dure,te
marched against them. The Saxops had
lett tkat point undefended by collectips
round fergau.
The prince of Moskwa, with his head
quarters and corps d'armee, on the 26tb arr
rived at Wurizbug his advanced guard
debouched from the mountains of the fnur
IaSe. The Duke of Ragusa had, ON the 22d
March, his head quarters at Hannah. His
divisions were collecting there.
On the 30th March the advanced quard
OF the corps ofObservauon of Italy had ar
rived at Augsburg All the corps crossed
the 1'yrol
On the 9Th, General Vandamne arrived
IN person at emen. Dumonceau and Din.
tours divisions had passed through Vessel.
independently of rhe army Of the Vicerov
OF the armies OF the Mein, and OF the corns
OF the King Of Westphalia, there will be
~ the hrst 5tIecn days OF Aprli near so 900
ven IN the 32d military division, in order
to make severe example of the ipsurrec
tons which have troubled that division
Count i'entiock, Mayor Of the Varel. had