The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-07-21
THIRD BATTLE.


night.
THIRD BATTLE.
On the 9Th, the head bridge director,
Iasscilc, began TO replace the RATS for a
bridge at Prielni,z, and formed eo.and-
come, Gun Va ct vien)--s0o voltigucrs
, passed over to the rig hi Bank, protected by
20 pieces OF cannon. At 10 the enemy adj
yanced; the cannonadc began, and three
battaiions were destroyed by our grape.
The emperor fastened 10 the spot We
had established battery to the amount of
50 pieces and our Tiraiilcurs Sheltered
themselves in u hollow, in the form of q
tetc-de- POINT. After having from u 10 S
pieces OF cannon dismoun,od, and losing
from 5 TO 500 men, the enemy discover
cd their folly, and marched off. We work.
CO ali night at tho bridge, bul he Eibc
rose, and the bridge could not be finished
that night.
On the 10th May, The emperor sent Gar
pcnlcrs division into the new town, by The
bridge OF Dresden and the bridge being
finished, the whole army is passing the
t!bc-The enemy Is retrealing on the
Oder Marshal Ncy (princc OF Moskwa)
- al Wiitcm5urg ; gen. Laasiston, at Tor
gau. Four corps d'armec will pass the
biihsoS ~ l'lSSuSIi lO-liipIloW. TIC guards
are around Dire sden-One division is at AL
tenLurG
The king of Saxony goes to Dresden, his
capital, tomorrow, escorted by 500 men--
1000 OF the encmy's cavalry have been sen,
of from the Elbe, with great quantity OF
baggage, light troops, and Cossacks, and
appear 10 DC marching on Bohemia.
Nay IL.
H. 1.
following accounts respecting the situations
OF the armies to the night of.h lth: 1V
The viceroy has advanced with the lth
corps to Bischoffswerda general Bertrand,
with the 4th 10 konigsbruck; the duke OF
Ragusa, with the 9th to Rcicehnbrach the
duke of Reggie to Dresden, where both
the old and the new troops DO garrison du-
ty.
The prince OF Moskwa entered Torgau
the morning Of the 10Th, and has taken q
position on the right bank, within days
march OF the town. General Lauriston ar
rived there the same with his corps iii the
afternoon.
The duke of BcIluno, with the Cd corps
is directed to march upon Wittenburg,
as are also the cavalry under Sebastiani
The corps OF cavalry commanded by gen.
La Tour Manpourg, marched over the
bridge of Dresden, at three in the afternoon
ui The ! It'll.
Her imperial ma sty has also received
ihc subloineJ accounts respecting the ST.
tGstion Of the army, to the night of the 9th
AT six e'clcck OF the morning of the
i2;h, the imperial guard were under arms,
and placed liz battle array on the road OF
pirna, as far as the Gross Garchen. The
emperor then passed it in review. Inc
king of Saxony, who had laid the over
night at Seidliiz arrived this day at noon.
Tbs 20 sovereigus descended from their
horses, embraced, and afterwards entered
Dresden at the head OF the imperial guard.
They were received With the acclamations
of the people the sight was really int
resting.
AUosRURe, May IL.
The Vienna public are extremely impa-
iient to learn the purport of the new impe-
rial declaration which is now i'll the press,
and the publication of shich is momenta-
rialy expected.
We learn from Vienna, that the Count
De Meueruich, Austrian minister for TO.
reign affairs, has frequent conference with
the count de Narbonne, Ambassador from
France.
We have just learned the death Of prince
Kutusoff, and appointment Of Count Witt
gensteln as his successor in the chief com
mand Of the Russo Prussian army. The
chief command was offered TO gen. Ben
nigsen, who declined it, and who remains
at his post, as quarter master general of
the emperor Alexander.
Neigh6orhood Of DGntztc, AhrH 80.
According TO The ACCOUNT Of Prussian