Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-04

ven. Y dnu9'Il'nc corps q srT.lec was aUui-
h'iaed 9th august on the resi- from Tor,itz
to Peterswa!tie. This Cener>l. with Ave other
generals, and $4,000 men, we're made prisoners.
81 pieces of artillery were taken. After these
fSorab c affairs. tue combined army ara;n
moved forward frori Bohemia into Saxony, and
on IN 5th OF ScnIemcer marched b. the way O.
Pe'erSwaidr & hltenbcrg, az. inst PirnaSs Dip
iieswalde Strong oetachm "nts, supposed hv
large hod'eS of reserve, are directed into the
encmy's rear To cut ofr his communications
Daring this time the Emperor Napoleon had a.
gam gone towards Silesia with his yards and
some otbertroops the Prince of Moskwa was
to cover his left flank, ard after that he should
have beaten the army under his Royal Highness
was To have turned n par, of his force against
Neissc. The occurrences Of the 9th have spoil
ed this plan the army of tho Prime. of Moskwa
is dispersed--it has lost two thirds of its ar
tiilery, all its ammunition and baggage, and
upwards OF 20,0c0 men.-rhc Emperor Napo
leon is retiring towards Dresd>n The army
OF Gen. Won Butcher follows, and will in all
probability cause him Il severe loss. The uni
ted army OF Tho north of Germany is, therefore
IN communication, by its left wing, with the
army of Silcsa
Gen. Benninsen follows all these movea
mcnts."
Copy Of letter from an officer high in the StaS,
~ zen; Dtuchsr's army, dated Hoistein, near
Nuremberg, lug. so.
|" Our victory has been FAR m ore comnlcte than
l imagined when II wrote to you last The day af
ter the battle, we found in the steep and woody
'"iies oil the rapid Neissc and Katzbach the euns
anu tumbrlls of the enemy. We hive taken more
ina" ioO guns, and 500 ammunition Wagons s. field
orces i9,oo0 prisoners are already broughtin; more
arrive every hour. All the roads between the Katz-
bach and the Bohr shcw the effect of the panic that
struck our encmics-ticad bodies overturned yehi-
GEES villages IN ashes at every step NacflonaI's
army IS almost entirely disbanded their retreat
having been cut off By the overflow of the rivers
ue tugitivcs wsnder about in the woods and noun
tans, aud commit excuses for want offood. Thayc
had the alarm bells rung, and sent the peasants Out
TO Kill or bring them in.
=" Yesterday the division Puthand was annibilated
IN the neighborhood IL was overtaken and forced
INTO action with It's rear on the Bohr After some
cannonading, the attack with the bavonet began
one part was killed, te other thrown into the river
or acknowledgements, officers, eagles, Sc The wea-
ther rs dreadful it rains ucessantly during the
battle we lad hurricane blowing in our fees The
men pass the nights in the omen fields buried In
mud, most all without shoes-they pursue ,hs enc
my through the over1Owing eointry, up 40 Their
necks IN water without being able To get any nour-
ishment, rs the deserted villages yield none and
carriages cannot bring It up
he greater par, of Lsndwehr have on
iy linen pantaloons, and are without Lloaks:
ooO To 10000, and the recources of a coun,
try beforehand exhausted, there was no ma
'eria' money TO get cloathing. The
soldier has not even spirits TO revive him IN
these iaugung marches, because it cannot
De mad IN any quantity, and nevertheless, he
Is content-suffers every possible hardship
and privation with patience, and attacks
the enemy with frames and vigour Our
new levied infantry equals the old evies
the l1andwehrennlates the regulars-I my
self have formed 60 battalions and 40 Squad
rons in Selesia ; of these, sc battalions * 26
squadrons are in the field, the rest in fortres
ses.
within eight days [from the 10Th to the
26fh Ct August our army fought eight Sc
we're actions, q do not mean triflng ones) IN
several of which we lost from to 5000 kill .
&c and wounded /; and we have fought one
great battle and three actions SINCE"