Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1813-08-06

Tue PENINSULA before the close OF the cam
paigh. Although the London dates are n
days later than before received, we find no
mention of the Russian mediation.
From the Nescport Mercury, Ertra.
Yesterday arrived here the ship Canton.
captain Coggeshill, 50 days from Lisbon
Cspt.C politely favored the editors Of the
Mercury with London papers to June IL.
eleven days latest and Lisbon papers to
June 2t, from which they have extracted
the following Highly Important Iatelit-
genee
An official account from lieut. gen Charles
Stewart, to Lord Castlereagh, dated az
Goldberg, (aboat so or 90 miles distanz
from Bautzen) Gath May, states, that the
allied army, commanded by Count Witt
genstein, was attacked on the 2Ist May az
day break, near Vert schen and Hochkereh.
by the French army, commanded by Bona
parte in person--that the allied army COP
sisted of 600 men, and the French army
of 10000; that Bonaparte had united all
his forces and drawn many troops from dis
tant posts for that purpose that the ground
was warmly disputed all that day but IN
the evening the allies, overpowersd by num-
bers, commenced their retreat in good or
der, and without any loss of cannon, wag-
CONS or military stores, and moved on slow
ly and regularly towards Silesia That eve
~ part of the army behaved well through.
the whole of this terrible battle, but the
Prussians deserve particular praise. That
the loss in killed and wounded. on both
sides, was very great, but greatest on the.
part of the French the numbers are not
mentioned by gen Stewart, who says THAI
9 it was not possible to ascertain them, with
any exaetness." After the battle, the allie,
retired between Hochkirch and Weissen-
berg. The enemy attemptedto annoy them
in their march but were always compelled
to retire with loss, and the allies pursued
their march unbroken and formidable.
THE despatch of gen. Stewart, of which
the above is brief abstract, is contained in
the Lisbon paper of the 2lst of June, and
occupies almost the whole paper. We shall
endeayor to obtain an entire translationl
An article from Berlin, MAY 25, saws.
" In the battle of the Goth and 2lss, we have
lost neither artillery nor prisoners, except
ing few who were severely wounded. On
the other hand, we have taken both artille-
ry and prisoners from the enemy, and ma
ny of his cannon were dismounted A bat
talon of Wurtemburghers who were to
have stormed a battery al s4reckwitz, came
over to us, as likewise did a part of the
Saxon troops. We cannot yet state the a.
OF the loss on our side, or that of the
enemy bat the enemys loss has been in
the proportion OF three to enc more than
ours, as the ground, the superiority Of our
and the yalor of our troops, gave
US the advantage of him in his attacks
Night put an end to this battle, which had
las ed two days, and cost the enemy SO much
blood. The allied army took position i'm
the greatest order and ready for battle, near
Weissenbsrg, at small distance from the
field OF battle. Our reserves of the centre
and the left wing, among which were the
flower OF the Russian troops and their artil-
leiy, were not engaged, and their strength
must be reserved tor more important SER
vices In an affair of the 18th, near Konies-
wartha, the corps of Gems Barcla and Won
Y orck, took ten pieces of artillery, 1900
prisoners, a general of division and gene
raj OF brigade, and totally destroyed an
enemy's column of 5000 men"
The Danes and French took possession
of Hamburger, on the S0th of May The
Swedish troops gave little or no assistance
to the Hamburghers but they marched
quietly away 1t seems they did not occu-
Ply Hamburger by order ofthe Crown Prince,
but only by order of their commandment,
who had been arrested to answer for his
conduct, and the troops ordered to join their
master, who is assembling a force of Swedes,
Russians and Prussians, with which he
might be able to reduce Magdeburgh, enter
Saxony, and thereby endanger the rear Of
Bonaparte, and retard his operations. The
though disappointed of aid
from England and Sweden, were not dis
couraged, but looked for day Of deliverance
not far distant, and the conduct of theFrench
garrison indicated consciousness of iHse-
curity in their new conquest. They had
no act of violence against the
nersnns or nrnnerty of the inhabitants IN