The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-11-13

It's understood that the head quarters viii be COZ
tmneu IN tas place tomorrow but the troops have
eeen moved forward, and six thousand Swedish troops
have ,een placed under the orders Of Gen. Buiow ,
IN order to act with his corps.
have the honor to be, sc.
(Sgasd) EDW THORNTON.
H.Q. JuTE~Bcsn, Sept s, 1918.
The i1nce Royal transferred his headquarters to
baoenstein on the sth OF this mo0;h.
At the moment when his Royal Hishness had com.
meneed movement, in order 10 advance with the
Russian and Swedish army to Rosau, with the inteu-
ton OF there crossing the Ellie, and taking the d-
reetion of Leipsc, his Royal hghness learnt that the
enemy, alter having u.,de demonstration VI pa sin.
over to the LEI, SIDE OF the river had suddenly re-
turned into his en'renchmsb;s "a rcCets, aud Ira
gun, in advance of Wit; epburg. This sudden return
afforded a presumption, either that he Intended TO
attack the combined army IN their passage across the
Eibe, or 10 make Il rapid march upon Beri.n.
The Prince Royal s!ackcned the pace o:his troops
and announced that L should take place the
Gay :-Iwo batts'ions, Swedish and Prussisn
were dispatched 70 itUsau, uader the orders oil 1t
Col Hoist, aid de.canp to Ma Roy iiehness, in Or
der To collect AL materials necessary for the con
struetun OF = bridge.
! The reports o. the outposts announced every mo
| ment, that the eneIny's army marching upon
Aahne. 1his post, occupied by the corps OF Gen
Dohschuiz, belonging the corps dsrmee OF iSene-
raj Count Lanentzen, was sttseked by n very .up..
ror force on the 9Th nfSeptenber in the afternoon,
aiid ma,nts ihed It's ground ~ith great bravery.
| The enemy having been repuIsed in several at
tacks. re-enterect his Entertainments before Wit.
! tenburg
Next day, the 5th IF Sent most n,Hrierous attacks
were renewed against Zahne. and in spite ct the
courage displayed by gen. Dohschu,z, with the
troops under his orders that position was carried
he the Gaze, aftev su obstinate resistance
SNo respect to the post OF Seyda, occupied by the
| oorpl OF TauentZain.
Inc reports Of the country people Of the op,
posts anu OF secret asenta announced positively that
the enemy WAS taking the route OF Torgsu.-'Thesa
1 nrr 4ntr in, 49,.
Drought word that the enemy intended to proceed
to Ju;erboch.
/, The Prince Royal set out on the 9th of Septem
bsr at three o'clock In the morning from Rabcn-
stein, and collected the Swedish and Russian ar.
| mics upon the heights OF iobessea His Rows,
| tiighness was waiting the reports of gen Tauen,-
Zien, whom he thougat farther sdysnce,i, when ne
! received an account from Gen. Bulow, announcing
that the whole army of the cperay was in full 10
| upon Juterhoeh. The Prince ROYAL ordered him
to attack immedistey the flank and r2sr of the che
my b'iore gsn. fsuchtzien, who defended the ap.
| proaches ot the town, should be overwhelmed by
i'sin ere he Swedish army, who had been marc.-
ing upwards OF two German miles, proceeded to Jp
ter6och. which yet distant three G=rmae miles
aud was followed by he Russian army, with the ex
e'puon OF the advanced guard under the orders OF
Count WoronZow, ard OF the corps of gen. Czerni
chef, which continued before Wittenbureh. The
cannonade and Iauqustry began immediately be.
tween the RUSSIAN troops and the enemy. The
hnsslan and Swedish corps, sitter their forced
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form IN the order OF battle. The Prussian army Mt
most 10000 men strong, sustained in the mean
WHILE with couraie truly heroic the repeated e(.
orts OF 'o'cJo OF ire enemy, supported by ego pie.
cesoi cannon ih' struggle was unequal and MUIR
derous, The Prusian troops, however were NOT
| disconnected even TO- moment, and If some bat
taiions were ohiigei TO yield for sn instant the
ground which they mad gained it was only for the
purpose OF re-occpyins it the moment sftcr
whilst this was passne, 20 bstalions Of Russians &
SWedes, ten thousan horse OF both nations and "a
hundred and nity pRees of artillery, advanced ia CO.
lumns of attack, iefving intermediate sra.ps far de-
P!oyins -Four thOrs2Hd Russian and Swedish cay.-
ry had advanced iaf1'l speed support some points
whittier the cnnpi principally directed his attacks
iheir appearance agse 10 check him, and the an.
pearance OF the columns did the rest. The fate of
The battle was ihsta,tly decided The enemy's sr.
my beat retreat, tie cavalry charged them with a
boldness rescmbi ing I1ry, and carried disorder into
their columns, whiciretreaed with great presipita-
ton upon the route f Dahme.
The enemy's fer e was composed of four eorns
i d'armee-those OF Marsha Duke OF Reesio of
generals Bertrand aid Rasniar and of that of the
Duke OF Padus, and IF from three to four thousand
Polish troops, foot att horse the whole under the
command If the VI abha Prince of Mtssws The
result OF this battle, thch fought near the vii
iage OF Donnewiiz, II the OF whish it will be
Called has already, Yesterday morning, five thousand
prisoners, three standards, from FIVE aad twenty to
thirty pieces q. eaBrbn, and upwards az two hun
drrd ammunition Wagons The field Of battle, and
tina road over which ne enemy passed, are stpewed
wital dead q Woundedl and with quantity Of arms
! SIX thousand OF the to,rner have already been col
leeteu Vigorously pursued, the enemy Who ap-
peare6 willing to PROCEED TO Torgau will not rssch
the Eibe before he has suffered Losses vet more con-
siderable 20 early 81 yesterday evening, General
Wobeser, who had befn ordered to proceed with
5000 men from Luetsu upon Dahme. attacked il,
that town, where the Prime dc 10 Mo5ifwa end tho
Dukes OF Reggie and o! Padua had taken up their
quarters, part OF the ensmys army ttst intended to
| 90 to Dresden, and made 25OO prisoners Major
Heiwig w'th 500 horse, advanced upon weini;a &
dertsburgJ md ATTACHED a column OF the enemy in
the night, taking 500 prisoners and eight pieces of
cannon. General Orouek, at tie head of his caval-
fry, has made upwards Of 100 prisoners and taken
several pieces Of cannon. The light troops were
very nioraent bring ne in more; and General Reg
nier remsined long time exposed to the fire of
our sharp shooters, in the situation Of man desi-
rous ofdeath. We may estimate that the epep,y
has lost up 10 this moment in killed, wounded and
prjsoners, FROM sixteen 10 eli hsesn thousand men
more than fifty pieces Of eanuon and four hundred
ammunition Wagons The loss of the enemy in
Killed aud wounded, must have been immense half
OF the escort OF the Prince Of Moskwa was killed
the Duke de RegsO charged himself the infantry Of
the Count de IsuentZsin. The loss of Prussan
troops rs great, and amounts to between and 900
men in siiicd and wounded. However, the results
OF the day ought 20 contribute the consolation oil
every true patriot who will find the triumph of the
Gauss eli bic country insured Ivy the death Of these
brave men The Swedish and Russian troops have
lost little
/ The corps We'd with each Other in courage and
devotion, The heroic example sliewed on Bis oe.
ca5on hy the Prussan artny Is calculated 10 eYis;
forever IN the SGu7!s of military fame, and to in.
spire Oh those who fought for the Independence n,
Germany. 7 he Russian ard Svpdish troonr ~,