Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-28
Ia the mean time Count Bertrand had
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sen. general Perry with the Italian olvi'
sion to Konigswartha, IN order 10 mann
tain our communications with the de-
tached corps. Arriving at midnight,
general Perry made bad arrangements !;
he did not cause the neighbnrlng forest
to be secured. He posted his men bad
~, and at 4 o'clock he was assalled ny a
hourra, which threw several battallons
into confusion. He lost 500 men, among
whom was the general Of brigade Bala-
thicr, wounded; two pieces OF cannon,
and three caissons but the division hav'
ing taken arms, rested upon the w.'od,
and faced the enemy.
The count of Faiury( Kellerman) hav'
ing arrived with cavalry. put himself at
the head of the ,,aiian division, and re-
took. the village Of koniswartha. AT the
same moment the corps Of Count I'au-
ris:on, which marched ahead ct that oil
thePrince ofMoskwa, in orde. to tnrn the
enemy's position, departing from Hoyer-
| swerda, arrived near Weissig. The &C
| ton began, and the corps ofYorck would
| have been destroyed, had it not been tor
a defile, which was to be passed, and by
! which means our troops only arrived sue
cessively. After three hours OF lighting
the village of Weissig was carried, and
the corps Of Yorck overthrown, was
forced on the other side Of the Spree.
The action Of Weissig is of itself a
very important event. A detailed report
of it will be given.
On the 10Th, slept at the post OF
| Wsissig the Prince of Moskwa at
Mankersdorf; and Count Regnier
league in the rear. The right OF the
| enemy's position was evidently uncover
ed.
On the goth, a. o'clock in the morn
ing, the Emperor proceeded to the
heigat behind Bautzcn. He ordered the
Duke Of Reggie to pass the Spree. and
to attack the mountains which support
ed the enemy's left; he directed the
| Duke Tarentum to throw ii bridge over
the Spree il the bottom which this ri.
yer forms upon the left at half league
| from Bautzcn The Duke OF Dslmatla
| (Soul) to whom II M. had given the
supreme command si the, centre, to pass
the Spree 10 order to harness the ene-
mv's right; lastly, he commanded the
p ince of Moskwa, under whose orders
was the Sd corps, Count Lauri,ton and
Gen. Reisner to approach Xix. pass
the Spree, turn the encmy's right, and
| to march upon bis head quarters at
Wurtchen, and from thence upon Weis-
| scnbIrg.
At noon the cannsnade began, the
Duke of Tarentum found it unnecessary
to throw over his bridge, he found before
him stone bridge of which ne forced
the passage The Duke OF Ragusa
threw over bridge his whole corps a.
armee passed on the other side OF the
Spree. After six hours OF smart canno.
aa,ing, aud several charges which the
! enemy made Wit,iont oucees,, Gen POM
pans occupied Baotzcn, Gen. Bonnet oc.
cupied the village Of Nicdkayo, and car,
| RED at quick step plain, which render
ed him master Of the whcie centre oil the
enemy's position; the Duke of Reggie
possessed himself of the heights, and at
seven o'clock in the crening the enemy
vas thrown back upon his second pesi-
ton. Gen. Bertrand passed one OF the
arms Of the Spree ; but the enemy pre-.
served the heights which supported his
| right, aud by this means maintained him.
self between the corps Of the Prince OF
| Moskwa and our army.
The Emperor entered Bautzen at 8
| O'Clock in The evening. and was receiv.
ed bv The inhabitants and the authorities
with those sentiments that allies ought
to lcel, who have the happiness to be de-
.irercd from Stein. from kolzebue, and
from Cos.acks. This day, which were
it connected with another, might be call
ed the battle of Bautzen, was only the
| prelude to the battle of Wurtzchen.
In the mean time the enemy began to
realize the possibility Of being forced
his positions. his hopes we're no longer
the same. and he must from this mo-
| ment have felt the presage OF his defeat
| Already were all his dispositions chang
ed. The fate Of the battle was no hon.
ger to be decided behind his enTench,
men;s. His immense labors and his
three hundred redoub,S became useless.
The ri he of his position which vas OPP
| posed IS The 4th corps, became his cen
ire, an,, lie WAS Obliged to throw his
riga, : hich formed good part of his
army. in order TO oppose the Prince OF
Moskwa. into place which he had not
| studied, and which he believed out OF
bis position.
The els,, at o'clock in the morning,
the Emperor proceeded to the heights
| three quarters of league in front OF
Bantzen.
The Duke Of Reggie sustained brisk
firing of muskeuy upon the heights
which defended the enemy's left. The
Russians, v no felt the importance ofihls
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