Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-08-02

from The supplement- ~ "eo""s
don Gazaie, huohShed Uednes00y'
June Oh.
FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE
.Despaches, Of which the following
are extracts, were this day received oy
Viscount Castlereagh, from Lieute nan'-
General Sir Charles Stewart
The first despatch is an enclosure
from General Kniesba,k 10 Sir Charles
Stewart, dated Head Quarters, W urt.
zen. hear Bautzen, May le, IL ), and
states that, since the battle OF the I'd OF
MAY, the allied army had mad no ell
gagement of consequence With The en-
envy.
A letter from Lieut.. General Stewart
next follows, dated May 20. liom which
il pears that, ON the preceding day
General Barclay de FOLLY iell in with
the enemy in the neighbou'hood oil
Konigswerde, ard sharp contest en-
sued, which was put an ehd 10 only by
night, md in which the allies were
completely successful. They drove
the enemy back al all points, took up
wards of 500 prisoners, a General oil
division, aud pieces OF cannon.
Erracf ofa tefur from L'enfen0nf
General Ste-ra,i 10 YrSeount Castle
reagh, dated III. Quarters, Goldberg,
5'lesta, May %.
An attack was made by the enemy
on The right and left Of Bsulzcn on the
Goth, with an intention to force the
spree River, y 10 pass to some heights
oil our ii, hit, TINS threatening Gen
Milaradoyilch's rear, and gaining ad
vanlageou ground, from which his AT
tillery could sweep our main position,
and, under cover OF whose hte, lac
might, with greater facility, make his
disposition for the general attack OH
the following morning.
lie action was ofs,ely contested /; d
Russian battalion and some Prussian
laBcers, under cover of q battery. boldly
advanced and contested alone the
heights, in spite of the enemy's power
ini efforts, until they were supported
by General Kleist's corps. -
In the mean time, on the extreme
right, the enemy's corps followed Gems.
Bar,lay de Tolly and D'Yorck, In iheir
relrogade movement from their expedi-
ZION agains, Gcr,rsl Lauriston.
Gen, D'Yorck's corps entered the
position in The evening, but The whole
oil Bar ella. dc olly's did not effect II
till the following morning.
Gen. Milarsdoyitch repulsed the re.
pealed forts of the enemy that were
vigorously made to force him on the
lett, and The columns OF the enemy, that
hid allemp,.dto pass il tins mountains,
we're kept in Oh. OK. Finding, howev
or, late in the evening, thai Gen. kleist
had fallen back into the main position,
Gen. Aiilaradoyitch wiiE-sew entirely
from the Spree River, aHdtie town oil
Bau,zen, and In the nigh occupied the
ground marked o1t for him in the gen.
efal line.
The severe affairs of this day reflect
he highest honour on Generals Milara-
dovitcn and kleits, and the brave troops
opder their command.
hrnocf cf another hterJrom Lieufen'
ant General Sfzyea,r.
GoLpBFRG, MAY "a, 1918.
Nh Lord nc allied army under
the orders OF Count WitgenstIea, in
position, in advance of Nurlcben and
Hochkitch, was attacked by the enemy
It day break, commanded by Bonaparte
in person, on the morning oil the ISL
The enemy eyinced, early IN the ac-
ton, a determination to press the
fllnka o. the allies he had thrown a
very strong corps into the mountains on
our lett, which favored has specs oil
warfare, but Gen Milaradovitch was
prepared here, having detached Prince
Gorchik off and Count Astermsn With
ten battailions of light troops, and a
large corps OF Cossacks, with their ar
tillery, under Colonel Dayidofi, to oc'
cupy these hills.
Bonapare was now visible on com
manding spot, directing the battle. lie
deployed in front OF the town OF baut'
zen his guards, cavalry, and lancers
and showed heavy columns oil infantry
on the esplanade before 1t, bringing uF
besides a number OF brigades OF arti,le-
ny, with which he occupied some al
vantageous heights, between our posi-
ton and Baulzen, that were favorable
to support his attacks.