The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-07-16

officer, taken prisoner, who wus there; in.
Horned ne Of this circumstance.
We have taken several thousand priso.
Iners. The number could not be greater or
account of our inferierity Of cavalry, anc
The desire which the emperor had manifest.
ed to spare our cavalry.
At the commencement Of the battle, The
emperor said to the troops" This is atrus
Egylttion battle. Good infantry support
ed by artillery, ought to suffice.''
Gen. Courre, chief of the staff of thx
Etat major of the prince of Muskwa, wa,
killed an end worthy so good a soldier
! Our loss amounts 10 10000 killed ans
wounded--that Of the enemy may DO esti
mated at from IS 10 sc, 600 men. The row
al guards Of Prussia were destroyed.
The emperor of Prussia's guards suffer
| Ell considerably; and the two divisions o
ten regiments OF Russian cuirasscurs were
destroyed.
! His majesty cannot bestow too much ap
plause upon the good will, the courage anc
iinrepidivy of the army. Our young sol
dlers were unmindlul of danger-,hey have
on this great occasion, sustained all tn,
fnobleness of the French blood.
I u
| in its relation, the distinguished action
| which have illustrated this brilliant day
which, like stroke Of thunder, has crum
bled to dust the chimcrical hopes and cal
culations OF the destruction and dismcm
berment of the empire. The dark plot
! contrived by the cabinet of ST. James, dur
ing whole winter, are in an instant dc
stroycd, as the gordian knot was united b,
the sword of Alexander
| The prince of Hcsse Hombcry was kill
ed The prisoners state that the III inc,
royal OF Prussia was wounded and tina
Vic prince of Mecklenburg- Strelitz wa
killed.
| The infantry Of the elder guards, @
which six battalions only had arrived, sus
aimed by its presence this affair, with tina
sang froid which characteristics it. 1t di,
| got FIRE single shot. One half the arm,
was not engaged; for the four divisions O
| general LauristoD merely occupied Lem
,ick; the three divisions of the duke O
| Reggie were at two days march from th
field OF battle. Count Bertrand gave bat
| lie with only one of his divisions, and tina
was so slightly engaged that it did not los
| so men his I'd and Sd divisions were no
engaged.
| The second divisions of the younge
guards commanded by general Darrois
was five days march from the field of ba,
| tie; the same was the case with half Of III
| elder guards, commanded by general d
Conz, who had only reached Erfurtb. Ba,
lteries OF reserve of more than a hunc,rc
pieces had not yet joined, and they ar
yet on the road from Mentz TO Erfurtl
The corps of the duke Of Belluno was a
lthrec days marchj from the field of bal
tie
The corps of cavalry Of general Scbasti
ana, with three divisions of the prince {
Eckmuhl, was towards the lower Elbe
The allied army consisting Of from $50 (
100000 men strong, commanded by the tw
| sovereigns, having great number of tn
princes of the house of Prussia at its hea
has been defeated and routed by less thai
hall o. he French army.
! The ambulatory hospitals and the field O
battle presented most touching spectacle
The young soldiers al sight of the empe
ror, forgo: their pains and shouted Ion.
Lve The EMPEROR" cit now 90 years,
said the emperor, " since nave command
ed French armies; never have Il befor
seen such bravery and such attachment"
Europe would at length find tranquilit
could sovcrcigns and the ministers who di
rect their cabinets have been present on thi
field of battle. They would rcnounce tn,
hope of causing the star of France to re
tire; they would see that those counsellor
who wish TO dismember the French c,npir,
and humiliate the emperor, are preparins
the destruction Of their sovereigns.
Extracted from ire Moniteuy.
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