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

Spree, and drove all before him to the vii
| lace Of Preiiitz. At 10 o'clock he carried
the village; but the reserve of the enemy
| having advanced 10 cover his head quarters,
the Prince of Moskwa was driven back and
left the village of Preilitz The duke OF
Dalmatia began to dsbouchs at in the after
! noon. The enemy comprehending the dan
ger with which he was threatened by the
turn the battle had taken, felt that the only
means of sustaining with advantage the &C
ton against the Prince Of Moskwa, was to
prevent US from deboucking Thsy wished
to oppose the attack of the Duke of Dalma-
tia The moment for deciding the battle
was precisely indicated. The emperor, by
movement on the left, passed in 20 min
utes with the guards, the divisions of gen.
Latour Maub0urg, and a great quantity of
artillery upon the flank OF the right of the
enemy's position, which had become thecen-
ire of the Russian army.
The division of Morand and the Wurtem-
burg division carried the hillock which the
enemy had made his point of support
Gen. Devaux established a battery, and
directed its fire upon the masses which
sought to ressma their position. The gems
Dnlauloy and Drouet, with 60 pieces Of can
non, advanced in front. Lastly, the duke
of Trevise (Mortier) with divisions of the
younger guards, marched upon the Inn of
Kliec Bapchwitz cutting off the road from
Wurtchen TO Bautzen.
The enemy was obliged to uncover his
right in order to parry this new attack
The Prince of Moskwa Cock advantage of
this and marched forward. lie took the
village of Preisig, and advanced, having
pushed the enemys quarters upon Wurt
chen. twas 3 O'clock in the afternoon, and
whilst the array was in the greatest uncer-
tainty as TO lis success, the emperor an
nouneed that the battle aDGS sron.
The enemy seeing his right turned, com.
menced his retreat, and this retreat soon,
became fight.
At in the evening, the prince of Mosl-
wa and gen. Lauriston arrived at Wurtchen
The duke Of Ragusa then received orders
to make a movement the reverse of that
which the guards had just made, He occu-
pied all the entrenched villages, and all the
redoubts which the enemy was obliged TO
evacuate, advanced in the direction OF Hoch- |
kireh, and then outfanked the enemys left, |
which fed in the greatest disorder The |
duke of Tarcntum, on his side assailed vio-
lently the enemy and did him much injury
The Emperor slept upon the road in the
midst of his guards at the Inn of Klein /
Baschwitz. Thus the enemy, forced from
all his positions, left IN our power the field I
of battle, covered with his dead and wound /
ed, and several Thousand prisoners.
On the 22d, at 4 o'clock in the morning,
he French army put itself into motion
The enemy had fed the whole night by all |
he roads and in every direction His first |
posts were encountered beyond Weissen |
)urg he did not make any resistance until !
We had reached the heights behind Reichen- |
bach. The enemy had nes yet seen our ca
galry.
General Le5rehe Desnonttes, at the head !
Of 1900 horse, Polish lancers and the red
Iancers of the guards, charged in the plain
of Reichenbach the enemys cavalry, ana
overthrow it. The enemy, believing that
they were alone, caused division of caval-
ry to advance, and many divisions engaged
General Latour Mauburg,
with his 1000 horse and the French and
Saxon cuirassiers came to their succor, and
many charges of cavalry took place The
enemy, quite astonished to find before them
Is or 10000, when they believed we were
entirely destitute of it, retired in disorder
The red lancers of the guard were composed
chiefly of volunteers from Paris and lis en-
virons Sen. Lefebre Desnouttes, and Gen |
Colbert, their Colonel, bestow on them the |
greatest praise. In this affair of cavalry, |
Gen. Bruyere, an officer of the light cavalry
of the highest distinction, had his leg CARR !
ed away by bali
Gen. Regnier repaired with the Saxon
corps to the heights beyond Reichenbach |
and pursued the enemy quite to the village
Of Hortendorf-night found US league from
Guerlita. Although the day had been very
ong, since we found ourselves 5 leagues
from the field of battle, and the troops had
experienced so much fatigue, the French
army might have slept at Guerlitz but the
anemv had body of their puard unon a