The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-07-29


from Bautzen 10 the Duke Of Dalmatia, TO
whom his Majesty had given the Command
in Chief of the centrc,) to pass the spree,
and disturb the encmy's right and fnally'
to the Prince of Moskwa, under whose
orders were the third corps, General LanrIs-
ton, and General Rcynier, to push forward
on Xix, to pass The Spree, to turn 'he enc
my's right, and to carry his headquarters
from Wurtchen to Weissenburg.
At noon the cannoDade commenced. Ahe
Duke of Tarentum had no occasion to throw
his bridge of chevalets across the river, as nc
found stone bridge before him, over which
he forced his passage. The Duke OF kagu-
sa threw his bridge across, and the %hoie OF
his corps passed over TO the other bank oil
the Spree. After six hours OF brisk can
ponade, and several charges made by the en-
cmy without success, General Compans caus-
ed Bsu,zen to be occupied General Bonnet
occupied the village of Niedkayn, and by
running charge took plain which rendered
himself master of the whole centre OF the
enemy's position the Duke of Reggie got
possession of the heights, and al seven o'clk.
in the evening, the enemy was driven back
on his second position. General Bertrand
passed one of the arms of the Spree but
the enemy kept the heights which supported
his right and by this means maintained
himself between the Prince OF Moskwa's
corps and our army.
At eight O'Clock in the evening, the Em-
peror entered BautZeD, and was received by
the inhabitants and the constituted authori-
ties, with sentiments due from allies, who
arc happy in finding themselves delivered
from Stein, from Kotzebue, and the Cos.
sacks This day, which, were 1t single,
might be called the battle OF Bau,zen, was
merely the prelude to the battle OF Wurchen.
However, the enemy began TO comprehend
the possibility of being forced in his position.
His hopes were no longer the same and he
must, from this moment, have had the pre-
sage of his defeat. Already were all his dis
positions changed. The fate of the battle
was no longer to be decided behind his IN
trenchments. His immense works, and
three hundred redoubts, became useless.
The right of his position, which was opposed
to the 4th corps, became his centre and he
was obliged to oaer his right, which formed
good part of his army, to oppose the Prince
of Moskwa, in place which he had not stu
died, and which he believed beyond his posi-
tion.
On the 2lst, at five in the morning, the
Emperor marched towards the heights, three
quarters of league in advance of Bautzen.
The Duke of Reggie sustained lively hre
Of musketry towards the heights which de-
Tended the enemy's left. The Russians, who
felt the importance of this position, had plac-
cd strong part of their army, in order that
their Felt should not be turned. The Emper-
or ordered the Dukes of Reggie and Taren-
tum to keep up this combat, in order to pre-
vent the enemy's left from disengaging itself,
and to hide from him the real attack, the re-
suit of which could not be felt before noon or
one O'Clock.
AT 4 o'clock the Duke of Treviso advanc.
eG 1000 toiscs from his position, and engaged
in dreadful cannonade before all the enemy's
rcdoubts and entrenchments. The guards,
and the reserve of the army, cancelled by
rising ground, had easy debouchcs to ad-
vance, by left or right, according as the vicis-
STUDIES of the day might require. The enc
my was thus kept in uncertainty respecting
the real point Of attack. During this time,
the Prince of Moskwa overthrew the enemy
at the village of Xix, passed the Spree, and
advanced, fighting what he had before him,
to the village of Preili,z. AT ten o'clock he
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having advanced to cover the headquarters,
the Prince of Moskwa was driven back, and
lost the village of Preiltz. The Duke OF
Delmatia began to debouch an hour after
noon. The enemy, who comprehended all
the danger with which he was threatened by
the direction the battle had taken, knew that
the only means of advantageousIy supporting
the battle agains; the Prince of Moskwa, was
to prevent Us from debouching. He endeav-
ored to oppose the Duke of Delmatia's at
tacks. The moment for deciding the battle
had then arrived. The Emperor, by move
mcnt to the left, in 90 minutes marched with
the guards, Gen. Latour Maubourg's four di-
visions, and great quantity of artillery, upon
the right flank of the enemy's position, which
had become the center Of the Russian army.
Mo.and's and Wortembeg division carried
the rising ground, which the enemy had
made his ponit d'appui.