The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-14

Nintary men suppose II can resist an assault
| for six months, allowing the enemy to have
a train OF 900 pieces os artillery, and with
out estimating the delays that may b.
occasioned them by the salles of the garri-
son.
July 9.
| Her Majesty the Empress, Queen and Re-
gent received the following news of the
situation OF the army on :he 25th June.
On the Oath, the Emperor dined with the
King nj Saxony. The King of Westphaiia
arrived at Dresden to visit the Emperor
The 25th, the Emperor had examined the
different entrances into the forests of Ores
den. for the space of 90 leagues-he perfor-
med this operation from five O'Clock i'm the
evening till 10 at night at his return. Two
bridges have been thrown across the E'be
opposite the fortress of x nigs,em. The
COCK ot Libens,cin. within half gu shot from
Konigstcin, has been seized and fortified, &
magazines & other military establishments
have been prepared at this interesting DO
sition. Acamp of &c, GOO men. supported in
this manner by konigstcin, and enabled to
act on both sides of the river would be i'm
ipregnable.
The King of Bavaria has established in
the neighbourhood of Nymphenbours, near
Munich, camp OF - 600 men.
The Emperor has given the Duke Of Cas-.
| tigione the command of the corps Of obser-
vation OF Bsvaria--this army is united at
iWurtzburg it is composed of 6 divisions of
infantry and of cavalry.
The Niceroy reunites between the Piava
| and the Adige, the army of italy composed
OF bodies, one OF which is Com IN andeti by
Gen. Grenier.
! The new corps just formed at Maggie
burg, under general Vandamme, already
amounts to 40 battalons and so pieces Of
artillery.
| Prince Eckmohl is at Hamburg. His corps
has been augmented by new arrivals from
France and Holland so that at this
ipoiNt there are more troops than there have
lever been.-rhe Danish division united t.
tina corps of the Prisce Eckmuhl consists
lot 1900 men.
| The % corps under theDuke de Beliuno,
composed OF but one division during the
campaign, is now completed, and the Duke
OF betlono commands the three divisions.
| circumstances were so urgent at the be-
ginning of the campaign, that the battalions
otthe same regiments were often mixed
among other corps. Every thing is now
reSuia'ed, and each regiment has reunited
its battaiions Every day fresh battalons
arrive, passing the Elbe to Magdehnrp
| Wittemburg, Forgau and Dresden those
which pass through Dresden are every dav
reviewed by his majesty.
Inc military equpages of the army are
furnished, either IN caissons of the ancient
model, or on anew construction, or in car
| riages "a ia lomloise) wi h means of trans
porting provisions for the whole army for
month hereafter, the new constructed Gals
sons will be only employed, which, drawn
! by horses, can easily carry go cwt.
Inc army is provided with portable mills
ot16 lbs. weight which grind five cwt. of
! meal per day. Three mills are allotted to
each battalion.
Ihe Notifications at Glogau are carrying
On with great activity.
They are equally busted at the fortified
tons OF Wittemburg his majesty destines
this place fer regular fortifcation.
Torgau is in good condition.
The works st Hamburg are also in preat
ior@ ardness. Haxo, general of Engineers,
IS tracing the citadel and the works to ioin
darburg and Hamburg. The ENGINEERS
are building flying bridges on the same
plan as those at Antwherp one for the Ebb
and the other for the flow Of the tide.
II new tortjhcation has been marked on.
by baxo, on the E'be. on the Verden SIDE
at the month OF the Havel.
The forts at Cuxhayen which were in
situation to support scge, but which having
beea abandoned and raised by TIE eneoiT
are no~ re-established they viii NO lon.
ger be Simple batteries. but real forts
which, like the royal fort at Antwerp
VIII protect the arsenal and the coIstruc
ton OF the basin proposed 70 be established
on the Eibe, which has been found to have
the same conyeDiences as the Scheldt. in
WIN ch the greatest fleets eau be bu,i, and
united IN its haven.
The 81 division of the Yonne Guards
commanded by gen. Laborde, an officer Of
complete merit, is ehcamped at the
woods before Dresden on the right bank of
the Elbe. -
Inc 18th division Of the Young Guards
under General Friaal is near Wunzburr.
Some regiments of this division have already
passed through the town towards Dresden.
The cavalry ofthe guards already amount
TO 1000 horse, and the artillery attached to
IT, has no" more than 200 pieces. The in
tantry Is composed of 5 divisions, of the
Young Guards and 1 of the old.
ne 9TH corps under gen. Regnier, COM
posed OF the French division Durutte and
3 Saxon divisions, is completed. This
corps encamps before Goerlitz, and all the
light saxon cavalry is united to it.
The King of Saxony is also completing
ms TWO hne Saxon regiments of c uiTassiers'
HIS Majesty is eminently pleased with
the Kings and Grand Dukes of the copfed
Grafton. The King of Wirtemburg particu-
larry distinguished himself he has com
Paratively speaking, made exertions equal
to those OF France itself, and the infantry.
cavalry and artillery is complete. The