The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-01-27

Pdris. November q.
Her Msjesty the Empress Qu,cn and Re
gent. has received the following account of
the situation of the army on the 3lst of DC
tober.
The two regiments of the curassers of
the hing OF Saxony, formsg part OF the 18Th
corps OF cavalry, remained with the French
army.--When the Emperor quilted Lepsc
he caused the Duke OF ViccuZa TO wrile
them the suhjoined letter, and sent the IN
back to Leipsic to serve the Kings
gua,d.
When the Bavarian deception was GER
tain, there was still Bavarian battalion
with the ARMY. His Majesty caused The
sub]oined letter ~ be written to the Com
msndant of the bau9hcn by the Major
Genera, -
The Emperor left Erfur,h en- the 25th--
Our army has ope' a'ed in tranquility i
movements on the Mayn. Arrived ar Glen
hansen, on the goth, an enen;'s corps of
S or 5000 m was perceived, which we
learned from the prisoners was the advanced
guard OF the Austrian and Bavarian army.
The advanced guard was repuised and com
PEELED to re tire--Ihe bridge which the e
nemy had cut down was promptly re-esta
blshed.
We also learned from the prisoners, that
the Austrian aud Bavarian army, from 90 to
10000 strong, coming from Branau. had ar
road of the French army
On the evening Of the 10Th, the tiralleurs
OF the enemy s advanced guard we're push
ed beyond the village of Langersbolde and
at sew n in he evening, the Emperor and
his head quarters were in that village, at
thc Castle of Isenbourg.
On the 30th, the Emperor mounted his
no. Sc at nine IN the morning :--the Duke
OF Earentuut advanced with 5000 tira,ieurs
q nf
cavalry of Sebastian, Gen. Priant's divisi-
on OF the guard, and the cavalry of the old
guard followed the rest Of the army was
march behind.
The enemy had placed six battalions at
the village of Ruchingen. in order TO inter-
cept all the roads leading to the Rhine
some cannon shot and a charge of cavalry
made their battaliOns retire with precipi-
tation. Arrived at the Skin OF a wood two
leagues from Hanau, the tralieurs socn en-.
gagged. The enemy was soon forced into
the wood Co the point Of junction between
the old and new road.
Not being able to oppose the superiority
OF our infantry, he endeavoured to avail
himself OF his great numbers-he extended
his fire on the right.
a brigade of two thousand tralieurs, of
the ID corps. commanded by Gen. Dubre-
ton, was employed to check him and Cen.
Sebastiani caused to be executed with sue
cess, IN the open part of the wood several
charges ON the enemy's tirallieurs.
Our 5000 tirallieurs thus kept at bay the
whole OF the enemy's army. gaining time
Insensibiy till three in the afternoon
he artillery having arrived, the Empe-
ror ordered Gen. Curial, to advance at the
17Gs de charge upon the enemy with two
.battalions of Cha seus. and drive him be
yond the defle-Gen- Drouet to debouch on
che plains with fifty pieces of caunon-Gen.
Nansouty with all Sebsstiani's corps, and
the cavalry. of the old guard to charge
vigorously the enemy in the plain.
All these dispositions we're xactiy execu-
ted. Curial overthrow several battalioAs
AT the mere sight of the old guard, the
Austrians and Bavarians were terrified. -
FROM fifteen TO Fifty pieces uf cannon were
successivsiy placed in battery, with the &C
tivlty and GOODNESS which dis inguish Drou-
e. General Nansouty advanced on the
right OF these batteries and charged ten
Thousand OF the enemy's cavalry by General
Levegne, Major IF the old guard, by the ST.
German Division of CGraissiers, and sue
cessively by the grenadierS and drag of
the old guard.
All these charges had a fortunate result .
The enemy's cavalry was overthrown 4,
saored-many sqnadrons of infantry. we're
broken the Austrian regiment lords and
the HulanS OF Prince SchNartzen, urgh were
entirely destroyed. The enemy precipjtate-
ly abandoned the road of Frankfort which
he biockaded, and all the ground occupied
by his left.--I1e retreated and soon fell ints
complete route.
IL was five O'Clock, the enemy made an
effort on their right to disengage their left,
and give time to the latter g., retire. Gen.
FTiaht sent two battalons OF the old guard
TO farm house situated on the old road to
hanau. The enemy was driven from it &
his right compelled to retreat,
Before six IN the evening he had repass-
ed IN route the l'ttle river KIM 2.
The victory was complete. The enemy
who pretended to block up the whole conn
try, was obliged to evacuate the road of Ha .
nau and Frankfort.
We have made six thousand prisoners g
taken several coorS and pieces of Cannon
The eaemy had six generals killed or
wounded. His loss is about ten thousand in
killed, wounded & prisoaers ours w from
1ouT TO FIVE hundred killed or w unded.
We had engaged only about FIVE thousand
Of che tirallieurs, four battaiions of the I'D
guard, absu 10 squadr ms of cavalry & 80
pieces Of cannon.
~ day break Of the 31st, the enemy had
retired upon Aschafenburg. The lGmper-
or continued his movement, and at three in
the afternoon was at Fra kfort.
The coiors taken in this battle, and in
those at achau < Leipsc, have been sent