Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-01-31
Jorfisr, drfitirs.
PRUSSLAN ACCOUNT.

of the 2otb Oh.
BERLIN, Oct 2o, 7 o'clock, m morning.
Lait night official advices were re-
celved, that the French army did not
rally at Erfurt as was expected, but
continued its rapid retreat towards
the Rhine, by way of Ersenach, Vach,
&c. The allied army purified in diff
terent directions, part thro' the for
cit OF Iuringen, in order TO intercept
the celebrity of the flying enemy, if
Poiilble IN the Warrathal, "a Valley
or on the Main.
Gen. Wrede commanding corps
OF Auttrian and Bavariaa troops was
on the 25th near Wurfburg. Gen.
Witgenitein and Kleilt are befeising
Erfurt, where ftrong French garri-
ion was left behind. On the Main
the Great allied army will meet the
Corps OF Gen. Wrede, and if they
iucceed to get there before the
French, the happieft refult may be
expected from the effort of their joint
forces.
p. S. This moment we have re.
ceived the following official army re-
port, dated Gera, 22d Oct. The re-
iult of the glorious battles on the 10,
IS and 10Th, exceeds even the mott
fangujne expectation. Hourly new
prlioners are brought in, and their
number exceeded, when the lait ac.
counts came, forty thoufand' The
flick and wounded found in the hos
pitfalls, amounted, according TO official
enumeration, to upwards OF $4,000
including 3ooo officers On the goth
Od corps OF the Allies lucceeded
in Coming up with the French, and
belides priloners took from them I2o
pieces of cannon, making the mum
Der of pieces taken 6nce the 10th to
the 10th, 80. he number of am
munition Wagons taken was more
than 1000
The booty taken at LeirGc is al.
mott incre di5le as to quantity and
value. The environs of the city,
between the gates of Halle, Grimma
and the Peters gate; are literally
covered with French army Wagons,
the French Empsror's equipages and
thofe of his Generals, and baggage
wagons Of the French officers The
confuGon on the flight can fcarcely
be imagined. The Emperor Napo-
leon himfelf had to fly by fide way,
as all the great avenues were literally
Topped up by flying troops. Prince
Poniatowiky as well as Martial Mac
donald tried in vain to find an outlet.
The former. in order to fave himfeif
with his horfe, lept into the river
Elffer, the fpot was a Swamp. and
the horfe and rider difsppeared in.
81 Family. Martial Macdonald is mifs.
ing. fuppofed likewife to be drowned.
Many thoufand Frenchmen have
found their death in the river and
bitches their bodies have been ia.
ken out fnce the day before yelterday
by people employed for that purpofe /;
the environs of the city are covered
with dead-time has been wanting 10
bury them-an horrid fpectacle.
AN hour before the Emperor Ma
poleon left LeipGc, he went to the
King of Sxony to take leave of him,
and declared that it wa no longer in
his power to protect him, and that he
was at liberty to act as he might
t..ink beit for. his interef.
Among the priioners taken, and
whole numbers are hourly increaGng,
are twenty~feycn Generals, executive
of the following commanders, OF
corps d'armee, viz.--Count Laurif.
ton. Regnier and Bertrand, Gems.
Mandville, Perry, Rozniezky, Kraltu-
sky, Machalowsky, Bronikowsky,
Uminsky, Beautenltranch, Prince
Emel of Hefse Darmitadt, Count
Frederick Won Hochberg, and Prince
Wi,genitein.-Gep. Latour Maui
bourg, it Isl faid, has died OF his
wounds, and Gen. Souham is mortal
lv wounded.