The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1814-01-20
5orelyn Ncips.
FRENCH BULLETINS.
R.e..rea " an arrirai ~ Bo..sa ~

the armies up 10 tue An Of October
Gen. Count Lefevrc Desnouettcs was at
tackled on the 2S,h Sept. at in the morning,
al A.icnburgh, by 10000 cavalry and 5000
infantry. He Effected his retreat before so
superior foroes he made some fins charges,
and did the enemy much injury. He lost 800
OF his inlhnuy ne arrived upon the Saaie.
The cncmy was commanded by the He,man
PatoF and Gen. Thielm.n. Prince Ponia-
tow,kl marched on the I'd upon Altenburg,
by Nossao, Waldheim, and Colditz, he over
threw the enemy, took more than 100 prison
ers, and drove him into Bohemia.
On the 9Th the Prince of Moskwa took
pos session Of Dessau, which Swedish divi-
slon occupied, aud drove that division back
upon the trte-de-tonf. On the following day
the Swedes arrived 10 retake the town. Gen.
Guile minot allowed them TO pass till within
graDc Shot then unmasked his batteries and
repulsed chem with considerable loss.
On the Sd Oct. the eneniy's army of Sile-
sia marched by KONG gsbruck and Elsterwerda
upon the Elster, threw over bridge AT the
bead, walch the Elbe forms at Wirtemburg,
and passed the river. Gen. Bertrand was
plAcei on an ishmus, in fine position, sur
rounled by banks and marshes. Between 9
O'clock in rhc morning and in the evening,
the ene ,sy made seven attacks and was al
ways rcpulsed. He left 5000 dead upon the
held IF battle (; our loss Was 500 killed and
wonoded This great difference was owing
TO ne good position which Morand and Fon-
taneili's divisions occupied. In the evening
Gen. Bertrand, seeing new forces debouche,
thought proper TO effect MS rerreat, add took
position upon the Malda with the Prince Of
Moskwa'
On ;he4 4sh, the Prince OF Moskwa was az
DaInzrh, upon the left bank of The Muida.
The ID ike of Ragusa and Gen. La,our Maui
bourga's corps Ut cavalry were AT luxembourg,
. The 81 corps was at Torgau $50 partizsns
commanded by = Russian MaJor Geoeral,had
nagc he'd upon Mulhausen, and learning that
Cssscl vas without troops, they attempted a
surprise upon The gates Of Cassel. They were
repulsed but the following day. the West
phalian teoops having di,bandcd then selves,
tise par'ssns catered Cassei. They gave up
to Piaage every thing which fell into their
HANDS, and few days after left X. The King
OF Wsstpnaia had retired upon ,he Rhine.
LATER. ~
Hei Majesty has received the following in-
teliiyence Of the situation Of the armies on
the 18th Oe.-,l,er ~
On the Yin the E~pe~er left Dresden; on
che S,h he slept at Wurtzen; the 9th at Es-
lenhourg, and on the loth at Duben.
Toe enemy's army Oh Siesia, which had
marched upon Wurzen Immediately retreat
ed, and repassed TO the left bank of the Null
d. it had some engagements in which we
made some prisoners, and took several hun
dreds Of baggage Wagons.
Gen. Regner marched upon Wittenberg,
PASSED The Ebe, marched upon Roslau, turn
ed the Oridge of Desssu, seized upon it, af-
forwards marched upon AIKEN, and took pos
session OF the bridge. Gen. Bertrand march
Ell upon the bridges of Wartcnbourg, and
seized upon them. The Prince Of Moskwa
marched upon the town OF Dessau he met
Prussisn diyision, Gen. Deimalc, ovcrthrew
it, and took 5000 men and six pieces of can.
non. Several cabinet couriers, among Others
Sieur Kraft, with dispatches of importance
were taken.
3 After having thus taken posse ssion Of all
the enemy's bridges, the Empcror's intention
was to pass the Elbe, TO maneuvrc upon the
righs bank from Hamburger to Dresden, to
threaten Ba,sdam aud Berlin, and to take for
the centre OF operations Magdebourg, which,
Rfor this purpose, bad been supplied vita war
'klike s,orcs and provisions but, on the 18th,
the Enperor learned at Duben, that the B,.
MARIAN army had joined the Austrian army.
AMI threatened the Lower Rhine.
n This lnconccivahe detection made the de-
fection of Other princes be forcseen, aud in
Rluccd the Emperor to come 70 the resolution
pf returning is the Rhine. Unfortun-
Ate change as every thn; mad been prepar-
I'd to operate upon Magdeburg bit il would
pave been requisite 20 have remained separate
Ind without com nnnicaiion with France for
month this was not incocYenisnt at the
no.nent when tas EnperS fixed his plans
vas 10 longer the same when Austria was
bout - nave two new disposlble armies, the
3agac;an army, ard the army opposed 10 Da-
laria. The snperor therefore changed with
these ulfossscn circumstances, and removed
lis head lu,r,ess to LeiPsis. Meanwhile
pc king ,t Naples, who ren,Inel in obser-
II.