The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1814-01-27


The promp,iiule Of these moycments re-es
tablished order the village was retakcn, and
the enemy driven TO a distance.
The field Of battle remaioed wholly in our
power, and the French army remained ylcto-
rious in the fields of Lrirsig, as it had in the
fields of Wachau. AT night, the hre Of our
cannon had at all points repulsed to leagues
distance from the field of battle the cnemy's
force.
The Generals Of division Vial and Ro-
chambean, died gloriously our loss on mi,
day may be estimated at 1000 killed and woun-
ded, that OF the enemy must have been ex-
tremcly considerable. lie took no prisoners
from us, and we have taken from him 500
men. AT in the evening the Emperor or
dered the disposition for the following day.
But at z O'Clock, Generals Soucham aud Du-
lauicy, commanding the artillery of the army
of the guard, came to his bivouac TO give him
an account OF the consumption Of the day,
$4,000 cannon balls had been fired I; they said
the reserves were exhausted (; that there did
not remain more thad 10000 cannon balls,
that would be scarcely sufficient to support a
tire for Two hours, aud that afterwards they
would bc without ammunition Tor uItc rior e.
vents that the army during five days bad tiF-
ed more than 22o,ooo cannon balls, and tha,
they could only he resupplied with them at
Magdeburg or Erfu,th Fiji, state OF things
rende' ed speedy movement upon one Of our
grand depots essaty. The Emperor decId.
cd upon Urfurt, for the same reason which
decided him 10 come to Leipsig, 10 be at hand
to appreciate the influence of the detection Of
Bavaria. The Emperor Immediately gave
Crd hat - hay tha
artillery, should pass the defies Of Lindenau;
he gave The same order to the cavalry, and TO
the different corps d'armee, and he came to
the Psussian hotel, in the suburbs of Leipsig,
where he arrived at in the evening.
This circumstance obliged the French ar.
my, to renouDce the fruit OF two victories, in
which il had, with much glory beaten troops
much superior in number, Of the armies of
all the continent:
But the moment was not without difficulty.
From Le.psic to Lindcnau thcre is de6lc OF
two leagues, crossed by S or 6 bridges 1t
was proposed TO place 5000 men and sixty
pieces cf cannon in the town of Leipsic, which
has raupars 10 occupy that town as the
mead ofthe defle, ard burn its vast suburbs,
in order to prevent the enemy lodging him
self ir them, and to give scope to our artillery
placed upon the ramparts.
However odious the treason Of the Saxon
army was, the Emperor could not resolve to
destroy one of the finest towns in Germany,
and deliver il up to all kinds of disorder inse-
perable from such defence, and that TOO un-
der the eyes OF Kin;,, who from Dresden
had been pleased to accompany tha Emperor,
and who was SO deeply afflicted at the conduct,
or MS array. rnc emperor rather chose to
expose himself to the loss of hundreds of
Wagons, than adopt this barbarous plan.
A, the break OF day, all the parks, the bag.
gage, all the artillery, the cavalry, the guard,
and two-thirds Of the army, had passed the
dcfilc
The Duke Of Tarente and the Prince Po.
niatowski were charged to guard the suburbs,
and defend thom sufficiently long to allow the
whole to deboueh, and 10 execute themselves
the passage of the defiles towards IL O'clock
The magistrates Of Leipsig sent, a, o'clock
In the morning, a deputa.ion 70 Prince Sch.
war:zenburg, to reques, OF him not 10 render
the town the theatre of combat which would
cause its ruin. At 9 O'Clock the Emperor,
mounted on horseback, entered Leipsig, aud
went to see the King.-He left that Prince
at liberty to co what he liked best, and not to
leave ms States, leaving them exposed TO the
spirit OF sedition which had been fomented a.
mong his soldiers.--A Saxon battalion had
been formed at Dresden, and joined TO the
young guard. The Emperor made il form at
L Lcipsig before the Kings palace, 10 serve
him as guard, to protect him from the first
movements Of the enemy.--IIalf an hour af.
ter, he went to Lindenau, to wait the re-cvac-
ua,ion Of Lcipsig, and see the troops pass The
advanced posts, and put themselves in march.
However, the enemy was not long in learning
that the greater part of the army bad quilted
Lcipsig, and that there only remained in it a
strong rear guard.--fle briskly attacked the
Duke of Tarcnte and Prince Poniatowski
he was several times repulsed, and all in de.
tending the suburbs our rear guard operated
its retreat ; but the Saxons, who remained ii
the town, fred on our troops from abovc the
ramparts, which causcdthe retreat te be ae-
CELEBRATED. and a lttle disorder