Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-01-27

Tic 10Th, Prince SchwsrzehbUrS, COM
manding the enemys army, having gwen
out as the order Of the day, that on the
morrow there would be general and de-
cisiye battle; at 9 in the morning OF TIE
10th, the grand allied army advanced ID )
columns, preceded by 200 pieces OF cannon
At 10 the cannonading was very hot. AT
IL both armies were engaged at ne V'iiage
of Doeltz. Waehau ana Ihber Wolko"itz,
which we're attacked six or seven tunes
that the means of attack and defence be
came very active on both sides, but tnatt
terrible contest terminated in favor OF the
French, who remained peaceable masters
Of the field OF battle, and whose loss is
estimated at $500 killed and wounded
making that of the allies amount To 2o,ooo
men!ll
That. on the 18th, the Emperor made
his army Ietrogade two leagues towards
JeiDsic. in order to draw the allies from
the strong position they had taken after
their retreat. in which he succeeded, a
great battle took place, that at 5 p NJ.
victory had declared in favor of the French
on the left, against the army of Silesia, and
on the centre where tie Emperor was a
ganst the grand army but at that moment,
the Saxon army, infantry, cavalry, aud ar
tillery, and the Wultemburgesse cavalry,
went over to the enemy that this treason
not only left an empty space in the French
lines, but put the enemy in possession of
the important delile entrusted to the Saxo-
MAN army. which carried 40 pieces of can
non instantly against the division Durnet.
te--that notwithstanding which, the field
of battle remained wholly in the power OF
the French, whose army remained Victori
Gus in the field of LEIPZIG, as 1t had been at
tie fields of Wachau
That at T. NJ the emperor ordered the
lispositions for the next day; but at z, he
was informed that there renamed IN re
serve not more than 10000 shot, $4,000
having been fired that day, upwards OF
100000 in the last five days, and that new
supply could only be obtained at Biagde-
horg or Erfurt--that this state OF things
requiring prompt movement upoA one OF
these grand depots the emperor decided
upon Erfurt for the same reason which had
determined him to come to beiplic, in
order to be enabled to appreciate the lndu,
ence of the detection OF Bavaria--that, in
order to protect the passage OF the army
through the defles of Lindenau, 6,00Q men,
with 90 pieces Of cannon, were lett TO oc-
cupy LEIPZIG as tete OF defte-that the
emperor had given orders to have combusti-
bles placed under the bridge between Leip-
zic and Lindenau, so as to blow 1t up ut
tire last moment TIE person charged with
this mission, installing the time, blew up
the bridge whilst part OF the army was
on the other side with park OF 80 cannon,
and some hundreds examination wagons.
The Duke OF Tarentum swan over; count
Lauriston, in attempting the same, was
drowned; prince Ponatowski, mounted on
fiery horse, leapt into the water, and has
not appeared since--that the loss occasioned
by this unfortunate event cannot yet be as
certained, but, it is thought, does not eX-
coed $4,000 men--that there was no news
from gen Regnier it is not known whether
he has been killed or made prisoner-that
the enemy, that had been discounted at
the battles of the 10th and 18th, has re-
assumed, by the disaster of the l9th. the
courage and ascendancy OF victory-that
the French army, after such brilliant sue
cesses, has lost its victorious attitude On
the Esd, the emperor arrived at ErfUrt with
his army.
The last Bulletin of the 7th Of November
represents the French army as having eff
fected its retreat to the Rhine, where the
emperor left it, after signing its reorganiga-
ton, and making appointments to the
yacancies-He left Mentz on the Sth, and
arrived at St. Cloud on the eth. On the
10th he was still there, having that day
been hunting on foot for several hours.
By Senatus Consutum of the 18th of
Nov. 100000 consc,ipts, taken from the
classes Of the years H. l2, Is, Il, 1906 and
z, and following years to 1914 inclusive,
are put at the disposal of the minister of
war, 5O,0oO (which to go into immediate
service.