The National Register. — 1813-05-30 (London, England)

MAY3O.  stood opposed to tile enemy at a distance of inn paces, and Woe of the mast bloody battles became general. Our reser,ves had drawl' nearer to the field of battle, to be in readiness whereier neetleul, thus was the battle contin-ed till near seven o'clock in the evening. Dining its course. the villages on the left wing wrote several times taken and retaken by both parties. At seven o'clock the enemy appeared wits, a few corps on our right wing, before Gross and Klien Gorschen, probably with the Viceroy's army, made a brisk attack upai us, and again endeavoured to tear from us the advantages we had gained. The infantry of a pan of the Russian reserve was now brought forward to the right wing, to the support of General de Yerk.'s corps, which was briskly attacked, and a most desperate engagement took place, in which the Russian artillery, during the remaining time, greatly distinguished itself, as did the corps of Von ,York, Blucher, and Winzhigerode. The b .ttle was continued till night came on The enemy had likewise again attacked our centre and villages with great briskness, but we maintanied our position. I this situation ni :lit pot an end to the battle. The enemy was to have again been attacked on the 3d May He had meanwhile taken Leipsig during the battle This obliged its to manoeuvre with him. It was not till afterwards that we were informed, that in consequence of the battle he had again been forced to quit it, and hail by the same means lost Halle, and 15,0 Ki men of his nest troops.---Nlany of his cannon are dismounted, and a nuiwier of his powder waggons blown up: Our light detachments are again at liberty ro harass him, and to follow up the advantage gained. We have ctinseqnently kept the field of battle. The victory is ours, and the intended object accomplished Near _ 50,0.'0 of our best tro. ps have not yet been engaged. We have not lost a single cannon, and the enemy must .have perceived what can be, effected by united tiational feeling between two firmly allied nations in courage and resistance, and that the high hand of Providence protects the just cause of those powers who have no design of aught but tneir independence. and to found a durable peace on the freedom of all nations. Such was the battle of the VI of May. fought year the plain or Lutzen, where the liberty of Germany was once ' before conquered. With the courage of lions did both Russians and Prtissians fight for it, and their endeavours will not haye been in vain. The lois we have sustained may amouat to about 10„00(n men, but the most of them are only slightly Wounded. Amongst the killed on the Prussian side we have, among several other valuable Staff Officers, to lament the loss of the Prince of Hesse Homberg. Our wounded are, on the Russian part. General Von Kanowiecz)n, and on the Prussians, the "Genera& Von Blucher and Scharmhorst, slightly. and 'Von Huderbun, dangerously. On the French side , according to the reports of the prisoners, we learn that Marshal Bessieres is killed, Ney and Statham wounded. Upwards of 1000 prisoners are already brought in, ten pieces of artillery taken, and some thousand muskets caphiled at Halle. Our light troops are now occupied in pursuing the enemy. Although the numerous villages laying near to each other in this tenitory and its canals. together with the precautimataken by the enemy never to appear in the open plain,. did not afford our cavalry an opportunity of charging in line, yet the Prussian Garde du Corps, and the regiment of Brandenburg Cnirassiers, cat down several masses of _the enemy's infantry, even amidst the villages and under his crows fire, and have therefore gained a share in the immortal honour which the Prussian warriors have again obtained in this murderous baffle ; and in like manner have the Russians proved that they can fight on the German soil with the same sentiments which insured victory to them in their own country. I hese are the results of this day, up to this present. God bless.our arms. He visibly, apd during the battle, protected both our beloved Monarchs, who several times exposed themselves to danger, even in the villages, where the battle raged the hottest. May he, future, bless and preserve them to [Here fellows the " Official Intelligence from the Combined Armies, from the field of battle, May 3," which appeared in our last.]