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quarters to Weissenfels; the Viceroy his to Meresbourg; General Maison had entered Halle; the Duke of Ragusa had his head-quarters at Naumberg; Count Bertrand was at Slohssen; the Duke of Reggio had his head-quarters at Jeule. -There was much rain on the 30th April. On the 1st May the weather was better.Three bridges had been thrown across the Saale at Weissenfels; campaign works had been commenced at Naumberg, and three bridges thrown over the Saale.--Fifteen grenadiers of the 13th line being between Jena and Saalfeld, were surrounded by 95 Prussian hussars. The Commandant, who was a Colonel, advanced, saying, "Frenchmen, surrender."-The Serjeant killed him. The other grenadiers formed in a platoon, killed seven Prussians, and the hussars went off faster than they came. The different parts of the old guard are collected at Weissenfels; the General of Division Roguet commands them. Emperor visited all the advanced posts, notwithstanding the badness of the weather. His Majesty enjoys excellent health.

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The first blow with the sabre which was given at the renewing of this campaign at Weimar, took off the ears of Major-General Blucher's son. It was by a Marechal des Loges, of the 10th Hussars, that this blow was given. The inhabitants of Weimar remark, that the first sabre blow given in the campaign of 1806 at Saalfeld, and which killed Prince Louis of Prussia, was given by a Marechal des Loges of this same regiment.

Her Majesty the Empress and Queen has received the following intelligence of the situation of the Army at 9 in the morning of the 2d May:On the 1st May the Emperor mounted on horseback at 9 in the morning with the Prince of Moskwa. General Souham's division put itself in motion towards the fine plain which commences upon the heights of Wiessenfels, and extends to the Elbe. This division was formed in four squares, of four battalions each, each square of 500 toises from the other, and having four pieces of cannon. Behind the squares was placed General Laboissier's brigade of cavalry, under the orders of Count Valmy, who had just arrived. Gerard and Marchant's divisions came behind in echelons, and formed in the same manner as Souham's division. Marshal the Duke of Istria was on the right with all the cavalry of the guard.At eleven o'clock, this disposition made, the Prince of Moskwa, in presence of a cloud of the enemy's cavalry,

which covered the plain, put himself in motion upon the defile of Poserna. He seized upon several villages without giving a blow. The enemy occupied upon the heights of the defile one of the finest positions that can be seen; he had 6 pieces of cannon, and presented three lines of cavalry.

-The first square passed the defile at the pas de charge, amidst cries of "Vive l' Empereur!" long continued throughout the line. It seized upon the height. The four squares of Souham's division passed the defile. Two other divisions of cavalry then came to reinforce the enemy with 20 pieces of cannon, The cannonade became heavy. The enemy every where gave ground. Darham's division marched upon Lutzin; Girard took the direction of the Pegau road. The Emperor wishing to reinforce the batteries of this last division, sent 12 pieces of the Guard, under the orders of his Aid-deCamp, General Drouet, and this reinforcement performed prodigies. The ranks of the enemy's cavalry were overthrown by grape shot. At the same moment the Viceroy debouched from Mersebourg, with the 11th corps, commanded by the Duke of Tarente, and the 5th commanded by General Lauriston. General Lauriston's corps was on the left, upon the high road from Mersebourg to the Leipzic; that of the Duke of Tarente, where the Viceroy was, on the right. The Viceroy hearing the brisk cannonade which took place at Lutzin, made a movement to the right, and the Emperor almost at the same moment, at the village of Lutzin. Marchant's division, and in succession Brenier and Recard's divisions, passed the defile; but the business was settled when they entered in line; 15,000 cavalry were therefore driven from these places, by nearly the same number of infantry. It was General Winzingerode who commanded these three divisions; one of which was General Lanskoi's. The enemy displayed but one division of infantry. Become more prudent by the battle of Weissenfels, and astonished at the fine order and sang froid of our march, the enemy dared not approach any part of our infantry, and was crushed by our grape shot. Our loss amounted to 33 men killed, 55 wounded, one a chief of battalion. This loss may be considered as extremely trifling, in comparison to that of the enemy, who had 3 Colonels, 30 Officers, and 400 men killed or wounded, besides a great number of horses; but by one of those fatalities with which the history of war is full, the first cannon ball which was fired on this day, struck the

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wrist of the Duke of Istria, pierced his groin, and killed him instantly. He had advanced 516 paces from the side of the Tirallieurs in order to reconnoitre the plain. This Marshal, who has a just title to be named brave and just, was equally recommendable for his military coup d'oeil, his great experience in managing cavalry, as by his civil qualities and his attachment to the Emperor. His death upon the field of hopour is the more worthy of envy; it was so rapid, that it must have been without pain, There are few losses which could have more sensibly affected the Emperor's heart; the army and all France will partake of the grief his Majesty felt.The Duke of Istria, since the first Italian campaigns, that is, for sixteen years, had always, in different ranks, commanded the Emperor's Guard, which followed him in all his campaigns and battles. The sang froid, good will, and intrepidity of the young soldiers, astonished the veterans and all the officers. It is a proof of the saying, "That to souls well born, virtue does not "wait a number of years." His Majesty had, on the night between the 1st and 2d of May, his head-quarters at Lutzin; the Viceroy at Markranstidt; the Prince of Moskwa his at Karga; and the Duke of Ragusa his at Poserna. General Bertrand was at Stohssen; the Duke of Reggio in march upon Naumbourg-At Dantzic the garrison has obtained great advantages, and made so successful a sortie, that it took prisoners a corps of 3,000 Russians. The garrison of Wittenberg also appears to have distinguished itself, and to have, in a sortie, caused considerable injury to the enemy. A letter, in ciphers, which has this moment arrived from the garrison of Glogau, is conceived in these terms:

"All goes on well, the Russians have "made several attempts upon this place; "they have been always repulsed with "much loss; 3 or 4,000 men blockade us, "sometimes less, sometimes more. The "trenches have been opened; during two "days the fire from our batteries forced them to abandon their project.

"GENERAL LAPLANE."

"Glogau, 13 April, 1813." Her Majesty the Empress and Queen Regent has received news from the Emperor from the field of battle, two leagues in advance of Lutzin, the 2d May, al ten o'clock in the evening, at the moment when the Emperor had thrown himself upon a bed to take a few hours' sleep.

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The Emperor informs her Majesty that he has gained the most complete victory over the Russian and Prussian army, commanded by the Emperor Alexander and King of Prussia in person; that in this battle more than 150,000 cannon-balls had been fired; that the troops covered themselves with glory in it, and that, notwithstanding the immense inferiority of cavalry which the French army had, that good-will and courage inherent in Frenchmen, supplied every thing. The enemy was briskly pursued.

-No Marshal, no person composing the Household of the Emperor, was killed or wounded.The joy of these countries, at being delivered from the Cossacks, is indescribable. The inhabitants speak with describable. contempt of all the proclamations and attempts which have been made to tempt them to insurrection. The Russian and Prussian army was composed of the corps of the Prussian Generals York, Blucher, and Bulow, and those of the Russian GeneThe Russian rals Wittgenstein, Winzingerode, Miloradowitsch, and Tormazow. and Prussian guards were likewise there. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Prince Royal of Prussia, and all the -The combined RusPrinces of the Royal Household of Prussia were in the battle.All the Russian sian and Prussian army is estimated at from 150 to 200,000 men. Cuirassiers were there, and suffered greatly.

Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has received the following intelligence of the situation of the armies on the 4th of May, in the evening:

The Emperor's head-quarters were, on the evening of the 4th, at Borna; those of the Viceroy at Kolditz; those of General Count Bertrand at Frothburg; those of General Count Lauriston at Malbus; those of the Prince of Moskwa at Leipsick; and those of the Duke of Reggio at Zeitz.The enemy is retiring on Dresden in the greatest disorder, and by every road. All the villages in the road of the army, are found full of Russian and Prussian -The Major-General Prince of wounded.Neufchatel has given orders for the interment of the Prince of Mecklenburg Strelitz, on the morning of the 4th, at Pegau, and with all the honours due to his rank.

-In the battle of the 2d, General Dumontier, who commands the division of the Young Guards, sustained the reputation which he had already acquired in the preThe General of Division ceding campaigns. He bestows high praise on his division. Brunier was wounded. The General of

Brigade Chemieubau and Grillot were in that direction, make a pivot on Leipzic, wounded, and have suffered amputation. pass to the right bank of the Elster, and -By a calculation made of the number take the enemy a revers, but at ten o'clock of cannon-shot fired in the battle, it is found the enemy's army debouched towards to be less considerable than was at first be- Kara, upon several columns, extremely lieved-only 39,500 cannot-shot were fir- deep; the horizon was obscured by them. ed. At the battle of Moskwa there were The enemy presented forces which appearfired 50,000. ed immense.- -The Emperor immediMAY S.-Her Majesty the Empress Queen ately made his dispositions. The Viceroy and Regent has received the following intel-received orders to march upon the left of ligence from the army:

the Prince of Moskwa, but three hours were necessary to execute this movement. The Prince of Moskwa placed his men under arms, and with five divisions supported the battle, which at the end of half an hour became terrible. His Majesty himself marched at the head of the last guard, behind the centre of the army, sup

The battles of Weissenfels and Lutzen were but the prelude of events of the highest importance. The Emperor Alexander and the King of Prussia, who had arrived at Dresden with their forces the latter end of April, learning that the French Army had debouched from the Thuringe, adopted the plan of giving battle in the plains of Lut-porting the right of the Prince of Moskwa. zen, and put themselves in motion to occupy the position, but they were anticipated by the rapidity of the movements of the French Army. They, however, persisted in their projects, and resolved to attack the army, to drive it from the positions it had taken. The position of the French Army was on the 2d May, at nine in the morning, as follows:-The left of the army leaned upon the Elster; it was formed by the Viceroy, having under his orders the 5th and 11th corps. The centre was commanded by the Prince of Moskwa in the village of Kara. The Emperor, with the young and old guard, was at Lutzen; the Duke of Ragusa was at the defile of Poserna, and formed the right with his three divisions. General Bertrand, commanding the 4th corps, marched to proceed to this defile. The enemy debouched, and passed the Elster at the bridges of Zwenkaw, Pegou and Zuts. The Emperor, hoping to anticipate him in his movement, and thinking that he could not attack till the 5th, advanced.-General Lauriston, whose corps formed the extreme of the left, was ordered to march upon Leipzic, in order to disconcert the enemy's projects, and place the French Army, for the day of the 3d, quite different to that upon which the enemy had calculated to find it, and in which it was in reality on the 2d, and by this means carry confusion and disorder into their columns.

-At nine in the morning, his Majesty having heard a cannonade from the side of Leipzic, proceeded there at full gallop. The enemy defended the small village of Lestenau, and the bridges in advance of Leipzic. His Majesty only waited the moment when these last positions should be carried, to put in motion all his army

The Duke of Ragusa, with his three divi-
sions, occupied the extreme right. Gene-
ral Bertrand had orders to debouche upon
the enemy's rear, at the moment in which
the line should be most strongly engaged.
Fortune was pleased to crown with the
most brilliant success all these dispositions.
The enemy, who appeared certain of the
success of his enterprise, marched to reach
our right, and gain the road of Weissen-
fels. General Compans, General of Battle
of the first merit, at the head of the 1st
division of the Duke of Ragusa, stopped
him quite short. The marine regiments
supported several charges with sang froid,
and covered the field of battle with the
best of the enemy's cavalry. But the
great efforts of infantry, cavalry, and ar-
tillery, were directed against the centre.
Four of the Prince of Moskwa's five divi-
sions were already engaged. The village of
Kara was taken and retaken several times.
This village remained in the enemy's
power, Count De Lobeau directed General
Recard to retake the village. It was re-
taken. The battle embraced a line of
two leagues, covered with fire, smoke, and
clouds of dust. The Prince of Moskwa,
General Souham, and General Girard were
every where, making head against every
thing. General Girard was wounded with
several balls. General Girard wished to
remain on the field of battle; he declared
his wish to die commanding and directing
his troops, as the moment had arrived for
all Frenchmen who possessed any heart, to
conquer or perish. However, we began to
perceive from afar the dust and first fire of
General Bertrand's corps; at the same mo-
ment the Viceroy entered in line upon the
left, and the Duke of Tarente attacked the

enemy's reserve, and reached the village | ing, in the direction of Borna.—The upon which the enemy rested his right. At enemy had not recovered from his astonishthis moment the enemy redoubled his ef- ment, at finding himself beaten in so large forts upon the centre; the village of Kara a plain, by an army so greatly inferior in was again taken, our centre gave way, cavalry. Several Colonels and superior some battalions fled, but these valorous officers, taken prisoners, assure us, that at youths, at the sight of the Emperor, ral- the enemy's head-quarters they had not lied, exclaiming Vive l'Empereur." learned of the Emperor's presence at the His Majesty judged, that the critical mo-army, till the battle had commenced; they ment, which decides the gaining or losing believed the Emperor to be at Erfurt.of battles, had arrived: there was no As always happens in similar circumstances, longer a moment to be lost. The Empe- the Prussians accuse the Russians of not ror ordered the Duke of Treviso to march having supported them. The Russians acwith sixteen battalions of the young guard cuse the Prussians of not having fought to the village of Kara, overthrow the ene- well. The greatest confusion prevails my, retake the village, and overcome any in their retreat. Several of those prething he met with there. At the same tended volunteers, which were raised moment, his Majesty ordered his Aid-de-in Prussia, have been made prisoners: Camp, General Drouet, an artillery officer of the greatest distinction, to form a bat tery of 80 pieces, and place it in advance of the old guard, which was formed in echelons, as four redoubts to support the centre, all our cavalry ranged in battle behind. General Dulauly, Drouet, and Devaux, set out at full gallop with their 80 pieces of artillery in the same group. The fire became dreadful—the enemy gave way on all sides. The Duke of Treviso obtained possession of the village of Kara, overthrew the enemy, and continued to advance, beating the charge. The enemy's cavalry, infantry, and artillery, all retreated.

MAY 9.-The Empress Queen and Regent has received the following intelligence from the army, dated 3d May, nine o'clock in the evening.

they cause pity. All declare that they were enrolled by force, and on pain of seeing their property and families confiscated. The country people say that a Prince of Hesse Hombourg was killed, that several Russian and Prussian Generals had been killed or wounded. The Prince of Mecklenburg Strelitz is also reported to be killed; but all this intelligence is yet but reports of the country.— -General Bonnet, commanding one of the Duke of Ragusa's divisions, received orders to make a movement upon Kara by his left, to support the success of the centre. He sustained several charges of cavalry. General Count Berthier advanced, and entered the line. It was in vain that the enemy's cavalry capered about his squares; his march was not relaxed by it. To rejoin him the sooner, the Emperor ordered a change of The Emperor, at the break of day of the direction, by pivoting on Kara. The 3d traversed the field of battle. At ten whole of the line made a change in front o'clock he put himself in motion to follow the right wing foremost. The enemy then the enemy. His head-quarters were on the fled, and we pursued him for a league and 3d, in the evening, at Pegau. The Vice- a half. We soon arrived at the heights roy had his at Wickstanden, half way be- which had been occupied by the Emperor tween Pegau and Borna. Count Lauris- Alexander, the King of Prussia, and the ton, whose corps had taken no part in the Brandenburg Family, during the battle. battle, had set out from Leipsic to march An Officer, who was taken prisoner, then upon Zwernkaw, where he had arrived. informed us of this circumstance. The Duke of Ragusa had passed the Elster, have made several thousand prisoners. at the village of Lutzkourtz, and Count The number could not be more considerBertrand had passed it, at the village of able, considering the inferiority of our caGredel. The Prince of Moskwa's was in valry, and the desire which the Emperor a position upon the field of battle. The had shewn of sparing it.At the comDuke of Reggio, from Naumburg, was mencement of the battle, the Emperor said marching upon Zeist.-The Emperor of to the troops-" It is a battle like those in Russia and King of Prussia passed through" Egypt-a good infantry, supported by Pegau on the night of the 2d, arrived in " artillery, should be sufficient for it.". the village of Loberstadt, at 11 o'clock at General Gouné, Chief of the Prince of night. They reposed there four hours, Moskwa's staff was killed; a death worthy and set out on the 3d at three in the morn- of so good a soldier. Our loss amounts

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to 10,000 men, killed and wounded; that of the enemy may be estimated at 25 or 30,000 men. The Royal Prussian Guards are destroyed. The Emperor of Russia's guards have suffered considerably, and the two divisions of 10 regiments of Russian cuirassiers are destroyed. His Majesty cannot pay a sufficient eulogium to the good-will, courage, and intrepidity of the army. Our young soldiers took no danger into consideration. They have in this great instance shewn all the nobleness of the French blood.

twenty years," said the Emperor, "that I have commanded the French armies, but I have never yet witnessed so much bravery and devotion!" Europe would at length be at peace, if the Sovereigns and the Ministers who direct their Gabinets could have been present on the field of battle. They would give up all hopes of causing the star of France to set, and perceive that those Counsellors who wish to dismember the French Empire, and humble the Emperor, are preparing the ruin of their Sovereigns.

MAY 10.-Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent, has received the following intelligence of the situation of the armies on the evening of the 5th.

The Emperor's head-quarters were at Colditz, those of the Viceroy at Kara, those of the Duke of Ragusa behind Colditz; General Lauriston at Wartzen, of the Prince of Moskwa at Leipsic, those of the Duke of Reggio at Altenburg, and of General Ber

The Chief of the Staff, in his relation, mentions the fine actions which have shed a lustre on this brilliant day, which, like a clap of thunder, has pulverized the chimerical hopes, and all the calculations for the destruction and dismemberment of the Empire. The cloudy train collected by the Cabinet of St. James's, during a whole winter, are in an instant destroyed, like the gordian knot by the sword of Alexan-trand at Rochlitz.- -The Viceroy arrived der.- -The Prince of Hesse Homburg was killed. The prisoners say that the young Prince Royal of Prussia is wounded, and the Prince of Mecklenburgh Swartz killed. The infantry of the old guards, only six battalions of which have arrived, by their presence kept up the affair with that sang-froid by which they are characterized. They did not fire a musket; half the army was not engaged; for the four divisions of General Lauriston's corps have done nothing but occupy Leipsic, the three divisions of the Duke of Reggio, were still two days' march from the field of battle; Count Bertrand did not charge but with one of his divisions, and so lightly that it did not lose 50 men, his second and third divisions did not charge at all. The second division of the young guards, commanded by General Barrors, were still four days' march off, and it was the same with half the old guards, commanded by General Decowe, who was then only at Erfurt.-The Duke of Belluno's corps was also three days march from the field of battle; General Sebastiani's corps of cavalry, with the three divisions of the Prince of Echmuhl, was on the banks of the Elbe. The allied army 150 to 200,000 men strong, commanded by the two Sovereigns, with a great num-ed at the moment the battle was finished, ber of the Princes of the house of Prussia, has been thus defeated and put to route, by less than the half of the French army. The field of battle presented the most affecting spectacle; the young soldiers, on seeing the Emperor, forgot their sufferings, exclaimd. Vive I'Empereur." It is now

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before Colditz on the 5th, at nine o'clock in the morning. The bridge was cut, and some columns of infantry and cavalry, with artillery, opposed our passage. The Viceroy with his division, marched towards a ford, which is on the left, passed the river, and gained the village of Komulian, where he caused a battery of 20 pieces of artillery to be placed; the enemy then evacuated the town of Colditz in the greatest disorder, and in defiling were exposed to the fire of our 20 pieces of artillery. The Viceroy pursued the enemy with vigour; it was the remainder of the Prussian army, about 20 or 25,000 men strong, which took their direction partly to Leissing and partly to Gersdorff. Having arrived at Gersdorff, the Russian troops passed across a reserve, which occupied this position; it was the Russian corps of Miloradowitsch, composed of two divisions, amounting to nearly 8,000 men under arms. The Russian regiments, consisting of only two battalions of four companies each, and the companies not consisting of more than 150 men, but having at present not more than 100 men each under arms, which does not amount to more than 7 or 800 men per regiment. These two divisions of Miloradowitsch had arriv

and could not take any part in it.—————Immediately on the 36th division having rejoined the 35th, the Viceroy gave orders to the Duke of Tarentum to form the two divisions in three columns, and draw the enemy from his positions. The attack was brisk, our brave fellows precipitated them

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