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Ot the late and important
foreign News received at
Bofion by the arrival oi
the (hip Eric, Capt. Ro
kiiiior, in 27 days from
i*lymouth, (Eng.)
7 r enjla eij rt;n french papers
Jtr the Patriot.
CI FICIAl, KF\y%f*F THE GRAN')
A R M Y.
lie great Battle at Dresden.
Her Majesty, the Em.
pttls Queen and Regent,'
has received the following 1
Fews from the Aimy, to ;
the 28th August
On tiie 20th at 8 o'clock j
in the morning the Emperor i
entered Dttfdcn. Tbegrand I
Ruffian, Pru Hi an and Aul.
Uian Army, commanded
by their iovereigns, was bc-
K*reit; it ciowned the topi
ol ti e hills which furroun
dtd Dielden, at a distance
o( r fbort league along the
htt bank. Martha! Saint
0) i , y. ith t!:c 14th corps;
*nci the garrison of Drtiden
occupied the entrenched
ltu j) flod lined v/ith (haip
fhootcjs tlx palai ka vvhich
lurroimdid the Suburbs, li
very thing was cairn at noon
Im to an experienced eye,
ibis Cain 1, was the harbin
ger ot p noir>- ; an attack
appeared imminent. At 4
• clock in the afternoon, at
aiignal oi thiee gum, fix
cj.cui) toluOiiis, each one
privCtdifl by 40 pieces ot
tat non were ioiined, and a
Uv- moments afterwards d«-
icuiocu into the plain , they
diiccit o then march towards
»the rcpoubtf. in Ids than
* quarter ot a hour the can
-1
nonauc became terrible. ;
The tne of the redoubts be- !
ing extinguished, the be- j
liegers h All tnrHtci it, and |
were making effotts u the i
swot of the pah nkaof the j
fnhurbs, wl *ie ? coriideia- .
bU number were killed.
it was i bout 3 ©Vitek a \
part el the ref.* ves i i the
14th coijis Iveie engaiied. •
rc c 1
borne bombs tell into tiie |
city ; the m«tnei 1 was ur
gent. The emperor oiber
td the kingot Naples (Mu
rat) to rtf air with the corps j
cl cavah) 01 general Laltnir j
Maubourg to ttic light Sank |
©1 the enemy and to the
Duke oi i rev do, (Mortic—) •
to tfp*ir to the kit Hank.
r J he lour uivifions 01 the
Young Guards, command*
co L) «bc Uumu
tit;, Carodit, Doouz, and
Jr-.ogou, Ot tiltd them, two
though tne ga»e of Pirna
anti hm th.ough that oi
llauen.
i c prince of Kioskwa,
(Nc>) liciik<i at ih licad
of the division Rano
ii, 1 hcie ftivilions over
threw every ting htlort
thun j the tiie \* as iinn.e
diattiy . t moved Rom tin
cet tic ti» Ihe circumference,
«nd very iocii was, t | liovv ,
back upon the h-lk. 'j lj(
belli ot oattle remained co
veicd with the killed, van
non and ruins. Central
Loumcutier is wounded,
tudaiw g-neraU Boyeidiei’
Tyndal and Cemballt : the
ordnance ©flicer, Berangcr
is mortally wounded; he
was a promising young mart;
General Gros, ot the guard,
was the fir A to ruth into the
;«fTe of a redoubt, where I
the enemy’s Tappers were
ndcavouring already to cut j
the pallifaooes; he is woun- i
ded by the thurft of a bay_ j
oner.
Night came on dark and
the firing eoafed, the ene
my having failed in the at
tack, and left more than
2000 piifoners upon the
field of battic, which was
covered with the wounded
and the dead.
On the 27th the weather
was dieadlul; rain fell in
torrents. '1 he soldiers had
pyfied the night in mud anu
vw.ter. At nine o’clock in
the morning we favv dillinct
ly the enemy riifleiuiing bis
lcitj and covering the hilis
which vveie fepeiatcd Iro n
their centre by the valley ot
Piauen
Hie king of Naples (Mu- ;
psi) ft tout with tiie corps of
ihe nuke of Btlluno (Vidtoi)
and the divisions of cuiraf
tiei.«, and filed towaids the'
road of Frey berg to attack
his left. He'efteded it with
ihe greated fucceis. The
lix divisions which compo
ftd this wing, vveie over
thrown and feattered. ('ne
half, witu standaids
anti cannon, were t.ikcn pn
loneri, ana among me nurw- ■
hcrarc Icveral genctab. In
the centre a brisk cannon
ade liicw the attention of'
the enemy, anil columns
weie fliewn ready to attack
it on tht left.
Ihe duke of Trevifo,
(Mo.ncr), wiih Nan.
iv#uty manoeuvied in the
pt.iin, with iiis lelt on tlie
river, and his right on the
hills. iVlarflial st. Cyrcou
ticiled our left with the cen
! l,e > which was formed witli
I the corps of the duke of Ra
, (Maru ont). - About 2
i o*cU ck iii tht afteriioon the
| crncuiy resolved on a retreat ;
they had lost their great
communication with Bohe
mia by their left and right. ;
1 he relults of this 1
j are from 2j to 3c,000 pn- !
! loners, 40 flandaids, and
ho pieces of cannon. It
• 1,1 a y iclicd upon ihat the
uii-my have iunaincii a loL !
ot 60,000 ii)en.
Gur own lots amounts,
in woiuu cd, killcuor t.kcu 1
to 4,000 men.
i he cavalry have cover
ed tbcmfclvcs with glory.
The liaff of the cavalry will I
1 make known the particu
lars, and thole who have’
dillinguifhed themfeUes.
« The young guards have !
me 11 ted the aulogiumi ©f !
the whole army. The old
gu.»ids have had two battal-
I ions engaged, their other
battalions were in the city J
•*? a rtferve difpoia.
ble. 'lhe two battali
ons which were engaged o
; yerthrewevery t
' blanche ,
. a lie city »f DrcfJen has
D«e» sgiUied, and has ran
gfeat dangers- The can
©f ihe inhabitants was
such as 10 beexpedted frum
an allied people. The king
of Saxony and his family
have remained at Drefdcn,
1 and given an example of
confidence.
Continued Success.
Her majtfty the empress
l queen and regent, has re
ceived the following news
of the army, dated the 30th
August:
On the 28th, 29th and
30th, we have purlued eur
iucccfics. The Generals
Caftex, Dcumere and D’-
Audenarde, of the corps of
Genera! Laiour Maubourg,
have taken more than 1000
caifTbns er ammunition wag
gons, and colle&ed a con
ilderable number of prilcn.
ers. . The villages are full
or the wounded enemy, we
count more than io,ooo.
The enemy have lost,
according to the reports ms
the prisoners, eight gener
als killed and wounded.
The Duke of Ragufa,
(Marmont) tias had fcveral
affairs of out puffs which at
teff the intrepidity of his
troops.
Gen. Vandammc, com
manding the firff corps, has j
defi.td on ilit 23th through
Kenigtlcin, k p/llcfled him
fclf oil the 26th of ihc camp
of Pima, of that town, ?nd
or fiohendorf. He inter
cepted »he communication!
tiom Prague to Drefdcn. '
The Duke of Wertcmburg, j
with 13,000 Ruffians had
been charged nffinotoferving
this defila.
On the 28th gen. Van.
damme attacked and beat
him, took 2000 prifoocri,
6 pieces ©f cannon, & drove
the remainder to Bohemia.
The prince of Reufs, Gen.
of Brigade, an officer of
merit, has been killed.
On the 29th Gen. Van
damme took poll on the !
heights of Bohemia. He !
Icours the country with
light troops and parties to
acquire intelligence of the
enemy, to harrals them and
tall on their magazines.
The prince of Echmuhl,
(Davouli) was on the 24th
at Schwerin. He has nor
y«t had any affair of impor
tance. I’ne Danes had dif
tinguiffied themselves in
many small fdions.
The beg inning of the
campaign is oltiic mortbril
; lianr, and causes us t« en- !
j terUin grc a t hopes. The j
; quality oi «ur infaetry is by
lar tuperior to that of the
enemy.
fk**ch rfport.
1
Her majesty the empress
i and queen, has received the
! following intelligence from
the army, dated Sept. 2-
** On the 21st Augtifi,
the Ruffian, Piuffian and
j Auflrian army, command- !
j ed by the emperor Alexan
der, and tiie king of Pruf
fcj, enured Saxoey, and on
•he 22d marched again ft
Drefdcn with from ISO to
| 200,000 men, hairing en i
im nenfe material and fall 1
:ef h* i»c*, a*i ®dv f \f •
L % 9
ir>g os from th* right b-nk
•f the EP»>c, but even or
marching open the Rhine,
aLd nounfhing the war be
tween the Elbe and the
Rhine, /n five days it has
leen its hopes confounded ;
30,000 prisoners, 10,000
wounded fallen into our
power, which makes the
number amount to 40,000 ;
20,000 killed or wounded,
, as niany sick, j n con f c .
qucnce of fatigue, and the
want of provi/ions (it has
been five or fix days with
out bread,) have weakened
it nearly 80,000 men. It
does not now amount to
100,000 men under arms,
it has loft more than 100
pieces of cannon, entire
parks, 1600 ammunition &
artillery waggons, which
were blown up or fell into
our power, more than 3000
k a gg a g« waggons which it
has burnt or we have taken
J he/c were alio taken 40 j
colors or ihndards. Among
the prisoners, there arc 4000
Ruffians. The ardor of the
French army, and the cou
rage oi the infantry, fixed
every one s atteniic '. The
hrit cannon fired from the
batteries of the Imperial
i Guards on the 27th, mor
tally wounded Gen. Mo
reau, who had returned
from America, to enter the
Ruffian fcrvice."
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Plattsiui*, October *S
Hampton’s army has mar
ched do Am theChatcauguay
river, at the mouth of which
it is to be joined by the
weftern army under Wilkin
son, which is coming down
in boars and by land, to
morrow the 24th—when
they will go immediately to
fighting, as the British are
polled there in a military
! portion.
October 27.
Hampton’s army is at
Sptar’s, on theeaft fide es
Chatcaugay river, about 20
miles from his former po
rtion. It has rained ever
lince they have been there j
; but av fu#n as the weather
becomes fettled and clear,
it is fupp*fed by many that
he will march on Cagnaw
ag& ond other villages oppo
se Montreal Jfland, and
wait their until Wilkinson
comes down with boats,
when they will probably
cross over to Montreal.
! RUSSIAN MEDIATION.
Extract of a Utter from a
very rtjpcftabie house in
London , to 4 merchant in
Ne w York, dated Septem
ber 25, 1813.
\ ourapecul ministers have
not been lent from Ruflia, (a
1 <epoa of which nobody of any
information Credited for a ir.o
me».) yet, 10 the aift August,
they had done nothing. They
1 ha i been desired not to proceed
|to ihe ifutpeior j n Germany,
as there he could not I.emaciate
with them. As England had
refufed the negotiation <>f Ruf
lia, nothing was expefted by
■ them, in this rcfpefcl, from their
i >n ; to which he also added,
! you may rest afTurcd, instead
'i Ptnciit »f < u
; cMT-rencM, .her. i«n.t ,h« | tal
probability of. peace with v oor
, cou "'fy. Such is our inf 0,,,,.
. aiion and (uch are our opj n .
tons.”
A further extract from the
fame letter .
“ Although we do not fee at
present any ground whatever
• for the expiation of an ad
j juflment of our difference wi-h
your country, we chu.fh tl. c
hope, that, from the dark and
awful events depending, a TRr
Os peace may ye, issue;
happy fhail we be to have it i*
our power to convey lo yo^
•u ch consoling intelligence.
- (Com. Adv.
MIRROR.
—AUGUSTA—
Saturday Night, Nov. 20 . I
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MiLLE»OEVin,i f November 17,
Extract of a letter from Brig, j
Gtvz. I’loyd to his Excellen.
cj Governor Early , dated
Camp near Fort Lawrence,
NevewDer 8, ißj* 1
4t There are nevertl.elel's irw
poitant fubjeth which require I
adjuflmeni by fuirable arrange- |
menu on which the fuectfs of I
(be force employed, very much !
depends. Owing to the want J
of regular supplies, and iha I
meaos ol tranfpoiting them, 1
the army was detained a con* I
fiderable time on the frotier of
the flare, con:ra<y to my incli
nation and the public expe&a.
:ion. As loon as those oblta- I
cles we.e partially removed, If
the fecund regimeiu marched by I
detachments with orders to erett J
a stockade fort, defended by I
two block houles ar this po(t.
(on the lourh fide •/ Kiint riverj i
which is a (trong wo k of its
kind, in which 1 have had, since j
my ar.ivat, a hofpi u | f or ih t I
comfort of the Gck, and fuiia- I
hie provision houses built, tha 1
whole of which, will, in a feir I
days be completed.
I artived hereon the second I
intiant, with the balance of the I
arv»y, leaving a fuhalterns com* I
mand at the Ouuulgee, to pin- 1
teht the proviGons to be deliver. I
ed Ly the Contrattor for the I
iupplies of the at my. ■
h never was my in entionen I
my arrival here to have puffced I
on without delay, or.a rtgt. tv I
ihe Chdiahouchee, hut my ar* I
rangetnents h«ve been again I
1 1 uit rated by the want of Beef,*
, l hei;e being not more at coii’B
mand than will supply the arm* I
another day, and no profpfdl
ol any being furnifhed for fevc-1
rai days • aud to this the Quar- ■
ter Mj/ters* department
without funds and no fyliemorl
arrangement in the Commit-■
nes department. As they deriveH
their appointment from the Pf«-B
lident of the United States aadß
no provision having been madaß
for ihiiarmy, in that regard.—’■
Ihe Quarter. .Mj fter was necef-B
fia ed to appoint without ng
to order or relpohbility, a lub-B
jets which requires your hx*B
celiency’s par ticular attenuaj,,
as an evil rcquinng immediate!
conetuon.— Past experienc**
has proven that an a well regU'-B
lated ftaft depends in a greatl
meaiure, the utility or
fiture of a. rnies, as it governs r*B
an eminent degree their »nov*«H
me ms. 1
I cannot leave this
without representing to your® ,
Lxce !ency, that the
or haa not complycd with thlH
dut) required of him, aithn^B
fo/rr. i! v r)»nG-d, has not f jr -B
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