sian general Thumen with a superior force, and obliged him to evacuate the post. The next morning the French attempted to follow up their success, and the corps of general Bertrand debouched upon the Prussian corps of Tauenzein at Blankenfelde, but was repulsed. The 7th French corps, however, succeeded in taking the village of Gross Beren, and Oudinot advanced upon Ahrendorff. An attempt to drive the enemy from Gross Beren brought on a severe action; and in the course of the day, they having menaced the village of Ruhlsdorff, the crown prince sent a force to take them in flank. The result of these operations is said to have been 26 cannon, 30 chests, much baggage, and 1500 prisoners taken, and many killed and wounded.

From the sixth and seventh bulletins we learn that the crown prince was following up his successes against Oudinot's army. Girard, who had a command under Oudinot, was defeated on the 27th, between Lubnitz and Belzig, by Czernicheff and Hirschfeld, with the loss of 3500 prisoners, eight pieces of cannon, several waggons of ammunition, and all the baggage. Girard was killed. The French retreated to Luckau, which city surrendered the next day, with nine pieces of cannon, 1000 prisoners, and a considerable quantity of ammunition and stores. The enemy continued their retreat towards the Elbe, pursued by Winzingerode with 8000 cavalry. The whole of the French loss in this quarter, from the opening of the campaign, is estimated at upwards of 12,000 men. Several more French officers had come over to the allies, and this disposition to abandon the cause of the usurper is represented as general.

The eighth, ninth, and tenth bulletins detail the movements of the different armies.

The following is an extract from the eleventh bulletin, dated Juterbock, Sept. 8.

"BATTLE OF DENEVITZ.

While his royal highness the crown prince, with the Russian and Swedish corps under his command, was moving on the 4th inst. upon Rosla, in order to pass the Elbe there, and march upon Leipsig, intelligence was received that the enemy's army, coming from Wittenberg, was pushing forward on Zahne, with the view to stop his further operations by a movement against Bodin.-As the enemy had succeeded on the 5th, notwithstanding the heroic resistance opposed by the Prussian army posted between Zahne and Juterbock, in penetrating as far as Juterbock, his royal highness, early on the 6th, hastened with 70 battalions of Swedish and Russian infantry, 10,000 cavalry, and 150 field-pieces, to assist the Prussian army, which, consisting of about 40,000 men, had held out, without yielding against the repeated attacks of the enemy's army, 70,000 strong, under the command of the prince of Moskwa. At sight of these fresh troops the enemy fled, pursued on all sides by the cavalry and light infantry, and retreated towards Torgau and Dresden. From 16 to 18,000 prisoners, more than 60 pieces of cannon, and 400 ammunition waggons, are the fruits of this victory and the subsequent actions.The army has covered itself with glory. The remembrance of the bravery of the Prussian army will eternally remain in the recollection of every warrior, and shine forth as a splendid example to all who fight for the independence of Germany."

These bulletins also state the important fact, that general Bennigsen, with the Russian army under his command from Poland, arrived at Breslau on the 30th ult.; from whence he proceeded to Leig nitz, marching in the same line with general

Blucher.

The twelfth bulletin gives a minute and clear account of the military operations of the northern army. The intention of the crown prince of Sweden to cross the Elbe after the defeat of the French corps under Oudinot, was dictated by a knowledge that the allied armies were prepared to advance from Bohemia; while Bonaparte had, for the second time, quitted Dresden to fly to the assistance of Macdonald in Silesia; but the movements of the combined army obliged him to return to Dresden. After the signal victory obtained at Dennevitz, the enemy was pursued by Dahme to Torgau, where, at the tête-de-pont, 800 prisoners were taken. To prevent the allied troops crossing the Elster, he had broken down the bridges. The total loss of the enemy in the battle and retreat is now ascertained to be 20,000 men, including 10,000 prisoners, 80 pieces of cannon, and 400 ammunition waggons.

Bonaparte has, it is said, issued a proclamation, promising his troops winter-quarters in Saxony, previous to which a diversion would be undertaken against the Silesian army; exhorting them to perseverance and confidence in the genius of their great leader. Seventy-five thousand wounded French have been brought into Leipsig alone, from the 17th of August to the 23d of September!!! The churches and public buildings are filled with them. -An intercepted letter from Maret (Bassano) to his wife says, that the emperor is not forsaken, even in so critical a situation, by his great genius, but that his generals are deficient. Another from Berthier to a secretary at Paris describes the miserable state in which the French army is, and declares that nothing but a speedy peace can save France.

CHAP. XIX.'

Position and Strength of the contending Armies.-Campaign in Silesia.-Battle of the Katzbach.-French completely defeated.-Blucher's Address to his Soldiers on their Victory.-Battle between the Crown Prince and Oudinot. The latter completely defeated. Ney sent to take the Command,-attacks the Prussians. The Crown Prince comes up to their Assistance. Ney defeated at the Battle of Juterboch.-Bonaparte's critical Situation,--harassed by the regular Advance and Retreat of the Allies,-his Communication with France inter cepted. Brief Account of the War on the Side of Italy, and in Mecklenburgh.-Bonaparte still obstinately clings to Dresden-Remarks on his Conduct.-Extraordinary Meeting of the French Senate.-Fresh Conscriptions called for.-Bonaparte at length leaves Dresden.-The Allies completely between him and France. -Retrospect of the Events in the Month of September.

IN order that our readers may more clearly and thoroughly understand the operations subsequent to the battle of Dresden, it may be necessary to advert to the position and strength of the contending ar mies previous to that event. Of the French army, four corps were in Silesia, four, besides the guards, near Dresden; three, under the command of Oudinot, threatened Berlin from the south; while the same city was to be approached by a strong force under Davoust from the north. Probably the whole of these forces amounted to 300,000 men. Besides these, Bonaparte had armies of reserve in Franconia, Bavaria, and Italy: the last was under the command of Beauharnois, and had been assembled there in order to invade Austria in that direction.

The grand army of the Russians, Prussians, and Austrians, which was united in Bohemia, amounted to about 280,000 men: the army in Silesia, under

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the command of Blucher, to 100,000; and the forces under the crown prince, consisting of Swedes, Russians, &c. to rather more than 100,000 men. Hence it appears, that the numerical superiority was on the side of the allies; but their superiority in other respects was much more striking and imporThe greater part of the French soldiers were conscripts; not merely unused to war, but either very young, or very old, and consequently unfit to endure the fatigues of the arduous campaign which had just commenced. The soldiers of the allies, on the contrary, were in a most admirable state of discipline; most of them in the vigour of life, and inured to fatigue and privation. Their confidence in their leaders, too, must have been much greater than that which the French soldiers possessed towards Bonaparte.

We have already adverted shortly to the operations in Silesia; but it will be now proper to consider them more minutely. The campaign opened there on the 18th of August, the allies moving on towards Dresden. They first came up with the 3d French corps, under the command of marshal Ney, which was driven across the Bober. Bonaparte, alarmed at the approach of the Silesian army, set out to reinforce Ney on the 21st; and the French having then greatly the superiority, general Blucher deemed it prudent to retreat, and re-cross the Bober: he took up a strong position behind the Katzbach. The plan of the allies being to distract and divide Bonaparte's forces, they fell further back on Janar; while the grand army from Bohemia, as we have seen, marched on Dresden, and drew off Bonaparte to that quarter. On the 25th and 26th, the French advanced against general Blucher, with the hope of being able to carry Janar; but on the latter of those days, the Prussian general attacked them. The battle was fought near the Katzbach, and from that it