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of the Prince of Wirtemberg fought with the same perseverance and courage, as that of General Kleist did on the right.

Journal of the 21st of May, 1813.

NIGHT put an end to the combat of the 20th: nothing had yet taken place out of the position. The 21st, at half past four in the morning, the enemy commenced by attacking the left, seconded by a brisk fire of tirailleurs, which he had posted in the mountains, where he had also pushed forward some men to Cunevalde, to annoy us upon this flank. The Count de Milaradovitch and the Prince of Wirtemberg, nevertheless, repelled with intrepidity all the attacks on this side: they were renewed with the same vivacity at mid-day.

However between six and seven o'clock, the attack had equally commenced by a brisk cannonade, and a smart fire of musketry, upon the right wing of the line, where the corps were posted under the orders of General Barclay de Tolly. The enemy was infinitely superior in numbers, and endeavoured, protected by the forest which covered him, to outflank this corps. The General Barclay de Tolly was posted on the heights, where there is a windmill near Gleina. He extended his line during the battle, towards the height, situated near Baruth, named La Voigtshütte. It was necessary to reinforce this corps. It was accomplished: General Kleist received orders to carry his troops to that point. He made an attack as brisk as well combined, and forced the enemy to renounce the advantages which his superiority of numbers gave him. General Blücher sustained this attack with his two brigades, and by this sudden movement the enemy was obliged to give up his project of turning the right wing, as he had been, that of turning the left.

During all these attacks, he kept up a continual fire of artillery and small arms, principally upon the centre, upon which, however, he made no positive attempt. Suddenly, the attack began upon the heights of Krakwitz, which General Blücher's corps occupied. He took advantage of the moment when this General left this position, with a part of his corps, to sustain that of General Barclay de Tolly, for the purpose of a vigorous attack. The enemy approached the heights, from three sides at once, with the greatest part of his forces, which had formed into three columns for the attack, which established on this point a decided superiority. The tirailleurs posted themselves in the village of Krakwitz. General d'York arrived to their relief, and the village was retaken. The troops defended these heights with an obstinacy beyond example. Four battalions of the Russian guards advanced to sustain General Blücher. In the meantime, the left wing, under the orders of Count de Milaradovitch, had pushed forward, taken many cannon from the enemy, destroyed some battalions, and was in advance.

The conflict became more sanguinary every moment. The instant was arrived wherein it was necessary to bring all our means into action, and risk all, or put an end to the battle. We determined upon the latter. To expose all to the hazard of a single day would have been to play the game of Napoleon; to preserve our forces to reap advantages from a war more difficult to the enemy as it is prolonged, is that of the allies. We commenced a retreat. We made it in full day-light, under the eyes of the enemy, at seven in the evening, as upon a parade, without his being able to gain possession of a single trophy, whilst the combined army had taken from him in these three memorable days, by the valour and constancy of the troops, twelve pieces of cannon, made three thousand prisoners, amongst whom are four Generals, and many officers of distinction. The least exaggerated accounts state the loss of the French at fourteen thousand men, that of the allies does not exceed six thousand.

Nothing could equal the courage and perseverance with which the army fought, but the sang froid and order with which it retired.

The spirit of the troops is the same as on the first day of the campaign.

Narrative of the Events of the 22d May, 1813.

The army had fallen back before night on Weissenberg. But the advanced corps continued to occupy the front in advance of Wurschen until morning, when they commenced their movement on Reichenbach. The enemy's army, commanded by Napoleon in person, then pushed forward in the hope of cutting off Count Milaradovitch, with the victorious troops of the left wing, who had orders to march on Reichenbach by the road of Löbau. This enterprise was defeated by the activity and prudence of the chiefs. A part of our troops had taken up a position behind Reichenbach, whilst the advanced guard defended that place. The enemy VOL II

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endeavoured to dislodge them by demonstrations of cavalry and the fire of artillery; the attempt continued without effect, till the moment when a strong column of infantry began to deploy; the troops then fell back behind the town, leaving only two battalions of chasseurs to defend the entrance of the defiles. These two battalions made such an obstinate resistance, that the enemy was obliged to advance in considerable strength; at length he thought his cavalry could act with effect. He ordered a corps to charge and to pass through Reichenbach; the attack was received by a body of cavalry destined to cover the chasseurs, and of that of the enemy which had entered Reichenbach, scarcely a man escaped the Russian charge, and the fire of the infantry.

This reverse irritated Napoleon; eight hundred men of the guard, with a regiment of lancers, supported by two or three thousand horse, attempted to turn and take in the rear a battery, which had been placed on an eminence on the left. General Colbert conducted this attack. Our cavalry was obliged to give way, but an instant after a regiment of hussars, and a party of Cossacks were on the flank of Napoleon's guards; other detachments threw themselves forward, and the enemy was put in complete rout, after having lost some hundreds of men killed, wounded, and prisoners. The following morning the rear-guard continued its march on Gorlitz, without the enemy daring to annoy it, and in this manner the combined armies have executed their movements from Bautzen, without having lost even the wheel of a gun-carriage.

Affair of the Advance-Guard of the 26th May, 1813.

The skirmishes and daily affairs of advance-guards, which always cost the enemy more or less men, have had, during the retreat, the most complete success. The 26th, Marshal Ney wished to press before our rear-guard in the neighbourhood of Haynau. The ground was favourable for him on the other side of the village, it was so for us on this side. He was drawn thither and the cavalry.

We took from the enemy eleven pieces of cannon and their caissons, and made a number of prisoners; Marshal Ney, who was at the head of the troop, saved himself with difficulty. In the moment of the attack, the Cossacks having turned Haynau, had entered the French bivouacs and destroyed every thing there. The main body of Marshal Ney then put itself in motion to rally his advance-guard. General Blücher commanded the rear-guard in person.

Upon the flank and in the rear of the enemy the war of partizans has resumed its activity, as the ground is more open. General Kaisaroff, who had moved upon the flank of the French with his flying corps, sent a detachment on the road from Reichenbach to Görlitz, and surprised a convoy of artillery.

We took from the enemy two guns, spiked six, and blew up his caissons. The Colonel of artillery, Lassot, who commanded the French convoy, was killed, as also a General who followed in a carriage. More than three hundred men remained on the spot. The Russian detachment has brought away eighty prisoners, who are already arrived with the two guns.

War-Office, June 22, 1813.

3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards-Cornet Edward Inglis to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shum, promoted. Commission dated June 17, 1813.-.. Nagle, Gent. to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Harrison, promoted. Dated as above.

4th do. Captain William Keary, from the 5th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain of a Troop, vice Bradshaw, who exchanges. Dated as above. 5th do.-Captain George Bradshaw, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain of a Troop, vice Keary, who exchanges. Dated as above.-Serjeant-Major Cochrane to be Regimental Quarter-Master, vice Haslam, placed upon half-pay. Dated as above.

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7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards-Thomas Armstrong, Gent. to be Cornet, without purchase. Dated as above.

7th Regiment of Light Dragoons-Lieutenant James John Fraser to be Captain of a Troop, by purchase, vice Shore, who retires. Dated as above.--Cornet Robert Douglas, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Farquharson, who retires. Dated as above.

9th do.-Gentleman Cadet B. C. Browne, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Allen, promoted. Dated as above.

12th do.-Ogle Wallace, Gent. to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Frost, premoted. Dated as above.

13th do.-Lieutenant James Lennox to be Captain of a Troop, without purchase, vice Boyse, promoted. Dated June 17, 1813.

18th do.-Lieutenant Edward Scott, from the 5th West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Lynch, who exchanges. Dated as above.

Staff Corps of Cavalry-Lieutenant W. B. Hook, from the 40th Foot, to be Lieutenant. Dated as above.-John Tipping, Gent. to be Cornet. Dated as above. 2d Regiment of Foot-Lieutenant John Williams to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice Henderson, promoted. Dated as above.-Ensign Andrew Simpson, to be Lieutenant, vice Williams. Dated as above.-Gentleman Cadet James Butler, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Simpson. Dated as above.

$th do.-Assistant-Surgeon John Douglas, from the 46th Foot, to be AssistantSurgeon. Dated as above.

9th do.-Lieutenant John Shelton to be Captain of a Company, vice Robertson, deceased. Dated as above.-Ensign Robert Morrant to be Lieutenant, vice Shelton. Dated as above.-Edward Kenny, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Morrant. ted as above.

18th do.

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Ensign William R. Little to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'C›nnor, who retires. Dated as above. 23d do.-Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Sutton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Wyatt, appointed an Inspecting Field Othcer of a Recruiting District. Dated as above.-Brevet Major John Thomas Leahy to be Major, vice Sutton. Dated as above.-First Lieutenant Gordon W. F. Booker, to be Captain of a Company, vice Leahy. Dated as above.-Second Lieutenant Albert Gledstanes to be First Lieutenant, vice Booker. Dated as above. 29th do. Ensign George Ford to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hay, promoted in the 11th Foot. Dated as above.

To be Lieutenants.

31st Regiment of Foot-Lieutenant E. M. Fitz Gerald, from the 96th Foot, vice Blayney, who exchanges. Dated June 16, 1813.-Ensign George L'Estrange, by purchase, vice Gethin, promoted. Dated June 17, 1813.

43d do.-Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Patrickson to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. Dated as above.-Brevet Major John Duffy to be Major, vice Patrickson. Dated as above.

45th do. Ensign A. Leckey to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Harris, promoted. Dated as above.-William Carstairs, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Leckey. Dated as above.

46th do.-Hospital-Assistant to the Forces Samuel Hood to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Douglas, appointed to the 8th Foot. Dated as above.

48th do.--Ensign William Kenworthy, from the 2d Royal Lancashire Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. Dated as above.

56th do. Ensign B. Alexander to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alder, who retires. Dated as above.

58th do.-Hospital-Mate Robert Starke to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bampfield, promoted on the Staff. Dated as above.

59th do. Captain F. W. Hoysted to be Major, without purchase, vice Macpherson, appointed an Inspecting Feld Officer of a Recruiting District. Dated as above.Lieutenant A. Pilkington to be Captain of a Company, vice Hoysted. Dated as above.

To be Lieutenants, without purchase. Ensign E. Long, vice Cockburne, promoted. Dated June 16, 1813.-Ensign James Pyne, vice Pilkington. Dated June 17, 1813.

To be Ensigns, without purchase.

Peter Mayne, Gent. vice Long. Dated June 16, 1813.-James Ralph, Gent. vice Pyne. Dated June 17, 1813.

66th do.-Edward Beauchamp St. John, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kingsmill, promoted. Dated as above.

67th do. Henry Richardson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sutherland, promoted. Dated as above.

69th do. John Stewart, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Read, promoted in the 12th Foot. Dated as above.

72d do.-William Fitz Gerald, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carey, who retires. Dated as above.

79th do.-Lieutenant William Cameron to be Captain of a Company, vice Ewen Cameron, deceased. Dated as above.-Ensign W. A. Riach to be Lieutenant,

vice Cameron.

Dated as above.-Charles James M'Lean, Gent. to be Ensign, Dated June 17, 1813.

vice Riach. 83d do. Ensign Herbert Wyatt to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Richardson, appointed to the 13th Royal Veteran Battalion. Dated as above.-Thomas Peter Grieves, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Wyatt. Dated as above.

90th Regiment of Foot-Captain A. Thistlethwayte, from the 97th Foot, to be Major, by purchase, vice Stewart, promoted in the 7th West India Regiment. Dated as above.

93d do.-Bruce Lamb, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Armet, whose appointment has not taken place. Dated as above.

95th do.-Second Lieutenant John Gossett to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cuyler, promoted in the 69th Foot. Dated as above.

96th do.-Lieutenant Ralph Blayney, from the 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Fitz Gerald, who exchanges. Dated as above.

104th do.-Lieutenant George Jobbling to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice Hunter, promoted. Dated as above.

5th West India Regiment-Lieutenant Henry Edward Lynch, from the 18th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Scott, who exchanges. Dated as above.

3d Garrison Battalion-Lieutenant Donald Robertson, from half-pay of the 54th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Kirby, who exchanges. Dated as above. 10th Royal Veteran Battalion-Lieutenant Robert Hobson, from the Royal York Rangers, to be Lieutenant, vice Abbott, deceased. Dated as above.

The King's German Legion.

1st Regiment of Dragoons-Captain Augustus Baron Reizenstein to be Major, vice
Maydell, promoted in the 2d Dragoons. Dated June 13, 1813.-Lieutenant
Hartwrig de Witzendorff to be Captain of a Troop, vice Reizenstein.
June 13, 1813.

To be Lieutenants.

Dated

Cornet William Mackenzie, vice Witzendorff. Dated June 13, 1813.-Cornet Offa Kuhlman, vice Phibbs, who resigns. Dated June 15, 1813.

4th Battalion of the Line-Frederick Augustus Mohr, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Sicbold, promoted. Dated June 15, 1813.

To be Lieutenants.

Dillon's Regiment-Ensign William Bate. Dated June 14, 1813.-Ensign J. D. Walter. Dated June 15, 1813.-Ensign H. S. Maxwell. Dated June 16, 1818.

To be Ensign.

Ensign G. B. Pajas, from half-pay of the late Regiment of Malta, vice Bate. Dated June 15, 1813.-Anthony Dicenta, Geut. vice Walter. Dated June 16, 1813.-Gustavus Nagel, Gent. vice Maxwell. Dated June 17, 1813. Meuron's Regiment-Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Meuron Bayard to be LieutenantColonel, without purchase. Dated June 17, 1813.-Captain C. E. de May Duzisdorff to be Major, vice Bayard. Dated as above.-Lieutenant F. L. Bourgeois to be Captain of a Company, vice De May Duzisdorff. Dated as above.

BREVET.

Colonel Augustus Fitz Gerald, on the half-pay of the 107th Foot, to be Major-General in the Army. Dated June 4, 1813.-Lieutenant-Colonel George Crump, on the half-pay of Ogle's, late Levy, to be Colonel in the Army. Dated as above.Brevet Major George Grogan to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Dated as above.-Captain John Hare, of the 27th Foot, to be Major in the Army. Dated July 17, 1813.-Brevet Major James Malcolm, of the Royal Marines, ta be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Dated June 4, 1813.

HOSPITAL STAFF.

Staff-Surgeon George Denecke, M. D. to be Physician to the Forces, vice Tice, promoted. Dated June 17, 1813.-Assistant-Surgeon H. V. Haskins, from the 87th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Adams, promoted in the 4th Ceylon Regiment. Dated as above.—George Inglis, Gent. to be Hospital-Assistant to the Forces. Dated June 7, 1813.

MEMORANDUM.

Cornet Barber, of the 6th Dragoons, and Captain Malone, and Lieutenant Bernan, of the 98th Foot, are superseded, being absent without leave.

The date of Ensign Macdonald's commission in the 53d Foot, is the 1st June 1812, and not the 1st June 1813, and of Lieutenant William's commission in the 56th Foot, is the 15th May 1812, and not the 15th May 1813, as stated in the Gazette of the 19th instant.

Office of Ordnance, June 19, 1813.

Medical Establishment for the Military Department of the Ordnance. Temporary Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Haswell Quigley to be Second AssistantSurgeon, vice Kemball, resigned. Dated June 11, 1813.-Temporary Assistant-Surgeon James Parratt to be Second Assistant-Surgeon, vice M'Glashan, appointed Surgeon to the Forces under Marshal Sir W. Beresford. Dated as above.

1st West York Militia-David Mac Pollock, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated March 25, 1813.-Thomas Lowry, Gent. to be do. Dated March 26, 1813.-John Corney Kemp, Gent. to be do. Dated April 13, 1813.-Archibald Hart, Gent. to be do. Dated April 21, 1813.

2d West York Militia-Joseph Singlehurst, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated February 14, 1813. Wakefield Regiment of Local Militia-Major Benjamin Dealtry to be LieutenantColonel. Dated December 2, 1812.-Quarter-Master Samuel Thomas to be Lieutenant. Dated January 6, 1813.-Ensign Joseph Bedford Foster to be do. Dated March 25, 1813.-Ensign John Young to be do. Dated April 24, 1813. -Samuel Ogden, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated March 25, 1813.-Josè Luis Fernandes, Gent. to be do. Dated March 26, 1815.-John Scholey, Gent. to be do. Dated March 27, 1813.

Claro Regiment-Sir Bellingham Reginald Graham, Bart. to be Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant. Dated January 7, 1813.-William Dawson, Esq. to be Captain. Dated February 26, 1813.-Ensign William Turner to be Lieutenant, vice Groves, resigned. Dated March 19, 1813.-Ensign Frederick William Schaak to be do. vice Auton, resigned. Dated March 20, 1813.-Ensign John Bernard to be do. vice Russell, resigned. Dated April 6, 1813.-Anthony Dawson, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated February 26, 1813.-John Snowden, Gent. to be do. Dated February 27, 1813.-Henry Carter, Gent. to be do. Dated February 28, 1813.-George Peacock, Gent. to be do. vice Donkin, promoted. Dated March 19, 1813.-William Williamson, Gent. to be do. vice Turner, promoted. Dated April 6, 1813.

Staincross and Osgoldcross Regiment-William Thompson, jun. Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated April 17, 1813.-Thomas Walker, Gent. to be do. vice Emmerson, resigned. Dated May 10, 1813.

Dated

Dated

West Halifax Regiment-James Moore, Esq. to be Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant. Dated December 24, 1812.-Major Stansfield Rawson to be LieutenantColonel. Dated May 8, 1813.-Stansfield Rawson, Esq. to be Major. Dated December 24, 1812.-John Cartwright, Esq. to be do. Dated May 8, 1813.James Holroyde, Esq. to be Captain. Dated December 24, 1812.-William Patchett, Esq. to be do. Dated December 25, 1812.-Thomas Sutcliffe, Esq. to be do. Dated December 26, 1812.-Robert Stansfield, Esq. to be do. Dated December 27, 1812.-Edward Furguson, Esq. to be do. Dated December 28, 1812.-John Priestley, Esq. to be do. Dated December 29, 1812.— Lieutenant William Wainhouse to be Captain. Dated May 8, 1813.-Lieutenant John Murgatroyd to be do. Dated May 9, 1813.-Lieutenant William Moore to be do. Dated May 10, 1813.-Samuel Farrar, Esq. to be do. May 11, 1813.-Samuel Stead, Esq. to be do. vice Holroyd, resigned. May 12, 1813.--Robert Hardman, Esq. to be do. vice Sutcliffe, resigned. Dated May 13, 1813.--William Wainhouse, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated December 24, 1812.-Samuel Crosley, Gent. to be do. Dated December 25, 1812. -John Murgatroyd, Gent. to be do. Dated December 26, 1812.-John Sutcliffe, Gent. to be do. Dated December 27, 1812.-William Moore, Gent. to be do. Dated December 28, 1813.-James Moore, jun. Gent. to be do. Dated December 29, 1812.-Richard Sutcliffe, Gent. to be do. Dated December 30, 1812. Samuel Wood, Gent. to be do. Dated December 31, 1812.-Joshua Buckshaw, Gent. to be do. vice Wainhouse, promoted. Dated May 8, 1813.Ensign John Walker to be do. vice Murgatroyd, promoted. Dated May 9, 1813. -William Ingham, Gent. to be do. vice Moore, promoted. Dated May 10, 1813. -Quarter-Master James Holroyde to be do. Dat d as above.-Benjamin Ellison, Gent. to be do. Dated May 24, 1813.-Jeremiah Carter, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated December 24, 1812.-John Walker, Gent. to be do. Dated December 25, 1812.-William Robinson, Gent. to be do. Dated May 8, 1813.

George Shaw, Gent, to be Surgeon. Dated May 24, 1813.

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