Western Sun, Volume 5, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 14 August 1813 — Page 2

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like a lUoke of thunder, has crumbled to the chimeric d hope Sr. Calculations ol thr dcftrtiAiofl dlfm iibrrmnt of the em pire. The dark plot? contrived by the cabi Trt of Sc. J mrs, during a hole Winter are in an inlxant dritrovd like the gOrdtatl knot "Wis untied by the '.word of Alexander The prince of Hefte Homberry Wat killed The prifonert Rue thjtth prince royal ot Priitli vr? wounded, end that the prince of Mecklenburg Streliti ws k:!!rd.' The Infty off xhr eldet guards, of which fix battalions only had arrived, fuOained by its pretence thrs fi ir. with the fnjf Froid which tbaraeVrifri . hd d not fir i tingle RlOt Olie hilt of the army v. s- not rn gard ; lot the fottr divifion? . t s?en Lotl rifton tnerclv oecupird Leipfick, the 3 divi bontof the dtlke of Ktgowere at two days Tnrvh from thr Grid of battle - Count Hrr trjnd gve b4ttle with op!v ooe ot 1m dui lions, and that was fo lightly cnacJtiiai

left, It the c!u!ce of Tarentum (f acrlonald) attacked the .cfcrve of the enemy, Ic everhelmed the village op Hi which the enemy had retted his ngl t. At the fame time the energy redoubled bis eaTortS againlt the centre the village of Kail w-s ag tin carried ; funic divifioOi dilpetled ; but thete brave youog 0KI in light of the emperor rallied, A lytiogloiig livr rhe etnperoi 1 J i is mjrlty judged that the critical r.iotrrnt winch decided the gain or lots Of bat ties li d amved j not a moment was to be loM. The emperor ordered the duke ot Previl i ( Mortter) te match with 16 battalions of thf younger guards towards the village of Km, to Overthrow the enemy and retake the will i;e, At the fame time his ttlljffty ordered his aid dc camp. gen. 1) otic, an artillery ct: cer of tlie grcatcll diftin&IOIt) to tVrm a battery of 30 pieces of cannon, to place it in the aear of the elder guar-.!?, which was difpoled in echefon, liKc four redoubts, d fopp rt the centre, all our cavalry bctng ranged behind in order ot battle. Tne gens. Do (any, Drouft and Dcvajx, galloped otf With their 80 pieces arranged together in one grouse. The lire became iriglulul. The enemy gave way on every i i j r the duke of Ire villi carried the v illge ol Ki'u without (Inking I blow, overthrew the enemy and Continued to advance torWard b-ating the Charge The enemy's cavalry, infantry and artillery all commenced their rc treat. G-n. Bonnet commanding one of the divilio: s of the duke of Uaufa, received orders to move on bit If ft upon K ;.a, to Tupcjoit the fttcceft of the centre. He (uftain cd feVtral chlrgei ot cavalry, in which the enemy met with a heavy lots. In the mean time gen. count P?traml advanced and entered ill line. In vain did the enemy's Cavalry alfail his fquarrs ; his march was not thereby retarded In order to rejoin him more promptly, the empeior ordered a change of potition, pivoting upon Kiia. The whole right changed its front, the right being in fcdvanCtt The enemv no longer thot of an? thirrr fcot flight ; we purfued them a league and half We foon arrived upon he height

Which the emoeror Alexander the king of!

V rtittla and the family of Branderbutgh occupied dining the ba'.tle. An officer tken prifbnet who Wat there informed us of tins circumftance Wt l ave taken frver.il thottfand prifottett The number could not be greater on acCOWIltof our inferiority of cavalry, and the defire which the emperor had manifeftcd to (is re our cavalry At thr commencement of the battle the Cmperor laid to the troops, 1 this is a truEgyptiaft b?itite ; good infantiy iupportcd y artillery ought to fume e' Gen. Gourre, chief oi the ft -iff of etat mj ir of the prince ot M (kwa, was killvd ; at. ei d worthy to good af ildiei I Our Iwts ifnountl to 10,000 killed and wounded that of the enemy may be tftimated attrom 25 or 30,000 men Thl U)1 guarus it Pmflia were delt-oyed. The kit'? of I'.ullid's truardi fufTered conO cj fiJeraoh ; the two divili.tus of ten regts. of Ruffian cuiratfeurt were deftroyed His majefly cannot beftow too much ap plaul'e up. n the good will, Courage & nrre piuny of the a:my. Our young foldiers vere unmindful of danger have om this great oCCafioO, fuftaintd ail the nubic rels of tht French blood The etat maj t gen. w ill make known in its relation, the diftinguilhfd aAiom which

it did notlofe 50 men his 2d and GddiviGom were not engaged. The 2d divifioQ ot the younger guards conjmanded by gen. liarrois, was five days march from tht field ot battle; the i-me was the cafe with the half ot the elder guards commanded by gen. Couz, who had only reached r forth batteiits 01 iticrve

of more than a hundred pieces had not yet joined, and they are yet on the road troai Mentz to Er fur tht The corps of the cuke of beiluuo was at thiee da ft maich from

tht fielJ ot battle.

1 he coips of cavalry of gen. Scbafhani, With Z divifioni of the prince of hxmuhl, was towards the lower Kibe. 1 he allied army ConflOing of from 150 to 200,t)O0 men itrong, commanded by the two Tove reigns, h., ing a great number ol the princes of the houfr of Pruffia at its head, has been defeated and routed by lefs than half of the French army. The ambulatory hofpitah and the field of battle pre fen ted a mol touching fpectacle. The young foldien at the tight ct the emperor, forgot then paint 6c (houted, long live tiie emperoi 1 4 It is now 20 years (faid the emperor) find I have commanded the Trench armies, never hate 1 before fceo fuch bravery ar.d fuc'n attachment Europe would ai length End tranquility) could foveretgna and miniflera who ciireifl their fcabinett, htVi been prcfent on this field of battle ; tht y would renounce the hope cf cauling the liar of France to retire ; they would fee that thole counfeiiors who willi to difmember tlie French empire, and . humiliate the cmperbl , are preparing the de '

IhuClion ot their iovereigits. After the batik at Lutaeil, the emperor addrclTed his troops in the following manlier : Soldiers A am entirely fatisfied with your conduit. You have fulfilled my willi?? ! yon have fupplied every thing m your corJialiry and oravery-you have in the glorious day of the 2d May, defeated Sc put to H ght the armies of R-.ilIia It Puifiia, commanded and led by their emperor and king. Ycu have added new lultre to the brilliancy of my eag3 you have evinced what Freehmen are capable bf achieving. The battle of Lutzen will hereafter be ranked with Aullerlits, of Jens, of Frledland k Mofkwa In uc hll campaign the enemy could find no refuge againll our arms but in recurring to the terocirus and barbarous Conduit of their anceftors The legions ol Tartary havedev. Hated tluir country, k deftroytd their cities by fire, without fparitig even tiiat holy Mofcou I They have iince advanced within our confines, abetted by the traitorous and abandoned fubjeAs of Germany of Italy ic even of France They have cried up a fyitern of revolt they have diftcminated the horrors ol anarchy, ol iivd war, of murder fhey have QlcWti themlelves tpoticft of all kinds ot criminatitVa It is I moral as well as phylical incendiary that would devallatc by lWord and lire the Countries between tlie ViAula and the Rhine, in oider accoiding to the iyltein of barbaroUl and tyrannic governments to tuterpofe deferts and defolation between them and m;r avenging tr ops. lnlenatc baibanans! they feel no attachment to their foveieignl ; they elteem not the fpirit, the order ami the good fen fe of Germans they even feem to toigt the power a::d bravery of the French. In a (ingle day you hiVC fi uftrated thefc parricidal pioj cAs 1 you divc back the Tartar hordsinto their frightful climate, whole bournes they never (iiould haVe paflfed lhe (hall remain in their icy defetta the lit i'ooJe ot tlivery, barbafifm and the brute ! Y u have well defer ved of civilia d Burope 4 Soldiers Italy. France and Germany, renJei VOU their cordial thanks. Given it 'Mir imperial camp at Lutienj 3 A May, IS 13.

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NAPOLEON

trim thi Bufah Gazette, Julj 20. The main Britilh army lies within three miles ot Ojeenlton, at a final! village on I he foot mile crer k. General Vincent remains at Bur ling toll hngh.s with not more than 150 troops the enemy have a fmall frarrifon at that

ice, nrar the lake, mounted Viith a few i

piecet ot cannon. At tne 10 mile cieek,gen. Ruttenhurgh lately from Montreal, lies ittcamped with a

oooy Ol men. I'tir Indiana, aboyt 800 in number, are lurking about the woods to the neighbour j

hand of fort George, and about the village of Queeufton. The above comet from a very rcfpeftable authority. Battle of Beaver Dam. On Wednefday night laft maj. C.Oiapin arrived in this village, having (together with his company) elcaped from the enemy on Monday preceding. The major has given us the following narration ot the action at 13. aver Dam, kc. which we now lay before the public : On the 23d of June laft, a party of the reguhr troops (confining ot 500 infty and 2(y light dragoons) under the command of It. col. C. G, BcCittler, together with 44 mounted rihVmen, compolcd ot militia trom the Country, under maj. C Chapin, were detat hed trom the American encampment at tort (j-o ge, tor the pm pole of cutting off the fupplret of the enmyand breaking up the lmali encampments they were forming through the country. On the 24th about 9 miles well ot Qajeenfton, they wereattacked by a body ot aDove 500 Indians Sc rearly 100 regulars who lay concealed in the woods near the toad they were palfm. The attack commenced on the dragoons who were placed m the rear. The infty. were loon brot' into a potition to return the enemy's fire to advantage, k fucceeded in driving them fomc diltance into the woods in a (hort time, the Indian having taken a crcu-.tous route, appeared in front opened a fire upon the mounted riflemen, who were Ita'ioned there here they met with fo warm a reception that they were compelled a fecond time to retreat in much hahV, Atter tins eveiv exertion was made to draw the Indians from the woods tc the open ground, but without much, effect The feW

who Were bold enough to venture, were handled fo roughly-, that they foon returned to their lurking places In the meanwhile the enemv were receiving conluterable reinforcements, which at length gave them a great fuperiority. A retreat for a fhort dillance was ordered and eff-cled with very little loft Tire Indians toon made their appearance upon our riht and left, and the regulars Sc tome militia in fron o'Jr troops were formed into dole COltimhl for the purpofe of dpening themfclvet a way thro' the enemy with the bayonets. At this juncture a Britilh officer rode up and demanded the turrenderof the American party. The demand was made, ke laid, to prevent the fut ther etlution of bloodc Fie alTerted upon his honor, and declared .n the moH olemn manner that the Britilh regular force was double that of the American, and that the Indians were 700 in number. Ltj colonel Bcerltler under a belief of thelc facts, and thinking ii impracticable to get off the wounded, whom he was unwilling to abandon to tiie mercy of tne lavages, and deeming it ektreniely uncertain whether a retreat could be effected, thot' proper to agree to terms ot capitulation, which were at length fignrd by hitnfelf on the cue prt, and by It. col. B i (hop on the other Bv thelc it was ltipulatcd that the wounded liiould be taken good care of, the officers pern.'tted to retain then ftcle airia, private prtpcrty to be refpected, and the militia paroled and permuted to retuvn home immediate)) 1 he articlet of capitulation were no toon r Ggncdthan they were Violated '1 he Indians immediately commenced their depredations and plui ciered the tVlt.r,s ot their fide arms. 1 Oe foldieri too WIS dripped of every article of clothing, to which the favages iook a i.i'Ky, Inch as bats, coats, fhoea, ix.c. It is impolilble to give any correct account ot the killed ano wounded, as the enemy did not tuiniiii a lift. The IMs of tiie enemy istuppotcd to be much greater than rurs. Between 30 and 40 Indians were Counted, tiiat lay de d on the field. From their known practice ol carrying ff their killed and wounded) It is belitveO they mult have Suffered teverely. The regulai troops were in a few dayi lent to Ktillgfton, from whence it is probable they have proceeded to Quebec Maj. Chapin and his ci rj s were detained under guard at the heed ot lake Ontario, & no attention paid to that article of capitulation which provided for their being naroled. On tlie 13th infl they were ordered down the lake to Kinglton, for which pLce the were embarked in two boats, accompanied by a guard of 15 men under the command of lieutenant, 13 ot thr men vith the lieut. were Rationed in the forward boat, With maj. Chapin 5t the other oifuers while the rtnaiang two a fcrjeant and one man)

took the cireclion of tne other hoat, which contained the foldiers. An agrrerr.en' had been entered into picviom to their departure ot fcizmg tlefiilt opportunity that ifF-red, to regain theii libert) , which they dctermio eu to effect or die in the attempt. When they were within about 12 miles of York, the boat Which Wai filled with prifoncrs was towed by them along fide the ot! er, under pretence of taking fom thing to dripl the fignal being given, they fprans upon the

ij guard who, little expected fuch a uv.i OTUVrc Mid in a tliort time difarmed them h gained pcflVlIion of the boats- They immediately alteied their COUrfc from Kingfton to forC Niagara, and after rowing bird tor moll ot" the nighty and efcaping with difficulty from one of the enemy's fchrs. whichgave thena chafe, arrived in fafety, with their nnfoneu , at the American pamfon. When the major ar.d his company arrived in this village they were welcomed with feveral demoi. Orations of the public feein g. Mexican Kevoluti n. The following extract of a di fpatch from the revolotionary commandant Jofeph fi-r-nardo (iutirrras, in the province ot Ttx-s, was traiifmitted trom Natchez, under date of the IJth nit. in K'ter from a grntleman ol that place to his friend in this country, and pi litely handed to the edi:ors cl" thij paper tor publication) At us, (GOVERNMENT HOUSE, St. FeUKAndo) June 20, 18 13. u Dear Sir By letters forwarded f ont this place, dat. d t!,c 19th, ; ou received in formation of the enemy being wi;hih three mi'es of the capitoh Beifig informed taC they were about to be renfcrred by Aradonelo, who headed in pet fan 700 (trong, conceived it highly necefiTary to deftat JLic fonilo, as toon ai bniBbte Early thi-- morning, I left the Capitol with about 700 Rrong. My brave Air.Ticans and Spanifli troops Were all in fini 'pints, mmly refolved on victory or death, and thus determined to defend a juQ a dl honorabie eauie. And being well prepared tor battle, at 1 1 o'clock, A. M we Commen ced the grand attack. 'e h. d not been engaged more than 75 minutes before we marched over the enemy's camp, and compelled them 'o yi' hi, with the lofs of two pieces of artillery, (being all they had) 00) killed, a great number wounded and many prifoners.au immenfe number of fire arms cV. IWoids, large fuppliesof provifions, floor Sec. ammunition; mules and horfes This ever nemoratde day will, until the end ot time, continue to be dear to Spanifli patriots. In tins victory much may be faiA in faVor ot the native? they followed thtS bright exatjiple of thofe brave Americana who have loitered every thing to retrievo them trom their bondage and difgrace"" The letter further Hates, that the men' were 1500 (Irong Mr. Louis Maflicote9 fecretary ol ftate in the revolutii nary fervice, fell early in the adtion wirh the royalills ; he is a great loft to the caufr, heir g the only per Ion at St. Fernando, Iio coulol tranllatc the Spanifli 1 ngaage Kxtrai of a letter from a gentleman f ne to the editor of tic Pittlburgh Ga Bette, dated 24 h July, 18 13. PlTTSaURCB, July 30. 14 We are ftill in a lUtc of blockade, but ! cannot iay very rigorous, for ycllerday evening failing mailer Chaplin, arrived in at large boat with 70 failort, and informs that: 7 ,0c willbe iere this afternoon or tomorrow ; they left Sachet's Harbor with him fix days ago, & were hut fiiort dilianca behind him hcii he left BuffMo. He alio informs that the frigate GeneraR P.ke was ready to fail, and com. Chauncef would leave Jacket', Harbor on Tiiefdaw I ait to. Niagara, iron, whence he would fend a many tailors a; wt old be nec-tT.y f r the fleet at tins place, and which Wi u!d ge out very Ihortl) '.iter they arrive. The Britilh Meet was in Kingflon harbor when mr Cbampliocamc up hike Ontario." CH1LL1CQ1 HE, Augufl 4. By accounts trom Lower Sai di (ky, of the 26th u!:. it appears tiiat g-r. Hrrifora hai moved lus camp to Lower Sei -k3, nir.o miles in the rear of Lower Sanduikv.

Private account- trcm Spain enrr-jr in rp prefenttng the boftility between the Spai -ards and Britiflh, aa having attained foch a heigh: that it mult foon fall with dcltru&tr violence on the Britifli the bartle cf L-. z?n will haitcn that event. D. Pr$ss