1B2J ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



my, under generals Vandarauie 

 and Bertrand, crossing the Elbe at 

 Pirna and Konigstcin, pre-occu- 

 pied the pass in the mountains at 

 Osterwalde, through which the 

 Russian column under count Os- 

 terman was to proceed on the 

 road to Toplitz ; and it became 

 necessary for the Russians to force 

 their way with the bayonet. The 

 reserves of the Russian guards were 

 sent to their support, and during 

 the greatest part of the day on 

 the 30th, they remained in action 

 with the enemy. The king of 

 Prussia, who was at Toplitz, made 

 very able dispositions to reinforce 

 Osterman, and the result of the 

 day was, the loss of 3,000 killed and 

 wounded of the Russians, and a 

 much greater of the French. The 

 following day proved decisive re- 

 specting this division of the enemy, 

 whose rapid advance rendered ail 

 attack upon them necessary, in or- 

 der to give time for the retiring 

 columns of the allies to fall back, 

 and to extricate general Kleist, 

 who was still engagetl in the 

 mountains. The French had taken 

 a strong position at Kulm, three 

 German miles from Toplitz, when 

 an united force of Russians and 

 Austrians,underMiloradovitchand 

 Coloredo, commenced their attack. 

 In the midst of it Kleist was seen 

 descending the mountains on the 

 rear of the enemy, who, thus as- 

 sailed on all sides, was completely 

 put to the rout, the immediate 

 fruits of the victory being the cap- 

 ture of Vandamme and six other 

 general officers, all his baggage, 

 60 pieces of artillery, and about 

 10,000 prisoners. 



In the mean time the arms of 

 the allies were crowned with suc- 

 cess in another quarter. General 



Blucherliaving been again attack- 

 ed on August 22nd, near Goldberg, 

 after a sanguinary conflict retired 

 upon Jauer. On the 25th, marshal 

 Macdonald, who occupied a very 

 strong position near that place,ad- 

 vanced with the expectation of 

 carrying it ; but he was himself 

 attacked by Blucher on the -26th, 

 and after a severe action, termi- 

 nated only by the night, the French 

 were driven back upon the Kats- 

 bach. That river being swoln by 

 rains, and its bridges being broken, 

 aftbrded no passage for artillery : 

 so that on the following and suc- 

 ceeding day, the combat being re- 

 newed, the French incurred a loss 

 estimated at 18,000 prisoners, in- 

 cluding a general of division and 

 two generals of brigade, 103 pieces 

 of cannon, a great quantity of am- 

 munition and provision, two ea- 

 gles, and other trophies of victory. 

 The allies continued to advance 

 till, on September 2nd, Blucher, 

 encamped near Gorlitz in Lusatia, 

 was able to congratulate his troops 

 on the deliverance of Silesia from 

 the enemy. 



The Crown Prince of Sweden, 

 whom we left posted in advance 

 of Berlin for the defence of that 

 capital, had his head-quarters oa 

 August 30th at Belitz, to the south 

 of Potsdam. Parties from bis array 

 had been successful against the 

 French, and were in possession of 

 several places further southward. 

 The Prince, on September ith, be- 

 ing on his march, with an inten- 

 tion of crossing the Elbe, and pro- 

 ceeding towards Leipzic, was in- 

 formed that the enemy, after maik- 

 ing a demonstration of passing to 

 the left side of that river, had sudr- 

 denly returned to tlieir entrench- 

 ments in advance of Wittenberg. 



