134] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



sight of Dresden ; while prince 

 Schwartzenberg, with a large part 

 of the Austrian array, marched by 

 Aussig and Leutmeritz, and threw 

 a great force on the enemy's right 

 in Lusatia. On the 8ili Witgen- 

 steln's corps, and a part of Kieist's 

 under the command of gen. Zieth- 

 en, which had advanced to the 

 Elbe above Dresden, were attacked 

 by a strong body of the enemy, 

 which obliged Witgenstein to eva- 

 cuate the village of Dohna, and 

 retreat towards Peterswalde, Pima 

 being still occupied by Zeithen. 

 The enemy continued to advance 

 on the 9tli, while the allies fell 

 back, disputing every inch of 

 ground. The Austrians, who had 

 advanced to Leutmeritz and Aussig, 

 were now ordered to counter- 

 march, and the allies began to 

 collect all their forces nearToplitz, 

 in order to resist the numerous 

 forces of the enemy, with Napo- 

 leon in person, who seemed to pur- 

 pose a general attack. By the 12th 

 they had advanced close to Kuhn ; 

 but at this time above half the 

 Austrian corps had rejoined the 

 army, and had taken a position 

 with it. After a reconnoissance, 

 therefore, the French emperor 

 thought proper to commence a 

 rstreat. 



On the 15th prince Schwartzen- 

 berg caused a genei-al charge to be 

 made on the enemy wherever an 

 advantageous opportunity could be 

 found, and several vigorous attacks 

 were the result. Count Pablen 

 was opposed by a French advanced 

 corps under general Bonnet,which 

 made a good stand, but vvas at 

 Jength obliged to retire. On the 

 16th the French occupied the 

 p.io.uDtain and heights in front of 



NollendorfF in considerable force, 

 and on the 17th Napoleon made 

 an attempt to turn the flanks of the 

 allies, and at the same time to 

 force their centre, in which be 

 seems to have had some partial 

 success; but a timely and skilful 

 movement of count Coloredo de- 

 feated the plan, by attacking the 

 enemy's column which had gained 

 the right, and which was obliged 

 to retreat with the loss of 2 or 3,000 

 prisoners. The French still re- 

 tained possession of Nollendorff 

 and the heights, from which, how- 

 ever, they withdrew on the 20th, 

 falling back towards Dresden. At 

 length the whole measured back 

 their steps to theElbe, in wretched 

 condition, and having suffered 

 severe losses among the mountains, 

 as well from want and fatigue, as 

 from the enemy. By this expe- 

 dition nothing more was effected 

 than giving a temporary check to 

 the allies in their efforts to regain 

 the command of the Elbe and 

 expel the French from Saxony. 



Blucher at this time was posted 

 at Bautzen, where he maintained a 

 communication with the grand 

 allied army. The Crown Prince 

 had his head-quarters at Zerbst, 

 and held advanced posts on the 

 Elbe, some detachments of his 

 cavalry acting on the left bank of 

 that river. Count Walmoden, 

 commanding a body of allies on 

 the lower Elbe, having been in- 

 formed that Davousi had detached 

 the generalof division, Pecheux,with 

 his corpSjto the left bank oftheElbe, 

 in order to clear it, and advance to- 

 wardsMagdeburg,crossed that river 

 on September 14th near Domitz, 

 and marched to meet him. On the 

 16th he brought the enemy to 



