GENERAL HISTORY. 



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manders of brigades in D'Yorck's 

 cot-ps. The fruits of victory were 

 12,000 of the enemy killed, 

 wounded, and prisoners, an eagle, 

 and forty pieces of cannon. 



On the 16ih the grand army 

 made a general attack to the south 

 of Leipzic. The country being 

 peculiarly adapted for cavalry, they 

 were cliiefly employed in this en- 

 gagement, with a tremendous artil- 

 lery of six hundred pieces on both 

 sides. Two solitary buildings in 

 the centre of the enemy's position 

 were occupied by several battalions 

 of infantry, and after repeated 

 attacks by the Russian infantry, 

 were carried with great carnage. 

 Murat then brought forward the 

 whole of the French cavalry, and 

 made a desperate push at the centre 

 of the allies, which for a time was 

 forced, but a charge of six regi- 

 ments of Austrian cuirassiers, which 

 nothing couid withstand, restored 

 the position ; and after much 

 slaughter the two armies remained 

 nearly on the ground on which the 

 combat commenced. 



The 17th chiefly passed in pre- 

 paration for a renewal of the con- 

 test. The Crown Prince moved 

 from his head-quarters at Lands- 

 berg to Brittenfield. Winzing- 

 rode's cavalry and artillery had 

 moved fcirward in the night 

 near the heights of Taucha. The 

 enemy showed himself in great 

 force in a good position oh the 

 left of the Partha, upon a ridge 

 parallel to that river. Some Meck- 

 lenburg hussars pushed into the 

 suburbs of Leipzic, and took three 

 pieces of cannon and a few pri- 

 soners. On the morning of the 

 iSth tiie different armies of the 

 »llies advanced from the villages 

 lound Lcipaic for their grand 



attack on that city. The first 

 operation of the Crown Prince's 

 army was, to force the enemy's 

 right, and obtain possession of the 

 heights of Taucha. This was ef- 

 fected, and general Winzingrode 

 took about 3,000 prisoners and 

 some cannon at I'aucha. The 

 enemy's infantry soon after aban- 

 doned the line of the Partha, and 

 retired over the plain towards 

 Leipzic, occu|)ying in strength 

 some villa^^es to cover their retreat. 

 In the forcing of these, considerable 

 resistance was experienced by the 

 corps of Langeron and Bulow, but 

 at length they were all carried. A 

 retiring solid square of French in- 

 fantry was thrown into such con- 

 sternation by the rocket brigade 

 under captain Bogue, that it sur- 

 rendered after the first hre. During 

 the action in this part 22 guus of 

 Saxon artillery joined theallies, and 

 were instantly turned against the 

 enemy ; and two Westphalian re- 

 giments of hussars, with two bat- 

 talions of Saxons, also came over, 

 and readily accepted the offer of 

 the Crown Prince to lead them im- 

 mediately against their former ally. 

 On the southern side whence the 

 grand allied army made its attacks, 

 the enemy resisted with great ob- 

 stinacy at various points, but were 

 finally driven from their posts, and 

 a communication was established 

 between the two assailing armies. 

 The result of this important day 

 was, a loss to the enemy of 4-0,000 

 in killed, wounded, and prisoners, 

 among the latter of whom were 

 many generals, 63 pieces of artil- 

 lery, and the desertion of seventeen 

 German battalions, which joined 

 the victors with their generals and 

 staff. The conquering armies re- 

 mained during the night on the 



