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Newspaper
Courier
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 25, 1813
Page
2
The bulletin notes troops showing a rigid stance and commitment to the German cause and homeland. It ends by announcing the suspension of the town and citadel of St Sebastian and the defeat of Soult on August 31 and September 1.
The dispatch reports Allied and Russian units advancing through Saxony and Cassel. Czernicheff and Czernitschef support a decisive pursuit with heavy enemy losses, capitulation at Cassel, and the occupation of the city. The advance signals growing European resolve amid shifting German front lines.
The Crown Prince observed yesterday in this city the 81st corps of the Prussian army under General Bulow and today the 4th corps led by General Court Taunzein. He praised the troops for their discipline and equipment and was pleased with their military bearing.
Dispatches note no new operations after French lines fell and Pamplona’s surrender seems near. Marshal Beresford arrived from Lisbon, gale rocks two transports at the harbor entrance, and Calahora reports 3d army near Pamplona. Reported enemy in the August 31 battle claimed 300 Oliver soldiers lost and the Emperor wounded.
Reports from Copenhagen Vienna and Vienna describe troop movements and treaties between Austria Prussia and Russia. Details include a 50 000 infantry and 10 000 cavalry contingent and a second reserve division organized under Count Pino. Arrests and incidents in Valencia and New London are noted alongside torpedo concerns in American waters.
Intelligence from Heligoland dated the 21st claims Bremen surrendered on the 15th to General Tettenborn. It lists garrison sizes at several batteries and forts, with thousands of troops in Hamburg area and 3000 fit for duty. Also notes 1000 men sent to Rothenburg to confront 800 French forces entrenched there.
Oct 15 Bremen reports General Tettenborn at the head of Allied forces entering the city after rapid marching from Reitzenburg via the Elbe. The garrison, reduced by heavy casualties, capitulated under terms allowing departure with honors of war. Stores, artillery, and cavalry equipment fell to the conquerors as French civil agents fled with passports.
The fragment notes Emperor Napoleon in Dresden on Oct 4 1819 and the Saxon king remaining there. It suggests the grand army between Leipzig and Dresden may risk a battle before leaving the Elbe line. It mentions the North army under the Croy and the Silesian army under Blaches massing forces.
The second battalion under Colonel Malcolm sails for Newfoundland while a portion under Colonel Williams remains aboard ships due to lack of barracks space. Sir John Warren is ill and being tended. nearly 200 sailors sent to hospital. Various ships and captains are noted, with ships recapturing prizes and moving toward naval theaters, including the Chesapeake and Lakes, as detachments sail or return.
The Gazette reports the investiture of Ranperse Asey on the 27th at Toplitz and notes naval reinforcements and command changes in Burlington. It cites Albany visits by Geo Armstrong and Gerry, discusses the Chesapeake blockade, Admiral Warren's actions near Lisbon and Scilly, and the loss of Colibri with Moselle at Port Royal. A duel in Gillingham Reach ends with a self defense verdict.
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