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Mediterranean every afillir.net
in nil •[> wcr.
Asa to i per farion for you
ftivi'.-s, you wli l>t Jll< we l a
tiie rat- of twrive I liridreri ciai-
Ur> l e artr i rr. t ;n 1 tilt- rat o .s
*>t a lttutenam in . nc navy us the
I)*- Srat s
lan > riiic6tV.lv, & r ,
(Signed,) ‘
H. SMITH,
•Exli.nl of a Idler /- m t'r Secretary of
the A avy to C trv <dor S rvuet liar
/•&/: ehtted J'tic tj.u, 18C4.
* With rUpcOt to the ex bafhaw of
Tripoli, we have no objection to you.
avaitiirg you. Llf of his co < peratiou with
you a.-iui.it Tripoli, if you (hall, upon a
fu Ilu w of the fibji it, after your an i
vai up- it the Halii.n, coi fi h r h . co-opc
ra’ ron t ~L pe. b nt. Ihe ful-p tis com
mitted entirely to your difcictinn. In
jiu.li an r ent you will, it is bthevul,
fine! Mr. Eaton extremely us t .1 to you.
Co'. Tobias Liar, 1.1.’ c nihil gene
ra! at Algiers, in ixvefted hy the pveli
ilent with full power and autbori.y to
T.cgocute a treaty of peace with the ba
jhaw of Tripoli, and aifo to arjult fueii
teim: of c-oiiciliaticn an may be found ne
cii 1 y with any of lie oih,r Baibary
powers. , lie i-;, tl.e-efore, te> he convey
ei( I y you to any of tliefe rtgenci- 8, a- hi
re ay nqucltof you, and you will cordi
ailv co-opera.e with hin in ad such mea
fuirh is may be de'eiitid the belt caleu.a
ted to 1 fieCtiidie a termination of the war
with Trip .11, axel to in n e a eolith uaucr
ot the fneoelfli p and rcipett ut the ether
Eaib.ry powein.”
C'.hi 11. ode 1 e Barren to Cf t Hull.
Si/'Under 131/0, 1805.
SIR,
The llate and condition of the Ar
gus, under your command, requiring that
fli (h old go into port, for the purpi.fe
of tefi ting, &c. In quell you to pro
cred with all practicable expedition to
Mr ha, or Byrai ule, anel the re re fit your
veil'd, v/l ii h being completed, you wit!
t. It. on hex.rd 2 mouths provilions and
w-d’er, and proceed for the- piort of Alrx
andrni, and it at that port or Smyrna,
you find any ‘ mciacan vtiTeh', V u well
give them convoy a’> far as Ma ta, anel
immediately allci j fill the squadron ofi
this place.
You wII take uneJer your care the j
ship St Michael, inure- pteei by tin fqui- ,
drou, in Ihe a tempt to enter the block j
ailed pen t 1 (i Tilpoli. \oU Will find
ci inmoJore Preble at Malta or Syr cuf., j
v.-.th two otlitr ships, capuired in ma
king the fame attempt. You will re- j
Ci-ive his orders with tefpef'i to the dtfpo- j
fit ion of the St. Michael, caule ail her |
papers to be delivered to him, and fur-j
it Ih him with all the information you j
in..y be able to gain from tier crew, &C.
tin y. ur pi ifige You wid inform the
commanders of viffils you may find a!
Lyracufe, that 1 {lull be off Tripoli.”
Verlalet ! e< sos Cm mo ‘ore Barron to
ca/tai ’ Hu l, 0/ the V tied St ! s fail/
air gut, in p efence oj the uid rjigned, on
boat and the I‘iifl ent.
Se/ timber I /th, tS.'.}..
SIR,
“ The- writ en or,his I hoc baud you,
to p.ueenl to the poll of Alexandria or
Smyrna, lor convoying to Malta any
Vt fills you nn y fiuel there, or intended,
to eiil, u.ie the real oljett 1 I your expe
dition which isio proceed wall Mr. j
E.. 1011 to Alexandria, in ft-arch ol H ‘
n.et B lliaw, tile- rival brother and leeiii ;
nau foeceign of the reigning b.tlhaw j
of Piipexi ; and to convoy li.in and hi.
lu..e to Dei ae, or inch other place on
the coats as may be detcrminid the molt .
proper f.r coupe rating wth the navai I
force uiieltr my command, agamll the
Cell 11ie.11 enemy ; 01, it more agreeable
to h.m, to bring him to me betoic 1 11-
p. li,
Si ould flamet B (haw not be found
st A lex mains, yiiuhave the elite ttion
to proceed to any Utlur place lor him,
where the lately of y. ur 111 ip can be, in
your opinion, rciicd upon.
The r atli.nv may be alTured of the
sup'{ oft d1 my fqiahron at Bengazi, or
D r.c, where you ate at liberty to put
in, if uquired, and it it can be done with
Out too gnat a iiilc. And you may as
In c film ado, that 1 vviil take the moll
edeCtu-l tpealures w ith the forces under
my commami, for 00 opirating with him
s b aiull the ufurptr, h s biotl: -, and for
le eUabbihing him 10 the regency ol
Tripoli Arraugcn.nuts to this eftiit
are ceii.iiJcJ to the discretion with winch
Mr. 1 nion 13 vetted bv tfic government,”
At TKsT.
ISA AC HULL,
william laton.
extracts.
Mr. E.iton to C pi.iin Hull
Grawo Cauo, Ji uuiy 3 —3 P. M
6 rccty nail ivv ettcr ot h.s muni
ing gone off by your courier tsprefs,
when a le-ttci from Hamel 8..1U av can.e
to band, of which tnc following is a co
py, try traifLtiou.
*• l'baika be to him to whom grati
tude is due. To our friend arid the ee
ry good friend ot your highnei*, the
American agent Mr. Catuu.
“ VN e have received yourleiter, and
after having uoCciltoid tlic conic Ms
we gave ifiai ki to (.it and, for havn g pre
ictvcu yooi loa th. K .ow ts at 1 an.
titr tin Une as toil knew uic at i'u
O'.s ; ny frnndlhip 18 coalUnt and un)
total 2 but you ua\c becu la. ’y. Vve
mud, however, m; ke this delay fuL
ftrve a good purpose.
“ From the date of the present 1
(hall leave this for Bel-era, and shall
tliere take quarters at the house of the
Arab chief, Abdelgtver el be Kou.-chi,
where I propose to you to tnett me. 1
I have written to my fubjefts and to my
minister Mahmoud Kogc:, ar.J alio the
governor of police, Muhammcd, fo.t of
bdulralimcn, that they may treat with
you ; and whatever y u conclude with
thrm, wil be ratified tsy me. Your
operatio .* should be carried on by fca ;
mine by land ; and may God afTilt us to
re eilabhlh peace and harmony. The
28 Namadan, 1219.
SignccL
“ HAMFT BASHAW,
Son of />d B sh .tv Car an, alii, ’
The date of the lialhaw’s letter cor
ref ponds with the 3d inlimit. The place
of meeting abouL 8 houts niareh from
Ah xa.tdna, so that he will probably ar
rive thither before- v.-e can with you.
COPY - .
Ce.pt .in Bair.lriehe to George Davis, sq
at Davis.
Tripoli, Jan. 27th, 1804.
Sir,
I have bren ar-.x-oufly expc&ing to
hear from yi u and to receive f.nne in
foimstion c:i the determination of ou
licvcrnment. Not one word on 11-ui
In! jet have I yet hca>d. lam axxi
01,fly txp.cting letters from commodore
Barron. Ibi lievc the hafnaw is vtty dc
firou* of peace, and has great opprehen
lions of the intended attack, an,, was
a negociation to be attempted, 1 think
it vtiy probable that it would fuccecr ,
for the apprehet li in of the attack might
nave as great an iff, Ans the attack it
felf; and fltould the attack piove ui
lucctfs;ul, he will no doubt continue in
demanding a coi li ierable lurn. As I
am quite ignorant oi the forte that wih
be brought a ri ain,T this place, I cauno
give any opinion of tile probable eff tt
it may have. We oil r our molt fervaut
prayers that the gieutrlt success may
j attend it. I cannot fay wlist the bail
a.v’s d,matid will be, but 1 believe ne
would t;k at tins tnoment much life
than what he demanded of commodort
Preble hit AUgulb Our funds are ah
ex .autted; and bills on Tunis are at a
great exchange again, li the drawer.
Pray, have you heard of Eaton ? In
y. ur next, which 1 anxiously expett
fooa, 1 lhail itccive a grtat ceil of news
1 hope. 1 afiure you, wias it not for
our bi nd Mr. N.fL-n, we should lufftr
cuniiderubly for nect flarict 111 our cl oh
confinement; he is a friend in need, ol
couife, a friend indeed.
P. S By the 1 anilh consul. “The
hafhavv is now very attentive upon your
tranladicxis with his brother in Alexaa
dria. r\ camp is going againli Dernc
Give me h ive to itll you, tliat 1 fount)
your plan with the bailiuw’s brothei
very v.dt, and that you facrific.e your
pi lien r’s lives here in case of luccefi.”
EXTRACTS.
William Eaton, Ffq. to the Jccretary of
the Navy,
/i.FXXNMti.I, 13 h Fin. 1805.
“ r L'he letters winch have puffed be
tween capt. Hull and tr.ylelf, copies of
which at - herewith annexed to a dupli
cate cftlut 1 had the honor to addref;
yot'. on tie 13th December, conveys
detail of our trail fruition 9 liuce that date
The spprehenfions then entertained of
impediments on the pait of the Manic-
Ink beys were just. The Ball,aw f.-pa
r.ited binrtlf from them with l i., fuitr
iniin.di.Uily on receiving my foil letter
from Caiio, and repaired to Fiaum, a
neutral province; but the evening ofhis
il parturc, thirty Arab chiefs were put
in chains by tiie Mameluke bey Ofmau
Bev Be Air i, to prevent their following
linn with their tribes. Os four copies
if the viee-ioy’s letters of amntHy, which
l ddpatched by ciffeieat conveyances,
not one reached him. Three inattocs
in t if u'ft of Aiabs, charged with one
of them, entered the Mameluke camp,
were arrdled, the packet taken from
them and they Ic.itenced to death- They
intoxicated the centinel, who was an
European rerwgado and tfeaped to
Fiaum ; by whom the bafhaw obtained
the tint information of that act of grace,
and it was nut till he joined me at De
manhour that he fi ll law the letter.
Tins h. s delyed our ousmeafutvs 5c given
us embarraiin.nts. My three enter
pnJi. g matters are with me, but we have
no returns bom any of the other three
Ourieis.
“ The bafhaw lad already determin- -
ed to t. kc the defart of Lybia to Dcrr.e, •
giving tor his rtaf.in, which 1 think a j
found one, that by taking (hipping and
.separating hiinfeif trom cite Atobs, they
would lie all patience it not co; iidciice
alio, and abandon his cause He has
conftq icutiy moved round the lake and
will to morrow take hi* itation at Arabs
l’oo, 30 miles Wilt ward ot the old port
of l.xaiidria, where lam to j in him
with a detachment from the city, next
Sunday, and proceed with him to Bom
ba, at tl c head of SCO men, and there
take pod. Mean time eapt. Hull re
pairs to the rendezvous for luitable rein
forcements and lupphes tofecure an cs
tabhlhmeut at Derue and Bengazi.
Thole provinces in our puff fiton will
cut off from the enemy and turn into
our own chacucl a iourcc of provdions,
-uid will open a tree intercomfe with the
interior of the country, 1 lure rupees
led ot the commodore, for tins pc.rpotc,
an hundred hand ol arms wit h cartridg
es, ami two brats ft id pieces with tianis
-ad auiaiuiutioti, ..i and atio a detachment,
‘of Ipo mariner j, if nicefiary, to lead a
cou') dc m din.
“ 1 calculate the whole expenditure
of cash in this expedition, including tx
peaces in Egypt, will amount to 20,000
dollars. Further difbarfiments arid fup
plieswi’l be necessary to carry this plan
into final effedt. Hut to indemnity the
United States, I have entered into con
vention with Hamel Bulhaw, to pledge
the tiibu e v f Sweden, Denm.a k, and
the Batavian Republic ; which conven
tion 1 lhall reduce to writing and for
ward by captain Hu!!, if time permit ;
otherwise fey the earliest occasion.
“ Hay before ytllerday, an envoy ar
rived in a ketch from J fhif, Balhaw of
Tripoli, to the governor and admiral of
this place, for the exprt-fs purpose of
prevailing on them to Hop Harriet Ba
lk .w from going out of the count y.
Intelligence of our having left Syracuse
lor this place, with ;; view of taking
him away, was conveyed to the enemy
byartfideut at Malta, known by the
name of Soluque; H C-nte Gallini, I
do n.,t know his real name. The agent
mad? great promises in the name of his
mailer, to the e Tu-klh commanders:
But ptreeiviiig they Limed not to have
In’ fai;h in f.is allnrances, he resorted
to the h nfibdity of thiir compaffim ;
fatd, if Humet B Jhitv was per mill and to
te urn. ‘/afjuf n.vji fly the kingdom or ofe
| his Ti:e Ju jells oj Tripoli were
j gets “g txe.nyoj le war with thiji new
\ihjidtls ; they could not learn from their
J movements th tr intentions, and we e at
\ tack and unaware ; the B jhaw be'iev.d he
, could rjtjl the n upon his butte: ies ,- but ii
. they nude a itefcent with bis brith.r, his
peep cwu 1 1 a.l leave him. This it te
meul ecin.s from the private feerctary
of the gevenor, who is secured in rui
interell, who heard the esufe of ‘alLf
Biiih.iW argued before the governor and
admiral I don’t learn what effect it has
taken, but if the client has net the
means of touching a more fnifible nerve
than a Tuik’spity, Ins cause is forlorn
At any rate we are secure againli his
ti.fsa.nce by the secure petition we have
taken. Except therefore, lome unfore
teen accident thwart us, my next will be
dated at B ngazi The Arabs and
are u m. tally with us, and, if
we had the ti eaus of fubfiiter.ee, we
might march 20, or 30.000 from the
ejrdtrs of E . ypt, who from time to
urne have tak.n n.fuge here liuce the
ulurpation 01 J afTuf Bafhaw.
IT) be continued. ]
L-itclt bo eign Intelligence,
Received at Charleston, by the Indepen
dence, Jrom Greenock.
OL.MUTZ, December 3.
Yefterdty a great 6attle took place
between the combined and Frencti ar
mies m the vicinity of the villages of
bclilawpowitz, Kumerowitz and Chirn
uz, not tar Irom ‘l’uras, which lalled till
to-day, and was extremely bloody, The
tflue *t> ttill undecided, and all the ac
counts received litre re It on mere reports.
Ou. iortrels, in the mean time, has been
put ino a llate to Itand a liege, and the
royal iainily have removed to Tcscheu.
The two emperors re with the army.
We wtil for more circuinitautial paru
culars.
P. S. According to later accounts,
the baltie baa at lull been decided in fa
vour pi the Aintrian and Ruffian army
with whom the victory remains.
BERLIN, December 7.
It was not on the 27.i1, bu. the 25th
of November, that count Haugwitz arri
ved ai the head quaitersof the emperor
Napoleon. No advices, however, had
been received from that mimfter lo late
as yeltcrday, in the afternoon. It the
emperor ot the French does not accept
tilt proportions ot which he is tne bear
er, the war will be moil terrible, and
Fulfil., will exert all her ttrengih to main
tain h:r ancient giory. The genius of
the great Frederick appears to connate
the whole army, and uic enthuiiaim or
ail clad s throughout tue Pruffiau must
archy is cx. reuse.
The young volunteers present them
selves in crowds, to oifer tticir services
to their country —aadthe Aultrian pri
foneis ot war, who dcLrt by hundreds,
cOjtie to enl.lt among our troops. Se
veial new regiments are railing, and the
aimywiliby thefc means be tuba aug
mented lo 300,000 men.
The gari lion ot Berlin began its mi.rch
on Funny, and that ot Potsdam on Wcd
utfday. ’Pne brothers of the king set
cut on the lame day ; the eldelt coin
man ! s the foot guards, and the lecond
the body guards. The equipages of the
king have likewise set out, but the day
oi his tnajsfty’s departure is not yet de
termined. His terene highness the duke
ot Brunswick has arrived here, and waits
for further orders refpecditig the deltina
tion of hu army. This army, and that
ot prince Huhcniohe, will bear the name
ot the 4 army of the king it *viil be
tubdividtd into two diviiior.s, which wilt
be called “ the corps of the duke of
Brunswick,” and *• the corps of prince
Hohenlohe.”
December 9.
In the courte of yeltcrday and the
preceding day, fcveral couriers arrived
litre with dilpatchcs relative to the great
battle fought 111 Moravia on the id and
4-h iiilUnt, between the Ruffian and
French armies. But as the accounts re-
Ccivcd rest only on verbal reports, we
l.avt nothing certain on the futj.ct, ex
cept that a very murccrous buu.e ha- ta
ken place, and that tiie emperor Ahx
aifdtr lougtit with lndifcnbaoic courage
at the head cf his guard*. This grca‘
monarch did not p. re hinfclf, but le
on his brave foldler. into the hotelt of
the lire
‘1 he firfl day the battle was extrum •-
ly bloody. ‘Fhe Ruffians had miff;
thiir way, by which circuinllance the
French profiled, and fell on the Ruffi n
I centre which they threw into diforue.-,
and the battle continued with various
success till night.
On the following morning the battle
was renewed ; the Ruffian left wing
pref T.-d on witn inrifcribable bravery;
the French were entirely defeated, and
the Ruffians returned to their former
positions near Autlernitz. The infs in
killed on both fidcs is ellimated at 20,-
000 men.
Prince Pangration diftinguiflied him
felf in a very eminent manner
I his is ail that .3 known from the
couriers that have arrived here to-day.
MORAVIA, Dec. 4.
In the battle on the 2d the Ruffians,
by the imputation attack of the French,
hod loft part of their artillery, but to
wards evening general ICutufow re-took
the artilleiy, and tcf.ucd the greater
part cf the- pril. ners.
On the 4th the battle was renewed,
and the fortune of arms declared in fa
vor of the combined army, which re
sumed i : s pHitiou near Auftcrhntz
and prepared fur a n.w attack oa the
5 h-
V.flory or death was the word in the
battle, w hich was one of ihe moll bloody
in modern history. The contest was
decided by the uayonet and the fubre.
The Ruffi ui guards under the Grand
Duke Cos:. Han tire, fought with the
greatell bravery ; the Aullrian Cavalry
lik wife contributed greatly to the* de
ctfion of the battle on the 3d.
LONDON, December 9.
The Duke* of Cambridge will proba
bly leave town for Hanover, on Tuesday
or Wtdnelday, to command and orga
nize the Hanoverian legion, and the new
levies forming in that ele&orate. The
recruits already amount to 11,000, and
as our army advances into the country,
their number will doubtless increase. The
Ruffian, Swtdilh, and British troops, in
cluding the Hanoverian legion, at pre
heat in Hanover, amount to near 70,000
men.
Several preliminary points of opera
tions were adjuHed between the Duke
ot Biunfwick. general Ttllloy, and ge
neral Don, at a meeting of those oflicers,
which took place at Hildefheiin 011 the 4
25th ult. and the allied armies are ad
vancing as rapidly as the state of the
roads and weather, and the arrangement
of their supplies, will admit.
It is a tadt decisive of the co operation
of Pruffu in the war again it France,
that the recruits raifmg in Hanover, in
Brittfh pay, aid to be attached to the
King’s German Legions, are fubfilted
for the greater part, Loin the Pruflian
magazines.
Lord Harrowby’s reception by the
Prullian cabinet, has fully corresponded
with the w ilhes of our government.
His lordlhip was attended to Porfdam by
Count Hardeuberg, and was there fully
and unreservedly poffiffd of the views
and intentions of that cabinet. 1
Accounts have been received from col, i
Ramsey, who has been sent by govern- !
ment to the Aultrian head quarters, that i
the firlt divilion of the i-uugarian infiir- i
rtdiou army, was in motion on the :b.h !
ult. and advancing towards toe frontiers 1
of Siina, with a view to supp irt the o !
peratioes of the Archduke Charles This ;
n:afs, which is excellently or i; anifed and I
appointed, comprises upwards ot ioo.oco I
men.
Dec. 10.
We have at length received further
accounts of the operations of the w.ir
in Germany and Italy. Paiis and Ham
burg papers to the 30th, arrived late
lall nigh . They are full of important
intelligence. The operations of the
two French armies are brought down
nearl\ to the lame date. Tne army in
Germany to the iß.ti,andthc army in
Italy to the 17th, There are five bul
letin* from the former and one from tiie
latter. The 22d- bulletin from the
Grand army, contains an account of the 1
battle at Dernfteiu on the 1 ith, in which
the Ruffians gained a vi&ory over Mor
tiers D.vdion. But the French, of
course, so tar from confetti tg themfeives
to have been beaten, assert that they
were victorious, Sc that with 4000 men,
they fought the whole Ruffian army, 23
or 30,000 men, from fix in the morn
ing till four in the afternoon ! But it
is evident, from the manner in which
the account in the bulletin is drawn up,
that the Ruffians were victorious. Tne
French, “uaviug made themfeives mas
ter3 of the village ot Soib.n, thought the
labor of the day over.” Wa, it to take
pcff.ffion of a village merciy, that the
French fought ten hours ? i'ae fad is,
that the French were turned by the Rut
dans, and surrounded in this village—if
they had not been, marihal Mortier
would not have found it neccilary to
have “cut his way through the enemy’s
huts.” Ihe French fullered according
to their own coufeffiou, coufiderably :
but they itate that 4000 Ruffians were
; lulled or wounded, a.id 1 joj taken pri
I i'ouers. In the 23d. bulictin, the bat-
I tie of Durndtin is again mentioned tor
i the purpolc of repeating the affertioa in
| the former bulletin, that 4000 Frentn
dettated hum 25 to 30,000 Ruffians—
but it aliens taut the French mauuaiued
tiieir poiu.iou. Now thtir otjeti was to
make themlehrcs mailers of tne pofitiou
occupied by the Ruffians ; they advanced
Tr that • arpoftvXtLt fa led in t:ie at
tempt. Li the 33 1 bulletin they 0.-if
1 Lfs tfiat the RuEi ‘i.s prtferved tb.eir po*
!li ion at Krstna on the itib, bat eva
cuated it on the tan; their oLj-dl, of
icourfe, was to fall Saek on thiir retn
iforcemctiL* and refourcts. Mart .r who
■appears not to have been killed or wcuu
'tied in the battle, has purlieu them, to
(turn their right, and maiflial Bcrnadott
their left.
Mortier and Bernadott’s divifton pur
sued the Ruffians. ’i'Le advanced guard
under gin. Milhaud, followed them oil
the road to B unn, as far as Volckers
doifi, Lasues, Davouat, and Scalt’s di*
visions, alio croffeu the Danube into
Moravia. Lafnes was at Stoke ran, on
the road to Zha yin on the 15th. Bo
naparte’s head quarters were at Sehoeu
bruun, the Emperor ot G-rmany’s ptA*
iase. ’
The bulletin from the army of Italy,
Hates, that tLe archduke had cfft&ed, k.
it is evident without loss, his retreat to
Lay bach, in Carnola.
D.c. 17.
In addition to the intelligence brought
by the Hamburg nr,a;), we art enabled to
lay before our readers the fubHauce of
molt important ditpaiches, received this
morning by government from fir a. Pa
get his majeHy’g mini Her to the emperor
ol G. rmauy } they are dated Olmutz t’oc
3d mil. ’ihe toUovving is t..c ofliet
al Bulletin ciiculated by government :
“ Government received lull night ac
counts dated at Olmutz, the 3d, by
j which it appears that a gen.ral battle
1 tcoii place on the 2b_tween the
I'reueh and Auflro Ruffian armies ac
Vv ifcuau. The centre of the latter feeing
to Lave met With great rchHance, and
;,J Have bee-i repulsed, but the left wing
of the enemy were defeated .vi-h con hi
viable lols, by the right v<’ing of the
adic-.s, under the command of tiie prin
ces Li ehtmUein and Pangratioa. The
Etnperor Alexander comma.ided his army
ui pc-fon, and di*payed the utm.it
braveiy. ihe cot.iliCt seems to have
been ot the molt obftiuate kind, and to
I Have been luilaiued by the allies in the
1 moll exemplary manner. The lots of
the I* reneh was immmenfe.
Ihe meliengtf who brought this in
telligence, left Olmu.z twenty-four
hou.s after the battie, and relates that,
at that tune, the loihs or ihe enemy
v/eie reported to be much more consi
derable than those of the aliim, who Hi”
maintained their pofstion at Wifchau.
** Accounts have been tins day re
ceived at the admiralty, which left Ham
burgh two cays later than the Mettl- tiger
“vho arrived from fir A. Paget. These
accounts Hate that fcveral ikii unlh.-s took
place between the allied armies and the
French, from the 29 h of November to
the 2a inftaut, when they came to a ge
neral action, in which the French loft
27,000 men and ail their artillery —that
tue French, retreat d—that Bonaparte
was wounded—that he had proposed an
armistice, which was rejected.
44 1 hat the Piuffians to the amount
of 140,000 men were in motion. That
the king of Pruflju had himfelf taken the
command of one army, and the duke of*
Brunswick of another.”
The account* received at the admiral,
ty were traufin.tted by admiral Hollo
way, who Hated that a lieutenant of the
Adamant was on ihore at Cuxruver. on
Saturday lift, where accounts had been
received from Hxrnbu *gh t.vo days later
than the time Mr. Kaye the
palled through that city, dating that
the battle had been entirely in favor of
the allies—that Bonaparte hid been
leverely Wounded in the right arm and
it was thought would be obliged to fuf
f- r amputation. l'he commander of the
Piercer gun veil.l, arrived from the ft ms,
gives an account that he hear.i newsiimij&r
to the above. All accounts, however,
agree that the battle was lough: on both
hdes with the greatdt obduracy, and
chiefly with the bayonet. The Ruffians
expended little ammunition. Tiie car
nage was iminenl’e.
iue ..nipcroi’ Alexander was miffing
for about fix hours during the action,
ano no little apprehend m was entertained
for hit lately. He was a length found
fighting among that part of liie troops
which m the end was worllcd by tac
French centre, it was with much diffi.
uity lie was perfuadtd to retire to a quar
ter where he would be txpofed to lei's
danger.
i he number of our allies is Hated at
70,000, though the accounts of the
numbers in fi tters from various partsfof
Moravia, before the battle, fay they were
90,000. The number of B iraparic’a
army is Hated at 80,000 ; and lonic re
ports lay, that 27,000 fell on each fide,
w hile others make that of the allies only
1 5,000
It 13 probable that this ba 4 tle will soon
be folk,wed by another, and it may fair
ly be inferred from the French attempt
nothing fjr two day thac they
lutttred very feveicly, and were not in a
c mduioii to rilk a freih attack. That
theic would Lc another dreaaiu. engage*
ment before Bonaparte is i'ubducd is rna
mfut. We may be allowed, however,
to indulge the moll fang nine hop.s of
lucccfs. Ihe l’relfianx may now soon
be expected at the field of action. VVtiile
Mr. -T.-ye, patted through Berlin, nev.a
ot thu battie had been received there*
A council of state had been held, and the
Prufuxu army, 140,000 ltroug, bad uc
tuady begun R* march i .to Bohemia.
i tie emperor Alexander, as wc have
already ttated, was m thickcft and hotteil
the bat lie—hr animated tiie Croopa
oy in. courage j he inlpircd them wit-i
Uieutmolt cuinutieim, by the manner m
which l-e cxpo.eJ his peribu. Tne man.
i.-. in a hio.i the Ru.daiw isceiveed and