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YVEIMER, October 13. *
Our situation was dreadful ..ere for
some days—the conquerors having en
teied pell mell with the vanquished,
it wns impossible to escape the pillage.
On the appearance of the Emperor
Napoleon, tilings were, however, some
what bettered, but never can Wciincr
forget her Pi incess, who alone remain
ed with us for our consolation, and lias
obtained for us the piivilege of being
preserved from the fury of the victorious
soldiers. The disorders whit h were
committed lor sonic time have ceased,
an the town commandant Denzel pro
mised they should, and the price of e
very commodity arc in consequence per
ceptibly lower —nor can it be properly
said, as in the time of the Prussians that
there is an actual famine in the place.
Avery affecting scene was the fune
ral of the Prussian Lieutenant-General
Sclunettau, who died of his wounds.—
An entire regiment of French infantry
followed the hearse in co triple ate un
iform ; the pall was supported by French
otlicers, and one of them pronounced a
funeral oration over the body. Seme of
the Prussian field Officers, whose se
vere wounds were an obstacle .to their
being sent further on, have died of their
wounds, notwithstanding all the care of
the French surgeons. The act of sur
gery being in Germany very far behind,
in comparison with the high degree of
perfection and address to which it is
carried in France, all the wounded Prus
sians of consequence have lequested to
be placed under the care of the french
eurgeons.
A young Prussian aid-de-camp, who
had begged permission to remain with
his general, who was taken by the Fret eh
at the battle of Jena, has employed him
self in drawing up an account of the oc
currences of that remarkable day, and
in like manner as the French Official
Bulletin, he attribu es, from the first de
feat of the Prussian army to the fault of
the Duke-of Brunswick in not possessing,
while there was time the defiles of Koe
sen, Marshall Dcvoust took possession
of them at the break of day, and eleven
successive attacks were vainly employ-
Xl to dislodge them.
MAYENCE, October 29.
The Empress ofFrance received here
last night a courier from the grand army.
It appears, that the king of Prussia has
demanded peace, and that prince of Be
neveuto, the minister of foreign affairs,
has been summoned by the emperor to
discuss the conditions of it with the Prus
sian plenipotentiaries. That prince has
•ccordingly quitted Mayence to repair
with all possible expedition to Berlin.—-
On the same day, the first column of
Prussian prisoners, to the amount of
3,180 men, arrived here on their route
to N.iucy. Successive columns of pri
soners will follow them without delay.
HAGUE- November 4.
(pAZETTK EXTRAOHIUNAHY.)
The advanced guard of the army of
♦he north, commanded bv the king, ar
rived at Pttdordoni on the 3uth mt. and
b< gun its march tor* Casset immediately
sner the arrival of an aid-de-camp be
longing so Marshal Monier, announcing
that war wai declared against Hesse ;
and tKe Maithai’a corps, ahvady far ad
vanced into tin* country, require the pre
sence of that'army.
The French and Durth troops have
■marched without halting, to Cassel.—
This movement not being foreseen, they
have suffered much for want of provisions,
andln consequnce of the extraordinary
rvlerity with which tliey have acted in
this march.
1 hey arrived before Cajsel on the
Ist of November, in the morning took
their station before the place which was
already occupied by die troops under
Marshal Monier.
The advance guard of the Army of
the North, it is believed, has arrived in
\V estplialia. It has not entered into
Cassel. It appeared that this army has
no other object than to succour the corps
tinder Marshal Murtier, which is belived
-to be engaged with the -Hessian troops.
The Ling passed the night in the re
eithnee of the French Minister, and de
poued early the next morning.
TWKNTILriI BULLETIN.
I .iu - i~‘Uttiiu>gA, October 2T.
As the military movements are no 1
longer uncert.d.l, they arc become still
H M e mteiesting, by the contrivances oi
Tnarches and manoeuvres— she iudeiat
igartie grand dutte ot Berg was at >kul-j
dcnick on the ‘doth, at three o’clock in
the afternoon, with a brigade of light
c.xvJrv, umtci general Ltsiie, while the
llxe division oi dragoons under the gen’s.
]>camount aiui Guouccy were marching
to the same point. ,
ine br a ade under general I.tsallc
presented itself to the enemy, who oppo-}
tea it with cavalry. This was the <
w .u>ic of the Bros- ian army that had es-;
coin’d from Madgebttrgh, forming the !
advanced guard oi prince Ilohenlohe’s
corps, directing their march towards
Stettin.
At faur in the afternoon, when both
divisions of cavalry had arrived, general;
Lassalie at'acked the enemy with htsj
usual intie.pidity, which has always fonn
eu the character of French Hussars and
Y agers in the present war. The enemy's
line, though foirnod three deep, was
bmken ; duty were pursued into the vil*
Li4,e ofZw ihenkk, and thiviwn i to con
fusion in the defiles. The queen’s regi
ment of dragoons endeavored to recover
themselves- but thedragoons of Grouchy *
dividßt soon shewed themselves fell
\tpon the enemy, and made dreadful ha
voc k rniong them. A part of these 6000
Cavtui-y aw diimi into the morasses;;
fito remaned upcr.tfic field; 700 with
their horses wet c mail. prisoners; the
colonel and a great number of offi. ers of
the queen’s regiment are included. The
colors of the regiment are taken. Mar
shal Cannes’ corps is in full march to
ijoiri our cavalry. The cttrassiers are
1 marching in columns to the tight wing,
| and another corps is advancing towards
I the Gransco. We shall be at Stettin
| before live army that are marching there;
! who being out-fianked, is as good as cut
off already. Undisciplined as they are, I
there is reason to hope that not a man
of them will escape, and that the whole j
of that part of the Prussian army, which (
lost two days without any advantage at
Madgeburg, in order to collect them
selves, will not be able to reach the
Oder.
The above-men tinned affair at Zed
henick, as a martial achievement, is re
markable : neither party had any infan
try—but that the Prussian cavalry is
much inferior to ours, is proved by the,
event;-, ol this campaign. They have
never been able to make a stand against
half their number of French.
One of the adjutants of the general
stall taken prisoner by the enemy in
Thnmigia, as he was carrying orders to
marshal Mortier, was conveyed to Cus
trin, where he saw the king. He says,
that very few troops hud arrived on that
side of the Oder either there, or at Stet
tin ; he scarcely saw any infantry.
The following letter ftom Bei lin, da
ted October 27, appears in the Moni
teur; ‘
His majesty, the Emperor of the
French, has made his entrance into this
capitol to-day, at 3 o’clock in the after
noon, with the finest weather -in the
world, He was preceded by his foot
and horse guards, and followed by a
fine regiment of Curassiers. All the
inhabitants went to meet his majesty.
Nothing but heads were tol>e seen, and
nothing heard but the cry of ‘ long five
the Emperor.’ This evening the whole
city is illuminated ; the streets are full
of people. -One would think one’s self
in f ranee, in the midst of some public
fete.
We iearn that the day after the Em
peror’s entrance into Berlin, a minister
ol the elector of Saxony arrived there,
and it is thought that if negociatioivs
take place, this city will be the seat of
them.
• WKNTY-FIHST HUELLETIN.
Jieriirt, October 28.
Yesterday the Emperor made his
public entry into this city ; he was at
tended by the prince of Neufchatal, the
marshals Davoust and Angereau, Mar
shal Lelebyr headed the train, with the
imperial loot guards. The cuirassiers
ot Nansouty’s division were drawn up in
order of battle along the road. At three
in the afternoon he alighted at the pa
lace, where he was received by the grand
marshal Duroc.
A vast concourse of people had assem
bled, as spectators of this ceremony.
I he road from Charlottenberg to Ber
lin is very good, and the entry through
the gate is superb. It was a most beau
tiful day. The whole of the civil ad
ministration, presented by general Hulin
came to oiler the keys to the emperor.
1 he body immediately waited upon his
majesty. The general prince Hatz
feidt, was at their head.
On the 28th, at nine in the forenoon,
the envoys ol Bavaria, Spain, Portugal,
and die Ottoman Porte, resident at Ber
lin, were admitted to an audience of his
majesty. His majesty ordered the
1 urkish envoy to send a courier to Con
stantinople to inform his court of what
had taken place, and to declare that
now the Russians should not enter Mol
davia, nor mule itake any thing against
the Turkish Empire.
Afterwards his majesty received the
whole of the Lutheran and Reformed
consistories.— There were upwards of
twelve thousand Frenchat Berlin,whose
predecessors took re luge there in con-’
sequence of the revocation of the Edict
ol Nantz. llis majesty conversed with 1
the principal persons among these pro
testatits, and told them that they had a
just claim u|)on his protection, and that
their privileges and the exercise of their
worship would be restored to them. His
majesty advised them to concern them
selves with their own affaire, to remain
peaceable, and pay obeilience and res- i
pect to the sovereign.
Ihe Courts of Justice were present
oil. His majesty conversed with the
members of the courts of appeal, and
gave them some instructions as to the
manner in which justice should be ad
ministered.
Count Van Neale coming into the
hall ot audience, the Emperor said to
him, “ Well, sir,your ladies wished for
war, and they have been gratified ; it
becomes you to manage your household
better.” (Letters had been intercepted
from the count’s daughter.) “ Napo
leon ‘ v reading these letters) will conti
nue the war, let others carry on the
war against him.” His majesty said to
count Van Neale, “ No ; 1 will cam
on no war. Not that I doubt of mv
| prowess, as you suggested ; but in order
. to spare the blood ol* my subjects, which
is dear to me; and because it is pres
jeribedtome by my first duty, only to
; shed the same tor their honor and safe-1
ty. But the good people of Berlin have I
•been the sacrifice of the war; while i
those who excited it have left them and!
are become fugitives. I 6hall reduce
these nobie courtiers to such extremi
ties, that tftey shall be compelled to beg
their bread.”
The emperor ordered that twenty-four
of the Itest “Burghers should be assem
bled at the town house, in order to se
lect a third of their number to take upon
them the civil government of the place
Each of the 20 wards is to iurnish a
guard of 6!} nvea ; so. that 1200 -of the,
best Burgers win be entrusted with the
care of live city and the management of
the police.
‘1 he emperor said to prince Hatzfelpt,
“Do not appear in my presence ; 1
have no nctu of your services; retire to
your estates.”
The emperor gave audience to the
chancellor and Ministers of the kmg of;
Prussia.
in giving instrucUons to the civil ad
; ministration of the city, theVmperor said,!
“ f will not suffer any windows to be j
broken. My brother, the king of Prus
sia, ceased to be king from the day when
Prince Louis Ferdinand was bold enough
to break the windows of his majesty's
ministers. His majesty would have or
dered him to hanged.”
1 his day the 28th, his majesty mount
ed his horse to review marshal Devoust’s
corps. o-morrow that under marshal
Augereau will pass in review before
him.
1 he Grand Duke of Berg, marshal
Lannes, and the Prince of Ponte Corvcj
are pursuing Prince Hohcnlohe. After
‘the gallant affair with the cavalry at
Zehdenick, the Grand Duke of Burp
advanced to Tompiin, where he found a
great quantity of provisions, anil the
dinners lor the Prussian generals and j
their troops ready dressed.
At Grantee; Prince Hohenlohe chung-1
ed his route, and took the road to Furs- j
temberg. It is probable that, being xut [
off from the Oder, he will be surreund
■ed and made prisoner.
The Duke of Weimar is in a similar!
situation with respect to marshal Soult. i
The Duke seemed to wish to cross the !
Elbe at T&ngermunde, in order to ap
proach the Oder. On the 26th, marshal;
Soult anticipated him. It vve come up
with him not a man will escape ; if he suc
ceeds in crossing the Oder, he wiil tali
into the hands of the Grand Duke of
Berg, marshal Lannes, and the Prince
of Ponte Corvo. A part of out troops
are upon the Oder. The’king of Prus
sia has passed the Vistula.
Count Zastrow was presented to the
Emperor on the 27th at Chadottenburg,
and delivered a letter from the king of
Prussia.
At this moment an aid-de-camp from
Prince Eugene has announced a victory
obtained over the Russians in Albania.
LONDON, November 22.
Thursday, Colonel Christopher Hely
Hutchinson, the brother of Lord Hutch
inson, colonel Sir Robert Wilson, colo
nel Euston, and colonel Hervey, aides
de-camp to general Lord Hutchinson,
left town for Yarmouth. The general
himself left town yesterday morning, at
seven o’clock, for the same place, where
the Astrea frigate is in waiting, to con
vey his lordship to the most convenient
port in the Baltic.
The Marquis of Douglas received in
structions from Lord Howick, on Tues
day, to hold himself in readiness to set
off on his embassy to Russia in a few
days.
On Tuesday “Lord Hovvlck sent Lord
Hutchinson his dispatches, in a box sea
ted with his Lordship’s official seal,
which he was enjoined not to open till
lie had left Britain.
It is calculated that not less than three
millions of foreign property have been
vested in our funds within the last ten
days. *
The Duke of Brunswick is now at
Altona, waiting a sufficient recovery of
iiis health to enable him to embark for
Britain ; we are sorry to add, that his
highness has totally lost his sight.
I he Channel fleet has been forced to
quit its station off Brest ; and, when the
post was departing from Torbay, was
seen coming into that port.
GLASGOW, November 25.
From our Corresfioudmt at LloucFs.
London, November 22, 1806.
Still without any of the mails from
Hamburgh, and nothing arrived from
the Continent. Lord Hutchinson is
gone, and it is whispered that lie is, (if
the thing is worth doing) to make an of
fer to enter into a subsidiary treaty with
Prussia, Russia and Austria. The last
power, it is asserted, is certainly friendly
to the interests of the two former.
The stocks to-day are rather better;
the Omnium has been done at 51. pre
mium for the account, and 41. for mo
ney ; the consols at 61 7-8.
[taken from the museum.]
LUBEC, November 9.
The 6th of this month was the most i
dreadful duy in the annals of Lubec j
the Prussian Genera] Natzmer beihg in!
our town with 4000 men, the French
under the orders of Bemadotto attacked
the Prussians at 9 o’clock in the morn
ing out of the towu; both sides fought:
with the greatest bravery and obstina
cy ; towards noon the French appeared
before the town with very superior for-!
ces ; they were received at the gates
with cannon charged with laugrage
(mitraille) but it did not stop them, they
were repulsed at several of the gates, but
they succeeded in forcing that of Dcm,
Burgthor v then began in t o town the
most dreadful Combat: the Prussians
had a good deal of Artillery, which did
much injury to the French, but nothing
could withstand the bravery or supciior-
I ity of the French, whose infantry enter-
I cd the town, followed the Prussians into
ail the “houses, churches, and public buil
dings, wheie a terrible carnage was
made—the slaughter lasted upwards of
three hours, during which the number
of killed and wounded accumulated, both
in the houses, and particularly at the
Burgethor, to a frightful height.
HAMBURGH, November 13.
It is but too certain, that the whole
, Prussian array totally rur.cd and that
dispersed ;.one corps after another h. s
been dbiige.d to lay clown its arms, and
| all the principal towns, viz. btettin, Cus
trin, Spanduu, and Magaeburgh have
capitulated ; in the latter the French
, found an immence treasure, as all the
j most valuable effects from Munster,
Cassel, and East Friesland had been de
posited there as out of danger ; it is re~
j ally astonishing how ill provided with
1 even the most common necessaries those
1 places were, but for which they would
* never have fallen into the hands of the
French, and particularly Magdeburgh
one of the strongest places in Europe ;
as to the king ot Prussia nobody knows
where he is at present. The army of
Marshal Davoust is already arrived at
Posen, it consists of 30,000 men.
Nothing but accident prevented gen.
Blucher iroei coming to Hamburgh, in
which case we should have shared the
same fate as Lubec, which has suffered
dreadfully. A deputation, has been sent
from that town to claim the protection
of the French Emperor, and one wiil al
so he sent from hence.
The Duchy ol Oldenburg has been
taken possession of in the name of the
king ol Holland by 1400 Dutch troops.
Hesse has ben obliged to join the con
federation of the Rhine, and must con
sequently act against Prussia.
November 14.
The day before yesterday, the body of
his most serene Highness the Duke of
Brunswick was opened and embalmed
at Alton |; on opening the skull it was
found that the wound which the lamen
ted prince received was mortal. His
Highness bore the exquisite torture oc
casioned by the wound, with the utmost
fortitude and resignation, but when he
learnt the loss of ins dominions his heart
began to break.
His son the Duke of Biuswick Gels,
who capitulated with General Blucher,
and who so heroically defended the gate
of Lubeck, arrived at his lather's house
the day after his death. His HighnesS’s
horses Were yesterday sold by public
action ; his jewells and other effects will
be sold to-morrow. An Estate tte has
been sent to Napoleon atßeriin, request
ing thatjt-he Duke’s venerable remains
may be deposited in the fa niiy vault. of
his ancestors.
This city is now no longer alarmed by
the fear of a visit from the Ft ench. The
gates are notwithstanding constantly
guarded, and the poor dispersed Prus
sian soldiers are daily picked up by hun
dreds. Many of them are so famished
and exhausted, that they can scarce be
conveyed along. Tliev are conducted
under an escort of the military garrison
to the road to Berlin. Since the capitu
lation of general Blucher, the French
armies have for the most part left Lu
beck for Prussia. Marshall Bemadotte
remained there with about 1500 men.
l'hc Prussians and Swedes taken prison
ers will be sent via Hanover, to France.
The French flying parties of cavalry
have committed great excesses in diffe
rent parts of the dependencies of this
city, but owing to the zealous and active
exertions of the French minister Bou
rienne, these excesses have been stop
ped.
The most positive assurances have
been given by Prince Murat and Ponte
Corvo, that the French army will res
pect our neutrality. The course of
posts with Frankfort, Westphalia, Han
over, Holland, and the conquered Prus
sian provinces, also remains free,as well
as the naviginent of the Elbe to Mag
deburgh and Berlin. All the ships la
ding here for those places have receiv
ed passes from Gen. Hulin, the French
commandant at Berlin. Immediately
after his capitulation general Blucher
arrived here- from Lubeck. The inha
bitants of that place curse him as the
author of their misery. Had he only a
start of six hours before the French, he
would have thrown himself into Ham
burgh, which might have been the ruin
oftliis place.
In Lubeck the misery and famine ex
ceed all the powers of description. The
Senate, at the request of that of Lubeck,
has sent flour, baked bread, cattle, and
meat, thither. After the defeat of the
Prussians, the French plundered Lu
beck for near six hours. The lower
classes of people have almost lost their
all, and the excesses committed by the
French soldiery are shocking. InLau
enburgh, Ratzeburgh, Weimar, Meck
linbuvgh, Schwerin, See. similar scenes
of rapine and murder have also been
committed by them.
General Blucher is still here ; and
general Drouat and Frere lodged in the
same inn with him—but out of particu-
J lar respect for him, they would not dine
at the same table. After the capitula
tion, Bemadotte embraced him ; and ail
the French generals and officers could
! not sufficiently express their admiration
I of his valor.
His most F ;rene Highness the Duke
j of Brunswick is arrived at Ottenson, in
the Louse occupied by the Duke, his
late father, whose body has been open
ed and embalmed. It will, it is said, be
removed to the family lurrying vault, as
| soon as the consent of the French is ob
tained. The young Duke most gal
lantly defended the gates at Lubeck ;
and the French would not have penetra
! ted into the place so soon, if the artillery
had obeyed the orders of his Highness
1 and general Blucher. General Frere
first penetrated through the Burgh
gate ; his adjutant was killed by his
side, and his horse shot.
In the operations against
and Lubeck and its environs, the Trench
I by mistake, forced the D.jiish cordon
of neutrality, and an engagement ensued
between them and the Danes, in which
several men were killed and wounded on
each side. A Danish civil officer was
also murdered by a Frenchman, upon
v.hich tha. Fri.-.ff Jkeumrfc
sent an acjiuan. to Frir.ce Murat, at Lu
beck, why cleared up the mistake, and
promised that the neutrality of Lubeck
should for the future be racst scrupu
lously re.-,peeled. -
At Lubeck French soldiers are shot
ddiiy for the excesses which they have
committed.
Beilin letters, of the 11th instant, an
nounce the surrender of Magdeburgh,
by capitulation, on the Bth inst. The
inhabitm its finding tha’. tire French bom
bardment would ray the whole city in
ashes, rose upon the commandant, and
compelled hi rn by menaces to give up
the place to the French.
Private advices from Berlin talk of an
unlimited armistice between Prussia and
France. It is said to have been conclu-.
ded between Marshal Duroc, and gene
ral Zastrow: but it has not yet teen of
ficially promulgated. The negoeLtions
are •carried on very briskly between
Lucchesini and Zastrow, on the part of
Prussia, and Durcconthe part of France*’
m Charlottenburgh. Bonaparte still re
maincti at Berlin, where he waited for
the Grand Duke of Berg’s return fre ni
Lubeck, previous to his proceeding to
Poland. Terms of peace have been of
fered to the king, .but he is said to wish
for. the modification, and sent on this ac
count a major to Berlin. His Prussian
majesty is now said to be at Koening
berg, where the last regiments remain-•
ing to him have been collected in Old
anu New East Prussia, consisting of 3S
battalions and 45 squadrons.—Some es
timate the remainder of his troops still
at 50,000 men.
The prince of Mecklenburgh, brother
to the queen of Prussia, has been taken
prisoner by the French general Savary,
at Streiitz. The Mecklenburgh Pro
vinces, as well as the two Pomcranias*’
have been terribly plundered by the ra
pacious French.
With Russia all communication hr
now cut off, nor have we any account of
the movement of the Russian armies.
By a PeLersburgh Gazette of the Bth
ult. the Emperor Alexander, by an uk
ase of the 18th September, old style, h &
ordered 4 men out of every 500 to be>
levied as recruits all over the Empire,
which ratingthe population at 30.000,000
will produce 250,000 men. This levy
is to be terminated by the Ist of January
1807. His regular army is near 600,003
men strong, without reckoning the late
ly raised new regiments.
Advices from Berlin of the 11th, ar.
tually announce the entry of the French
army into Poland. This event happen
ed cn the sth inst. when Marshal Da
voust, with 30,000 men, occupied Poe
nania and its environs. He intends to
march immediately against Warsaw,
from tiie neighborhood of which Louts
XVIII. has retired to Courland. This
province and Livonia are said to be re
served by Napoleon for Frederick Wil
liam, who is to lose the electorate of
Brandenburgh, Hanover, Bareuth, West
phalia and all other German possessions j-
The completed Prussian countries ir
Germany are divided into four depart
ments, viz. those of Berlin, Custrin, Stet
tin, and Magdcburgh, of which general
Clarke is governor general.—The Min
isters and civil magistrates of Berlin,
have taken the oath of fidelity to Napo
leon. General Savary took two regi
ments of Prussian cavalry prisoners on
his entering Weimar. The estate of
Temolchof, belonging to Count Har-‘
denberg, near Berlin has been complete
ly ravaged by the French. Field Mar
shal Mollendorff is at Berlin, and in
great favor with Napoleon. The arms
in the arsenal of Berlin are sent to Po
land to arm the inhabitants.—General
Dombrosky is to organize them.
The parole published at Berlin on thy
9th, makes the Prussians under Blucher,
&C. taken by the French in and near
Lubeck, amount to 16,000 infantry and
4,000 cavalry; but Blucher’s bulletin
corrects this extravagant statement.
From. Ike Hamburgh
vtmber 15.
It appears by a letter from the Inn of
the 3d instant, that the fortifications of
Brannau are strengthened and irw.reusecl
by the French with the utmost ‘'activity.
The cordon pursued by the Bavarian
troops is also considerably reinforced *
The head quarters of die Commanding
General are at Old OetUng. A squad
ron of Austrian hussars has taken post
at Tittmaning in the Bishopric of Salz
burg.
Letters from Saxony of the 7th inst.
state that the important fortress ot Koc
nigstcin is to be occupied by French 6c
Batavian troops, and'that the Elector of
Saxony has acceded to the Rhinish Con
federation.
Magdeburgh capitulated on the Bth inst.
The capitulation was concluded between
Marshal Nye Sc Lieutenent-general Kle
ist. The garrison is said to have consist
ed of 20.000 men.
On the 12th inst. the head quarters
of Marshal Bernadotte were at Lubeck.
On the same day General Berthier gave
notice, that ail Russian 8c Swedish ships
lying there, might take their departure
unmolested. One English ship only was.
at Lubeck, when it was taken by assault;
the Captain and three seamen of which
were killed.
Onthe 10th inst. the French took pos
session of Hanover, under die command
of Marshal Moitier.
The fortress of Hameln in the Elec
torate of Hanover capitulated on the
11th instant. It surrendered to the
King of Holland, who commanded die
siege.
On the 12th instant, the Dutchy of
Oldenburgh whs taken-possession ol Lor
the King of Holland, by Batavian troop.-,
who marched thither from Last Fiies
land.