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Foreign Intelligence,
NEW-YOHK. T)r.r. 0.
We announce to (he renders rff
the Mercantile Adve'fi'-er, and
•he public, (he impo'tii’t in re I
ligence that Hostilities hove rnm
rnencod on (he ron'lnenr of F.n
rope, between the priu'dana and
French; and tint after nine
days successive and successful
fighting, in which (he Prussians
were defeated with dreadful car
nage, (he emperor of (he French
has arrived with his victorious
>*• my before the ritv of Berlin,
1 he Duke of Brunswick, Prince
T erdinand of Prussia, the Prince
(and Hohenlohe, St mane other offi
cers of tank, are said to he a.
niongst the number of those who
in French phraseology have * bit
ten the dust.’
We are indebted for the de
tail of these events to ‘he arrival
at thi s port of the ship Eugenia,
cnpt-.Boden, in 37davsf om Arn
ste-dam, who furnished us with
a tile of Dn'ch papers to the lat
ter end of October, nd of Lon
clotT papers to ’he 27th.
From tlie ( e papers wr have
fe’efled from amongst many
others, equally i rite rc 1 fling; the
following, very important ar
tides:
HAGUE, Of -tuber 17.
Last night his Excellency the
Secretary of State received the
important intelligence, that hos
tilities have commenced be*
tween the French & Prussians;
and that repeated and riefpe
rate engagements have alreadv
taken place between the two
armies. Fortunately, howe
ver, the reluh of them lias prov
ed entirely favorable to the
arms of Fiance. Prince Lew
is Ferdinand, brother of the
K ing cf Profits, who, on one,
of the above occn'fiohs Com
manded in person, is killed;
and the further advantage; over
the enemy on the firft occasion,
confifl in a confuietable nunr
her of prifotiers of war and 32
pieces of cariT-^p.
Jen as, Oct. 5 5..-5 o’clock, A. jit
The battle of ‘ona, fought
yefterdav, is one of the -mod
remarkable in history. •
‘J he Prufllaps amounted to
the number of tcc,o r c ; they
loft 200 pieces of cannon ard
30 {land of colours, besides
28.C00 nrifoners of war. the
duke of Brnfw ; ckand general
Von Ruchcl are killed. Prince
Henry t'f Pruft.a is bediy
wounded. A great number
of generals, befidcs many of
ficers of rank, are wounded.
The loss of the French army
is comparatively infinndv lels;
Yet we have in the hdfpitals
of )<'rta 1200 wounded, and
in those of Naum burg 15CO ;
there is no other general killed
on our part than the general of
brigade Billy, a btave man.
The French army has acquir
ed great glory.
Mai fir at Da vo u ft', who was
ftationedin the nartow pafta
gesof Kocfen & before Naum
liurg, left the enemy no time
to tarry ;he fought the whole
d?v, and threw more than 60,-
000 moil into confufion,
which were ccmnnarided by
Moilandorf, Kaekruth and the
king in pet (bn.
‘fhe Queen of PnifTia was
pursued bv a troop or boric,
hho was obliged to take {bel
ter in \\ tl-nar, and three
hours before our advanced
pofL anivfd there, {he had
fled ; {he took a road which
wes full of our troops, and it
is therefore very likely that Ike
has been ova taken.
Our troops teachcd Wei
mar in the evening pursuing
she rear guard of the many 1
| on the left flank; on the left
Marf.ial Davouft pursued them
p.s far as Neuflad, his head
quarters were at Elkardfburg
this morning—lt is fuppoied
that the enemy is ende#’ bring
to collect his forces on the fide
of Frankerhoiden in order to
reach Magdeburg. The ene.
tny tniift have fathered a terri
ble loss, which will not be as
certained until late. Six ot
their generals are prisoners of
war besides a great number of
colonels.
GERA, October, 13.
The battle of Schleitz, which
opened the campaign and was
very unfortunate lor the Prul
f.an army, and of Saalfeld,
which was fought the following
day, have occasioned a depres
sion of the enemy’s spirits. All
the irtfet cepted letters fay that
the fame lenfations prevailed at
Erfurth, where the king and
queen, and duke of Erunhvick,
(fill ate ; and they are continu
ally consulting what line of
conduct to adopt. But while
they consult, the French army
advances.
HAMBURGH, Oct. 21,
The 0 >een of Pruftia arriv
ed at Berlin on the 17th, and
on the dav following departed
again for Stettin ; or accord
ing to other accounts, for Cus
tt in.
‘l he French seem to iiave
taken peculiar pains to matk
the Prussian officers by which
a great number of them were
killed, and the confufion
which finally resulted from it.
MAGDEBURG, Oct. is.
The battles which were fought
on the 14th, 15th and 16'h
inst. near Weimar, Kofin and
Vaumburg, have annihilated
the Pruflien army ; and vefter
and y the army of reserve, under
Prince Eugene of Wertein
berg, was defeated by Marshal
Davouft. between Lanchftadt
and Halle. The French are
before Halle. & will probably
to morrow visit our city which
is full cf confided military.
Yederday (he king arrived here
1 but set out again for Berlin,
and at tins moment an adjutant
of Gen. Count Tanenzine is
! p fling through this city for
j Weimar. Orders have been
| sent to Hamburgh to detain all
: (hinging bound from there for
this port.
JENA, 08. 15.
The battle of Jena has eras*
ed the fi tame acquired by the
battle of Koftack, and thus in
7 days terminated a cam
paign, which has quenched the
dreadful thirst for war, that
tormented the court of Pruftia.
The position of the army on
the 13th inst. was as follows,
./lhe duke of Berg and Marsha!
Davouft flood widt the corps
at Naumberg, hiving dtvifions
of their troops at Leipzick and
Halle.
The corps of prince Ponte Cor
va was on its march for Naum
betg and that of Marflial Lan
ncs was potted at |ena while
the corps of Angereau was (la
t’.otied at Iva Ula be that under
j Ney at Roda.
The head-quarters were at
Se a. The French Empetor
1 was on his m arch to Jena.
lhe corps of Marlhal Souks
was on its march from Cera to
take a neater position where
the roads from Jena and
Naumbur g meet.
1 he enemies army was poll
ed as follows—'Flic king of
Pruftia commenced his opera
tions on the 9th Ocl. by ad van c
inghis right wing lor Frankfort,
his centre for Wurzburg, and
his left wing for Bamberg. All
the divisions of his army were
prepared for the execution of
this plan ; but me French army
turning his left wing, was in a
tew days posted at Lobcnftein
Schutz, Gera and Naumberg.
The Pruftian army being
turned, fixed on the days of
the 9, to, 1J and 12th. to con
centrate her divisions, and on
the 13th the whole at my pre
sented itfelfin order of battle
between Cappelfdorf & Aner
ftadt, to the amount of 150,000
men.
On the 13th at 12 o’clock,
the Emperor returned to
Jena and from a final! hill
occupied by our advanced
pods, viewed the petitions of
the enemy, who seemed to ma
noeuvre forthepurpofe of forc
ing on the next day the narrow
• paflage o r the Saal. The err
emv made a mod obstinate re
Pittance on the road leading to
Jena and Weimar. Davouft
was ordered to turn him in
flanks while the Prince Prate
Corra was feparared to attack
him in the rear.
The Emperor cofteQed the
whole force of Marshal Lannes
on the above htli in order of
battle.
The troops of Generals Ney
and Soult marched the whole
night. A thick fog obfeured
the following day, and the
Emperor guarded the infant,
ry against the formidable at
tacks of the Pruftian cavalry.
The Riflemen commenced
the aflion, and the fire of mus
ketry was brisk. Good as die
position of the enemy was they
were dislodged from the fame,
and the French army formed
in order df battle in the vallies.
The enemy only waited for
the fog to disperse to com
mence a general aftion. Adi
vision of 5000 men intended
to take the defiles of Hoefen,
and to cover Naumbtirg, but
was prevented by Marshal
Davouft. Ihe two other di
visions, 80,000 men in num
ber together drew up in order
of battle in front of the French
line.
The fog covered the two
armies for the (pace of two
hours, but when it cleared up
the two armies had a view of
each other at the dtllancc of a
Cannon (hot.
Ti e enemy’s army was nu
merous, and exhibited a hand
fonie body of cavalry ; his
manoeuvres were executed
with exaflnefs and fwiftnefs.
Having made an advance on
our left wing Marflial Ange
rcau was charged lo throw
him back again, and in Ids
than an hour the attack was
general. 250,000 to 300,000
men with 7 or 800 pieces of
cannon, spread death every
where before them, and exhib
ited a very rare fpetiacle. The
Emperor always kept a strong
body of reserve with him, be.
sides his Imperial guard.
At this i rite retting crisis a
! division of the French cavalry
arrived alio, and formed a line
of battle in reserve in conjunc.
tion with the above. The
whole body new advanced, dr
together with the main body
soon threw the enemy—The
lame took post again, hut was
1 completely thrown into con
fulion, by a ftefh attack from
I ti e duke of Bug, with his
i heavy horse and dragoons.
The relult of the battle was
the taking of 30 or 40,000
1 prifoners.*s or 3d stand of co
loim. 300 pieces of cannon,
besides magazines end Bores.
The enemy is fuppoied to
have loft 25 or 30,000 killed
and wounded. General Kol
lendnrf and Prir.ce Henry of
Pruftia are wounded ; the
duke of Erunfwick'and gene
ral Ruchcl are killed.
Our loss is eflimatcd at icoo
or 1 too dead & 3000 wound
ed. ’l heduke of Berg has at
this moment enclosed Erfurth,
which is garrisoned by a corps
of the enemy commanded by
Mollendorf and the Prince of
Orange.
NUREMBURG, Oct. 18.
A great number of French
wounded soldiers have arrived at
Baixemh, and many hospitals are
established here.
A letter from Amsterdam, da
ted the 29th October, savs—
“The war with Prussia is at an
end, and the French are at Ber
lin, in nine days. An army of
150,000 men have been destroy
ed, and a kingdom taken, I think
great operations are still to be
• arri ed on.
From a London paper ts Ocl- Z 7•
It is with very great concern
that we are obliged to check the
pleasing expectations that were
entertained yesterday of the suc
cess of the Prussian army. !he
accounts which were circulated
in the Sunday papers, and re
ceived with such a natural avidi
tv, related merely to the two
wings of the respective armies.
The engagement which followed
between the main bodies has, we
fear, terminated to the advan
tage of the F’rench,
This intelligence ha been
communicated in a dispatch from
Lord Morpeth. Hss Lordship
mentions that the action which
took place on the 14th inst. was
most sevetely contested. The
Prussians sustained very great
ioss. The duke of Brunswick
was wounded, and had been tak
en to Magdeburgb. His Prus
sian Majesty is stated to have
had two horses shot under him.
These are the only particulars
which have readied us.
The following are the circyns
stances which appear to have led
to this general engagement, as
extracted from the Hamburgh
mail, clue on Wednesday, which
arrived yesterdav morning.
II ostilities, as it has been be.
fore stated, began on the 9th in
stant; but no affair of impottance
took place until the (1 Otli or 11th,
when a very warm action was
fought at Saalfeld. Prince Louis
Ferdinand who commanded an
advanced corps of the left wing
of the Prussian army, was sta
tioned at that town to defend the
passage cf the Saal. Kis orders,
it is said, were to maintain his
position to the last extremity, for
the purpose of affording the
Prince of Hohenloe an opportu
nity of executing a bold move
ment which he had planned a
gainet the right wing of the ene
my. prince Louis bravely per
formed his duty, defending the
bridge during the greater part of
the Jay, against a foice three
times more numerous than his
own; he had only 6000 men un
der his command, & the F’rench
were estimated at 20,000. In
the end, however, the enemy
prevailed. Prince Louis was
killed, the passages of the Saal
forced, and the Prussians com
pelled to retreat, with the loss
of several men and some cannon.
These are the most authentic
particulars which we have been
able to extract from the mail re
specting the result of this first af
fair, which was produced by an
attempt of the French to turn the
right wingof the Prussians, and
destroy the considerable maga
zines which they had formed at
Naumberg.
The enemy, encouraged by
this first success, presstd for
ward with their characteristic im
petuosity, which brought on an
action, in which it appears that a
large proportion of e B
five armies was c rg ri; , ( i ’S
cannot, from the account,
by the Mail, ascertain ;| 1( ’S
on which tit's battle was
hut the result of it.
have been decided!-/ inf., ■
in ~ ‘aunt*
the Prussians. Upward; r ,t ■
COO French are report, ( j
to have fallen in the , r H
have been made p'isoner*. pfl
official account had r,ot rcpriJ
Berlin when the port f or jjß
burgh left that city, but th ;
is placed beyond all doubt, ;
short note which was rec e j (( B
from her Prussian majesty, ■
During the confusion i'ncid J
tal to so general an affair, S | J
ding with such cor s*qn enct< ■
small corps of French cavil’J
which was separated f rom ,>■
main body, penetrated to pj
sic; and employing a y m . 9
lowable ruse tie guerre, o tfl9
quarters lobe provided fors e Jß
ral thousand men, and extract J
a small contribution from 1
towm This war on theniJ
of the 52th; it may be therefij
presumed, that the action 1
which the Prince of Holt r A;!
was so successful, wa3 •I
early on that day. It is probtM
lhai a series o{ actions took pl JC J
up to the 14th, when the
ral engagement was fought, tj
result of which has beeir ur.fayj
rable to the Prus-ians; I
Sixty thousand Russians irfl
said to have entered the Pw.B
si an territory. If rh-v havalß
vanced as tar as Silesia, Ayfl
may prevent the French fromfoi.
lowing up their successes; if they
have only entered South Prussia,
we fear they will not reach Sat.
ony in sufficient time to enable
the Prussians to maintain pot,
session of that country.
His Prussian majesty address’
ed a procclamation to his artr-v,
the same day on which his nij<
r.ifesto was publised. It hasaln
the energy and spirit cf that
admit able composition. Every
circumstance, every sentimsnt
which could excite the enthusi
asm, and increase the ardour of
the army, is compressed inn
this vigorous appeal to its !o\ altf
and heroism.
An Austrian Courier, who ar
rived yesterday morning fun#
Vienna, met at Dessau a Prus
sian officer on his wav to Berlin,
who had been sent from the ar
n-.y with the intelligence, that af
ter different affairs of posts, m
one of which Prince Louis f'er
dir,and lost his life, Prince Ho
henlohe, by a well planned mv
roevre, succeeded in catling oil
26, COOmenirom the main French
army, the greater part of whom
were made prisoners. Preparati
ons were making at Magfteburglt
to receive 6000 of them. Hi
affair took place near Jena.
From the London Courier Oct. !”■
The Proclamation for dissolve
ingthe Parliament, will, it is •ad
be published to-morrow. Ih®
new writs will be issued on Mon
day. There is something not suf
ficiently open and manly it>th
way in which ministers haves
dopted the sudden determinati
on of dissolving parliament. A
few clays ago iris Majesty
advised to issue a Proclamation
for assembling the present p-Ai
ament on the 27th of November*
tor the dispatch of
of the ministers had previous.)
too, in addressing his constitu
ents, considered a Dissolution s*
not likely to take place imroech*
ately. The proclamation had si
lenced all the rumours that naa
prevailed of an intended uiss°-
lution—it had been inserted s*
late in the Gazette a* Satuid 1
last. Not more, however, thau
three days afterwards, it i*
termined that the present P ril1 ’
ir.ent shall not assemble again,
that his Majesty shall be advised
to rign another proclamation,
which is to annul and tender >0
his former one. 1 he motives
object of this mode of conduct,
it is not difficult 10 guess. ‘
nisters, however, are wduceo,
they say, to adopt the sudden
determination of dissolving P
liament immediately, ia 01
prove how popular they —c