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Foreign Intelligence, Firm Rut.T.rrtw e/TV Grand sirmy. - *f eua Oetphet 15, ISOC>. The battle of Jena has washed our the stain of Hosbacb, attd rlrficl-d, in seven davs, a caw pniun which has entirely calmed rhe war-frenzy which had tnkrn possession of the Prussian heads. The following was the” dispo sition of r*e army on the 13th : The grand duke of Berg, and marshal I Javottst, with their corps of the army, was at Namn botirg, having parties on Leipsic a id Halle. The corns of marshal prince I)e Ponte-Corv© was in march to repair to Dorunbourg. I'he corps of marshal Lannes was arrived at Jena. The corps of marshal Ange reau was in position at Kalila. I He corps of matshal Ney was at Roda. The head-quarters *vere at Je nav Ihe emperor was in match to repair to J ena. The opt ps of marshal Soidt was in march from Gera to take a posit ion nigh er to the b rartch - injrofthe roads of NaumbOurg and fewa.v The’following was the posi tion of the enetrtv. The king of Prussia was desi rous of beginning hostilities on the 9th of October, by deWing on prank fort with hrs right; on Wurtzbourg with his centre ; & on Bamberg with his left. The whole of the divisions of his ar. ,my ; were disposed to execute this plan ; but the French army turn ing the extremity of its left, found itself in a lew days al Baal* bourg, at Lobcnstein, at Schleitz at Cera, and at Naumlmurg. The Prussian army, thus turned employed the days of the 9th lOch 11th and 12th,torecal ail its de tachments ; and on the 5 3th, it presented itself in order of battle betwe'-n Capelsdorf and Aner. atadtyheing nearly 150,COOftrong. On the 13th, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, file emperor arrived at jcn.t. and tinm a small plat or square (plateau) which was oc cip ■ and v- i r advanced gua r d, he J.3V’ ‘ * aispotaions of the e- D .m . red to mmice’t vre ‘ *-!•, die next day, and son hv•• -d defiles of the S lid, The t t;my defended in lorce, and by an unkxpuguable position,the causeway from Jena to Wcymar ; anti appeared to think that rhe French could not display on the plain without hav ing lotted this passage. It did not appear possible, in fact, to mount artillery on the plateau, whifh was so small, that four bat tali ons could with difficulty, display on it. We worked the whole r,f the night on u road in the rock, and succeeded in con ouctuig the Artillciy on the height’. Marshal Davoust received or ders to defile by Naumbourg to defend the defiles of Kcesen ; if the enemv wished to march cn to Naum bourg, or to repair to A polda, to lake him is; the rear, if he remained in the position he was in. 1 tie corps of Marshal Pnc.ce de Ponse-Corvo was destined to march from Ihorunbourg* to 101 l on the rear of the tnemv should h> bear himself in force on Naumbourg or cn Jena. T he heavy cavalry which had not yet joined tht army could uoi join before lif o'clock at noon, , it the cavalry of the imperial guard was at 36 hoots distune*, noi wuhstamling the forced marchca it had made since it hadleft Paris. Jiut there are moments in Wyt hen no cowsidenuiou ought to balance the advantage of amici, patiug the enemy, aud to auack him first.—The emperor caused to he arranged on the plateau which the advanced guurel oecu sd, w hich the enemy appeared iavt neglected, and opposite hich be was in position, the ’ cor is oi Marshal .Lanins ; this corps of die nrrr.y wrts rveyed hv the tare of general Victor, each division forming a wing. Marshal I.efrbvre ranged on the summit the imperial guard in square battalion .’—The emperor rested In the midst of his brave men. The night offered a specta cle worthy of observation, that of two armies one of which display ed bis front on an extent of six leagues and enlightened the at mosphere with his files; and in ’ ihe other, the fires appeared to be concentered in a point,& in one ard the other army there was no thintr but activity and movements the fires of the tv o armies were within half cannon shot, the ern tinels neatly touched each other and there was not a movement made which was not heard. Theccrps of Marshals Ney and Soult passed the night in marches ; at day break the whole army was underarms ; the divi sion of Gazan was ranged in three lines on the ielt of the pla teau, the division of Suchetfurm ec) the right, the imperial guard occupied the summit of the little mountain, each of those corps having its cannon in the intervals; from the city and neighboring vallies we bad made roads which permitted a more easy display to the troops wh ,h had not been s.ble to t>e placed on the plateau, for it was the first time perhaps thatan armv had to pass through so small a defile. A thick log obscured the day. The emperor passed along many of the lines, he recommended to the soldiers toi hoid themselves on their guard against that Prus. sian cavalry, which was held out to be so redoubtable. lie bid them remember that at the same period tf the last year they had taken Him, that the Prussian ar my was now surrounded like that ( f Austria, having lost its line of operations and its magazines, that at this moment it fought no longer for glory,hut lor a retreat; that in endeavoring to gain this, it would endeavor to make pas sages on several points, that the corps of the at my which suffered it to pass would suffer in its hon or and reputation. To this ani mated discourse the soldiers an sAcred by “ let us march the tira lleurs began the action ; the fire of musquetry became brisk, a pel however good the position of the enemy was, he was driven from if, and the French army de scending into the plain began to take its order of battle. On his side the body of the ar my oi the enemy which had not intended to attack until the fog should have dispersed, took up arms. A corps ol 50,000 men oi bis left, posted itseli to cover the defiles of Nauisbpurg, and to possess themselves c'l'the defiles of Ktrscn ; but he was already prevented by marshal Davoust. ‘i fie two otuet corps forming a loice of 30.,0CG men, approached in front ct the French army which dc filed from the plateau of Jena. Ihe fog covered the two armies lor two hours, but at length it was di. perse J by a fine autumnal sun. ihe two armies saw themselves a short canr.on shot from each other- The left ot the French army supported by ajviihige and woods, was com manded by marshal Angereau ti c imperial guard separated it irotn the center, which the corps oi marshal Lannes occupied ; the nght was formed by the corps of marshal Soult ; marshal Ney had or ly a body of three thousand men, being the only troops which had arriv tu of his corps of the army. The enemy’s army was nu merous aod shewed a fine caval rv ; its mar oeuvres were execut ed with precision and rapidity. I he emperor had thought of re tarding the coming to action for two hours and tu wait in the po sition he had taken since the at tack of the morning, the arrival Oi the troops ihat were to join him, and above all his cavalry ; but French ardor got the better o* bun ; several battalions were engaged in the village of lio’.l -stcut, he saw the enemy manue.t. veiir-g to di:possess them. Mar- hnlT.nnnrs received an m-de’ i imnr.tdiaulv to mnnh Hj’ esche lon* to support this village. Marshal Soult had attacked a wood on the right; the enemy having made a movement from his right on our left,. Marshal Angereau was charged to repul.e Him ; in less than one hour the ac tion became general!sO/K)0 or 300,000 men with 7 or 800 can non sowed death every where & offered one of those spectacles are rare in history, bach side manoeuvred constantly as it on a parade. A modgst our troops there never was the least disor der, victory was never tor a mo ment doubtful. The emperor had always him independent ot the imperial guard a, good num ber of troops of reserve, that he might be able to repair any un foreseen accident. Marshal Soult having carried the wood which he had attacked for two hours, made a forward movement ; at this irstant they informed the Emperor that the division of French cavalry of re serve began to place itself, and that two more divisions of the corps cf Marshal Ney placed themselves in the rear on the field of battle—he then made all the troops which weie in reserve advance on the first line, which finding itself thus supported, overthrew the enemy in the twinkling of an eye, and put him in full retreat which, for the first hour was mad - in good order, but it became a frightful disorder from the moment that our divi sions of dragoons and the Cuiras siers,’ having the grand Duke of Berg at their head, could take part in the affair. These brave caVallieri shuddering to think that victory should decided without them, precipitated them selves wherever they could en counter enemies. ‘lhe Prussian ! cavalry and infantry dared not to sustain the shock ; in vain did the enemy’s inlantry form them selves into square battalions ; five of those battalions were driv en, together, and artillery, caval ry and infantry, were all over thrown and taken. The French arrived at the sam* time at Wey* mar wiui tire Prussians, who had beer pursued in this way lor the apace of six leagues. On oar right, the corps o! Marshal Davoust did prodigies ; lie not only repulsed, but drove beating it tor three leagues, the great body of the enemy which were to defile from the side of Koesen. —This Marshal has dis played a distinguished braverv and firmness of character, which is the first quality of a wairior ; he was seconded by the generals Gudin, briant, Morand and Dul tanoe, chief oi the cut-major, and by the rare intrepidity oi his brave coipr, of the army. The tlsu! s os the battle arc thirty to forty thousand prison ers and -the arrival of more at each minute, twenty or thirty stand of colours, three hundred pieces of cannon Et immense ma gazines of subsistances- Among the prisoners are found more than twenty generals, of which several are lieutenant generals; among ethers lieutenant general Schmettau. The number of dead is immense in the Prussian army, we reckon that there are more than twenty thousand killed and wounded. The field Marshal tVlollendorf is wounded : the Duke of iirunswick wounded ; from the report of the deserters, prisoners arid flags of truce, dis order and consternation are ex treine ill the wrecks of the ene my’s army. On our side we have not to re. gret amongst the generals but the loss of the geneial of brigade Debilly, an excellent soldier ; a mong the wounded the general of brigade Conroux ; among the colonels, dead, Verges of the 12th regiment of the infantry of the line, ( Lamutic of the 36th, Barbenegic of the 9th oi Hussars, Marigney of the 20th of Cnas sieurs, tianspe of the 15th of light iutanir), Dulembourg of tac Ist ot dragoons, Nicholas of the 61st of the line, Mi alia of the 81st, Hegonet of the luttth. •The Iftis'nr* end Cliavdrurs shewn pit iliis d.iv a bold ness worthy of the greatest prais es ; the Prussian Cavalry never dared to siand before them ; and all the charges they made on the infantry were fortunate. VVe will not speak of the French infantiy ; it has been ac knowledged for a long time that it is the best infantry in the world. The emperor has declar ed that after the experience of two campaigns and of this battle, that it has no equal. The Prussian army in this Bat tle has lost all retreat and all its line of operation ; its left pursu ed by marshal Davoust, worked its retreat on Weymar at the time that its right and center re tired from Vv'tymar on Naum bourg, the confusion, therefore, was extreme. The king had to retire across the field at the head of his regiment of cavalry. Our loss is reckoned at 1000 or ISOO killed, and 3000 wound ed. The Giand Duke of Berg at this moment invests Erfurth, where there is a corps of the enemy which the marshal Mol leadorf & the Prince of Orange command. Ihe Etat-mnjor is employed in drawing up an official relation which will make known in all it* details this battle and the ser vices rendered by the different corps of the army & regiments ; ii this cun add any thing to the wishes which the army ha3 to j the esteem and consideration of the nation, nothing can add to the sentiment of tenderness w hich these lelt who were wit nesses to the enthusiasm and love which it testified in the hot test of the battle to the emperor; if there was a moment of Hesita tion, the single ciy of Five l’ Ei:j pereur, animated the courage 8t icfteshed evry heart. In the midst oi th fight, the emperor seeing his wings threatened by the cavalry, set out on a gallop to order the manoeuvres and to, change the front into squares ; he was interrupted every mo ment by the cries of Vive I’Ern pereur. The imperial foot guard saw, with a vexation which it could not dissemble, every bo dy engaged but itself, a number of voices cried out, advance” (en avant) “ what is this” said the emperor, he can be but * young man without a beard, who .will attempt to pre-judge what 1 ought to do ; let him wait until he has commanded in thirty pitched battles, before he pis* tcaUi to give me advice. in fact, tt was a few young recruits who were impauentto fignaiize their courage. In so hot a battle, where the ene my 101 l nearly all his generals, v.e ought to thank that Provi dence which protected our ar my ; scarcely any. man of dif’ tinfdiorr has been killed or wounded. Mai dial Lannes was Itruck by a spent ball, which grazed his breast, with out wounding him. Marshal Davoull had his hat carried off and a number of balls in his clothes. The emperor was al ways surrounded wherevea he appeared, by the Prince of N'eufchatel, marshal Eeflieri, the grand marshal of the palace Duroc. His grand esquire Caufmc.ouit and his aid de camps and esquires of fcrvicc. One part of the army is yet without having fired a musket. SIXTEENTH BULL WIN OF TXI Grand Army. The duke of Brunswick has sent his mxrfhal of the palace to the emperor; this officer was charged with a letter, in which he recommended his dates to his majelty. The em peror (aid to him, ‘ If 1 Ihould caule the city of Brunlivtck to be demolished, and if I was not to leave one done upon another, what could your prince lay ? Does not the law -i retaliation p-fT, f( af Brunswick, what !,,B Q to uo in my capji?:? H.. trounce the project crHb hflung cities m av h e ,■ h but to 1 ifh (O dcilrov I B nor of a biavc army •■ propore to it t leave (>■ j, by fixed It ages (journJp P r? } „° n, ’ ie fln * Ie fori* of the 1 luffian army, iflt< posterity will scarcely I v { he duke of Biunfwirkßb never to have (ufTend Ii to commit such an 0 -jße grown grev under a,A. ought to haverefpeardjf ry honor; besides, in th c ßb of Champaigne, this Jb was not able to acqairßf right of treating the standards with Inch con;B such a furr.mons tan ()r< ls honor the (o'dier v.hov.Hr pable of making it; Sj on the king of Prussia thlc dishonor will rdf, it ;s chief of his military cell it is on the general vhl these difficult circnmiUncßl gave the care of his ilhjHc is, in short, the duke ol fill wick that France ami flf will accuse as the caule A war. The frenzy oi A this old general gave thA ample, has inflamed a A lent let of young men,B caufcd the king to ati ctA to his own opinion and A tirnate convidion.” S „ Always fir, fay totfl habitants of the cournH Brunswick, that they veil the French generous i-nA that I wilh. as regards the 9 loften the rigors cf tvaA that the evils occasioned A passage of troop* is coni to my will; lay to ihe dull Brunswick, that he vifl treated with all the regard* to a Prussian officer, but* I cannot acknowledge afl reign in a Pruflian gencriH “If it fhouid hspyenH the houfeef Brunswick ■ the sovereignty of is afl tors, the caule mud beloß for in the author ol tv.oß in one of which hewilhcß lap even to its foundattonH great capital; and by the® pretended to dishonor uCoB brave men, which ffiigA conquered, but which will ver be found out ol the * of honor and glory. blood has been lhed *idi* few days, great d.ifaftcrsi* heavily on the Pruffiau I narchy; how worthy of is this man, who in a* could have prevented then* like Nestor, raifmg his ‘• in the midll of the council had said I neon fiderale youth t lent; women return to | work-bag* and to the i nl * of your families; iifCi ‘ ;C ‘ the companion of the luftrious of your predeceli since the emperor Na?° does not wish for “ ar i not place him between vu dishonor; do not engage dangerous struggle with a” my that has honored tiled ’ fifteen years of glorious Uo and viftory has accufto* 61 very thing to lubu.it to. 44 In place of holding language which agreed f° with the prudence of hn and theexperier.ee of his career, he was the fidl lo —to armd lie contend ven the ties of blood,, by l ing a son again ft his fa‘h eri threatened to plant his i a ards on the palace oF Suit? and accompanied thcle with imprecations a t> France, he h-u declare 1