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ed.—lt wasprobably only the refult of the fir R day's fighting that had been received in Holland, and oe cationed fo much joy ; and the fame remark may be applied to the accounts received at Hamburgh by the French Minifler, and which' are alluded to by our Correfpondent in the fubjoined letter. The prefent accounts afccrtain one important fa& namely, that no the 3d, the Reffian centre, which had been defeated on the 2d, regained its polition.— The !laughter on both fides has been dreadful. We wait with impatience for farther particulars, but in the mean time we think ' - 'we may congratulate our Readers on the ifrue of this general engagement. We have in addition to fuell details as have reached us refpefting this molt important aftion, given tome other interelling particulars relative to the general compleftion of the campaigns. The circumfiances of the allies may be ccnfidered as very much im proved upon the whole ; and, if no unforefeen reverfe occurs, we may loon expert to hear of the enemy being is full retreat, endeavouring to lave the re mains of his army by a precipitate flight. ACCOUNTS OF THE BATTLE. HAMBURGH, DECEMBER z 3. We have at length received news of the long ex paled battle, but not fuch accounts as enable us fully to judge of the whole refult. The firft account was as follows (by Exprefs) : • Troppan, Dec. 4. The Imperial Court is going to Cracow. On the 2d a moll dreadful battle commenced between the Combined and French Armies, and has continued with unexampled fury ever fince. The center of the Ruffian army is broken, but to,ooo French lie Bain on the field of Battle. Frefh Ruffian troops are come up, and have given the affair another turn. 44 P. S. We hear this moment that affairs take a better turn than we at fira This exprefs was received on Tuefday the 4th, by one of the fitli Merchants of this city; who, however, refufed to communicate the contents, becaufe they did not feem fo favourable as might be wined for the Combined Army. On Wednefday an exprefs from Berlin, dated the 9th, brought the following news. The battle lafted three days and a half. By the lots of a part of theßuffian artillery, Fortune was at firft in favour of the French, but on the fourth day the Ruffians who, during the whole battle, had ufed only the bayonet and fabre, obtained a decifive vic tory, and the French were obliged to retreat to Vi enna. The Moonier! and !laughter on both fides is faid to be almof incredibly great. A great perfonage, it ;s allured, was in the greateß danger, and only. faved by the sacrifice of a part of the life guards. There are the previous accounts. The official accounts will give us the particulars. This exprefs being received here on Wednefday, it was hoped that yefterday or to-day we fhould receive later accounts; but till this moment none filch are come. I can therefore only give you the contents of the let ters from Berlin, &c. brought by the Pruffir poll of yefterday. HAMBUIGH, Dec. 13.—(Eleven at night.)—M. Da BOURIIIINE has received this evening an exprefs with the account of the battle of the ad in Rant, but no later. It Rates the French to have gained a com pleat vidory ; that the Ruffians have 101 l rao pieces of cannon, all their Randards and baggage, and 30,000 priforiers ; that the EMPEROL of Russia vifited BJNAPARTII after the battle; that they cor dially embraced, and that an armiftice was conclud ed. This will appear to-morrow in our papers. The latter part is in a great meafure contradiEted by the above accounts. BERLIN, DIG. 9.—ln the conrfe of yefterday and the preceding day feveral couriers arrived here with difpatches relative to the great battle fought in Mora via on the 2d, 3d and 4th init. between the Ruffian and French armies ; but, as the accounts received reft only on verbal reports, we have nothing certain on the fubjeet, except that a very murderous battle has taken place, and that the Emperor of Russia fought with indefcribable courage, at the head of his Guards. This great Monarch did not fpare himfelf in the lean, but led on his brave foldiers into the hottelt of the fire. On the firti day the battle was extremely bloody ; the Ruffians had miffed their way. by which circum glance the French profited and fell on the Ruffian centre, which they threw into diforder, and the bat tie continued with various fuccefs till night. On the following morning the battle was renewed. The Ruffian left wing preffed on with undefcribable bravery ; the French were entirely defeated, and the Ruffians returned their former pofition near Aufler litz. The lots in killed on both fides is ettimated at 30,000 men. _ Prince BAGRATHION difiinguithed himfelf in a very eminent manner. This is all that is known from the couriers that have arrived here to-day. DLc. to.—Difratches, dated zd December, at Vienna, have been received at Berlin, from Count HAUGWITZ. Mart4l MOLLENDORFF departs for the army on the 13th. The Duke of BRUNSWICK has been gone tome days. Twenty thoufand Saxon troops have taken their military politions under Lieut. General Ybscat- WIT Z.-M. D'Ousen. is arrived here. His Majefly is Bill here, though the field equipage is gone.' The day of his departure is not fixed. t" I ' • • • . alarWllo/1•111M./....mer... i I I ' LONDON. i . . ... , , THURSDAY, DECEMBER rg. : PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK s ' Confide, for opg. 61i —Reduced 6:1-0coziam gi Exchequer Bills, rani i PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. r ' 3 per C. Red. Ann. 6o It India Band... par is. ptem. 3 p , r Crrr. Conf. Oita Imp. 3 per Cent. 591 i 1 4 p..r Ceat. 'nil' .Fs. Bills, c 3pr Ccnt. Navy flint c pr. par s dif ts . Oninitra 7-tit prim Long Ann. 17{ Engrtfh Tickets, 191. 17s. i Short Ann. X Conf. for acc. 6 siii / ..._... • A fmall veffel which arrived off Dover yellerday morning from Helland, landed Mr. DoNsonson, a liog's meffertger,who failed with the expedition from ' the Downs, but was unfortunately wrecked, together with another tranfport, on the Hakes Sand, at the e• - .traece of the Texel on Friday Taft. He efcaped Ifrom Holland as a pilot to the (hip Warhington, of I I Lotion, having previoufly taken the precaution to en- ter his name as frith on the veffePs books. Admiral , P KIKKERT behaved very well to the troops which were faved from the wrecks. , 1 We are lorry to Rate the melancholy tidings which . are brought by two of the Dover pilots, who landed . alfo from the above veffel—that no more than 153 1 1 men were laved from one tranfpott, and only four- teen from the other. The uncertainty of the public i I, as to the number or name.of the viteckedveffels, mull create dißrefsful enziety in the hearts of numberlefs individuals. 11 1 , We Rated yefterday that within thefe few days there had been great rejoicings in Holland, which I l ', 1 rti we thought might, with great probability, be af- cribed to the French claiming the victory in the ac- -1 tion of the ed inftant. I ' By a veffel which arrived off Dover yeßerday morning, and which left Holland on Monday, we Fib learn that accounts had been received there of the i blittle, and chat the rejoicings before-mentioned were , ~A , lei eonfequence of the French having, as was there 1 Hated , gained a fated , viaory over the Auftrians 1 • I and Ruffians, in a defpepte engagement which took place on the ad. The accounts circulated in Hol- ' land Rated that the French had killed and taken prifoners 40,000 Ruffians and Auftrians,. and had ; made thcmfelves mafters of iso pieces of their arta- , I lery ; that the French loft 15,000 men ; and that Bo- lIIAPARTE headed his army in perfon. We do not find that it was even reported that he had been wounded. Thus it appears, as we Rated two days ago, that both parties claim the viElory. But even from the 1 i accounts circulated in Holland, it appears that the French fullained an enormous lofs in the battle.—lf they admit a lots of t5,n00, we may ref affured that it mull have been little (hart of double that number. Some doubts, however, have been entertained, that the refult of the aflion was lefs favourable to the allies than have been generally reported, and thefe doubts • 3 are made to reit on fome expreffions in Sir ARTHUR 1 Paosy's letter, which Rates, that at Olmutz every l i thing was in confulion, and all the Diplomatic corps 1 1 about to quit it. But this does not invalidate the general fad, that at !call it has been a drawn battle ; Ifor while the enemy remained unfubdued and another 1, battle might be daily expetted, nothing could be I more natural than that the diplomatic agents fhould i , withdraw from the scene of aaion. 't 1' All accounts that do not come through French 1 channels agree generally in Rating, that the refill' of this terrible battle was even more favourable to the Allies than was at hrtl fuppofed. The Commander of the Cenfor gun brig, Lieute- . 1 pant Bc.ow, arrived at Yarmouth from the Elbe, ; . Rates, that left Saturday, before he failed, the Britifh . t Conful at Cuxhaven acquainted him with the receipt 1 of official intelligence of the battle of Wifchau, of 1 , the immenfe lofs fuftained by the French, and of the 1 field of battle having remained in poffeflion of the 1 ; confederated armies. He alfo mentions—that a De. 1 , olaration of War again) France bad seen fued by bic i I Preian J4:fly. 1 A letter received yefterday from. Hamburgh Rates, that an aelion had taken place between the Archduke i i : 1 CHARLss and a divifion of the French army, in which the latter were defeated, with the lofs of 3000 killed, 11 1 and 7000 prifoners. We cannot, however. pledge : I ourfelves for the truth of this account. 1' ..: ' THE HAMBURGH MAIL. , / 4 Which fell due yefterday, arrived this morning, and, iwe are happy to Rate, has brought accounts even more favourable than thole before received refpating t the refult of ti ;• THE BATTLE AT WISCHAU. , We now find that the battle was not terminated till tire 4th. On the firft day of the affirm the French had the advantage, and defeated the Ruffian centre ; 4 on the following day (the 3d inftant), Prince BAGR a- . i T HION, (or PANGRATION, as he is fornetimes called), , came up, and defeated the right wing of the enemy 1 with great (laughter :on the 4th there appears to 1 have l'een fume more fighting. The French have eel tsinly (offered a defeat, and been forced to retreat i, 4 ! 1 towards Vienna. Still we are without the particular details of this . i important affair ; but the ample accounts which are , , i',.bioined, Thew fufficienily that though the French Mere at lira fuccefeful, they were ultimately defeat. . . . . _.._ ANOTHER LETTER. SAME DAY. The Emperor of Russia had three horfes killed under him. This Monarch thews the molt aftonifk ing perfonal bravery, but ezpofes too much his valu able life.—On the firft day, as the Ruffians were ma ttceuvring to attack, they were anticipated by the French. The French learned that the Emperor of RUSSIA was in the center; they therefore directed their wiiole force to that quarter; and had the good fortune to break the center. This was the Rate of things when the firft news was fent to Olmutz ; and Prince BAGIATHION, who, with his corps, was diftant one day's march from the field of battle, haftened up, threw himfelf on the right wing of the French, and thus relieved the Ruffian; and Auftrians in the other wing and centre.—The Auftrians fought with the greateft bravery. A fetter from Olmutz, of the 3d, contains news perfeely according with the above. On the sth nothing further was known there than the termina nation in favour of the Auftro-Ruffian army, but no details. Thefe are the accounts hitherto received of this battle which will probably decidethe fate of the cam paign, perhaps of the war. Some reports Rate the I, lofs of the Ruffians and Au(lrian armies to be at leaß eo,ooo killed and wounded, and that of the French at 30,000 killed,, and io,ooo prifoners, with all their artillery and baggage : Come add that Bo: waive himfelf left the field with only fifty horfe. This laR grand attack, which decided the event, is raid to have been made by the Emperor A:AZAR/MI in perfon, at the head of 30,000 Guards and Grena diers. We look impatiently for further news. Oisturz, Dec. 3.—(From the Berlin Gazette.) Yeßerday a great battle took place between the Combined and French armies in the villages of Sla. panitz, Kobelnitz, and Telnite, not far from Turas, which kited till to-day at noon. and was extremely bloody. The iffue is Rill undecided. and all the ac counts received here reit on mere reports. Our for trefs, in the mean time, has been put into a Rate to Rand a fiege, and the Royal Family have removed to Teich ea. The two Emperors are with the army. We wait for more circumaantial particulars. P. S. According to later accounts, the battle has at laft been decided in favour of the Ruffian and An. titian army, with whom the vidury remains. Mourn, Dec. 4.—ln the battle on the ad, the Ruffians, by the impetuous attack of the French, had loft a part of their artillery ; but, towards the even ing, General KUT I/ sow retook the artillery, and ref= cued the greater part of the prifoners. On the 3d the battle was renewed, and the fortune of arms declared in favour of the Combined Army, which refumed its pofition near Auflerlitz, and pre. pared for a new attack on the sth. Vidory or death was the word in the battle, which was one of the molt bloody in modern hiflory. The conteft was decided by the bayonet and fabre. The Ruffian guards, unier the Grand Duke CoN stanvir 1, fought with the greateft bravery. ; the Auflrian cavalry likewife contributed greatly to the decifion of the battle of the 3d. MAGDEBURG ? DEC. 9.—A1l affumes a warlike ap pearance here ; eighty-five thoufand pallifadoes are prepared. Balls are putting in order, and bombs fil ling. All the buildings in the works are emptied, and the trees cut down. The Pruffian referee, which has now marched out, will take poll between Cothen and Leipzig. FRANCON 16 t Dec. 6.—The firft column of Pruffian troops, under the command of the Prince de Ho nam Louis, has arrived in the environs of Nuremberg. The Saxon army has orders to begin its march, its head quarters will be proviftonally at Weiffenfells. MUNICH, DEC. a.—General MASSEN• is at Lai bach, an 4 the Archduke CHAII.I3 has,in faa, reach. ed Hungary, having had to fight the whole way. The Hungarians are faid to have forniffied the French army hitherto with all necelfariei, for ready money.—Mar(hal Maaworr's head quarters tare at Ulm. His army is to be increafed to 60,000 tneq. Some fay he will march to Bohemia. PR•GUE, DEC. E.—Prince FERDINAND, With 30,000 men, has joined the Ruffian army. Czasxau, Nov. zB.—The headquarters of the Arch-Duke FIRDIFIAND have been here fine the 24th. The French have advanced to within three leagues of this place, and we were expeaing a battle ; but we now learn that the corps of the Archduke Fn. DINAND, which is efiimated at 30,000 men, will join the Ruffian armies of Generals Kurusow and Buz- HOMMEL Dsc. t.—lt is Paid that the troops of a certain Power will foon begin to aEt. In fome accounts the lots on both sides in killed and wounded in the great battle on the ad and 3d inft. is eftimated at 36,000 men. Corsa HAGEN, Dsc., 7.—The Royal Family, the Capital, and the whole Kingdom is plunged into the moll profound grief. It has pleafed Paiavlnswes to take from us this day his Royal Highnefs the Here ditary Prince. This melancholy event was announced by the tolling of all the bells in this city. All public fpatacles and amufements are for the prefent rut: pended. HAwovsa, Dsc. to.—Yenerday the RulEan Lien• tenant General Count Tstsvor, who bad arrived here, returned to Nieuburgh. The Royal PrufGan head-quarters are Rill at Got tingen, although the Pruhian troops are gradually withdrawing from hence and marching into Saxony, On Sunday at noon there was a fkirmifti between the French outpofts and a detachment of Coffacks near Hamlen, in which the French loft nine killed, eight wounded, and 17 prifoners. The communication between this and Hameln is now entirely (hut up, no more putt carriages are al lowed to pals. The Ruffians have formally beguu the liege of this thong hold. Yefterday the garrifor. of this place received orders to hold themfelves in readinefs to march at a moment's notice—they are fuppofcd to be deftined againft Hameln. A Ruffian park of artillery, of iB-pounders, with 3so cannoneers, have arrived here from Hanover. Dic. t I.—There are yet expelled in Lauenburgh 8000 Swedes, who have already entered the Med. lenburgh territory. The difference about the railing of taxes, which bad grown into a mirundernand ing, is already accommodated. FROM THE VIENNA GAZETTE. U.VIIIMINA, Nov. 30—Yellerday evening, at lir o'clock, his Excellency Count HAUGWITZ, the Pruf. Pion State and Cabinet Minitler, arrived here. COMM STADWIt o and General Lieutenant Field MarThal Count GUILAY arrived here the day before yeaer. day, and communicated to M. TALL IYIAND, the Minifter for Foreign Affairs, the propolit ions crf which they were the bearers from his Auarian Imperial Ma. jail,. " M. VOU HAILUIER, Profßan Counfellor of Lega. tioa, whom his Excellency Count HAUGWITZ had fent before him, has gone from hence to Brunn to the French Imperial head quarters. 06 The French troops entered Freiburg on the 27th initant. 4 , The jtmeion of the Grand Army with the Army of Italy, is effefteri. The French right wing is now on the Adriatic, and the left in Bohemia, and at Bruno. " A column of French is ad►anseing on this fide the Danube againil Oedenburg, Eifenburg, burg, and Stein, There will foon be bloody fcenes in Hungary : a column of Ruffians having penetrate ed through Dalmatia and Croatia into the fouthern provinces of Hungary, and the rifing, or levy, in the diftriEts near the Carpathian Mountains, being fully organized." PRIVATE LETTER. Visas's, Nov. 34—After the treachery of Murat had prevented the removal of many valuables, and of the military (lores already packed up, and ready to be fent towards Moravia, the booty of the French on the day of their entry here was iromenre ; and it was therefore thought, that the affurance of Bo naparte in a proclamation, " of refped being (hewn to perfons and property" was fincere, and not ano• Oct. artifice to obtain plunder. We had, however, foon reafon to repent of our credulity. No fooner had the enemy occupied our watch houfes and gates, than all petfons found in the greets were civilly (hip. ped of their money, watches, jewels, and trinkets, (hoe and knee buckles, and even of their hats, bonnets, handkerchiefs, &c. &c. ; fo much fa, that nobody dared to go out, before another proclamation ordered the foldiers, under pain of death. not to pillage in the fired!. This proclamation was acoorfipanied with a requifltion in money and in clothing to the arnonnt of forty-two millions of florins, not including all the plate of palaces, private houfes, convents, and churches, which were feized ca mei, in the sight af ter the entry of the French. In the fame night alto. moll cellars were broken open, wines and vihuals Bolen ; and not a houfe efcapsd the marauders, who took every thing portable, on which they could lay their hands. Its the vicinity of this capital, in a circle of five leagues, nine hundred houfes were bro ken open and plundered ; and the officers as well as the men, forced us here to buy for ready money their Bolen goods. Many individuals, fuppofed to be rich, were laid under a private contribution, calcu lated to amount to half their fortunes ; and thofe who could or would not pay, were imprifoned as hofiages, but threatened every infant with death, as refradory, or rebels to the commands of the Empe ror' of the French• Within the fira forty-eight hours that we were curled with French fraternity, upwards of fix hundred women and girls were violated, many of the latter under ten years of age ; and when we complained. we were laughed at, as Prince Murat confidered thefe occurrences merely as bagatelles, though the ccrpfes of fcveral murdered females, lying in the (beets, proved that the ravifhers had alto been plunderers and alfaffins, and that virtue and innocezce had not fubmitted to outrages without refinance. So many and infamous provocations, caufed tome retaliation. Many of the Ftench officers and foldiers were killed when in the fleets after dark, and others were wounded or difappcared, without it being known what became of them. A general domiciliary vifit was then ordered, under pretext of fearching for arms, but in fag to feizc or extort fretb plunder. Nearly defperate by infults and luffetings, the people collefted in numbers ; and though only armed with bludgeons and knives, attacked one of the French watch houfes in the old town, and carried it they were, however, loon attacked in their turn and mot!of them cut to pieces. For fear that this af fair might incite to a general infiareftion, the infur gents were Ityled emilfaries of Ruffia and England ; and a third proclamation promifed all peaceable in habitants full protation for their per4Ons and pro perty ; and that ail violence fbould meet with a fum mary puniffiment. On the next morning, indeed, a froldier who had aolen a filver Awn was isnot, but at the fame time the whole contents af the atop of a goidlinith was carried away by one of Nforat's Aid de-Camps, for the ufe of the aortic... A tariff of fafety was then eftabliffied, and a card, finned by Mind, for which a Muis d'or hai been paid, is an evidence that the beater has acquitted the quota of his contributions, and is under the proration of tb, French.