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_,• GERMAN PAPERS. .DUSSRLDORF, DECEMBER s. Our Gazette contains the following article : •• Yesterday, betiveen three and four o'clock in the morning, the Allies succeeded in passing the Rhine, - • about a league from hence, at Bolmerswerth, Hamm, etc. This expedition was well combined, and it has bad the most fortunate results, which have filled our city with joy. •4 The Allied troops, after having surrounded the town of Neuss, and broken open the gates, made the garrison prisoners of war : it consisted of 20 officers, more than 200 privates, and some douaniers. 4 • Our brave warriors had.been for some time anxi ously desirous of at last finding themselves on the left bank of the Rhine ; and in a few hours after, we beheld the trophies of their victory, the prisoners they had made, and the eagles they had captured. There were also found in Neuss a military chest, a consider able transport of provisions, and a number of cattle. •• Among those who particularly distinguished themselves on this 6ccasion were a number of young men of the best families in our city, who have recently joined as volunteers, and who, from their enthusiasm for• liberty and their country, formed the advanced guard. They returned amidst acclamations of Suc cess to the Allied Powers ! Their booty consists of a certain number of the horses that were taken. Upon their entrance joy was depicted on every countenance : our fellow,citizens are hastening to follow their ex ample. •• We learn that the allied troops have already ex tended themselves upon the left bank of the Rhine, and that they have advanced as far as Juliers." • NUREMBERG, DECEMBER 4. Yesterday arrived here a division of 5000 Russian infantry : it forms the first column of a corps of the - Russian army, the passage of which will last to the 13th. The second column, which is of the same strength As the first, will arrive here to•morrow. A part of this corps is marching by Ratisbon, to join the army. • PRAGUE, NOVEMBER 29. The two first divisions of the the two hussar regi ments of the Austro-German 'region, under the orders of their chief, Major• General Count 13entheini, passed tin °ugh here on the 25th, on their route to the army. Field-Marshal Couiit Collowrath went on horseback to meet them, and accompanied them to the gate called Reictisthor, where they defiled before him. These two regiments quitted the Westphalian ser vice in the month of September, to come under the Austrian colours. They were the first who shook off a foreign yoke, and who gave to their German bro. thers the great example of fighting for liberty and independence. Their fine appearance and martial.air were much admired. BULLETIN OF THE CROWN PRINCE. " litadloancrs; Boitzenburg, Nov. 30. " On the 16th, the Pr rice Royd quitteai Hanover, ' and. arrived at Bremen on the 17th in the morning ; on the `.:Otli his Royal Highness arrived at Celle; on the 22d, at Ueltzen : en the 23d, at Lunebourg ; and ) esterday here. The Swedish army has passed the Elbe ; Mar shal Count de Stedingk, with his Etat Major, and the first brigade, is at Boitzenburg ; the other Swe dtsh brigades in the environs. 66 The corps of Lutzen haS passed the Elbe with the Swedish arm. 44 General Bulow's advanced guard, commanded by General Oppen, has made a movement upon the Yssel, and has been, since the 23d, at D,,es bourg. General Bulow, with the rest of his army, is on the banks of the Rhine, and the frontiers of Holland. 64 At the attack of Doesbourg, a great part of the gatrison was cut to pieces. The approach of night prevented tl.e exact number of prisoners from being known ; but when the report was sent off, 200 had been reckoned, including a Commandant and five Oitcets. The capture of Docsbourg does great honour to General Oppen, by the wisdom of his dis positions and the vigour of his attack. " All the Duchy of East Friesland is delivered from the enemy. At Embden, Auriein and through ,. tit the country, the Prussian troops have been re. ved with great marks of satisfaction. g g The fortress of Zutphen has been carried by the detac h . oents of Majors de Sandart and de Mi.ller : were taken. ';)00 men Genes :1 Baron de Winzingerode has his head quarters at Is remen a part of Holland is occupied by the d etac b ‘ nents of his a i rmy. Upon the news 01 their arrival, the inhabitants of Amsterdam esta blished a Regency, composed ob tnen of whom the greater part are kl.,own for their energy and pa triotism. is occupied by the Rus- Dian" The country of Jeves' troops. 4' The fort of Zolikamp has been taken by a de tachment of the corps of Baroo de Rosen ; twelve • pieces of cannon ri different calibra were found there. The garrison are prisoners of war.' • 11 Another Russian detachment seize d an enemy's vessel, on board of which were fifty caistom-house officers and soldiers. 46 Major Elswangen has got possession of Zwoll, and made two o ffi cers and several gene -d'armes prisoners. 6' The Cossacks of Colonel Narishkin have taken the town of Canpen, and made one Colonel, five Officers, and twenty-five Bens-d'armes, and eighty infantry, prisoners. " Groningen has been taken by the troops of Ge neral Winzingerode. One Colonel, 38 Officers, and 800 men were made prisoners. Deputies from Groningen and other Provinces have rep•ired to the head-quarters of the Prince WA eo demand authority to form Provisional Go vernMents, depending upon that of Amsterdam ; thhir demand has been granted. The dignity of bladtholder will, Undoubtedly, be proclaimed. This is Oat napoleon has gained by the union of that cavalry to France. 61 Several columns of troops have passed the Yssel, Orde awn towards Vtrecht and Amsterdam. One aaay took an Milan(' as delivered. Good French ;pa rejoice At it. " The ft its of Carlsburg and Blinn have been uken by a Russian detachment commanded by Co }mei Riedinger, seconded by an English brig under the orders of Ca?tain y.: 3 u4r. Twcaty Officers, 334 sub.olficers and soldiers, and 50 pieces of non, were taken. fis The navigation of the Weser is free. " Stade, strong by the marshy ground in - the midst of which it is situated, was occupied by a numerous garrison. The Comme.dant had caused all the dykes (one excepted) to be cut, and in consequence of the inundation, Stade seemed placed as it were in the midst of a sea. Count de Strogonof, however , undertook to attack it. The troops advanced with intrepidity along the only remaining dyke, under a cross fire from the place, and arrived at a bridge which the enemy had destroyed. Impelled by their courage, and the ardour of mountiii g . to the assault, several officers and soldiers rushed into the fosse, where Count de Rostignaik, Chief of the regiment of Saarlow, and the Officer who commanded the head of the column, perished. Notwithstanding this example, it required all the General's authority to prevent the soldiers from continuing the attack.— The garrison, however, fearing a renewal of the en terprize, evacuated the town during the night, and embarked for Gluckstadt, where they were received by the Danes. On the same night General Strogo. noff entered the town, and found in it three pieces of cannon, and a great number of killed and wound ed. The loss he sustained may amount to about two hundred men ; that of the enemy was very con siderable. 44 Lieutenant-General Count de Woronzow, who since the 22d, has had his head-quarters at Winsen, has surrounded Harburgh. a Notwithstanding the superiority in number of the enemy's troops who passed the Elbe at Zollen spicker, Lieutenant-Colonel Lowenstern, forming part of the corps of Count de Woronzow, drove them back, killed 100 of them, among whom 'were two Officers, took two pieces of cannon, and made more than 40 prisoners. a Lieutenant Jacobson, of the corps of General Woronzow, attacked with 100 Cossacks, two squa drons of Horse Chasseurs, of the garrison of Horne. burgh, and after havinz killed 20 men and made 30 prisoners, took possession of the town. " Stettin has capitulated. The conditions are— that the garrison shall surrender prisoners of war on the sth of December, if not relieved before that pe riod. " The German troops which were in Magdebirrgh have been permitted to return to their homes, under the condition of not serving against France before the term of °ire year. The garrison is badly provisioned, and the soldiers arc discontented. " GenerA Narbonne, Governor of Torgair, is dead. General Dutaillis, who replaces him, and three other Generals, are dangerously ill of the epidemlcal fever which prevails in the town, and which daily canies off a great number of victims. " Marshal St. Cyr has capitulated, and Dresden is in the possession of the Allies. 44 Thus, with the exception of some strong places, which are about to be attacked, the whole country between the Elbe and the Rhine is delivered from the enemy. All the inhabitants are arming themselves, and Germany will soon present the spectacle of an entire people aimed for the protection of their inde pendence. " The free Hans TGien of Bremen has resumed its ancient constitution. It must be expected that the sister cities of Harnburgh and Lubeck vAll soon enjoy the same happiness. " According to recent intelligence, a melancholy despair reins among the unhappy citizens of Ham burgh. 'I he soldiers are tired of the war, and desire to return to their families. The Bank has been car ried off, and thus a public crime has been committed. The pi incipal inhab tants are forced to work at the fortifications, and their labour is continued during the night as well as the day. " All 'the trees of Wilheltnsbourg have been cut _down, and the bridge built by the French between that island and Hamburg!' is destroyed. " In pursuing the noble object of all its efforts, that of a general peace, the Army of the North of Gel many could not permit an enemy's force to be cantoned upon its communications. 66 Germans by origin and language, the inhabi tants of Holstein ought to rejoice in the liberty which has just been restored to their fellow-countrymen; they must desire the removal of an army whose pre sence presages nothing but misery.. If their territo riesi be the theatre of war, they have only to accuse the policy of the Danish Government. 46 But it is still not too late ; it still depends upon " the King of DENNAUK to spare the country this " scourge—a country which, for several generations, 44 has been the seat of prosperity and peace—ln aban • " cloning the cause that tas been so fatal to his own 46 dignity. and the interests of his people—finally in , 6 accepting the proposals of the Allied Powers, the 44 KiEg of Denmark may divert the storm that " threatens his dominions—Their present and future fate depends upon the resolution he is about to 66 adopt." • Pampeluna has capitulated. The victorious troops of the Marquis of Wellington are now upon French ground ; it is for having attacked the Spa niards in the bosom of peace, that the peaceful inha , bitants of the Adour behold an enemy's army upon its banks. The Emperor of Russia, the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and other formidable • armies are upon the banks of the Rhine. One single object directs all these masses—a general peace, foun ded upon natural limits. the sole guarantee of its soli dity. In the long miseries that have desolated the , Continent, the instruments have been as much to be pitied . as the victims ; and it is the happiness of • Frenchmen, as well as that of their own nations, that the Allied Sovereigns desire. War can have but one honourable object, a conquest which alone is desirable and just—Peace. Millions of voices demand it of the French people. . Will they be deaf to the voice of, humanity, of reason, and of their dearest interests ? • " Who is the Frenchman—who is the man that is a true European, that has not been profoundly affec ted in reading the reply of Napoleon to the Senate ? —Tue President of that. Assembly, in the name of France, demands peace of the Emperor ; and this So • vereign, who for two years has been the witness of the death of six hundred thousand men, replies coldly, and merely says, that posterity shall acknowledge 'that the existing circumstances were not above him. 46 Thus, the Emperor Napoleon does not wish for peace; and as gurope desires it, she ought to pre pare to obtain it by means of arms.—Let us hope that the wishes cri ale FMICh will unite With those of Euroße f ~~, ~r/\ . FRENCN PAP . EAt PARIS, DECEMBER 7. His Majesty reviewed this molding several regi menu of infantry, in the Place of ;he carousal. Messrs. Ruttiman and Weiland, Deputies from the Swiss Diet to his Majesty the Emperor, are arrived at Paris. . Dac. 8.- .His Majesty to-day held a Council of Ministers. His Highneu the Prince of Neufchatel and Wa gram reviewed yesterday morning, in the Court of the Palace of the Thuillecies, several regiments, as well cavalry as infantry, of the Imperial Guard and of the garrison of Paris. Dee. 9.—A report from General Beauvois, to the Duke of Tarentum, dated Neuss, the 4th of Decem ber, gives an account of the surprise of Neuss, in the night of the Ist, by 900 Pruisian infantry, and sixty hussars. This event is attributed to the negligence of the Colonel of the 150th regiment, who was asleep, and whose negligence was imitated by his soldiers, who were not at their posts. The eagle of the 150th is supposed to be lost, and the Colonel taken in bed. The Colonel of the 154th retreated from the town. General Beauvois was sent by General Sebastiani t with 500 foot and 200 horse. The enemy, on seeing this force , retreated hastily, and General Beauvois entered Neuss, at nine in the evening ; 15 Prussian hussars were taken prisoners. 1 The Colonel of the 15Uth is suspended by the Major General. The Major-General being informed, that severe General Officers have their wives with them, orders, that within 21 hours after the publication of this order, all the women with the army shall leave the canton menu, and return to the interior. Dec. 10.—WAR DEPARTMENT. ARMY Of ARRADON AND CATALONIA. Copy of a Letter to his Excellency the Minister at War, •from the Marshal Duke of Albufera, commanding the Army of Ar ragon and Catalonia. 46 BARCELONA, NOV. " SIR—I have the honour to submit to your Ex cellency a copy of a letter from the Commandant of Peniscola. The situation of that place is very satis factory. Its stock of provisions cannot be estimated, because it has been much increased by successive ar rivals of privateers. " Your Excellency will observe that the garrison of Tortosa had, on the 16th, a new advantage over the enemy. 64 I have no other information than that of the Commandant Bardont, bait I believe it correct. 64 I have news (rum Lerida of the 14th, which leave nothing to wish resi , ect;ng the state of the place s . the troops, and prco•lsions.—l am, &c. " The Mars•l4l Duke of ALBUFKRA•" Letter from Mr. Bardont, Commandant of Penis cola, to General St. Cyr Nugnes, Chief of the Etat Major of the Artily of Arragon and Catalonia, dated November 20 : 44 Since the 9th we have had two engagements of out-posts with the enemy, who was so well received, that he has not fired a shot since. " The troops are employed in works useful to the place, which might be dispensed with indeed, but which it is prudent to do when there is time. " On the 16th, the garrison of Tortosa made a sally on the side of Amposta, and did much injury to the enemy. " On the 17th, several waggons with wounded passed La Rapitta. The head-quarters which were at Uldicona, are now at Vinaroy. (Signed) BOURDEAUX, DECEMBER s. All the accounts we receive confirm the misunder standing which exists between the English Govern ment and the Spanish Government. They write from Bayonne, that they have just re ceived there a Gazette of Madrid, containing a Decree of the Cortes, ordering dile Spanish troops to obey only their own Generals, and to take no orders from the English Generals. The Spaniards rank apart in the army, and do not mix either with the English or the Portuguese. LIEGE, DECEMBER 4. It is certain that we have an army of 30,000 men . at Sedan, which is not farther from us than we are from the Rhine. That another still more consider able army is at Metz. That Luxemburgh is full of troops. That the Duke of Tarentum, with his army, is at hand, to go wherever his presence may be necessary. Thus Julien and Wesel are provisioned and armed. That General Sebastiani and troops are cantoned in the environs of Cologne. What can we have t..) tessi SPIRE, DECEMBER 1. According to accounts from the other bank, the allied troops are obliged to extend their cantonments, in order toprocure subsistence. The country which they occupy is so exhausted, that it is quite incapa ble of complying with all the requititions imposed on it. They draw from Bohemia and Warta, being all the corn which can be procured there to supply the allied armies. The conveyance is the more difficult, as the incessant rains and the marching of the troops have rendered the roads impassable. On the other hand, these rains have swelled the river to such a degree, that the navigation is partly suspended. Diseases continue to make great ravages in that part of Germany. Dtc. piquets of the enemy stationed aloe; 44 BARDONT." the Rhine on the opposite bank. are neither increased nor diminished. All remains in this respect in the same situation. _ _ It is affirmed that the greatest part of the garrisor . of Manheitn has left that city'. Though many French troops have descended the Rhine, to repair to the Department of the Roer, ard replace those that are on the march to Holland, the military force which defends our Department (Mount Tonnerre) has not been weakened ; on the contrary. it has been lltely much strengthened by troops froks the depots of the regiments which have been *eta hither, and by numerous detachments of the conscrip. tion of 120,000 men, and by cohorts of the grenadiers and chasseurs of the national guard. Those of the Moselle and Meurthe are united in our Department, and arc distinguished by their good appearance, seal, and activity. the positions of the hostile armies are still the same before Ment; and Cassel, on the right bank of the Rhine. Nothing has happened on this s►de. We have furnished great supplies for Landau. which is six leagues from our tone. This excellent fortress has been completely provisioned in a very short time, is provided with a very good and nume rous garrison, and is in the most respectable state of defeice. Laulerberg, on the Rhine, has been also provisioned, and put in a good state ofdefence. STRASBURG, DEC. S. We learn from Mentz, that several columns of our troops have entered Holland. Nothing has passed along the Rhine. Yesterday a Bavarian division came and insulted Kehl. The 128th regiment, which formed the gar- rison, immediately took arms. A tirallade was kept up for some hours, the enemy was repulsed, andtell back more than a league from Kehl. FLORENCE, NOVEMBER 27. Letters from Rome advise, that between the 2id and 25th inst. there arrived there 10,000 men, form ing the fist division of the Neapolitan army. ANTWERP, DECEMBER 2. An advertisement has beep published in this city, announcing that from next Monday, the 6th inst. the artillery will be exercised in firing every day from It o'clock till three. The cannon will be placed at about 400 toises above the entrenched camp between the dike of Kid, and the road of Hoboc kin, and will fire against that dike. NAPLES, NOVEMBER 27. The news of the contagious distemper which was said to prevail at Minorca and Majorca, has been ofE. cially contradicted, but the isle of Malta still coliti nun to be a prey 44 the horrors of the plague. TURIN / NOVEMBER 30. The Prince Governor General has received offiew information that the first division of the Neapolitan troops expected at Bologna, is arrived at Rome, PARIVLA, NOVEMBER Re. General Count Pino, who left Bologna on the 26th, at four in the afternoon, with his artillery, attacked the enemy at Malalbergo. The Austrians have been re pulsed ; .a good many prisoners, and four pieces of cannon, have fallen into our hands. On the 27th our troops entered Ferrara. The Austrian General had escaped, having slept, it is said, in his clothes, for fear of surprise. It seems that his troop are re , embarking with all haste, The head-quarters of his Imperial Highness the Prince Viceroy are before Verona. This city conti nues to enjoy the most perfect tranquillity, GENOA, DECEMBER 1. The letters we have received this morning advise. that the head-quarters of the Neapolitan army are to be at Bologna. This army must be now arrived at Florence, where provisions have been long pteparect for it. A division, coming from Abruzzo, must be now at Ancona. • ZURICH, NOVEMBER 20. Several Princes and Envoys, friends and enemies, are now in our city. They frequent the same tom• panics, and are lodged at the Sword. According to news from Basle, the Austriaa Hus sars and some Co►sacks having appeared on the frontiers, the Cordon of Neutrality has been strength ened. Three gates of the town have been walled up, and the ramparts are furnished with cannOn. SASLE, NOVEMBER ^.2. Some troops of the canton of Vaud entered Rhein feld last Friday. 'The corps of troops which will be stationed at Rheinfeld is to consist of 15,000 men. Considerable purchases have been lately made of brandy and cherry-water (a very strong spirit), fo; exportation. Nov. 30,—Our contingent is already on foot : is will serve partly for the defence of the city, partly for that of the canton. We expect nest week some thousands of the troops of the Confederation, whic!. will be cantoned in our neighbourhood. It is affirmed that several battalions, coming from the interior of Switzerland, are advancing towar,ll. Rheisfeld. We expect here, M. Heir, Landamman of Gleis, who is appointed Commissary in Chief of the Con federate Army. He will establish his bureaus in our city. SCHAFFHAUSEN, DECENI3IIt a. The Swiss Diet tins named tno of its Members, Mr. Ruttiman Avoyer, ot Lucerne, forn;eily Lan damman of Switzerland, and Mr. Wielands, Buis '• master of Basle, to go to Paris t:' y the Em peror of the French. Two other. of 1:5