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this great event, which has produced on tLe public, and on the Funds, a very agreeable effeet. PARIS, OCT. l(. In the present crisis, the first success which opens the way to every othe . , and prepares for the termi nation of the war, at least with Austria, bcfme the end of the season, has been announced by the dis• charge of artillery. If it were not consistent with glory, to be molest, with vengeance, even to be merciful. and p uticu lowly with power, to be generons, we should, on the present occasion begin to clialint hymns of triumph throughout the whole empire. The Empress is expened to pass the winter at Strasburgh, and several performers are expe&ed from Paris, to take part in the concerts that are to be gi►en in the Imperial Palace. TIIE THIRD BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. ZIJOICISHAUSEK, OCT. 10. Marshal Soult pursued the Austrian division, which had taken refuge at Akita, drove it from thence, and on the 9th, at noon, entered Augsburgh, with the divisions of Vandamme, St. Hilaire, and Legrand. On the 9:h, in the evening, Marshal DAVOUSt, who crossed the Danube at Neubnrgh, arrived at Aiebe with his three divisions. General Jlarmont, with the divisions of Boudet, Grouchy, and the Batavian division of General Du ' =mew*, passed the Danube, and took a position between Akita and Augsburgh. In fine, the army under Marshal Bernadotte, to. gether with the Bavarian army, commanded by Ge nerals Dcroc and Verde!), took their position at In golstadt. The Imperial guard, commanded by General Bessieres, proceeded to Augsburgh ; as likewise the division of Cuirassiers, under the com mand of General Hautpoult. Prince Murat, with the disision of Klein and Beaumont, and the division of carahineurs and cui. rassiers under General Nansouty, hastened with all speed to the village of Zusater-nausen, in order to intercept the toad front Ulm to Augsburg. Marshal Lannes, with the grenadier division of Oudi.,ot, and the division of Suchet, took post the same day M the village of Zosmershatisen. The Emperor passed in review the dragoons of Zusmershausen : he ordered to be brought before him a drogoon, named Marente, of the fah regi ment. one of the gallant soldiers who, in the passage of the Lech, had saved his Captain, who but a few days before had cashiered hint from his rank. His Majesty bestowed upon him the E igle of the Legion of Honour. The soldier then observed, '• I have only done my duty ; my Captain Jew ailed me on account of some violation of discipline, but he knows that I have always proved a good soldier." The Emperor nest expressed his satisfaCtion to the dragoons. of the condud they had displayed at the battle of Wertingen. He ordeied each regiment to present a dragoon, on whom he also bestowed the Eagle of the Legion of Honour. His Majesty expressed his satisfaction to the gre nadiers of General Oudinot's division, than which a finer or more enthusiastic corps cannot exist. Until we are enabled to give a detailed account of the battle of Wertingen, it may he proper to say something of it in the present bulletin. Col. Arrighi, at the head of his Regiment of Dragoons. charged the Regiment of Cuirassiers of Duke Albert. The argon was very sharp. Col. Arrighi had his hntse killed tinder him, and his re giment burned with eagerness to rescue him. Co lonel Beaumont, of the 10th Hussars, fired with a true French spirit, seized upon a Captain of Cui rassiers, in the middle of the hostile ranks, whom he himself made a prisoner, after having cut down a dragoon. Col. Maupetit, at the head of the 9th Dragoons, charged M the village of Wertingen ; being mortal ly eronnded, his last words were—.` Let the Empe ror be informed, that the 9th Dragoons hare shewn themselves worthy of their reputation ; ar.d that they charged and conquered, cxclainiirg, Long live the Emperor !" That column of Gresadkrs, the flower of the one- Ara army, havirg formed is a square of four bat talions, was penetrated and cut down. The I2th ►attalion of Dragoons charged in the wood. Oudinot's division was indignant at the distance which ►till prevented them from attacking the ene my ; but at the very sight of them, the Austrians hastened their retreat—one brigade only was m time to charge. All the cannon, ctliturs, almost all the Officers of the enemy's army, who fought at Wertingen, were taken : a great number were killed. Two Lieutenant-Colonels, sit Majors, sixty Officers, 4,000 soldiers hay: Hien into our hands. The remainder were chspersed ; and what escaped owed their safety to a mums, which stopped a column that was turn ing the enemy. The chief cf a squadron, Excilmans, ' , Camp of Prince Mitr.st, had two horse: killed under him. It was he who carried the colours to the Ern rarer, who sail w Ann, " know no min cm ha braver than you; I make you an Officer or the Le gion of Honour." Marshal Ney, on his side, with the divisions %Val. her, Dupont, and Loison, the division of dragoons of General Bari aguay D'Hilliers, and the division of Gaza!), ascended the Danube, and attacked the ene my in their position at Grumberg.—lt is now five o'clock, and we hear the fit ing of cannon. It rains heavily ; but this does not retard the forced marches of the Grand Army. I'he Emperor sets the example ; on horseback, night and day, he is continually in the midst of the troop, and in every point where his presence is necessary. He yesterday rode fourteen leagues. Ile slept in a small village, without servants, and without any kind of baggage. The Bishop of Augsburgh had, however, illumi nated his palace, and waited His Majesty during a part of the night. STII4SOUMGH, OCT. 11. We have. just received the most pleasing intelli gence from the Grand Army. The first anions of oar troops with those of the enemy, have been yin lriors, which is the earnest of fresh ones. We every day see troops passing through our city and its eavirons, on their way to the Right Bank of the Rhine, and to join the Gland Army. On the day before yesterday, a large detachment of the Imperial Guard art ived from Paris. The corps of the army under General Augereau are ettneeed in a few days on the Banks of the Rhine. /),,O!s and detachments of conscripts are arriving every day. wuntmorna, ocr. 6 The States of 13nhernia pinsented to the Emperor a very strong remeristrAnce, pretesting against the pas,rge of the 11.1.sian army through Bohemia, which, on 4CCnlffit of ttle scarcity of pro visions, is unable to maintain so large an army. FRANKFORT. OCT. 8. The Meant of /fosse has already taken the com mand of the corps of the Prussian 41-my in Franco. Ma. His most Serene Highness has resolved to place twenty hattalioas, and sixteen squadrons, on the war footing. The Archduke Ferdinand. Commander-in-Chief of the Au•trun army, arrived at ULm, on the 3J of Oa°Ser. They continued w ukt.ig at the torti fications of that cur, and Nose at Mernmingen. On the Swabian =stmt./Lin, named the Alp, between Ulm and Geislingen, sume skirmishes have also taken place. II .11111111), SEPT. t 7. The Governor of Majorca gives an accoum f a landing, attempted by the English, in the Isle of lvica. '1 hey %vele repulsed, with almost the total loss of the men whom ey ial put n shore. 'Mee iiihabitanb, of the flame of Kiwis, particu larly distinguished themselves, by the intrepidity and address with which they, for A long tim.., fought, almost alone. 10 COIOISPONIANTS BOW dug, and several other fAvatirs, Are exelicird, by al y ls- we of temporary matter. THE BRITISH PRESS. I DON, THURSDAY, OCTOBiII 24. Dispatches were received yesterday, at an early hour, from Lisbon, brought to Falmouth by the Atari. 1.2.4 Packet, Capt. Senor ea, in eight days. The Mail was to undergo the usual operation of fumiga. tion, and is expeaed in town this morning. The Packet arrived at Lisbon on the 23th September; found lying there His M sieve v's ship Areption, Capt. Scr Ton, and Ma/aler store-ship. The Adophi• s and Malabar sailed on the Ist of 041oker ; and, on the 7th, the Wellineem packet arrived from Falmouth. The Aurkiard left Lisbon on the 12th, and, on the 14th, fell in with lhs Majesty's ship Powebe, on a cruise. We are concerned to state, that there h strnng reason to apprehend, that a considerable part of the Oporto Convoy has fallen into the hands of the enemy. The Rochefort Squadron, which has hither to been so fortunate as to elude the vigilance of our commanders, had stood away to the southward, probably with a view of getting into Ferrol, when they fell in with the Oporto and Lisbon Fleets. The following Bulletin was sent from the Admiralty so Laove's yesterday at half-past It o'clock : •mittAurt-orrme, OCT. 23, 1805. musics OF • LITTER FROM CAPTAIN LOBS, OP HIS MAJIITV'I SHIT POMONt t TO MR. MARS DEN, DATED 071 THE RUILINGS, THE Ifirm OCTOSITE. " I yesterday spoke Ha Majeary's .hip I.' Amiable, off the Rock, and was isfortned b, Captain donverie, that, on the 10th last. in lat. 41. 1211 N. in sight of the land, lie ni.furte nately fell in with a squiAron of the enemy, consisting of Ave sail of the Lee, one a three deck ship, and is very apprehen sive ri vet of the con.uy, bound to oiwietn, are captured by them , these for I,i.besi had panel company, without sigma, early on the tame morning, and, I hate every reason to pose, are arrived safe, as stve.al vres.ls wool to yestrWday ; sit of Cleat had In g lisb colours, but we Were too fat to leeward 4. peak them Ltv:d's, 93d Qct. 11445 " We have received Paris Journals to the 17th, and Dutch Gazettes to the 20th instant. 1 he Moniieur of the 16th, contains a third Bulletin of the Grand Army, dated Z iumershausen, the 10th. It containe farther details of the battle of We:Linen, announced in the reread 130,4 in, which we gave yesterday. These two accounts combined, give the h Mowing view of that engagement, with the military move menu and operations that preceded, as well as those which followed it, up to the evening of the 10th. It appears, that on the evening of the 6t1., the se cond division of Marshal SOUL T'S Corps, com manded by General Veseem me, carried the bridge Doneuwert, upon the Danube, after a slight con test, in which some of the regiment of Colloredo, that defended it, were killed, or made prisoners. On the 7th, at day-break, Prince Musette joined General VA II DA sur c's division at Donauwert, and pushed on a corps of 200 cavalry to the bridge of the Lech, of which it gained possession, having driven away a small Austrian force which defended it. fhe Lech passes by Landsburgh and Augsburgh, and runs iota the Danube, about five miles below Do. nauwert. fleeing thus opened the wily to Augshurgh, Marshal Soet. r set nut from Donauwert on the dth, with the two divisions of Generals VANDAMet and LLCM AND,and proceeded egeinit Augsburgh, Sour.T WAS thus advancing dire fly South to his destination, Prince ['duster took a South Western direftion for Zesmerilieusen, a post in the duet liae between Ulm and Angsburgli, to cut off the li communication between these two cities. At Vier. tingen, a small town between the latter city and the Danube, he fell in with a division of Austrian in fantry, supported by four squadrons of teem t's cuirassiers, and surrounded it. Mua•r's force consisted of the divisions of dragoons ot Gene t di Be•ussotsr and k Leis, all the division of cavalry commanded by General NA risourt.— The circimutance of his surrounding the Austrian corps, sheers, that he was greatly superior in number, and Marshal Lefties, who followed close in the rear of MCI it A T'S divisions, cunning up at the same time, ioeteased the disproportion. 'lle result seas, she total defeat of the Austrian Corps. The Austrian grenadiers formed in a square of four bet tAlions, hut it WAS penetrated, and cut down. 'lwo Lieutenant Colonels, Six M.sj irs, Sitty Officers, and FA: a *fetJusarso SuLtst gas were taken. The rest were dispersed, arid those who escaped owed their safety to a morass which stopped a column that was turning them. The corps thus defeated, is said to have been composed of twelve battalions, which had arrived in haste from the Tyrol, to re inforce the m sin body of the Austrian :srmy on the side of Aiteehingh. All their beggaee, guns, &c. fell into the hands of the enemy. the remainder of the Austrian corps fled for refuge to Akira, a small town at a short distance from Augsburgh, on the eastern side of th it city. It was pursued by Marshal Sourer, who, after dispersing it, feU heck epos; Atigsbrarieh, and enter id it, on the even ing of the 9th, with the divisions of V•NOANMC, Sr liteme. and Leoertio. Sense den Mar shall Devousr crested the Danube at Niuburgh, and arrived at Aicha, while General televiewer, who had also passed that river with a strong di vision, took a position between that town and Ages -burgh. There is no notice taken in the Bulletin; the :taint% of the 7th, at Neuburg. It was proh Why the first attempt of the French to cross the Danehe at that point ; and, proving unsuccessful, is is been pass .d over in silence. It appears, however, to hive been a corps of Sou er's division, and nut of BeRMILDOTTIet, as we supposed yesterday, that pass ed at Netshurgh. Bete ADOT r e's corps heal taken a more advanced position, and had reached Ingold stadt. It was published et the I Lague the lith, in Ge neral Orders, that he had taken Ing,oldstedt by storm, and that 19,000 Austrians are blockaded in the vi , cieity of Augsburgh. Had the feet been so, it would, nn doubt, have been stated in the Third Bul letin, which is dated the 10th, at Zusmershausen, near the 14'ter city. The result, hieeever, computed s i ren the narrowest scale, is very unfortunate for Austria. flora AAAAAA has completely succeeded in his o'rjelt of turning the right wing of the Austrian army, and interposed almost the whole of his force between it and the advancing Russians. The Aus trian force in Ulm is also completely cut off, and must probably Bartender to the numerous carps of the enemy which surround it. Marshal Nett had also ascended the Danube with a strong division, and attacked the Austrians in their position at Gramberg, oa the 10:h ; but the result is not known, the firing lot having crawl at five o'clock on that day, when the Bulletin was dispatched..— BON AAAAA a was at a short distance from Augs harsh on the night of the 9th, and, probably, visited that city on the next day. The reedit is aware of the gasconading disposition of the enemy, and the many temptations which BONA. ram must feel, to give an extraordinary eclat to the opening cf the campaign. It is also to be observed, that the second report stated the whole Asturias weeps to have been captured at Wertingen, while no notice is taken, in eau: Bulletin, of the battle of the 7th, at Nee:l)N. The Second Bulletin also represents, in one passage, Marshal Soutir manosureting on the left bank of the Daunt*, on the 13th, the very day on which, is another passage, it represents him on the right bank of that river, proceeding against Augsburgh, while na notice is taken of the main body of es! Austrian army, or of its positions. These contradiCtions aid suppressions may, in the opinion of some perso n ,. throw the whole account into discredit. We think, however, that hasty sketches, drawn up on the field of battle, cannot be expelled to prove critically cot re R. But, though we may doubt their fidelity, we cannot pronounce them absolutely false. The cir cumstance of the enemy having passed the Danube, in considerable force, and established themselves upon the Lech, is decisive of their success ; but the extent of that success, we may fairly pia. , .ru., is overrated, and has not been Neve • i out considerable loss. It has been I!: study of the Austrians, from the , avoid a general engagement, until j :ty the Russians. Had they been other wi.a thfy would have dispeted the pas.age of the Ida. nuke, with all their force. Of the position of the main body of the Austrians we have no ac count, but, it is worthy of iemark, that the Bulletin, call it the "fl.starian .I , m•,."—'iv this is evidently meant., the Austrian army in Bavaria. We may therefore preston-, that the Austrians haJ aban. d n.ed their position between Ulm and Memmingen, and retreated across the Lech into Bavaria, prev.- ous to the battle at Wirtengen. Had the main body remained on the western site of the Lea, the remains of the defeated corps would have no doubt fallen back upon it, instead of cro s s;p g that river. and flying fate Bavaria. Flowerer dispiriting a defensive system may be, we have no doubt but the plan pursued by the Austrians is necessary and j iJieiuu,; and, we :rust, will ha ultimately crowned with success. It is. therefore, not with any feeling of desponJency, but merely as an historical anecdote. we observe, that the armies of B IhAPAnTE have advanced farther into Ger many, without tiring a shot, and in a very few weeks, than tile French, supported by the Bavarians & in the time of Lewis were able to do atter three campaigns. These never penetrated to the eastward of Blenheim, where their progress was ef fe3ually stoppe I by the immortal Man I. at:sent:oe. Fhe Plains of Blenheim lie on the Danube, a few miles west of Donauwert, where the French passed that river on the Bth instant. The French papers scarcely mention the Russ ans. A Letter from Nuremberg, however, states, that the people of Bohemia have remonstrated against their passage through that country, on account of the scarcity of provisions. In Italy, hostilities have not yet commenced; but Massen a, whose army has been considerably reinforced, waits only for the signal to enter the Austrian territory, and press forward in aid of the operations of Boa ar Aar e in Germany. Three companies of the Royal Artillery, at Wool. wich, hsvt received orders to hold themselves is readiness, to embark fur foreign service. Yesterday, a Court of Diretinrs was held at the East India liome, when the following extra-ships were thus timed, viz. Sir William tole!, for Maxim and Bvtigal, and 1rep..•1.• mem, (.4 It.am'my and Bengal ; to be tfloat the Sth I.):‘sernb.r• bivennts, for Macirab and Hened, and Experiment, for ..... bay attl H-rtgel It • 3n0.1 th^ 4th January. Fame and Au t,.08, fur b tot..ity and Henget ; to be Afloat the Itith V b tint.. Aiul are 1.. a I from Gravesend at Vie rapiratlon o one calends mom. f •.m the a`e.ve dates. The C•ut t Adjourned At six o'clock, till to-moi row. In the event of the Earl of H % I.aiescrrov being appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Irel.i. d, in the room of the Earl of lIA ri owicch, the pr-sent V;cvro• . it is said, His Royal Highness the Duke rt C aitio , ut will he appointed to the commend e. the I Aondon Distrift. The death or Lord KimmAllin, does not. as <tate in some of the Papers. occasion A vacancy in t' t Sc.itch Represent4ttre Peerage. His Lord who was a staunch oppoiitianist, was thrown our the General Eleaion in 1790, and wa4 now Aim re-el ?ded. The Leeward island Convoy, under chargi of the /lluerrynt, of gulls. ('apt. SHIELD ; certainly sin • Erred snore from the It.ngth of the 'voyage than any previous convoy in remembrance The y were fon , • teen weeks on their passage, with 1.35 ships, 4" • which parted company in the first gale of ss ind, i. 15 the Hnena frigate. and only 187 of theta arrived IA the Channel, with the The Placenta, Gntssss ; the Helen. SCIIO4I - ; and several other vessels, are on shore near Dant &ie. The Mei/noon, of 36 guns, C opt. Po•tirs. Ar rived on Monday at Pls mouth, from a cruise off the Ponmorkg. She left the Channel Beet all well, lo.• Saturday evening. as usual. On her return, she fell in with. chased, avid cartured close in with the land. the Hoer, a smuggling cutter, of rower, having oa board 570 **kers of spirits, beid..s tobacco. The Earl of HAlRllitt: TON will inspeO the Id battalion of the regiment of Guards, on 1110nd.4 in Hyde Park, near Knightsbridge barra.k ; the ‘2,1 battalion of the Coldstream regiment, on TuestlA ! . at Bugden Hill ; and the 2,1 battalion of the nen regiment on Wednesday, in Hyde Past. T; battalions on the several days of inspettion ate 1 ., appear in their best cloathing, end ;et be ps,,sidest with bevel - racks, canteens. di d V Yi Print rived CilA by ti they Her riage from YI CL A H sli/1i Rise Offic Jo at M TI hued Nobi 11 dinno bait, C; Kee howsi L4J part) Eg town Vi Mr. Vi his ae day. Vi k, (IA ~r.~ C, Z - 11 O ' Cla rom ing t Irish 'Ft tons teal; town intro, th then 'sores .0•4. prove "lam .54 hoo trdwAs lies ( l 4 fr.'4l•, P.