The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1805-12-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTR.L.LIGENCE. FROM I.IIE FKENCII PAPERS • r/V. TWENTY-sEcoND toF riir. GRAND AK w 1 Y. sr. pm Pt. NOV. IS. Marshal Davonst followed rip hi. success. *hole of Niceroeldt's army is de;toyed. Mit General made his escape, with about oat hundred Barns. General \farm Int is at Lenhen, svhere '- gt took alit tit one 10171:11e,i Prince Murat hid been for three days within Taff a league of Vienna. All the Austrian troops had already ev 'roved the town: The National Cuard did the duty there; it was excellently dis posed. on this day, the 15th, the Trench troops enter ed the capital. The Russians declined all the temptations that were held oat to 0.-loin in engage Int the heiglas of bz. Pullen (St. Hypplite). They passed the Da mit-e at Krems, and, immediately after they had got over, they burned the bridge, which was very hand some. On the 11th. at day-break, Marshal Mohler, wim six battalions, advanced towards Stein. He reckoned upon finclin t z the rear-guard there; but Lite whole of the Rus•iart army was there, their baggage net having pat•scd hy. The battle of Diton stein then took place, which will he for ever eel,. prated in military annals. From six itt the morn itQ tt Ail four in the afternoon. these four thousand • ows made head against the entire of the ~rort y , and routed ad those who were op ; ••• ; them. ti .wing made themstflvss masters of the village or t. .1.-n, th-y •ught the labour of the day was oi : but the merry, e-traged at having lost ten • all of c. , l,nirs, six pieces of canonry, 900 prisoners, a • 1410 U killed, had marelieti in two columns. by d 'Quit paws, to turn the Ftench. As soon as blarsladMortier perceived this movement, he march ed straight against the trt•tops, who had turned him, I tut his way through the enemy's liites, at the very moment that he 9th regiment of light infantry, and the 331 infantry if the line, had charged another Hessian corps, and defe ited it, of er having taken two stand of colours and 40d prisoners. This day was a day of Wood. Heaps of dead rovereil, a circumscribed fi 1.1 of battle. More than 4000 Russians were killed and wounded, and 1,300, an.i.tng whom were two Colonels, were taken pri soners. On our side the loss vat considerable. The 4t:+ and fyth regiments of light infantry suirereJ The Colonels of the 100th and 103 d were dig! tly wonnt 4 ed. Col. Wittier. of the 4th regiment of dragoons, was killed. His Mhjesty had made choice of him to be one of his Equerries. 1-IL was an Of ficer of peat worth. In spite of the dia.ulty of tit- ground. he made a most brilliant charge upon a Russian column; but be was snuck by a ball, and died in the contest. The Russians, it seems, are retrealing by forced Inarehes. The Emperor •f Germany, the Emrress, the Ministers, and the Court, are at Brunn, in Moravia. Al: the per►ons of consequence have quitted Vii nos; all ;he respeetable citizens have rerrusined there.— The Emperor Alexander is capc.aed at Bruno, on his return from Berlin. Count Giulay tits been often backwards and forwards, with 1-,:er s from the Emperors of France and Germany, to each other. The rimperor of Ger many will, no doubt, determine upon peace as ►oor as he si.ali have received the cuusent of the Em peror of Russia. In the mean time, the dissatisfalion of the people is at its height. They say at Vienna, and in all the provinces of the Austrian NIo -atchy. that they are badly gotta red ; that they havc hen drawn into this uniust and disastrous war, for the sole ad ♦antage of England ; that Germany has been inun dated by barbarians, a thousand times more to be dreaded than all the plagues together; that the finances are in the gt eatest disorder; that tee public estate, and the fortunes of individuals are ruined by the es:stence of a paper eh culation, which loses 50 per cent. ; that the% had sufficient misfortune to fur snonnt, and that the calamities of war should not have been added ts. them. The Hungarians complain of the illiberality of the Government, which does nothing in favour of their industry, and which shears itself continually jealous of their privileges, and uneasy at their na tional spirit. In Hungary as well as in Austria, at Vienna as tteil as other town, every one is persuaded, that the Emperor Napoleon wishes for peace, and that ;% the friend of all nations, and of all noble sen ettn:•t.ts: he English are the perpetual objens of the cat: acs of all the salajcns of the Emperor of Ger many, and of the universal hate. Is it not at length time, shat Princes should hearken to the voice of their people, and that they should rear themselves from the fatal influence of the English oligarchy ? Since the passage of the Inn, the ,Grand Army has taken, in the different affairs of advanced posts • and anions which have taken place, about 10,000 prisoners. If the Russian army had waited for the French. it was all over with them ; many divisions of the army are aaively pursuing them. TWENTY-TIIIRD BULLETIN OF TIM. GRAND ARMY. CASTLt nr *CHOINStelfle, Nov. 14. At the battle of I:aernstetn, where 4000 French, who were arts ked on the 11th by 25 or 30,000 Rus sians. maintained their position, killed from three to 4300 of the enemy. took some colcuri„ and made 150 ti prisoners; the 4th and 9th regiments ad light infante?. anal the 100th and 323 regiments ot In fantry wt the line. covered themselves with glory. Gen. CAZAII, on this occasion. displayed a great share of bravery and coudtql. The Russians, the • day after the battle, evacuated Krems, and quitted the Danube. leaving 1500 prisoners in a state of the greatest want. We found in their field bvispiLl4% a grew! *any senunded, who J;cd in the .:pi card to here liven the intention of the to wait for reinforcements at Krems. and to to..tntaia their position on the Danube. ba:tie of Diernstein siisconaerted their plant rey could perceive, froM what 40'30 French had ne, what they were to expeff from an equal fOrce. Marshal Mortar set not in puratrit of while other divisions of the army patted the at n.spe, b• the bri.lge of Vienna, to out-think them on the r;ght ; and the corps of Marshal Bernadotte niarcties to turn their lett wing. Yesterday, the 13tir, at ten in the morning. Print., Mug at passed through Vienna. At the break of day, a colunin of aras ally advanced to the bridge river the Danube, which it passed. after some con ferences with the Austrian Generals. The enemy's e ngineers, who were a.rdere.l to burn the bridge, at tempted it often, hut c:itild not su, - cetti. Marshal Lannas and General Ltertrand, Aides de-Camp to tiie Emperor, were the fir s t wh o p asse d over the brtdve. The troops did not stop at Vienna, hut pursued their march to follow their direaion. Prince Murat established his head-qiiartrrs in the bookend Duke Albert. Duke Albert has huen a great henetaitor to the city. In many parts of it they waited .eater; lie ordared it to be conveyrd there at his own expenee, and spent very large sums for that purpose. Annexed All account of the artillery and stores taken at Vruna. The House of Austria has nu other foundery.no other arseiialalian those at Vienna. The Augriaiis had not time to carry off above a filth lA' fourth of their artillery, or the materials tor cast ing it. %i c have ammunition enough to last for to 'r campaigns, and to renew our trains of artillery fur times over, il we should lose them. Vk , e have as liyand heavy artillery enough to supply A great ;amber of Int trei.u. The Emperor has taken up his re , ,idence in the palace ot Schntenbrumt, lie Kant to Vienna this day at two o'clut.k, lie passed the rest of the night. in visiting the Atisaiteeti p.oits upon the halt hank of the ILnuhr, its 'Nth as the positions, and in satisfy ing himself, personally, iliac the duty was properly &ne. He returned to Oc.meubrinin at break of day. weath ris beci me un.ommonly flip-. The day, though cold, 1- one ~ f since the corn. rnenceraent ni winter. 'Trade, and every thing else, Vines on at Vi.mia as usual; tn" inhabi.ants are full of confidence. and qu to easy. che i•opulatiin of tit., town amounts to VSJ, 00 souls. It is not supposed. tat 10,000 pes,ple have left i' on acetonic of the absence of the Court and the pet sons of distinc tion. The Emperor rece!veti, at noon, tl De Wahna, who is et the head of the administration of all Aus tria. The corps of Marshal Souk throu*,h Vi enna, at nine o'c.ocic this mooting. .11.0 division of Marshal Davoubt is defile g through a at this ino-. ment. General Marm u t gained several advantages in aElinns of advanced pn-ts at Leithrn. The Bavarian al my is daily receiving rcinforce moots. Emperor has made some more presents to the Eledor. He has given him 1.5,000 mii,kets, rak.•n in the arsenal of Verona. and has ordered All the artillery to h•• restored to him which Austria had t ilcen in the Bavarian States on former cc- town of Kuffstein has surrendered to Col. Pomp. i. General Milhaud followed the enemy an the road to Bruno, as fat as V Akers Inrff. This day at n-nn. he took 600 mist-titers, and a park of 40 pieces of ar tillery, ready harnessed. Marshal lAnnes Arrived at two o'clock in the fore noon, at Stokerean. He found there an immense luau. ity of clothing, 8,000 pair of shoes and half o att., ao.d cloth enough to make gr.•at coats for the whole of the army. several boats, which were dropping down the Daitutw, freighted with artillery, leather, and articles of clothing, have been stopped. (Here follows a list of the artillery and stores of every kind taken at Vienna.) CHIEF STAFF. (Imperil Ilead.quArtns at Vital., 14th Nnvemher.) LITLACT FROFI THE nancit OF TOIL DAY. . 6 We found in Vienna more tan 2,0n0 mere, of camton, an arsenal contai.ring 1:, iiitikes, ammunition of all kinds; in fact, every thing to complete three or four armies fnr a ca ra paign. . 6 The inhabitants of Vienna appear to view the army with sentiments of friendship, 6 ' The Emir rnir has given orders that the greatest enlace should la ±. paid to property, and that th- greatest attention should be shewn for the inhabitants of this r;apit,,i, wt . o see with pi,„ the injustice of the war, and who evince to us, by their eon as 'bitch fr.eirlship as they shear lowed to the Russian., r pimple who, b.r their habits and barbarous manners, should ina,iire all polished natem, with the same sestimmits. (Signed) " Marshal BERTHIF.R." TWENTY•FOURTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ?AL ACE OE SCUJENBRUNN, NOV • 1.5. At the battle of Diernstein. the Austrian Major. Coner.il Smith, who direeled the movements of the Russians, was killed, and two Russian Generals also. It appears that Colonel Wattier is not dead, but that his horse was wounded in a charge, and that he was taken prisoner. This intelligence gave great satis faaion to the Emperor, who has a particular regard for this Officer. A column of 4000 Austrian infantry, and a regi. ment of Cuirassiers, traversed our post, who suffered them to pass, in consequence of a false report of a suspension of arms, which prevailed in the army. Here may be discovered the extreme facility of the French charaaer, which, brave in the moment of battle, is dim of a most int.onsi irate generosity out of Aaiun. Gen. Mil:;aucl, commanding the advanced guard of Marshal Davoust's corps, took 181 pieces of artil lery, with as their Ammunition, and 400 men. Thus, almost the whole of the artillery of the Aus triaa Nlonarchy is in our possession. 'the palace of Schoenbimin, in which the Em peror resides, was built by lit Theresa, whose portrait is to be found in almost every apartment. In the room in which the Emperor is employed, there is a matble statue of this Sovereign. The f.mper, or, on seeing it, remarked, tbat if that great Queen were living, she would not allow herself to be influenced by tile intrigues of such a woman as Madame Colkuedch Encircled as she always was with the chief persons ut her kingdom, slie would have known the inclination of hes people ; she would not have had her provinces savaged by the Cot sails and Muscovites; she would ed, in order to form her determination of ring to Wax with France, a courtier like Cobentael, who, too l . . • .. • well informed respelling court itstrignes, dreads to oppose a fore;nn,wornan, invested with a pernicious authority, which she abuses; a sciitse like Collins. bath ; and a man, in short, so universally detested as Lsmberti. She would not have given the com mand of her army to such men as Mack, appointed, not by the choice of the Sovereign, not by the con fidence of the nation, but by Englan and Rtissia. This unanimity nt npini:in, is, in fael, an extraor dinary eircum.tance, in a nation i-ntirely adverse to the decision of the Clitrt. The citizens of every class, the enlightened men, the very Pikers themselves, op vse the war. It is said that Prince Charles, on his setting out tor Italy, wrote to the Emperor to shew him the imprudenze on& determination, and fiieetrald him the ruin r.f the monarchy. The Elec• tor of SaltzSurgh, the Archdukes, the pritfcipal persons, held the same language. It sitoiill be a suhjna of regret to the Continent, that the Emperor of ( ;teen a oy, who means well, who has clearer views than his Ministers, and who, in many respe 11. might h e a great Prince, is so diffident of himself, and lives so much retired. He would learn from the chief persons of the Erispire, who esteem him, to set a just value on himself ; but not one of them, not one of the men of consequence, who know and re gard the interests of the Court, ever approa the interior of his palace. This retirement, whirls is imputed to the influence of the Empress, is the CAUSIE of the hatred which the nation has conceived agai..st this Princess. As long as this order of things shall exist, the Emperor will never Icarus the wishes of his pro*, end will be always the puppet of the under lings whom England bribes, and who surround him, to prevenr him from receiving information. There but one vole: at Vimna, as well as at Paris : the misfortunes of the Continent ire the perniciou, work of the hnglibh. Ali the columns of the army are in full march, and are already advanced into Moravia, some days march beyosid the Danube. A pat role of cavalry has push ed forward to the gates of Preshurgh, the capital of Upper Hungary. It intercepted the Courier from Verdcz, at the very moment that he was endeavour ing to enter the town. The dispatches of this Ci-u -per have informed us, that the army of Prince Charles was retreating in great haste, in the hope of arriving in sufficient time to assist 'Vienna. General Marmont writes, that the corps which ad. vanced to Oedemburgh, by the Valley of Muerh, had evacuated that distriet, after having destroyed all the br;dges ; a precaution which put them out of all danger of being hotly pursued. The number of prisoners made by the army in creates every instant. His Majesty gave audience tl is day to the Bata ♦ian Major-General Vsiice, brother-in-law to the Gran 1 Pensionary, Wi7il came to compliment the Emperor on the pat t of their High Mightinesses and the States of Holland. The Emperor has not yet received any of the au thorities of Vienna, hut only a deputation from the different corporate bodies, who, on the clay of his ir rival, went to meet him at Sigarti.Kirschew. It con sisted n! Prince Senzei.durtli Bishop Seidenstetten, Count Vetertni, )}aeon K. the Burgomaster M. De Wohebben, and General Bourgeois, of the corps ut engineers. lily Majeity received them with much 'kind and told them, that they might assure the people of Vienna 01 iris proteCtion. The General of Division, Clarke, is appointed Calitrettihr Ceneral of Upper and Lower Anima. The Coun4llor of State, Dar u, is appointed In. tendant General. [Some decrees follow for regulating the Civil Ad ministration of the Duchy of Austria..j TWENTY-FIFTH BULL TIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. SCHOZNESUNIS, NOV. 1(1. Prince Murat, and the corps under Marshal Lannes, came up with the Russian army yester day at Holebrunn. Our cavalry charged them ; chit the enemy immediately abandoned the ground, leaving an hundred carriages, with their equipage. The enemy having been reinforced, and his disposi tions made, an Austrian flag of truce advanced, and demanded permision for the Russian troops to separate from the Aus•rians, which was granted. SOOll after, M. Le Baron De Wiitzingerode, Aide-de-Camp General to His Majesty she Emperor of Russia, presented himself to the advanced posts, and demanded leave to capitulate for the Rus,ian army. Prince Murat thought it his duty to assent to this measure; but the Emperor disapproved of it, and immediately set out to the advanced posts. The Emperor's approbation was refused, because this capitulation was a species of treaty, and because M. De Wintzingerode was not furnished with full ;soviets on the pail of the Emperor of Russia. However. His Majesty, when ordering his army to march, declared, that if the Emperor Alexander, be ing in the neighbourhood, would ratify the Coney's- nen, he was ready, on his part, to do the same. General Viallennes, commanding the cavalry of Marshal Davoust, has entered Presburg. General Count Pally addressed a letter to him, which, with its answer, are subjoined. A corps of 3,000 Austrians, being intrenched near Walderneinchen, General Baraguay marched against them, at the head of three batta lions, when they abandoned their post with precipi !ation. Gen. Baraguay D'Hilliers was at Treinith, in Bohemia, on the 9th instant. Marshal Ney had orders to seize upon the Tyrol, and has acquitted himself with his usual address and intrepidity. He turned the fortresses of Scar , irz and Nomstark, and carried them by force of arms. On this occasion, he made 1,80 prisoners, a stand ard. and Iti pieces of cannon (bell pieces). On the 16th of November, at five in the afternoon, he made his entry into Inspruck, where he found an arsenal, with a respeCtable artillery, 16,000 muskets, and an immense quantity of powder. The same day he entered Hall, where he also found 7ery con siderable magazines; the inventory of them is not yet arrived. The Archduke John, who commanded in the Tyrol, escaped by way of Luchethal. He bad ordered a Colonel to remit ad the magazines to the Francis, and recommended to their generosity I,2uu sick at Inspruck. But to these glorious trophies may be added a scene, which *Beard the feelings of every soldier. In the late war, the 76th regir meet of the line lost two standards in the Grison; which cii cuinstance was. fur a long time, the sobjed of deep affliction to .tie whole corps. These brave [shoves, conscious that Lampe had not forgotten their disgrace, though their courage was ancensur. able, wre so fGrt•tr de as to si .s the sit .unll of the.r lost honour the arsenal at ItiTruck. Hap pily they were r cogiused by an ()Mc r. A; the soldiers crowded mound h.on ; and Nilarshal Ney, being informed of the particulars, ordered the co 'mars to be restored to the 7iith regiment with treat ceremony. Tears fell from the eyes of all the vete- - raps; and the Conscridis felt themselves elate,t, in s the assistance they had given in the rticovrry of ' the honours snatched from their comrades by the chances of war. the Emperor has o. dered, that . 4 ... the remembrance of this affeeting scene should be • consecrated by a tablet. The French soldi. r main- ' ta;ris a sentiment for his colours, horde.ing up in tenderness: they are the obit-CI of his affeftions, equa:ly with a present from his mistress. General Klein, with bis division of dragoons, hat made an incursion into Bohemia. He has ev •ry wnere witnessed the horror in whi.i.th the Rirssians are viewed by the people. The devastations com mitted by them make one tremh;e, The irroptiose• ' of these barbarians, called in by the Government' itself, has ...boost eatinguisked every remeant of af. feCtion for their Prince in the hearts of his suisjedletee• •We and the French (say t h e Au.trtans) are dwell. • scendants of the Romans the Russian , are the pao• sterity of the Tar.ars. Vie would lather a thou. • sand times he. t:.e French arrnieN agai..st as, than such as the ItiIiSIATIS for our At Vienna the mere name of a Russian excites terror. Tivi.e savage horde, are n• t contented ; they carry cif, they drstr iv every thing. 1 wretched peasismerhose cottage :on,ains no.hing but his clothes, is rum excites no pity. T .e opulent man, ',siding in ida pslace; would hope, in .4i... to assuage their voracity with his wealth. T ies w tad pillage him, and leave him naked sot ter rye devas tated ruins. Doubtless C.is will be the I int time that a European Government will call in such fat II cue- ' soars ; were it possible they could again ire the ex periment, an insurreetion o: their own people rrust he the certain consequence. ANu .dred rein het ce it will nst he in the power of Any prince to intro .use Russians into his states. 1 here are, notwithstanditeis a great number of offizert in chi.. army, mien of education, whose minners are polished, and whet* ideas are enlarged ; hilt as to what LAS been said of the army in general, this must he confine i t. the me. tural instit - A2 of the mass of which it is composed- ' • CAPITULATI9N PRtiloi-iED BY THE RUSSIAN AR sIY. ft has been stipulated between the Gener.4l of Division Belliard, authorised by his Flightless Prince ‘lurat, Grand Admiral, Marshal of 'he Empi , e, I.ieutenaikt of His Majesty the Em,-eior of the French and King of Italy, and M. le Baron de ° Wi,itzingerode, Aide-de Camp General of His Ma jesty the Emperor of all the Russian, and Majur T . General of the Army— " First, That there shall be armistice between the Corp 1 1• of th'r Array under ha Higness Prince Murat, and tit, Rusaian• Ar,.iv conimandird by tee General ii, Ciiief KritOWlll. &sot %bet ii. omit of the ing.ing of ill, pre.ent costliness. TLe R nnau Army shalt quit Germany, and,contanue its march hornewrils, by the same route it cane, nod In, easy inar,:los, when P , :nes Murat shall have agreed to suiroesid hie movements ill Moravia. " the p•esent enarlitious ca net be ececuted heftier! their 7 tali •ation by the Elopers!, Na., eon; in the mean wisi.e the . Ru-sian army, sad that of Pn•me MAUI, Wahl seu.aui IS the position,. they MOW uscnc to cape this capitulation is me reel tiled on the 'art of to.. E•nperoli, four hours nuth.e shall be :nee, previous to the c-saataun of the unlashes. • "flue at /laid/ ma, Arr !S, ISO'S " LZTTIR IRON OCNENAL COUNT DL P•Lt Ire Ca C. His Royal Highness the Archduke Palatiee, In his chile r2cte• of supreme head of tim natitary and civil .lepartmenis In Hungary, has charged the undersigned tsi d. dare, that Ins Il.glitle64 having established a cordm of gu ruts, op o t the we hem frontier of this kingdom, supnoriel ray iletaclonents of cavalry, composed of iota 's& awl recruits, sale!, with a view to ea-,k the 1...gm-sof tiasioamo le sof I !At Austrian Army, nothing hostile is t a:,preheinlail nom them ; the said ~leachnients being notelet to retire, when ever the French troops shall approach the Iront Cr. Thee, it the c , feunisranees in whi-h these feeble deachme•.ts are placed, they can only be looked upon as moo is of a.bseme hen. Ilia Royal Highness has ordered the Heals of th• 11-iusa of tunics, Seminaries, I'c:winners, Re. ire. to lie or' at I her pots, per-thidel that the Commander of the French hoops will net reline then the protection tiecessary; aiAthat he will :dos interest himself in the pr-vent son of any race..-e vomit might b. committed I the French il •!achinents th..t -hill en ter Hung y, 04.e:tally as they will meet with no k , d of op 's...non. In consequent:o of such a d claration, ti.e Under signed may have to treat with the Comm intent Or the French troops, rqtrtiee bs *event very interesting object,. H. also solicits a rend.arroms, upon parole, to a vessel in the mild • of the Danulie. H • ue...dingly waits an mower from the (Smite rat and has the 11011 .ter to be. his very lisamh:e servant, " LEOPOLD, Cease PALSY, " Major general and Comesand int at Presbure THIC ANSwIR OS MARSMAL on votsr TO OCNILR•t. COUNT DI PALS V. t' GaNtsAt, " 1 have soh tt erl the let'er you teat the Commandant of my lig„t rivalry, so His Majests., inspection. His Maie•ty has charged us! to inform his Highness, the Archduke Pala tine, 14 your favour, that he iv reel, ers agree to the neutrality of the tiant.man natio', it, upon his port, the Archduke well recall the Hungarian troop:, discontin. a the levy es m -se, mad unathise to supply Vienna litl.lll provi , iniis; and, its fine, einielssle a CooventMo bet...en the Ilisograiian Nation, and the Emperor of the French, tenting to maiotam a gout nder standing between the two comarios I have been authorised to let any aticas pats, shone his Royal Highiseushe Archduke mar ebertett. t, ••••11.1 to any Soweimen, to treat with him upon these preliminaries. I an. uappy lit the oprommity nr perform. ing any good office agrer..tde to your compatriots; ant ro se cure the well-being awl tranquillise of a people so cannabis in many rels-ets is the How :avian Nance. " I have the honour to he, M. Le (Seiteral, your very humble servant, " The Marshal of the Empire, and one of the Co/omits- General of the isioaid sat Hie Majesty the and King, " L. DAVUUS I. BULLEIIN OF VIE GRAND ARMY. SRAM, NOV. Prince Murat having been informed that the Rus sian Generals, immediately alter the signinz cf the Convention, were marching with • part of their army toward. Znaim, and that from all appearances the other party were about to follow them and es cape, caused it to be signified to tb:m. iliAt the Em peror had not ratified the Convection, and that he would of course Snack them. In fao. htce Mu rat. having made his disp.:sitinny, advanced towards the enemy, and attacked them on re loth, at four o'clock, which brought on the battle of runters dorff, in which a part of the Russian arni,, com posing the rear guard, was routed. lost twelve pieces of cannon, 100 baggage waggons, •n_f 2,000 pri soners; 2,000 more remained the field ot battle. Marshal Lannes attacked the enemy in :row t and. while their left was turned by General Dui r iass's bri gade of grenadiers, Marshal Strait turned their right