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at% bread,Aloor, and oats. In many villages MI the hay is already consumed. The large armies are advancing, without magazines, into Suabia and Bavaria ; and if great importations do n:)t arrive, a famine may be apprehended in those otherwise so fertile and favoured circles ; for the old stocks of corn were entirely exhausted last summ..r, by the ex pottations to Austria; and rich convents, which for merly possessed almost inexhaustible stores, have scarcely any thing lett. .is it appears that Switzer land will remain neutral, the roads are covered with tired', on their way to that country. si SDe.I.IICII4, OCT. 5. This week, five regiments, which were hitherto stationed in Northern Tyrol, marched into Suabia, and joined the army of the Archduke Ferdinand. The latter is still posted behind the Iller, and its van extends from Ulm, along the south bank of the Danube, to the Black Forest. The Archduke Ferdinand is a young man of 22, of a noble figure, of polished manners, but manly deportment. He is much beloved by the soldiery. For these eight days, the Quarter -Master-General, Baron Von Mack, has been visiting the whole posi tion of the army. All its movements are effused with such secrecy, that, the chief Officers of regi ments generally receive waled orders, which they are not to open till they arrive at certain places. The troops mostly march in the night. SVASIA, OCT. 7. The two foreign Ambassadors at Stutgard were treated, while under arrest, with all possible resped. They expressed a wish to depart for Augsburg, and were promised passports and an escort. The French Army is now marching by roads in Suable. which, even in the late war, were never passed in columns. The General of Division, Ou dinot. ascended the famous Hi. near Geisslingen, with the grenadier corps, the Wirremberg Jagers serving as prides. On the right wing, a corps is pushing forward through 'sViesensteig. Blaubeuren, Klengenstein, and Schelklingen. Ihe two armies, th-refore, in that paint, are separated only by the Danube. vr.n, oar. 3. At this place. 9000 soldiers, and 9000 peasants, are •t writ k day and night at the fortifications. It was at first intended ro repair the old fortifications, blown up by the command of General Moreau, at the con clusion of the late war, and which, since that time, have been half-levelled ; btt AS the ex..eut:or. of that plan would require ton much time, the eiai nences situated to the west of the town. are merely provided witl; forts and edrthts. F.very night several regiments repair to these eminences, where they remain under arms. At Weisstithorn, twelve miles east of Ulm, a large encampment of Imperial trooos is forming, which is already said to consist of 40,00') man. It therefore appears that the Austrians are resolved to take strong position in the neighbourhood of that town. They are construaing a magazine at Sail iu, in the principality of Scheer, behind the Upper Danube. The Austrians are likewise fortifying Ingolstatit. 21111.AVICEN, OCT. 8. Marshal Bernadotte will probably have yester elay joined the Bavarians in the vicinity of Weis. senbiirgh, or in Eichstadt. This combined army, composed of at least 60,000 men, seems to be push ing forward towards the Danube, above Ratisbon, as if to esr.•A a junaion with the corps advancing under General Davoust, who has been joined by Ge r-eral !farmont, with his Gallo•Batavians, in order to menace the right flank of the Austrian army, sta tioned in Sushia, and to surround the position which they are endeavouring to render important by the fortification of Ulm, Memmingen, and other points. These forced marches of the Galh-Bavarian army are occasioned by the pian of eitc•itiog something decisive before the kmian .17my call arrive on the theatre of war, which will he in a very few days. "(Isis army will, probably, niret use Austrian corps commanded by General KiensmAyer, on the fron tiers of Fachstadt, ar.d the Uppt:r Palatinate. I R.INCOSIA, OLT. I. Ihe fortress of Wuttahurgh is supplied with pro visions for several mnnths. Tne cathedral, and se veral convents, are cnnirr:ted into kpli's. At Sulabach, the 'Whim o!' Meerveidt, and the Hussars of Chamheran, met, but separated without any thing taking place. Tr e Bavar.an Officers of Infantry have, like the French, no horses. Tie troop., on ciiher side, are nmde as mach like eac'i other as possible. The Treaty of Alliance was rigned at Wort zbtirgh. The French Minister Plenipotentiary, M. Otto, resides at the Fra.ikenstein Huiel there. As yet, the departure of the Flearess, for Drs , el.lorl, with 'der Highne,s's asi;dren, has 13,:en resolved on. Severe) more en.ropaniet of cavalry and infantry me on tite . r match, from Hanover, to ir n the array of Bernadotte. al :4atit bar declared, that he I,aq the most atpl're iir.l•rs N reTerft in the t manner, the Pros ian neutrality, in the Principalities of Pran g/11,4. nww isswrowwwaisporiAllp..... ' • , ....P0rwer....... _ illiFII".".. OANKS OF Tilt v snit. OCT. R. ,: imel the greatest part of them advanced further to Of the army of the EleCtor of Hesse, 20 bette... l l llcliveehleis; lieutenant-General Von Wroth" de lions, and 16 squadrons, have been put oar;he oar i anapaed of the city of Nurnberg. a great quantity footing, and an army of Saxon troops has been put of provinces and other military necessaries, such in motion. as gun-carriages, currycombs, chains, pullies. Sm. The plan of the French, to turn the flank of the with a menace, that he would levy them by military Austrian army, which has advanced into Swabia, execution, in use of refusal ; and, as the Magistrates with a view to prevent its junetion with the Russian remonstrated on the subjea, he seat into the city troops, is more and more untOlded, and accountS 3,000 men, who are still there. for the movements of the troops advancing from At Dinkelsbuhl 10,000 men, and at Creilsheini, Franconia. The Austrian army, however, oc- 6,0(X) of the column of Marshal Davoust, have. cupies an excellent position, being supported by forced a passage. The corps at the Litter place was the Tyrol, and continually receiving fresh reinforce- commanded by General Eppler. ments. At Fauhtvrargen there were yesterday '20,000 the French army, which has passed the Rhine, men, under command of General Marmont; and, on consists of 20 divisions. the whole, there are at present about 60,000 fu l i - Some of the provinces of Franconia have been so entirely exhausted by the march of the French troops, that, in some places, scarcely a glass of beer , or a piece of bread, can be procured. ITALY, SEPT. 21. The French troops, on their march from the in terior of the Kingdom of Naples, into the Roman States, consist of 3,800 infantry, and 1,500 cavalry. Part of them have already reached Pecans ; they take with them fourteen pieces of cannon. Another corps, of 600 men, is repairing fiorn the island of Elba to t'oe same quarter. It is asserted, that all the French tp)ops in the Neapolitan dominions, are about to form a camp at Pescara. reign troops in the province of AnspAch. PARIS PAPERS, BY EXPRESS. PARIS, OCT. 14. The roaring of cannon which has been heard dw Mg the whole of this morning, has caused in the capital mote pleasure than surprise. The Emperor is at the head of his armies ; we, therefore, can exp. 33 nothing hut victories. That, however, which is announced to us, opens with s much ertat the commencement of this extra ordinary war, it is the result of a plan of cam paign, conceived with so much genius, executed with so much audacity and rapidity, that the public j y breaks out from every quarter, as if these new triumphs were unexpeCted. The following is the Second Bulletin from the Grand Army, pub lished by the Official Journal,—(Ga:ette de France.) 1 rItAISUNO. OCT. S. A part of the g irriion of this place, to-day, set out on their march to the road towards Greisswalde is.: to . in the dis-tieti of Loitz, Lassan, and Grimm, aqrvint to 1.5, )00 men. More troops are cape fted f , Ins Sweden, for whom quarters have already been provided. PARIS, OCT. 13. SECOND BULLETIN FROM 'ME CR VsD ARMY, OF THE BTH 01 ocrosea. ANSPACH. OCT. 3. (From the Berlin Papers ) Events crowd upon each other with the greatest rapidity. On the 6th, the second division of Mar s:tat Soult's corps of the army, commanded by General Vantlamme, having proceeded with forced marches, halted only tor two hours at Nordlingen, arrived at eight o'clock at night at Donauwerth, and possessed itself of the bridge, defended by the re giment of Colloredq. Some men were killed, and some made prisoners there. Ott tit! 7th, at day-break, Prince Murat arrived with lus dr agoons. Tto bridg- was, in di- sane hour, me nded, and Prince Murat, with the division of dragoons, commanded by General Wetter, ad vanced to the Lech, and sent over Colonel Watier, at the head of 200 dragoons of the 4th regiment, who, after a very brilliant charge, gained possee sion of the bridge of the Lech, and defeated the enemy, who were double his number.—Same day, Prince Mur it slept at Rain. The French troops who had hitherto carefully av o id e d • h e Prussia: territory, endeavoured, the day before yesterday, for the first time, to quarter dif ferent parties in various places of the same. In order to prevent any misunderstanding, the Ma gistrates of this place sent a letter to Marshal Bet-talon?, who was still at Wurtzburg, in whin they appealed to the Neutrality adopted by His Ma jesty in h's Franconian provinces, as well as in the rest of his dominions, and protested against the en trance of F . ,reign tsoops. The Marshal gave the most positive assurances, that the neutrality should be proteded, and that not a single French soldier should enter the Prussian territory ; notwithstanding this, quarters were ordered in the vicinity of Utien heim, f 20,000 met) ; and, yesterday, 4or 500 men advanced from the small town of Marktbrell, in Schwarzenhurg, to Obernbreit, in order to march into the lower district of Schwarzenburg. These, however, suffered themselves to be turned back, without opposition, by a single hussar stationed there. On the Bth, Marshal Soult set out with the two divisions of Vandamme and Legrand, to proceed for Augsburgh, at the same time that General St. Hi laire, wi.h his division, advanced for that place, along the left bank of the river. On the Sth, at break of day, Prince Murat, at the head of the divisions of dragoons, of Generals Beaumont and Klein, and of the division of Carahiniers and Cuirassiers, commanded by Ge neral Nansouty, commenced his mach to cut off the communication between Ulm and Aurshurg. Arrived at \Verlingen, he rerceived a considerable division of the enemy's infantry, -ti;%ported by four squadrons of Cuirassiers of Albert. He immedi ately surrounds this whole corps. Marshall Lannes, wh3 marched in the rear of these divisions et caval ry, arrives with the division of Outfinot ; and, after an engagement of two hours, colours, cannon, bag gage, officers, and saldirrs,the whole enemy's division was taken. There were in it 12 battalioth of grena diers, who came in great haste fro n t'ne "lira to assist the army of Bavaria. We shall not know until to-morrow all the details of this truly to iiiiai.t aftion. This morning, however, the advanced guard of the corps under Bernadotte, consisting of about 40th) cavalry, conduaed by General Kellerman 1, proceeded by way of Sichertshaoser into the territory I of His Majesty, regardless of the protestations of the officer of hussars stationed with a small detach meta on the frontiers, and the rest of the army followed. The troo,ls encamped in the vicinity of Uffenheirn, where, in the evening, Marshal Berna dotte had his head-quarters. He was waited upon by Major-General Von Tattenxien, and the Presi dent of the Chancery von Schukmann, who again protested in the most solemn manner against the march of the troop., and all farther violation of His Majesty's territory. All their remonstrances were of no avail, and the Marshal declared, that he had received the most express orders from his So ' vereign, to march through the Principality of An 'pads, into Eichstadt, by way of Anspech and Gun• zenhausen. He added, that he must take quarters three nights in the vicinity of these three places, or encamp the troops : that he had issued the striliest orders against all kinds of excesses, on pain of death, and had prohibited, with equal ',may, all demands, without payment. Marshal Soult mancetivre.l the whole of the 7th and nth, with his divisions, upon the left bank of the Danuhe, to intercept the passages from Ulm, and watch the corps which appeared still colleaed in that plate. As it WAS impossible for our province to prevent this forced march, a circumstantial account of the shalt WAS sent to His Majesty by several couriers, to WI: )ct an officer of the regiment of Tauenzie was likewise dispatched. oc T. (i. The corps of Marshal Davouct did not arrive at Neulrurg until the Bih. The corps of General Marmnnt has also arrived there. The corps of General Bernadotte and the Bay:- riang, arrived on the 4th, at Ardotett. From the information received, it appears, that tw-lve Austrian Regiments have quitted Italy, to reinforce the Army of Bavaria. The official account of these proceedings, and of these evedts, will interest the public, and do great honour to the army—(4fenireur). [here follows an extra& from the Proclamation of the Emperor of Auaria, relative to the payment of the contributions, kc. with marginal notes and strieures by the Editor of the Moniteut.] French Funds on the 14th : Fig.- par Cents e. 1. fa Ger. IS, ►hut, D,tto, Jou» ler Oct. Teat 14, SS, 70. Dina: fat Cu* 1M AO% ISIS, (From the Berlin Papers.) The fore NI marches and encampments of troops in the king's dominions in Franenoia, have become much more (request. Part uf the French cod Bavarian army, under Bernadotte, passed, by his command, no the nth, through A nspach . ; and, having joined an other division in the vicinity •if Dessmansdorf, took A station two miles from Anspach, where Cy.: Mar that fixed his head-Tuners. There, n .rwirh•tand ing his striaest prohibition and praistworthy exer tions, g►eat excesses wr 7e committed. Qn the 'win g day, the tr 0..!., weer: tc proceed towArds Guime.i!..tusen The Bar.vian army, 26,00/ in number, encamped on the Otis stag Funb. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, Ogress' *3. DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRIANS. At one o'clock this morning, we received Paris Papers of the 14th and ISth. The Monsieur of the 14th contains the second Bulletin from the Grand Army, giving an account of its operations upon the Dambe, to the 9th instant. It states, that, on the Bth, a French force, under Prince Murat and Gene ral Lannes, surrounded, between Ulm and Augsburg, an Austrian corps, consisting of four squadrons of the cuirassiers of Albert, and 12 battalions of gre nadiers, who were advancing from the Tyrol to j iia the main army. The Austrians were t iken pris ere, with all their guns, baggage, &c. but the;. r ... met teal force is not stated. All Paris is represea.i t in an uproar on the receipt of this intelligent , . : such a delirium of joy was never witnessed in 0 city. The news brought by the Hamburgh M .;i, on which we have made same nbservatinas, staied, that several regiment* from the Tyrol had re ceived orders to reinforce the centre, between Ulm and Memmingen. Isom at , firs may have suc ceeded, no d o ubt, iii cutting off some of them, but we will not be surprised to End, that e affair has been much esagger,i7el. It is not un. worthy of remark, that the Jovrnol de lEntpire,latr the Journ,l des Delrats, tales this opportunity to notice the report of the failure of the Bank ol France, as if such an event wei e incompatible with the glory of so great a military achievement._ These Papers bring down the movements of ite en s- DOTTE ' S division only to the 4th, and do not c..:1: 110 any thing inconsistent with the following nhsei sa. Cons, which were written upon the intelligence com municated by the Hamburgh Mail, before we re ceived the Paris Parers. The nhurgh due on Sunday, arrived yesterday, with letters and papers to the 16th inst. They a.niounce the important intelligence of en en gagemmt between the French and Austrians, the result nt which was favourable to the latter. It took place on the 7th, near NeuburA, upon ti to Danube, in consevence of an attempt on the part of the French to pass the river to that point. 'Ole ataion was sharply maintained for about two lion's. The Austrians pleaerved their position, and made many prisoners. Report states them at WO, awe the killed at 200 ; but this, w believe, is the mete conjecture of lknalnn speculators. To form a corref) idea of this engagement, and the circun.. stances under which it was fought, it will be neces sary to take a view of the progress and positions of the respective armies. The French army, having passed the Rhint• - , advanced into Germany in five divisions, and had arrived at the following positions on the 6th The carp: of Marshal Btawancsz ca and the BO s•arians acre at Wc6senburgh. Tae corps of Davnusz was at Oettlngen, and on the Banks of the Rednitz. rut of Marshal SOULT, at Donauwert, in pot session of the Bridge of Munster. The cnrps of Marshal NIT WAS At Koeffingeo. That of LANs vs at Nt.resheim. Prince MURAT, with his dragoons, stood on the Bulks of the Danube. Ai the coups approached these ssveral posi tions, eie Austrians ..vithdrew from the North side of the Ilaniihe ; And sveri, on the 6th, with the :r main b dy, between Ulm and hlemmingiin ; with their left wing metching along the Dannhe, toivarli the Tyrol ; end their right, to IQeauur i ii :,e t Ingi,lditasit. This position appears to have judiciously chosen. as the Austrian army is uncom monly strong in cavalry, which would let with gre tt advantage upon the fine plains of tinahia. then, it appeals to have resolved to maim t.a itself, and to 4Wilit the arrival of the Russian... It was accordingly employed, at the date of the law accounts, in throwing up entrenchments at Ulm an Menimingen, and concentrating its force, by in several regiments from its left wing. We has • repeatedly stated, that it was the iiiteation of It MAPAKTII to push forward his left wing. so as to ii terpose it brtereen the Austrians and the Russian and thus pr.:vent their jimetion. For the attainment'" this objeift, he did not hesitate to violate the neutra lity of the Prussian territories ; and, with view, &Lanai:WT*7C, turning suddenly to the S marched through Ample's with his division. a t. /: mented by the accession of she Bavarian trout' This movement. which was rapidly et ectre brought his division to Neuburgh„ where it vreuld be supported, on its right, by the corps under Genera! DAVoUST and General NI se allolll. The die:sail Of BUN anovre, consisting of French, Dutch, 4 ^.-: Bavarians, was estimated at 64,00.1 men, an ale'''' ing farce, when we consider, that the main body the Austrians, between Ult and Memrnihgen, .s ~*