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est;lfykollepatirns,
. the
vernois' battalion of fesileers, were principally cut
to pieces. ere taken.. My Quarter-Manes General,
von Scharnhost, and my Adjutant-General,
von der Goli, were likewise made prisoners.
The reesainioj troops, who now amounted to
Ob. and a few hundied men, were pot colleaed
.together derieg the night ; their greatest want was
that ofsimmunititin.• I was now elffiged to resolve, ,
*Miter to Ea: ad a desperate atttck, mid to.rush upon i
in enemy at least efght times stronger than myself,
or to violate the Danish terrisoyy. The latter
.1,„,1;
thought imprudent. as it wasteferided bye Danish
imp, ms the violation of its neutrality ccadd net
:Ile consistent with oar political relations. The for.
pier must base born foTiowed by the total disper-
sion of the corps, and Ilse captivity of a pail, which
must have been =chiti:we diStresside than • capi.
Wanes.
On the 7ttiof Nove
l* when throe French &el.
.
Mies were on the point of snacking me, I resolved
to capitulate. A Coprtof ache Capitulation is sub-
joined. . ,
TbeMeakeees of sity corps was occasioned partly
goat the loss sustaiatd is the different skirmishes.
• • end particularly in th'e battle of Lubeck ; partly by
. the fatigu'ng marches. in which the battalions were
e entapelled, item the want of previsions. to leave
behind 41 or 50 men every day ; lastly, General
Von Peter. with foot it:radio-1s of disjoins of Ilk-
'trio, and General Von Thwdom. with ten ulna-
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-t'f hamar', bad separated several dayi before i
ilts corps. Added to this, the troops of the
''" Imps lately cemmanded by the Dike of Wurtem.
An, had miffed severely pear Halle. .
At the motr.ent of the capitulation, the oldest
. ' 011eer of the Stag-committed an error, in stating
tut number of the troops considerablytiglser than
it really was, and litiMise its compretwadiag them
' troops which had partly been preview* dentehed.•
and partly killed or taken the day before at Lubeck.
Tice French Gerierals most beet convinced diem-
',lves. os their s:weendea. that their number did not
/acted what I have mentioned above,
1
The troops io petrel have displayed a perm.
veiameoconsiancy, sea intrepidity, which surpassed
my eipiantints, and which, under other circuit-
stm;ces.‘voidil have crowned them with immortal
glory. Thrgh the regiments of the corps, lately
commented by the Duke of Wirtemhargh, were
wowed at Halle, sod sustained a considerable loss ;
though my whole corps was engaged in an incessant
retreat, for above thee! weeks, and daily made foried
marcbes, of Imp 24 to 34 miles; though nfy troops
were dr stitute of every reemeary. bed neitherproper
clothiog.seene.of theta cut seen shoes, aid. what is
worse, had receivedims.bried for three weeks, and
no pay for 14 days 7.% hey mjiment, every de-
tachmimm.inteconede IMO, isietist alacrity, what.
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wet kite orderbds„ lildrisood-eriU, invincible
fortitule,,sedffislk Pielinitis ignite lteryhesifice.
were Manifested tilltbs very Ipst tv)? after
the loss of Lubece. •*. ''",,* . e •
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I concludetitiorrport'with the inward opsoll-
ir:li
hey inspired by the consciousness ot ha yetissale-
cd say duty, and am. &c. , VA' a a at: Al;
al.'s*, ' Idled
RETORT OF Tilt PRINCE OF HqletiliDng TO
THE WS.° uF.rausillik. ' i"
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1 "TOON Id AJI&TY VIIITI/11,40.. •
. " T have not had the gob.' &triune to condi& the
1 army eisaded to me across the Osier, and- thus, to
withdraw it from the farther pursuit of the enemy.
Hawing reached the covirodyf Boituenbergh, by '
. the most forced marches, on the '27th of 0.41.5er.,
end unending to pass that defile, in order to proceed
ar Pussies cies same ersaisis. ; found the deft!:
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enemy.
title: y and cavalry, prepared tcriestew the attack on
my front. Many battalions were totally destitute
Of ammunition; all my horse-`artillery was lost;
and, according to the repott of Colonel Von Huser,
I had- only five charges fur most of the other can-
nons. I was still seven (German) miles from Stet-
tin, and every shadow of hope of obtaining the
smallest refreshment on this march, had vanished.
Already cut off from the corps left near Lychee,
and Rom General Von Blucher. without cavalry
that was able to fight, because chic cavalry bad, in.
consequence of the fatigue of their horses, lost all
their ardour; without ammunition ; and, ab :re all,
withoue provisions; farther, convinced that I shoeld
sacrifice the lives of the men composing this little
corps, without any advantage to Your Majesty's
service, I have submitted to the cruelty of fate,
concluded a capitulation with the enemy ; the
af which Your Majesty will find an a:zed.
. during this campaign, I can jo.cify
t kiln the eyes of.my contemporaries and posterity,
to Your Majesty, and to the satisfaCtion.of my °tin
Waiwience.
° I think I tan prove that I was the unfortunate
I,ifilim of the nest-compliant' with the early pm-
' pouls made by me. Mine is only the misfortune,
*the disgrace. The superio ity of the enemy's
leblialry had some days before ruined, in a great
Immure, the whole detachment under General
Seltimmelpfennig ; and on the existence qUallis
snips, which was charged to destroy all that befiges
Woes the Rhinow. the Havel, and the Finow
Tana!, I was obliged to ground the possibdity of my
march. From the inclosures, Your Majesty will
aweithe amount of the loss sustained by the above-
ineationed detachment. I have coadu6ed an army
which, without bread, without forage, and without
be munition, had to move Along the circuoiterence
!tf a circle to reach a pass, situated on the radius of
dui circle, while the enemy was advancing by that
Alai& The impossibility of attaining this obje6
...111118 Oct owing to the want of zeal and good will,
nor to the inadequacy of my measures, but to the
nature of the thing itself. My disaster may be de-
plored, but my trunctienn cannot be broken over
my head. I intended to lay at Your Majesty's
feet a ciresautantial account of all the events in
which I have Leen concerned since the I 464.
" F. L. Palace or Ilonsiatour."
" Prenzles, Oct. 89, 18C6."
scuts, soy. it.
Our Gazette of this diy, eataitas the follow.
ing •
" John Henry Dombrowsky, Getter it of 1.);
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Commander
of the Royal Order of the Iron Clown :
"Joseph Wybizkl, Reptesentative of the cities, in
the Diet of 1791 :
" Poles—Napoleon the Great, the Invincible. ad-
vances into Poland at the bead of 300,003 men.
IVithout attempting to penetrate into the wort of
his views, let it be our only endeay..ur to render
ourselves weifthy oflis grotness.
• •• I nal es; (be has said) • I will *or whether
?eat des', re is be a nation ; I am gong to Posen ;
there shall the first plan for lour benefit 1:10 con-
cer led.'
• " Toles' it depends twon you to be ad indeprod-
peapie ; to acquire a country s Tutu av!rlgey,y, our
creeper. has appeared.
lie Haste. to meet Lion frcza every side. as op-
Fetal children hasten to meet their father, who
comes to bring them aid. Bring him your hearts I
your arms. Prove to him. that you are ready to
shed your idliod to rc-ac,t4,re your country. lie
!lairs that yen are disarmed ; he will sfp:ly yos
wily.

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I resolved to march 0 Lubeck, and to keep the already in the pessess7or...ef it at ertiftif r I, finw '.
7:r.i.avi, in front. Could the troops but obtain re• ever, forced it, Isuf djd not Think ii'lalvisca4!e to
4eshinents, they might still fight. though unable to contiime the toarc'h rn a direft Ver, tecatt.e al/ my
:i.:ti much against such a snperiotity. I had, at cavalry leas ervamely exhausted, lavitig. bees £k
!cart, the prohabtlity of success. several days without fer tge ;
.alidtad reason tier-
The march was successfully accomplished on the pee. at the break of &Is as etejagement with
sth of November. The gates of Lubeck and the cavalry, the unfOrruungp issue pe:which. would ex-
Taaave, from Travernande, to the place where it cite serious appfzipitujik r. Otarted, therefore,
tomato' upon the Dattis4 frontier stave olympiad. abruptly to the ladlisiklteigan the night, the'
In this posirton the *Ail), ipoeld .b,,, lip* • I environs of Schoneirnstk. I hafgiven orders, that.
to oppaie the greatest sipti. , . . . .
ri
~ at two in the morniug, strons patrols should be
cagy &vete one dour " ' • as. alfotodt towards the enemy. These patroles return"
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dot the ease. Ihe &ern • A r
t • -,1/4 •ut seem; any thing of an enemy. That
. it ^ • , 4, Y.
kb,. throogh the 'Duress ant enter a cotentry witheut an outlet, I
which were planted-16 pieces ol' t.e. 'll7l' • ward a pArefle to fifettilau ;it brought
4fetuled by three batfilinos ; and, 'lll, '
v. • • rat that there wai not an enemy to be seen,
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'succeeded. only because thoid camels
seithdrawas . - y'sto orders ; art', •
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illemPaidg o! ft 4 Pun/ ' • ' '
I therefore immediately set au: on my march
l'renelau, where 1 hoped to find bread and'
*Aga „,. -el 4,,, .p
...6, ! p kragc. All the troops were importunate for beeat
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tow , .. ,1 Oromered and foltage ; their necessities were very great.' I
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. . .• • 1 Onskl coffeee• had scarcely arrived at the heights of Prenclau,
t. . The conflict lasted when the enemy appeared' on my tight flank ;an
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111 14' 44. ...: *as bloody_; the town was at
‘, • "...A..", 'V - • , and it became impossible
4. . 'y.". ' '''' • --;
• rity. attion instantly began ; the superior force of the
enemy, and their artillery, obliged me to retreat
The regimens of through Prentlau. The hope of procuring bread
it "'"?...1. ''. Oveseein, the greatest part of tfle regi. and forage was totally frustrated, by the approach
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s. nswiae-6els. the brigade .of Magde- of the enemy. Hostile corps shewed themselves
• . t`' s, part tit' the battalion of liters and on my right flank ; the enemy, far superior in Err-
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hal