The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-12-31 00:00:00

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' tice kti hiS ' troops, "WfileW viii-P 0 Weil fry dnier t.,
arrnistiPeistas demanded ftir'die tafisfir4Stipiiillin' •
were at 'the battle of Atisterlitlz. 'tlf 85414Ciii Ittli7'...
sians. 41,000 eii.r-no more : ther4st,.wlihriiil34sl.a.-.."
lery or ba4ragi, via stfrtoiindiZt by die • trtneM l°
army, cchld.ltititscape'veithinteai 'irre‘stiCrilit!'pl
Majesty the En:Petor had the generosity itigriiit44-1 I
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upon con-Eno:l' that the Russians sh,PaildTe;eiCitate. -
by easy strireftea, Germany and • tr.scir*tsirea,illkirt.,l
and return home. The seeninaghegociadiji-
which it was hoped m surprise'irr _ 1114 lance 'oi tire
Emperor ofthe Fr 'rich, will be ;tide-tided by reif 4
negotiations. the rottnit of which wiklie Isecure ail"'
honourable Peace.—llfamireir.) '' .
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On thc27th nit. the Emperor, espoin retnivingthe' '
communication of-the fail pir.veri. cif M. M. Stadion
and be Guilay, offered previonsk an armistice, iei-•
order to spare the effiLion et- blood. if any real in- a
tentioa were entertained of coming to an arrar-e-
-ep meat and a definitive/ accommodation.
But it was easy for the Emperor to perceive !hit
they bad other projetis ; sad as the hope of succes;
could only be derived from the side of the Russian '
army, he easily conjeEtured that the 2d an 1 11 •
armies were arrived, or were on the point of arriv-
ing, at Olmatt, and 'that the ner0ciat;.,........---.1..

erne de purr', to lull his vigilance to sleep.
!, On the VSth. at nine in the morning, a cloud nF
- !Cossacks, supported by Russian caviar y, mad* Prince.
Murat's-advatrced posts fall back, surrounded Wis.;
chart, and took 50 of the Gth regiment of dragoons.
In the course of the day the Emperor of Ruria re-
paired is Wischen, and the whole Russian army
took up a position behind that city.
The Emperor sent his AM-de-Camp, General
Savory, to compliment the Emperor of Russia, as
soon as Lt.knew or the arrival of that Prince in the-
army. General Savary returned at the momnr.. •
the Emperor WAS re connoitering the fires of the ene-
nry's out-posts At Waschau. He spoke in ware-
terms of commendation of the handsome reception,.
the favours, and the personal sentiments, of the Em.,
peror of Rir.sia, and even of the Grand Duke Con—
dentine, who chewed him every attention ; but it •
WAS easy to understand, from the corners diem he
had for three days, with some thirty concombiorho,
under different titles. are about the Emperor of Rob.
sia, that presumption, inconsiderateness, and im-
prudence, reigned in the decisions of the military
cabinet, as much as they had reigned in those of the •
political cabinet.
An army rte coedueled, could not bnt commit
faults ; the Emperor's plan was, from that moment,
to wait for them, and to watch the men-en tor p-o.
Rtiag by them. He immediately ordered his army.
in retreat in the Piele, Os if ire had been defeated,
took a good position, three leagues in the rear, and
labouyed,with.:nuch ostentation, at fortifying it, and
raising aa.teries.

Hsi prnpotir4 an interview to the Emperor of Rug.
sea, who sent him his Aid-de-Camp, Prince Doke.
ruciti t that Officer fright remark, that every thing
kreathed reserve and fear in the appearance of the
French army. The placing the strong guards, the
fortifications made with such haste--every thing
:hewed ;id the Russian Officer, an army half beaten.
Contrary toast Emperor'; custom, who never re.
tires with so touch circumspedion the Flags of
l'rut• at h t held-quarters, he went himself to the
advanced posts. The Russian discussed every thing,
with au impertinence, difficult to he conceived ; he
was in the most perted ignorance ot the interests ot
Europe, and of the situation of the Continent. In a
word, he was a young trumpeter for Eaglansl. Ile
spoke to the Emperor, as he speaks t.c, the Hessian
Officers, whom he has long di.guste by his haugh-
tiness and improper condtWt. The Emperor re-
pressed his indignation, and the young man, who
has a real influence over the Emperor Al."•za
returned with a c.nwietion that zhe fin army was
on the eve of ruin. One may be convinced, above
41, of what the Emperor most have sunerco, what
it is known, that, towards the close of the cc...yen.
cation, he proposed to him to cede Belgium, and to
place the Iron Crown upon the head of the most
implacable etemies of Prance. All these di/ere:it
steps are attended will their due etre& The young
heads taut direct the Russian afairs gave themselves
tip, without measure, to their nattnal presumption.
It was nu looger, whether the French army shall be

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