The National Register.
London, England, 1809-06-25 00:00:00

PROM THE DUTCH PAPERS.

PtITBCNTX BULLETIN OF THE FRENCH ARMY.
JUIE S.
EBERSDORF, JUNE 2.--lhe arty of Dalmatia ha. obtained
tbe greatest success. It ha. defeated all that lids opposed it it
the battles of ;Monte-Kitta, f;eadchats, LiCca, and Attachatz
The generAl in chief Sloissevitch has been taken.
The Duke of Ragusa arrived on the lath of May at Fiume.
and thus the army of Italy has formed a junction with the grand
army, of n hieh the army of Dalmatia forms the right. The
report of the Duke of Ragusa respecting these different events
shall be published.
On the 28th, an English squadron, consisting of four ships of
the line, twit frigates, and a sloop, app,..ared before Trieste,with
an intention of taking the Russian squadron. General Count
Cobaulle had just arrived at that port. As the town was
dis-
armed, the Rus,ians landed 4Q pieces of cannon, 24 of which
. . .

were 36-pounders and 16 of 24. They have placed their cannon
on a battery under which the Russian squadron came to anchor
with springs on their cables. Every thing was ready to receive
the enemy, who, seeing he had failed in his design, igent oil.—
One thousand Austrians having pas:,ed from Krems, to the riglA
bank of the Danube. have been destroyed by the Wirtemberg
troops, which took 60 of them prisoners.—Moniteur, June 9.

CIVIr jRE OF STRALSUND AN"; DEATH OF
STRALSUND, JUNE 5, 1809.

TO HIS MAJESTY TALE KING OF HOLLAND.

" SIRE !—I have- already had the honour to inform your
`Alajesty, that the troops under my caminand had made them-
selves ma-ters of Stralsund. I have now to communicat,‘ to
you the details. On the 23d I proceeded from
•I,tioenhurg, and
crossed the Me at Soisprecker, in order to cover the Haase
Towns, drive Schill from Mecklenburg, and gain possession of
Dommits ; or bring the garrison of that place between me and
General Albignac. This Geuer,gl did take Dommitz, and after-
wards returned to Alherstad. It being probable that the enemy
had made himself master of 100,000 pounds of pow,.. t, and
that he would repair to Stralsund, in order to defend Manse&
there, I requested the Danish General Ewald to s!rengthen my
lef
.wing by a column of 1501 men; with which he coMplied.
Schill was master of all Mecklenburg : be, had levied
contributions, and raised a number of recruits. He possess'd
the country from Wismar to Rostock; fr6rn whence he ItaZ
driven the Merklenburg garrison, and taken a number of arms
stud pieces of cannon, from 12 to 6 pounders. In the harbours of
those two twns belied embarked his sick and wounded in 32
t•esel.s, each of which contained 15 men on board, though they
would have held 200 a piece: a prior that he wanted the vessel
for other purposes. When Schill ai:.,.ndoned his post to me, 4e
of necessity threw himself behind the Regnitz, which was in
two places defended by Mecklenburg troops. Ile forced a
bridge at Darclutw ► and attacked and took prisoners soiree troops
stationed at Dansgarten. He then proceeded to Stralsund,
which he entered ua the 28th Of May. Ile teok. the French
and Mecklenburgeti who were there prhoners of war, committed .
thelereatest cruelties in the town, add murck..red several Frerrh-
men with bis own hand. having delivered the whole of Meck-
lenburg. I crossed the Regnitz at Daingarten, and at ten.o'clock,
of the morning of the 31,t, I, together with the Danish troops
strider General rwald, came befoce Stralsund. Thoitgh the
foctificationt of the pl.:ce had been rained, yet there remained
br4td and deep ditch full of water; and Schill with incredible
ardour availed himself of the situation. by cutting trenches
acros,the roads, building drawbridges, planting heavy artillery,
dm The town was defended by 5 at 6000 men. They consisted of
1 000 caviilry , of which 800 were Schill's regiment; all the old
S tedish deserters, who served the artillery; some foresters, and
co intrynten of the different countries le bad crossed through, and
w now be bad compelled to go with him; neatly 1590 of the Po-
liseranian m lit ia who had joined him, Priissiau and Austrian de-
serters, and people of all ',hitt, collected together; and lastly, a
part of the Mecklenhergh troops he cad taken prisoners, and
who afterwards turned their arms against us. Schill had armed
al-I his men with ire-locks. Navin„ to cover my desi4its, made
a. false shack upon the Tripsee gate, I ordered :Ile principal
attack It he made upon the Knieper gate, the hora-wOrk of

which was defended h 18 eanoon of large calibre, and nine tither

h•eces, tr high m•tintained a file. I ordered a sudden n•.ault to
.e made. The Bth regiment, led by Colonel Behr, advanced

fi•st, and was followed by the 9th, under Colonel Veziet, )(ie
Majesty's Aide-dc-Camp. He penetrated into the tow n. not.
ithstanding the most obstinate resistance. The enemy, how.
•v•-r, formed in the town. They fired from the houses, and the-
cielier ()fever) street was the scene of a new engagement. Every
*here they fought man to man, foot to foot, with great fury.-
_

k part of the• Much, and the whole of the. Danish curer.. ,

fought with Still cavalr‘. In the mean w hile .he 4:tut-ries
let bt een the I'repsee and the Dnieper gates continued to tiae-upritt
those of our troops, whici were !otill oat of the town. Farther
eogagements took place till the enemy wns driven front all his.

guns. At length, after a severe battle of two hours, the enemy
was evory where in Hight, and our victory was comp!ete. The
less of the enemy is lite% pressible. Schill and 20 of kis oific-era
tire killed. Eight hundred were made prisoners. Every day
discovers more of them, who were concealed is the homes.

They are almost all wounded. The streets were filled with
lead bodies. 0n..! hundred and ninety-two of Sebill's follou ern

escaped. Of these there were 13 Flu, s-tr officers, 0i whom seven
had been lately app Anted by Sciaill,lsB hussars, ants 13 fusileers.
These begged rrosission to return to Prussia, which I allowed„
and caused them to be conducted by two staff officers. Wheca
they came to the frontiers, they bound themselves by writing Yo
submit to any punishment the King of Prussia might inflict. It
is to be observed, that of the 46 officers who left Bolls; with
Schill, 12 have been since killed, and seven are wounded or pri-
soners.

[ Here follow eulogies on the different officers, comp:tnies, Ate.]
We have set at liberty some Mecklenhurgers awl french eau-
noniers. The 6th regiment has taken in the Islaed of Mogen a
flag and six pieces of cannon, belouging to the Duke of Mecklen-
burg ; and at StraVand 60,000 pounds of powder were taken,
which had been'sent frtftn Denmark.
We have lost Lieutenant-General Cartaret, two lieutenant-
colonelt:, hr ides tv..elve commissioned officers killed and wound-
ed, 30 non-commissioned officers and privat.)4 are killed, and 153
vvolindefl. The t)anes have lost two officers and three soluiers
killed, seven officers and forty-seven soldiers wounded. This
day, Site, has been glorious to your Majesty's troops. Ilnd
Schill obtained lIASSCtSiOII of Stralsund, and fortified himself
there, it would linee been difficult to dispossess him ; he might
have raised contributions throughout Pomerania ano Meelc'eJ-
.barg; and by mean!: :vessels, which were here at his dispos
he might have bccu a d7aigernus pirate in the Baltic ;.and,
case of necessity, he would have even had the means of brlunitig
the English into the con:ineot. Schill was killed near the great
square of Stra4sund. l; is death has been well. soot hehticated..!
Among the dead has also been recognised Colonel Von Molikel,
the same who summoned Stralsund. The project of Sebill was
exteni.:.v.e. He bad already declared himself Sovereign of Po-
merania, as your Alnjesty will sea by the proclamation he caused
to.be printe:t on the 30th ult. the publication.or which asy:ste
rival vie vented.
I am, Sire, vilith the profoundest venOration, &e.
GRAVEN'.
CARr.snccta, JUNE ff. —The day before yesterday proceeded
, through this place r detachment of horse-grenadiers belonging
to the Prince of Neufchatel, which werf on their way from
Spain to the great army. .A.ocurdinc, to an exact es.imate, there
have passed through Ettlingeh alone, above 40,000 Austriessi
prisoucrs of war, tunoog whom were 3000 °Wee's.
izt===alMiat=x
FROM THE..GEAMAN PAPS/13.
Or ZNI MAY 27.---The following official rrvrt of oar argot
has been printed h:rer.--
1 FOGRTZI firLUITIN Or TEI 1-17STRIAN ARM'.

The retteat of the army from Italy (on unavoidable copse.
pence of the military events in tiertnany) was resolved on,
while on the Bth of May the troops were vig,oruit.ly combating
on the Plate, near St. Salvatore. The action was maintained
on bot it sides with the greatest obstinacy, from fici• in t e morning
to eight is the evening.. The grenadier battalii n r Sinthis-
Own • and Alvinze's regiments, attacked the French cavalry
twice in mats with the no, onct, and threw them into dt,terier.
A !limber of the enemy's hor'e were taken by the infantrY,
whien is a vety uncommon oeeurrence in war. Tile regi-
ment of Otto, which was surrounded by the enemy's ca•
tatry, cut its way through thebol.Out uot without the luo of.

number of brave men. The result of this severe and bloody
day wag, that his Majesty's troops maintained their position,
and on the following day the retreat, as had been resolved, was
proseeu tel. The loss on both sides was very considerable. Two
French (;:nerals are among the dead. According to the reports
of :he pri-oners, Gen. Macdonald has received a wound in the
font. The Ao.trian army also has to lament the loss of several
c vellent officers, who died the death of heroes. Among these
were Field Marghal Baron Wolf-keel, the Captt,in of Cavalry
Wedersberg, Von Hohenlohe, and several others, whose names
will be communicated in a future detailed account. Among the
prisoners are, 6f-tier:it iteismer, of the artillery, Baron linger,
Co'. Von Eichelhurg, Major Rutavini. &c. Lieut.-Col. Calve, of
the artillery, the Prince of Hesseu Homburg, Major Shorty,
Count Stahremberg, Captain of or' illery, and Count Trunli Von
Frzburg, arc :anon;; the wounded.
According to the latest accounts, the head quarters of his
R oynl Higbacss the A rch ke J ohn s: ere on the 19th at V Mach,
nad those oe the r:lnus (Viceroy of Croatia, Count Von Gui-
lay), at Laybach. The enemy's troops had passed the Isonzo.
The retreat of General Stoiehevich fro:n Dalmatia is also a con-
sequence of the change which has taken place In the state of
things. A levy en m:cse is organizing In Croatia, in order to
protect the country from further danger. The promptitude and
eal with which that people adopt and execute every extraor-
dinary measure of defence is worthy of respect and imitation.
tbing has occurred on the frontiers of Hungary. The garri-
sin of Presbargh is however increased. Some French hussars
had, on the 18th or May, made inroads to the gates of Oeden-
burgh, but they returned immediately without attempting to en-
ter the town. 'The insurrection troops of the province of Raab
have made some prisoners in the neighbourhood of Wiselburg-
According to accounts dated the 20th of May, most of the
'Trench troops which were on the frontic:s of Hungary, ap-
peared to be retreating.

FIFTH BULLETIN OP TIM AWSTRI,CII 41RMY.
(St P P t CM ENT.)

4l'he 221 of May was a very severe day, but it had a most
fortunate result for the arinm of his Imperial Majesty. The
icrench grand army my, conveyed over the Danube, in the night
of the 21-4, by four bridges opposite to Aspern.—The Empe-
tc•r Napoleon conducted the troops in person. At the head of
the Austrian troops was tiv! ArAidiike Charles.

The Contest suns continued through the whole day with the
itst oh tiracy. At t!!e clea;t•ive moment, the Archduke
tiii,!itted front his home, a s.tarulard, and led his grenadiers
:ain.3t the French catrzlir, tv!tich he routed. The first regi-
ment of the insurrection greatly distinguiihed itself in this bat-
tle. Tile loss of the enemy is reckoned at 20,000 in dead, and
the Austrian army also sustained a considerable loss.
On the 23d the French retreated by the bridges which still re-
mained over the Danube. Their rear-guard only still remained.
But the,e also manifested a disposition to retreat when thisintel-
Iti,-cnce came from headquarters.