The National Register.
London, England, 1809-07-23 00:00:00

NATIONA L REGISTER.

EXPLANATION OF THE Mint.

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11111 LOG NE, one of the principal objects of the.present Ex-
pedition, has for some years been the rendezvous of the 1.,' refirlt
Ballerina. fleet. Its harbour is extensive an i protected by a
mole, which, preserves it from being ch up hy th 7 mds
that are contimtally washed along the northern coasts of Francue,
IL.lland, and Germany. Its distance from Calais is about 14
miles southward.
C.t r, tisis 21 mile 4 S.S.E. from Dover; it is a sea-port, and
tolerably well fortified. Its situation is low and marshy.
DCNNItax is remarkable for the fortifications composed or
immense works, which have been so frequently demolished by
the stipulations of various treaties. It offers, at present no
particular object to our grand floating arnzament, except the
obliteration of our disgrace in its environs in 179.3.
OSTEND also offers an incident to arouse the energetic ven-
geance
of a British maritime army, In 1798, a body of Unglish
troops surrendered here to the French. Ostend is 22, miles from i
Dunkirk and 60 from Brussels.
W.k Lc i, EItE:N the grand object of our force, is the most
wester) island of the United . Provinces, or rather of the K ing-
- flow of Holland. By its prominent situation it commands both
the mouths or the Scheldt, and the entrance into the Ilaes or
Aleuse. The harbour of Flushing though much impeded by
fluting sands, is capable of admitting large vessels, and is not
more than '25 miles from A N't WERP, where our enemies are
endeavouring to create a new navy. illiddkburg is the other
town of consequence on this Island.
Sett r:Lwr, a river entering the German Ocean on both sides
the Island of Walcheren, by two branches, called the Western
and Eastern Scheldt. It is navigable for the largest vesse's
beyond A !STSIr tlte, where mover the finest ships in the French
service are built. It is remarkable for having been the object
of contention between France and Holland at the continence-
ment of the revolutionary war, which ioduced the English to
interfere in opposing the sanguinary ambition of the French
democrats,
CA AI PER DOW K, a small town on the Dutch coast, opposite to
'which Admiral Duncan obtained his famous victory,
If rmonti, a village, strong nut, and head-land of the Dutch
coast : which our armament will not pass without very severe
recollection.
Tex 2'[, is an Island separated from the Helder by a very nar-
row channel. This ebonite& which is the must southern entrance
into the Zuyder Zee, and the passage to Amsterdam, was take!)
possession oiby the English with the commanding frt, in e-
tember 1799; but grits abandoned with considerableo loss ins
the November following.
rill BDEN, a strong town and a goad harbour it is situated on
the limbs, on Dollast Bay.
11AAinvaG, the probable ultimate object of our Maritime
Expedition, is a sell fortified city, situated on the Elbe and
A ktrr, and possesses every advantage for commerce : it commu-
nicates with most of the navigable rivers of Germany. There
have been from two to three hundred merchant vessels ofdiffereut
nations at once at anchor before this city. The possession of it
iliv a great nautical power, would ina great measure, command 1
sue interior of the Germanic state..

Letters of a late date, which have been received from
Petersburgh, via Hamburg!), mention that the Emperor
ALyx:Aivokin, with the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE, Count
RomANzov, and a numerous suite, accompanied by the
Duke of'lnior.i (Marshal Dnuoc), wore prt-paring to
leave that city for the army in Galicia, and that events of
grea,t importance to the world might be soon expected to
take place.
H is also said, tlitre were no grounds to hope that ALEX--
ANDER would change his present system of politics; that
CAPLlvcoveir was too active and intriguing; and that h
Was continually surrounded by the French party. T ehe idea of possessing European Turkey, and placing his bro-
ther CoNsTA %TIN E upon the throne of Constantinople,
tcrided not it Mile towards retaining in him a disposition
favourable to POLEVN.

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We this day present our Subscribers find the Public with
Correct Chart of the IVeighbouriaz Coasts occupied by the Enemy,
which we trust, will be found the completest thing of the kind
that has ever been givrn in a Newspaper. With ali tour exer-
tions we could net procure a sufficient
ntpuber of Portraitv of the
Duke of Yor4 for publication this; day. No doubt uow remains
of the Prints being ready for El:slivery on Sunday next. Plate has been retouched, nod will produce very hoe impreSSiOThe
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E NATIONAL REGISTER.

LOllOOll,
SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1809.

poLiric.4L EVENTS OF THE WEEK.

It is not without the deepest concern and anxiety wear.
under the necessity of announcing the intelligence received
from the Danube. This afflicting account of the defeat of
the Aaennexc comes in a most equivocal manner, and we
entertain little doubt of it being
in exaggerated, and perhaps
many respects false; but we do not know how to justify
a suspicion that it is altogether a mere disguise. The 25111
and 26th Bulletins were floated out of Boulogne in a tub
or small boat, and picked up by one of our cruizers,
They contain accounts of a great Battle fought on the
Gth, 7th, and .:).'11; of this month.---On the night of the sth
BuoxepAierE is said to have made a feint of crosing the
Danube at a point to which he was desirous of evgaging
the attention of the Archduke CHARLES, white his real
object was to ford that river higher up, and this hr is stated
to have done without oppos!tion, and to have carried the
entrenched camp of the ARCHDUKE on the 6:h. This.was
succeeded by sanguinary fighzs on the 7th and Bth, and
which were ultimately determined in favour of beoNA..
PA RTEI and the communication of the AirlidukaCTlAnLes
with Ilungaty is said to have been cut oft; aid :hat he has
retreated into Bohemia; this we do not entirely cr7d:t.
The Emperor FRANCIS is likewise said to have been a willies*
of the battle from a Tower at Wolkerstlotf. The -tilt

, rtsirk of
is action was a loss on the part of the Atis!rians of 10,000
killed and wounded, 20,G00 prisoners, among whom aro
300 Officers, 40 pieces of cannon, and 10 pair of cai.da Mg.
There are certainly some obvious contradictions in this ac-
count.---When we recollect that 30,000 were admitted to
have been killed awl wounded in the hattles of the `21211 and
93d May, on one side, we cannot believe that i 0,0
killed a 00 0.-,lv are
aril wound•ll in a battle u hich contintied three etays I
and whiCh, therefore, must have been contested with obsii-
; 'lacy and valour. If only 40 pieces of cannon are taken,
' what are become of near I'-2.0a pieces more, which . the
Austrians certainly had ? And this is the French: ac-
count too. Either the victory is not so decisive,
or • the
results are stated by the French in a very unusual reaimer
for them. But we are not dispd to credit the wholc of
this account ; we can believe that Li7ONAPARTE has gained
a great but. not decisive ad vats: age
n ; and we cannot f•Pfp
oticiug that among the prisoners, or the slain, or ti e
wounded, the names of Nonm AN , a • Frenchman, one of
the Princes of Rohan, and another General only are
particularized.
If 20,000 prisoners he added to the 10,000 killed awl
wounded, by what sort of arithmetic is the AstcaoUiLL'S