The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-28 00:00:00

THE PRIXCE OF lIOHENLOFIE TO THE KING CF

my rear was attacker! near Mentz ; it repUld the
enemy. I afterwards drew my rear off to Fut-6*f-
berg, and placed the troops, composing it_near,ilic
first division. - _ . •
" On the 28th, at day-break, I joined the -divi-
sion of. my corps at Lycheni and'dire6ted-my march:.
to Boitzenherp sHOHLNLOHE had. passed
through Schonermark -to •Prentzlow. Such a de-
tour was more than I dared to Make, and I There-
forejesolved to drive the enemy out of Boitzen-
,berg ;- as otherwisel must have given up all hopes
of joining Prince HOHENLOHE. During this march
the enemy attacked my rear not far from-Lychen,
[lout were repulsed by my regiment, which made
about 30 prisoners, and cut down about 50 of 'the

had done his duty ; but „this, alai 7.. was, not the.,
he fleihy, on the 6:1); at noon, forced
their way .through the Burg,gate if Lubeck, upon
which; 16 pieces of cannon %.'eie planted, andAilitch
was also defended' 1!)y three hatt,tilk.,iis. The enemy
would not have succeeded in forting the, gate if the
cannon had not been partly withdrawn, dontrary' to
orders; and, just 5t- the-d9eltive rib:DWI% gaged
dpi any farther execution 4;mong the etterriy'sAroops..
(' As soon as I was apprized of._ this unexpthed
event, I attacked the enemy in the Sti7els, With. is.'
many of the troops is I still could 01101— The
contest lasted a Considerable and with ,much
bloodshed. The city tVas tit length` tilled with' the
enemy's-forces, and it was now no lOnger possible
to withstand their superior number's: The' regi=•.
tents of Tschaminer Owstien, the greater part of
the regiments-.of Brunswick-Gels, the IVlagdeburgd
brigade of Fuzileers, and a party of Ivernois' Jagers
and Fusileers,..were almost entirely. cut to pieces or
made prisoners.
" The remaining troops, which still consisted of
nine thousand and .between 2 and 300 men,. hail
not rallied during the night ; and ,onr,,p,4ncipA;,
want was ammunition. I had now to 'resolve upon"
risking a deubtful attack, and rustling -upon a foe'
at least eight times my. strength, ".or upon -violating
the -Danish- territory. The hitter I :deemed im:;,
prudent, it was prote6ted by_ a
.pqpish 'corps,.
and the violation of its .netitra'lity -might be incun-'
sistent with our political relations,. The conse-
quences,' of ' the former must, pave been that the
whole corps would base been destroyed or,takep,. a
tircunastance which would have been Much more to,
be Aeploied than that of surrendering upon certain
oenditionS; On thelth of I•ldvernber, therefore, at
the rriement when' three French armies were on
the point of attacking the,- resolved to =capittilate.
A copy of the articleS of capitulation is. 'subjoined.
"The weAkOss of my corps proceeded partly
from the loss which:l sufferedln the succession of
petty engagements which I sustained, and espe,
cially in the battle of Lubeck, and partly from the
fatiguing. marches, during which, from the' inapt of'
provisions, each .batta,lion. Was compelled to ,leave
behind between forty and fifty men daily. Gene.
rat VON PaiET also, with four squadrons of Bayern.
dragoons, and General VON USEDOM, with-tensquaz
drons of hussars, had separated, some dhys'before,
from the army ; 'and it should be furthertobser4d,..
'that the troops belonging to the Corps of the-Duchy
'of Wirtemburgh had previously suffered veryseverely
at Halle. ... - •

sian States, in order to attach-the nem h tcrny \near
Frankfort.

PRUSSIA.

" BERLIN -Nov. 8,---Sire,• I have not had the
good fortone. tacondua the army entrusted to, me
over. the Oder, and to screen them from the further
pursuit of the -enetriy. After had reached the
neighbOurhbOd of Boitzenburgh, by farted marches,
on'the 27th ofo6tober, and. 'had the intentiOn' of
passing thOse defiles; in ,order to reach Prentz-
`low on .the same evening, I found them already
is the enemy's;p9ssession. I forced thein, but did
not think it prudent to continue my•rnarch .in a
dire.dline, because the whole of my. cavalry, being;
without foracre for several days, was
.suite7exlianst-
ed ; and by break of ,day I.had reason to exp.eel
the'caValry would be: engagef.d.,• and that `the' issue
. .
would be unfavourable., I: therefOre immediately
turne4.to.the left, and• in
.the course .of _the night
reached the vicinityofSchotiermark. I had alreadY,
given orders-forpushing 'strong patroles 'fon.rds the
enemy ; about two in the morning these .returned,,
and brought me no information of the enemy's be-
ing at hand. .At length-I-pnshed a patrole as far as
Prentzltpw, Which brought intelligence that they had
- seen nothing of- the enemy; and. that the- Frenah
pitroles,had .not sheWn 'themselves in Prentzlow.
I then e.4,'iliinue4.my march for Prentzlow, where I
hoped to find bread and forage; of which every
one stood in need. I bad no sooner reached the-
leights ;of. Prentzlow, than the eneniy shewed
himself. upon` my right flank. enOgenient im-
. mediately
.ensued; the enemy's superior numbers
aiicl artillery compell6d• me' to -retreat through
..Preutzlow.• Th 6 hope of 'fixiditig. bread and 'forage
here was navirextinguUed -by tli6- enemy's ad,
• vane.;.. • •Sei;eral of- itis'.Wttalioni 'she \,vec( them-
selves on, my' right, and being'much superior in
artillery and -cayalry,-_ he was upon.' the point • of re-
newing the attack - upon. 'my front,: Many of my
battalions were Without- ammunition the whole of
• MY r dims. artillery . was Yost and for the cannon that
ras.reft, /according to the report of Colonel HUSER,
..there was not ammunition for more than .five dis-
hharges . I Was still seven miles distant from Stet-,
tin ; and the very last' ..hope .of obtaining my thing
upon the march had vanished. From my support,
which still 'remained near Lychen, and.froni Gen-.
BLUCHER'S Corps, I was already cut off. 'Without
cavalry fit for action'; without ammunition; and
above all, without provisions;, and convinced that I
Mlotild only risk the lilies of the few that remained,'
as an unavailing sacrifice in your Majesty's service,
I submitted•to my.hard fate, and entered into a Ca-
pitulation .Witlithe enemy, the conditions of which
.yonr L.:e in the Supplement to, this
-Dispatch. I can
.safely lay my Whole Conciu,:it during'
the compaign -before yoUr Majesty and poserity, and.
'await the result with ail unslien 'Confidence, I

" That immediately afterwards the-:p:an of the
campaign of the French army, shewedlo the Pri•-
siatf Genera li the 'necessity of, recalling, their; de..
tachments- and concentrating thems:lves at Weim-ar,
.iu'ordver to be reedy for battle.
—a That -.it wss izi-4‘ion'seciTence- of these tnilitctry
,operations, and not on account 'of the neutrality of
. Hesse, that the Prdssiaus retired instead of assent-
• blhig their troops. • •
" That
.during the whole time thatthe fortune
of war eva.s Undecided; 'the- Court of Cassel' stilt
'continued its armaments, ,-although the Emperor
had:declared that he: should Consider them as
; • .

French: .. .
" Upon my approach, the enemy •left Boit.
Zenberg ; my patroles, however, fell it with them
in all the adjacent villages, and during the night I
was compelledto take possession of some of tliesevil-
lages to prevent the men and horses from dying of
huogereand to drive the enemy •out Of them.
" Early on the 29th, just .setting out upon the
march to Prentilow, I learned frorn some stragglers
of Prince HonaNhosta',9 sews, that the Prince had
capitidated there. -My corps, was 10,500 strong ;
the army of Malta., was within two leagues a-
head dose ; .on my flacks,
.and in my rear, was the
corpa- of BERNADoTTE ; each of • them was double '
my force, which had neither bread nor forage, ;and
was almost entirely exhausted by the forced marches
it had been compelled to make. My resolution
was soon , taken-Instead of marching -direafy 'for
Prentzlow, I -immediately took the left to Stre-
litz. I thereby hoped to joined the corps of Wit-
mast, and 'then to approach .Nagslburgli ; or, ac=
cording to circumstances, to pass the Elbe, in order
to, furnish Magdebuth and Hameln with provisions
~
to hold out longer against the.enemy; and to operate
in his rear. -
" In the mean while several Officers ands Jagers '
whom I' sent out were unable to procure me any
Information of the Weimar Corps. I marched on •
the 30th,lsy Strelitz, as fat as Dambecks and-there i
unexpeaedly fell in with that corps. Here 'I learnt
for the first time that SoULT'S Corps had anticipated,
-my arrival `upon the .Elbe. .In the mean while my
rear guard, beforesthey arrived there, were haraSsed
by the enemy.
"On the Ist I sent two Officers to thetlbe to
provide the Vessels necessary for passing that river,
near Boitzenherg and Lauentaerg. , I contilaned-qny
march toWahrenaand 'on the following. gat: to Old
Sehw-erin And Slave. .. - • • •
" After the. arrival of Soursescorps, ,my sitita-;,
tion became more critical. -I had joined 'the cairns.
of Weimar; but these troops'it was necessary;-,dur-
ing the, night, to distribute in several village;, to.
prevent them from dying of fatigue
,and hunger: In
consequence of this -distribution, my corps' nits
,the
risk of being dispersed-entirely by an attack froth the . •
enemy..ovaa, ' Nov.asio 11.—To-day we expel/ 7000
•
On the first. of November my rearegnard, was. -French to paSs-the night ; they will proceed further
„.,,s
, attacked by the Enemy near Wahren: The Enemy-. to-marrow. To-morrow Oleic troops sv ill be followed
pushed., as-far as Schwerin, where my heathquarters by a body of to,ooo men. yetcx:ciu. and the day
were fixed. t The :whole ef my corps were 'in guar- before Fort St. GeOrge fired upon the French, who
ters between Kuppentinand Seri-Attn.; and as the haireietrenched. thetisselveS at Ohrberge,' -withent
Enemy knew, he could not penetrate by Old Scbwe- intermission.. This day the Enemy have begun to
,
. .
throw up tworks. on this . side of Hameln. The
rin, I looked upon' Ilk last movement as a feint,
and expelled his -real attack between the Likes of , firing has 'ceased on the part of 'the Prussians. I,:ii?
Krakow and Seliwerin. • -
,- - ' ".• .
,ops Isad' arrived at .
si headquarters of Marshal MouTtaa were yestere
4 large corps of my troops
&Tat Histenbeck. His' Majesty the King of Hole
.",-
their •place-oof, :rendezvous: previously; appointed:L- land is with Lieutenant-General DAENDELs, at
The enemy proceeded further towards the Vl)e.t, Rintelm
.nd I set'. out some hours„sefore•day break-to reach •• P. S--.LL.Thd 17,000 French whom we expe&, do
the vicinity of :Preston , and .Klhdrain. • My:corps •• ' •not come from Maadeburgha 'but from Westphalia{
vas distributed over. a :space of five leagues :- ii-avas and are probably a part of the Artny under tbaking
necessary to posscccs a number .of villages- to Obtain i of Holland. All these troops 'are expelled to ren-
•provisions. Several. soldiers dropped down; aricCeiss . dezvous at Lunenhurgh ; and Marshal Mowriaa, it is
pined through hunger.
thought, will be here this evening.
-; '
. 'TRIESTE, OCT. 11.: !Yesterday an Officer of tlie.
On the 3d.1 marched into the. neighbourhood . •
Regiment of Kerpert --""toed here as a Courier, with
of
.Schw.erin :, here I hoped that- both • rnyavings •, ,
important dispatches to the Governor ; and imnae
Would have been covered by the marshes of L owit4.
.diately After' 'Lieutenant FISCHER was sent off to
the Lake of Schwerin, -and- that I shouid,be
able to obtain, 'sonic bread And brandy frethsthat, 'Dalmatia with fresh orders to General tELLiGAI;DE,
'
- .
it • " I conclude this Report •With • that ' a lleakfl' who is lying at anchor with his troops near Cala..
place for my people'. Od the, thilowing itiorning
which the consciousness of having done
, tranquillity
matta. Qn the same evening a large armed Mera
way my intention to have Marched for Lantsuberg,
chantman, called the/stria, sailed under the An" striara
my dusty inspires ;':and remain, Scc. &C. . , •
DEr.. acs comm4N,o. , . . ~. to aYoid the.corpS Of BERNADoTTE:and SOULT. '
" VON 1."1.7CHEa." colours for Spain.
Under thegrsatest depression of spirits, I, am • " During this • march, 'my rear guard was. en- - * ~ i HANQVER, Not. 1?.-ssThe country of Bucke-
-. Compelled to inform your. MajestY of the' gradual ' gaged.in a very. wartn'adion, which terminated in ' . , , . ;burgh .was taken possess-ion of by the French on
znnihihition aed.Capture of the Corps I had the mis- the evening, near' 'the
.village -of Fahre. „The de- J FROM THE CASSEL GAZETTE. -'•Sunday last : the few troops were disarmed.
fce-tune to cOolimand, under circurristances in which I tachment• under Colonel OSTEN, at Wittenbnvgh, _ Cum:, .Nov: et. advanced guard of the The Duke of BataNawfoK Ossros has arrived at
, r
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no alternatiyeresnainecl. '• :. - •' - hid left that place without Orders. 'Of this I. ~was :. division of Marshal Moisma appeared' on a sudden Altana.
That a Corps separated from the: heart of the uninformed. Had the enemy attacked me at this lon Saturday morning before the gate of Leipzic, Snasseutton; Nov. 6.—The exportation of grain
Kingdom; and' frOrn lathe other troops And for- moment, While I was between the villa' es Fahre. and the greater part of the division. had entered the is prohibited. The General of Division, Lavas:, is
tresses, after it had expendeg its arrimutrition in four and Plate, I should have been fOreed upon the Lake , fOwn. about noon,
..and were quartered on the appointed Governor of BrunSwick. - From Nancy • pagagements, Should
.be annihilated•Sby. a force six of Schwerin. Theenetny'S attack upon seemed Bourgeois. The rest Were quartered in the environs., it is mentioned, that 200 Swedes, prisoners of wars- tinier its number, st',ll3ds in no need of justification; to 'be only. a denionstrations in order to draw,my The King of 'Tolland arrived also here with his ..have been brought from Pontemousson ; that the
Ise t` it will' be rf great consolation to me, sliontd your- attention . to, my Left Wing, while lie surrounded guard, in the afternoon, but set out again yesterday j first column of Prussian prisoners was expeded
. I
- there also , and that from 12 to 14,000 of tho'se
it.'las'ssey follow my repOrt.step by step, and scruti- my Right.. '. - ••• mOrning. ,
.
• I
nize all the 'measures I had adopted. .• .. , s . . - •
",-Tise•bloody affiiir with the rear guard at .Fahre All-the Hessian troops are prisoners of wars- The. - prisoners were expeCted ,to be distributed •in that
fc In't•aking.a• review o!' these Measures, it May be . did not terminate till an hciur after dark. The head- French troops have occupied all the gates and
.a.ll .military division.' s -
ner.es4ary previously to.observe, that the operations quarter's of both armies were not more than, haft- a ' the gu'lrds.: They condul.(..led themselves with geod SAXONY,NoV. 7.—Our Eledor has acceded to the
of my. Corps, till the 2sth, viz. ilien the- arm off
*league distant ; Mine were at Ostdorf. - Marshal • order, and the care which the Offie•ers take in order' 'Confederation of the Rhine, and Will furnish a
Prince 'Him asissom E. 'capi tislated, mere dired.ed to the - -BERNADoTTE sinunioned me the second time to ca- .. to maintain order arid tranquillity, to'coosole the ::o troops Army. ' Elector
corps'
f to the The report that the
gaining .of the Oder; and, that afterwards the'Whele pitulate. I then forbade liim, once for all, to repeat •
• Bourgeois under the .scOiirge- of war, merits the of Hesse has acceded' to-the Confederation of the
e. 0.
Cif rny exertions; and the meyementS of. my trhops, his summons. . . ,
.. . greatest enlogiuma. ' ,'t
. . Rhine, requires cOnfirtnati .on . .
were ealaulate'd to draw , the Fretich from the Oder,-, '" In pursuanee of my plan for drawing the elle- ..•!a • • , ,
• . ' . Includiuss tile Governor: of Magdeburali Liertte-
.
•
.. s
apd out of Cie heart of the -firussian Monarchy. It my's force, ih the first instance, as far as possible - . NOTE . .
naint7Genesrals,KLetsT, there were-eighteedGenerals
TEANSNIITTED THE 31sT or oaToitit;'B-E-- I
was also ini objeCt to supply the; Fort, resscs' with fro-m
the 6'der,' and to, hazard. an engagement drily !taken in the fortress, AO at lent; 800 pieteg of arta-
. .
. ' TwEEN ELEVEN AND IrIiDNIGHT,'EY THicHARGE i
pros :s.ihnsf and to gains!':iiie;t-er_theapp_..roahsofth e
.when ."could advance no farther, I marched imme-., a lery. 'the 'FroOpS-of the Confederatiow isf.the Rhine,
.L.,'AFFAIRES 01? 'TUE FAI"EROit 00 THE'neENCH
who were in and near Erforth, will.forna the garri-
leassian trose)s and the stessian armless.. , - • diately from‘ .Schwerin -to Gadebuseli and Il c r I - , •
R.-% AND KING OF ITALY, To THE PRINCE OF .H.ESsE -
" TIF:;. r ,have pot been altogether' utisuceesaltil, aenderf. Durina• the• night the troops under Gene-- ... ' • on of Magdeburg!): , •
- - cAs,EL, FIELD MARSHAL IN THE SERVICE, 00
the c'onsof.rth2Dees 'Will prOve, since three Of the prin- fill SALITZ, and balso those of my right wing,' were ,:- , - - 's.:-:'. - ' • ' Marshal NEy will go on the 13th .with-his corps,
• 1 ..: , •• rs 1
FRI:ssIA. -
c:;p:.L. oL•toe•i•renco corps, under MURAT," Belt"' = annoyed by, the. enemy. It was still in my power •.* • -•• ' .by way of Berlin, to Posen.
. . . .
"The Undersigned• Charge d'AiTaires of his Ma-
porri,- and Sous,y, surrounded rue iat the time to approach 'the Elbe near Lauenhurgh, but I had :
Sahel]; clepilved of :,11 lily ansmtu tion, I' capitulated Ino time for deliberation. . 'Thus there only rremain- jesty the Emperor of the FHA:sIBURGH, Nov. 11.—The communication be-
reechss in 'order to`tle- '
with 'food nien, at Ilatkau, between Kiel and Lu- :ed open :the road -H b - tsl •
to me
dare to his Serene Highness the Prince of :.Hesse
:..:tween this place and Berlin, by:eater, is not in-
beck. . . .
s or I must have 'resolved to give battle on the fol- Cassel, that his Nives'e the Pmperor is perfedly• in-, ,
'..1 3" terrupteds According to -repOrt, the chasSeurs of
"On the •24th of October the. Prince of HoHEN- lowling day. My troops, horses, and' .men, were formed of the part which' 'the Court of Cassel has Major Amax], are
,already tinned back toward Lauen-
s
- -bur h and oners
taken in the PrusSian Coalition,--.and that it ~v.. - in g , the p ris o are to follow him und6r a
7,011 E entrissied me. with the command* of the so exhausted, that I could expel no. favourable
French 'civil escort. His, "Excellency the. French
:orps whiciilladheen under the Duke SLGENE of •:issue from- engagina with an enemy six or seven consequence of that Coalition. that' the furiotittg‘
Plenipotentiary, .M."BollitiaNsi's, 'has, upon this
Wirteniburah. 'This Corps was ameh reduced in con- times my number. 6;ti.ie Grand Duke of BERG' was were recalled.; • that horses were distributed. to the. .
occasion, declared, in 'the handsomest manner, that
is? .-
my Cavalry--that flanau vas fslraishedWith provisions, sequence of losing a battle at Halle i‘ and besides , upon my left flank, Marshal Batetsanoli-a in -
inie-hall of a batttry of twelve-pounders, had only a front and Mar: I ;ii Soti . .-on ht. In
i i. L.T,
.my rig this' .
I! -• , and provided with a strong garriSon, -- •- ' -in no event will the neutral Hatnburgli territory. he
, .
disturbed. :His ExClleney besides, is labouring to ..feW sixspqunders, and their ridina- artillery, and were' ••' i • • • " That it was in vain that his Majesty informed
•.0 critical. situation- I determined to march upon Lu-
M. DE 'MALSBURG, Minister. of his Highness at remOve every misunderstanding oCcasioned by the
without forage or bread.. 'lltis artillery .belonged for beck, keepina' the Trave in front. Had my troops
the most part to the corps that had been engaged in .'obtained ati(tef'reshirient; they mighthaveengatied : Paris, that any Atmansent on- the part of the, Prince r..eceht Acweruents., - and •-we' have to thank his ex-
eitions, that .the late events have occasioned no bad
ihe battle of 1411), and' Was much reduced in con against • .t. - ••• • even thou" :i• there of Hesse Cassel. would be considered as an ad or .
, against any moeerate superiority, even toque 1 ne ,
..
• 'consequences.
Hostility; but:that-instead of answering this over-
sequence of foreed.rntirches..
had been but little Probability of a favotirable re-
is With this corps I marched ietpahe neighbour.. • suit •.. •' .' • ' ' ,••• ' to ire, :the Court of Flesse „Cassel gave orders 'to HOLSTEIN, Nov 13. _The report, that the RUS-
(I of' Ilnppea on' the 2611). Prince OH
"On the sth of November our march was Lii,s s•-sl. DE MALsBURG to demand his
.. issas then in • the vicinity of Lychens My vieW of a - and L st;- -. e returta to Cassel. pay contiuued. ' The gates of L. nh. eck the A rare; :, ; ~,, -That si • . . .passed through Copenhagen, is unfounded s 'his Ex- '
• • .
rsie Prussian treops 'have since entered cellency is in Schleswick, where• the Hereditary
proc4ding to Zehdeniels, the direct road to Prent?- - . (soul •Thavernuride ao that place,- . were 'all oCeu'.le4.! ‘-.' '
m. 40-14..:.?;.C.,a55.e1--that they Were received with. ,the ire: 'Princess of Weiss/sit is likewise arrived.
!tilk, was' disappointed,---th6 'Enemy. had occapitt'.- •;. f •
, i ao ar ti the DanishittOntier: The' army, '
1-11•• thg,-. 'joy by -the Hereclitary Prince,.a General in tlsocaets-4. ' V-4-tebt- Royal Highness the Consort of the Hereditary
;fiatl .. .
p:-tee and Gratisce.' I therefore marehedS'.oar , position, would have been in 'a condition;
enerivssiiiece-of -Prussia,•'-who even conduftedh. them throe }a7 le 27th; With the first division, to Pur.stenberg,...course. of a few daYs,- -to LAVQ resisted the,.,:tadthelder.is now at Schleswick; as' is likewise the
sass' s:ern th,..e ..et.--. ond ;(3. L ):ohcp...
that ever one ill 9 .01',:4-"r;i:Dc4 that these troops" xra.v"ersed thus;
.s...,lAejeclitarY Princess of BRUNsWIGIS.
410War,(15:.e1,,-en..ip.4..1.i 'prodigious A' v•.nsioritY; .'auppo'sing
. .

" That theyYrussian Army having teen defeated
and driyen behind the Oder, it would be as im-
prudent as atisiird On the ,part of the French Army
to leM,e the Hessian Army assembled, which would
be Always.i•eady to fall up On the rear of the.k'rencik
iiftase it should be defeated. ' • •

4" The Undersigned has, iii consequence, received
poSitive orders ,to declare, that the .s-ecurit); of the
'Trench' Army dernand that the town of
and the whole te.rritorTef Hesse Cassel, 'should be
occupied by the French—that all arms, 41tillery,
and; arsenals, should be dilivered to the Frerich.
Army, and that every weans should be taken to
cover its rear against the hostile views
.Which the
Honse.of Heise Cassel has always shown against
France. •

" Under these circumstances,. nothing remains to
the prince of Hesse Cassel, but to decide whether he
will repel. force by force, and
,expose his .country to
'IP the hOrrorstf war... :
But as such scenes do not accord with a poll-
4ical mission, the 'Undersigned is ordered to demand
his pasiports, in order that he may be enabled imme-
diately to depart;

le S. GESEST:'

'ORDER• OF THE DAY.

• • " Imperial I-lead-quarters, Nov.T 7, 18•1.
BERI,m, Nov. Majesty saes with pain
.that -disOrderi are committed hi thb rear of the
Army, particularly in the -environs of Leipzic and
Wittenberg. The French Commandem are so much
the less ':pardonable, since, independently of 'the
French forces that are under their command, there
are. Saxon Infantry. and CavalrY. They ought to
ippoint. patroles to arrest the followers, taking
garg.i_tp. have with them .a" French 'Officer §ubr
Officer. ,

" Ai-the moment of capitulation, the. senior Offi-
cer on the Staff committed the mistake of stating; n
the general abstraa -Whielr he gave in, the etleaive
strength of the regiments as much. greater than it
really was, and 'also to include the troops which
had previously been detached, or which had the
.da'y befhre been killed or made prisoners in Lubeck.
The French Generals, however, in mnsteringtls
troops which have capitulated, must haVe btetfECOn-
. vinced that their number did not exc-eed that 'which.
I have above ,stated. .
" The troops, in general, have manifested a, sr
gree 'of...constancy, fidelity, and bravery, Whictufit'h
exceeded my expeaation ; and under different cip-
cumStances, would have immortalized them.--
Though the regiments 4elbrigitt to the corps lately
under the command .'of.:the- Duke of •WirteMbUrgh
had fbught unsuccessful. battle.. at Halle, in
Which they seilered severely—though my .whole
CorKduring an incessant retreat of. three , weeks,
pertbrmed forced marches of from fiv€ to seven
(German) miles -and ,Was destitute of .all the
necessaries oflife—without suitable cloathing, and
numbers of.thetn withoutshoes; and what is more,
having had no bread for the last three weeks, nor
.any pay for the preceding fortnight ; nevertheless,
there was not a single regiment, nor even a detach-
ment, but was,continually ready to perform. *hat-
. ever they were desired to execute, , .Theitnlactity;•'
their unbroken Constancy, and their readiness-
make every sacrifice, were evinced to the v(ery last
moment, even after the loss of Lubeck.

" The same dispositions ought to be made. fat
Weimar; •Erihrth, --GOTEi;-.Brunswick, &c. The
French Commanders are to employ the forces of the
Countty to cause the property of the conutry to be re-
speaed, and to repress serion4 the disorders that •
diShonour the Army.- . '

. , .
kelieve I can prove tha' t ••I b:ive been the unhappy
.facri4ce to the circumstance of not havillg,(ll44nly
earliest proposals acted upon..,,
... ." The misfortune. alone, and not the shame, if-

f9as me. The superiority of the enerhy's e:it.'alry had,
.ot- some days past, nearly ruined tbe u%lole detach-
ment under Gen. SCIIIMMELPINUICIi. It-was upOn
the existence.of this corps, which hail destroyed all
the bridqes. 'over. the Rhinow"; the Havel, and the
kinow Canal, that I rested tie neCcatirty of 'rnY
2q p
retreat. In the'lSupplements,- your' Majesty will
'Perceive, the. extent' of the Fosses' sustained by the
l)o;-etnentiotied-d-etaehinenti";. flai,e-co.naneed.an
army witbont-brend, forage; or aminuniti9n:, *bile
the enemy inovect.in the -same direction:-' The irn-
possibiliv of obtaining my object is neither imputa-
-biz to my wan; of zeal, goo&will,.o.r to the
unrcy of my. orders. .The greatness of. my-misfbr-
tunes may' je regretted, but I cannot hi; deprived of
tai tfunchenn of &flour: . • •
... • .•
" I 41i preparitr. to Jar at the feet ©f-your. Ma-.
jesty 3circumstantial "detail..of all the events which
haire-occurred since the 'l4th inst.

" F.T. PRINCE HOHENLOHE."

Prentzlow,"o6l..:9, 1806."

Fgc;,l4 TEE LOWER ELBE, NOV. 11:.

x:rouT OP HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL Is!..ticnni,.

li.ESPECTING THE OPERATIONS OF THE COI(Fg-VIST=.