The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-25 00:00:00

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ROYAL STATE COURANT EXTRAORDINARY.
" HAGUE, OCT. 16.—Yesterday evening, at a late
hour, his Excellency the Minister Secretary of State
received the important intelligence, that Hostilities
had commenced between France and Prussia, and
that already more than one severe action had taken.
place between the two Armies, Happily, hpwever,
the result has always been to the advantage of the
- French armsl; Prince LEWIS FERDINAND, the Bro-
ther of the' King of Prussia, who, on one occasion,
commanded in person, is killed, and the first con--
sequences of the farther advantage:. obtained over
the Enemy consist in the making a considerable
• number of prisoners, and the capture of 32- pieces
of cannon.
" We considered this intelligence too interesting
not to announce it immediately to the Public,
without waiting for more particulars. As soon. as
further details shall arrive, we will, in the like man-
. ner, hasten to communicate them." .
Wuret•zbuaGia, OCT., 7.--The French Army has
received such large reinforcements, that it is at this
moment stronger than ever it was before in Ger-,
many. The -left wing, under the command of Mar-
shal's LEFEBVRE and AUGEREAU, occupies the moun-
-tains of Rohner : the centre, where NEY and DA-
yousT command, and to. whom BerswanoTTA will
perhaps be added, is on the frontiers of the Bey-
reutlilerritbry : the right wing Is formed of Marshal
SOULT's Corps, which has advanced .from the Inn
into tbe Upper Palatinate, and the i 6,000 Bavarians
under General WREDE. It is estimated that the
troops assembled along the Maine will; before the
loth, amount to 170 or 180,000 men. ' It is said
that two select Corps, consisting of General OUDI-
-: NOT'S Grenadiers and the. Imperial Guards, will be
stationed in the rear of this Army.
An Army 'of Reserve, under the command of
Marshalßessißitas, still remains pasted in the Wet-
' term, and on the banks of the Lahn. The recruit-
ing is carried on with the greatest activity in the
Stares-which form the Confederation of the Rhine;
and it s,;,oxpe6ted that their united Contingents, to
the amount of 70,000 men, will be ready to march
by:the end of the present month. Besides, it is
said, that Bavaria will place. an additional twenty
thousand men at the disposal of the Emperor
NAPOLEON.
WESEL, OCT. 10.—It has been. notified to the
troops in an Order of the Day, that the Emperor of
the 'French has conferred, the CDalinand of the Army
- of the North on the King of" The Dutch
Army will- therefore form- merely a Division of that
• :of the North. General LA GRANGE is appointed
Chief Of the. Staff of the Arniy ; he will have un-
derjii.s•-itnmedia(e command, as Sub-chiefs, Gen'.
Bocoop for the Dutch troops, and the Adjn-
tant-Cointnaneaut LA FAYs for the French. Gen.
C01,11E412' has had the misfortune to break his leg, in
consequence of his horse falling down with him. It
is extremely to be regretted ,that such an accident
should have befallen this brave Officer 'at the- pre- -
sent moment. Her ,Majesty the Queen. of Hol-
.laild arrived here on the ethe She was inet;orr the
road 1)y the King, who bad arrived here himself only
the day befere.
•
-• • MIND-EIJI- OCT. 7.—The troOps under the corn.;
mand of Gen. BLUCHER, who has had his head-i
quarters here for soffieetime, have fallen back, and,
• proceed to another destination by the way of Cas-,
• sel. This moverneet wasrmade in consequence of
. orders which at, 'veil: here on the sth. The French
General BERTRAM, who formerly made a tour
thrOugh Hesse, has lately arrived •on a mission at
Cassel
TrAN,OVER, OCT. 7.—The head-quarters of Gen.
Vol Auctiee, Which were on the 4th at Muhlhau-
-see, have 'awe been removed to lirfnrth. Thud the
Piiisssan Army 'concentrates itself more and more in
vsingle -point on the Saxon territory. It also al),
Spears that an attack is expeded to be made almost
immediately, for all the troops which remained here
have been sent off in great haste on a humber 'of
w;ggons to Hildesheim, whence they will proba7
bly be forwarded in a. similar manner to the Army.
The fortresses of Hameln and Nieuburgh are now
completely .provisiOned, the former for six, and the
-latter for font-months. Sevefal magazines are also
established on the Weser, for the use of the'RusSian
corps which is to be landed there. Two trains of .
-pontoon's, which were here,,and in the neighbour-
-hood, Of.,liieuburgh, have broken up to join the
Neve. of WitleßMßUlioli'S Corps, which is now
from the Elbe to the Veser, and will
proceed further into Westphalia.
LEIPSfC; have received accounts
here of no leSs than four different Russian Armies;
which are said. to be advancing towards the North
of .Germany. The first proceeds by the way of
Warsaw to Rati,4bon in Silesia, the second advances
from Lithuania into New Prussia. Each ot these
Armies is -estimated at 50,000 rum. A large maga-
zine is established at Libau for the third Army, and
the fourth Army is expeded to be 'disembarked on
the Coast of Pomerania. Meanwhile none of these
powerftil auxiliary. Corps appear to have reached the
places through' which' they ought to haVe passed..?
It is therefore with no small anxiety, On the part of
•Prussiae that we. see the- hostile Troops in Presence
of each *ere, while of the approach of' those
Armies which should sustaiu the severest shocks -
in the Contest,-nothing is known except uncertain,,
and even, to all appearance, false reports. .
BOIEURGH, OCT.' 7.—Hostilities have not -yet .!
• commenced, though the military operations of the
French display' the greatest activity. It is -sup-
• posed from their movements that their objeci is to 1
fake'possessiotrof the :position of Cronach; where
- the Emperor, it is said; vvill-soon -establisli,his head-
quarters.

According to the report which is said to have been
spread, among the higher circles, a gallant con-
mmion.between one. Of
.the most 'distinguished cha-
raet-ers -in tfie...ingdorn, and a Lady by no means in
themefidtati of life, is likely to be at an end. This
• exp ted disitiThition of an intercourse which has
•longlexcitestateneral attention, will not be the result
of any reneul quarrel between the parties; but: is
merely,te be considered as.a transfer of q/JWlion to
an obje& that is newer, indeed, but not much more
jUvenile than the • Lady who will- most probably
be left: •
" To think on what is past, and sigh alone."