The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-01 00:00:00

FIFTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY.

HAGUE, OCT. 26.—Yesterday morning arrived
here; by a Courier from the ,Army;, the. Fifth
Bulletin of the Grand French Army, containing the
particulars of the glorious vi&ory gained 'over the
Prussian Army on the 14th. It is dated Jena, Ott.
15, and is as follows : . ,

" The battle of Jena. has wiped away the disgrace
of the battle of Rosbach, and in seven days conclud-
ed a campaign which has wholly quieted all the
dreadful preparations for war with which the Prus-
sian heads were so much possessed: -
"The following was the position of the ai'MY on
the 13th :--The Grand Duke of BERG and Marshal
DAVOUST were with their Corps of the army at
Natimburgh, having a part at Leipzig and Halle:
" The Corps of Marshal Prince PONTE-CORVO:
was on- the march to comeup to Naumburgh. _
" The Corps of Marshal LANNES advanced to Je-
na. The, Corps of Marshal AUGEREAU was placed
in the position of Kalda.
• " The Corps of Marshal 1L Ear was at Rotha.

" The Head-quarters were at' Gerais.
" The Emperor was marching to proceed, to Jena.
The Corps of Marshal SOULT was on the march
from Gerau, to take a more convenient position upon.
the road. from Nauinburgh to Jena.

" The position of the Enen was the following.:
" The King of Prussia wislia to commence hos- ,
tilitieS on the 9th of October, by bearing down his
right,wing on Frankfort, with his centre on Wurtz-
burgh, and his left wing on Bamberg. All the di-
visions, of his Army were . disposed for the accom-
plishment of this plan ; but the French Armv turn-
ed him upon the extremity of hjs left wino', which was
found in a few days at Saalburgh, at Ilbenstein, at
Schleitz, at Gerau, and at Naumburgh. The Prussian
Army seeing itself turned, occupied the days
.of the
9th, i oth t tth, and 1 oth, in calling in their de-
tachments, and cn the 13th formed itself into order
of battle between Capelsdorf, being about -156,000
Men strong.
On the 13. th, at two o'clock in the afternoon
the Emperor dari* to Jena, and on a small teloiated :
fiat, beset by our advanced gUard, reconnoitred the:
positions of the Enemy, in order to manceuyre iit
such a way as next day to force the differenttsrses.
on the S4al, and so to flO,l on. • The Enemy 'made

a figorom opposition, and seemed by fleir si'
tions; on an inaccesible position on the highway
between Jena and Weimar, to think that the French
gold not stretch out upon the plain ivithout pre-
viously_ forcing that passage. It did not appear
posil.e, in. fa6t, to bring the artillery to play
tkppfl fiat, which was so small that four batta.
lions could scarcely open out their ranks upon it.
.-" .The men, were setat work the whole night to
make..a overthe ruts, and at length succeeded.
in bringing the artillery' upon the height.
" Uarshal DAVOUST received orders to defend
the passes near Naumburgh and the defiles of fc.oo-
- as the Enemy, wanted to march upon Naum-
. burgh; in order to, reach Apoida, and 'fall upon his
roar in. case.he remained ;in the situation he then

•
was.
The Corps of Marshal 'Prince P.OSTE-Coaro
.
Was destined to stretch out 'by Natirnburgh, an or-
der 'to upon the rear-guard. of the Enemy, in
case•he beet strongly toward. Natitnburgh or Jeha.
.•.The heavy cavalry, which had not yet come up
with the Armv,•could not be entirely brought on by
t id-day. The Cavalry of the Imperial Guard was
at the distance of 30 hours march, notwithstanding
the heavy'journey which it had performed since it
left Paris; ,but it was come tolhat moMerit of the
.war„ Whan iio single- consideration could outweigh
to deprive them of the advantage of being the first
to meet and fall upon the Enemy.
ft The Emperor placed the whole corps of Mary
shal LANNES in order of battle upon the level height,
which the Enemy seemed to overlookL,(they occu-
pied a position Oyer against O.—This- porps I,vas
/placed Under the care of deneral VICTOR ; each di.,
lision formed a wing. Marshal LEFEB-liE ordered
the Imperial Guard into a square battalipn upon the
highest pint. The Emperor dept the watch in
the midst of his brave man. The night presented
a remarkable speaacle : two Armies, the one of
which extended its front upon a line of six hours
march, fired the air with its lights ; the other, the
lights of which seemed tobe bmught into one small
point ; and in' the one, as well as in the other, all
was watchfulness and motion. The lights of the two
Armies were at half-cannon shot distance respee.ive-
.ly ; the centinels were' almost touching, and there
was not a single motion on either side which coold,
not be heard by the other.
" The divisions of Marshals Nvr.and SOULT took
up the whole night in marching. At break of day
the whole army was under arms,—GAzAta's division
Was disposed in three ranks ; the left on the level
•sheight=Sucus-r's division formed the right=the
Imperial •thiards occupied the summit of a height,
Each of these corps had• their artillery' in the little
spaces between. - - • . •
From the town and the neighbouring valleys
the passes had been -discovered by which the troops,
which could not be placed noon the level height,
might extend themselves in the easiest manner, and
this is surely the 'first occasion when% an Army had
to defile through so, small a pass.
A thick fog obscured tile. day; The Emperor
passed before the different lines ;• he commanded his
soldiers to take care of' the Prussian cavalry, which
had been described so extraordinary ; he bade them,
remember that a year was not elapsedsince Lilna was
taken; that the Prussian army, like the Austrian
then, WaS surrounded, had becti driven from .their
line, of 'sbiieration.s, and lOst, their magazines; that
they at the present Moment nn linger fought for
honour but for a retreat ; that they alone fought to
• make themselves an opening upon different' points,
~and. that the Corps of the Army which should let
. them .pass would.lOse .its honour audits glory.,
" -Tcethese inspiriting words thd Soldiers arlawerl
ed with a loud cry of ".Let us. onward !" The light
troops began the action. They opened a very brisk
ifire: • Good as was- the position of the Enemy, he.
was nevertheless driven out—and 'the French Armx
is out in the plain, and began to fp-range
self in battle. • , • •
. " The Enemy's Army, which on their side had
no other, view than to fall on whenever t'ae fog should
have ciearectup, took op their arms. An Army of
0,0043 men from the left Wing posted itself to covet%
the' defiles ofNaumbfirgh,and to get possession of the
Passes of Koefen. But this was already forstalleel
by
,Marshal DAVOUST. - The two other Armies, one.
amounting to 80,000 men strong, placed themselves
before the French Arnre, which was opening out
'from the level 'height of•,lena. The mist hung over
both Armies, lasting two hours ; but at length was
dissipated by the brightness of the sun. The
two Armies mutually beheld each other at the
stance of less than cantiou-shpt. The left wing. of
the.Vrefich Army, supporting itself against a villagq,
and the woods, was commanded by Marshal Au-.
GEREAU. The Imperial Guard shewed their fire
upon the centre, which was maintained by Marshal
LANNES ; the right wing was drawn together out of

the Corps of Marshal SJULT. Marshal SOULT had
nothing but a small . Corps of 3000 men, purely'
composed of Troops which had arrixed of his Light
Corps.
". The Enemy's Army was numerous, and disl
played a fine Cavalry ; their manatuvres were
exaCtly and ~rapidly•e%ecuted. The Emperor had
requested to . delay coming to an engagement
for two hours, in order to watch the positions
which-the Enemy should take after the aelion
Of the morning, and to give the necessary'
orders to the troops, especially the Cavalry,
which required the- greatest care: But the .impe-
luosity .of the French was too ardent for him:
Several' battalions had begun to engage in the vil-
:lage.of Hollstadt.. He saw that the Enemy was get-
ting into motion to drive them out ; he gave imtne-,
diate orders to Marshal LANNES to march with ex-
pedition to the support of the village. Marshal
SOULT had attacked a wood on the right. The
Enemy having made a movement with his right
wing upon our left., Marshal AUGRREAU was com-
manded to repulse them;' and in less than an hour
the a&ion was general. Two hundred and fifty or
three, hundred thousand ,inen, with Seven or eight
hundred pieces of 'artillery, scattered death in every
direaiou, and exhibited one of the • most awful
events eer witnessed in History. On one side, as
well as on the other, every tnanceuvre was per-
formed as if it were on
.a parade.
Among our Troops there was not for a moment
`Ole. least. disorder : the -vlaory became ours in this
.moment. The Emperor had all along by him, be-_
Odes his Imperial Girard, a large body of Troops as,
a', •
reserveAl4 to a( in ttntOreseen events.
" 4114 lasing gut possession of the.

wood, which occupie d him two 'ilurs,tinade a mo vei
forwards. At that instant the Emperor gave -Or-
ders that the Division of French -Cavalry in. reserve
should begin to take poSt, and that the two new,
divisions from the Army., of Marshal NEY should
take station upon the field of battle by Wel 'rear.—
Alf, the troops of the Reserve were tidvattee'ir to
the foremost tine, which 'being thus -strengthened)
threw the Enemy' into disorder, and they instantly
-retired. -
". They retrieved themselves for about an hour;
but were' cast into dreadful confusion at the mo-
inent, when our Division of Dragoons and Cuiras-
siers, having the Grand Duke of BERG at their head,
were able to take a part in the 'engagement. These
brave Cavaliers, aware that the fate of the battle,
especially at the conclusion- of the dab depended.
upon them, bore the-Prussians down before them in
great confusion wherever they met them. The
Prussian Cavalry and InfantrY could not withstand
the shock: In vain did they form thethselves- into a
square ; five of their battalions were put to the rout;
Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, all were surprised and-
taken. The French came at the same instant to
Weimar as the Enemy, who found themselves pur-
-Sued for six bouts.
" On our right wing Marshal DAVOUST did wOn-
ders. Not merely did
,he maintain his ground, but '
he folloived fighting for the space of three boors
against the great 'body of the Enemy's troops froth
the defiles of Koesen.
This Officer, to a 'distinguished bravery, joins a
vast 'deal of firmness,' the first recommendation Of a.
Warrior. He was supported by Generals Gunisr,
FRIANt, MORAND, DAULTEANNE, Chief of the Ge-
iael-al Staff, and by the steady intrepidity of his braVe
Light Corps.
IT The result of the battle is from 30,000 t 040,000
prisonen of war, 300 pieces of cannon, immense
Magazines and quantities of provisions. Among
the prisotr.-..rs are more than 20 Generals ; among
others several Lieutenant-Generals ; one is Lieut.
General SCHMETTAU. The amount of the loss of
thei Prussian.,Artny is enormous; it is estimated at
above `26,tiou killed and wounded. Marshal Moi.-
LEtinoßF is wounded; the Duke of 13AuNswicx and
General RUtHEL are killed, and Prince HENRY of

PRUSSIA is wounded desperately. According to the
accounts of deserters,' prisoners of war, and flags of
bike, the disorder and confusion in the remainder of
the EnemysArnay is at the utmost. -
"-On our side, we have only to lament the loss of
brigadier-General DE BELLI, a brave soldier; and
the wound of Brigade-General CONROUX. Among
the killed are Colonels VERGES, of the 12th Infan-
try,of the • Line ; LAmorrE, of the 36th ; BARRE-
NEGRII, of the 9th Regiment of Hussars ; MARIGNY,
of the 28th ehasseurs ; HARISPE, of the 16th Light
Infantry; DALEIsIBOURG, of the Ist Dragoons; lii-
COLAs, of the 61st of the Line; VIALA, of the 8 Ist ;
and HIGONET, of the iosth.
The Hussars and Chasseurs displayed a valour
on this day, which entitles them to the highest praise.
The Prussian Cavalry were never able to stand
. against them, and all the affairs they have had with
the Infantry were fortunate:
.Of the French Infantry we shall say nothing.'
It is known long since that it is the best Infantry
in the world. The Emperor declares, that the
French Cavalry, after the experiehee of the two,
last campaigns and last battle, has not. itslike.
• " The Prussian Ariny has, in this Campaign, lost
every point of retreat in its line of operations. Its
left wing; followed by Marshal DAvousT, begins
its retreat to Weimar, at the same time that its
• right wing and centre take their retreat from
Weimar towards Nauniburgh. The confusion was
therefore extraordinary. The King was forced to
retreat across the field at the head of his Regiment
of Cavalry.
" Our loss is 1000 to 1100 men killed, arid
;At 00
wounded. The Grand Duke pf Berg is at this
moment cloe. up to Erfurth, where is -a Corps of
the Enemy commanded by Marshal MOLLENDORFF
and the Prince of Orange.
• " The General Stall', is occupied in preparing an
• brscial relation, which shall- make known with
every detail all the different Corps and Regiments
that have distinguished themselves_; to entitle them
to the esteem and acknowledgments of the nation,
.if any thing were wanting, they have testified it
imply in the enthusiasm and love they have shewn
for their Emperor in the thickest of the fight.
. As'one moment there was room for a doubt,
every mouth was at once filled with the univer-
sal cry of " Long Live the Emperor r" a senti-
. ment which ran through, every heart in the midst
of the ,battle. The Emperor seein his .wings
threatened by the Cavalry, set forward at full gallop
to the spot to dire& other. .manceuvres, and. Order a.
.change of- front.

" He was every moment annoyed With the shouts
of " Long live the Emperor r' The Imperial Foot
Guards, enraged not to be allowed to press on
while they saw that every other Corps was in ino-
tion,. several voices among them cried out '" For-
ward !"—" What is this. ?" said the Emperor ;
" This can come from none other but some beard-
less boy, that gives orders iogiependent of me : let
him wait till ha, has commanded in thirty battles be-r
fore he takes upon him to advise me."
" In the heaviest of the fire, when the Enemy
had lost almost all his Generals, it might be seen
what Providence had done for us, which had spared
our. Army, Not a man of distinaion on the side of
the French is injured or wounded. Marshal
LANNES was grazed by a musket bullet on the
breast, but escaped unhurt. Marshal DAVOUST
had • his hat and clothes shot through in several
places with small bullets. The Emperor was con-
tinually surrounded, wherever he appeared, by
the Prince of NEUFCHATEL, Marshal BESSIEHES
the Grand Marshal of the Palace, Duroc ; the
Grand Master of the Horse, CA.ULINC4LTET his
Aides-de-Camp, and Equerry in. Waiting. A part
of the Army did not fire a single shot.
" Erfurtli is takeu the Prince of ORANGE FUL-
DA, Marshal MOLLENDORFF, several, other Generals,
and a considerable number of the troops are pri-
soners of war.

" The Lieutenant-General, Chief of the General
Staff of the Army,
(Signed) . " VAN BOECOP."

EISENACH,' OCT. 1 .-.111t: affair of ,saalfeld, 'on
the threw' the second battalion of Prussian
Hussars, in the rear of the French Arruiptci con-
fusion. On the 17th this battalion arrived in the
neighbourhuuti of Eisvtlavb, Without jneetiiq; a single

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'LAST night we received Paris atrd Dutch Papers,
the former to the 26th, and the latter to the 30th
nit. ;' the Hamburgh Correspondenten of the 25th
ult. has also been received ; we arc consequently
enabled to anticipate the Hamburgh Mails now due:
The fifth Bulletin of the French Grand Army
con-
tains an account of the dreadful and fatal battle of
Auerstadtv It represents the loss of the Prussians
to,have been, 20,000 killed and wounded, between
-30 and 40,000 prisoners, 300 pieces of cannon, 20
General Officers, and the greater part of their ma-
gazines. This account. is, upon the face of it, a
gross and extravagant exaggeration ; but there can be
no doubt that the defeat was most decisive. We have
looked in vain into the Hamburgh Corresponenten for
some intelligence from which we might derive conso-
lation. The Capital of Prussia is in the hands of the
French; The Papers do not indeed state that the
French .a6lualiy entered Berlin, but they had arrived
at Potsdam, which is very near to it. General
SCUULEMBERG quitted Berlin soon after the Battle
of the 14th, and Prince HATZFELD, who, at the
request of the Magistrates, assumed. the office of
Provisional GoVernor, published a Proclamation, an-
nouncing the probable entry of the French into that
City, 'and requiring all • classes of the inhabi,
tants to condua themselves with tranquillity and
to await with patience' the result of the War. Nei-
ther the French account, nor those contained in the
Hamburgh Correspondenten, give any very de-
tailed account of the Battle of Auerstadt, or of
the movements of the respective Armies after-
wards. The Fifth Bulletin, it is true, gives a
most minute account of the positions which .the
Armies occupied before the Battle, and of -the
movements which led to its commencement; but it i 4
impossible -to form a notion of the Battle from the
subsequent part of the Bulletin ; it is not easy to
conceive any thing more general, vague, and ob-
scure than this otikial document. The loss of
the French is ref.-.:sented at 1 too killed, and

'3
,00 %vol.:tide& and' yet the Prussians, wl,o were
'equal in point of
_number, and who are admitted to
have mantruvied with the utmost skill, and to have
fought with tiAe greatest liravery, are stated to have
upwards of QO,OOO killed. and wounded. It is im-
possible that there should halo been such a dispro-
pprtion.

It is said that the KING Of PRUSSIA sent to 80.
.- NAPAR'IT., after the 111‘tte, to' ask a Truce for sii
weeks ; Which was refused.

Another account states, that M. LUCCHESINI has
gone' to: the. French Head-quarters, for the pur-
pose of negotiating a Peace, if possible.'

There are no accounts of the arrival of :the RnS=

-

Vice-Admiral Sir J. B. WARREN arrived at Ply-
mouth on Thursday with the whole of his Squadron.
The Beiteiste, one of Sit R. STaAcHAN's Squadron,
also arrived at that Port.

Messri. MARES and BAstrAcO, the two Messen-
gers who were supposed to have been taken on the
Cantinent, arrived this day at the Foreign Office, be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock. We understand that
they bring a full cOnlirrnation of the 'melancholy
intelligence which we have lately received. It was
.confidently e.YpeEted at Harnburgh, when the Ws.-
senget s left it, that the
,French would take possession
of Cuxhavea.

The Leeward Island Mail is detained at Fal4
mouth fOr fumigation, and will be delivered on
Monday. • .
Thursday morning the 6th Regiment of Foot
marched from Deal Barracks to Dover ; and yester-
day- afternoon' tike 3d Regiment of Foot, or
marched into Deal from Bexhill Barracks.

Yesterday morning, at four o'clock, General
CRAUFURD and Suite left his house at Bromptoti for
Falmouth, to join the Expedition of whiCh'he is to
have the command. We understand that the Ex-
pedition will set sail as soon as possible after the
General goes ou board. .
In consequence of a requisition from General
BERESFORD, at Buenos Ayres,t he following Force has
been sent to.hith from the Cape of Good Elope by
Lieut. General Sir DAVID
.BAIRD :—Four Troops
of the 20th Light Dragoons ; two Troops of the
2 tst ditto; one Company of the Royal Artillery ;
and the 38th and 72d Regiments.
At the particular request of General BERESKORD,
Major TaoTrEtt, of the 83d, a very able Officer, has
been sent to him by Sir DAVID BAIED, to a& as De-
puty Adjutant-. General. in consequence of the
pressing call for troops from the Cape, Sir DAVID
BAIRD has detained the 47th Regiment at. the Cape,
which Put in there on its way to India.; and hein-
tended to detain other Regiments froth- England if
they touched at the'Cape.
The Naval Returns, up to this day, state thenum-
ber oithips, in comm►mission, to be—of the Line 130,
Fifties 19; Frigates 163, Sloops., Sec.. 181, Gun-
brigs and under 261. In ot dinuryof the Line 52,
Fifties 13, Frigates 60, Sloops, S:e. 46, Gun-brigs'
and \Under 6. Building—of the Line 38, Frigates
31, Sidops, eze. 51. Gun-brigs and under 8 ; Making
a total of 1051 Vessels.

Yesterday a most-numerous and highly respeaable
Meeting of the Freeholders of the County of Mid-
dle Sex was held at Freemasons' Hall, to receive the
nomination of a respeaable Gentleman. to oppose Si.
FRANCIS BURDETT.
Sir WILLIAM GIBBONS having been called to the
Chair, the Thanks of the Meetirig were moved, and
unanimously carried, to GEORGE B. MAINWARING,
Esq. late-Representa►ive for the County; who, in a
speech which was much .applauded, returned his
thanks to the indepeudent and respeeizbb Free-
holders.

Mr. MAINWARING, sen. in a speech, of some
length, in which he adverted to his own. Parlia-
mentary conduct for a series of years, and to the
motives which induced him to withdraw, proposed
Mr. VtrILLIANI-MELLISII as'a proper person to re-
present the County, and complete that victory
which had been twice gained over a desperate Fac-
tion that had dared to disturb the peace of the
County, and whose aim it was to overthrow every
thing that was dear to the Country. This nomina-
tion having been secoticec. by ICI a —IEBONS, Was
received with the unanimous and rapturous applause
of the whole Meeting.
Mr. BOWLES addressed the Company in a very
able and anintated speech, in which he took a re-
view of the ,motives and condtid of Sir F. BUR-
nrrr and his fadion, and which he exposed in a man-
ner that did equal justice to his head and heart. In
animadverting upon the infamous Address with
which Sir FRANCIS has thought proper to insult
not only the County, but the Country at large, he
recommended it to the notice and criticism of the
ATTORNEY-GENERAL. After a tribute of rasped
and admiration to the character of Mr. PITT, Mr.
BOWLES glanced at the universally acknowledged
pretensions of the present Minister, whose 'support
was so intimately blended with • that of the Coun-
try, at a crisis so awful and difficult, and he con-
cluded by expressing his hearty approbation of the
Gentleman who had just been proposed.
Mr. MELLISH returned thanks to the Meeting
for the honour they had done 'him. He declared
himself detached from all party. He would only
go into Parliament as a free and unfettered Agent,
and he wished for support only upon these grounds.
He expressed his confidence that the cause in which
they were engaged would triumph over a desperate
and dangerous fa4ton.----The Meeting then ad-
journed.

It was no wonder that BONAPARTE should have
given orders for the removal ofall caricatures against
Great Britain' and its popular charaaters from the
print-shops of Paris ; tOr in this species of trade,
as the English Artists have truth on their
side, the exchange is so much against him, that he
naturally suppressed it in France, in hopes that the
Lxample would be followed in England.,