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London, England, 1807-01-31 00:00:00

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BR eSLAU, JAN. 10.—His Excellency‘Lieutenant,
General VON THILE was Goverioy of ,the City
during the siege, and. Major-General KjtoFFT,Com,
trtand3nt. There was also in the Pl?,r;e.Major-Gene-
ral VON LINDENER,cif the corps of:4ngineers,:and
prigojer of all.
,the Silesian Fortresses, .The gar-
rison of the City consisted of the regiment of in-
Antry of. Tuna, the third battalion of the regiment
' of PftINCE HOHENLOHE, INGELFIN.,GEIV, and TEEN-
VENVELS, somedepots9f cavalry, sotne.companies
of iflv4lids, and a numerous artillery. The horn-
bardinent,, in form, began on the loth of December
)p the morning, and continued day and night,"-with
some intervals, to the qd of Jamiary, by which the
town was frequently set on fire,raboye one Invidred
of the inhabitants killed or wounded, and great da-
mage done to the churches and houses... As the
-hope of any" relief 'daily grew less, and a longer re-
Aistance Would have ticcasiOned the entire ruin of
the City, on Armistice was concluded en the
instant, and a Capitulation agreed to and, signed on
the Tth. The garrison surrendered prisoners of
War, The Officers are to retain. their swords and
-baggage, and to be released on their parole not to
scf dgainst the troops of his Majesty the"' Emperor
:NtiPOLEON till .they shalt be exchanged. Private
'pfoperty to be respected, &c.

ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION OF BRESLAU.
• ART. Town and FortreSs of Breslau shall
'he 'delivered 'up to the French troops, and those
of the Allies. of His Imperial Majesty NAPOLEON
'the Great, the day after to-morrow, being the 7th
.
•Wtant, •
ART. 11.---Every thing belonging to the fortress,
. lbot;.ammunition, arms; waggons, and magazines
Of every kind, shall be faithfully delivered up -to
such Officers as Prince JEROME NAPOLEON' shall
appoint to take possession of the place, and to hold
further verbal communication on the s'ubjecct, •
Ater. garrison are prisoners •of war;
they are to defile before the besieging Army on the
7th-inst.‘at ten o'clock in the morning, with flying
colours and lighted matches, and, lay down their
arms; ;the' under officers • and soldiers-not-to retain
.their arms.
'ART. IV.—The Rangers and JagerS; who- were
forced into the service of the fortress, are permitted
to return to their former service—taking an oath,
however, not to take up aims against the troops
of his Majesty the Emperor, or. Of his Allies. The
Riflemen and Marksmen are to remain in their 'pre-
Fent situations in the mean time.
46'. V.—The Officet s retain their swords, horges,
pn4 baggage, and tnay go where they. please ; but
they are to give their word of honour in writing not
to serve against the troops of his Maßsti the Em-
peror NAPOLEON the Great, or his:Allies, until the
conclusion of a Peace, or a subsequent exchange of
prisoners. A similar indulgence slfall be granted
.to the Quarter-masters, -Ensigns, aria Serjeant-!; of
-the Cavalry. Each Officer is allowed to retain. one
'servant,' and may expect the same treatment in every
resped as the Officers taken prisonerS at,the Capitu-
lation of Magdeburgh.
ART. Vl.—The under officers and -soldiers who
ore married, as well as the invalids, are to receive
.P.ril*sion to proceed home, and will be treated in
the same manner as prescribed by the-sth Article of
the Capitulation of. Magdeburgh.
.ART. VIT,--His Imperial Highness Prince
JE-
-ROME NAPOLEON promises, in the name of his So-
vereign-, that every sect of fieli4ion, to which
.the
inhabitants,. proprietors, or,:teriants of Breslau may
;belong, shall be respected, and insures to them the
fag enjoyment of the security of their persons-and
properties.
ART. VIII.—The City Magistra6s, and the other
Civil Officers, are to' remain in the
_mean time in
their station ; and in case they shall" refinest their
dismissal from office, they
,shall be at. liberty to re-
main in the town, or be permitted to 'go -any where
else they.please. In the latter case they shall re-
ceive passports to enable them to travel with their
families and effects lin security.'
ART-. IX.—The Royal Chests shall be delivered up
to the. Military. and Civil Officers appointed by his
Imperial Elighness for that purpose. The 'Magi-
strates -shall keep in their custody such suniS as are
private property.'
ART. X.—The sick and wounded shall>be taken
cure of, and the Surgeons who at present ' attend
tliern maY 'continue in the place.
• ,ART. spiritual Ministers,-without. ex-
cepting any particular religion, shall be-at liberty to
exerc.-is. their various forms of worship ; and,' if they
rerieir., it, shall have a safe guard given them. The
Chest's containib,". the money of Orphans, or of
the Poor, shalt be also respected.
ART. Imperial ,Highness Prince JE-
ROME N A r;61.146 pro Mises his protetaion -to the
University, and. Observatory of Breslau'; aluf all the
boors and mathematical instruments therein shall be
I.esty.:6.-fed.
.ART. XIII:—The edifices belonging to the Royal
War and Domain, Chamber, and. the Government
Hbuse,•Shall be ftee-frorn the quartering of troops.
A!vr, XlV.—The.Chief Direaor of"V.4 Treasury,
rod the other Officers of that department, shall
)-stain their former, situations and pensions,
Ara; XV . and X.V.1.,-,-Provide,for the:-safety and
protetl.-tion of several other Officers in, their depart
'ltems and salaries:

ART. VI.--The Nicholaiand Upper Gates shall
la," delivered up to the Allies of his 'Majesty the
tuperor NAPOLEON, at eight-o'clock...in the'rnorn-
ing.of,the 7th instant.
ART. the totvn• • hits sufft;red much
Oaring the
.bombardment, his. Imperial HighpesS
to march into it as small a garrisou:::'as
possible, „..
Aar. XIX.—rA passport shall be given -to 'thd
Asljqtant of the Governor, who is to carry .this
iulation to the King of Prussia. - yr
4itT. XX.—As there may- be many necessary
'things unforeseen and unprovided: thiS C
Q4ernor may fully...rely on the ho,
pourable conduct and well-known liberality of his
4mperi,l pighpess Prince -J.pt.UI4E, for every possible
ce.
,
Brestau, Jan. 5, 1807, •
s.igric4 by the respective. Commanders.
Tq tee ps of the forpgoing Capitulation,
Wirtemburgh and Bavarian troops should have pos-
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