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London, England, 1805-12-28 00:00:00

VICTORY OF AUSTERLITZ.

OBTAINED SY THE MINCH ARMY OM THE 2D OF

DEC/ MITI.

From the 27th of December to the IR of Decem-
ber. every effort was made to bring the Ruffians to

general engagement, and the meafures taken to
promote that objct have bad the molt favourable
refute.

Indefcribalsle was the joy with which the French
army, from the heights on which Napoleon, in the
open field, was polled, beheld the advanced pofts of
the Ruffian army approaching, and a movement made
from their flank, with the view of furrounding the
French right wing. The Ruffians marched in co-
lumn, in one line, to the length of four French miles
beyond the French army, which, meanwhile, re•
mained immoveable in its pofition, in order that
the enemy, who haftened with rapid fteps to meet
de[truEtion, might advance to near as to render it
impoffible for them again to efcaite. The French
Emperor made his difpofitions for battle in ti►e fol-
lowing order :
He gave to Martini Lannes the command of the
left wing ; to Martha Souk the command of the
right ; and to Martha' Bernadotte the command of
the centre. Prince Murat received the command of
the cavalry, with which he was polled on a partici'.
lar point. The left of Martha' Lannes approached
St. Anton, which had been fortified and mounted
with eighteen pieces of cannon.
General Suchet's divifion formed the left of Mar-
tha' Lannes ; the divifion of General Cafirrelli form-
ed his right, and was fupported at the fame time by
Prince Murat's cavalry.
The van of this cavalry confifted of General Kel-

lerman's huffars and chaffeurs, and of Walther and
Beaumont's divifion of dragoons. The divition
formed of General Nanfouti and Hautpoult's cuiraf-
fiers, with twenty-four field pieces, was potted as a
referee.

Marfhal Bernadotte, that is to fay the centre, had
on the left divifion of Gen. Rivaud, which alfo com-
municated with Prince Murat's right wing, and on
the right the divifion of Gen. Drouet.
Marfhal Souk, who commanded the right wing
of the army, bad on his left the divifion of General
Van Damme, in his centre the divifion of General
St. Hilaire, and un his right the divifion of General
Legrand.
Martha' D'Avoua was detached to the right of
Gen. Legrand to obfer vet the Toad 'between the lakes
and the villages of Sokolnitz and Felfuitz. He had
with him Gen. Friant's divifion and the dragoons of
Geti. Bourcier's divifion. The divifion of General
Guiden was • diteded to march at day-break from
Nicolfburg, to ftop the corps of the empty, which was
endeavouring to turn the right wing.
The Emperor NA►oLsott, with Ms whole General
Staff, ten battalions of the Imperial Guard, and ten
-battalions of general Oudinot's Grenadiers, formed
the refetve.of the army Thefe troops were difpofed

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orenadiers of the French Imperial Guard in the at-
tack, and took prifoner Prince Repnin, who com-
manded the cavalry of the Ruffian Imperial Guard.

Such are the details given in the Dutch Papers re•
fpeSing the battle of the 2d ; and we underhand
they are nearly the fame as thofe that have appeared
in the Argus. Indeed, all the accounts which may
be called French, viz. that received by the French
Minifler at Hamburgh ; that publifhed in Holland
by General BRUCE ; the accounts in the Dutch Pa-
pers, and in the Argus, may all be confidered as com-
ing from the fame quarter. They have all received
a degree of colouring in their fabrication, fuited to
the purpofe they were intended to anfwer—they are
all twin the French bureau—they all contain details
..itmded in truth—but they are all overcharged and
exaggerated.
In one point they all c-mcur—that after the battle
of the 2d there was an interview between FRANCIS
and NAPOLEON.—But one thing is very remarkable.
—The Editor of the Rotterdam paper fays exprefsly
that the accounts which he gives of the pi/tory of
Ailleriirz,"is a copy of " the order of the day dated the
3d, and ?Iliad by the Emperor ArAPOLRON."—NOW we
have no reafon whatever to doubt that the armies
were again engaged on the 3d and 4th, if not alto
on the sth. From this it mull follow, either that it
is untrue that there was any armiltice concluded ;
or, as was the cafe with two great kings, almoll
two thoufand years ago, that " they (poke lies toge-
ther at the fame table," while verbally agreeing to
an armihice—which we cannot believe refpelting
FIAMCIS—Or, ALEXARDER. perfuaded, that by the
bravery of his troops, he could retrieve the diallers
of the 2d, refuted to Mien to any meffage refpeiling
the fufpenlion of arms.

This laa idea is by no means improbalilto and by
its aid, though we confers it is but conjeildie, ano
ther fat (fated in the letter from Prague, to which
we yenerday alluded, may likewife be explained :
ALEXANDER, it was raid, had been rennefled to agree
to an armiftice for fix weeks, and had replied, " Not
sot for fix hours.4' If an armiffice had been agreed
to by FRANCIS, ALEXANDER might confider it as the
hay and unwarrantable refult of a momentary panic.
He might even dilbclieve the fat, and confider it as
of a piece with the fire by which his troops were ex-
pored to fo much danger when the French were al-
lowed to pats the bridges at Vienna—Or he might
confider himfelf as juflified in difregarding a treaty
which his Ally, from the engagements they had mu-
tually entered into, might have no right to conclude
without obtaining previoufly his advice and concur.
rence. Or the armitlice may have been conditional
on the part of FitaNcls--" I will agree to an armi-
Rice, on condition that my Ally approves the terms
—not otherwife " ALEXANDER lays, "No armillice,"
and hoftilities ate renewed.

All this, however, as we have already obferved, is
mere conie.lure, but without admitting fume fuel'
idea, it is no! eafy to conceive how the kerning con-
tradiEtinns in the accounts can at all be reconciled;
for it is but a clumfy and unfatisfanory way of re-
rnovirg the difficulty, by cnnfidering the Argus as a
fi'rgery, and a'l the Fi ench and Dutch details as en-
tirely void of fosndation.

We wait anxioufly for the Hamburgh mails, to re-
Move the cloud which re& the tranfadions of the
2d, 3d, 4.11, and sth —That there was fighting on
the fourth, cannot be doubted. The following letter,
of which we laid the contents before our Readers on
Thurfday, fccrus to put this beyond all queflion. it
was received from a perfon of confequence at Berlin
by a General Officer in his Majeßy's fer vice :

" Berlin, Dec. 11

" General—Or Sunday and Monday we were in the molt
lent agitation and unenfinefs with refpolt to the reLilt of the battle
which took place on the ad and 3J inflant, the details of Which
were dif..Jv.o,tageous to the Rstauis, and which had endangered
the Emperor's perfon, who charged at the head of hisguards.—
We were two days without receiving any intelligence. The centre
of the army which he commanded was broken by a mafqued bat-
tery of IS gm.; which made a (hocking malihere in that point—
twelve hundred men of the Emperor's guard were killed ; but do
the 4th General Kutufow, the brave Bagrathion, and Prince Lie&
tonfteln, turned the right wing of the French, reflored the fortUne
of affairs, and the Ruffians, animated by the pretence cf their
brave Emperor, and the danger to which he wise:pored, cut up
the French, and obtained the molt complete vidory ; they retook
the artillery and prifoter: which the Eter.ch had taken on tl.t. 2J
and 3d.

" We taped the details of there :Taira, which muft neceirarilv
dircouragrthe French, and fend their Chief to the devil.

" The Court was in the grea telt alarm, but the Qyren received
yell, nl ,y, as elLvea o'clock, a letter from Count Haugwite, which
ciwett.d all apprehentions. We are affured, that orders have
• .1 wen to the Pruffian army to attack the French."

We have been afrured that M. Jacoai, the Pru Tan
i,liollier, has not received any account from Berlin,
f military operations in Germany, fubfequent to the
battle of the 2d, ac limed in fume of the papers.

Captain Vat atsau au, of the Adclair, from Ratter •
dam, which ptsce the left on Monday fennight, and
aorivtd at VA. mouth nu Wecinelday, fayi, that at the
time he paffe.d the Brille, the French troops there
marched to join the French army in Germany, and
t! At the tailors on board the &et had landed in order
to petform garrifon duty.

The Duke of YORK attended his 114aissry this
morning on tome military arrangements. •
Coriolis direeinns on a letter to a fe4man on board
his Majeliy's fli;p Malta, Torbay To the Capt.
of his hiajelly's Ship Malta if Wm.•Nichnlas is not
tr., be found I live at the hill head star Londonderry."