Star.
London, England, 1806-02-08 00:00:00

LIST OF PAPERS.

No.l. Estrada from TifpasciesoTSTrArthur Paget, K. B
the Right Hosanna& Lord Mulgrave.
No. 11. Emmet' from Difpatchcs of Lord Coonville Lcve(o Gower
ruche Hight Honourable Lonl Mulgrave
14.11 L Extradta from Communications from his Fzecilency Count
Woronzow to Ids Majetty's Government, marked
(A) Plan of Operations propolid by the Court of Vienna.
'formation of ditto.
(It) Remarks, by the Cabinet of St. Peterfburgh, on the
Plan of Operations.
Trarmation of ditto.
(C) Protocol des Conferences i Vienne, 16 Juilld, tBO5.
Tranflation of ditto.
Two Marche-Routes annexed.
(D.) Exuma from a Difpatch of Count Rafumowfki to
Prince Caartorllka, agth this Mar, 1805.
Tran Cation of ditto.
No.lV.l.ztradts front Papers communicated by Count Stah-
n.mherg to hi. Majefty's Government, viz.
Ilemelre fur la Situation des Makes.
Trarmation of ditto.
ltat dc la Farm de l'Annie Imperide et Royale qul
feel en Cnotpagne k 1 Odtoiwo, acts.
No. V. Ault/1 an Declaration.
Tranilatimi of ditto•.
Note of Talleyrund to Count Cobeotzd, 13th of Anguß,
8.15.
Trot dodos of ditto•.
• Decimation of M. Talkyrand, 16th of Auguß, 1105.
Tnuillstion of dnto•.
LimPtror of Cie m.ny's Proclamation, dated Bruno, tat►
November, t8•,5.
Trarmstion of ditto}.
• Vi.le the Star, Sept. 27. 1105.
f Vide the Star, Dec. 4. 1803.

No. t.
Copy of a Difratch from Sir Amber Paget to Lord Mu'raw..
(No 47) dated Vienna. June 3, Otos.
My Lord--When I as with Count Cobentzel
yellerday morning, I found him confiderahly agitat-
ed, on account of the intelligence he had received
from Genoa.
He began by telling me, that he was extremely
anxious for my arrival here, in order to commarti.
Cate to me Tome information which had been reeeiv.
ed by him the preceding evening by a courier. He
then fent for the difpatches he had received from the
knPerial,Stiniller at Genoa, and gave them to me
to read ; the fubflance of them is contained in my
preceding
originals had been fent in the night to the
Nosperne at Prague, and the Vice Chancellor was
jutt difpatching an ellafette with the intelligence to
St. Put: (burgh.
I wrote a few lines in his room by this cpportuni.
ty, to antize his Majetly's Atnbaltador at that
Court of their eircumflances. Count Cobentzel afk-

ed me if I meant to franlmit the account by a mei-
/roger ? and indeed teemed rather defirous that I
thould ; but, upon calculation, it appeared certain
'that Government would have received it fooner
through France. This, however, led me to ufie the
Vice Chancellor, what he conjedured to be the fen-
tiraents of the Government upon this important
event ? to this nnelli ti he replied, th.st I mull be
aware that it ippd made a very deep and !ethnic im-
prellion upon his Imperial blajelly's Minifters • but
that, in the Emperor's abreact, he could not take up-'
on himfelf entirely to fay more; that he conceived.
that the WI order he mould receive from his lame.
vial Majelty, would he to recal the whole miff nn
from Genoa. (Signed) •RTHUI !AGIT.
Copy of a DKgarrh, iN ss) from Sir Arthur Paget to Lord
Ildoierave, dard Villook PSC 2%1803.
My Lord.— It is, I believe, telt rue, mar the an-
vexation of Genoa and Placentia are ads which nn.
thing but an appeal to arms can afford a proper fa-
.itisbodion for ; accordingly, I do not find that the '
Emperor has broken upon thole fithjeds.
it has been lately a futbjed of deliberation in the
,Military Councils here, whether, in the event of being,
attacked. Venice fbould be abandoned, and the quer-
tion has been decided in the negative.
General Devatrea an engineer officer of great merit,
in this fe,viee, feta Znt within this day or two, in or-
der in put the followirg places into the heft ?offible
Rate of defence, viz. Venice, Trevilo, Trent, sod
.Brixen. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed)
ARTHUR PAGET.
Cppy.of a LiCpateh from Sir Arthur Paget, K. E. to Lord hitd•
grave, dated Victim, July 6, 1803. (No. 5.5.)
My Lord-... The French AmbaWsdor demandediat
the beginning of this week, an interview with the
Vice Chancellor, who being himtelf too unwell to
accept it, deputed the Under Secretary of State to
'receive him.
The purport of the communication made by
Idonfleur de Rochefoucault, was to inf-rm this
Court, that the different encampments which bad
lately tak:n place in Italy, had been formed for the
foie putt:giro of exercifing the troops, and that,
having been infpeded by Bonaparte, they had broken
up. *ad the troops had returned into their re-
fpedive criart:rs : That Bonaparte could not be i
ignorant of. or infenfible to the great military pre-
parations which have of late been making in this
country; that he trufled, however, that the Empe-
ror, guided by a mutual defier to remain upon tering
of frloodthip and amity with France, would give the
fame unequivocal proofs of it.
Two or three days after this communication, the
Vice Chancellor law the French Ambalfador, and
gave bim the fame fort of anfwer he had already
done nn nearly ,rt fiatilar occation. He informed him,
that the military prep:trillions alluded to, had been
determined upon in corfeimence cf the French army
in Italy having been cm.flcrably atymented t that
precaution therefore had rendered them ncoairy ;
that it was. and al ears would he the Emperor's firm
refolution, to adopt loch a iyllene as the Lacy of his
dominions appeared to require ; that the prepara-
tions in quellion were within thole dmoini ns, where-
as Bonaparte had collated Lis troops in a country
which did not belting to him.
The above is the titbit:nice of %that has paffed
upon this occall •n tietween the Vice Chat.cellor and
the French Amb.tlTaclar, as related to me by the
former. I have the honour IA be, Pte.
(Signed) •111111.111 PAGIT.
Copy of a Difpatels from Sir Arthur Paget. K. S. to Lord Mil-
grim, dared Vienna. 29th Ausiiii, 18c1. Na. 71.
My Lord— I have at length been pot in prolefr"n,
ht the Vice Chancellor, of the whole negociathat
which has been carrying on between the two Imperial
Courts, fince November 180. s.
1 =cited alto, three or four doylies°, flora Lord

G. L. cower, by an Außrian Meffenger, copies of
the Declarations exchanged between him and Cuunt
Stadion, on the gth infant.
In the one prefented by his Lordfhip, it appears
that hi, linver,al M.ll. ay La, e.,,‘L•nted to adopt
the modifications propofed by the Emperor of fkuffia
to the arrangements for the •enetaal pacification of
the Continent. The remaining point, therefore, to
be fettled between the tun Courts, is that of Sub-
fulies.

And, in the firit place, I have to acquaint your
Lordfhip, that, at an interview I had with Count
Cohentzel, immediately after the receipt of Lord
G. L. Gower's letter, I defired to know whether the
Emperor would ratify Cound Stadion's declaration,
and confent to the conditions under which our offer
of Subfidy was made to the Außrian Government.
In anfwer to which application, I was this day in-
forrhed by the Vice Chancellor, that, although he
had not as yet received his Imperial Majellv's Goal
commands, yet he had no dOubt that the ratification
to the above declaration would be fent to St. Peter!:
burgh by the fird Mellinger.
It is obvioufly untieceffary for me to enter into a
calculation of the difference between the Subfidy Is&
feed, and the fnm demanded.
For the year t 814, she I-flotations are, as „t. am
informed by the Vice Chancellor, mutually under-
Rood, and agreed to.
It is therefore f..r the Subfidy of the prefent year,
that his Majefty's ultimate decifion is antionfly
awai.ed ; and, with a view to accelerate, as much as
wobble, the conclufion of this Wines, I conceive it
to be the with of the Emperor's Miniaers, that it
fhould henceforth be treated diteetly between the
Cm/its of London and Vienna.
From the prefent appearance of things, it is evi-
dent, that a war with France will now no longer de.
pend upon the payment of r or zoo cool. more or
lefs ; I mull neverthelefs obferve, that Count Oi-
bentzel has infionated tome, that the language which
the Emperor will loon be called up 'n to hold to the
French Government, would naturally be heightened
or lowered in proportion as he may be provided with
the means of making gond his prerentione. His Ma.
jelly's Government may certainly tepee/ that the
fubfidiary demands of the Court of Vienna, beyond
the oim which has already been offered by his Ma-
jetty's Amhatlador at St. Peterfbuigh, and accepted
by Count-Stadion, will he strongly prelfed upon.
According to the hell information I baste been able
to obtain upon the fubjeet, the Anftrign -arMaments
have already occationed an expenditure cf about
thirty-fix millions of florins. What the refill' of
them may be, i. lumber queltion ; but I omit admit,
hat.they could nor have heel carried on a more ex.
tenfive and more formidable kale, and with greater
aelivity, had that fum been previoufly placed in their
Bank.
I have received the fame flatemint (lithe expendi.
titre from Ceuta Cobentz 1, and he has in fad re•
quelled me to imprefs as tirmigly as ociflible upon the
minds of his Kielty 's Minifters, that, c .nlidering the
wretched Hate of the finances of this country, tb-Em.
peror fully relied upon the genernfity of hi.. Maj.-lty,
and had, confequently, not hefitated at once to place
, his armies upon the mat formidable footing. I have
the honour to be, &c. (Signed)

AATNUR PAGET.
Copy of a Difpatc% from Sir Arbor(Paget to I .ord Mulgravedated
Vie na, Aug ty. No. 73)

1 Mr Losn—l have the honour to inclnfe a Rerle-
mese which was publifhed yetterday, by and which
tfe army is declared to be upon the war
eitahliinntent.
In order to avoid your Lordlhip an immediate.
eonteß with the probably bad German in whicir ibis
RegleMent is written, I have caufed a tr anflation to
be made of the effential points contained in it, which
I IsevevA:h enclofe. The opening of it, infer% is the
moll important of the whole.
I . wed to •nbe in Count Cobenzel's Cabinet
yeflerday morning, reading fome papers, when the
French Ansbafrador arrived in the adjoining audi•
once, with the, Reglement in his hand. The inter-
views though very (hurt, was, I fancy, rather a boi..
•
lternus one.
M. de la Rochefnueault, alluding to this Regle
menu, began Sy raying, as Count Cobentzel informed
me immediately afterwards, • Vous voulez dune la
guerre et bien you, l'aurer,' the converfation did not
in other refpeils appear to be very novel. The Vice
Chancellor contended, that the ...Emperor's views in
arming were to maintain peace, and that, at all
events, he armed in his own country, whereas Bona-
parte's armaments were made in a country w4ichdid•
not belong to him.
It is unneceffary that I timid fay more upon this
fubjeB, as your Lordfhip will have already received:
through Count Starhemberg the moll recent commu-•
nica•ions which have taken place between the Court
ut Vienna and the French Government. I have the,
honour to be, &c. (Signed) •RTHUR PAGCT.
Cnry of a Difpatch from Sir A. Paget, K B. to Lori Mulgraya
dated Vienna, Auguß 30, 180,5.—(N0. 75 )
My Loan—A Ruffian Courier arrived here Teen
day with an account that the fill body of the Ruffian
troops under Geneml Koutnufof were to enter upon
the Aultrian territory on the 26th init. I have the
honour to he, &c. (Signed) ARTHUR PAC FT. I
Copy of a IWpatch from Sir A. Pipet,': R. to Lord Mulgrave,
(UAW Vienna, S,p.. 5, tirit.—(No its.)
_ _ _

Ddv Loao---Orders have been tranfmitted within
there three or four day, to the Ruffian Ambaffador,
fro. 04 embarkation of the Ruffian troop, at Corfu.
aunt Razamnfsky is not informed of the place
where this force will difembark ; this is to be decided
according to circumtlances by the Coinmander ; but
it appears probable, that they will proceed at once
to Naples. It is prelomed, that Sir Jame Craig has
been inarated to co-operate with the Ruffian Gene-
ral fire the disunion of the French from that king-
dom, Ihnuld affairs take that torn.
tint Cobentzel bas lcd me to cape& that a com-
monication will very loon be made to me, relative
to the crooperation ti the forces under Sir Jas. Craig.
Extraft of a Diftratch from Sir A: Paget to Lord Adolgr4vaMated
Vienna, Sept. 14, 1110.4.,•-(N0.87.)

I am to fee Count Cobentzel this evening. It is
pfliule that the nature of the enn.munieation,l ex.
pee to receive, will relate to the Bavarian bulinefs,
And may induce me to fend a mWrenger to England.
Left it ihnuld be otherwile, 1 will now inform pnir
Ln.dlhip, that the Eledlor of Bavaria, after havinq
in the moll tole= manner, bound himfelf to join hi.
:woo l° thole of Aultria, precipitately left Munich,

having even orders for the whole of his army to
tollow him into Franconia. The French Minifler
I had alio let out for Wurtzhurg.
I cannot, as vet, inform your Lordfhip of the mea.
fines, which this conduit of the Elerlor may lead
the Court of Vienna to adopt toward. Bavalia. I
believe that that the fall accounts at prefent fay, the
Aulltians have now orders to advance as far as the
Lech.

Copy of a Difpateh from Sir Arthur Paget to Lord Malgrave,
dated Vicuna, zyth September, 88.)

My Lord, I have the honour to inclofe a duplicate
of my difpatch of yeaerday.
I have now to inform your Lordfhip, that the
French Ambaffador yellerday demanded his pall
pout, which he was infltufled to d 3 as foon as he
received information of the Auflrians having entered
iota Bavaria.
Inftrttilions have been fent to the Attarian
Minf-
fler at hltinich to follow the Elector of Bavaria to
Wurtzhurg, and to employ promifer, threats, and
every means of bringing him back to his engage-
ments.

This had already been done by Prince Schwartzen-
berg. Mr. Dural will offer more. We fhall fee
whether Mr. de Mongelas will t e more tradable with
him.
The Bavarian forces do not, as Count Cobenzel
titentirmed to me 101 l night, am tint to more to or
t Coo° men. The Eleitur of Bavaria, in his firft in.
teimitiv with the Ptince, promifed every thing that
was demanded; be confirmed his promife in a few
lir,es he 'rote him.: he fent General Negarolla here
with a letter toille Emperor, which commencesnearly
in there *fords r
.4 I have ordered my Minifler to fign a treaty with
Prince Schwartzenberg, by which I join my troops
to thefe of your MaJelly."
When the above Officer arrived with this letter,
the Emperor had already heard of the Elaine of Pa-
varia's departure. The Ruffians aa.e to be at Brttnn
on the zoth. Couriers have been fent off to requeft,
that they may advance by forced marches, General
Meeafeldt is to be attached to thefe ccrps.
Trait Government has, within thefe few days, had
aceuunts of the whole of the French army having
quitted the Coall, and being in full march for Stral.-
but g and Mayence.
It is laid, that Bonaparte will command in Ger.
many, with lgarfhal Ney under him. It is reported
that Infeph Bonaparte will command in Italy, hav-
ing Maffena attached to him. I have the honour to
be, &c. (Signed) ARTHUR PAGET.
Coy), of a Difpateh from Sir A. Paget, it. B. to Lord
' dated Vicuna, 18th September, 18a5.—(No. 9.1.)
My Lord—The Emperor feu out ?or the army
to marrow. His imperial Majefty, aftefhaving con-
ferred with Mena Mack upon the different objefts
for which ha undertakes this journey, will, I under-
hand, return to Vienna for the tranfaftion of bufinefo,
I premiord to flis Snot departure to take the command
of his armies.

My Lai letters will have informed your Lerrdlisip
th..r the Aufirians Were advancing to the Lech. 1
have now to antiounet a Rill more forward move-
ment to the flier, or, in other words, to the pofition
of Ulm.
According to the laR accounts which have been
rcczivet.: here, it is fuppofed that the army under
bonavarte, wbieh is ,alrembling at Stralbargh and
Mayence, but,partipalatly the latter, will amount to
a is.ooo.men.s kadependent of this. there is the army
under Bernadotte, which is underfinod to be march-
ing in the diredinn of Franconia, with the view pro.
bably threatening Bohemia.
It will, therefore, probably become neeefrary to
firengthen the AuHrian army in Germany, which can
only be done by drawing troops from the Tyrol.
This et.nfideration, together with the determination
which had been taken of not commencing operations
in Swifferland, have induced the Emperor to accede.
to the demand of neutrality made by the Serifs Gn
vett-anent ; accordingly his Imperial Majzly, in his
anfwer to the Landamman, has figned to that Go-
vernment his confent to admit the neutrality of Swif-
ferland ; but his Impetial Majefly has at the fame
time declared, that his obfervance of this engagement
will depend entirely upon a (hid adhereece to fuch
a fyltem on the part of the Swift, and that, from the
moment they permit the pall'age of the French troops,
or grant fupplies of any fort ; in general, that they
deviate in the flighefi degree from the neutrality they
have propofed, he fhall, without further explanation,
look upon the agreement as diffolved.
The neceffity of employing frefh efforts appears to
be felt here ; I am informed by Count Cobenteel that
not only all the Referees, hut what is called the Dou-
ble Referve have been called out.

The Archduke Ferdinand left Vienna yellerday to
join We army in Suahia. I ha►e the honour In be,
Ike. (Signed) ARTHUR FACET.
Ceprof a Difpatcl4 from Sir Arthur Paget, 13. to Lord Mul-
- crave, dated Vienna, Sept. at, (No. 94.)
My Lord—l have little to trouble your Lordetip
with by this port.
The reports from General Mack are of the moil
fatisfaeti.ry nature, and the apprelisnfions which were
at one time entertained from tl,e immenfe force which
Bonaparte is bringing into Germany gradually de.
creaks. The deferiton of the Bavarian► to the Auf.
ttians is raid to be confider:l6le.

Count Cobentzel's information, however, refpea-
ing the number, of the Battalion army,uos.inecorred.
They may, I believe, be eitimated at zo,oco men.
Copy of a Etifpatch front Sir Arthur Paget, K. 8. to Lord Mul.
grave, dated VICIIO2, 2311* btptrillbtr, i& u. (No. gr.)

My Lord—Acconntiwere rather unexpthedly re-
ceived here yclicrday. which announce the arrival of
the Emperor of Ruffia at Brecz.

•
Prince Sehwartsenberg will fet nut from Vienna
this evening, to attend upon his Imperial Majelly
during his flay in that Country.
The Ruffian troops are advancing in carriages.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Sig,ned) ARTHUR PAGET.
Estrada( a prima (rani Sir Arthur Paget, K. B. to Lurd Mul•
grave, datedVkru.a, 2J °donee. No.9r.
My Lord—li has been feveral times tepin tea here
that the French had eroded the Rhine ; the accndnt
which arrived here yellernay ot that event, appears
to be credited by this Government. Should it be
trite. or whenever it may happen, General Mack, as
C•unt Cnbentzel allured me lad night, has orders to
advance and give them battle. It has been found
maul to reinforce the army in Ge: many, bj draw.

ing thirty battalions from Italy : a circumitance
which appears to have created Come difpleafure in
the.Archcluke Charles.
The Emperor's departure to take the command of
the army, is fixed for the azd cf this month. The
head nt the firfl Ruffian column will have paired the
Danube at Krems on the sth, (1711) inflant. It is
calculated that the whole cern. under General Ku.
tofow will have joined the Aultrians by the 22d ink.
I have the honour to be figned,
(Signed) /MTH UR PAQIT.
Copy or a Dirpateh from Sir Arthur Paget F. 11. to Lord Mul•
grave, dated Vi:nti, 24th Odtober, 0301—(No. zoo.)
My Lord—lf the fire operations of the campaign
have been attended with la. and difadvantage,whielt
from the prefent alpeet of affairs, it is, I am griev.
ed to by, not too much to prefirme, we may, amen
other cattle', attribute our ill fuccers to the Tor—
lowing :
The firft and principal fault which has been corn.
mitted, was to have taken the field with too fmall se
force ; fince the very felt appearance of a rupture
with France, it has been proved, almoit to demon.
Oration, that the Theatre of war would be in Ger.
many. Bonaparte liiinfelf publicly announced it,
in the fell Note prefented by the Charge d'Affaires,
at Ratitbon ; and it was otherwife not difficult to
calculate, that the whole army of Bonaparte would
rather be direded towards StrAtugh than Verona.
Maffena cannot have more than 70,0d0 men uni
der his command. The armies under the immediate
command of Bonaparte Cannot be ettimated at left
than 140,000 ; notwitillanding which, the campaign
has been opened in Germany by, abnut 80,000 Auf-
trians—whereai, to attack or oppnfe Maffena, nei-
ther of which he has hitherto done, the Archduke
Charles has not left than from one hundred to one
hundred and thirty thoufind men.
I cannot explain this Orange, diftributicm dad
Mifapplication of the forces, but in the two follow-
ing ways :
Firft—lt is probable that General Mack, aware Of
the jealoufy, or, perhaps, the decided hatred borne
him by the Archduke, was unwiliing tO inflame that
animofity by a propels!l to withdraw from Italy *nr
very confiderable number of the troops, which, in
the commencement of the preparatiens, it Was judg-
ed expedient to place under the command of hits
Royal Highnefs in that Eountry. To this falfe and
mifplaced delicacy, therefore, are in a great meafure
owing the pre'ent misfortunes. And Ido not fed
any thing imptnbabte in this formife, fot it das not
until the lag extremity; thit thirty battalions of in.:
fantry were, in fad, ordered from Italy, to reinforce
the Archduke Ferdinand's army, and we know that
Ithis very meafure gave a great deal of umbrage to
the Archduke Charles.

aelly—ln fettling the rlan of the cintttaign, le
mutt have been calculated, that, previoofly to the
opening of it, the Ruffians would have joined. This,
in truth, however Lille and extraordinary, was the
calculation which was made; upon what it was foun-
ded I cannot exaßly fay.
Confidering'the irnmefife tirePatatiOns which toCre
carrying on here, the return of M. Novi:El%dr, an.;
flounced in the middle of July, the notions which, br
that time, Bonaparte mull more or lefs haft acqnt-
red of the negotiations carrying on between his Ma.
jelly and the two Imperial Courts, it was hardly to
be expeeted that the deception could be carried oil
beyond the month of Auguft, and this was, in faft,
the epocha at which it ceafed. On the other hands
it might have been, and was afcertained, that the
French troops wouldl quit the coalt in the firft days ot
September ; it might alto have been calculated, that,
according to the prodigious rapidity of their move-
ments, and the immenfe aftivity of their Chiefs,
they would reach their deltination at the end of
the fame month. Equally well might it have been
known, that the fir) Rnainn army could not have
arrived upon the Inn before the middle of ()Bober I
from whence it became evident, that in opening the
campaign in the vicinity of the Rhine, the Auftrians
voluntarily,andwith their eyesopen,chofetncommence
fingle.handed, againtt the French. This
(latement, if it be a true one, and I think it cannot be
refuted, places, it fhniild feem, Gen. Mack in the fol-
lowing dilemma :—Either the Anarians were in fuf-
ficient force to contend alone againfl the French, or
they were not. In the firll hypothefis, why firould
the pofition of the Iller have been chofen, never to
have been abandoned ? In the latter, why rifle fo
forward a movement ? If, however, General Mack,
in taking up his pofition on the Iller, under the above
mentioned circumftances, could have felt himfelf
con dent of being able to maintain it until the arri-
val . the Ruffian!, it is natural that, with a view of
rippling a barrier to the progrefs of the enemy int•
the Empire, he lhould have chofen it in preference to
a more backward pofition. One Cannot fuppofc,
that he could have been direaed by any other mo-
tive ; but we have had the mortification to difcover
the fallacy of it.
_ _ _

There was, unqueftionahly, fomethin; I:dein/ding
in the idea cf opening the campaign an Suabia or
IVirtemberg, rather than in Bavaria ; but it is to bd
prclumed, that had the latter eledorate been fixed
upon as the frll fcene of 24:1i0n, various advantages
would have r4ulted from it.

In the firii place had the Au('dans advanced nel
farther than the Inn or the Ifer, or even the Lech,
the French would have required eight or ten days
more to have come in conied• with them, and the
Ruffians might have joined them in as many days left.
—Thus the Archduke Ferdinand's army of fo,ooo
men, the Ruffians. with a corps of Aufirian cavalry,
making together 60.000 men, would have been con-
centrated and ready to ad together at the l!gnal given.
;Idly. By this plan (fuppofing the Auftrians to have
taken their firft pofstion vu the Inn) it Is pantile that
the fcandalous defeition of the Elea°, of Bavaria
might hare been avoided. Placed between two
powerful armies, he would perhaps have maintained
his neutrali:y until the moment of the explofion. Had
viClory attended the Aultrians, he would bate become
an ealy pry to their armies; at all events, the im-
menfe micchitf which both his army and hie cubjetts
in general have done in Germany lince the commence-
ment of hnllilities, would have been averted.
idly. It is true that the countries of Baden, Wit.-
ten:berg, and parr of Bavaria, would have equally
hcen devoted to the ravages of the French armies.
This evil was not to be prevented but by the occu-
pation of tbc whole of the Snnth of Germany by the
Aullrians, and the condutt of there princes create,
little regret for the oppreffica they have undergone.

.. The pofitiOn of the Met was,' however, determined
upon, and the campaign was opened towards the,
, end of September. The operations were cowmen
ced by Generals Bernadotte and Marmoat, who direc-
ted their march towards Wurtzburgh, thence into
the Margraviate of Anfpach, and having in their
route colleded all the Bavarians that could be found,
they erofted the Danube at Ingolfladt and New-
bourgh, driving before them the (mall corps under
General Kienmayer, and entered Bavaria with be-
tween fiery and feventy thoufand men. And here
commenced the misfortunes of the campaign. Whe•
thee General Mack undervalued the force of that
army, or whether he was uninformed or milinform•
ed as to its dellination, which he might have con•
ceived to he a momentary irruption into Bohemia,
remains to be explained. Certain it is, that inilead
of changing his own pofition, in consequence of it,
he contented himfelf with detaching an inconfidera-
hie force,under the command of General Kienmayer,
for the purpofe of watching its operations.
Daring the above period, the French army under
Bonaparte, amounting, according to the nearest cal-
culation, to eighty thoufand meet, creed the Rhine.
The Eledorate of Wirtemberg, the plains of Nord-
lingen, Sec. were palled with a degree of rapidity al
molt unexampled. On the 6th and. 7th of Odober
the greateit part of the French army had .croffed the
Danube near Donauwerth, had taken up a pofitium
between that river and Augfburg, bad by this move-
ment formed a junction with the army under Berna-
dotte, and had thus potted thernfelves in the rear of
the Imperialills.
From this movement commenced that fpecies of
warfare by which the French rendered themfelver fo
formidable in former campaigns. Of the affairs of
the Sth, sub, and 11th, I have already had the hottour
of traufmitting to your Lordthip the official accoptt.
To thofe who were the molt fanguine, the are of
the battle of the t ith had given fame hopes of fhture
foccefs, but they were illufory. General Ney had
quietly made his retreat upon the main of the Frineb
army, (till between the Danube and Augiburg, and.,
the communication between the Auftrians and the
Ruffians was now completely cut off.
In confeimence of this movement (whether by
choice or neceffity I know not) General Mack divid-
ed his army, and General Jellachich was detached
with, I believe, fifteen or firms battalions, towards
the Tyrol. Orders were fent at this rime to the gar-
rifon of Memmingen, which confifted of eleven bat-
talions, to evacuate that place and join the above
corps under General Jellachich. Whether the order
arrived too late, or whether it was ill delivered, I am
alfo unable to decide I but the garrifoa capitulated to
the French under General aavoult, after the town
had been nearly reduced to allies. It is la tie obferv-
ed, that the artillery defined for the fortifications of
that place was fill without the town. Upon this oc-
teflon a great number of Bavarian peafants who had
joined the French, and who were taking poffiffion cf
the above artillery, were cut to pieces by the Au.
&lan huffars, who carried the whole or the greateft
part of it off.
I am forry en fay that a general conflernation and
difmay is beginning to prevail here, at leaf in the
public The pretence of the Emperor of Rutfia, who,
as expelled here on the sth of next month, may per-
haps tend to difpel the gloom, particularly Mould
affairs take rather a more favourable turn in the in-
terval. If in truth they bear an inaufpicious alped,
they are not by any means defperate. There is an
army of referee of 50,000 men ; there are as many
more Ruffians on their march ; tome reinforcements
may be drawn from Italy ; so or 60,000 men may,
It is to be hoped, be laved from the Aultrian and
Ruffian armies now in Caermany fo that, in the
courfe of three or four weeks, unlefs thert artnie.
flsould be abfolutely and literally annihilated, we
ball have confiderably above roo,doo men ready to
take the field.
Had hottilities commenced at the proper period in
Italy, we fhould in all probability have been in poll
Cann of the Milanefe.
On the 16th infant, the day on which it was cal-
culate& that the Art duke would trots the Adige, a
cannonade was opened front the French fide of Ve-
rona upon the works conftruding by the Auttriato
an their fide, and which was anfweecd by them.—
This is the only ad of hottility, which, down to this
date, has taken place in Italy.
I have the honour to be, &e.
(Signed) ARTHUR. PAGET.
(NOM.)
reztraft from a Difpatch of Lard G. L. Cower, to Lord Md.
grave, dated St. Peterfburgh, 29th June, 1803--(No. 27.)
My Lord—The annexation of the Ligurian Re•
public to the French Empire, executed at the very
moment when a Ruffian Plenipotentiary was expeded
in France, charged with propofitions of which the
profeffed object had been the general arrangement of
the affairs of Europe, is confidered as ha grofs au
intuit to both povereigns, whole lentiments that Ple-
nipotentiary was empowered to declare, that his Im-
perial Majesty 1.4 G judged under there circumfances,
he could not, ccnfittently with what is due to his
own dignity, or to that of his augult ally, permit
144. Novorilzol to proceed to fulfil the objed of his
million. I have the honour to be, with the higheft
refped, my Lord, your Lordfhip's molt obedient.
and molt humble fervant. (Signed)
GRANVILLE LEA/LSO/4 COWIE.
Ixtraft of a Difpatch from Lord 0.. L. Gower, to Lord Marna,
dated Peterfburgh, aid Juiy, loot. No. 31.)
tly Lord—l was on the print of &fp:itching yet
terday the meffinger to England. when I received
an invitation from Prince Czaruaryfki to a conference,
in which h.; read to me fume very irr poi tart dif-
patches he batik& received from Count REZUMOU-
Ikoi and General Win zingerode. By there it appefis
that the Emperor of Germany is at laft awakened to
a fenfe of his true dignity, and the real it:lc:elks of
his Empire; and that forefeeing the inevitability of
war, he is determined not to leave to Bonaparte the'
choice of the moment to commence
7..ttratrt of a Difpatch from Lord 0.1.. Gower to Lord Mulgrave,
,lAkd St. Petellbur6h, 3d September, taos. (N 0.38 )
My Lord—The lalt difpatches from the Ruffian
A irbafrador at Vienna fpeak in flung terms of the
• .oarlike temper of th.it Cabinet. Ceitain communi-
cations had been made from Paris, which indicated
y:elding difpotition on the part of Bonaparte ; but
To tilde indications Count Cobent zel ferns to attach
sI r credit, and Count Razumrutkci reprefents, that
Cie pretent character of the Aultrian Minifry is a
41 contra to its (orates timidity and indtcifion,

•
ind that a firm eonvidion teems now to prevail atl
Vienna, that it is through war alone that any fecurity
can be obtained againft the ambition and power of
France. There is jut ground for ezpeOing, that his
Imperial and Royal Majefty, being perfuaded that
war is inevitable, may be induced not to wait the
iffue of the propofed uegociations with the French
Government, but that he will commence hoftilities
at the time when the fuperiority of the allied forces
promifes the bea profped of fuccefa. Towards the
beginning of Odober the Aullrian army upon the
Venetian frontier wilt be completed to its full elle-
blifhment, and will, without doubt, be greatly fupe•
rior in numbers to the French fences in Italy ; and
the Ruffian armies will be futhciently asolkranced into
the Hereditary States, to enfure their arrival upon
the frontiers of BivariA, before the French troops
from the coaft and the interior of France can reach
the German Empire t I have therefore, in fcveral
converfations lately with Prince Ciartorificy and
Comte Stadion, urged the expediency of lofing no
time in begirsping war. The Prince informs rne, that
he has already inftruded Comte RAZUMOIA.OI to prefs
this contideration upon the attention of the Court of
Vienna, but that he will nut fail to repeat the in-
ftrudions to the Ruffian Ambafrador.
I have greet fatisfadion in obferving the increafed
energy and vigour of this Court. The Emperor,
forefeeing the poilibility of Bonaparte effetling a
large augmentation to the French army, to conk-
quence of the menaced attack by the allied powers,
hts refolved to be prepared to meet filch an effort, by
a correfponding exertion on his part, And he has or-
dered a levy for four men in every Soo, which will
produce above iso,ooo men.
A corps of about ten thoufand men, under the
mmand of his Imperial Highnefs the Grand Duke
Conflantine, and compofed chiefly of the garrifon of
.Peterlburgh, began their march, towards the Prof-
ile's frontier, on Thurfday the 22d. The troops
Jetlined for Pomerania are ready for embarkation,
and will probably fail in about fix or eight days ;
. they amount to ao,coo men. Ne.difpatches, however,
have been received from M. Alopeus, who was,
chaiged to negotiate with the King of Sweden, the
necerfary arrangeme'nts for the landing of tie Ruffians
at Stralfund, and the augmentation of the Swedilh
garrifon at that port. I have the honour to he, will
the ilighell refried, my Lord, you Lordfltip% moll
obedient humble fervant, (Signed)

GR•MIIILL[ LE,EBOIII
No. Ili.--(A.)
Plan of Operations propofed by t►e Court of Vienna.
France, upon the new organization of her army,
has on font,

312 Regiments of the Line
30 -- of Lisa Infantry
85 Cavalry
•16 Artillery .

40,4:8 mcn.
107.540
64,1:6
sIA3O

s9B.cat
This number, with the addition of the different
corps in C4lrriCa and the Viands, of at regiments of
Dutch foldiers, t t Swif. regiments, 18 of auxiliary
troops from Italy, and the Imperial Guard, which
confilis of is,ooo men, make' a total et 65 t,964, the
whole military force now on foot in France. Thefe
troops are, for the greater part, already 03 the war
eflablithment. Any grand deicent from England
upon the coati of France, with a probability of decided
fuccefs, is fcarcely to be expeEltd. France may,
therefore, venture to draw almost all her I oops from
her interior, and from her coalls. Betides, a well
arranged national guard, in perfea dilcip.ine, would
enable her to frare her troops of the line, even from
where they had been employed in preferving dumef-
t.c order
and rectirity. It follows, that France might
i employ smooo men in Italy, Switzerland, and
Germany.
In uplittlition to that force, the 250,000 Alsatians,
and 115,000 Ruffians, Ilipolated in the lan treaty,
compote a total force, which is, in comparifon. fo
much the leis to be depended upon, becaule very little
effective Alliance is to he expected from the Swedes
and the Eoglilh. The following ate the neceffety
concluflons horn the tiatement

ill. Confidering this estimate, and the advantages
which France enjoys in its geographical firuation,
whether for defence ~r for aggreillort, the maintenance
of peace, till a more favourable conjuntluiT (hall
arile, feems to be infinitely .!efirable.
ad, If, however, war Ihould become inevitable,
not only to enfure its fucceis, but to avoid likewife
evils more alarming than thole of the prefent mo-
ment ; it would become indifpenably net • far y, that
the Allied Courts fbnuld ule their molt vigorous ef-
forts to oppofe thole of the enemy, and bring into ef-
ficiency means at leaft equal to theirs, if not inperinr.
The military arrangements, the financial, and the
general policy of the Allies mull concur in putting
forth' thofe energies, by which alone we can hope to
give fuccefs to our effort,.
11—Military Arrangements. This en-operation
,in Oleic three branches could be of very little effect if
the Aultrian armies Ibould not come into the field
more than 300,000 firong. The firtt of the papers
fubj•tined thews what would be the deficiencies to be
fupplied in toe Imperial it'd Royal army, in recruit-
ing, in appointments, and in remounting the cavalry,
hcfide other augmentation!, needfully to mile tt
from its prefent weak hate, upon a peace *Rabin-
molt, to the number above mentioned—and at the
fame time, to ;cave the number of troops requifite
for fgrvice in the interior of the monarchy, and for
the obi-err:ince of the movements of Prutlia.

The difficulties which flrike,upon a firil view, will
appear Hit! more confiderable, upon a due attention
to the manner in which the Marlin troops are now
difiributcd. The line formed to prevent the intro-
d uetion of infeefious difeafe, has, indeed, contributed
to obviate, in part, that difadvantage, as it leaves the
Venetian dominions of the empire no longer in dan-
ger of a furprtfe from the French. But if it were nee
l'Ary to take meafOres to oppole a great force to that
which the enemy might bring againti us from the in.
reri.,r of his domintonr, then would dirpoiltions the
molt prompt and vigoielua be requifite, to the feaforto.
able concentration of the Aufirian troops, which are,
in great paw, at a difipnce from the fronsiers in dan-
gcr, to put them upon the footing for war, and to '
hi ing them to .it upon the points which are the molt
ex pnfed. This &It 'mature would require to be
earticd into effeet with the greater aftivity, heeaufe
it could not be melted that the troops of his Majetty
the Emperor of Ruffia fhould, from fuch a dillances
arrive on the feene of atlioa till after the Aufirian
troops mould have fatined the fir& attacks of the

enemy. His Malay will not be deterred by there
great difficulties, if war Mall become unavoid-
able ; he will, in that cafe, ufe his molt flrenuous
endeavnurs to furmount every difficulty, and fulfil
his engagements. But to give effed to this Ready
refolution, it is neceffary—
zdly. That there (bould be adequate financi.il re-
(forces, and that the difficulties which prrfcnt thcm-
felves under that head lhould be removed; the Impel ial
Court of St. Feteriburgh has already been intnrmed
of the vaR and nfeeffary expenditure required to put
the infantry, the cavali y, the carriages and artillery;
the objects of the Commiffaties's department, the
magazines and (Imes, in fhort, every thing belonging
to the army, upon the full war ellablifhment. The
luceour of fifteen millions of florins, which has been
afked from England,, for this primary fervicc, is not
more than one half of what is adually wanted. The
expence of each campaign of the laft war was from
one hundred and ten to one hundred and twenty
millions. The fubfequent rife of the prices of comma
ditiet would render the expence of the fame ol jeers,
now, confiderably greater. But, fuppofe it even nit to
exceed the former, yet the fuhfidy of thirty milli ,its
of florins, which is Aced from England, added to
the ordinary peace expenditure of the army, would
leave Rill an enormoua deficit, which the burthcncd
finances of Auftria could hardly make good. It f,I.
lows, that, unlefs England grant the fuhfidy which
has been demanded, it mull be impoffiblc for the
Court of Vienna, notwithflanding its determined in.
elination, even to make thofe preparatiOns for war,
which are hot to be attempted without an affuranee
of being able to follow them up, and maintain them.
Thefe confederations being (lased, it is next to be
examined, what would be the detail of the operations
of the armies in Italy, the Tyri3l, Switzerland, and
the frontiers of Germany, if they fhnuld make all
their movements in perfed mutual concert. It is this
concert of operations which mutt meet the firß plans
and marches of the enemy. Its prompt or tardy fire.
eels, its favourable or unfavourable refult, will de-
termine, i t fad, the whole fortune of the war, and,
of comic, the fate of Europe.
Conlidering the geographical pnfition of France ;
its German frontier ; Switzerland, which is in fob.
jugation to it ; and the Italian Republic ; and, ob-
!crying, on the other hand, the pofition of the Here-
ditary dominions of Aultria ; it is irnpoffible not to
difcern, that it would be imprudent to make any at.
tempt from Germany, againtt France; in Alface, on
the Rhine. Such an attempt could be made, only,
by palling the Rhine at Manheim, or by laying liege
to Mentz. .

In the firft of there enterprizes, there would be the
lft difadvantage of advancing, from the very firtl
p,amidft fortified places of .he greatelt ftrength ;
' f being forced to carry on a war of lieges, with an
ormous confumption of men and money, and with-
in a profpell of any happier iffue of the campaign,
even at the heft, than by rite redudion of one of thofe
%Tong places. To undertake the liege of Mentz, at
leaft 50,000 men would be neceflary to blockade the
place, and to cover the operation, of the liege. The
extent and flrength of Mentz are loch, that we (horrid
be detained before that place alone for half the cam-
paign ; and nn operation fubfrquent to it, Amender,
could lead to any but very uncertain and infect, re re-
baits ; becaufe the places upon the Meufe on the one
fide, and in Ahace on the other, would every where
arrest the progrefs of our armies. Add to there ano.
flier eonfideration of not leis weight, that, fince nei•
then of thofe operations could be cartied into effect
but by great armies, there would be few troops left
to cover the Upper Rhine. The enemy might avail
himfelf of that local weaknefs ; might direft his at-
tack there, while we (hould be occupied in the liege
of Landau or Mentz ; and might thus advance in a
line of operation (hotter than outs; might polfefs
himfelf of our communications; and might get be•
tween us and all our fupplies. To avoid being cut
off from thefe, we should, in that cafe, be obliged to
abandon every thing without flrikirg a blow.
An attempt dr °ugh Switzerland, againit Franehe
Comte, would be, indifputably, the molt formidable
to the enemy. His frontiers are there open. But, as
filch a plan of operation could not be carried into
effed but through Swabia, by the Voralberg, or below
the Lake of Cunitance, on account of the itnpnfliJi-
lity of having fupplies conveyed‘hrough the Tyrol ;
it would be necefrary, before attempting it, to have
made conlidcrahle progrefs in Suabia, and to have
an army of obfervation opp‘dite Straiburg, to watch
the enemy. It would even be necrffary to have ob-
tained fume advantages in Italy, before hazarding
an attack in Switzerland. A retreat of the army
in Italy towards Klagenfurt, would prevent the
army in the Tyrol from joining in the operations in
Switzerland. The enemy would pliers themfelves
of the Puller Thal, (the Puller Thal is in Elie Tyrol,
between Brixen and Lientz, and communicates smith
the vale of the Adige), on the great road for our com-
munications and conveyances, to and from the Tyrol.
We Ihould be compelled todetach troop, from the army
in Germany, for the interior detence of Auttr ia, and
not only to relinquifh all offindive operations, bitt
even to confine otirfelves within the line of the Lech,
or, pollibly, the Inn in Germany, and there to take '
a elefenfive polition, in order not to be at too great
a dillance from Auttria, and to be ready to fupply
with due promptitude the affillance which might there
be wanted. It follows, from all theft confiderations,
that the war (hr old begin with vigorous offenfive
operations in Italy. It is there we &mild aft with
the fuperior force of our army. A victory gained
OM, would afford us the fame advantages for the
profecutios ot• offerifive operations agaMit France,
which France would acquire from onr lofs of a bat-
tle, in order to penetrate into the Auiliian Heredi-
tary dominions. If the difficulties of our lunation
render it even impoflible for us to arm, and advance
to ad upon the frontier as foon as the enemy, bow
much leis is it to be expelled, that the troops of the
Emperor of Ruffia could anise in time to alt at the
very commencement of the wat
It would be the intereft of France to nre every
means to anticipate their arrival, by an early and
decifive fuper loth!. Any concentration of our troop,.
or the march of the Ruffians. would not fail to afford
Bonaparte a fpecious pretext to declare war. Toe
force of this obfervation is, to prove, t:rat in the
cafe of war with France, the plan of ol,crati-n.,
the firft diftribution and difpotal of th: troop.. tn.:
commencement and the firft progrefs of the military
movements, mull be arranged, on the fuppolition :hat
war will be begun by the Auitti.rtis alo.le.

It would be requifite, that the army in Italy llionld
begin its movements with forcing the paffa7 of the
Adige, difiodging the enemy from the Mina°. invert.
ing Mantua and Petehiera.detaching a body of tr. nps
to the Po, to obfet ve the Soot!) of Italy, and open its
way to the Adds, in order to cover the blo.kade nr
liege r‘ftliefe places. Only the reduflion of thee two
fortreffes, or fome fuck great AA fortunate event., as
are 11,,t to be reckoned upon, could induce the corn.
milldam of this army to pn!li hi. operations fat ther.
The army in Germany would commence its ope-
rations by piffling the Inn, would enter Bavaria, and
would there await on the Lech the movements of •
the other armies, and in particular, the arrival of the •
troops front Ruffia. The army in the 'Tyrol would
be determined in its movements by.thofe of the at•
mic, in Italy and Germany.
In the caic f the operations spina Switerseland,
a part of the troop, in the Tyrol would In employe.'
in an attack on the Grifons and the other !sail
Canton,.; and the reit would, in the cate of the /k-
-ali of the army in Italy, advance lions itti defeatism
, and join that army. This i. alkthat,with
our preatell efforts, and upon the rupporition of .de,
calcd focal., we Ca eiPC to ACCOMplini, till the
whole of the plans and Powers of the Coalition Ikea%
be in full aflivity. If Italy be the grand point of .
operation at the commencement of hoftilities, Swig.
zerland muff become Inch, as Coon as we 'hall have
obtained fucceffes in that quarter, and (hall have ad-.
vanced through Suabia. Switzerland offers to of
conqueror the advantage of the instep commonica-
tion between Italy and Germany ; it gives the faci-
lity of fending (applies and reinforcements with
promptitude to the one or the other of tittle coun-
tries ; and it is only through Switzerland that en en-
trance can he effetled into France on the fide ef
Frenetic Comte. It would, then, be necetfary to
carver ourfelves on the fide of Alface, by taking Be-
fort and Hunningen, and leaving, at the fame times
a eonfiderable body of troops in Suabia, to cover the
right wing of the army in Switzerland from any at-
temps by the French from Strafburgh, and to protett
our communications, and enlare the conveyance of
fupplies.
The realons have been explained, on account of
which, in the general flan of operation, it is not in-
dicated in what manner the troops of the two Im-
perial Comm height co-operate, either in union under
the fame tlandunds, or by a concert in their move-
ments. We mull look forward to the cafe of Au.
Itria being attacked by Fiance before the arrival of
the Ruffians in Germany. The combination of the
operations of the two Craws would, tben, depend
upon the refoltition of Prnfria. And, thanks to the
wife meafures of the Emperor Aletander I we are
loon to learn decifively how far we may, or may not
reckon upon Prof Tian emoperation, upon the neutra-
lity of that power, or its relation of our propofitions.
We than, then, be enabled to prefent to the Imperial
Corot of Ruffia, upon the requelt which it has corn-
murticated, propofals for its co operation towards the
common and general (third.
We may here previoufly fubmit the eonfiderations
that the line of operation in Italy i, the vn,at re-
mote, and that it is these the campaign mutt he
opened with the greaten vi tour ; rim toe Court if
Vienna will therefore fend a great army into lisle,
in order to all with rapidity upon that line ; and that
therefore the march of the Rotrian troops, and their
fubilitution for thole of Altai-hi, amidil the movements
of the war in Italy, would be impoffible.
As Coon as we (ball certainly know die rook of the
great and important Ilep which his Majelly the Em-
peror' of all the Ruffles has taken at the Court of
Berlin, we (hall add, without delay, whatever re-
mains to be communicated farther upon the Coble& of
the friendly propofitions here explained, and upon the
plan of operations for the two Courts in Germany.
And Ihall forthwith fubmit it to the Court of RuCGA.
No. 111. (B.)

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