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London, England, 1809-06-21 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

AMSTERDAM, JUNE PI

Carta in Migeon, aide-de-Camp of General Gratien,
114 s in ought to ins Majesty the King an account olthe
part ;ctilats of the action which took place near Stral-
s.intl,-:tnd of the captlire of that place, of which the
fallowing is a copy :

" Stralsund, June 5.

" TO HII MAJESTY TNE KING OF HOLLAND.

" Btur..-1 have Already had the honour to inform
your Mojesty, that the troops under my command had
made themselves master's of Stralsund. I have now
t.) communicate to you the details.
Sc On tl,e 23:1 I proceeded from Lunenberg, and
crossed the Elbe at Solspreker, in order to cover the
Ilsinse Towns; drive Schili from Mecklenburg, and
gain possession of Dommitz, or bring the garrison of
that place between me and General Albignac. This
Getwral did take Dommitz, and afterwards returned
to Albcrstael.

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• " It being, prob tble that the enemy had made him-
self master fif 100,600 pounds of Powder, and that he
would repair to. Stralsund, in order to defend him-
sellthere, I requested the Danish General Ewald to
streirthen my left wing by a column of 1500 Men ;
with which he complied.
" i3cll I 1 was master of :31 Mecklenburg : he had
levied immense contributions, and raised a number
of recruits. He possessed the country from Wismar
tq Rostock , from whence he had driven the Mecklen- '
burg garrison, and taken a number of arms and
pieeti of cannon, from 12 to 6-pounders. In the har:.
bouts of those two towns he had embarked his sick
and. wounded in 32 vessels, each of which contained
15 men. on board, though they would have held two
hundred a piece : a proof that he wanted the vessels
tar 'other purposes : .
'"'When Schill abandoned hi: post to me, he of ne-
cessity threw himself behind the Regnitz, which was
itr two places defended by Mecklenburgh troops. He
formed a bridge at Darchaw, and attacked aed took,
pris,lue!s some troops stationed at Damgarten. He
then proceeded to Stralsund, which he entered on the
25th of May. He took the French arid Mecklenbitr-
gers who were there prisoners of war, committed the
greatest cruelties in the town, and murdered several
Frenchmen with his own hand.

" Having delivered the whole of Mecklenburg, I
crossed the Regnitz at Damgarten, and at ten o'clock
of the morning of the 31st, I, together with the Da-
ni&li troops under General Ewald, came before Stral-
sund.

" Though the fortifications of the place had been
rkzed, yet there remained a broad and deep ditch,
full of water ; and Schill with incredible ardour
availed himself of the situation, by cutting trenches
across the roads, building draw bridges, planting heavy
artillery, &c.
" Tic town was defended by 5 or 6000 men.—
They consisted of 1000 cavalry, of which 600 were
Schill'n regiment ; all the old Swedish desercers,.w.ho
served the artillery ; some foresters, and countrymen
of the different countries he had crossed through, and
whom he had compelled to go with him ; nearly 1500
of the Pomeranian militia who had joined him ;
Prussian and Austrian deserters, and peopleof all kinds
collected together ; and lastly, a part of the Meek-
'Tlburg troops he had taken prisoners, and who after-
wards turned their arms against us. Schill had armed
all his men with firelocks.

Havirig, to cover my designs, made a false attack
upon the Tripsee gate, I ordered the principal attack
to be made upon the Knieper gate, the horn-work of
which was defended by 18 cannon of large calibre,
alla nine other pieces, which maintained a fire. I
ordered a sudden assault to be made. The 6th regi.,
meta, led by Colonel Behr, advanced first, and was
followed by the 9th, under Colonel Vezier, your Ma-
jes,ty's Aids-de-Camp. He penetrated into the town, I
notwithstanding the most obstinate resistance.
‘"fhe enemy, however, formed in the town. They
fired from the houses, and the corner of every street
was the scene of a new engagement. Every where
they fought man to man, foot to foot, with great
fury. A part of the Dutch, and the whole of the
Danish cavalry, fought with Schill's cavalry. In the
mean While the batteries between the Tripsee and
Knieper gates continued to fire upon those of our'
troops, st hich were still out of the town. Further
engagements took pl ice till the enemy was driven
from all his guns. .At length, after a severe battle of
two,hours, the enemy was every where in flight,. and
our victory was complete.
" The I:)4>s of the enemy is Inexpressible. Schill
and twenty of his officers are killed. Eight hundred
t+-ere made prisoners. Every day discovers more of
them, who were concealed in the houses. They are
almost all wounded. The streets were filled with dead
bodies.
." One hundred and ninety-two of Schill's followers
escaped. Of these there were thirteen hussar officers,
of whom seven had been lately appointed by Schill, ,
one hundred astd fifty-eight hussars, and thirteen fusi-
liers. These begged permission to return to Prussia,
which I allowed, and caused xhem to be conducted
by two staff officers. When they came to the Iron-
ti:n-s, they bound themselves by writing to submit to
any punislimcnt the King of Prussia might inflict.
" It is to be observed, that of the 26 officers who
left Berlin with Schill, 12 have been since killed, and
s.!ven are wounded or prisoners.
[Here follow eulogies on the different officers, coin-
paliei, etc.]
4, We .have set at liberty some Wcklenburgers
told Fri,acit cannoniers. The 6th regiment has taken
i•i the i.land of Rugen a flag and six pieces of cannon,
belt ,'.erg to ire Duke of Mecklenburg- ; and at
60,000 pounds of powder were taken, which!
ha,..11)e-r sent rrorn Denmark.

4' We have lost Lieutenent Genera/ Carteret, two
Lltutzmnt Colcnels, b2sides twelve commissioned
effic:•rslcillcd and wounded : thirty non•commission-
ed!,-,ffice:.s and I::.ivates are killed, and one hundred
fil.t.y-Ihree are wounded.
Ti`e. es have lost two officers and three sol- !
Biers kiii d, s,:ver. officers awl 47 soldiers wounded.
has been glorious to your M. '
ivsTegtroyHad &hill oly.aincd possess.ion of
SthistinE, and fortified himself there, it would have
bv2ll dittiLtCa to dispossess him ; he tilii;ht have raised
corit..ihk,;;;lnc thrisaghout Pomerania and Mecklen-'
Yuri ; :end h lte:ms el vessels, which were here at
11i4 ;;i,posal;`4y 45.4 have been a dangerous pirate

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in the Baltic ; and, in case of necessity, he word
have evert had the means of bringing fhettilish into
the Continent.
66 Schill was killed near the great squarc4at'ol-
- his death has been well authenticated, Arumg
the dead has also been recognized Colonel Von Mo.
like, the same who summoned Stralsund.
The project of Schill was extensive. He had
already declared himself Sovereign of Pomerania, as
your Majesty will see by the proclaMation he caused
to be printed on the 30th ult. the publication of which
my arrival prevented. , •
" I am, Sire, with. the profoundest veneration, &c.
(Signed) « GRATIEN."
CARLSRUHE, JUNE 5,
The day before,yesterday proceeded through this
place, a detachment of horse grenadiers belonging to
the Prince of Neufchmel, which were on their way
from Spain to the Great Army.
According to an exact estimate, there hive passed
through Ettlingen alone, aboveforty thousand Austrian
prisoners of war ; among whom were eight hundred
officers.

PARLMMENT4Rr PROCEEDINGS.

; HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 20. •
Tile Local Militia Bill was brought back from the Common•
tir James Graham and other Members.—Agreed to leittput
a.rumdment.
I • COMMISSION.
:The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Appro-
priation Bill, the Judges' Salaries Bill, the Office Sale Preven-
tion Bill, the Bankrupt Bill, the Manchester Water Works'
. Bill, the Strand Bridge Bill, and other Bills, in all, public and
.ptivatg, 13.
The Commissioners were, the L 011) CUANCELLOR, Lords
WALpNGRAXI and REDESDALL.

ROXBt2RGH PEERAGE.
The LORD CHANCELLOR submitted to the consideration
of the House his proml.ed motion relative to the Roxburgh Cause.
He accordingly moved, " That it appeared to their Lordships,
the term used in the deed of 1646, to the eldest daughter, and
their heirs male,' was meant to the daughters seriatim, and that,
by the term heirs maie,' it was also meant the heirs male ef
their bodies seriatim, should be preferred to the heirs male gene-
ral. It was therefore clear, the claim of Sir lattes Innes Kxr
was substantiated, if he could satisfactorily prove himself to be
the heir male of the body claiming as such, under the right of
Lady Margaret." He should also move, " That the further con-
tieration of this motion be postponed to the first cause day of
next Sessions of Parliament." The next motion regarded the
action of reduction, which he wished to be postponed till next
Sessions. He, lastly, moved, "That the whole of the Appeals on
the Roxliurgh Cause be taken into consideration the first cause-
day of next Sessions of Pattliament." All these motions were
unanimousl;✓ agreedto.—Adjourned till to-morrow (this day).

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