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In our Paper of yeflerday we announced the arrival
of difpatches from Sir ARTHUR Pao sr, the Britifh
Ambaffador to the EMPEROR of G 81-4 N-71 contain-

ing accounts of a general engagement between the
French and the allied army ; and alto accounts from

other quarters, relating to the fame affair. In the
afternoon the following official notice was circulated :

BULLETIN.
" Government received WI night accounts, dated
at Olmutz, the 3d, by which it appears that a gene-
ral battle rook place on the ad between the French

and Aullro-RufGan armies at Wifchau. The centre

of the latter feems to have met with great refinance,
and to have been repulftd; but the left wing of the
enemy were defeated with confiderable lots, by the
right wing of the allies, under the command of the

Princes LICHTIMSTEIN and PANGRATION.

The Em-

peror ALaxasota commanded his troops in perfoo,

and difplayed the utmoa bravery.

" The coati& feems to hive been of the moll ob-
Ilinate kind, and to have been fuflained by the Al-
lies in the moil exemplary manner. The lots of the

French was immenfe. The Meffenger who brought

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this intelligence left Olmutz twenty-four hours after

the battle, and relates that, at that time, the loffes

of the enemy were reported to be much more confi-
derable than thole of the Allies, who ftili maintained

their pofition at Wifchau.
~ Accounts have been this day received at the
Admiralty which left Hamburgh two days later than

the Meffenger, who arrived from Sir A. PAGET.

Thefe accounts Rate, that feveral ikirmilltes took
place between the 411ied Armies and the French,
from the zgth of November to the zd infl. when
they came to a general ailinn, in which the French
27,000 men and all their artillery. That the

French retreated—that Bon APART! was wounded—

that he had propofeki an armittice, which was re-

•4 That the PrnfGans, to the amount of r 40,000
men, were in motion. That the King of PRUSSIA
had himfelf taken the onmmand of one Army, and
the Duke of BRUMSWICK of another."

The accounts that have been made public, though
deficient in detail, confirm this Impot taut fad, that
the allies remained millers of the field of battle.

The centre of the allied army was defeated, but fo
was the left wing of the enemy. Even a drawn
battle may under the prefera circurnitance of the
contending armies, be confidered as a vidtory obtain-
ed by the allies ; for a few fuch battles would en-
tirely ruin the French Army.
The Emperor ALEXANDER was miffing for about
fix hours during the alio% and no little apprehen-
lion was entertained for his fafety. He was at length
found fighting among that part of the troops which
in the end was worfted by the French centre. It was

with much difficulty he was perfuaded to retire to a
quarter where he would be expofed to left perfonal
danger.

The accounts received at the Admiralty were
tranfmitted by Admiral HOLLOWAY, who Rated that
a Lieutenant of the ADAMANT was on (bore at Cux-
haven on Saturday Lift, where accounts had been
received from Hamburgh two days later than the
time Mr. Ray, the Meffenger, paired through that
city Rating that the battle had been entirely in
favour of the Allies, that BONAPARTE had been fe-
vercly wounded in the right arm, and it was thought
would be obliged to !Ida amputation. The Com-
' mander of the PIERCER gun vela, arrived from
the Ems, gives an account of what he bad heard
fimilar to the above. All accounts, however, agree
that the battle was fought on both fides with the
greateft obfiinacy, and chiefly with the bayonet.
The Ruffians expended little ammunition. The
carnage was immenfe.

The number of our allies is Rated at 70,000 ;
though the accounts of the numbers, in letters from
various parts of Moravia, before the battle, fay
they were 90,000. The number of BON/IP/ATI%
army is (fated at 130,000; and tome reports fay that
nearly 27,000 fell on each fide, while others make
that of the allies only 15,000.
It is probable that this battle would loon be follow-
ed by another, and it may fairly be inferred from the
French attempting nothing for two days, that they
I had fuffzred very feverely, and were not in a condi-
' tion to rifle a frelh attack. That there would be an-
ether dreadful engagement before BONAPARTI wa.
'f- k , lis manife(t. We maybe
.u...r.ue... maw t. .allowed, however,
to indulge the moll fanguine hopes of luccefs. The
PruCfians may be now expected to be foon at the field
of action. When Mr. Kay paired through Berlin,
news of this battle had been received there. 'A Coun-
cil of State had been held, and the Pruflian at my,
140,000 lirong, had aaually begun its march jai°
Bohemia.

From all that is yet known of the battle of the ad,
it is probable that the French, as well ai the Allies,
will claim the viEtory. Indeed we think they have
already done fo, for to no other.circurnitance can We

afcribe certain rejoicings which took place in Holland

within thefe few days. A Gentleman who left Cath-I
phere on 'Fuelilay laft, Rates 4' that great rejoicings
had taken place there, in confequence of a vietory
gained by the French, in Germany—but although he
enquired the particulars of the face& from feveral
perfons, no ,one could give him any account : the
French Commandant could not tell, or at kali ap
peared to be ignorant what was the caufe of the
rejoicing."
-Letters from France of a late date received laR
night, alto Rate that B3MAPAILTit claims a decided
viOory in the battle of the zd irritant. His Bulletin
lays, that the Ruffians were defeated with immenfe
flaughter, and that 6oco prifoners, and 18 pieces of
cannon, fell into the bands of the French. BONA-
PAITA'S retreat is reprefented as temporary, for the
purpofe of concentrating his forces, who arc acknow-
ledged in thefe letters to have firifered contich.rably ;
three French Generals are laid to have been killed,
fix wounded, and three miffing. The Ruffians are al-
lowed to have fought with great courage and intrepi-
dity, and the Emperor ALszaNcisa is Rated to have
had two horfes killed under him in the action. Bo-
lIAPAILTE is laid to have been lightly wounded, and
to have had one horfe killed under him, and two

Aides de Camp killed by hi; fide. The private
lettersralfu Rate, that the country people broke down
all the bridges, to prevent or impede the retreat of
the French, who, in return, had laid walk the coun-
try for feveral leagues round. A column of
k6,0c0
Ruffians is Rated, in the fame accounts, to have
joined the Grand Army on the sth infant ; a fah
which, in the prefent fituation of affairs, mull be
deemed of confiderable importance.