The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-06-21 00:00:00

and that he would repair to Stralsund, in order
to defend himself there, I requested the Danish
General Ettald to strengthen my left sing by
a column of 1500 men, with which he cote-
" Schiff Was master of all Mecklenburg ; be
had kvied iminceso contribitions; and raised a
number of recruits. He possessed the country
from Wismar to Rostock, from whence be bad
driven the Mecklenburg garrison, and taken a
number of arms and pieces of cannon, from 12
to 6-pounders. In the harbours of those two
towns he had embarked his sick and wounded in
32 vessels, each of which contained 15 mess on
buArtl, though they would hare held 200 a.piece :
a proof that he wanted the vessels for other pur-
poses.
" When Schill abandoned his post to me, he of
necessity threw himself behind the ltegnitz, which
war in two places defended by Mecklenburg troops.
He formed a bridge at Darchaw, and attacked
and took prisoners some troops stationed at Dant-
garten. Ile then proceeded to Stralsund, which
he entered on the 25th of May. He took the
French and Mecklenburgers who Were there pri.
loners of war, committed the greatest cruelties in
the town, and murdered several Frenchmen with
his own Land.
" Having delivered the whole of Mecklenburg,
I crossed the !Levitz at Daingarten, and at 10
o'clock of the morning of the 31st, I, together
with tho Danish hoops under Gen. Ewald, came
before Stralsund.
" Though the fortifications of the place had
been razed, 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.
" The town was defended by sor 6000 men.
They consisted of 1000 clvalry, of which 600
were Schill's regiment ; all the old Swedish de.
serters, who served the artillery ; some foresters,
and countrymen of the different countries he had
crossed through, and whom he had compelled to
go with him ; Prussian and Austrian desorters, and
people of all kinds collected together ; and lastly,
a Out of the Mecklenburg troops he had taken
prisoners, awl who afteroards turned their arms
against us. Schill had armed all his men with Gee-
locks.
" Having, to cover my designs, made a false
attack-upon the Tripser gate, I ordered the prin.
eipal attack to be made upon the Kitieper gate,
the hurn-ivork of which was defended by 18 can-
non of lafge calibre, and nine other pieces, which
maintained a fire. I sintered a sudden assault to
be made. Thu eth regiment, led by Col. Behr,
.advanced first, 'and was followed by the 9th, uo.
der Col. Wrier, your 'Majesty's Aide-de-Camp.
' Ile penetrated into the town, notwithstanding the
i most obstinate resistance.

" The enemy, houever, formed in the tows.
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 Trepsee and the Kiiieper gates conti-
nued to fire upon those of our troops, which
were still out of the town. Further engagements
took place till the enemy was drive!' from all his
guns. At length, after a severe battle of two
hours, the enemy was every vi here in flight, and
our victory was complete.
" The loss of the enemy is inexpressible.—
Schill and 20 of his officers arc killed. Eight
hundred were made prisoners. Every day disco-
vers more of them, who were concealed in the
houses. They arc almost all wounded. The
streets were filled with dead bodies.
" One hundred and ninety-two of Schill's fol-
lowers escaped. Of these there ware 13 hussar
officers, of whom seven had been lately appointed
by Schill, 158 hussars, and 13 fusilecrs. These
begged permission to retire to Prussia, which I al.
lowed, and caused" them to be conducted by two
staff officers. When (Rey came to the frontiers,
they bound themselves by. writiii; to submit to any
punishment 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 7 are wounded or prisoners.
[Here follow eulogies on the different officers,
companies, Bfc.]
66 We have set at liberty some Mecklenburgen
and French cannonlers. The 6th regiment has
taken in the bland of Rugen a flag and six pieces
of cannon, belonging to the Duke of Mecklen.
burgh ; and at Stralsund sixty thousand pounds of
powder were taken, which had -been sent from
Denmark.
66 We have lost Lieutenant-General Carteret,
two Lieutenant. Colonels, besides twelve commis.
stoned officers killed and wounded ; 30 non-com.
missioned officers and privates are killed, and 153
are wounded.
" The Danes brie lost two officers and three
soldiers killed, seven officers and forty-seven sot.
diers wounded.
" This day, Sire, has been glorious to your
Majesty's troops. Had Schill obtained possession
of Stralsund, and fortified himself there, it r ould
have been difficult to dispossess him ; he might
have raised contributions throughout Pomerania
and Meckleuburg; and by means of vessels, which
were here at his disposal, he might have been a
dangc :-Jus pirate in the Baltic ; and, in case of ne-
cessity,' he would have even had the means of
bringing the English into the Continent.
" Schill was killed near the great square of
Stralsund : his death has been well authenticated.
Among the dead has also been recognised Colonel
Von Molike, the same who summoned Stralsund.
" Thu project of Seidll was extensive. Ile had
already declared, himself Sovereign of Pomerania,
as yunr Majesty will see by the Proclamation he
caused to be printed on the 3fith ult. the publica-
tion of which my arrival prevented. •
" I am, Sire, with the prbfpundest veneration,
Ste.

. 1.1 GRAVEN."
C A IttilitllllF, Jumic s.—The dAy before yestcr.
Jiy prorelltett through this place, s detachment of

horse grenadiers belonging to the Priam or Neuf.
chatel, which were on their way (row Spam to the
Great Army.
According to an exact +Misstate, there hare
passed through Ettlingen alone, above 40,000 Au.
striae prisoners of war ; among whom weic 800
Akers.

Arrtrad. Molts. Due.
O Whorl 0
1
O
0
1
-
PRICE Oh STllr''' - - '7i: O'CLOCK+.

Jai/GM; rim opt Y AT 0,11 r..
Rebid 681 I Sufi. BANAL Us.
4pw Coot. • .li:Ji i isimidallands,l7s. 1:4.
'Osmium

THE STATESMAN.

IntotoilTl TENAIE.

LONDON :
MEDNICIDA Y, JUNE 20.

In the absence of Iyuret.t.teExcE from the scat
of war, at a crisis when the hostile armies on the
Danube cannot possibly long remain in a state of
inacti►ity, reports of battles and ♦ictories aro
circulated, in rapid succession, on the authority
of numerous private letters, vs hich find their way
room the Continent to Heligoland, now become
the very focus of Continental News. These ru..
moues might bo deemed utterly unworthy of no..
lice, were it not that they afford an unquestionable
demonstration of the opinions and expectations
of the people in the North of Germany.—
It must not, however, be forgotten that the hopes
of the inhabitants of the north of Germany may
naturally be concluded to be powerfully in.
attenced by their wishes. All reports, there.
fore, ought to be received with cautious hesita.
tton. That the battle of Essumo has excited a Ti
new sensation on the Continent, cannot be denied
—.fur if we are warranted in drawing a conclu.
siou from the general tendency of the mass of
private communications froni the Continent re.
sheeting that memorable engagement...the public
opinion of the irretislaility of the French ar.
mies must be greatly shaken.

Private letters from %rare!, Bremen, Flushing,
Rotterdam, Cuxhaven, Hamburgh, and other
places on the Elbe, concur in statements which

mike the loss of the French, at Essling, consi-
derably greater than that of the pretended Aus-
trian official accounts. Indeed, to mention those
accounts) is sapertlnuus, the belief of their au-
thenticity has entirely ceased. It is believed that
no official account of the actions on the Danube
has yet been received from the Austrian Govern.
meat, and except from French Cnlletiaf, we know
nothing of the particulars of the battle of &sling,
but what is collected by the reports that, having
traversed the Continent, hare found their way to
the places from whence these private letters have
been received in England.—That these letters are
numerous is indisputable—and of the fact of the
French having sustained a repulse on the Danube
—no contradiction is known to have been re.
wired in any letter.—As to the amount of the ,
loss of the French—it may naturally be suppose!

that in travelling across the Continent the tale
would not suffer any diminution in its progress.
—30,000 French killed and wounded-10,000
drowned in the Dannbc—the French cannon
playing on the fugitives of their own aru►y-45
eagles-17 Colonels and 360 Staff Officers taken—
arc the principal particulars. which have accunsu.
laded by the passage of the rumour in Germany,

—naturally increasing in its progress through
the great extent of country over which it passed.
--To these rumours no reasonable degree of cre-
dit can be given—That the career of NAPOLEON
may be effectually arrested, cannot but be the
ardent wish and hope of every Englishman—but
the belief of every Report which either roaches
---or is originally propagated in this country,
can have no tendency to promote our wishes. Of

the latter description we conceive a paragraph to

be which appeared this morning in a diurnal ve-
hicle of truth and wisdom, called The P05t....-
" BrONAPAUTE, when he found it necessary to
4i retreat, adopted, as he slid at Jaffa, a summary
" mode of disposing of his wounded, and great
" numbers of them were thrown into the Da.
" nube!!!"---We should not notice this most ju.
dicious,--vcry credible, but ineffably conlemp.

tale, report, were it not to chew to what an
exquisite pitch of absurdity attempts to impose ou
the credulity of the public may be carried!!!
To the accounts of particulars of the Battle of
&sling, are added reports of a subsequent victory
of the Austrians—but of which neither time or
place arc mentioned, except in one letter. which
states it to have taken place at Latenburgh.—
This place is to the South of the Rinnbt, in the
direction of " Oedenburgh, the first country
Itown of Hungary," at which, in the 14th French
Bulletin the General of Division LAURISTOS is
stated t 9 hale arrived.—Now, fur the Austrian
and French Grand Armies to ha►e been en-
gaged at Lasenburg, the passage of tho Da-
Dube mutt leave been forced by the Austrians,
and the French army retreated Southward. This
account may be, therefore, without hesitation:

•
•