Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-02-15
LONDON, Dec. is.

the arrival of dispatches from sir Arthur
paget, the British ambassador TO the esn-
speror OF Germany, containing accounts Of
ageneral engagement between the French
and the allied army; aud also accouots
from other quarters relating TO the same af-
fair. In the afternoon the following Official
notice was circulated
BULLETIN.
g Government received last night ac-s
counts, dated at 0lmutz. the Sd, by which
il appears that a general battle took place
on the Cd between the French aud q usrrian
Russian armies ar Wischau The centre
of the latter seems to have met win great
resistance, and TO have been repnlsed; but
the lets wing Of the encmy ware defeated
with considerable loss by the right wing of
the allies under the command of the prln-
ces Liehtens,eln and Pangration. The
emperor Alexander commanded his troops
in ACKNOWLEDGEMENT the utmost bravery.
The conflic. seems ID have been of the
most obstinate kind, and to have been
sustained by The allies 'in the most ezem-
piary manner. The loss of the French
tins intelligence left Olmusz 20 hours after
the battle, aad relates thar, a, that timeishe
losses Of the enemy were repcr,el TO be
much more considerable than thoss Of the
allies Who still maintained their position
at Wisehau. ~
"Accounts have been this day received
at the admiralty which left Hamburg days
later than the Messenger whoarriced frona
Sir A.. Pagee. These accounts states, that
several skirmishes took place between the
Allied Armies and the French, from the
29th November to the End inst. wtirn they
came TO general action, in which the
: French lost q 900 men and all their ar,il-
lery. That the French re,reated that
Bonaparte was wounded that he had
proposed an armissice, which was reject
: ed. >
Sc That the Prussians, co the amount Of
OoGo men, We're IN motion. That the
king of Prussia had himself taken ehe COM
mand of one army, and the duke OF Brans.
wick of another" -.
The accounts that have been made
public, though deficient in detail, con6rm
this important fact, that the allies remain
ed masters Of the field Of battle. The
centre of the allied army was defeated
but so was the LETT wing of the enemy.
Even drawn battle may under the pre-
sent circumstances of the contending armies
be considered as avictory obtained by the
allies; for few such battles would entire.
iy ruin the French army.
Tie emperor Alexander was milling for about
fix hours during the action, and no little sptre,
hention waa entertained for his fasetY. He was
at length found fighting among that part OF the
troops which in the erd was worried by the
French centre. Il was with Raath daaenlry he
was perluadcd to retire 20 a quarter where he
aid be expofed to lefs pefionai Dagger.
The accounts received at the Admiralty
were transmitted by Admifa! Holloway,
who stated that lieutenant Of the Ada.
mant was on shore at Cuxhaven on Satur.
day last, where accounts had beenreceiYed
from Hamburger TWO days later than the.
time Mr.. Kay the messenger, passed thrs'
that city, stating that the battle had been
entirely in favor of the allies, that Bona.
parte had been severely wounded in the
right arm, and it was thought would be o.
bligvd TO suffer amputa,ion. The COM.
manGer Of the Piercer gua. vessel, arrived
from the Inns, gives an account OF what
he had heard similar 90 the above. All
accounts howevesagree that the battle was
fought on.hoth sides with the greaIeseob.
s,ioacy, and chiefly with the bayousts.-s
The Russians expended 3ittis amnuniti.
COS. The carnage was immense.
The number of orr aAiesis stated at see
venty thousand; though the accounts Of
the numbers, in letters from various parts
of Moravia, before the batde, saw they
were 10000. The number Of Bonaparse's
army is stated at 80. 600 and some reports
say that nearly 81, 900 fell on each ssde