The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-02-18

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from Hamburger.
! 1t is further ftatcd, that the Duke of Brunf
> weeks headquarters have been transferred tc
Z oottipgen that the King, with the earrifor
OF Berlin, has gone towards Saxony; aud that
me fruihan troops are evacuaiing Hanover
an thete movements have probably one oh.
lect the concentration OF a ffrong force TO har-
ra's bonaParte, and force him to a battle, be-
fore ne can approach his reinforcemeuts by a
retreat. 1t would be ridiculous, however, to
pretend TO devefope the probable movements
oi the aif'es.-A little time will unfold them,
ana demonitrate how far their circumfanc cs
| nave been improved bv the accefGon Of Prufiia ::
an event that feems calculated to produce moff
important consequences.
According TO the prefent accounts, the
french fecm dchrous to avoid battle probs.
oily TIL they IN their turn concentrate their
force. Our readers will recole6t that by 4
trick OF General Murat, Count Auerfburg was
prevented from burning the bridges Of Vienna !;
me former having Informed him by flag of
truce that an arnlifice had been concluded. In
coniequence of this ruic de gue,re, the Auftrisn
army being eXpofed to- comfortable danger,
played of another trick in their turn.-They
pretended they wi!hed to omit the Rufiians
ano, by this means, gained time TO effect their
junction with them, and the latter, by pre-
tended treaty with Murat, gained time to effect
thelr JUNCTION with Buxhovdcn &c.
This explains the fuppofed oapituIation of
the kuiiians, announced 70 pompoufly in the
French bulletins. The allies have retrieved
themielves from the dilemma into which they
were thrown by the fneHe of the enemy, who
now IN his turn is obliged to feek fafety in a.
V"idinS battle, till he can effect a change of
pontion. In the mean time, the united armies
| are tated to he purifying fuch meafures, az mutt
| eisher compelthe French to battle, or lead to
| their expuifion from Vienna.
Inc intelligence from the Archduke Charles
rs ALTO much more favorable than we could well
hope for, though we had reafon to expect eve
ry thing from him, that could be effected by
perseverance, coolnefs, and prudence. He has
effected his retreat at the head Of 100000 men,
mas formed ajunction with the Arc hduke John,
ana both are now advancing, by forced mar
ches, for Germany.
The accounts dired from Italy, do not come
later than the 9th nit. from Venice Tie Ruf-
hans, who were expected from Corfu & Dai-
malta, had not YET arrived, and were therefore
iuppoied to have failed direct for Trief. The
lame letter fpeaks of the retreat of the Arch
duke Charles-hut it does not embrace circum-
it9nces OF 10 late date as the German accounts
of that army.
In addition 70 the intelligence brought by the
Hamhergh mail, we are enabled to lay before
our readers the fnbtaDce of mott important
Id'ipatches, received this morning by govern
rnenr from FIR A. Paget. his meiefty's mnHer
10 the emperor OF Germany; they are dated
Dlmnt7,1he sd inh-Thc following is the of.
hcial bulletin circulated by government =
Government received laft night accounts
dated at Olinutz, the Sd, BY which Is appears
that general battle took place on the .; be-
tween the French and Autro- HulIian armies at
Whchau. The centre of the latter feems 10
have met with great reiifdnce, and to have
been reputed, but the left wing of the enemy
were defeated with comfortable lofs, bv the
right wing of the allies, under the command of
the princes Licht'ntein and Pangration. The
emperor Alexander commanded his troops in
Perion, and ditplayed the utmot bravery.
The cophct feems TO have been ofthe moa
obffinate kind, and to have been fnGained by
the allies in the mott exemplary manner. The
lois of the French was immenfe The neffen-
ger who brought this intelligence, left OinutZ
| twenty-four hours after the battle, and relates
that, at that time, the loifes of the enemy were
reported TO be much more comfortable than
thofe of the allies, who ftl maintained their
petition at S'ifchau.
| Accounts have been this day received at the
admiralty, which left Hamburger two DAYS later
than the mefenger who arrived from fir A. Pa
get. Theft accounts tate that feyera kirmf,.
es took place between the allied armies and the
French, from the goth Of November TO the ed
infant, when they came to a general action, in
which the French loft $1,000 men and all their
artillery.-That the French retreated-tbat DO
| napar.e was wounded-that he had propofcd an
armiltice, which was rejected.
That the Pru1ians to the amount Of
! 40 600 men were in motion. That the king
Of Pruffia had bimfelf taken the command Of
one army, and the duke of Brunswick of ano-
Their"
The above accounts contain the fubAance of
The dispatches received by our government, and
they ave 70 authentic that we can venture TO
give them as almoh official. The dispatches
from Sir Arthur Paget, our Miniaer at the Auf.
trian court, are dated Oimutz the Sd they
| fay, iharp fkirmiihes had continued from the
goth TO the I'd, when general battle took place.
The ceRtre Of the Allied army which was com
mandeti by the Enpefof Alexander, III perf,u,
was led into miaake by iose Of Bonapar'e's
ftra,agems, it is fuppofed, in confequence of
, which the battle became very hot in II at quar-
ter the French bent al their efforts to it, and
met with fuch fuccefs that the fri reports wert
of their having obtained victory. Such were
the frt accounts that reached Berlin but Mr.
Kaye, the meilenger, Il very Intelligent man,
who left OlmuiZ "a honrs after the date of Sill
, a. Paect's dispatches, gives a very Satisfactory
account of the tofnl dctsat Of TIE French kG
. | airing. Inv the riCLt wing Of the lied .ru,i-s