Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-10
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON. Nov. /.

much confused, no oouot Is chlct 'aiaSu "
the IN Melancholy fact, that the force lately
under the command oegene,al Mack. IS as
an army totally destroyedihe advices
which government have received upon the
subject remove, all doubts as .tpthe main
fact OF the. dreadful disaster. - he most
serious OF the conflicts took place.. on the
18th, 18th. and 10Th ult: and % the tweni-
eth general Mack, comPie drieatcd,con.
sented to acapitulation. --- he Number
of slain, as we have already stated was I'M,
mense on both, sides; and Inc ansTlahs,
who surrendered themselves prisoner a.
mouated to Is 900, The corps under the
command of the archduke Ferdinand,
which effected its escape from Ulm on the
18th, retreated in twos divisions, and nav
ing gained the left bank ofthe Dsnaee,
cut eff,he communication with France, as
slightly limited in the Monlleur OF me
twenty second, and hence no DOUBT
was occasioned toe DELAY OF the ofhcial
accounts from, tie Grand army Subse-
ouenr adpices state that the senemy Pur-
sued the archduke Ferdinand, whose dis.
vision consisted of twelve thousand men,
so very closely, that they weie soon ena-
blsd TO come up with and defeat his high
ness with great slaughter FMS layer
statement. is contained in one OF the last
letters received from Holland. he sue
cess sc the enemy we hope will prove TO-
be greatly exaggerated, but upon no,ratl-
onaI ground can we entertain nope 'nat
the Anstrians have not experienced a most
treadfol Disaster In this aaiictiag state
of things, little consolation is 10 be deriv-
ed from seeking On whom, or on what
the blame of the disaster ought 10 DC
thrown whether it should tall upon the
precipitation. OF the cabinet OF Vienna, --
which. led 70 the commencement OF hosu-
lities before adequate means were PfePar.
ed and collected on the tardy advance OF
the Russians whose arrival is full month
behind the time iswas expected; on the
nlsmansgsa,ent of general Mack; or the
negligence Of the Prussia, xor II that sove-
reign had : provided a.force sufficient 10
maintain the neutrality OF his territory OF
Anspachs thet Austrian army could never
have been surrounded IN such NAME by
a force SO superior, as 10 render lis DC.
strucsion inevitable These inquiries may
Be interesting Q fu ur h storlans, who Will
have to record the fatal events OF a time
too full of menacing d nger to allow those
who live in If, to turn their thoughts from
the means of avet,iag them, tor the pur-
pose OF seeking how they have been bro't
about. 49,. .,>
b II is very painful to see 50 large a porr
lion Of the force which was destined 70
stop the torrent Of devastation, or TO turn
it back to its source, overwhelmed by the
flood; but the mischief is ,still, we trust,
not wholly without Eedy. Il is cer.
tainly more diHiculet 10 replace an army the
very name of which .is annihilated, Than
reinforce one, however reduced. But the
vast resources of the Austrian. states must
be adequate 10 more than the PREPARATION
that is now called for. That vast dltfer.
ence that is2to be observed, between tht
numbers said 10 be killed and. taksn, even
in the exaggerated statements oi the cue
nv, and the force. commanded By genera
Mack at the comnnepcem ent OF the contest,
leave room to hope, that, macy small bo-
dies have effected ihgir escape, whose re
usion will yet form a-considera5le portion
of a new army. tits besides ascer,ainsd
that the Russian aruag now joined with tn.
Austrian column uoder general KlenmaYer,
on the Inn, amount together to little shnr'
of 10000 men. Il is. so-be hoped, tha:
the importance oE striking an Immediate
blow viii be felt by the commanders ofshIs
| force and the FRENCH column opposed TO
| it is very much inferior, even with every
reinforcement that can be supposed 20 have
reached it, the result, of a spirited and de-
iternined attack could hardly fail to BE sue
.cessful aud decisive. Even. the disasters
that have happened, great as they are,
will not discourage Us from hoping, that
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