Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-12-13
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u IS zsgfh Ueiy sreqt corceya1 Llat are di'e Of.
hgea to edeck tic llea@ia tasio,as that zve,t
entertained yesterday q he cszceess Of ire Ps-ps
sian army TIE accounts ahseA zgers .circ15yut.
edln the Sunday fahers, and rccciued ositA 5ucz
natural ar'aFty, se}ated merely TO The tzrs
zo1nSs q the 9e2kectiUe a3zaies Tic engage
eat whttA }alYosvs@ 6etzyeen kbs mctu bodies las,
sDe jea3., terminated TO tie cdrantase effhc
French
tbs Intelligence has been Contaminated IN a
dF&1tatch .f|aa, Lo:a Alorshefh. His LoyIsh;h
1lesstio7s, Mat the actor, gghich took y1acs o.;
The l.Gth Isl. 1as mast &evegelt contacted 49,
fIe Prussfans sg&tatnsd ues'y great ioga. Tie
D2ke q 2xQasq2tck .pas 7eo.tadca, dna had been
take,. 10 M4gaeblgH}. HI I'i.ues5.,a IiZsjas:y
is stated to haze tad f7vo horses 2hot s,nder dim
These gre The ea.y 5tartcu}ara syldcd dave reach
cd rs.
TIE yf5l'oaiag are The circumstances gu:ici
atflear 10 haoc lid 10 tbs general engagement,
as ea,tyaetsd from tie Etamtarsh mail, due On
Wssaesday, goAich aavfped yrsterdcy morn
ing.
HoshEties, as II has beea bsts5e stated,
began on the othisst bat no agar Of in.
p0,taace taok Place wzni the 1Oth or !tA
yvhen q gerry zvarnl oc.ion svas xghs al Sal,
feld Prince Leuis Ferdinand syho cesa.
man1sd an ( dpancsdcoyps ef he}tt ring If
tie Prus&ian airy zyQs Stationed at that
to4pa 10 az eud fhe passage I he Soal Afs
sraers. Il: sid zDereto MAINTAIN his bosi,
tio1s 10 tbs Iass eatreuity terthe purpose i
aGoYaiing the j6.:acc 81 Hohen!ohe en o1eip0,.,
'ua,i*y Of cxecu'ing d bohd nns0enle',t zphic3.
he had planned against Tie nght Of The enc
ma.
Prince Losiis bravsly performed his d,,.
", defending i'ls brldgs dariag .he great
er part Of the day sgsnss a force
three times naore numerous than h.s own /,
he had only 6,oOouuder his command and
the French were es,i1sated AZ 20. Coo. IL
the end however the ENEMY ereva,led.-----
Prince Louis was Killed, and ,ae passsgss
Of the Saal forced, aua the Psussians corr.
pelled 20 re.reat, wi:h the loss oflscverai
men ard some caanon- These afe tbs moss
authentic particulars which We have beer
able 70 extract from the saa:i speeding the
result Of this FIRST affair, which was pro.
dncsd by aa a,semp. Of the frent'a to snrn
the right wing Of the Pruss;aps, and de
s,roy the considerable magazines which
they had formed az Naumbuvg.
The enemy, encouraged BY this first
success, pressed forward with their cha
rac,erisllc impe'uosity, which brough. or
an sc1ian, iu which it appears that large
proportion of the respective armies was
engaged.
We cannot, from the accounts brought
by the mail, ascertain the day on which
this battle was fought, bot the sasult Of il
is s.>ted to have been decidedly in tayor OF
the Prussians. Upwards of 20 oooF.ench
are reported either to have fallen 10 the
field or to have been prisoners. The eff. !
cial acceuu. had no. reached Berlin when
the post for Hamburger lief, thu, city, bus
The fact is PLACED beyond all doubt by a
short note which was received from her
Prussian majesty.
During the confuon incidental 70 70 general an at.
fair, attended with fuch consequences lmal corps of
French cavalry, wheh teparated from the main boz
dy, penetrated to LEIPZIG: aud employing very allow
able de uerre ordered quarters be provided fer
Ieverai thouiand men, and exaeted lna contribn-
ticu from the town This was on rhe Right OF the /
18th lit may be- therefore, preumed, thar the aion
in which the Prince of Hohenohe was 60 iuecefsfull
was fought early on that day. It is probable that f.
ries OF actions ook place UP 70 the I4h wien the &c
neral engagement fenght, the Teiui OF which has
been pDtay0pgabie TO the PrRilals,