Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-15

TT hey satd that ;hey hsd See, . H'.>
~peror reduced 70 i,audsu of No., ~ y'a.
most d9asait circumstances ;, IN The
victory by rapid and unforeseen or .als As
and destroy the most numerons l'aaons,
that here, however. no adsantape h@lm'ssi
obtained; thar, On the contra, A'I Den
s $ Of the advanced goard gu ot The
hfs' Russian army had been 10 h. a u as
tage CT the French army 10 ,bes. 1 W.
vat'ons, these presumptuous yop,b u0'sr'
posed the bravery ct $1,000 Russians p
'en'nasissm inspired Into chem BY he NV ,a'
sence ei their emperor, The picked <i PC
OF The Imperial guards Of Rus.i, ''.p ~
what they probably did 30. dare aor. n.y.
their talents, of winch hey were .a,
nlshedlhat the Austfiaus did no, Gov 'o
bend the power. '''p's'
onthe 1o:h, the emperor, from III. :.
o. his hivouac perceived with uusne.t.sI p
Joy, the Russian army beginning, a, ,s
cannon shot from his advanced pos,. wv
movement in flank to turn his rieht.Hs ,s.'
saw to.what pitch prssumptioa aad ,s,s
rance Of the art of war had mis!ed thsbo''1
army. He Frequently repeated: "B.fo.
Tomorrow evening, tina, army will i.
my power" Nevertheless the ensmy :.
tertained very diferen. idea: he en-.
up within pistol shot Of our ad,n,.J
guard, dehhug by flank march on AIN.
of four leagues in Length, extending alone
the Freneh.army which appeared asifn
dared Got to move GU. Of its position; j,
had but one fear, that ,aat the French a..
my would escape il. Every thire va,
done to conhrm the enemy In this idea
Prince Murat caused small corps Of G,
valry to to advance into the plan bu,sud
denly, If as.onishrd at the immense
forces. Of the enemy, it hastily returned
Thus every thing tended to coufrm the
Russian general 10 rhe Ill calculated opera.
ton he had fixed on. The emperor caused
the annexed proclamation to be placed iu
the order OF ne day. 10 The evening he
wished to visit on foot and pc2gaito all the
night guards; but he had scarcely made
few PAGES ere he was recognized. Il is
/! impossible to describe the enthusiasm Of
the soldiers, on seeing him; straw lights
were 10 an instant placed on The tops Of
thousands of perches, and $4,000 present.
ed them before the emperor salutirg him
with acclamations; some to celebrate the
fete OF the anniversary Of his coronation,
/ the Others saying hat the army would give
It's nosegay to the emperor on the morrow.
One of the old grenadiers said to him:
{" Sire, you need not expose yourself
! promise you in the name Of the grsnadlsn
of the array, that you need only hgaIwlth
your eyes, and that we will brlagy you to-
morrow ,hejstandards and artillery fins
Russian army to celebrate the anniversary
Of your coronation"
The Emperor said in entering his O'
-vouac, which consisted of a wrstched straw
howell withouta roof, which the Crsnadi'
srs had made for him: "This is the hnsss
evening of my life; bns / regret to THINK
,hatI shall lose number OF these brave
fellows. ifeel, how much that will NUT
me, that they are truly my children anoa
fact | sometimes reProsch myself Win u"
sentiment, which | fear will end by rsnaS,,
iag me incapable OF carrying on the "ah
Could the enemy have behe'd this s'F'''
he would have been alarmed. but Fa'a
and un,huking he continued bis move
ment, and fastened forward to his ru'o'
'lhe emperor Immediately caused M ~.
preparations to BIZ made tor batts' nv
dispatched marshall Davoust TO the su ~.
vent of Raggera; he was with one Of Wv ~
divisions, and division OF dragons
make head agains, the enemy's lett wing !,
in order thai a, signal given, It "'s'.otf
quite envelopSd; he gave the co"m1h d, :" :.
the left to marshal Lauaes, OF inc f'su' ~ 4
Marshal soult, of the centre 10 n'l s;.s
Bernadot.e, and of all the cavalry " M,
&c assembled on one point, to prince WV
rat. Theleft of Marshal Lannes was su a,
ported by the Santon, superb po''s w..
which the Emperor had caused 10 .. = ~ n.
al roucn0 u w