Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1806-01-02
Boaata,x's Letter..


The MeIsee Of His Majefy the Emperor
and King which His Imperial Highneis cauied
10 b: read to The Anembly, wss COACHED In the
following terms
SENATORS,
"ISeud you forty aand OF colours conquer
ed by my army 10 the different engagements
which have taken place 6nce that OF Wertingen.
IL is homage tba, and my army do to the
FACES Of the Empire. IL IS preient that chill
dren make 10 their fathers. Senators, behold
in il proof Of ny iati,ssetion tor the manner in
which you have conaantly feccnded me in the
mot important sifaircs Of the Empire. And
YOU, Ffenchmen, make your brothers march,
make them ron TO aght BY our hde, that with
out effuGon of blood. without efoIts, we may
drive far from US all the arn,ics that the gold OF
England 10 forming, and confound the auxll'a-
ties of the oppfeGors of rho fess. Senators, IL 10
NOT a month Gnce | told you. that your EmPe-
ror and his army would do their duty.
Siuco mp taking the field. have dhperied
an army Of an hundred thouisnd men: | have
made nearly the half Of them priioners; the reit
are killed wounded. or deferted and reduced 10
the greateit conformation. Thele brilliant iuc-
cef.s owe TO the love Of my ieldier', TO their
conAancy in iu?po,ting fatigue. have not
,oA Gfteen hundred men in killed or wounded.
Senators, the ftit object Of the war il already
accomphihed.-T Elettor Of Bavaria 10 re-
eaablihcd upon his throne. The unjuh sg-
oreG,,, have been ftruck as ifby a thunderboit,
and. with the help Of God, hope, in ihort
fpacc Of time. TO triumph over my other ene-
mics.
:. From the Imperial camp of Elshingen. the
a6th Vcndemaire. year H."
tSigned) NAPOLEON.
By the Emperor.
Tbs Secretary Of Siaf.. 49,,
fs;yncdl II. B. MARET.
Fifth Bulletin (doublc) Of the Grand Army.
Etbinesx, s,d Yssdtmaire year "A.
(I5b Oasber. 1867
The engagements OF Wer,ingen aud Guni'
burg have been fucccedcd by events OF the high
eR Importance, the actions OF Albeck and I'll
chinecn, the captures of Ulm and Memmingen.
Marihsl Suult arrived on the ait before
Memmingcn, iurouudcd 1t, and after different
parlcys, ihc commapdant capitulated.
Nine ba,talion., two Of which were grena-
ders, have been made prifcnes. Major Gene
raj, three Coioncl,. feveral fopcror Officers, ten
pieces OF artillery, great qsantity ot baggage
and smurs,ion Of all kinds have been the reinlt
of this affair. An the p,ifonen were immedi-
asely icnt oif to head quartcrs.
AT the famc infant Marihal Soult let out on
his march for Ochefenhauien, in order to come
down upon Bctcrsch and thus have II IN his
now or 10 cut off the only retreat remaining to
the ,Archduke Ferdinand.
On the other hand, on the 10Th, the enemy
made fortie on the fide Of Uln and attacked
the div:Gcn Of Dupont. which occupied the
petition at Albeck. The action was ob&ina,s
70 the laN degree. Surrounded by as.ooo meo,
thcfr 900 brave fellows made head seaioa eve
~ thing and took 900 prifonen. Theie corps
need fear nothiug; they were the 9th light,
8sd, Goth and 10Th of the line.
On the aIa, the Emperor iet eff in perfon to
the camp before Ulm and ordered the enemy's
army to he invefed. The hrft operation was
10 take poaeiiion of the bridge and poiieiiion OF
Elchingep.
On the a,d, at day break, Maribal Ney paf-
cd thi, bridge at the head OF the diviion Loi-
fon. The enemy difpu,ed with him the poi
fefion of Echiugen with 10000 men. he was
oycrthrown every where, LOFT 5000 men in
in priloners, including Major General. and
W.s purfurd even into his intrcnchmcns.
Martial Lannes occapied the fmsll heights
which commanded the plain above the village OF
PfoeI. The riA:mcn got poiicdion Of the head
of the bridge lof Ulm; The confufon was
extreme throughons the plsce. At this
moment Prince Murat csuied the divi-
{ion of Klein and Beasmons to man0uvre 8
they routed the enemy's cavalry a. every point.
On the sad, Gen. Marmont occupied tie
ooas of Untelkircher and Obe,kirch as the
mouth of the lllsr in the Danube. and oil the
enemies communications on the Her.
On the a,d. q day break. the Emperor fss
out in perfou for Ulm. The corps OF Prince
Musat end thofe of Msrfhals Lannes and Ney.
placed thcmielves 10 order of battle to make
she saault and force the entertainments OF the
Geo. Msrnons With the dividsn Of dragons