The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-10
THIRTEENTH BULLETIN OF THE
GRAND ARMY.
HALL, OGober 20, 1906.

General Macon, commandant at LeipGck,
has made the annexed notification TO the
bankers, merchants, and l,opkeepers OF that
city. Since the oppref1ors of the feas refpe0
no flag, it is the emperor's intention every
where to feize their merchandise, and really to
blockade them in their ifland.
There have been found in the military ma.
gaines of Leipfck, $4,000 quintals of -four and
quantity of other pr0vifions.
TIE grand duke of Berg arrived at Halber
ftadt on the 18th. The goth he overrun the
whole plain of Magdeburgh, with his cavalry,
until within cannon mot. The encmy's troops.
the feparate detachments and the loft men will
be taken the moment they attempt to enter the
place.
regiment of the enemy's huffars thought
that HalbeTttadt was fill occupied by the Pruf-
FANS it was charged by the 2ed huliars, and
loft 500 men.
General Beaumon took 600 Of the xmas
guards and all the equipage of that corps.
Two hours before, two companies of the
royal foot guards had been taken by MARTIAL
Souit.
Lieutenant general count de Schmettau, who
had been taken prioner, has juft died at Wei.
mar.
Thus, of this fine and thinning army which
few days ago, threatened to invade the confc-
deracy of the Rhine, and which infpired its TO-
vereign with fuch confidence, that he dared 10
order the emperor Napoleon to quit Germany
before the 9Th Of OCTOBER, if he had no mind
to be compelled to it by force of this fine and
filming army, we fay, there remains osy a
wreck, an uniformed chaos, which deferves
more the name of mob than that of an army.
Of 10000 men, whom the king of Pruf1ia had !,
it would be difficult to aliemble more than 5o,-
600, and even they are without artillery or bag
gage, partly armed and partly unarmed. All
theie events juftify what the emperor faid in his
krf proclamation, when he exprefTed himfef
thus Let them learn that if it be eafy to &C
quire an epcreafe Of dominion and power with
the friendfhp of the great people, their enmity
is more terrible than the tempefts of the ocean >
Nothing indeed more refembles the prefent
fate of the PrufIan army than the remains of
ihipwreck. 1t wac 4 fine ard numerous fleet
which pretended nothing lefs than to enflaye
the feas the impetuous winds of the north
have raifed the ocean againft it. There returns
into port only fmall part of the crews who
found no other iafety than to eicape upon the
wrecks.
The annexed letters defcribe thetrue Gtua.
ton of things
Another letter alto faboined flows how
far the Prufiian cabinet WAS the dupe of falfe
appearances. They took tie moderation of
tie Emperor Napoleon for weakness. From
tUht monarch HDt jOI WhT anu uOlIE e.
very thing proper TO avoid it, they concluded
he was not able 10 make il, aud food in need
Of 600 900 confcripts TO recruit his army.
However, the French army was No longer
nut up in the camp of Boulogne; it was IN
Germany, Mr.. CHI. l.. de Eene and count
Haugwilz might have counted it. Let US then
here acknowledge the will Of that providence
who does no. leave our enemies eyesto fee, ears
To hear, Judgment or reafon 10 reafon with.
1t appears that Mr.. Charles l.. de Hefe CO..
seted only Mcntz. Why not Metz why not
! the other places Of the ear Of France No
longer FAY then that the ambition Of the Frerch
made you take up arms acknowledge that it
was your i'll judging ambition which excited
you to war. Becaufe there was French army
At Naples, another IN Dalmatia you projected
| to fall upon the great people but in fcven days
your projects have been COMPOUNDED. You
wifhed to- attack France without mourning any
danger and already you have ceafed to exit.
| sreported that the emperor Napoleon hav.
inc previousto his quitting Paris, attended his
minftere, faid TO them" am innocent OF
this war bayc doue nothing TO provoke it
lit never entered into my calculations. May
he beat II il be my contrv9nce. One of The
principal motives OF the confidence have thai
nv enemies will be dearoyed, is, that ] fct
in their conduit the Finger Of providence, who
being willing that trators lhoud be puniflied
has 70 far removed all wbdom from their com
ellis, that when they think to attack me IN mo
ment of weakness, they chooie the very momeu
when 7 arm the arongeR."