Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-01-06
THIRTEEN I'll BULLETIN.

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town AZ, Since the tyraos OF the sea
respects no Rsg, The Intention OF inc eha'
peror is 10 seize every wrlerr their mef'
chants, and block them Up eHeesuaiiy 70
their island.
We have found 10 The military msga-
zines of Leipsic Is 900 quIn,als OF corn,
and many othes kinds OF provision.
The graDd duke of Berg arrived at hal.
he,stadt on the 18th, Oh Inc 20sh he lnun-
dated all the couu,ry of Msgdcburg win
his cavalry, even withia cannon shot
The enemv's troops, the separated dstacn.
menss, the struggling msu will all De takea
as soon as they assempsso enter 'nso mat
place.
A regiment of the eaemy's hussars sup
posing that Halberstads was still occupied
by the Prussians, was charged by the a2d
regiment of cur husaars, and experienced
q loss of 500 men.
Gen. Besumons seized upon 600 men OF
the kings guard, aud on all the equiPsge
of that body.
Two hours before two companies of the
royal foot guards had beensaken by marsaal
Sou!t.
Lieutenant general count Schu'e'sau,
who had been saken prisoner, died at Wei-
mar.
Thus OF this beautiful and superb army,
which few DAYS before threatened 10 IN.
wade the confederation of the Rhine, aud
which inspired In Its sovereign suca comb
deuce, that he dared to order the emperor
Nspoieon to leave Germany. before the s'h
Of October, If he did not wish TO De driven
from ,heuce by force Of this beautiful x
superb army. may we say, there remains no.
thing but the wreck, shaPeless cnaos,
which deserves rather the name OF aroused
rabbsc than of an army. OF the i6o,ooo
men which the king OF Prussia had, twill
be difficult to Fe-uaite more tE1ao s0,eoo,
and then they will be without artillery and
wisho.t baggage; some armed and some
without arms. Alshess eveBts will justly
what the empescs has said IN his 6fst pro,
clxmauon, whieh IS expressed thas !" they
w,B learn that as ii is easy to acquire an IN.
crease of dominions and power With the
Friendship of she great nation, SO their en-
nifty is more terrible than the tempssts OF
che ocean"
Nothing preseass q fnore correct resem.
blance 10 the actual condisien of the Prussi,
an army than the ruin of shipwreck- IL
was beautiful aud nugereus aeet which
pretended ooshing less than 60 achieve she
mastery of the seas. The impetuous wiods
5 of she north, have goased ,he udgnatisn of
the ocean against il, and nothing OF itre-en.
tiers the por,, save few OF the crew. who
owe their safety, onay TO the fragments of
the wrecks.
The subloined les,efs{B c d. paint the
true situsdion OF aGairs; another letter. al.
90 subioined (E) saews so what degree
the prussian cabinet has beca deceived by
false appearances. Ii has mistaken the
moderation CT the emperor for weakness.
Thus, ~isiis, Our nsouarch deprecated the
war, add did every thing 10 his power so
avoid il, thev-had concluded thar he was
not ready fos war, aud hat he had need
og 900 ooo conseripts to recruit bis ar.
my
The French army was cot shat up in 2ri.
eco 10 sAe plains OF Bouiogoe: 1t was in
Cermsny. ! N ca L de Hesse. aud NJ ID.
Ha0gwita migh4 have counsed them. Let
us saeo gratefully acknowledge the will of
thar provi3ence, which does act leave 70
o0r enemies either eyes to see. ears 20
hear, or judgment ands-asoa to reflect.
IL appears that Charles de Hesse GOV.
esed only Mayeuce. Why DOT Mentz al
ses WAY not all the otaer places of the
West OF Franco Say no mote then sha,
the ambition of France compelled you to
take up arms. own twas your own unrea.
scnsbIe Ambitions which has excited you to
the war. Since there was one French ar.
my at Naples aud aaoiher In Dalmatia, you
had found plan 60 fall upon the great ma