.[ 4C6 3 

 STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 



In NovPTT.her, 1803. 



[Dec. 1, 



THE events wViich have occurred, or, 

 at Itaft, the accoun-.sof which hn-e 

 reached this country fince our laft publi- 

 cation, rr.av be reckorfd amoig the moft 

 innportant that oi r hlitiry has recoidsrd. 

 Scarcely iiad the news of the overthrow 

 of an ininienfe Aiiftrian army been circni- 

 }ated, which excited fcnfatioj-.s of grief, 

 lather than of furprife, in the bresfts of 

 cur cell' trvmtn, than the exhilariing 

 intclligtnce arrived of the viciory oht.incd 

 by theB.itiiliflrtt • ff Traialgar. . While 

 the misf rt'ines on ihe co'.iirient exhibit 

 the iiiptr-oiity of the FrtHfh Emperor 

 over cur allies: the achievements mace by 

 tiie navy of Erghnd under the cotnniard 

 of Loid Ntlfori, have removed all anxiety 

 at heme rc'pefling ?.n. invafion, have tx- 

 niied u< as a naiicn in the eyts of our 

 friends, a'd have checked the ambition 

 of him wha hoped to build his own great- 

 jifTs " in commerce, in colonies, and in 

 Ihips," by our humiliation. We expfv^cd 

 f n m " OKir navy all 'Iiat human effoiis 

 could achieve," * and our operations 

 liave been m. le th»n ari'vi'tred. Our hopts 

 depending on cor.tinenial expeditions from 

 this country were never railed very high it 

 ?nd we lament that noih.ng has yet re- 

 fulied from plans that have been laid, 

 and p oje'h boaP.e.l of, for levejal weeks 

 paft. We pretend net in thele re;)crts of 

 the " State of Public. Afa'trs" to emer 

 into fpeoil.iticns that a week or a day 

 mighi ptvhaps deftroy ; our ohjtft is to 

 give a fair and , impartial detail of faiSls, 

 that n-ay now, or at any tiiif'.ire perifrf, 

 bi> reUrrcd to as daia-, up^ n xvhich the 

 hilioiian or politician may reiy wi;h per- 

 fe£l and imdeviitirg certainfy. With 

 this view we fiiai! \ cw trace lise prcgitis 

 of the war en the continent. 



Th; Emperor Bunap^rre Icfc^ Paris on 

 the 24.111 of Seclt'i.ber, and airitcd at 

 Strafbor'gh two da\s after. M?rlhil Ber- 

 riadotte, ■ who, at the m-ment thai the 

 prm.y (st c.i:t from Boulj^ne, advarcvd 

 frtim Ilarover 'o-.^ ard< Goti ingcn, m^^ ciied 

 by Fiaikfort for Wu-tz'oorgh, «hrre he 

 nrrivid on thea^dof Septtmb;r. Geneial 

 Mainiont, '*!io had airived ^t Nientz, 

 p^'fTed the Rliine hv the inhig'. o*" Cillrl, 

 snH advarccd to Wurtzburgh, w-hcre he 

 formed a junction with the Bavarian army 



* See Monthly Magazine for Ocloi.ei, p. • 



t 11 i'^. 



and 'he corps under Marfhal Bernadotte. 

 Tt^e corps under Marfliai Davoull palfed 

 the Rhine on tlie 26th at Manheim, and 

 marched by Heidelburgh and Necker Eltz, 

 or. the Necker. The corpt. under Mar- 

 fhal Souli paflcd the Rhme on the lame 

 day, on thr biiiige that was throv^m over 

 it at Spires, and advanced towards Heil- 

 hronn. Marfhal Ney's riivifii 1 pafTed the 

 Rhine the lam.e day by iht flving bridge 

 rppofite DuilacH, and ma.ched towards 

 S utgard. The cor.s ui.der Marfhal 

 Laniits pafi'ed the Rhine, the as'h, at 

 Kchl, an.' advanced towards Louifburgh. 

 Prince Muiat,wiih th;- cavalry of referve, 

 paffed the Rhine at the laine place and on 

 the fame day, an;l remained for (everal 

 days in pof'tion before the defiles cf the 

 Black Foied. The great paric of artil- 

 lery pafied the Rhir.e at Kehl, on ,tlie 

 jolh of September, and advanced towards 

 Hoilbrorn. The Emperor paflTed the 

 Rhine on the ill inifant at Kehl, flept at 

 Ettlingen the fame t'vening, and received 

 there the EIciHor atvl Princefs of Badt-n, 

 and went to Louifburgh, to the Elcflor 

 of W rtemburgh, in whole palace he took 

 up his abode. On the 2d inftant the di- 

 viiif lis of Marfhal Bernadotie, General 

 Marmort, and the Bavarians who were 

 at Wurizbuigh, formed a juu<5fion, and 

 began their march for the Danube. The 

 following was the pofition of the army on 

 the 6ih of Oclober : — The corps of Mar- 

 fliai Bernadotte ami the Bsvarians wer- at 

 Weiflinburgh. The coip^ of Davoull: 

 w.\s a' Octtingen and on tne banks of the 

 Rednnitz. That of Maiflial Soult at 

 Dcnauwettli, in pi-ffefTion cf the bridge 

 of Munfier, and lepairing that of Do- 

 nauwt-rth. 'Tlie corps of Marfliai Ney 

 was at F'ncfiiiieen. That of Lannes at 

 Nerrflieim ; Piince Murat, '.vith his dra- 

 g ons, fiooo' on the bar.ks of tie Da- 

 nube. 



The Auftrl.tn army had approached tiie 

 entrances into the Black Fortft, with a 

 view ot ftopi'ing tSe progrefs of the ene- 

 my. They had fonified lome towns, and 

 had endeavoured to ftrengthen ihe w6rks 

 of others, particulariv Memmingen and 

 UJm. 



No.withflanding the exertions on the 

 part of Aiiftria, the French armv, by a 

 great, perhaps unpar.-.IJed, movement, in 

 the coi;;teof a f rtnigiu reached Bavafi-^ ; 

 and, in laiT, plated itielf almoft in the 

 rear of the oppoling battalions. 



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