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From this time panial engagements 

 took place. On the eveni.ig of the 6t'.i, 

 Mardiil Souk's divil'ion, after fome Hiir- 

 mifhing, in wliicli feveral lives were loft, 

 took polTeifion of the bridge at Dona- 

 wert.- On the 8th, the French, with 

 Prince Murat and Marflial Linnes ft 

 their head, attacked the Aurtiians at 

 Wertingen, and after an engagjement of 

 two hours, took the whole divifion, C.and- 

 ards, cannons, baggage, and folditrs. At 

 this time the whole Auftrim army in 

 Suabia wai concentrated in and near U oi. 

 In fome affjirs of Itfs moment vii5lory 

 decided in favour of the Auftiiutis. 



The combat of Weitmgen was fol- 

 lowed, in the. fpaci- of a few hours on!)-, 

 by a\i adlion at Gunfburgh, which was 

 fought with great valour on both fides, 

 but which ended in the defeat of the 

 Aultrians. 



On tne 1 1 ih Bonaparte ar: ivr.d at Augf- 

 burgh \ and on the laih another aoiion 

 was iought, ill which the French ur.dcr 

 Soult were again fticcersful ; and on ihe 

 fame day Bsrnadotte to^^k potreflioi of 

 Munich, fiom wher.ce Prince FciJinand 

 of Aultria had reti.-ed. 



Ei-ery thing now indicated the approach 

 of a general and dec'.five battle. General 

 Mack vvas in Ulm, wi;h upwards of 

 33,000 men, menaced by the French Em- 

 peror at the head of a victorious army. 

 To the aUoniftiment an. I concern of the 

 allies. General Mack, without ftriking a 

 blow, agreed to terms of capitulation of- 

 fered hy the eneniy. On the 15th Mar- 

 Ihal Bernadotte could boaft of having 

 taken from the Auftrians, in about three 

 days, 1500 prilbners, 19 pieces of can- 

 non, bsfides horfes and baggage, witlout 

 the lofs of a Jingle man. On the fame day 

 the Emperor Bonaparte took poffciTion of 

 Memmingen, ar.d w.<s on the 17th, by 

 articles of capitulaiion, as good as in 

 poflefiion of Ulm. We do not pronounce 

 the condui5l of General Mack abfolutely 

 culpable; but, in common wiih every 

 Engliftiman, we alTtrrt that it wants ex- 

 planation. The lofs of fuel) an army, at 

 a period fo eventkil, demands ferious and 

 rig rousinveftigaiiop. 



On the lyih of Oftober General Mack 

 agreed, under certain conditions, to give 

 up Uiin on the 25th, unlefs there flioulJ 

 aj;peirby that time an army in his (avqur 

 Cip*ble of raifing the blocknde ; in tliat 

 ctfle the garril'un of the fortrels was 10 be 

 completely rcleafcd from the articles of 

 capitulation. 



CJeneral Mack, for rcafons not known 

 to us, did not chufe to wait the events of 

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eight days ; he had an audience v/ith Bo- 

 naparte on the 19th, and immediately 

 after agreed to evacuate Ulm on the zotii, 

 five d.iys fooner than he had ftijniiated 

 for: the addition3l articles of capitula- 

 tion being curious In diplomatic a;Tairs-> 

 we fiialltranfcribe l,hein. 

 AMitional Artlctes of ibc Cipil-.dathn of Ulm, 

 fropcfed 071 the igri. 



" Marfhal Berthier, M.ijoii-General of 

 the French army, being empowered by the 

 Emperor's command, gives his word and ho- 

 nour. 



ift, That the Aufttian army is this day on 

 the other fide of the inn, and that iVlarihal 

 Bernadotte, v^i h his army, has taken a po- 

 fition between Munich and the Inn. 



id, That Marihal Linnes, with his corps, 

 is purfuing Prince FcIdi.^alld, and was yeftet- 

 day ac Aalem. 



3d, Tiiat Prince Murat, with his corps, 

 v/as y-fterday it Wordiingrn ; that Li&utenant- 

 Generals Werneck, F,iillet, Hotienzifilern, 

 and feven other Gen'ria's, ypft":r.Jiy capitu- 

 lated at the vilLigc o'" Trotzelfingen. 



4th, That MarfKal Soult is pollei between 

 Ul;n and Bregenz, observing the road to the 

 1'yrol, that tiiere i"i," conlequently, no pofi 

 fibilitv of fuccour arriving before Ulm. 



" That Lii-utei)<)at-Geiieral and guarter- 

 Mafter General Mati<, giving credit to the 

 above declarations, is read/ to evacuate Dim 

 to-movrow, on the following conditions : — 



" Tha; the whole cdrps of MarGiiI Ney, 

 confiPcing of twelve rcgi.iients of infantry, 

 rnJ four regiments of horfe, fiiall not quit 

 the city of Ul:« and iis environs, at the dif- 

 tance nf ten leagues, before the2,5thof Oflober 

 at midnigiit, the period when the capituUtion 

 is to expire. 



" Marlhal Berthier and Baron Von Mac.'e 

 agree on the above ir.ferteJ articles. 



»' Confequently the whole Auftrian army 

 fhiU defile to-mOrrow, at three in the after- 

 noon, before the Emperor of the French^ 

 with all thi; honours of war ; they thall lay 

 dov.fn ihfir arms, ftiall receive palTpons to g.o 

 by the tvuo roads of Kcmptcn to Auftria, and 

 of Bragcnz to the Tyrol. 



" Done in duplicate at Elchingen, the 19th 



O£)ob?r, 1805, f27Venden)iabe, year 74.) 



(signed) " Marfhal Bh.ithier, 



" Lieut. -General Mack." 

 •In on'eq'ience of this capitulation, 

 the Emperor Bonaparte on the 20th (a 

 proud dny for France) took lis (tation 

 trc'in two o'clock in the morning to feven". 

 in the evening, on ihe heights near Ulm, 

 where the Auftnan army m;:rched pa(t 

 him. The French army wcie pofted on 

 the heighis. The Emperor, furrounded 

 by his life-guards, fent for tiic Auftnan 

 Generals, and kept them with hlni until 

 their troops had filed off. He treattd 

 tbein with the utmo<( dlAia^lius. There 

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