STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 



In December, 1805. 



[Jan. 1. 



THE miflfion of Haugwitz from the 

 King of Pruffia, to which we re- 

 ferred in cur laft report of the State of 

 Public Affairs, feems to have marie but 

 little impreffion on the vif^orious Bona- 

 parte ; who, whatever may have been his 

 public proFeffions, appears to have been 

 determined to humble, or if pofTible to 

 crudi, the houfe of Auftria. Wi-h this 

 view, after the c:\pture of Ulm, he rufhed 

 forward, neither intimiJaled by the im- 

 menfe body cf Kuflians coliefling in Hun- 

 gary and Wallachia, nor by the levy en 

 tnajfe throughout the Audrian dominions. 

 He refilled to lay afide his proje6>s on ac- 

 count of the hoftile menaces of Pruflia, 

 or of her propofitions for pacific arrange- 

 ment. 



On the id of November Prince Murat 

 left Rhied ; and after feveral {kirmiflies 

 with forae bodies of the Auftrians and 

 RuOians, forced them to Lambach. Al- 

 moft r.t the fame time another divifion of 

 the Fiench army took pofTelfion of that 

 tov»n : while a third divifion, under Mar- 

 ftnl d'Avouft, keeping their great objeft, 

 Vienna, in view, advanced beyond Lam- 

 bach to Steyer. Marfhal Soult being now 

 at Wells j Laliies near Lcntz ; and Ge- 

 neral Marmont on his march for the pur- 

 pofe of turning the Auftrian pofition on 

 the banks of the Enns; while d'Avouft 

 pufhed his forepoft near to Sleyer ; and 

 the Auftrians, ieatful of being turned by 

 Marmont, relinquilhed their poiltion on 

 the Enns, and quitted their ports in every 

 part of the country, A part of the army 

 endeavoured lo elcape by the road to 

 Carinthia, but were cut off by Kel.'ci-- 

 man. 



As foon as Prince Murat had made 

 Lambach fecure, he marched to and took 

 poiTedion of Lintz, where he found fever.il 

 hundred thoufand florins, btikles evtry 

 thing that was neceffary to recruit his 

 army-ilcres of all forti, which the Auf- 



, trims, in the precipitation of their retreat, 

 had negjeaed to deftroy. The French 

 Emperor fixed his lie:id-quarrers at Lam- 

 bich on the 3d of November. And on 

 the 5th General Duroi, at the head of a 

 body of Bavarians, fell in at the Lovers 

 with the advanced guar.' of a column of 



' five Aultrian regiments coming from Italy, 

 ct>-r»pletely defeated it, a 'd to k 400 pri- 

 ibi'.ei-s, ar.d )o:ne cam. on. Attlie Enns 

 alfo the French were Viflorious. Thus 

 iliJ they advance, almoft without rehft- 



ance, till they arrived at St. Polten, 

 within a few leagues of Vienna ; when a 

 deputation of the three upper States, ten 

 of the burgeffes, and two councillors from 

 the magiftracy, repaired by permifilon 

 from the Emperor to the French camp, 

 to open to the commander the intentions 

 of his Majefty the Emperor of Auftria, 

 that, wifliingto preferve the inhabitants of 

 the capital from the terror of a defence, 

 he would deliver up Vienna to the Em- 

 peror of the French, fully relying on his 

 juftice and generolity. Arrangements 

 were immediately made for the accommo- 

 dation of the French troops, and for the 

 maintenance of tranquillity. 



Some days previoufly to this, viz. on 

 the 7th of November the Emperor of 

 Aulf ria fet out for Prefbourg, on his way 

 to Olmutz; he had declared he would put 

 himfelf at the head of his troops, and he 

 nominaieJ General Schmidt as Adjutant 

 General. He was to have flept at Schol- 

 (hof, after leaving Prefturg, where it 

 was thought he would wait the return of 

 Count Giulay, who was to bring him 

 the determination of the Emperor of the 

 French. 



The Emprefs fet out for Olmutz in the 

 night between the 7th and 8th, with the 

 elder princefs and her phyfician. 



On the 29th of October, government 

 determined to put all the veffels upon the 

 Danube in a ftate of requifiiion, to tranf- 

 port thic efftfls belonging to the court and 

 the different chaliceries ; and the boatmen 

 were ordered not to take any thing in 

 charge from private individuals; but ion 

 the 7th of November, it was announced 

 that his Majetty had appropriated one 

 vefTel for the tranf(,ort of valuables be- 

 lo -ging to private perfons ; that proper 

 oflicms were appointed to give receipts for 

 what might be confided to their charge; 

 that fuch depofits (hould be tranfinitted to 

 a place of fafety, and faithfully returned 

 to the owners, when the danger had fub- 

 fided J and that his Majefty would be an- 

 fwersble for evtry thing not depending 

 upon the elements. On the loth, orders 

 Were ilfued for difcharging all the boats, 

 &c. up 'n the Danube, which took place 

 accordingly. Much precaution was ufcd 

 in laving all the carriages belonging to 

 the court ; as to the library, only the mort 

 valuable books were packed up; but from 

 the gallery of paintings, the mo(t precious 

 pieces were reir.oved j on the other hand, 



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