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French Armiei in Pnfjia, 



[Dec. 1 , 



will be feen thofe very perfons, now fo cla- 

 morous for war, not only eager to exculpate 

 themfelves, but incenfed at the rel'ults of their 

 own condutt; and even attempting to throw 

 the o lium of the meufures upon the King, who 

 was merely the dupe of their own intrigues 

 and artifices," 



Second BuUctm. 



" Aiima, Ocl. 12. 



•• The Emperor fet out from Bamberg the 

 8th, at three o'clock in the morning, and 

 arrived at Cronacli at nine. Ilii Majefty tra- 

 verfed the Forclt of Fvanconia at day-brealcj 

 on the 9th proceeded to Eberfdorft, and thence 

 to Schleitz, where he was prefcnt at the firft 

 Aflion of the Camjiaign. He returned to lit 

 at Eberfdorff; he proceedrd on the 10th to 

 Schleitz, and arrived the 1 1th at Auma, where 

 he lay, after paffing the day at Cera. Head- 

 quarters have juft been transferred to Cera. 

 All tlie orders of the Emperor have been nnoft 

 fucccfsfully executed. 



" On the 7th MarlTial Soult advanced to 

 Bayieuth. The 9th he puflied on to Hoff, 

 vhere he took pofleflion of the enemy's ma- 

 gazines, and made fcveral prifoners. He ad- 

 vanced to I'lauen on the KUh. Marihal Ney 

 followed in his rear, at the diftancc of half a 

 day's march. 



" On the Rth, the Grand-Duke of Berg 

 (Murat) advanced with the light cavalry from 

 JCronach towards Saalburg — he was attended 

 by the '25th regiment of liglit infantry. One 

 Prulfian regiment appealed inclined to defend 

 the paflage oftiie Saalc; but after a cannonade 

 of half an hour, appiehenfive of being turned, 

 it abandoned its pofition. 



" The yth, the Grand-Duke of Berg ad- 

 vanced upon Schleitz, where a Pruffian Gene- 

 ral with 10,000 men was ported. The Em- 

 peror arrived at noon, and ordered the Prince 

 De Ponte-Corvo to attack and take polTeflion 

 of the village, which he deemed of import- 

 ance. The Prince difpofed his columns In 

 order, and advanced at tlieir head. He car- 

 ried the village, and purfued the Hying cne- 

 riy. In the courfc of the night a great num- 

 ber of prifoners were taken. General Watier, 

 with the 4th regiment of hufiars, and the 5th 

 efchaiieurs, made a fine and fpiritcd char;je 

 againft three Prullian regiments. Four com- 

 panies of the 27th light infantry, which were 

 pofted in a plain, were charged by the PruHian 

 huflLrs ;— but they were received in fuch a 

 ftile as became French infantry coping with 

 Pruffian cavalry ! — yoO horfe-nen lay on the 

 field of battle! — the French infantry were 

 commanded by General Maifons. A Colonel 

 of the enemy was among the dead, two pieces 

 of cannon taken, 300 were made prifoners, 

 and in the whole 400 men were killed; our 

 lofs was trifling. The Pruflian infantry tlirew 

 down their arms, and fled trembling from the 

 French bayonets ! The Grand-Duke^^led feve- 

 ral of the charges fword in hand. 



'« On the locbj the Prince De Ponio-Corvo 



removed his head-quarters to Auma. The 

 11th, the Grand-Duke of Berg arrived at 

 Gora. Lefalle, General of Brigade of the ca- 

 valry of refcrve, cut off an cfcort of the ene- 

 my's baggage ; ."jOO covered waggons and open 

 cairiages were captured ; they contained feve- 

 ral articles highly important to the operations 

 of a campaign. 



" The left wing lias been equally fuccefs- 

 ful. Warihal Lannes entered Coburg on the 

 8th, and advanced againft Grafenthal on the 

 9th. He attacked on the lOth, the advanced 

 guard of Prince Hohenlohc, which was com- 

 manded by Prince Louis of PrufTia, ene of the 

 leaders of the War Faftion. The cannonade 

 did not laft above two hours; it proceeded 

 only from a half of the divifion of General 

 Suchct. The Prullian cavalry was cut off by 

 the 9th and lOth regiments of hufiars. The 

 Pruffian infantry were unable to make an or- 

 derly retreat; part were cut off in a marfh, 

 the remainder found (belter in the woods. We 

 made 1000 prifoners, 600 were left dead on 

 the field, and 30 pieces of cannon fell into 

 our hands. 



" Prince Louis of Pruffia, a brave and loyal 

 foldier, feeing the rout of his ctrps, oppofed 

 himfelf fingly to a Marlhal Des Logis, of the 

 10th regiment of hulVars. ' Surrender, Co- 

 lonel,' faid the huflar, ' or you are a dead 

 man !' The Prince anfwered by a blow of 

 his fabre— his antagonift ran him through the 

 body, on which the Prince inllantly fell dead. 

 If the laft days of his life were thofe of a bad 

 Citizen, his death was glorious, though to be 

 regretted. His end was fuch as he defired, 

 that of a gord foldier ! Two of his Aids-du- 

 Camp were killed near him. On his perfon 

 were found fome letters from Berlin, from 

 which it appeared the prejeft of the enemy 

 had been to commence operations immediate- 

 ly, and that the War Faftion, at the head of 

 which were the Queen and the young Prince, 

 had always feared the pacific intentions of the 

 King, whofe love for his fubjeifts they thought 

 would induce liim to temporife. It may now 

 be faid, the very outfct of war has deftroyed 

 one of its authors ! 



" Neither Drel'den nor Berlin are covered 

 by an army. Turned on its left, taken in the 

 faifl at the moment wlien it committed itfelf 

 to the moft hazardous operations, the Pruffian 

 army at the very outfet is placed in the mod 

 critical fituation. On the l'2th it occupied 

 Eifenach, Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar. The French 

 army occupied Saalfeld and Gera,and was about 

 to advance to Naumburg and Jena. Parties of 

 light cavalry fweep the plains of Leipzig !" 

 Fifth Bulletin. 

 BATTLE OF JENA. 



" Jena, OB. 15. 



" Tile battle of Jena has wiped away the dif- 

 grace o.'tlie battle of Rofbach, and in fcven days 

 concluded a campaign which has wholly quieted 

 all the dreadfu I pr^jparations for war with which 

 the Prullian hcadi were fo much poiTelTed. 



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