1806.] 



Battle of Jena. 



491 



'< The Huflars and ChafTeurs defplayed a 

 valour on this day, which entitles thern to ihe 

 highed praife. The Pruiiian cavuhy were 

 nci-er able to ftand againft them, ai.d all the 

 attacks they made upon the Infantry were 

 fuccefsful. 



" OftheFrencli Infantry we /hall fay nothing. 

 It is known lung lincc that it is the heft In- 

 fantry in the world. The Emperor declares, 

 that tlie French Cavalry, after the experi- 

 ence of the two laft campaigns and laf): battle, 

 has liot its like. 



" The Pruiiian army has, in this campaign, 

 loft every point of retreat in its line ot opera- 

 tions. Its It'Tt wing, followed by Marlhal 

 Davouft, begins its retreat to Weimar, at the 

 fame time that its rii;ht wing and centre take 

 their retreat from Weimar towards Naumburg. 

 The confufion was therefore extraordinary. 

 The Kinii was forced to letreat acrofs the 

 field at the head of his regiment of cavalry. 



" Our lofs is :000 to lioO men kill tl, and 

 SOOO wounded. The Grand-Duke of Ber- 

 IJ at this moment clofe up to Erfurt, where is 

 a corps of the enemy commanded by Marfhal 

 Moller.dorlf and the Prince of Orange. 



" The General Staff is occupied in prepar- 

 ing an efficial relation which fliall make 

 known with every detail all the different 

 Corps and Regiments that have diiHnguiihed 

 themfelves; to entitle thera to the efteem 

 and acknowldgements of the nation: if <iny 

 thing were wanting, they have teflified it 

 amply in the enthufiafm anJ love they have 

 fliewn for their Emperor in the thickeft of the 

 figlit. 



" At one momen' there was room for a 

 doubt; every mouth at once was filled with 

 the univcrfal cry of '■Long live the Emperor V 

 a fentiment which ran through every heart in 

 the niidft of the battle. The Emperor feeing 

 his wings threatened by the cavalry, fet for- 

 ward at full gallop lo the fpot, to direft other 

 manoeuvres, and order a change of front. 



" He was every moment annoyed with the 

 fliouts of ' Lorig U-vc the Emperor !' The Im- 

 perial Foot Guards, enraged not to be allowed 

 to prefs on while they faw that every other 

 corps was in motion, and that they were left 

 inaflive, feveral voices among them cried out 

 * Forward [' — « Wh.it is this . J" laid the Em- 

 peror: ' This can come from none other but 

 fome beaidlefs boy that will give orders inde- 

 pendent of me : let him wait till he has com- 

 manded in thirty battles before he takes upon 

 him to advife me.' 



" In the heavieft of the fire, when the ene- 

 my had loft almoft all his Generals, it might 

 be feen what Providence had done for us, 

 which had fpared our army. Not a man of 

 diftinclion, on the fide of the French, is in- 

 jured or wounded. Marllul Lafiics was 

 grazed by a muficet bullet dd the breaft, but 

 efcapcd unhurt Marlhal Davouft had his hat 

 and cldthes fhot through in fcvcral places 

 with fmall bullets. The £mpcrur was con- 



tinually furrounded, wherever he appeared 

 by the Prince of Nfufchatel, Mar/hal Bef- 

 fieres ; the GrandMarftial of the Palace, Duroc; 

 the Grand RTafter of the Horfe, ("aulincourt ; 

 his Aides-de-Camp, and Equerry in Waiting. 

 A part of the armv did not fire a fingle (hot, 



" Erfurt is taken ; the Prince of Orange- 

 Fulda, Marflial Mollendorff, feveral otiief 

 Generals, and a coniiderable number of the 

 troops, are pvifonsrs of war." 



Fourteenth Bulletin. 



•' Dejfau, Oa 22. 1204 



" IVIarihal Davouft arrived on the '20th at 



Wittenberg, and took by furprife the bridge 



on the Elbe, juft as the enemy were fetting 



fire to it. 



" Manhal Lafnes is arrived at Dertau, The 

 brislge was burnt. He fet people to repair it 

 immediately. 



" The Marquis Lucchefini appeared before 

 the advanced pofts, with a letter from the 

 King of Pruiija. The Emperor fent the 

 Grand Marfhal of his Palace, Duroc, to con- 

 fer with him. 



"Magdeburg is blockaded. The General 

 of Divifiun Legrand, in his march to Magde- 

 burg, has made fome prifoners. Marflial 

 Soult has his pofts round the city. Tlie 

 Grand-Duke of Berg h.is fent thither General 

 Belliard, the Chief of his Staff. This gene- 

 ral faw there the Piince of Hohenlohe The 

 l.cnguage o: the Pruiiian Officers was much 

 changed. Ti:ey loudly demand peace. « What 

 does your Emperor want ?' faid they to us. 

 'Will he purfue us continually, fo clofely .* 

 We have not had a moment's repofe fince the 

 battle ' Tliefe Gentlemen, were, doubtlefs, 

 accuftomed to the manoeuvres of the feven 

 years war. They wanted lo alk three days to 

 bury their dead. « Think of the living,' faid 

 the Emperor, 'leave to us the care of burying 

 the dead j there is no need of a truce for 

 that.' 



" The confufion in Berlin is extreme. All 

 the good Citizens who groaned under the 

 falfe direftion given to the politics of their 

 count y, repro.ich the fire-brands kindled by 

 J'^ngland, with the fad eft'etls of their in- 

 trigues. There is but one cry in all the 

 country — againft the Queen. The enemy 

 appears to be endeavouring to rally behind 

 the Oder. 



'* I he Sovereign of Saxony hai thanked 

 the Emperor for the generofity with which 

 he has treated him, and who is about to 

 fnatch him from the Prulfian inlluence. How- 

 ever, a greit number of his fuldiers have pe- 

 riihed in this fqujbole." 



Fjttcnth Bulletin. 



" pyitt£r.berv, Ofi. 28. 

 " Here is the intelligence we have colleft- 

 ed concerning the caufes olr this ftrange war, 

 |> . " General Schmettau (dead, a prifoner at 

 Weimar) drrw up a inemo:ial, written with 

 much lorce, in which he maintained that the 

 Pruiiian army ought t« retjaid itfelf at dif- 

 honoured ; 



