15! 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



posed. Accordingly, on tlie 17th 

 of Octolier, he agreed to surrender 

 the city of Ulm, with all its artille- 

 ry and magazines, and tliat the gar- 

 rison, (consisting of about oO.OOO 

 men) after, marching oi'.t, with all 

 tlie honours of war, should lay down 

 their arms ; tiie field officers to be 

 allowed to return to Austria, upon 

 their parole, but the subalterns and 

 soldiers to be sent prisoners into 

 France, there to remain until ex- 

 changed. 



It was stipulated, however, that 

 the Austrian commander in chief, 

 should not be obliged to carry this 

 capitulation into eifect before 12 

 o'clock at noon on the ensuing 

 25th, and further, that if an Austrian 

 or Russian army arrived in sufficient 

 force to raise the blockade of Uira 

 before 12 o'clock at midnight on 

 the 2oth, the garrison should, in that 

 event, be entirely relciiscd from the 

 above capitulation. 



Impatient at the delay which these 

 terms would have produced, and ea- 

 ger to lose no time in making head 

 against the Austrians and Russians 

 collecting on the Inn, Bonaparte in- 

 Titcd General Mack to an interview 

 on the l9th, the result of which was, 

 that Mack, on the assurance of the 

 French marshal Bcrthicr that no 

 succour could possibly arrive before 

 Ulm, signed an additional article, 

 ty which he agreed to evacuate the 

 place, and surrender the army, on 

 the next day, the '20t".i, on the mere 

 condition that the corps command- 

 ed by marshal Ney, consisting of 

 twelve regiments of infanfrv and 

 four of cavalry, should not advance 

 beyond ten leagues from Ulm and 

 its environs before the 25th at mid- 

 night, the period when the former 

 capitulation was to have expired. 



Mack's conduct, in this latter pro- 



ceeding, can only be accounted for, 

 cither by folly or villany ; but what- 

 ever Avere his motives, the Austrian 

 garrison, in compliance ^vith the 

 new capitulation, marched out the 

 day following, and, aftir filing be- 

 fore the i'rencli emperor, laid down 

 their arms, and surrendered them- 

 selves prisoners of war. Bonaparte, 

 who had tal. en an advantageous 

 station to beliold this operation, 

 sent for general iVlack and the other 

 Austrian generals, and, while their 

 troops were fding by, addressed 

 them to the following ctt'ect: "Gen- 

 tlemen, your master wages an unjust 

 war : I tell you plainly 1 know not 

 for A\ hat I am lighting ; 1 know not 

 what can be required of me ; my 

 resources are not confined to my 

 present army. Those prisoners of 

 w ar, now on their way to France, \ 

 will observe the spirit which ani- 

 mates my people, ami with what 

 eagerness they Hock to my stand- 

 ards. At a single wOrd 200,000 

 volunteers crowd to my standard, 

 and in six weeks beconic good sol- 

 diers ; w hcreas, your recruits only 

 march from compulsion, and do not 

 become good soldiers till after seve- 

 ral years. Let me advise my bro- 

 ther, the emperor, to hasten to make 

 peace. All states must have an end, 

 and in the present crisis he must 

 feel serious alarms, lest the extinc- 

 tion of the dynasty of Lorraine 

 should be at hand." He conclud- 

 ed ])y .saying, •• i desire nothing fur- 

 ther upon the Continent ; 1 want 

 shi])s, colonies, and commerce, and 

 it is as much your interest as mine 

 that I should liave them." 



General Mack is reported to have 

 said, in reply " that the emperor of 

 (iermany had not wished lor war, 

 but was compelled to it by Russia." 

 " If that be the case," said Bona- 

 parte, 



