STATE PAPERS. 



717 



conduct towards the subjects of their 

 Lxwful soyereign ; but, contrary to 

 Kiy expectation, should any well- 

 grounded complaint be brought be- 

 fore me, I shall investigate its merits 

 with impartiality, and remedy the 

 same accordingly without delay. — 

 Ills Britannic majesty, my gracious 

 sovereign, is convinced, that his be- 

 loved German subjects will receive; 

 his troops in the most friendly man- 

 ner ; I therefore, in his majesty's 

 name, and by his express command, 

 invite all persons, whose circum- 

 stances will permit, to enter into the 

 military service, particularly those 

 who have previously belonged to the 

 Hanoverian army. — I invite them, 

 without delay, to join the Brftish 

 standard, where I shall insure to 

 them every privilege attached to his 

 majesty's German legion. With 

 our forces thus united, we shall then 

 oppose a check to the unlawful de- 

 mands of the enemy ; and we may 

 thus the more confidently reckon 

 upon the good consequences of our 

 efforts, being armed with the justice 

 of our cause ; in behalf of our king 

 and our country. Given at Stadt, 

 r>'ovembcr 2(Jth, IS05. 



(Signed) 



George Don, licut.-gcn. 



Russian official Account of the Bat. 

 tic of ylusterlitz, from the Peters- 

 burg Journal of February 2(1, 

 ISOO". 



Troppan, Jan. 25th. — The issue 

 of the battle of Austerlitz has been 

 so well confirmed by its consequen- 

 ces, that it is almost incredible how 

 France could publish such extrava- 

 gant and untrue relations of that 

 afiair. All Europe, and the Russian 

 ■atiun in particular, justly «xpect a, 



relation on our part. The love of 

 truth aione, and the wish to adduce 

 none but well authenticated facts, 

 have hitherto prevented the appear- 

 ance of this relation. In the mean 

 while, it is necessary to correct som« 

 of the statements of the French bul- 

 letins, particularly the 30th, and to 

 lay tlicm before the public. — Gene- 

 ral Savary spoke with two persons 

 only belonging to the emperor's 

 suite ; and, excepting these, he only 

 saw some field adjutants, who had 

 brought dispatches from their chiefs, 

 or were in waiting to transmit or- 

 ders to them. — The chief of th« 

 French nation might not have de- 

 rived any pleasure from the conver- 

 sation of Prince Dolgorucky; but 

 he at the same time forgot that the 

 Russians did not belong to those na- 

 tions who sought his protection. — 

 I'he namber of the allied army, as 

 stated in the bulletins, '< was 105,000 

 " men, viz. 80,000 Russians and 

 " 2.5,000 Austrians, and the French 

 " much inferior."— But why were 

 their numbers not given ? — Besides 

 the reserve, Avhich alone was said to 

 be equal to an army, the enemy'j 

 force consisted of four large divisi- 

 ons of 20,000 infantry and 3000 

 cavalry each, commanded by a mar- 

 shal and two generals of division. 

 The combined army, on the other 

 hand, consisted of 52,000 Ru-ssians 

 and 17,000 Austrians.— But this in- 

 feriority in number was the least 

 misfortune in the Russian army : the 

 scarcity of provisions was so great, 

 that for nearly two days preceding 

 the battle, they had nothing to cat. 

 The honses were famished to such 

 a degree, that those belonging to the 

 artillery could no longer draw. Of 

 course, in the battle, the artillery 

 was of little use, excepting in those 

 stations where it was first planted. 



The 



