HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
_. By the success of these operations 
the French, after turning the Prus- 
Sian left, became masters of their 
magazines, and placed themselves 
between their grand army and the 
Cities of Berlin and Dresden. On 
the 12th, part of the French centre, 
under. Marshal Davoust, entered 
Naumburg, and took possession of 
the Prussian magazines, which they , 
set on fire. Their army now ex- 
tended along the right bank of the 
Saale from Naymburg to Neustadt 
Their first line was composed of the 
corps. of Davoust, at Naumburg; 
of that of Tannes, at Jeni; and of 
that of Augereau, at Kahla. In 
the second line was the‘grand duke 
of Berg, hetween Zeitz and Leipzig; 
the prince of Ponte Corvo, at Zeitz; 
the emperor and Soult, at Jena; 
and marshal Ney, at Neustadt. 
The disasters of Schleitz and 
Saalfeld, and the unfortunate death 
of prince Louis, when known at 
the Prussian head-quarters, pro- 
duced there universal consternation 
and dismay, though the extent and 
consequences of these calamities were 
far from being fully understood or 
foreseen. Fears were entertained, 
that the French, after breaking 
through and defeating their left, 
would advance to Dresden and take 
Possession of Saxony. But so re. 
miss were they in the most ordinary 
precautions, and so absurdly con- 
fident in the strength of their posi. 
tions, that one of their patroles, sent 
©ut from head-quarters towards 
- Naumburg to reconnoitre, returned 
Without going to Naumburg, be. 
cause when half way they met a tra- 
veller who told them there were no 
news of the French at Naumburg, 
From this state of blind security 
they were roused by the blaze of 
their magazines on the night of the 
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12th, which .at once disclosed to 
them the real infentions of the ene- 
my, and shewed how successful he 
had been in accomplishing his de- 
signs. Nothing now remained for 
them but to risk a general engage. 
ment withont delay. Nextday was 
employed, on both sides, in making 
arrangements for the important bat- 
tle decisive of the fate of Prussia, 
The French army extended from 
Naumburg to Kahla, along the Saale, 
a line of six hours march, its ceatre 
being at Jena. The Prussians, 
who had been collecting the whele 
of their forces into ome point, were 
assembled between Auerstadt, Wei- 
mar, aud Jena. The two armies 
were separated by the heights of the 
Saale, which seemed \to afford aa 
impregnable position to the Prus- 
sians, and to oppose an insuperable 
barrier to the French. But, by 
some incredible oversight, the Prus- 
sian generals, satisfied with guarding 
the high road between Jena and- 
Weimar, left the most important 
passes of the Saale unoccupied, Of 
this omission the French failed not 
to avail themselves. During the 
whole of the night of the 13th they 
were indefatigably employed in se- 
curing these passes, and transpor ting 
cannon to defend them; in which 
they were so successful, that, when 
day broke, the Prussians saw thems 
selves attacked in their elevated . 
position, which they had considered 
as an impregnable fortress ; and so 
unsuspicious were they to the last 
moment of their danger, that at 
Rauhthal, the French, who had 
penetrated by the neglected pass of 
Swetzen, arrived within 300 paces 
of one of their columns before its 
approach was suspected. 
At break of day the whole of the 
French army was under arms. The 
light 
