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Holstein with the small remains of 
his army; but less able than ever to 
hazard an engagement with the 
French, and not daring to violate 
the neutrality of the* Danish terri- 
tory, he was there forced to surren- 
der. The dismal affair of Lubeck 
fo0k place on the 6th of November, 
and on the following day Blucher 
Surrendered at Swartau with his 
army, which was now reduced to 
Tess than 10,000 men. A body of 
1,600 Swedes, on their way home 
from Lauenburg, who had been 
detained by contrary winds at the 
mouth of the Trave, were also com- 
pelled to lay down their arms. 
The surrender of the army under 
general Blucher left no corps of 
Prussians in the field upon the 
German side of the Oder; and his 
obstinate and skilful resistance, as 
it was the most glorious, so it was 
the last of their exertions to avert 
the total ruin and downfal of their 
monarchy. ‘Their fortificd places 
seemed emulous which should first 
‘open its gates to the enemy, and 
those, which were best supplied 
with the means of defence, were 
commonly the first to surrender. 
When Spandau capitulated,* the 
French observed, that, well de- 
fended, it might. have sustained a 
siege of two months after the 
trenches had been opened. Stettin 
surrendered on capitulation to the 
first column of French troops, 
which appeared before it,+ who 
found to their surprise, that it con- 
tained a garrison of 6000 fine look- 
ing troops, 160 pieces of cannon, 
and abundant magazines of al! sorts. 
Custrin, a place of considerabfe 
strength, and of great importance 
on account of its situation upon the 
*' Oct. 24... "F Oct 29 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
sa RNOVe le 
1806. 
Oder, surrendered to marshal Das 
voust as soon as it was invested and 
summoned, { though its garrison 
consisted of 4000 men amply pro- 
vided with magazines. Magdeburg, 
the bulwark of the Prussian mo. 
narchy on its western frontier, 
capitulated to marshal Ney§ after a 
few bombs had. been thrown into 
the city; and Hameln, the chicf 
fortress of the electorate of Hano- 
ver, had not even that excuse for 
its surrender. || Tn Magdeburg 
were found 22,000 troops, includ- 
ing 2000 artillery men; and in 
Hameln there was a Prussian garri- 
son of 9000 men, with six months 
provisions and stores and ammu- 
nition of every kind. ‘The French 
general, to whom the place was 
given up, had no forces with him, 
except two Dutch regiments and a 
single regiment of French light in. 
fantry. ‘Never were the effects of 
panic terror more visible or more 
fatal than in these occurrences, 
The battle of Auerstadt had de- 
prived the Prussians of all courage 
and confidence, and seemed even to 
have bereft them of understanding, 
While the grand French army 
was proceeding in this “ uninter. 
rupted course of victory and suc- 
‘cess, an inferior army, assembled at 
Wesel under the command of Louis’ 
Bonaparte, the newly created king 
of Holland, overran the Prussian 
provinces of Westphalia, and pe- 
netrated into the electorate of Hano. 
ver; and a still smaller corps under 
general Dandaels took possession of 
Kimden and East Friezeland. At 
Munster and other places,, valu. 
able magazines fell into the hands. 
of the invaders; and ‘no resistance 
was any where made to them, 
§Nov. 8. {] Nov. 20, ie 
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