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that marefchal Bernadotte, with his army, has taken a po- 
fition between Munich and the Inn.—2. That marefchal 
Lafnes, with his corps, is purfuing prince Ferdinand, 
and was yefterday at Aalem.—3. That prince Murat, with 
his corps, was -yefterday at Nordlingen ; that the lieute¬ 
nant-generals Werneck, Baillet, Hohenzollern, and feven 
other generals, have yefterday furrendered to general 
Belliard, at the village of Trotzelfingen.—4. That maref¬ 
chal Soult is polled between Ulrri and Bregenz, cutting off 
every communication from the Tyrol ; and there is, confe- 
quently, no poflibility of fuccour arriving before Ulm.— 
5. That lieutenant-general and quarter-mailer general 
Mack, giving credit to the above declaration, is ready to 
evacuate Ulm to-morrow, on the following conditions : 
That the whole corps of marefchal Ney, confiding of 
twelve regiments of infantry, and four regiments of horfe, 
fhall not quit the city of Ulm and its environs, at the dif- 
tance of ten leagues, before the 23th Odlober at midnight, 
the period when the capitulation is to expire. The whole 
Andrian army (hall defile to-morrow, at three in the after¬ 
noon, before the emperor of the French, with all the 
honours of war : they (hall lay down their arms, and the 
officers, who (hall keep their arms, ffiall receive palfports 
to go by the two roads of Kempten to Auftria, and of 
Bregenz to the Tyrol. Done in duplicate at Elchingen, 
the 19th October 1805, (27th Vendemiaire, year 14 ) 
(Signed) Mareschal Berthier. 
Lieutenant-General Mack. 
The emperor Napoleon, on the 20th, took his ftation, 
from two o’clock in the afternoon to feven in the evening, 
on the heights near Ulm, where the Auftrian army defiled 
before him. This was a proud day for France. The 
French army were polled on the heights. The emperor, 
furrotinded by his life-guard, lent for the Auftrian gene¬ 
rals, and kept them with him until their troops had all 
filed off. He treated them with the utmoft diftinCtion. 
There were prefent, befides the general in chief Mack, 
eight generals, and feven lieutenant-generals. 
The capitulation concluded at Trotzelfingen on the 19th 
of October, for the Auftrian troops under the command 
of general Werneck, between him and Belliard ; and alfo 
thole of the capitulation of the efcort of the Auftrian 
heavy baggage and ammunition, commanded by major 
Locatelli, concluded between that officer and the French 
brigadier general Fauconnet, on the 18th, at Bottingen ; 
were couched in (imilar terms.with thofe for Ulm ; and 
the Aufttians who furrendered at both the above places, 
were to be fent prifoners into the interior of France. 
At the time of the capitulation of general Werneck 
near Nordlingen, the archduke Ferdinand, with a corps of 
1000 cavalry and fome artillery, placed himfelf in the 
van. He advanced into the Pruffian territory, proceeding 
by the way of Gunzenhaufen towards Nuremberg, and 
prince Murat followed in the fame track, and fucceeded 
in overtaking him. An adtion took place on the road 
from Furth to Nuremberg on the evening of the 29th. 
All that remained of his park of artillery and all the 
baggage were, without exception, taken. The chaffeurs 
of the imperial guard drove back all the troops that faced 
them. The two regiments of carabineers maintained 
great reputation. The forced march of prince Rupert 
from Albeck to Nuremberg, is truly aftoniftting. Though 
conftantly engaged,, he gained on the enemy, who were 
two days march before him. The refult of that prodi¬ 
gious activity was the taking of 1500 waggons, 50 pieces of 
cannon, and 16,000 men, including thofe capitulated with 
general Werneck. The battalions of chaffeurs which had 
followed the army fince its paffuge at Stutgard, departed 
to conduct to France a column of 12,000 prifoners. 
The following is the ftatement of the total of prifoners: 
10,000 at Auglhnrgh, 33,000 at Ulm, 1 2,000 at Donau- 
werth, and 12,000 on their march for France. Napoleon 
addrefled the Auftrian generals, as their army was filing 
pall him, in the following terms :—“ Gentlemen, your 
nufter carries on an unjuft war. I know not for what I 
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am fighting. I know not what can be required of me. Yt 
is not in this army alone that my refources conlift ; though 
were this the cafe, I fhould ftill be able to make head 
with it ; but I ffiall appeal to the teftimony of your own 
prifoners of war, who will fpeedily pafs through France; 
they will obferve with their own eyes the fpirit which 
animates my people. I would give my brother the em¬ 
peror of German);, one further piece of advice—let him 
haften to make peace. There is a crifis when, he mull 
recollect, all dates mull have an end. The idea of the 
approaching extinction of the dynalty of Lorraine, mull 
imprefs him with terror. I defire nothing upon the con¬ 
tinent. I want (hips, colonies, and commerce; and it is 
as much your intereft as mine that I ffiould have them.” 
M. Mack replied, “ that the emperor of Germany had 
not wiftied for war, but was compelled to it by Ruffia.” 
“ If that be the cafe,' 1 ' faid the emperor, then you are no 
longer a power.” The emperor treated lieutenant-general 
Klenau, whom he knew as commander of the regiment of 
Wurmfer, with particular civility ; asalfothe lieutenants- 
generals Ginly, Getterffieim, Ries, and the prince of Licit-, 
tenftein, &c. comforting them in their misfortunes, and 
telling them that war has its chances, and that they who 
had frequently been conquerors, might be conquered in 
their turn. The fortifications of Ulm and Memmingen 
were ordered to be deftroyed. 
The whole number of officers taken amounted to near 
two thoufand. Each officer wasrobliged to give his word 
of honour in writing, that he would not ferve again during 
the war, or until exchanged. If they ffiould do otherwife, 
the laws of war would be executed in their greateft rigor. 
Among the Auftrian officers taken at the battles of El¬ 
chingen, Wertingcn, Memmingen, Ulm, &c. were M. M. 
baron Mack; the prince of HeflTe Homburgh ; baron de 
Stipfehis; count Guilay, quarter-mafter-general to the 
army of prince Ferdinand ; baron Laudon ; count Klenau; 
counts Gonefcheim, De Riefie, Baillet, Werneck ; prince 
of Hohenzollern, prince of Lichtenftein, major-general 
baron Abel, baron Ulm, baron Weidenfeld ; counts d’Au-- 
berg, Gehneddy, Fremel, Stiecher, Hermann, taken at 
Elchingen ; count Hermann, taken at Ulm ; counts Reich- 
ter, Dieurfberg, Mithiery, Wogel, Weiber, Hohenfeld, 
baron d’Afpre, count Spangen, &c. 
Thus glorioufty for France, without even one pitched 
battle, ended the firft part of the campaign in Germany. 
On the 24th of September the emperor Napoleon had 
only left his capital ; and on the 20th of October, a period 
of merely twenty-fix days, he could boaft of having an¬ 
nihilated the choiceft of the Auftrian armies of 100,000 
men in their own territory, with the lofs only of five hun¬ 
dred killed, and one thoufand taken prifoners, out of the 
whole French invading army ! The period of action was 
indeed confiderably (horter; by which the merit of the 
troops is greatly enhanced. Napoleon, on the 22d of Oc¬ 
tober, at the head-quarters at Elchingen, congratulated 
his army on thefe great events, in the following addrefs : 
“ Soldiers of the Grand Army,--— In fifteen day & 
we have made a campaign. What we propofed to our- 
felves has been accomplifhed. We have driven the troops 
of the houfe of Auftria from Bavaria, and eftablilhed our 
ally in the fovereignty of his eftates. The army, which 
with fo much oftentation came upon our frontiers, is now 
deftroyed. But of what importance is this to England ? 
Her end is fulfilled. We are no longer at Boulogne, and 
her fubfidy will neither be more nor lefs. Of 100,000 men 
which compofed this army, 60,000 are prifoners. They 
will go and replace our confcripts in the labour of our 
fields. Two hundred pieces of artillery—all the park, 
ninety (land of colours, and all the generals, are in our 
power. There has not efcaped from this army more than 
5000 men. 
“ Soldiers, I had announced to you a great battle; 
but, thanks to the bad combinations of the enemy, I have 
been able to procure the fame advantages without running 
any hazard ; and, what is without example in the hiftor.y 
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