The Answer of Marshal Davoust to General
Count de Palfy.

General; I have submitted the letter you sent the Commandant of my light eavalry, to his Majesty's inspection. His Majesty has charged me to inform his Highness, the Archduke Palatine, by your favour, that he is ready to agree to the neu

Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and Major General of the Army. First, That there shall be an armistice between the Corps of the Army under his Highness Prince Murat, and the Russian Army commanded by the General in Chief Kutusow, from the moment of the signing of the present Conditions.-The Russian Army shall quit Germany, and continue its march home-trality of the Hungarian nation, if, upon his wards, by the same route it came, and by easy marches, when Prince Murat shall have agreed to suspend his movements in Moravia --The present conditions cannot be executed before their Ratification by the Emperor Napoleon; in the mean while the Russian army, and that of Prince Murat, shall remain in the positions they now occupy. In case this capitulation is not ratified on the part of the Emperor, four hours notice shall be given, previous to the cessation of the armistice. Done at Holebrunn, Nov. 15, 1805.

Letter from General Count de Palfy.

part, the Archduke will recall the Hungarian troops, discontinue the levy in niasse, and continue to supply Vienna with provisions; and, in fine, conclude a Conventionbetween the Hungarian nation, and the Emperor of the French, tending to maintain a good understanding between the two countries. I have been authorized to let any of ficer pass, whom his Royal Highness the Archduke may choose to send to my- Sovereign, to treat with him upon these preliminaries. I am happy in the opportunity of performing any good office agreeable to your compatriots; and to secure the wellbeing and tranquillity of a people so-estimable in many respects as the Hungarian-nation. I have the honour to be, M. Le General, your very humble servant, the Marshal of the Empire, and one of the Colo-" nels-General of the Guard of his Majesty the Emperor and King. L. DAVOUST.

Twenty-sixth Bulletin of the Grand Army.

Znaita, Nov. 13. Prince Murat hav ing been informed that the Russian Generais, immediately after the signing of the Convention, were marching with a part of their army towards Znaim, and that fron all appearances the other party were about to follow them and escape, caused it to b♦ signified to them, that the Emperor had not

Geneal, his Royal Highness the Archduke Palatine, in his character of supreme head of the military and civil departments in Hungary, has charged the undersigned to declare, that his Highness having established a cordon of militia, as guards, upon the western frontier of this kingdom, supported by small detachments of cavalry, composed of invalids and recruits, solely with a view to check the progress of the marauders in the Austrian army, nothing hostile is to be apprehended from them; the said detachments being ordered to retire. whenever the French troops shall approach the frontier. Thus, in the circumstances in which these feeble detachments are placed, they can only be looked upon as pi-.ratified the Convention, and that he would quets of observation. His Royal Highness bas ordered the Heads of the Houses of Invalids, Seminaries, Pensioners, &c. &c. to remain at their posts, persuaded that the Commandant of the French troops will not refuse them the protection necessary; and that he will also interest himself in the prevention of any excesses which might be committed by the French detachments that shall enter Hungary, especially as they will meet with no kind of opposition. In consequence of such a declaration, the Undersigned may have to treat with the Commandant of the French troops, relative to several very interesting objects He also solicits a rendezvons, upon parole, in a vessel in the middle of the Danube. He accordingly waits an answer from the General; and has the honour to be, his very humble servant, LEOPOLD, Count PALEY, Major-General and Conimandant at Presburg,

of course attack them. In fact, Prince Murat, having made his dispositions, advanced towards "the enemy, and attacked them on the 16th, at four o'clock, which brought on the battle of Tantersdorff, in which a part of the Russian army, composing the rear guard, was routed, Justi twelve pieces of cannon, one hundred bag→ gage waggons, and two thousand prisoners ;* two thon and more remained on the field of battle. Marshal Lannes attacked the enemy. in front; and, while their left was turned. by General Dupass's brigide of grenadiers, Marshal Soult turned their right with Gen. Levasseur's brigade, consisting of the 3d and 15th regiments of the line belonging to Legrand s division. Gen. Walther charged the Russians with his brigade of dragoons, and took three hundred prisoners.-General. Labianche Mortier's brigade of grenndiers distinguished themselves, Were it not for

the night, nothing would have escaped There were frequent attacks, with the bayonet. Some battalions of Russian grenadiers shewed great intrepidity Gen. Oudinot vas wounded. His two aides-de-camp, Demangeot and Lamotte, were also wounded by his side. General Oudinot's weand will prevent him from serving for a fortnight. In the mean time, the Emperor. wishing to give the grenadiers a mark of his esteem, has given the command of them to General Duroc. The Emperor advanced his head-quarters to Znaim the 17th, at three o'clock. The rear guard of the Rus sians were obliged to leave their sick at Znaim, where we found a considerable quantity of flour and oats. The Russians retreated towards Brunn, and our advanced guard pursued them half way, but the Emperor having learnt that the Emperor of Austria was there, wished to give a proof of his respect for that Prince, and halted the 18th. Annexed is the capitulation of the fort of Kuffstein, taken by the Bavarians. General Baraguay d'Hilliers made an incuron into Bohemia as far as Pilsen, and abliged the enemy to quit his position. He took some magazines, and fulfilled the object of his mission. The dismounted dragoons rapidly passed over the mountains, covered with ice and fir-trees, which separate Bohemia from Bavaria. It is not possible to formam idea of the horror which the Russians have created in Moravia. In retreating, they set fire to the finest villages, and they murder the peasantry. In consequence, the inhabitants feel easy when they find that they remove. They exclaim, Our ene

love brof his subjects, without sacrificing
them to the public hate, and one day, sooner!
or later, this must happen: ka aktova

CONTINENTAL WAR.Austrian Officials
Accounts relative to the Operations of the
War. From the Court Gazette. Conti
nued from p. 791.

Vienna, Nov. 9.-The military occur rences, which have taken place since. those already given in this paper, are as follow:-; Captain Scheibler Von Meerfeldt, brother of Field-Marshal Count Meerfeldt, who was stationed on the left bank of the Danube, with a party of about 100 horse, and 130infantry, having remarked, in the night of the 4th of Nov. that the enemy occupied the left bank, without any military precautions, at tempted an attack upon the post of Mathausen the same night, which was so successful, that the place was carried without the loss of a single man. The commandant, an offe cer of dragoons, and about 30 men, were killed in defending themselves in a house, which was forced; two commissaries, one general officer, one captain, one lieutenant, 18 dragoons of the 20th regiment, 23 saps peurs, and 5 privates of infantry, with 28 horses, were taken.-The Emperor of the French, Marshal Prince Murat, and the whole garrison of Lintz, where the divisions of Davoust and Ney arrived on the 3d, were so much alarmed by this circumstance, that the garrison immediately retreated, and formed a line on the other side of the Da nube. It was now day-light, and the Emperor arrived on the bank with his staff, and must have seen the prisoners carried off. The captain of our party has been promoted to the rank of major-The rear-guard of the Imperial and Russian troops were ats tacked near Remmelbach, in the afternoon of the 5th, by the advanced guard of the enemy, consisting of 10,000 men, who were followed, according to the statement of the prisoners, by a body of 30,000 men. The Russians, notwithstanding the superior num+ bers of the enemy, charged them with the bayouet, and compelled them to fall back; but General Kutusow found himself under the necessity of retreating to Moelk, in cons sequence of being outflanked, on his right and left, by a numerous column of the

nies have left us. In speaking of them, they characterize them as barbarians who have brought ruin upon them. This does not apply to the officers, who are in general quite different from the soldiers. Many of them are of distinguished merit; but the soldiers are guided by a savage instinct un, known in European armies.--When the inhabitants of Austria, Moravia, and Bohemia, are asked if they love their Emperor, they answer, We did love him; but how 4 should we 'boutine to love him? He has brought down the Russians.It was reported at Vienua, that the Russians had defeated the French army, and that they were matching towards Vienna, A woman.cried out in the streets, f. The French are beaten, and there are the Russians. The alarm was general fear and stupefaction prevailed in Vienna. Behold the result of the perni-rived on the 14th of November to his Mas

gamis council of Cohentzel, Colloredo, and
Lamberti therefore, these men are deteste
ed by the nations and the Emperor of Aus
a can never recover the confidence and

Difcounts,

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enemy..

Brunn, Nov. 15. Our Court Gazette contains the following official account of the accurrences of the war-A courier who ass

jesty the Emperor and King, from the conis mander in chief of the Russian troops, Count Kutusow, brought the joyful news of a com plete victory which has been obtained over

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DECEMBER 14, 1805. Operations of the French Army of Italy.

[946 OPERATIONS OF THE FRENCH ARMY OF ITALY.-Continued from p. 798: Fifik Official Bulletin of the Army of Italy, dai ted Nov. 5, 1805.

cured; it was summoned to surrender; a refusal was returned. A sentiment of hu manity had influenced the general in chief to summon it; the passage must be forced, and the cannons and howitzers directed against the gates, and unfortunately against the city itself; we occupied burselves in this work at the point of day. The precipita tion with which the retreat of the enemy was conducted obliged them to abandon 1000 wounded, and to leave some remains of mas gazines in our possession. In the course of the day we had made 800 prisoners.-The Austrians were retreating by the road of Bassano; the army pursued them there, and constantly galled their rear. At the part where the road branches off to Bassano, and to Treviso, they proceeded towards this lat ter city, after burning behind them the bridge over the Terent, near the Palu When we arrived at the village of St. Pierre,

the enemy's division under the command of Marshal Mortier, between Stein and Weisskirchen, near to Krems. The following are the particulars extracted from the report made on the field of battle: On the 9th of After a few hours rest at Montebello, Nov. the Russian Imperial army passed the the army pursued the enemy towards ViDanube. Its rear was pressed by the enemy,cenza: the gates of the city had been setill it arrived at Mautern, and the commanding general resolved on the night, between the 9th and 10th, to pass to the left bank of the Danube, and to burn the bridge. This was the more necessary, as we had received certain information that the enemy had reestablished the bridge of Lintz, and that already one division of their army was on this bank of the Danube. On the afternoon of the 10th of Nov. the enemy approached our fore posts in the neighbourhood of Dierstein. drove them back with a superiority of force along the Danube, from Weisskirchen to Stein, and on the approach of night our army could with difficulty maintain themselves! on the Stein. It was determined, therefore, to attack the enemy on the morning of the 11th at Weisskirchen, in three columns, preserving that order as much as possible in a country covered with vineyards. At Weisskirchen, he had assembled a number of vessels, to cut off our retreat. The hap-in Gu, we found it was occupied by a corps piest results crowned this determined enterprise, executed with as much prudence as steadiness and valour. The enemy was defeated, and those parts of his division who could not save themselves in some of the ships, were either killed or taken prisoners. The number of the former cannot be ascertained with exactness, but the following is a list of the prisoners the Chef de Brigade, Grain D'Orge, 3. colonels, 1 lient.-col-nel, 36 superior officers, and 2000 men, among whom were the 4th regiment of dragoons. Five cannons were also taken, Marshal Mortier, who commanded the enemy's division, is missing. He is thought to be among the dead. The loss of the Russian troops is in proportion inconsiderable. It consists for the most part of wounded, among whom are a general and several officers.-But this brilliant and victorious day cost so excellent a man his life. Lieutenant Field-Marshal Schmide, who had been given as QuarterMaster-General to the Russian army, died the death of a hero, after he, as General Kutusow remarks, had contributed to the victoy, and had aftacked the enemy both in flank and tear. The loss of this man, who had served 40 years, and during the last war acquired lac distinguished reputation, will be deeply felt by the Sovereigns both of Russia and Austria, who know well to appreciate merit. His name is his own monument! savo benjardo nend and

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of troops, which was vigorously charged. The village was carried after an action which gained us six hundred more prisoners and one piece of artillery. We then marched towards the Brenta. The advanced guard arrived at the moment when the enemy was attempting to destroy the bridge; a brisk cannonade was commenced from both banks of the river, which was continued till nighte

The army continued on the right bank
At four in the morning I ordered many regi
ments of cavalry, with the light troops
mounted behind them, to ford the river,
whilst the bridge was repairing-The army
soon after crossed it, and we arrived at Cit
tadella, time enough to cut off the rear-posts,
of the enemy. At five in the evening w
entered Castelfranco, and our chasseurs, by
pushing forward, were already in possession
of Salvatrunda and Albaredo. The general
in chief felt the necessity of allowing a few
hours to the wants of the army.
On our
march from Montebello, we had made
1800 prisoners. The division of the right
has directed itself against Padua, which it
occupies this day; the division of the left has
proceeded by the Sette Communi against
Bassano, which it will occupy to morrow.

Sixth Official Bulletin of the Army of Italy.
Head-Quarters at Passeriano, Nov. 13.
The army, in its march towards the Piave,met

with only slight opposition; from the Piave to the Tagliamento, they perceived, flying before them, some corps of cavalry, which appeared to observe them, but who retreated in such a manner as to avoid any action.-It was at the Tagliamento that the enemy ap peared inclined to wait for us. They had assembled, on the left bank, six regiments of cavalry and four regiments of infantry; and their firm front led us to suppose, that they were determined to obstinately dispute the passage of the river with us. The commander in chief at first only intended to reconnoitre their position with the cavalry. The vision of chasseurs commanded by Gen. - D'Espagne, that of dragoons and cuirasseurs, under the orders of Generals Mermet and Pally, were posted on the river; while the divisions of Duhesme and Seras marched by St. Vito; and those of Generals Molitor and Gardanne, took the direction of Valvasone. General D'Espagne had received orders to push forward his patroles. On the 12th November, a squadron, which he had ordered to cross the river, was charged by a regiment of Austrian cavalry; it bravely supported the attack, and gave time to General D'Espagne to advance проп the enemy, who were soon repulsed, and obliged to fly. Our artillery, nevertheless, took its position; the cannonade began from both sides of the river; it was very brisk, and continued during the whole day. The enemy had placed thirty pieces of cannon behind a bank; we had only eighteen; and our artillery preserved their usual superiority. The divisions of infantry arrived in the evening. commander in chief, satisfied with the advantages he had obtained, and which secured to him others, did not think proper to effect the passage of the river. He contented himself with making his dispositions for the next day, convinced that he could then achieve something more decisive. The divisions took their appointed positions at St. Vito and Valvasone, it was at those two points that they were to pass the river, turn and cut off the enemy. Prince Charles, no doubt, was apprehensive of this intention; he did not think proper to remain that day in his position, and at midnight he began to retrcat by the road to Palma Nuova.—The army passed the Tagliamento with regret, that there was no enemy to engage; and it was then that it became better acquainted with the result of the preceding day. The left bank of the river was covered with men and horses, which were destroyed by the effeet of our artillery.-The army continues its march; the hope of meeting and engagug the ensiny increases their impatient andoare. They are acquainted with all that

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has been done by the grand army; and the desire to second its movement, and to meet the confidence of the Emperor, agitates and continually spurs them on. The advanced guard carries off some prisoners every day, which will increase the number of those we have already made. The bridges over the Piave and Tagliamento are repairing.

Seventh Bulletin of the Army of Italy.

Head-Quarters, Gorizia, 17th Nov.The enemy, after having abandoned to us the banks of the Tagliamento, retreated towards Palma Nuova. They did not attempt to defend that town, which they might have done with advantage; and we were not able to come up with their last posts, before we had advanced some miles beyond it. Some trifling skirmishes took place, in which we tock a few prisoners. On the 15th, the army was formed in two columns, and advanced towards the Isonzo. The advanced guard, under the orders of General Espagne, entered Gradisca, two hours before nightfall, after a feeble resistance on the part of the Austrians. The horse chasseurs then ascended the right bank of the river, to get to Gorozia, and Seras's division established itself at the same time at Sagrado, on the left bank. On the next day, the divisions of Molitor, Gardanne, and Partouneaux, marched by the right bank of the Isonzo, with an intention of passing the river below Gorizia; but the bridge of boats not being arrived, they could not pass the river at that point.--The divisions of Seras and Duhesme marched, on their side, towards Rubia and Savogna. Their advanced posts followed close at the heels of the enemy. There was an engagement, at the close of which the enemy's cavalry fell back in the greatest disorder; their artillery escaped on account of the night; we pushed them under the walls of Gorizia. The Commander in Chief made his dispositions for a general attack on the morning of the 17th, but the Austrians would not risk it. They availed themselves of the night to hasten their retreat. General Espagne pursues them with the cavalry and light infantry; he has orders to drive them before him to Laybach.-The army has taken a position beyond the Isonzo; three hundred fresh prisoners have been just brought in, and every minute we see others arrive, The magazines established at Udina and Palma Nuova have fallen into our hands.-The Commander in Chief praises the continued activity of the army; they support, joyfully and courageously, the fatigue and privations inseparable from so rapid a march. It is a testimony which he is happy to transinit to his Majesty the Emperor and King,