Indiana Gazette, Volume 2, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 12 April 1806 — Page 2

dHaiuy's 6h Silk's, ttit.y* his a. coont from the Isrge gaards of what they might base heard of the menSient.s of the Kuflleni. He learned that they had fpcllt the night io druakencofs and tumultuous sri»s, sod that e corps of Ruffian infantry, had pre'ented thensfelvcs at the village of SokcliiiiE, cccspled by a regiment of the diviCon of general Legrand, who received orders to reinforce it.

The nth Frimsire, day at length appeared. The fun rofe radiant ; and ibis nnniverfary »f the emperor's coronation, on which one of the fined feats of arms of the age traj going to take place, was sr.e of the fined days of the autumn.

This battle Which the fo idlers perfifl in calling the engagement of tbs three emperors, which others call the engagement of the nnniverfary, & which the emperor has called the battle ef Auft-rlid, will be forever memorable in the annals of the great nation. The emperor, farronnded by all his saaribali, Waited to give bis lad orders, till the borrifon was well lighted. At the Srft rays of the fun the orders were given, and each marital rejoined his corps in full gallep.

The emperor faid in parting along the front of fevcral regiments, •• Soldiers, yue m u ft ti ;ifh this campaign by a clap of thunder which (hall conlour.d the pride «f our enemies j” and immediately the fatten the point of the bayonets, and ibonie of long live the emperor ! were the t. ue figfcals for attion, A moment aft ;r the cannonade wa» beard at the extremity of tb» tight, which the enemy’s advanced guard had already parted ; but the unlorefeen rencounter of marfhai Davouft flopped the enemy flicrt, end the engagement commenced. Marfhai SouU moved oft’at the fame irftant, marched towards the heights of the village of Prafzen, with the diviliont oftb* generals Vandamme and St. Hi!aire } & entirely cut the enemy’s fight, al! the movements of which b»* same entertain. Surprifed by a march ef Flank whilft it was flying, thinking Itfelf attacking & feeing itfelf attacked 3l looked upon itfelf as halt Hraten.

Prince Murat, moved off with his cavalry. The left, commanded by marihal Maanes, marched ia echelons fey regiments, as at exercife. A Ire* mendoHs cannonade commenced along »hs whole line; two hundred pieces of oannoa, and nearly 2co,oeo men made a dreadful noife ; it was a real combat •f giants. The armies had not yet < been fighting for an hour,and the whrle of the enemy’s left was cut off. Hi* right found itfelf already arrived at 1 Asiterlitz, the head quarters of the two emperors, who were immediately forced so march the emperor of Rnffis'l I guards, to eudeaeor to re eflablilh the ] communication of the centre with the left. A battalion of the 41b of the Sine was charged by the Ruffian imperial borfa guards, and routed ; but the • •mperor was not far oft'; perceiving this movement, be ordered asarffiai I Berthier to march to the fuccour ef bis ] right, with his inviacihles, and Ihortly after the two guards were engaged. 1 The fucccfs could not be doubtful ; j In a moasent the Ruffian guards were < routed. Colonel, artillery, (landards, all were tarried away. The regiment j *f the grand duke Caaflantine, was . crufhed. He bimfelf owed hitfafety to She fwiftnefs ef his borfe.

From tbt height* of Aufterlitz, the two emperors beheld the defeat of ail She Ruffian guard*. Ac the fame moment the centre of the army, commanded by marlhal Bernadette, advanced » of feu regiments maintained a very fine charge of cavalry. The left commanded by marlhal Lar.nei,attacked fevers! tiroes. Ail the charge* were victorious. The divilioo ot geu. Ca&'arthi diftingniffi*d itfeif. The divifion of Cuiraffitri (sized the •aewy!* batteries. AC one o'clock in She afternoon the victory was decided ; at bad not been a fingle moment doubtftsi. Mot a ni*n of the reserve had been n-erflary, nor had fought aay where, Tiie eannonadc wa» no longer kept up any whete'bot at our right. The ene®y’» cerp* which Usd btcu farrettadtd

import Lo-much to .he honor of the whole nation U as, (lake* Let not your ranks be thined under pretex of carrying off the wounded, and let each man be well penetrated with the thought, that we muff vanquifli thefc ftipendiaries of England, who are animated with fo great a hatred againft cur nation. This victory will finifli our campaigns and we may take up our winter quarters, where we fliall be joined by the new armies now froming in France, and then the peace I (hall make, will be worthy of my people, of you, and of me. (signed J NAPOLEON. Bj order , 7 he maj. gen, ef Uk army, Marfhal BERTHIER

France cannot attain peace but on the conditions with the aid-ds camp Dolgorouki propofed to the emperor, & that Baron Gevozilzolf was charged to bring. Huffia will not obtain them, even if its army fliould be encamped on the heights of Montmartre,

In a more detailed relation ot this battle the Staff-Major will make known what corps, each officer, each general has done to iiluflratc the French name, and give a teftimony of love to their emperor.

On the lath, at day break prince lohn of Lichltenftein, commander of the Auffrian army waited on the emperor at his head quarters, fet up in a barn. He had a long audi. ancc of him. Nevcrtheicfs we purfue our fuccefs. The enemy is recreating along the road from Aufterlitzto Cording. In this retreat he prefents his flank, the French army is already on his rear and following him with the fword in his reins.

The ftateof Maffachufetts-, have granted to Wm. Eaton, ten thoufand acres of land in confideration of his public, fervices. Bofton paper.

Never was a more horrible field of battle, jproni the midfl of immenfe lakes wc ftill hear the cries of thoufands of men who cannot be relieved. It will be three days before the wounded enemies can be all frnt off to Brunn. It makes one’s heart bleed. May fo much blood filed, fo many misfortunes fall at length on the perfiduousiflanders v*ho arc the caufs of them ! May the cowardly olygarchs of London fupporc the burded of fo many evils

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Brought in ht the Indians • TWO boric* and two mars* hare been delivered by the Wea chief; t» the Governor, fa id to have been found or fto'.cn, viz.

One bay horfe, about fourteen hand# bifib, fuppofed to be twelve yean old, r. ftar, and hind feet White. One bay jborfe, thirteen and a half hand* high, three year* old, with a liar in hi# forehead.

One bay mare, thirteen and a half h»nds high, fix year* old, a blaze face, and four white feet.

A brown mare about fifteen hands high, has a few fiddle marks. Th* ownersareinformed that they (hall be delivered upon paying the expenses of keeping, and proving property.„ M, BROUILLETT,Interpreter, Vincennes, 3d March, l8o6.

From the Bivouac 12th Frimaire. .Soldiers, You fee before you the Ruflian army come to avengc the Auftrian army of UJm. They are the fame batailions you have beaten at Holla Brunn, and whom you have conftantly purfued to this place. The pofitlons we occupy are formidable; and whilft they march to turn my right they will prefent me their flank. .Soldiers, I fhall direft [in perfon all your battallions ; 1 lhall keep far from the fire, if with your accuftomed bravery you carry diforder and confulion into the enemy’s ranks ; but if victory be for a moment uncertain, you will lee your emperor expolc hiralelf to the Sift blows ; for victory cannot hefitate, in this day especially when the honor of irsncJU infantry, which

ONE mare has been delivered by the Eel River chiefs to the Governor, faid to have been found or ftolen, (he is a bay, fixtecn hands high, both hind feet white, s white face. The owner is informed that (he (hall be delivered upon paying the expenfes of keeping and proving property. M.BROUILLETT, Interpreter. Vincennes. 3d March, tpo6.

INDIANA TERRITORY, W/HEREAS, awrlt of foreign atW tachment has ifiued out of the General court for faid Territory agsinli the lands and tenements, goods, chatties and effeds, rights and credits of Jofeph Baird, at the Am of Adam Harnefs, in a plea of trefpafs on the cafe, by virtue of which wtit the iherifif of the faid county has attached fHudry monies, of the faid defendants, Now notice is hereby given* that unlfifs the faid defendant (hall appear by himfelf or attorney to give fp«cial hail to snfwer the faid fait, judgment will be entered aga'u.ft him by default, and the property fo attached. Will be fold for the fatisfattion of all creditors who (halt appear to b« jfftly entitled to a demand thereon, and Stall apply tot that purpofe. H HURST, c*

and Jtivso from all its heights, found Itfelf in a low ground and pufiied up againft a lake. The emperor marched : ti.iiher with twenty pieces of cannon, i This corps was driven from pofitioo to i politico, and a horrible fpcftacle enfued fuch as wet feen at Aboukir, sc,coo , men throwing therafelres into the w»- > ter, and drowning thtmfclves in the lake. Two column!, each of 4000 Ruffians, laid down their arms and (tn rendered prisoners ; the enemy’s whole park h ■ taken. The rcfnlt of this engagement 1 is forty (lands of Ruffian colors, among which are the llandardsof the imperial guards j a confidel'ablenumber of prifoners, the (luff dost not jet know them all. It had already notice ef 10,000, 13, or 15 generals ; at leaf! 15,000 Ruffians killed remained ca the ffcld of battle. Although the repnrti be not yet arrived, we can at the firll roup d’oeil, eftimaie our lofs at boo men killed and between 15 and 16*0 wotandsd Thia will not allouilh military meto, , who know that it it only in a rout that men ate loft, and no other corps, but the battalion of the 41b was broken. Among ths wounded is gen. St. Hilaire, who Woonded at the commencement of the engagement remained the whole day in the field of battle j he Covered himfelf with glory.—The generals of divilinn Kellcrmcnn and VValtber, the generals of brigade Valhubert, Thie-ba’-t, A’ebaftiani, Cempan, end Rapp, aid-de camp te the emperor; It was the latter wlio. in charging at ths head of the grennadiera of the guards, took prince Hspnin, commander of ths Knight* of the Imperial guard: of Ruffin. Asia the rasn who have diltinguilhsd themfeives, it is the whole army which haecovered itfelf with glory. It conflantly charged, (boating Long live IheEmperor, and the idea of celebrating fo glourioally the junniverfery of the coronation farther auim«ucd the fsldiers.

The French army, althoug numerous and beautiful, was inferior in number to the enemy’s army, which confuted of 105,000 men, 80,000 of whom were Ruiiians and 25,000 Auflrians, Half of this army is defh oyed ; the reft has been put to the mofl complete rout and the grea* ter part have thrown down their arms.

This day will coft tears of blood to Si. Petcrlburg. May it caule that cabinet to rejeft with indignation the gold of England ; and may this young Prince whom To many virtues called to be the father of his fat]efts, fnatch himfdf from the influence ot thole thirty coxcombs whom thugland pays with art, and whole impertinences obfeure his intentions, make him lole the love of his foldiers and throw' him into the mod: erroneous operations. Nature, by enduing him with fuch great qualifies, called on him to be the confolcr of Europe, Perfiduous councils by rendering him the auxilery of England, will place him in hiftory in the rank ot thole men, who by perpetuating war on the Continent, confolidated Britilh tyranny over the o* cean, and caused the misfortunes of our generation. If