Herald Of The United States

WARREN:
SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1806.

Highly Important News!
ANTICIPATED.

Capt. Church, arrived at Bristol, on Wednesday, brought the New-York Mercantile Advertiser of the 11th, (Tuesday)—one entire page of which is taken up with the 30th, 31st and 32d bulletins of the Grand Army, and the ARMISTICE Signed at Austerlitz, Dec. 6, 1805, by the Marshal Berthier and Prince John de Liechtenstein; by which it is agreed, that the Emperor of Russia shall evacuate Moravia and Austrian Poland, with his troops, and return to Russia by a stipulated road. The bulletins give a detailed account of the battle of the 2d, and the interview of the Emperors of France and Germany and of the Emperor Alexander and Gen. Savary, aid-de-camp to the Emperor of France.

The armistice was to continue 15 days, in which time Commissioners were to meet at Nicholasburg, to negotiate a Peace.

The battle began on the morning of the 2d, and was decided before night.—The combined armies were completely defeated—20 Generals—150 pieces of cannon, and 45 pair of colours were taken by the French—15 or 20,000 men taken prisoners, and a great number killed, drowned, or perished in the marshes.

[The particulars of the events alluded to, will be given next week.]

CORROBORATIVE.

[The following were translated for a Baltimore paper, received there by the Brig Paragon, which vessel left Leghorn on the 14th of Dec. and Malaga on the 15th of January.]
Copy of a letter from Marshal Berthier, Minister of War, and Major-General of the Grand Army, to Marshal Massena.

Paris, 12th Frimaire, (3d Dec.) year 14th.

I am impatient, marshal, to send you back your aid-de-camp, to announce to you the brilliant victory which we have just gained over the Russian army. They were drawn out in array before us to the number of 80,000 men, of which 15,000 were Austrians. On the 10th they made a motion in their left wing to attack us, and to surround our right. It was evident they meditated an attack on the 11th. The emperor, as usual with him, prevented this by himself commencing the attack at the break of day. The battle lasted from seven o'clock in the morning to five in the evening. The Russian army was entirely destroyed, 25,000 prisoners taken: 15,000 killed, and 120 pieces of cannon taken possession of. The guards of the Russian emperor were attacked by those of the emperor Napoleon.—The colonel, and one third of their officers taken, the standard bearer, all their artillery, and in fine the whole body of the guards, as well horse as foot, to the amount of 5000 men, were entirely cut to pieces. Almost all the Russian generals have fallen into our hands. The Emperors of Russia and Austria had the greatest difficulty to save them-selves across the marshes. A considerable quantity of men, stopped by the marshes and a lake, into which they threw themselves, experiencing the same fate as the Turks who threw them-selves into the sea, at the battle of Aboukir.

Our troops are now pursuing the small remains of this army, once so arrogant. For further details your aid-de-camp will relate to you what he has seen and heard. I have but barely time, marshal, to write to you thus briefly, as you know we have but few moments to spare.

I have received the letter in which you informed me of your junction with general Marmont.

The major general
(Signed)
M. BERTHIER.

A true copy.
M. MASSENA.

Extract of a letter from his Excellency Monsieur de Beauharnais, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Empire, at the Court of Etruria, to M. Verdier, general of division, dated Florence, 18th Frimaire, 14th year, at 1 o'clock in the morning.

A letter from the Minister of Exterior Relations, dated Vienna, the 12th Frimaire, informs me, my dear General, of the grand victory gained by our august sovereign on the day of his anniversary: The three emperors being present, The guard of the emperor Napoleon attacked that of the emperor of Russia, took its colonel, one third of the officers, and all the artillery, and cut the rest to pieces.

The French troops are now pursuing the remains of the Russian and Austrian army.

The field of battle was at Austerlitz.

Napoleon, our august sovereign, is well, and was every where present.

God by and love me.
Francis de Beauharnais.

P. S. The bulletins will arrive by the couriers.

A southern paper observes, that the civil and military commandant of St. Genevieve, in order arrest, by order of his Excellency General Wilkinson, The charges alleged against him, are (speaking disrespectfully of the President, and his purchase of Louisiana.