red to Bernadotte at Halle. The Prince of Hohenlohe at length
drew together not less than 50,000 of these wandering soldiers, and
threw himself, at their head, into Magdeburg. But it turned out that
that great fortress had been stripped of all its stores for the service
of the Duke of Brunswick's army before Jena. Hohenlohe, therefore, was
compelled to retreat towards the Oder. He was defeated in a variety of
skirmishes; and at length, finding himself devoid of ammunition or
provisions, laid down his arms at Prenzlow; 20,000 surrendered with the
Prince. His rear, consisting of about 10,000, under the command of the
celebrated General Blucher, were so far behind as to render it possible
for them to attempt escape. Their heroic leader traversed the country
with them for some time unbroken, and sustained a variety of assaults,
from far superior numbers, with the most obstinate resolution. By
degrees, however, the French, under Soult, hemmed him in on one side,
Murat on the other, and Bernadotte appeared close behind him. He was
thus forced to throw himself into Lubeck, where a severe action was
fought in the streets of the town, on the 6th of November. The Prussian,
in this battle, lost 4000 prisoners, besides the slain and wounded: he
retreated to Schwerta, and there, it being impossible for him to go
farther without violating the neutrality of Denmark, on the morning of
the 7th, Blucher at length laid down his arms--having exhibited a
specimen of conduct and valour such as certainly had not been displayed
by any of his superiors in the campaign.

The strong fortresses of the Prussian monarchy made as ineffectual
resistance as the armies in the field. In how far the charge of actual
treachery, brought then, and still continued, against the commanders of
those places, be just, we know not; but the fact is certain that the
Governors of Spandau, Stettin, Custrin, Hamelen, and Magdeburg itself,
yielded successively to the French Generals, under circumstances which
roused the indignant suspicion of the Prussian people, as well as the
soldiery and their unfortunate King. Buonaparte, in person, entered
Berlin on the 25th of October: and before the end of November, except
Konigsberg--where the King himself had found refuge, and gathered round
him a few thousand troops, the sad relics of an army which had been
considered as not unable to withstand the whole power of France,--and a
few less important fortresses, the whole of the Ger