[Enclosure B.] Article Séparé et Secret. La sureté et l'indépendance de la Prusse ne pouvant être solidement établies qu'en lui rendant la force réelle qu'elle avoit avant la guerre de 1806, Sa Majesté le roi des Royaumes unis de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande s'engage par le présent Article séparé et secret à ne pas poser les armes, aussi long tems que la Prusse ne sera point réconstituée dans des proportions statistiques, géographiques, et financières, conformes à ce qu'elles étoient avant l'époque précitée. Sa Majesté contribuera à l'aggrandissement de la Prusse si les succès des armées alliées le permettent, et dans tous les arrangemens il sera conservé entre les différentes Provinces qui doivent rentrer sous la domination Prussienne, l'ensemble et l'arrondissement nécessaires pour constituer un corps d'état indépendant. Par contre Sa Majesté le Roi de Prusse qui dans ses transactions avec la Russie, a déjà mis expressément en réserve les droits de la maison de Brunswic-Lunebourg sur le Hanovre, s'engage à coopérer de toutes ses forces à faire restituer à cette auguste maison ses États héréditaires, et à lui procurer également un aggrandissement convenable par une acquisition territoriale, dans laquelle, s'il est possible, et sous la condition expresse que la Prusse en soit dédommagée autre part, l'ancien évêché de Hildesheim entrera, et qui dans tous les cas ne sera pas moindre que d'une population de 250 à 300 mille âmes. On consultera à l'égard des arrangemens à prendre l'intérêt des deux hautes parties contractantes et surtout celui qu'elles ont d'établir une union parfaite et stable entr'elles pour leur commune défense. Lord Castlereagh to Lord Cathcart. Foreign Office, May 20, 1813. My Lord-Upon the conclusion of the Treaty of Stockholm, the Prince Regent thought proper to address a letter to the Prince Royal of Sweden, copy of which is enclosed, also copies VOL. IX. C of one from myself, with the Prince Royal's reply. I send this correspondence for your lordship's information, in case you should have occasion to refer to it. Lieutenant-Colonel Cooke to General the Hon. Sir C. Stewart. Stralsund, May 21, 1813. My dear General-General Hope has desired that I would make known to you his arrival, as well as the extreme pressure of business which prevents his entering for the present into a full detail of the objects of his mission. He begs, however, to refer you, in the present state of haste in which he has been obliged to conclude his despatches, to Lord Cathcart, who will be most fully instructed upon all those heads which he would naturally have otherwise communicated to you. He further desires that I will state for your information the measures which, in the present state of events, he has deemed it advisable to adopt with reference to the completing the equipment of the Mecklenburg cavalry and infantry, under the command of Count Walmoden. In the first place, the immediate wants of Walmoden have been remedied by an order in which Lyon was directed to give up the following articles : 500 muskets; 160,000 rounds and ball; 10,000 flints; 750 rounds of ball and grape for six-pounders, 250 with a full quantity of implements and port-fire fuses, and matches for eight guns. And for the completion of the Mecklenburg troops, the Prince Royal of Sweden has agreed to abandon such quantities as may be required for that purpose, out of the stores for the 12,000 men of the German Legion landed here. The General desires me to remark that no further aid can be granted, in his opinion, from the stores actually destined for this Legion, until we can learn the amount of the stores coming from England by which they may be replaced; neither would he have taken upon himself to break in upon General Lyon's stores, but for the urgent representation of General Walmoden. I add herewith five letters which Lord Castlereagh directed him to forward; he will communicate with you fully, and wishes for the present that I should not be removed. I believe the General's aid-de-camp, Captain Brown, will deliver this, and receive any orders that you may deliver upon. his return. Ever, my dear General, HENRY COOKE. I have given Mr. Addington money to carry him on. I beg that you will forward me an order for such money as I may want, either upon General Hope or Mr. Thornton. Colonel Cooke to the Hon. Sir Charles Stuart. Stralsund, May 22, 1813. My dear General-Some Swedish troops have moved towards Hamburgh, with a view of creating a diversion. The Mecklenburgh troops under Walmoden, cavalry as well as infantry, having been organized and sufficiently instructed to act in the field, have made several applications for swords, pistols, and firelocks. General Hope, considering the immediate necessity of enabling Walmoden to bring them into play, has prevailed upon the Prince Royal to give up such cavalry appointments out of the 12,000 stand of arms for infantry and cavalry as may be sufficient to cover immediate wants. He has also desired that I will order Lyon to give up 500 muskets, and sufficient shot and grape for eight six-pounders British, acting in the field, as well as 260,000 ball cartridge. This is to answer the immediate demand of Walmoden's troops, who are actually engaged, and in great fear of failure in their ammunition. He (Walmoden) is desirous of having a petite depot formed within a few days of his general line of operations. Lyon will collect the whole of his goods at Wismar, after perils and marches as useless as ridiculous: he has fortunately saved his treasure, 7,000 guineas, out of Hamburgh, which Mr. Parish had in charge. I am now quite adrift, and under new hands. General Hope brings me a letter from Lord Castlereagh, in which he requests that I will consider myself at General Hope's disposal, until he shall return to England. I do not complain at this, but it is not what I expected, and I had calculated upon serving only under you: however, Hope is a most perfect gentleman, and an amiable man; and, provided you wish it, I will remain, or when you think I can be of service to you, am I to consider myself belonging to you, and consequently correspond confidentially and officially? Am I to consider my original instructions as still in force, as far as concerns my intercourse with you, always obeying Hope? I should conceive in the affirmative. I am very desirous of hearing from you. The Duke of Cumberland left us yesterday: he says that he will await the arrival of the Emperor's instructions at Strelitz; but I rather suspect that he will go on to Berlin, as I know two of his aides-de-camp are already gone. Mr. Thornton, whom I have never been able to enter into any conversation with, lives at the Island of Rugen, and comes over in the day. His child has got the hooping-cough, and his wife an overflowing of milk. I therefore calculate upon very little means of communicating with him: au reste, he is mild, amiable, and good-natured, and I really like him. Pozzo di Borgo is charming. You will see him ere you get this letter. I wish you all joy of the Duke's arrival: for he seems very much attached to you, and will therefore sacrifice some few hours of the day to your society. Since four o'clock yesterday morning I have not had a single moment to myself He has, however, done good by his manners and conduct towards the Prince Royal, who appears highly satisfied with him. In haste, my dear General, ever yours most sincerely, HENRY COOKE. The Hon. Sir Charles Stewart to Lord Castlereagh. Imperial Head-quarters, Schweidnitz, May 31, 1813. My dear Castlereagh-Our operations have been conducted counting with implicit faith upon Austria: we have fallen back concentred, and have committed ourselves to a narrow strip of country, where existence for 120,000 horses and an army becomes very doubtful. We have abandoned Breslau, the direct communication with Kàlish, and have thus given Poland over to Bonaparte's influence, and all for Austria; and still she does not declare. Bonaparte's force, still manœuvring on us on our right, forces us back. He is playing with us with armistice and negociations at the same time, and there is no head here that is able to cope with his subtlety and military proceedings. This is a true picture. We made a show here, but we retreat again to Strehlen and Neisse to-night. An offensive movement on Bonaparte's flank in the plains with all our force, when we consider our superior cavalry, might possibly arrest him in his march on Breslau, and I certainly should attempt it. But if, as is asserted by those who counsel the movements, Bonaparte has his two corps, of 60,000 men each, disposable for separate or connected operations; and if, while we were engaging one upon Liegnitz, another from Breslau might press in upon us, or vice versa, and if the risk for our numbers is too great, an armistice is our only alternative. Reasoning, however, on a more favourable view of things, believing Bonaparte will always make more of his measure than we will, conceiving Bülow operating in the rear might produce panic while we attacked the flank, guarding as much as possible the line by Czenstochau, I confess I should be for making a |