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their fellow-citizens and this city, although | bank of the Danube, opposite to Presburg, it contains their wives and children. How a body of 9000 men, who entrenched themdifferent is this from the conduct of our selves in the village of Engorau. The Henry IV. who supplied a city then hostile duke of Auerstadt attacked them yesterday to, and besieged by him, with provi- with the sharp-shooters of Hesse Darmssions! The duke of Montebello died tadt, supported by the 12th regiment of yesterday, at five in the morning. Shortly infantry of the line. The village was before, the Emperor passed an hour with speedily carried. A major and eight other him. His majesty sent his aid-de-camp, officers of Beaulieu's regiment (one of Rapp, for Dr. Franc, one of the most cele- them the grand-son of field-marshal Beaubrated physicians in Europe. His wounds lieu) and 400 privates, were made priwere in good condition, but a dangerous soners. The rest of this regiment were fever had made in the course of a few killed, wounded, or driven into the water. hours the most fatal progress.-All the The remains of the enemy's corps found in assistance of art was useless. His majesty an island the necessary protection for has ordered that the body of the duke of their re-crossing the river. The sharpMontebello should be embalmed, and con- shooters of Hesse Darmstadt acquitted veyed to France, there to receive the themselves extremely well. The Viceroy honours that are due to his elevated rank of Italy has returned to his army, and for and eminent services. Thus died one of the the present has his head-quarters at Oedenmost distinguished soldiers that France ever burg, in Hungary.-All the valuable efproduced. In the many battles in which he fects belonging to the court have been was engaged, he had received 13 wounds. conveyed from Ofen to Peterwaradin, on The Emperor was deeply afflicted by this the frontiers of Servia. The empress has loss, which will be felt by all France. also repaired thither. The duke of Ragusa has arrived at Laybach. General Macdonald is master of Gratz, having reduced the castle, which seemed disposed to make some resistance. In the battle of Esling, on the 21st and 22d of last month, brigadier gen. Foulers was wounded, in making a charge, and thrown from his horse. A similar accident befel the gen. of division, Durosnel, aid-de-camp to the Emperor, as he was carrying orders to a division of cuirassiers who were charging the enemy. We have had the satisfaction of learning that both these generals, and 150 soldiers whom we gave up for lost, were only wounded, and that they were left lying, among the corn at the moment when the Emperor, on learning that the bridges had been broken down, ordered the troops to concentrate themselves between Esling and Great Aspern.-The Danube falls, but from the continuance of the warm weather we fear that it will rise again.

Fifteenth Bulletin, dated Ebersdorff, June 2.
The army of Dalmatia has obtained the
greatest success. It has defeated all that
it has opposed in the battles of Mont-Kitta,
Geadchatz, Lieca, and Attachatz.-The
general in chief Sloissevitch has been ta-
ken. The duke of Ragusa arrived on the
28th of May at Fiume, and thus the army
of Italy has formed a junction with the
grand army, of which the army of Dal-
matia forms the right. The report of the
duke of Ragusa respecting these different
events shall be published.On the 28th,
an English squadron, consisting of four
ships of the line, two frigates, and a sloop,
appeared before Triest, with an intention
of taking the Russian squadron.-General
count Copaulle had just arrived at that
port. As the town was disarmed, the
Russians landed 40 pieces of cannon, 24 of
which were 36-pounders, and 16 of 24.
They have placed their cannon on a bat-
tery under which the Russian squadron
came to anchor with springs on their ca-
bles. Every thing was ready to receive the
enemy, who seeing
that he had failed in
his design, went off. One thousand Aus-
trians having passed from Krems to the
right bank of the Danube, have been de-
stroyed by the Wirtemberg troops, which
took 60 of them prisoners.

Sixteenth Bulletin, dated Ebersdorff, June 4.
The enemy had thrown upon the right

Seventeenth Bulletin, dated Vienna,

June 8, 1809.

Colonel Gorgoli, aid-de-camp of the Emperor of Russia, has arrived at the Imperial head-quarters with a letter from that sovereign for his Majesty. He has announced that the Russian army, which is marching upon Olmutz, had passed the frontiers on the 24th of May. The Emperor, the day before yesterday, reviewed his guard-infantry, cavalry, and artillery. The inhabitants of Vienna admired the

Eighteenth Bulletin, dated Vienna, June 13.

had raised the Tyrol, proceeded on the The division of gen. Chastelar which

4th of this month to the environs of Cla

number, fine appearance, and excellent | 16th, is stated at 400 killed and wounded. condition of these troops.-The Viceroy has gone with the army of Italy to Oedemburgh in Hungary. It appears that the archduke John intends to rally his army on the Raab-The duke of Ragusa arrived with the army of Dalmatia, on the 3d of this mouth, at Laybach.-The heat is very great, and persons acquainted with the Danube assure us that in a few days it will overflow. We shall employ this time to finish driving the piles, independent of the bridges of boats and rafts.-All the accounts which we receive from the enemy state, that the towns of Presburgh, Brunn, and Znaym, are full of wounded. The

Austrians themselves estimate their loss at

18,000 men.-Prince Poniatowski, with the army of the duchy of Warsaw, is pursuing the advantages he has gained. After the taking of Sandomei, he took the fortress of Zamosa, where the enemy suffered a loss of 3,000 men and 30 pieces of cannon. All the Poles who are in the Austrian army desert. The enemy, after having failed before Thorn, have been vigorously pursued by gen. Dombrowski.

The archduke Ferdinand will derive nothing from his expedition but disgrace. He must have arrived in Austrian Silesia with his force reduced to one-third.-The senator Wibiski has distinguished himself by his patriotic sentiments and his activity. -The count de Metternich has arrived at Vienna, he is to be exchanged at the advanced posts for the French legation, to whom the Austrians, contrary to the law of nations, had refused passports, and had sent to Pest.

This Bulletin is followed by the details at length of the operations of the duke of Ragusa's army in Dalmatia; which state, that he gained a victory over the Austrians on the 16th of May, at Kitta in Croatia, in which the latter lost 400 killed, from 6 to 700 wounded, and 500 prisoners. And in another affair, on the 17th, at Gradschatz, the French are stated to have lost 300 men, and Marmont was himself wounded. Another victory is stated to have been subsequently gained by the French at Gospich, which they entered on the 23d, and arrived at Fiume on the 28th, after some skirmishes, from whence, he says, they were to march on the 31st, to unite with the army of Italy. In the whole of the actions, 6,000 Austrians and Croatians are said, in this account, to have been put hors de combat. The loss of the French in the affairs subsequent to the

genfurth, in order to throw itself into
Hungary. Gen. Rusca marched against
when 900 prisoners were made. Prince
it, and a severe engagement took place,
the centre of Hungary. For some days
Eugene with a large corps manœuvres in
Graben, with a Dutch division, having
past the Danube has risen a foot.-Gen.
marched to Stralsund, where Schill had
entrenched himself, carried the entrench-
ments by assault. Schill gave orders to
burn the town to secure his retreat, but
had no time. Schill himself was killed in
the great square, near the Corps de Garde,
and at the moment when he fled, and was
endeavouring to reach the port in order to
embark. The archduke Ferdinand eva-
cuated Warsaw precipitately on the 2d
instant, so that the whole of the Grand
Duchy is abandoned by the enemy's.
army, whilst the troops under the com-
fourths of Gallicia.
mand of prince Poniatowsky occupy three-

AUSTRIAN ARMY.-Second Bulletin, dated
Alt Oetting, April 12.

Agreeably to the prescribed arrangements, the army advanced on the 11th. further towards the Viles and the Iser.The weather was very bad, but the troops endured all the hardships of an uncommonly severe season with the greatest cheerfulness. On the 10th, at half past ten in the morning, field marshal Dedovich entered Passau. The enemy retired, but by the rapid advance of our troops, a French officer of engineers and eight pioneers were taken. A French general in the upper fort escaped with difficulty. Prince Rosenberg, commander of the 4th corps of the army, summoned the fort to surrender, but this summons was, in compliance with the custom of war, answered by a refusal.-The true patriotic spirit of the inhabitants of Passau was clearly demonstrated by the joy they displayed on our entering the town. They immediately printed the Proclamation of his royal high

ness the Generalissimo to the German nation, and distributed 2,000 copies to the people of the country. Thus the feeling of German independence remains, and is cherished among them.

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Third Bulletin, dated Vils Biburg, April 15. The army is collected on the Vils, and will to-morrow pass the Iser at Landshut and Dingelfingen.-The enemy appears disposed to dispute the passage. The army is anxious to meet him, and to come to blows.-Field-marshal Jellachich has by this time also passed the Inn at Rosenhelm and Wassenburgh, and advanced against Munich. An advanced post of the enemy has been taken at Haag; 13 prisoners and 17 horses fell into our hands. The enemy lost some killed and wounded; on our side we had only one hussar slightly wounded.-On the 9th, field-marshal Chastellar, amidst the joyful acclamations of the faithful Tyrolese, entered the Tyrol at Lienz, through the Pusterthal, and on the 12th had already reached Brauneck; the Saltzberg Jagers and some detachments of infantry, provided with snow and climbing irons, co-operate with him by the Zillerthal. Our patroles are pushed forward to Reichenhall, Lofers, and St. Johan; the militia of Lofers has occupied the pass of Strub, one of the most important entrances from Saltzburg into the Junthal. The Tyrolese are every where flying to arms and expelling the Bavarians; 1,500 of the latter have taken refuge in the fortress of Kufstein, and are besieged there by the Tyrolese. A French officer had recently taken the command of that fortress; the Bavarians, however, begin to be tired of the French superiority, and feel sensibly the deep degradation of their oppressed situation. Their disgust at the arrogance of the French officers has, in several instances, produced acts of violence. Fourth Bulletin, dated Landshut, April 16. This day the army advanced to the Iser. The fifth corps was in the front, and found the bridge at Landshut broken down. A division of from 6 to 8,000 Bavarians, under gen. Deroy, defended the passage. There remained nothing to be done but to open a passage by force. The bridge was accordingly re-established under the fire of the enemy; the fifth corps crossed, and an action followed, which terminated by the retreat of the Bavarians. On both sides there were some killed and wounded, but our loss would have been still less had it been possible to restrain the ardour of the troops.--Landshut is the key of the Iser; we are in possession of a great part of Bavaria. The general of cavalry, count Bellegarde, broke up from Bohemia on the

10th, with the first corps of the army, by Tieschenreith, and on the 12th formed a junction at Werenberg with the 2d corps of the army, which had entered the Upper Palatinate by Rushaupten. Both corps took a position on the Nab, and their vanguard occupied the heights of Hirschan in order to watch the road from Bayreuth to Amberg. Here an affair of advanced posts took place with the division of Friant, which was understood to be approaching in order to reach the Danube by a rapid march through Amberg. The consequence of the action was, that this division was driven back to Neumarkt, and our advan ced posts occupied Amberg. The brave Tyrolese have already killed or taken prisoners all the French and Bavarian soldiers in their territory. All the passes in the Upper Junthal, as the Zinler-berg, the Scharnitz, Leutash, Reuti, &c. are occupied by the militia of the country. On the 12th, 160 men of the 11th Bavarian regiment of infantry, and 125 dragoons, with half a battery, were made prisoners at Innspruck. On the 13th, 49 French officers, 1,677 men, with 451 horses, and two light battalions of Bavarians, with two pieces of cannon, and a howitzer, surrendered at Wildau to the Tyrolese, by capitulation. To-morrow the army moves towards the Upper Danube. Hitherto we have fallen in with no French troops, though in the action of this day some French officers were taken among the Bavarians.

Fifth Bulletin, dated Landshut, April 17.

According to the concurring reports of all the prisoners, as well as the inhabitants at Landshut, the French general Lefevre has collected 12,000 Bavarians from the neighbourhood of Munich and Freysingen, with the view of stopping the passage of the Austrian army by Landshut. The approach to the bridges was extremely dif ficult. They were, besides, broken down, and the enemy's tirailleurs, who had occupied all the houses on the opposite bank, could only be driven therefrom by cannon being brought to bear upon them: each gun on our side was mounted under a shower of small shot from the enemy. In doing this, however, our artillery displayed the greatest resolution, and in two hours the whole of the opposite side of the town was in ruins.-The unfortunate inhabitants in the midst of their ruined houses bewait the melancholy fate to which this fine town has been exposed by their own countrymen. The French, who by misrepresentations,

would make appear that Austria wishes to seize Bavaria, and to disarm in a disgraceful manner the brave soldiers of that country, had required these troops to make a fruitless defence. Hore French artifice succeeded in making foreign blood flow for their advantage, and in turning the arms of our German brethren against their deliverers. The first bridge was scarce formed by a few posts, when the advanced guard of the fifth corps hastened across the Iser and pursued the enemy until night. The troops are animated with an excellent spirit, and sing war songs under the thunder of the cannon. The advanced guard of field marshal Jellochich entered Munich at eleven yesterday forenoon. The king and queen have fled under French protection to Augsburgh. The fourth army-corps passed the Iser without opposition at Dinga fingen. The first and second corps have, after some successful fighting, advanced to Amberg, Schavandorf, and Kirn near Ratisbon. General Bellegarde cannot sufficiently praise the gallant spirit and undaunted resolution of his troops.

Sixth Bulletin, dated Sacile, April 17.

On the 10th and 11th his imperial highness the archduke John, with the army under his command, entered the territory of Frioule, by Pouteba, Cividale and Gortz, and after some opposition, advanced on the 13th to the Tagliamento. The enemy retired across the river, in order to join with the troops in the rear. This junction, which probably took place at Sacile, made the hostile army five divisions strong.—In the night of the 14th his imperial highness proceeded with the advanced guard towards Pordenone; the remainder of the army followed at day-break. The enemy's advanced guard was at Pordenone, and his army was posted between that place and Sacile, near Fontana. In this situation an action commenced, which, after a sanguinary contest of two days, terminated entirely to our advantage.The vice king of Italy commanded the French army. The result was so decisive, that the enemy could not maintain them selves behind the Livenza, but were obliged to retreat rapidly to the Piave. The prisoners amount already to 6,000, among whom are generals Paza and Bressen. More are constantly brought in. The loss in killed and wounded greatly exceeds this number, and we have taken 16 cannon and three.eagles.

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DEAR FIELD-MARSHAL; Owing to the rapid movements of the army, and accumulated business, no Official Report has appeared for several days, I transmit you a concise extract of the Reports sent me, in order that you may publish them. Scharding, April 22, 1809. FRANCIS. Seventh Official Report.

After passing the Iser, his imperial highness the Generalissimo, with the 3d, 4th, and 5th corps of the army, and the 1st corps of the reserve, broke up against the Danube, in the direction to Kehlheim and Ratisbon. The enemy were drawn up near Ratisbon. Agreeable to the declaration of prisoners of war, the emperor Napoleon reached the army on the 19th instant. The Generalissimo has made a forced march from the Iser to beyond the Labar, and advanced on the 19th through Echmuhl, Rotenburgh, Cloisterrock. The enemy encountered him, and a very brisk action took place. The Generalissimo praises the bravery of the troops. Our loss is considerable: several regiments have lost all their staff, officers; field-marshal lieutenant Lusignan -the princes Louis and Maurice, of Lichtenstein, are wounded. The Generalissimo kept the army in order of battle the next day to follow the movements of the enemy. We have no further details about this affair. The loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners, is not yet known, as the multiplicity of business prevented his imperial highness for making circumstancial reports on the field of battle (off Hansen) to his majesty. On the 26th Ratisbon capitulated. On the same day the 5th corps of the army was also smartly attacked, near Seigenburgh, upon Abins. The archduke Lewis retreated, in common with field-marshal lieutenant Holler, against the Iser, to cover Landshut: both corps are united. On the 21st marshal Davoust

attacked the 4th corps of the army, near Eckmuhl; a very severe action took place which lasted for 12 hours. On the 22d the second corps of the army retreated by Ratisbon, and combined with the main army. The head-quarters of Generalissimo the archduke Charles were on the 21st near Eglofsheim.

Eighth Oficial Report.

Tranquillizing news has been received

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24th of April, that he had caused the enemy's advanced guard to be attacked on the 23d by major generals Mesko and Nordman, with the Kiermayer and Lichtenstein hussars, and the frontier corps. On the 24th the lieutenant field marshal

from the 5th and 6th corps of the army as well as the 2d. All the three corps stand united near Old Oeling. The defile near Landshut, where several waggons obstructed the road while the advancing enemy was bravely opposed, has rendered the loss of some artillery and several wag-advanced with three columns, and the ene

Eleventh Bulletin.

The information respecting the battle of

gons unavoidable. By official reports, the my waited the attack before Steten, where loss of men is not considerable; only one a very obstinate action, with fortunate division of the regiment of Benjaysk's consequences, took place. All reports infantry, which was obliged to pass the concur in stating, that the divisions of bridge of the Iser, already in flames, suf-Moliter and Boudet, were both in this fered severely. These three united corps battle, and that the Bavarian and Hessian will follow the movements of the main troops amounted together to 18,000 men. army, under the command of the Gene-Up to the 25th, no trace of an enemy had ralissimo. By the most recent accounts been observed on the Austrian frontiers. the Generalissimo's head-quarters still continued at Eglofsham, on the 22d, and the enemy in their position.-The second corps had effected a junction on the Ra-the 22d, which has been received by his tishon road with the 3d and 4th corps of majesty, has laid the foundation for the reserve, and a general attack on the ene- best hopes. The result of that sanguinary my was resolved on the 234. On the 22d, contest was unexpected. In the evening, at noon, the cannon were roaring violent-as the couriers left the field, a great supely in that part,and probably the murderous riority of cavalry decided the action unfight continues. The combat is conducted favourably for our arms. The left wing with uncommon animosity. Every man was compelled to give way. According feels the sublime cause for which he fights. to a report from his imperial highness the We have not yet any definitive accounts. Generalissimo, dated on the 23d, from the The Emperor's court is at Schaerding. heights of Ratisbon, the grand army has While the main army kept advancing crossed the Danube, and taken the road to along the Danube, and the corps near Waldmunchen. Thus terminated a most Old Oeling, stands ready either for offen- obstinate battle, which had continued for sive operations, or to defend the river five days without interruption-Fortune Inn, his majesty considering the pro- often fluctuated. The loss on both sides is bability of a corps of the enemy threaten-immense. This shows that the contest was ing the frontiers of the hereditary dominions, thought it proper to order out the Militia of Lower Austria, Saltzburgh, and that of Inner Austria. The Militia of Upper Austria has been under arms since the armies advanced, partly on the Inn, and partly to invest the fortress of Obuhaus.

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carried on both with courage and animosi-
ty.-Every one must do justice to the be-
haviour of our troops. The Generalissimo
bestows uncommon praises on the conduct
of the army, which has been quite ex-
hausted by continued fatigue. Lieute
nant field-marshal baron Hiller is between
the Iser and the Inn. We have for the
present changed our operations from the
offensive to the defensive.
Twelfth Bulletin, dated Warsaw, April 21•

His royal highness the archduke Ferdi nand, with the army under his command, crossed the Petica at Nove Miasto on the 15th, and entered the duchy of Warsaw. 2 K

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