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lumn, to carry Wagram at the moment the Duke of Anerstadt should Jobouth. a While these proceedings were taking place, in formation wac received that the enemy was making a furious attack upon the village carried by the Duke of lavch ; that our left was outflanked by 3000 toisea, that a brisk cannonade was already heard at Gres- Aspce n, and that the space between Gros-Aspern and Wagram seemed to be covered with an immense line e t art ill e ry. There was no longer anyroem for doubt. Th e en emy had committed an enormous fault, and ere had only to profit by it. The Emperor instantly ordered General Macdonald to form the divisions of kroussicr and Lamarque in columns of attack. lie ordered the division of Nansouty to be supported by the horse-guards; and a battery of 60 guns belonging to the guards, and 40 of different other corps. Gen. Count Lauriston, at the head of his battery of 100 pieces of artillery, marched at a trot against the ene my, advanced without firing to V. ithin half gun-shot distance, and there opened a prodigous fire, which silenced that of the enemy, and spread death among his ranks. Gen. Macdonald then advanced at thefiae de charge. The General of Division Reille, with the bri gade of fusileers and sharp-shooters of the guards, sup ported Gen. Macdonald. The guards made a change of front, in order to render this attack infallible.— In an instant the enemy's centre lost a league of ground; his right became alarmed, and perceiving the dangerous position in which it was placed, rapidly fell back. The Duke of Rivoli, at that moment, at tacked it in front. Whilst the rout of the centre struck consternation into the right of the enemy, and preci pitated its movements, the left was attacked and out flanked by the Duke of Auerstadt, who had carried Netisiedel, and who having gained the elevated plain, was marching upon Wagram. The divisions of' Broussier and Gudin covered themselves with glory. , s It was then only ten o'clock in the morning ; and those who had the least penetration saw that the fate of the day was decided, and dila the victory was curs. At noon, Count Oudinot marched upon Wag ram, to assist the attack of the Duke of Auerstadt. lie was successful, and carried that important posi. tic. After ten o'clock, the enemy fought only to effect his retreat ; at twelve this was manifest ; it was conducted in disorder ; long before dark, the enemy VIZ out of sight. Our left was .posted at Jetelsee and Ebersdorf ; our centre upon Obersdorf ; and the cavalry of our right extended their posts as far as Shcnkirchen. " On the 7th, at day-break, the army was in mo tion, and marching upon Kornenbotirg and Walkers dxf, and nad some posts near Nicolsbourg. The enemy, cut off from Hungary and Moravia, had been forced to fall back upon Bohemia. "Such is the narrative of the battle of Wagram, a battle decisive and ever memorable, in which from three to four hundred thousand men, and from twelve to fifteen hundred pieces of cannon, contended for great interests, upon a field of battle, studied, planned, and fortified by the enemy for several months. Tea pal: of colours, 40 pieces of cannon, '20,000 prisoners, including between 3 and 400 Officers, and a consi derable number of Generals, Colonels, and Majors, are the trophies of this victory. The fi.l.ls of battle ate covered with the slain ; among whom are the bodies of several Generals, and among others, one called Norman, a Frenchman, a traitor to his country, leo prostituted his talents against her. " All the enemy's wounded have fallen into our la^•da. Those whom he abandoned at the com mencement of the action, were found in the adjacent villages. It may be calculated that the result of this battle, will be that of reducing the Austrian army to less th.tn 60,000 men. " Our loss has been considerable ; it is estimated zt l50t) in killed, and from 3 to 4000 wounded. " The Duke of Istria, at the moment when he was preparing for an attack with the cavalry, had his horse shot dead by a cannon ball, which fell upon his saddle, and slightly grazed his thigh. " The General of Division Lasalle was killed by a musket-ball. He was an officer of the greatest merit, and one of our best light cavalry Generals. " The Bavarian General Wrede, and Generals Sens, Grenier, V ignolle, Sahuc, Frere, and Defiance, were w•runded. " Colonel Piince Aldobrandini was wounded in '" aria by a musket-ball ; the Majors of the Guard, aiuirrenil and Carbencau, were also wounded ; the . tdju;ant-Commandant Duprat was killed; the Co the f;th infantry of the line fell on the field of tt!e. That re ;invent has covered itself with glory. " Tit! Officers of the Stair are preparing a return 3CT " A particular circumstance incident to this grand Jattle is, that the columns nearest to Vienna were ta:y ab..rat 12:)O toises fro:n it. The numerous po ;..l::izion J.f that ca•:ital covered the turrets, the stee it3l the roofs of houses, and every elevated situation witness this spA:etacle: " TLe Emperor of A ustria left Wolkersdorf on ti:h,at five: in the morning, and ascended a tower, - .vhich sal r. view of the field of battle, and rern.lined 1:!Itil midnight. Ile then set off , a.: Lasso. " t.O French head -quarters were transferred to ' v ol:tersdorf, on the sorting of the 7th." reiI:NTY-ELY.TII BULLETIN. " Wolktridorf, July 9. " cr!zny's retrat if. a ec:eat % We have col. lected a part of his baggage. His wounded have Eli-. len into our hands ; we have already counted more than 12,000 ; all the ♦illages are filled with them. In five or six hospitals alone we hive found mdre than 6000. The Duke de Rivoli. pursuing the enemy by Stokerau, is already arrived at Hollabrunit. ....... The Duke de Ragusa had at first followed on the road to Brunn, which he quitted at Wulfersdorf, in order to take that of Znaim. At nine o'clock this morning he met at Laa a reanguard,whicl) he routed: he took 900 of them prisoners.` Ile will be to-mor: row at Znaim. The Duke of Aucrstadt is arrived to-day at Nicholsbourg. " The Emperor of Austria, Prince Anthony, with a suite of about '2 0 0 chariots, coaches, and other car riages, slept cn the 6th at Erensbrunn, the 7,11 at Hol -lahrunn, the nth at Znaim, whence they set out at nife of the morning. According to the relation of the country people who conducted them, their dejec tion was extreme. " One of the Princes de Rohan was found woun ded on the field of battle. Lieutenant Pield Marshal W'ussakowicz is among the prisoners. " The artillery of the guard covered itself with glory. Major Aboville who commanded was woun ded. The Emperor has made him General of Bri-• Bade. The chief of a squadron of artillery, Grenner, has lost an arm. These intrepid artillerymen dis played all the power of this terrible weapon. " The horse chasseurs of the guard charged, and drove back on the day of the battle of Wagram, three squares of infantry. They took four pieces of cannon. The light-horse Poles of the guard charged a regimeLt of pikemen. They took the Prince of Auersperg pri soner, and captured two pieces of cannon. " The Saxon Hussars d'Albert charged the Cui rassiers d'Albert, and took their colours. It was a very singular thing to see two regiments belonging to the same Colonel fighting one against the other. " It appears that the enemy is abandon . ng Moravia and Hungary, and is retiring into Bohemia. " The roads arc covered with the men belonging to the Landwehr and the levee eq masfe, who are re turning to their houses. " The losses which desertion is adding, to those the enemy has sustained in killed, wounded, and pri soners, are concurring to annihilate his army. " The numerous letters which have been inter cepted are a striking picture of the discontent of the hostile army, and the disorder which rc.igns in it. " Now that the Austrian Monarchy is without hope, it would evince being ill acquainted with the character of those who govern it, not to expect that they will humiliate themselves as they did after the battle of Austerlitz. At that epoch, they were, as now, without hope ; and they exhausted all their protestations and oaths. " During the day of the 6th, the enemy sent a few hundred men to the right bank of the Danube to make observations. They re-embarked, after having lost a few men killed or taken prisoners. " The heat was excessive on these days. The ther mometer was almost constantly at 26 degrees. " There are great quantities of wine. In one 'rage 3,000,000 pints mere found. It has happily no bad quality. " Twelve of the most considerable villages in the beautiful plain of Vienna, such as are seen in the neighbourhood of a great capital, have been burn t during the battle. The just hatred of the nation is loud.against the guilty men who have drawn upon it all these calamities. The General of Brigade, Laroche, entered Nu remburg on the 28th of June, with a corps of cavalry, and proceeded towards Bayreuth. He met theenemy at Besentheim, charged him with the first provisional regiment of dragoons, and cut in pieces all who op posed him, and took two pieces of cannon." . An American ship of war, we learn, is arrived off Liverpool, baring important dispatches from the Go vernment of the United States to our Government. They were supposed to be of a favourable nature, as cotton fell at Liverpool soon after some communica tion had taken place with the ship. His MAJEsTv has been most graciously pleased, by his Order in Council, to allow a pension of A:100 per annum, during life, to Mrs. TEMPLE, widow of the late Captain TEMPLE, who was unfortunately drowned with upwards of 200 of the crew, when the CRE:CENT frigate was wrecked on the coast of Denmark. We understand, from a person who left the Dutch coast on Tuesday evening last, that an embargo has been laid upon all vessels in every one of the -Dutch ports. A Captain of a vessel who was taken about two years since, and has been confined at Valenciennes, has made his escape. He landed at Deal a day or two ago, and gives the following description of the ships and force at flushing :—At Flushing only one frigate, and 15 gun-boats ; about half-way bctwe•en Flushing and Antwerp, there are nine sail of the line and one ship of 50 guns, and one frigate ; the ships have all their guns in; and their complement of men, and they communicate by signal with the frigate stationed at Flushing. At Antwerp there are build ing seven sail of the line and one frigate. There are two battalions of Prussian soldiers, and one of Irish Brigade at Flushing, amounting to about 4000 men. At Antwerp there are a great many conscripts, many lately arrived there. At Campvere there are 15 gun boats, the Growler gun-brig, taken, and two schooners, and but few soldiers. The conscripts have been called out for 1810. The liberal price paid by Sir RICHARD PHILLIPS to Dr. NE ALE, for his account of the late interesting and affecting Campaigns in Spain and Portugal, will, it is to be hoped, be the cause of other equally able accounts of the operations of our Armies being laid before the Puiplic. • THE. GRAND EXPEIATIOit Yesterday inorning f at an early hour, Mr. eaN. Nil:a, the Hon. Mr. .I3noor, General PHIPPS, Ad mirals Sir Ric'saki BICKERTOX and Domrrr, and Lord G. L. GOWER, breakfasted with Lcrd MUL. GRAVE at the Admiralty, and soon after embarked with his Lordship . ; lb the Admiralty barge at White hall-stairs for WoolWich. On their arrival at that place, they went on board the yadit bflonginn,• to Sir ROBERT BARLOW, the Commissioner of the Navy, at Chatham, which had been previously sent to Wool wich, and prepared for their reception, fur the pur pose of seeing the expedition proceed to its destina tion. They are expected in town this afternoon. We fear that several days still will elapse before the whole of our very formidable force starts from all the point. where it is collected. Including the Marines, who are to act with the Army, it will amount to about 50,000 men. Besides, there will be about 40 sail of the line, and about 200 sail of men of war of one description or other—a force sufficient to batter to pieces almost any thing. We understand that the present period of delay is not allowed to pass unimproved, for that nine corps, from Scotland, Ire land, and every quarter of this kingdom, are collect ing With all speed, to be sent off, if possible, with the Expedizicn, that the blow may be a decisive one.— Tile present period is an awful one to the threatened quarter. The Corps proceeding are— 'The Royal Artillery, about 37,00. - Engineers. - Staff Corps. Waggon Train. 3d or King's Own Heavy Dragoons. 9th, Lord Rosslyn's. 12th, Prince of Wales's. I st and 2d Regiments of German Light Dragoons. A Brigade of Foot Guards. Ist Foot, or Sco:s Royals, ;61 Battalion. id, or Queen's Regiment. 4th, Lord Chatham's, Ist and 2d Battalions-5M' 6th, Ist and 2d Battalions. Bth, or King's Own. 9th, 11th, 14th, 20th. 27d, or Welch Fuzileers. 26th, or Cameranians. 26th, 31st, •:::(1, 3.3 th, 36th, 313th. 42d, or Royal Highiaaders. 43d, 50th. 51st, Light Infantry Regiment, 52d, .59th, 63d. ftinh, Light Infantry Regiment. 71st Highlanders, Light Infantry. 76th Ditto.-77th. 79th, or Cameron Highlanders. 81st, 82d, 64th, 85th. 91st, Argyle Highlanders. '92d, Gordon Higl.landers. 95th, Riflemen. . Several Regiments of the Ring's German Legion. Colonel Cochrane's Corps, composed of the 78th, or Roes shire Highlanders, and other Co . rps, 900 strong. Besides, a Brigade of Marines, Corps of Sea Fencibles, Sai lors on shore, Volunteers, • In former STARS we mentioned all the General Of fleets, the Officers of the Adjutant and Quarter-M. 3. ter•General's, the Paymaster-General's, the Med;cal and Commis , —trit Departments, the Majors of Bri gade, Aides-du-Camp, and the personal Staff of the Commander in Chief. Never did an army set off so replete with Adjutant-General's Staff. The Naval Commanders already named are Sir RICHARD Sr HACH AN, Admirals OTWAY, Lord GARD.. lint, and Sir RICHARD ; much is expected in particular from the first and last of these gallant and well-known Officers. Several regiments of cavalry, as well as one or two more brigades of the Foot Guards, will be imme diately sent on service. We are glad to hear that many regiments of Mi litia, as well as some of the Line, have of late been very successful in recruiting in their own counties. PORTSMOUTII, JULY 21. " The Expedition is still at Spithead—they talk of dropping down to St. Helen's to-night; if so, they may perhaps start to morrow, or on Stlr.c:ay ; but at present the wind is against them going to the Downs. A great many Officers have come or. shore ; the gay plumage of the Commi,sariat, and the sable plumes of the Medical Staff arc still seen nodding in the streets. " The corps embarked here are, the Royal Ste!' corps, Royal Amillay, 9th Light Dragoons, Second German Light Dragoons , Scotch Royals, sth, Sth, 19th, 23d, 26th, 32d, 35th, 36th, 51st, 63d, 6Sth, 71st, 77th, 81st, ssd, 85th, 95th, and Colonel Coch rane's Corps of DetaChments. The total strength 17,120. " Lord COCIIi ANL Is here—his ship, the lmperieuse, goes on the Expedition withanother Captain. " Admiral OTWAY went on board this afternoon. General GRAHAM and General TERIOTT have likewise gone en board." " DOVER, JULY 21. " The transports which sailed from Portsmouth with the Ger man Dragoons, passed Dcr:a for the Downs yesterday, with a strop; wind from N. E." 4, DEAL, JULY 21. " Arrived the Names , of 74 guns, and REINDEER sloop, from the Nore (the former . ship having troops on board), with fifty sail of gun-boats, for the Expedition; KANGAROO sloop, with a convoy of thirtrone soil of transports from Portsmouth.—Ar rived the CORDELIA, 'FROM PEUSE, Ets, Futtious, and BOLD, from a cruize. His Royal Highness the Duke of Ct.tteNcE went on beard the SUPERB, of 74 guns, Rear-Admiral Sir R. G. KEATS, where he dined. No movement of the Expedition has yet taken place, the wind being quite adverse. We have now in the Downs nearly eight hundred sail of ships." " MARGATE, MIX 21. " The ships of war and gun-boats ?me all proceeded round the land, as is supposed for the Downs, as are also the transports, so that our rods ate now clear. " An order has been received by the Captain of the Sea Fen cibles, to collect as many of the Feueiblis and vessels as are fit for service, to join the Expedition." RAMSGATE, JULY 20.. . " Lord CRATIIMIS arrived here this morning. The infantry intended to onahark at this plate, it stems, ale all on board. Six •~ troops of the 12th Lila - -- King's Heavy Dragoom) en.barked yesterday and today, and are all sails(' for the. Down, The Conunis.ariat, and nearly the whole of the bakers, coopers, &c. are all on board. A few trans ports are rerr..zining unoccupied, and it is this afternoon laid that the 4.41 ltegitutat Drgoon Guard•: (Qoeen's Bays), are to be em barked here. This regiment has not been maned before, that we have hek. - rd of, far this service. " A large deer of 5C or GO 3211 of vessels from the River, &c. came round the North Foreland yestt rday, and this morning are brought up in the Downs—they are store-ships, artillery, victu allers, &c." " IfARWICH, JULY 21. " The fleet of transports, with the- troop, on board, still re main in our Roads. The EVRTALUs frigate is every hour ex- , peered to take the Staff Olßsers, &c. &c. when the fleet will, it is said, positively sail" " CANTEREURY, JULY 21. " Since my Lst emb . arkation has proceeded as fast ai trans. ports can be procured ler their reception. Three troops of the nd K. 0. Dragoons marched from Canterbury at midnight on Tuesday, and were embarked at Ramsgate on the 'Wowing morrizig ;a similar number followed at the same time on Wed: nesday right, siod for the same dtstivation, and were also eatbar ked yesterday. 'Three squadrons (six troops) Of the 4d, or Queen's Dragon Guards at Canterbury, received orders on Wed nesday to hold themselves in readiness to embark, and two troops, the one on Wednesday night and the other yesterday even ing, have proceeded to Ramsgate for that perpose ; the remain der are expected to follow this day. These three squadrons, it is understood, are substituted in the place of the ed Light Ca valry of the German Legion. All the cavalry of the expedition, of which, there are in the whole twelve squadrons, move with put their standards, and are conseqUently intended principally ethring parties, on the line of march, oein emrenchments. " In the mean time the various Officers of the Staff have pro-. eeeded to the different points of embarkation to join their respec tive divisions and brigades ; and yesterday miming the Earl of CHAT ea as, the Commander la Chief, proceeded to Rarnsgate, and afterwards met Lieutenant General Sir Jou:: HopE at Deal, and will this day meet Lord CASTLEREAGH at Dover,- when it is ex pected the final arrangements for the expedition are to be made. Sir H. Po Pit AM is intrusted with the executive part of the naval flotilla, in which he will be assisted by the local knowledge of the well•known Jou NUM, as well as that of aU the Trinity and other Pilots, acquainted with the navigation of the Scheldt, sad the coast of Holland. " The Ist division of 'troops embarked at Portsmouth, sailed from ?pithead cn Wednesday night, but owing to the adverse state cf the wind had not reached the Straights of Dover yester day evening, as they are on bond men of war, which can beat. up channel with almost any wind, they will prObably arrive in ch it Downs this day, and according to present arrangements, should nothing intervene, it is intended the whole shall sail tomorrow, or on Sunday ; and after a lapse of eight and forty hours some in telligence may be expected of their operations. The ordnance transports have been hourly assembling in the Downs : upwards of forty arrived on Wednesday from the River, the proportion of this department has received very considerable augmentation from what was first intended. One million of ball cartridges with as snore fire-ships, (nicking in the total 49 ships of this nature) were last week added to the former preparations, and instead of 104 pieces (as before stated) there are teweards of 3CO pieces of heavy ordnance, besides Ilea artillery, embarked. The horses attached to this immense train are tinily arriving at Ramsgate; but the sailing of the expedition will not depend on their embarkation, such as are not ready when it sails are to follow it. " We have already stc.ted the destination of this great force, and have now to mention still stronger facts, in justification of the accuracy of our information and conclusions. When we spoke of eight sail of the line being at Antwerp, we spoke only of those ready far sea, we know Ho re are more; and know, more over, that 'on board a part of the transports assembled in the Downs, are masts and riving :;ffries:t to drip FIFTZEN of the lite.,as well as for a raarZer offrigatrs, &c. The masters attendant of the prhicipal dock-yards are also to accompany the expedition, to superintend the equipment of these ships, and the application to the Sea Fencibles, (some of whom we regret to hear it said, have refused their services) is supposed to be for the purpose of manning them. " Lieutenant-General Sir Joan FI:JPE left • Canterbury for Deal on Wednesday evening, whither he was followed by his Staff yesterday morning. Lieutenant-General &tows:zinc, Q. M. G. and Brigadier-General MACLEOD, who has the command of the , artillery, with Lieutenant-General Lord Rossi.: t 4, have pro ceeded to Ranssgate for embarkation. His Royal Highness the Duke of CLAIILENCE is at Deal with his son, who is going wi the Expedition, and Lord CAS:LEM:GIN has proceeded to Dover to wait its sailing." Tin: GRAND EXPEDITION.—FIashing, the Island of Walcheren, Ostend, Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, and the Course of the Scheldt, being the places of its des tination, a correct Map of the Island of Walcheren, and the position of the above-named places, will be given in Bell's Weekly Messenger, to-morrow, July 23. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JULY er. Lord GAtiatza arrived here last evening, as did Sir VA REY BURRACD NEALE. Lord GAMBIER took op his residence at the Government House, where he a ill remain during the Court Martial, which is to take place on board the Gladiator on Monday next. His Lordship is accompanied by his brother. There never was a greater concourse of Admirals, Captains, and Officers of all ranks of the Navy here. The fair continues with all its amuses ments and drolleries, and the numbers embarked in the.Expedl tion are not missed. There is a great concourse of company, come either to see the embarkation cr the trial. DOVER, JULY 21. Passed by the Ranger, from Pensacola, bound . to London : she parted from the Jamaica fleet in lat. 42. SG. N. long. 47. 49. W. Captain KAVANAGH did not mention the day he parted with the fleet. YARMOUTH, JULY 21. Sailed the BEIMSH Pant cutter, with the Trade, for Heligoland ; the EXERTION &un-brig, and the PairicEss AUGUSTA cutter, on a cruise.—ln the Roads Roebuck, Urgent, and Havoc, gun•brigs ; and Jande and Ems, armed schuyts.—ln consequence of the embargo, upwards of 200 sail of ships are stopt in our Roads and Port. Vice-AdmiralDpudLAs struck his flag yesterday at Yarmouth and Proceeded to Portsmouth, to attend the Court-Martial on Lord GAMBIER. Mr. ROBERT DUNDAS left town on Thursday, foe Dublin Castle. Thursday, the celebrated Mr. WILLIAM COBBETT Bras convicted at Winchester Assizes of oppreession and cruelty to a Pauper of the name of BURUESS, who had been his servant, and found liable in damages co the amount of 410.