The National Register. — London, England, 1809-05-14 00:00:00

MAY 14. THE NATIONAL lie did not comply with a requisition addressed to them on the part of the Austrians. The Bavarians will no doubt give a mi nute and faithful account of the acts of wanton cruelty committed by the Austrians in this country, that the memory thereof may be preserved by their most remote posterity, although it is ex tremely probable that this was the last insult which Austria ss ill be able to offer to the Allies of France. The Austrians have endeavoured, both in the Tyrol and Westphalia, to invite the inhabitants to rise in rebellion against their Sovereigns. Austria has raised numerous armies, divided into corps like the French army; her troops are moving by forced marches, to imi tate the French troops; her Generals are publishing bulletins, proclamations, general orders—all in imitation of the French. Bat the ass is not ennobled to a lion because he is covered with a !ion's skin ; the long ears betray the ignobler beast. The Em peror of Austrio, has left Vienna, and, on his departure, pub lished a Proclamation, drawn up by Gent; in the style and spirit of the most ridiculous performances of that kind. He is gone to Scharding, a position extremely well adapted for a Sovereign who neither wishes to be in his capital to govern his dominions, nor in the held where he is known to be merely an ineumbrance and dead-weight. When he was informed of the re-ult of l't.. battle of Eckinuhl, he judged it prudent to leave the banks of the Inn, and retire into the interior of his dominions. The to% o of Scharding, which is now occupied by the Duke Elwin, has suffered much. The Austrians on their retreat set tire to their magazines, and burnt half the town which belonged to then!. They had no doubt some presentiment of their future fob', that a hat belonged to Austria shall no longer belong to her." It appears by this Bulletin that the Austrians are-evacuating Tyrol with the utmost precipitation, in consequence of the vic tories gained by our troops in Bavaria, and of the signal advan tages obtained by General St. Hilaire in the Italian part of the Tyrol. We understand that Davoust is immediately to advance into Tyrol, with a considerable corps of French troops, to re store order and tranquillity in that country, and open a commu nication between the German and Italian armies. The Austrian army in Bavaria, composed of the flower of the enemy's troops, and on which the enemy placed all his hopes, were commanded by tile A rchdakeCharles, and by the Archdukes Lewis, Anthony, and Maximilian. Our Minister for Foreign Affairs has left Strasburgh for the Imperial Head-quarters. WARSAW, APRIL 19.—A1l the Polish, Saxon, and French troops have, on account of the intelligence received, that the Archduke Fordinsuid was advancing against this resi dence-town with an army of 40,000 men, fallen back to Kalish, in order there to take up a strong position for the present. The van of the Austrian army arrived here this morning, and the centre and rear are expected to-morrow, and after tomorrow in our environs. The head-quarters of the Archduke are positionally established in this place. Vistula, APRIL 26. Bulletins still continue to be published . in this, capital of the operations of our armies, although it is already obvious that our affairs have already taken a • fiery unfitvourabie turn. The 7th, Bth, and 9th Bulletins give an account of the actions and battles which took place in Bavaria, front the 19th to the 23d of this month. They state that our loss has been very severe ; that several re giments have lo3t all their Field-officers, and Major-Gene rals Maurice and Lewis Lichtenstein and Lusignan, are said to be among the wounded. It is also acknowledged in these bulletins, that we have lost much bas;v,-nr-e. ordnance, &c.; but it is esserted that our troops have fought with the utmost intrepidity and valour, and that our want of success is entirely owing to the unaccountable measure pur sued by the Archduke Lewis, who made a very untimely retreat, and thus broke our line. On the T2d, the Arch duke Charles endeavoured to repair this error by the battle of Eckmuhl ; but finding in the brunt of the action his rear threatened by a French corps, which had been in pur suit of the Archduke Lewis he was obliged to retreat across the Danube. The Emperor finding, that in consequence of the late occurrences in Bavaria, the frontiers of the hereditary do minions arc threatened by the enemy's troops, has called upon all the inhabitants of Upper and Lowe;' Austria, , and Saltzburgh, able to bear arms, to rise in a mass, and re pair to the banks of the tun. ,EGISTER. 3 0 Positive intelligence has now been received of the re newal of hostilities between the Russians and Turks. • At Trieste twenty-three English ships have again arrived with colonial produce and English manufactures. AUSTRIAN ACCOUNT. SUPPLEMENT EXTRAORDINARY TO Tilt ritivinzatto A.. ZETTE OF rnAatrE. " On the 23d of April, at nine in the evening, Count Avers perg, Adjutant-General to his Imperial Highness the Generalis simo, arrived at his Majesty's head-quarters at Scharding. He was sent on the 22d from the field of battle. The two Chiefs and two armies advanced on that day to combat each other. Success was on the side of the Austrians. The Generalissimo caused the post of Abbach, on the Leber, to he attacked, fur which we had in vain contended the preceding evening, and he carried it. The third Corps of the army took Fait pont. Whilst the right wing of the Austrian army was victorious, the enemy succeeded in getting possession of Fchmuhl, but the presence of the Generalissimo restored order, and tints ended a battle which had lasted five days without interruption. We have in this and other previous affairs taken a great number of prisoners. among whom are a Lieutenant-General under thc orders of Marshal Davoust. The loss on both sides has been great. We have se veral Generals and Ottieers of the Etat-Major ‘‘ounded. The first corps of the army has advanced to !femme:Jan, and touches the grand army by Abbach." IMPOBT4NT SUCCESSES OF THE .4csnwtss IN Till TIROL. The brave Tyrolians, emulating the zeal anti the impa tience of the troops of his Imprria I Majesty, have antici pated the moment of their dclicvralice. The followiu; Re port, bearing date luspruck, April 13, affimis hondant proof that a very few days wure sufficient for the T‘ rot Volunteers to rescue their country from the presence of the Bavarian and French troops, and to return to their alle giance to their ancient Mailers : Report of Lieutenant-Colonel Taxis to his Imperial Ira j.est.y. Dated Inspruck, April 11, 1509. " Sire—l feel it a duty incumbent upon me to make known to your Itnperial Majesty the testimonies of bravery and fidelity which former subjects of your Majesty have displayed, in proof of their attachment to yota Royal 'House. " The brave Tyro Hans, driven to despair by the extinc tion of their Constitution, which had been preserved entire and inviolate under the domin;on of your Majesty,. and that of your august ancestors, took up arms Oil the 10th inst. attacked the Bavarian troops at Sterginen, at Ins pruck, at Hall, and at the convent of St. Charles, and af ter having killed or wounded more, than 500 of the ene my, compelled them to surrender and capitulate. Oa the 12th, t body of about 300 mea, composed of French and Bavarian troops, presented themselves before Wildan. near Inspruck ; sus!ained a similar defeat to ftat of the former, and a reinforcement of French troops which came up on the 13th did not meet with a better fate. 66 as prisoners are continually coming in, I am not as vet enabled to ascertain the number of them with precision ; but there has already been brought in, and sent on their way to Saltzburgh the French General Bisson, several offi cers ot• the staff; from 3000 to 4000 men of different de s:•riptions, artillery, cavalry, light infantry, &c.• and like -11 ise the Bavarian Genera! N luic], Colonel Ditfort, two Lieutenant-Colonels, two Majors, about 20 Officers; and above 1%000 Bavarian troop. " The loss of the enemy, in cannon. co!onrs, -inns'quets, and money, is not vet exactly a•weutaincd, because the I ea sants, in the enthusiasm of victory, have not yet broL i cat in several articles of which they took possession." s .