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

. ' AMY' T 4. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. MAP OF THE PRESENT SEAT OP WAR IN GERMANY. ---,--------_,.... N.", Yit t liGlTE . `Bumbitor 'Aare/di, ''''' " ''') ''•-.. , 's e ... z 31 I A . , (. „ I , • i 6 t l i x l .".... ' **. • -* . Wolita . • • .. 4 Arartinberg / lambi n-, , - I Jaaiikat • ../ I, att . ......... : ..7 r A ..? ehufahapi, BA V A 11 .1 .A \ .. 12 I. ).... \ . 1 .2... ..1 0 .I.‘ , • Austc7.7;tz 0 11,R11V,% . 0 i-AbirshUy -Hud .... t o ualt . . s ..;._ --. Zen - ..... a . i 7.. ''' ..-- --- -.. 4107 16 "Viiiis! - ;?. 1, 4 .. .. ...••'' ewstadt • k -s';' l e :. , .. '... klbsf°K i : 4.. il \ Zandsh °Dngelfi t ,* 7 ... •----...-- -- .if , . i ~ .Pcissa u 0 . 1 " ---- -- - ' -- ..__ . i /.......... 10. ems ....,,,l. , A . i rresingen. e .0. •- g f "-k ) a,.' - '-- - - - ------ . -4 ‘("4,-.. 1 - N__ - "\---_--- - --. - ' ahe lilt' 4. N • .- 4 7, 1 ! i 6 C orer. ti.. .. -4:13 . rau .--1 nau Ems e. . .d VIENA. ' '.7l' MUNICH° V . g c:is ;.:"" 4113"2131:(71.. 4a 0 ,......., ...... o*-ws,.. ,‘, K b%' ‘.------. ..--- _ . 1 (Ko: l4‘rsttin .... • . • : . :. -......... li. t il ‘ . tr is' T R i A 0 ---" ,_____ - • -- _______ .__..___L_______,..ii EXPLANATION. The Battle was fought at Abersberg, half way between Ratisbon and Nieustdadt, and about twenty miles from each—, The French advanced from across the Danube, and the Austrians from the iser. OPERATIONS OF THE ARMIES. The events which have so rapidly succeeded each other, within the last three weeks, have been so unexpected, and to the great majority of the public, so perfectly unintelli gible, that reason is lost in wonder, and every one seems inclined to impute them to causes beyond human controul. Nothing is so easy as to cut short all difficulties in this way; but even a cursory examination will prove that there is no necessity for having recourse to these extraordinary causes. There is e: , ough in the Austrian errors, and in the French evident superiority, which may solve the knot without applpug, to such supernatural interposition. Nothing, moreover, could be practically more dangerous than thus generally assigning all the French successes to this divine assistant. Who will venture to oppose those who are urged forwards by Heaven. The Plan of the Austrian campaign seems to have been founded on erroneous principles. It would seem by the Austrian Proclamation, that the main object, and the main hopes of the campaign, were to operate on the national prejudices of the German Confederates, and by presenting them with a rallying point, with a force sufficient to re ceive and to defend them, to seduce them from what was supposed to be their unnatural incorporation with the. French. Upon these principles, and under these hopes, the general plan of the campaign seems to have been—to have c►►mmenced with offensive operations—to endeavour with all possible effort to obtain the first advantage, in order thereby to encourage the German Confederacy to 313 declare themselves. The Austrians, therefore, with these designs, advanced,—they extended their line along a gredt extent of country, and bore down upon Ratisbon.—ln th:s muti m there were two principal errors : in the first place, it was contrary to all received principles, that the weaker ' power should voluntarily act offensively . In the second place. the extent of the Austrian line most peciiktut se conded the peculiar system of the French,—it enabled them to break the line, and thus fall on then, in front and 'rear. —The French armies did not fail to avail themselves these errors,—the Emperor NAPOLEON saw their objc;.', and hastened to defeat it. Leavitlg Paris on the 12th, I a reached his head quarters on the itith. In the mean time he had effected the junction of All the divisions of his army, and contrary to the expectation of the Austrians, and subsequently to their evident surnrize, concentered his force in one point.—The Austrian army was now upon its advance. The Archdukes LOUIS and JOHN, with a preci pitation which they have since had carve to repent, pressed forwards to meet the French. The FrcnA on their parts, confident in their superiority, crossed L-1 Danube, ;:nd i :- stead of waiting the assault of the Austrans, theniselvt s commenced the attack. The result was as •.light have been expected. The Austrians, being deceived ps to the Freheli strength and numbers, 101 l into a fatpl trap,---they attacked the bull by the horns, and exactly IT ‘.led ln Ilia: _point of the French army where the Frc•eli The consAuence was, that the su: 'dor we ht of the French necessarily broke the A .strian _The French then got into the rear of their enmie::, and