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

TO into which they bad been led ; and their ietror was the greater When they saw those old bands which they had been accustomed to consider as their maters. In al! these battles our loss was in coDsiderahle, compared Aid' tirit of the enemy, who lost a number of (lettered 0 irwers and others, who were obliged to put thent.elves forward to give eoara4e to their troops. The Prince of Lieltenstein, General Lusieoan, and others, were wounded. The los4 of the Austrians, in Colonels and Officers of lower rank, was considerable. BATTLE OF ABENSBERG, ON THE 20TH. The Emperor regal ved to beat and destroy the corps of the Archduke Louis and General Keller, which amounted to o,o'lo men. On the2oth, hi- Majesty took post at Abeosberg ; le, gave orders to the Duke of Auerstadt to keep the Cali); of Hohen zollern, af Itozeitherg, and Lichtenstein, in cloak, while with the tali v isi Of , traod and .:;oden, the Bavarians and t h e W;riemhargner.:, he attacked the AI my of the Archduke Loui. General ketlt•r in front, ao.l caused the communica tions of the enemy to be cut oil by the Duke of who passed'hy Frey berg, and from thence p rof ceded to the rear of the Austrian army. The divisions of M 'rand and Guden formed the left, and maocelv red under the ord 'rs of the Duke of Montebello. The Emperor determined to tight that day at the Ite,d of the Bavarians and Wirtembur4hers. He ordered the officers of these two armiei to form a c le, and addressed them in a long speech. The Prince Royal of Bavaria tran slated iHto German what he said in French. The Emperormade them seu-ihle of the confidence which he reposed in them. , e told the Bavarian Oificers that the Austrians ha.l always b. en their enemies, that they now wished to destroy their ind•pen dence; that for more than ‘.1%00 years, the Bavarian cludard had been displayed against the Austrians. But at Ois time he 'would render them so powerful that they alone should be able to contend with the House of Austria. He spoke to the \% ir temhurghers of the victories they hail obtained over the House of Austria, when they served in the Prussian army, and of the advantages which they had recently obtained from the Cam paign in Silesia. He told them all, that the moment was come for carrying the war into the Austrian territory. 'I his speech was repeated to the ditl'erent companies by the Captains, which produced an effect which may easily he conceived. The Liu peror then gave the signal for battle, and planned his MiLZICCUVr• • according to the particular character of the trote . .:s. General Wrede a Bavarian Officer of great ntert, :ii st:zintied at Sir genhurgh, and attacked an Austrian di ision. hith was op posed to him General Vandamme, who commarth.d the Wi! . - temhurghers, attacked the enemy on their ri,..;:ht dank. The Duke of Dantzic, with the division of the Prince Royal, and that of General I)eroy, marched towards the village of Rec hausen, in order to reach the grand road fro'n Abensberg to Land-hut. The Duke of Montebello, with 'the to o French divisions. forced the extremity of the enemy's line, and over threw every thing that was opposed to him, awl advanced to Rohr and Rosewhurgh. Our cannonade was successful on all points. The enemy. disconcerted by our ynovements did no' fight. for more than an hour, and then heat a retreat. Eight standards, 12 pieces of cannon, and 18,00 D prisoners, were time result of this affair, which cost us but a few men. THE BATTLE OF LANDSHUT, AND TAKING OF THAT PLACE. The battle of Landshut having laid open the Calk of the Aus trian army, and all their magazines, the Emperor, by break of day, on the 21st marched upon Landshut. The Duke of Istria defeated the enemy's cavalry before the plain of that tit.v. General of Division Nlouten, tomb- the grenadiers of the 17111 advance to the charge on the bi id„ e, forming the head of a coltorio. This bridge, which was of e. one!, was set on lire, but that was not an obstacle to our infantry, who forced penetrated into the city. The enemy driven Cairn the posit ifri„ were then attacked by the Doke of ltivoli, who had advanced by the right hank. Landshut fell into Our power, and 1! it h Landshut we took 30 pieces of cannon, 900:) prisoners, 600 ammunition waggons, 3000 baggage wa:zgoa4, and the hospitals and magazines which the Austrian: had began to form. Some Couriers and Aide s -de-Camp of the Commander in Chief, Prince Charles, and some convoys of wounded men coming from Laudshut, also fell into our hands. BATTLE OF ECHMUTIL, ON THE 22r. NV bile the !emit.• of Alv,.osberg amt that of Lancl , :aut produced such import:Litt consequences, the ArChduke Charles forme d ajilaction with the Liuheiniun Army ur.der ii.uliovvrath, bad ot.- AL REGISTER. . . . tliaed same partial success at nati-bon. One thousand of the 65th, who were left to guard the bridge of Itatisbon, and who had not received orders to retreat, having expended their car tridges, aod being surrounded by the Austrians, were obliged to surrender. This event made an impressi , :n upon the limperor, and lie swore that in twenty-four hours Austrian blood should flow in ltati , boo to resent the insult which had been offered to hi , arms. During this time the Dukes of Anerstadt and Dant zic held in cheek the corps of Rosenbeig, Hohesiz Alen), and Lielitenstein. There was no time to be lost. Toe Emperor began hii march from Landshut, with the two divisions of the Doke of Aloutebello, the corps of the Duke of Rivoli, the cui rassiers of Nansoutz and St. hulpire, and the \‘' irtemborgh divi !.ion. At two o'clock in theaft:l-mom they arm ivcd iyposite Ec!i.auhl. where the f _um. corps of the Austria army, consisting of I I 0,030 Inca, hail taken a position under the command of the Archduke Charles. Time Duke of Montebello attacked the ene my on the left, %%di' the di.i , ioa ot God in. U: the flirt signal the division: of the Duke, of Auerstolt and Daolzic, •:;1.! the disision of light cavalry of tleneral Month run, tw:k t:.eir posi tion. One of the must beautir - ol sights which war cati i: resent then prestmted itself, 11a,n0a tra , n, attacked on all i.oi. s, turn ed on t lieir left, and successisai \ drive ii f, in all t:icie positions, tile detail of the events wool.' ii.' too long ; it is sufficient to say, that the enemy was completely rout. a ; that they lost the great er part of their cannon, and a great number of prisoners; and that the .Austrians, driven from the wools which cover Ratis h.in, were forced into the plain, and cut off by cavalry. The A oitrion cavalry, strong and nianerou- , , attempted to rover the rctreat of their infantry, bat they here alias ked by the division of St. Sulpice on the right, and by tile divi,ion of Nansoutz on the left, arid the tairm V s line of hussars and cuirassiers routed, more than 300 Austrian cuiras iers wer.• made prisoners. As the cu e•); wzis co:ninia.;;•in . :;, oar cuirassiers contioued their march to itat ishon. The division of Nansoutz met with a coluu.n of the e.lealy, IN Mich was advancing, and atta, ked it, and compelled it II ,arremier ; it com.i,ted of three Hungarian battalions of 1,500 own. The die 'slot! of St. Sulpice char. ; ;ca a:aither division of the enemy. w hem e the Archduke Charles narrowly escaped being ;ANL He was iudebted fs his safety to the tleetue of his horse. 'nu, c , Aunm was also broken and taken. Darkness At length compelled our troops to halt. lit the battle of Behmultl 1 I not above half the French t:oops acre en„-:uaal. The enemy, (loads pressed, continued to defile the w hide of the night in sanail iJ'..isions, and in great confth ion. All their woun led, the 1 I ren:er loft of their art ;lieu, fifteen standards, 20,000 prisoners I fell into our hands. BATTLE OF ItATESBON. AND TAKING OF THAT PLACI;. On the ‘23d, at day-break, the army advanced upon Ratishon ; the ae!capeed guard. formed by the division of Cudin, and by the cuirassiers of Natr-outz and St. Sul pice, and they very soon came it , siOtt of the enemy's c; . :valry, which attempted to t ovi r Three layeessive c:sar. , ..;e; took plaza., all of which were to our advantage. Light thou and of their troops having hei-n cut to pieces, the enemy precipitately repassed the Danulse. Dining these procceding;, our itifuntry tried to get po:set sion of the city. By a inset unaccountable disposition of his force, the Austrian General sacrificed six regiments there with out any reat-on. 'l'he city i; surrounded will, a bad wall, a had ditch, and a had counterscarp. The artillery baying arrived, the cit buttes . , d with : ,tine 1%-pounders. It was recollected that there was one part cf . Ow fortification where, by means of at ladder, it wa; pos.ible to descend into the ditch, Lod to pass o the other side through a breach in the wall, The Duke of M -ntebello caused a battalion to pass through this ope::iug; they g:!inf.d a postern, and introduced themselves into the cite,. A!1 those who made resi , t:ttwe were cut to pieces : the number of primmer; exceeded SOOI. In consequence of these unskilful di•positions, the enemy had not time to destroy the bridge, a the French pas.ed pelt-naell with them to the left Bank. Tilts unfortunate city, which they were barbarous enough to defend, has suffered considerably. A part of it was on fire dot ing the night, lint by the efforts of General Nlorand, and his division, it was extinotished. Thus, at the battle of Abensberg, the Lin. peror beat separately the two corps of the Archduke Louis and General Keller, at the battle of Landshot. lie took the centre of their communications, and the general depot of their maga zines and artillery finally. at it e battle of Echmual, the f,•yr corps of Hohenzollern, Rosenberg, Kollowrath, and Licluitn.. stein, were defeated. The corps of General Bellegarde arrived the day after the hattlu; they could only be It itoebscs of the VO7