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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY. Drcemets le.

GkAND BAITLE IN GERMANY.
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of which was communicated to the Ministerial
Circles, in the following Bulletin, yesterday morn:
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Government received last night accounts, dated
at Olmutz, the 3,1, by Av I,;ch it appears that a gene-
ral battle took place on the 2d, between the French
and Austro-Russian Armies, at Wi caeu. The
centre of the latter seems to have met with great
resistance, and to have been repulsed, but the left
wing of ,he Enemy were defeated with considerable
loss, by the right wing of the Allies, under the
command of the Princes LICMTBSSI elm and PAK.;
RAZIOS. The Emperor AL LIAWDk.II commanded
his troops in person, and displayed the utmost •
bravery.
" The conflift seems to have been of the most ob-
stinate kind, and to have been sustained by the Al-
lies in the most exemplary manner. The loss of the
French was immense. The Messenger who b-ought
this intelligence left Olmutz twenty-four hours atier
the battle, and relates, that, at that time, the 1.'... s
of the Enemy were reported to be much mare cu. ..-
derable than those of the Allies, who still maia.
tained their position at Wiscbau.
A Lieutenant of the Adamant gun-brig left the
Elbe, on the 13th, and was at Hamburgh on the
12th, when a report, agreeing nerdy in substance
with the above, was current in that city. The Com-
mander of the Piercer gun-brig, who left the Ems
about the same time, has brought home a similar
account. In addition to the particulars already
stated, we have learned that the centre of
the Allies consisted of the Russian troops. 'com-
manded by the Emperor A LPIANDBI. in per-
son. It was this part of the Austro-Russian
army, which commenced the engagement; having
fallen suddenly in with the enemy, whom they found
prepared in excellent order to receive them ; and it
was against their centre the principal force of 80.
11 AP %err. was directed. The battle was long and ob-
stinate, and maintained principally by the bayonet 1
—The Emperor At.txa ens% displayed the greatest
bravery. He exposed his person et the head of his
troops, and resisted every exertion and entreaty of
his Officers, who, alarmed for his safety, anxioody
besought him, but in vain, to quit the field. Bosat
P A ItTZ, having carried his principal force against
the centre of the Allies, is said to have gained the
advantage in that part ; but he purchased ft dearly.
at the ezpence of his left wing, which was weaken-
ed in consequence of the detachments drawn from
it to the centre. Thus reduced in strength, it was
completely defeated by the right wing of the Allies,
whose success in this quarter appears to have more
than couuterbalanced theloss sustained by the centre,
as they retained possession of the field of battle. The
Austro-Russian and the French armies are said to
have amounted, the former to 70,000, and the latter
to 80,00'), which would leave the French superior in,
aumber ; brit they are both probably under-rated.
The three Russian divisions must have joined pre-
•ious to the 2d, and their united force, even seclu-
sive of the Austrians, would amount to more &aft
70,000 men. The lon on either side could not be
ascertained with any degree of certainty for tome
days after the battle,but it must have been very great.
Some state the loss of the French at 20.000, others
at 27,000 killed and wounded. Brae APARTI is said
to be among the wounded. Some say be has lost a
leg, others, an arm. It is added, upon the 'mho-
rity of private letters, that the French eontmeneek
their retreat, on the 3d, •and had evacuated Vreana.
This would be the necessary consequence of a sleci.
sive defeat. and has been, per hapsireported as fad, by
those who considered the affair at Wischan, in that
light. The battle, however, was not decisive ; but
we have season to believe that Government consider
the result highly favourable to the allied cause.
The three Hamburgh Mails due, arrived yester-
day, with Papers to the I Ith instant, the contents of
which enable us to trace the proceedings of the
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speftive armies up to the ed, the day of the b4ttly
of VVischau. We have also received the Parts
Papers to the 4th, containing the 27th, tBth, and
2).1i Bulletins of the grand army, which also con-
tain infernatien upon this subjed. Mua at's di-
vision first entered Brunn upon the 15th, and Bo-
NAP ASTI advanced his head-quarters to it on the
20th. This induced the Austroltrissians to fall
back to Olmutx, and the French pushed their ad-
vanced posts to within four leagues of that city,
which appears to have been the utmost limit of
theW progress in Moravia. During all this time.
the Austro-Russian army t:•as faUing back upon its

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