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

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 formed
ajilaction with the Liuheiniun Army ur.der ii.uliovvrath, bad ot.-

AL REGISTER.

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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
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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

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taking of Itatisboo, and the.i Be.i into Bohemia. In all these
battles our robs amounted to 1200 killed and 4000 wounded !!!

[Then follows a list of the French Otrweri killed and wound-
ed, and very high eulogiums upon the different French Generals.)
Of 42'20,000 of whicit the Austrian army was composed, ali
have been engaged except .;.t),0(10 leen, commanded by Gencral
Rellegarde. On the oi:ier haul. near our half of the French
au my has not hied a shot. Tite enemy a-tonistied by rapid
tuovements, which were out of their calculation, were in
a moment deprived of their foolih Italics, and precipitated from
a delirium of prebutuption to a dezyoudency approaching to

SEEOND IifoLLETIN.

Head-quarters, illuhldo .April 2T.
On the 22d, the day after the battle of Landshut, the Emperor
left that city for Ratishon, and fonizlit the battle of Et:humid.
At the same time he sent the Duke of [stria with the Bavarian
taiivision under• General Wrede, and Moltor's division to proceed
to the Inn, and pursue the two corps of the Austrian army
beaten at Abensberg and Landshnt. The Duke of Istria arrived
successively at Wilshurg and Neumark, found there upwards of
400 carriages, caissions, and equipages, and took from 15 to
1800 prisohers in his march. The Austrian corps found beyond
Neumark, a corps of reserve which had arrived upon the Inn.
They rallied, and on the :'sth gave battle at N eumark, where
the Bavarians, not with.,tanding their extreme inferiority, pre-
'served their positions. On the 24th the Emperor had sent the
corps of the Duke of Rivoli from Ratisbon to Stratthing, and
from thence to Passau, where he arrived on the (.20th. The
Duke made the battalion of the Po pass the Inn—it made 300
prisoners, removed the blockade of the citadel, and occupied
Scharding. On the 25th, the Duke of Montebello had orders to
march with his corps front Ratishon to Mu hldorW. On the rth,
he passed the Inn, anti proceeded to the Salza. To day, the
27th, the Emperor has his head-quarters at Muhldorlf. The
Austrian division, commanded by General dellachiek, whirl, oc-
cupied Munich, is pursued by the corps of the Duke of Dantzic.
The King of Bavaria ha, shewn himself at Munich. He after-
wards rewrite(' to Angsbnrg, where he will remain some days,
intending not to fix his residence at Munich till Bavaria shall be
entirely delivered from the enemy. On the side of Ratisbon
the Duke of A uerstadt is gone in pursuit. of Prince Charles,
who, cut of front his communicatiou with the Inn and Vienna,
has no other resource than that of retiring into the mountains of
Bohemia, by W aldmunchen and Cham.
With respect to the Emperor of Austria, he appears to have
neen before Passau, in order to besiege that place with three
battalions of the- Landwerk. All Lavaria anJ the Palatinate
are delivered from the presence of the enemy. At Ratisbon, the
Emperor p t> ed several corps in rev iew, and caused the bravest
soldiers t ► be premed to him. to whom he gave distinctions
ard pensions, and the bravest officers, to whom he gave baronies
anti lands. !lithe' to ahe Emperor has carried on the war al-
most w it I out equipage and guards; and one has remarked, that
in the ab.-enee of his guards, he had always: about him the allied
Bavarian and Wirtemherg troops ; wishing thereby to give them
a particular proof of confidence. A report has been circulated
that the Emperor has had his leg broken. The fact is, that a
spiatt ball grazed the heel of his hoot, but did hot touch the skin.
Never was his Majesty iu better health. though in the midst of
the greatest fatigue. It has been remarked as a simgular fact, that
oae of t he tirst.a usi Han 0 dicers made prisouer in this war, was the
.Aide-de-Camp of Prince Charles, sent to M. Otto with the fatuous
I .tter, parportiag that the French army must retire. The inhabi-
t :nts of Ratishon havin4 behaved very well, and evinced that
patriotic and confederated spirit which we have a right to ex-
p ct from them, his Ni ajely has ordered that the damao-es done
srall he repaired a: his e Nvnce, and particularly the rebuilding
of the houses burnt, the expense of which will he several mil-
lioas. Ail the sovereigns and territories of the Confederacy
• evince the most patriotic spirit. %\ hen the Austrian Minister at
Dresden delivered the D:oduration of his Court to the King of
Saxony, the latter could not contain his indignation.—" lon
wish for war, and against whom ? Yon attack and you inveigh
against a man, tt h,, three years ago, master of your destiny,
restored ()or Ant: sto you. The proposals made to me afflict
me ; Nivirntrairairn s are known- to all Europe ; no Prince of
?Y willdetach himself from them. The Grand
he Emperor of Austria's btittlier, has
, and has declared that if the Austrians
furies; he should retire if necessary

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MAY' 14.

across the Rhine—so well are the insanity and the invectives of
Vienna appreciated ! The regiments of the petty Princes, all
the allied troop are eager to march against the enemy. A no-
table circumstance. which posterity will remark as a freA proof
of thr signal bad faith of Austria, is, that on the day she wrote
a 'letter to the King of Bavaria, she published in the Tyrol, the
Proclamation signed by General Jellachich. On the
.Same day
she proposed to the King to be. neutral,. and invited his sub-
jects to rise. How can we reconcile this contradiction, or ra-
ther, blw ju.tify this infamy ?
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To the Bulletins are annexed a Proclamation from the Ans.:
trian General Jellachich, inviting the Ty role,e to throw otf the
Bavarian yoke, and to resume their allegiance to their old
waster; and a letter from the Archduke Charles to the King cf
B%varia, soliciting bii en-operation in a war kindertakew ftsr
the general Ad veranee of Germany.