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The Duke of Auerstadt marched from the right to reach the
Centre.* The enems, on the contrary, put BellciAarde's corps in
motion fc r Statteinu. 'I he corps of Collowrath, lichtenste,
End II tiler conneeted their right ith the position of Wagram,
'where Proice Hoheazoliern wa,. and with the extremity of the
tett at Neusiedel, or•liere the cot ps of Rosenberg debouched ii
order al.o to outflank that of the D!ske of A urn:troll. The
corps of Roses tore, and that of th- Duke of A iterstatit moving
fo oppty,ite directions, encountered each other w ith the first rays
o:'tine sun, and gave the siL:nal of battle. The Emperor repaired
to :his ordered the Doke of Auersiadt to be reinforced tty.
the ills'-ion of the Duke of iandna's cuirar,siets,rmi the corp. 01.
Pil,eoherg, to he attacked-in fl:trk by a battery of 12 guns, of
the di vitelo of the Count de Nansoto v. In less than three quar-
ters of an hoar, tai `.foe corps of the Duke of Auerstadt gave.
a good account of the corp, orHuser.ber;!, defeating it, and dri-
Niug it hehind Neusiedel, w ith corsidet able loss. In the ratan
time a cannonade commenced along the whole of the line and
the enemy's de-position- were every moment discovering them •
selves. The whole of his left w al. s'ecured ith artillery. aloe
aright have said that the An-CI-ion General. was not fighting. for
victory, lott was looking only to the means of improving it.
This chl•po:•ition of the eitemy seeined so utPnd, that some snare
',Nits apprehended, and tht Emperor delayed some time before
be order, d those easy dispositions w pleb he hadto make to dis-
concert those of the enemy, aid render them fatal to him. He
ordered at. Duke of Riv 4.1 i to make an attack on the village
occupied by the enemy, and w bleb somew hat straitened the ex-
tremity of the centre of the armv. Ile ordered the Duke of
Auerstadt to turn the position of N eosiedel, and thence to push
on upon Wn.ram ; and he formed lbw "Duke of Ragusa's troops
and those o(Gen. Macdonald in cohabit, to carry Wagram at
the moment the Duke of Auerstadt should &hooch. While
thee proceedings carte taking place, ittformation was received
that the enemy was making a furious attack upon the village
carried by the Duke of Rivoli ; that our left was outflanked
by SAO wises, that a brisk cannonade was already heard at
Gros-Aspern, and that the space between Gros-Aspern and
AVagram seemed to he covered with an immense line of artil-
lery. There was no longer any room for doubt. The enemy
had committed an enormous fault, and we had only to profit by
it. The Emperor instantly ordered “eneral Macdonald to fore"
the divisions of lirousier and Lamarque in reiluions of at tat k.
Ile ordered the division of Nansontv to he supported by the
herse-guards, and battery of 60 guns belonging to the guards,
and 40 of different other corps. Ceiteral Count Laurist on, at
the head of his battery of 100 pieces or artillery,. marched at
a trot agaiost the enemy, advanced is ithout firing to w ithin half
gun-shot distance, mid there opened a prodigious fire, which
silenced that of the enemy, and spread death among hi., ranks.
General Macdonald then advanced at the pas de char' e.
The General of Division Reille, with the brigade of
alms Hod sharp-shooters of the guards, supported Genera!
Macdonald. The guards made a chatige of front, in order
to rerwer this attack infallible. lo an instant the ene-
my's reotre lost a league of ground, his right became alarmed,
and perceiving the tinegernus position it was placed, rapidly
fell back. The Duke of nivel', at that moment attacked it
In frog;?. Whilst the root of the centre struck consternation into
the right of tbe enemy, amid pre( ip ita tett its movements, the
left was attacked mid out-Hooked by the Duke of Atierstadt,
who had carried Neusiedel, and who had gained the •Jevated
plain, was marching anon W igrum. The divisions of Broussit
and Gudin covered Iteraselscs with glory. It was then only
ten o'clock is the morning; and those who had the least pene
t:ation saw that the fate of the day was decided, and. i hat the
victory- etas ours. At noon, Count 'Outflow marched upon Wa-
gram, in assist the attack of the Duke of Auerstadt.
.Le.was successful, and carried that important position. Atte,
o'clock, the enemy fought only to Meet his retreat ; at
twelve, this was manifest ; it was conducted in disorder; long
largfitee (lark, the Privity was out of sight. Our left was posted
at•JeSelsee and Fhefsdot f; our centre upon Obersdorf: owl the
cavalry or oter right extended their rests as far as Shonkirehen.
Oti The 7tl), ru day-breakip the army was in motion, and march-
ing upon Koroconourg anti ogtersdot If, and had some posts
N' he enemy, cut off from Hungary and Mo.
to fall hack upon Bohemia. Such is the
tic of Witgram, at•battle cleeishte.and ever.
from three to four hundred thousand m'en,
,tree losodrcd pieces of cannon, contended
pon a heid of battle, studied, planned, ant
for several mooths. Ten pair of colours,
go,Booo.PrisOnetbs inchiding bet war; 3 rind

-100 Officer., and a consider:llde number of Generals, Colonels,
and l't!ajors, arc the tropH.,s of this victory. The fields of bat-
tle ars cosercd o ith the si4in ; among whom ate the bodies
of several General,, and nylon others, one called Norman, a
Frenchman, a traitor to his col:ntry. ho prwtituted his talents
ftgaiLst her. All the enemy's vi,.tinded have fallen into our
nancbi. Tame whom he abandoned at the commenretneet of the
acfion, were found in tae adjacent villager. It may be calcu-
lated that the result of this battle, will be that of redacitig the
Austrian arrly to less that ;nen. Our lose has been eon-
silerable ; it is estimated at 1500 in killed, and Trom three to
lONI wounded. 'I he Duke of Istria, at the moment when he
oas preparing for an attack wi:h the cavalry, had his horse
dead by a cannon-ball, fell upon his saddle and
.Tightly grazed his thigh.
The Genera! of Division Lasalle was killed by a musket-ball.
fie way an officer of the greatest merit, and,one of our best light
cavalry Generals. The Bavarian General Wrede,nnd Generals
Seras, Grenier, Vignolle, Sahue, Frcre, and Defrance, were
is mottled. Colonel Prince Aldohrundini was wounded in the
arm by a musket-hall ; the Major; of the Guard. Dausinenil and
Carkencau, were abo wounded, the Adjutant-Coinisand.int Du-
prat was killed ; the Col, of the OM infantry fell an the field of
battle. That regiment has covered itself with glory. The °dicers
of the Staff arc preparing a returu of our losses. A particular
,ircumstance incident to this battle is, that the columns near-
est Vienna were only about 1200 noise: from it. The numerous
population of that capital, covered the turrets, the steeples, the
roofs of houses, anti every elevated sit 110titv11 to w itt'cS9 this
laeciacle. The Emperor of Austria left Wolkersdore can the
fish, at five in the morning, and ascended a tower, from which
he had a view of the field of battle, And where be remained until
•Ilidnight. Ile than set off in all haste. The French head-
ynarices were trautferred to Wolkeridort, on the morning of
the 7th.

TWENTY-SIXTH vuusrliv.
WoLXritSDOR FF, JULY 9.—The enemy's, retreo is Lt defeat.
We have collected a part of hie baggage. His wouudrd have
fallen into our hands; 'we have already counted more than
12.000 ; all 'the villages are filled o ith them. lu five or six
hospitals alone we have found more than 6000. The Duke of
Rivoli, pursuing the enemy ,Icerau, Is already arrived at
ollabrunn. The Duke de Ragusa had at first followed cn the
road to Bruno. which he quitted at Wolfersdortf, in order to
:ale that of Znaim. At nine o'clock this morning lie met at
Lan a rear-guard, which he routed. He took 900 of them pri.
?toms. Ile will be to-morrow at Znaim. The Duke of Auer-
oath it arri.ed to-day at Nisolthorgh„ 'The Emperor of Aus.
trio, Prince Anthony, with a ruite of about 200 chariots,
coaches, and other carriages, slept on the 6th' at Erenshrunn,
the 7th at Holiabrunn, the Bth at Znnim, whence they set out at
nine of the morning. According to the relation-of the rountry
people who conducted.them, their dejection was extreme. One
of the Princes de Bohan was found wounded on. the field of
battle, Lieutenant Field-Marshal W ussakow it z is among the
prisoners. The artillery of the guard covered itself witself with glory.
Major Aboville who commanded was wounded.' The Emperor
has made him General of Brigade. The chief of a squadron of
artillery, Cirenier, has lost an arm. These intrepid artiMerp.
men disphi,ed All the 'power of this terrible weapon.
The horse chasseurs of the guard charged, and drove back on
the day of the battle of Wagram, three 'squares of infantry.--
They took four piects.ofetimion. The light korse Poles of the
guard charged a regiment of pikemen. They took the Prince
of A uergperg prisoner, and captured two,pieces of cannon. The
Saxon hussars d'Albert charged the cuirassiers d'Albert and took
their colours. It Was ver3.siogitlatio.i.ee these ton ree,imentS,
belonging to the same Colonel, lig!ing one Against the other.
It appears that the enemy is
.abandooing Moravia and Hungary%
and. is retiring into Bohemia. Thri.roads are coveted avillt fhe
men belonging to the Laud weht and the levy en name, who are
returning to their houses. The losses which desertion' is adding,
to those The enemy has sustained in killed, Sviihnded, an(l priso.
tiers, are concurring to annihilate hisaruty. the numerous
let-
: tees which have ben intercepted area striking picture id the
discontent of the hostile army, nod t he dimittier which reigns in it.
66 Now,. that, the ,A usickan 411;marchi is without hope, it
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ho govern it, not to exiSect that they w ill humiliate themselves
as they did after she battle of Austerlitz. At that epoch, obey
were, as now without hope; and they exhausted all their pro.
testations and oaths. During the clay of the 60, the euei itAt

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