The National Register.
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THE NATIONAL

lie did not comply with a requisition addressed to them on the
part of the Austrians. The Bavarians will no doubt give a mi-
nute and faithful account of the acts of wanton cruelty committed
by the Austrians in this country, that the memory thereof may
be preserved by their most remote posterity, although it is ex-
tremely probable that this was the last insult which Austria
ss ill be able to offer to the Allies of France. The Austrians
have endeavoured, both in the Tyrol and Westphalia, to invite
the inhabitants to rise in rebellion against their Sovereigns.
Austria has raised numerous armies, divided into corps like the
French army; her troops are moving by forced marches, to imi-
tate the French troops; her Generals are publishing bulletins,
proclamations, general orders—all in imitation of the French.
Bat the ass is not ennobled to a lion because he is covered with
a !ion's skin ; the long ears betray the ignobler beast. The Em-
peror of Austrio, has left Vienna, and, on his departure, pub-
lished a Proclamation, drawn up by Gent; in the style and
spirit of the most ridiculous performances of that kind. He
is gone to Scharding, a position extremely well adapted for a
Sovereign who neither wishes to be in his capital to govern his
dominions, nor in the held where he is known to be merely an
ineumbrance and dead-weight. When he was informed of the
re-ult of l't.. battle of Eckinuhl, he judged it prudent to leave the
banks of the Inn, and retire into the interior of his dominions.
The to% o of Scharding, which is now occupied by the Duke
Elwin, has suffered much. The Austrians on their retreat set
tire to their magazines, and burnt half the town which belonged
to then!. They had no doubt some presentiment of their future
fob', that a hat belonged to Austria shall no longer belong to her."
It appears by this Bulletin that the Austrians are-evacuating
Tyrol with the utmost precipitation, in consequence of the vic-
tories gained by our troops in Bavaria, and of the signal advan-
tages obtained by General St. Hilaire in the Italian part of the
Tyrol. We understand that Davoust is immediately to advance
into Tyrol, with a considerable corps of French troops, to re-
store order and tranquillity in that country, and open a commu-
nication between the German and Italian armies. The Austrian
army in Bavaria, composed of the flower of the enemy's troops,
and on which the enemy placed all his hopes, were commanded
by tile A rchdakeCharles, and by the Archdukes Lewis, Anthony,
and Maximilian. Our Minister for Foreign Affairs has left
Strasburgh for the Imperial Head-quarters.

WARSAW, APRIL 19.—A1l the Polish, Saxon, and French
troops have, on account of the intelligence received, that
the Archduke Fordinsuid was advancing against this resi-
dence-town with an army of 40,000 men, fallen back to
Kalish, in order there to take up a strong position for the
present. The van of the Austrian army arrived here this
morning, and the centre and rear are expected to-morrow,
and after tomorrow in our environs. The head-quarters
of the Archduke are positionally established in this place.

Vistula, APRIL 26. Bulletins still continue to be published
. in this, capital of the operations of our armies, although it
is already obvious that our affairs have already taken a
• fiery unfitvourabie turn. The 7th, Bth, and 9th Bulletins
give an account of the actions and battles which took place
in Bavaria, front the 19th to the 23d of this month. They
state that our loss has been very severe ; that several re-
giments have lo3t all their Field-officers, and Major-Gene-
rals Maurice and Lewis Lichtenstein and Lusignan, are said
to be among the wounded. It is also acknowledged in
these bulletins, that we have lost much bas;v,-nr-e. ordnance,
&c.; but it is esserted that our troops have fought with
the utmost intrepidity and valour, and that our want of
success is entirely owing to the unaccountable measure pur-
sued by the Archduke Lewis, who made a very untimely
retreat, and thus broke our line. On the T2d, the Arch-
duke Charles endeavoured to repair this error by the battle
of Eckmuhl ; but finding in the brunt of the action his
rear threatened by a French corps, which had been in pur-
suit of the Archduke Lewis he was obliged to retreat across
the Danube.
The Emperor finding, that in consequence of the late
occurrences in Bavaria, the frontiers of the hereditary do-
minions arc threatened by the enemy's troops, has called
upon all the inhabitants of Upper and Lowe;' Austria, ,and
Saltzburgh, able to bear arms, to rise in a mass, and re-
pair to the banks of the tun.

,EGISTER.

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Positive intelligence has now been received of the re-
newal of hostilities between the Russians and Turks.
• At Trieste twenty-three English ships have again arrived
with colonial produce and English manufactures.

AUSTRIAN ACCOUNT.
SUPPLEMENT EXTRAORDINARY TO Tilt ritivinzatto A..

ZETTE OF rnAatrE.

" On the 23d of April, at nine in the evening, Count Avers-
perg, Adjutant-General to his Imperial Highness the Generalis-
simo, arrived at his Majesty's head-quarters at Scharding. He
was sent on the 22d from the field of battle. The two Chiefs
and two armies advanced on that day to combat each other.
Success was on the side of the Austrians. The Generalissimo
caused the post of Abbach, on the Leber, to he attacked, fur
which we had in vain contended the preceding evening, and he
carried it. The third Corps of the army took Fait pont. Whilst
the right wing of the Austrian army was victorious, the enemy
succeeded in getting possession of Fchmuhl, but the presence of
the Generalissimo restored order, and tints ended a battle which
had lasted five days without interruption. We have in this and
other previous affairs taken a great number of prisoners. among
whom are a Lieutenant-General under thc orders of Marshal
Davoust. The loss on both sides has been great. We have se-
veral Generals and Ottieers of the Etat-Major ‘‘ounded. The
first corps of the army has advanced to !femme:Jan, and touches
the grand army by Abbach."

IMPOBT4NT SUCCESSES OF THE .4csnwtss IN Till TIROL.

The brave Tyrolians, emulating the zeal anti the impa-
tience of the troops of his Imprria I Majesty, have antici-
pated the moment of their dclicvralice. The followiu; Re-
port, bearing date luspruck, April 13, affimis hondant
proof that a very few days wure sufficient for the T‘ rot
Volunteers to rescue their country from the presence of the
Bavarian and French troops, and to return to their alle-
giance to their ancient Mailers :

Report of Lieutenant-Colonel Taxis to his Imperial Ira-
j.est.y.

Dated Inspruck, April 11, 1509.

" Sire—l feel it a duty incumbent upon me to make
known to your Itnperial Majesty the testimonies of bravery
and fidelity which former subjects of your Majesty have
displayed, in proof of their attachment to yota Royal
'House.

" The brave Tyro Hans, driven to despair by the extinc-
tion of their Constitution, which had been preserved entire
and inviolate under the domin;on of your Majesty,. and
that of your august ancestors, took up arms Oil the 10th
inst. attacked the Bavarian troops at Sterginen, at Ins-
pruck, at Hall, and at the convent of St. Charles, and af-
ter having killed or wounded more, than 500 of the ene-
my, compelled them to surrender and capitulate. Oa the
12th, t body of about 300 mea, composed of French
and Bavarian troops, presented themselves before
Wildan. near Inspruck ; sus!ained a similar defeat to ftat
of the former, and a reinforcement of French troops which
came up on the 13th did not meet with a better fate.

66 as prisoners are continually coming in, I am not as
vet enabled to ascertain the number of them with precision ;
but there has already been brought in, and sent on their
way to Saltzburgh the French General Bisson, several offi-
cers ot• the staff; from 3000 to 4000 men of different de-
s:•riptions, artillery, cavalry, light infantry, &c.• and like-
-11 ise the Bavarian Genera! N luic], Colonel Ditfort, two
Lieutenant-Colonels, two Majors, about 20 Officers; and
above 1%000 Bavarian troop.

" The loss of the enemy, in cannon. co!onrs, -inns'quets,
and money, is not vet exactly a•weutaincd, because the I ea-
sants, in the enthusiasm of victory, have not yet broLicat
in several articles of which they took possession." s .