The National Register.
London, England, 1809-07-02 00:00:00

TILE NATIONAL REGISTER.

pate that the Austrian accounts of this transaction w al give
a very different iew of the busintvis.—ln the first !lace we
do not think the VICEROY had 55,000 men %ilk ft gn ; and
much less are we inclined to believe, that w it h this number he
dared venture to attack the Aichiinke Jolly at the head of
50,000. But if even this were probable, we cannot reconcile
the beaten army " at Ow poivt iy the &unmet loo," taking up
"so fine a position." At length, however, the French, re-
collecting. with enthusiasm the great victory which sancti-
fied the day. '' shouted for joy," and falfin;f, upon the pi or
Austrians there, 35,000 men upon the 50,000, this Elie posi-
tion was taken, with 5000 pr.soners, an six pieces of can-
non. There were 5000 left dead on the field, and the
Frev.ch lost about 900 killed and wounded. We cannot help

suspecting, that only the rear of the Austrian army was
engaged in this business, as the road they are said to liaNe
taken in their flight, is precisely the road they would ha% e
taken if no engagement had happened, we mean to Co-
moro and Pest. Comorn is considered as a place so vccy
strong, that at the commencement of the war, it was d,:-
signed for the retreat of the Royal Family of Austria.

We have already stated our opinion again and agair,
that we expect more from the moral effect of the victory
obtained by the Alters:mu CP Alt LE3 over BoONAVA!tTV,
than viewing it in a military light only. We arc confirmed
in this opinion by the news which has reached es from al-
most every part of the Coniinenf. The Tyrolese arc in a
state of insurrectiou—Westphalia is hi a state of revolt—
the Duke of lineNswtex has excited the subjects of 'Cs
late father, and has been enals!cd to proceed as far as
Italic, leaving only a garrison at Dresden ; add to this.
the accounts from Holland jusify the utmost .confi-
dence in a belief that the Dutch are in a state of commotion,
anti almost of insnrrection, aga:ust the gosernor..l:t of their
present grind;ng oppressors. By a letter from ::otierdant,
we are informed, that the King of %%7E3II'IIIIMA has taken
refuge in Frankfort, and that his security CYCII illere is
somewhat problematical..
It is evident the King of SA:ONY was unprepared ro
the attack of the Duke of BRUNSWICK, as he effected
his own e...zapc oolv by one day.—We think highly uf
the propriety of the Doke appearing with efficient means
to support the loyalty of his honoured ktio•r's alrectionate
subjects, who were certainly never tin.ted to the French by
any of those common ties which bind indi‘iduals or nations
together—in short we see much to praise, in the conduct
of the Continental Powers at this important crisis. A
system of perpetual alarm and harrassing will indispose
Gernian Allies, whom we cannot persuade °lust:hes art•
very cordially disposed to fight the battles of BOON • p Accr.
A rumour has been brought from the Mediterraoe.m, of
the inhabitants of Genoa having risen against the French,
and put them all to death.

We know not from what cause the circumstance arises,
but so •it is, that Sir A. WELLESLEY has been doing no-
thing with our army in Portugal.. This may in some mea-
sure account for the censure we observed in the Moni-
teur, which states, that Sir A. WELLESLEY had committed
a military mistake by leaving Oporto in the way he did.
We shall only observe, that the road a flying French army
:ray take in rt.,iy given event is not always to be calculat-
ed upon ; nor is 0 wonderful that in running away with
the start of two or three days they should outstrip their
pursuers. The only point of any importuce we cam