The National Register.
London, England, 1809-05-28 00:00:00

TITS NATIONAL RECISTVW

MAY 2S.

of sinzalar intreoidity, had his horßeltilled undeehim. Colonels
ear,lenan and Lenly •were killed. A cotnpany of the Corsican
battalion, pursning the enemy into the wood-, made alone 100
prisoners. poring the affair of Ebersberg, the Duke of Monte-
bello arrived at Steyer, where he rebuilt the bridge which the
enemy had cut. The Emperor sleeps to-day at Eons, in the
4.ast!.. of Prince Atcsrsperg-; to-morrow will be spent in rebuilds
kg, tat. bridge. The deputies of the States of Upper Austria
were presented to his Majesty at his llivonac at Ehersherg.--
Tho citizen; of ail ells,:es, and from all the provinces, allow that
Cle Empror Francis 11. is the aggressor : they expect great
ol;:tnge-,, and admit that the Howe of Austria has merited all its
misfortaaes. They accuse, even openly, the feeble, ohstinate,
pertidiouc character of their Sovereign, as t he author of their
naiictioos : 'hey manifest the deepest gratitude for the generosity
which the Emperor Napoleon shewed towards the capital and
countries he leid conquered. In einnoton with all Europe, they
ave indignant at tloe rewntment and natred which-the Emperor
FrrIWAS has not ceased to nourisa agai izt a nation which had
been so noble and magnanimous towards hint. - •in the
ciminion even of the subjects of our enemy, victory is Oh the side
of the' good cause.

BULLETIN.

Saint Mateo, May 9.

The Prince of Ponte Corvo, who contmansis the 9th corps,
Com ;tlsed in a great measure of the Saxon army, and which has
marched near the Bohemian frontier, s reading diiquietude every
where, has canned the Saxon General Gittschmitt to march to
Egra. " Titic general has been we!l received by the inhabitants,
-Whom he has ordered to dismiss the Inadteette (militia). On the
et h, the head-quarters of the Prince of Ponte Corvo were at
Betz, het ween Bohemia and Ratishon.
One Schill, a sort of robb-r, w ho VV2S covered with crimes
during the last campai,nt of and who had obtained the
rank of Colonel, has deserted from with his whole regi-
ment, and repaired to Wirtemherg, on the Saxon frontier. He
has env ironed (Irk( town. General Lest ocq has issued a Procla,
'nation against him as a deserter. This ridiculous movement
was coneerte•l with the party which ished to scud fire and
blood throucy,h Germany Uis Maje:t v has ordered the forma-
tion of a intros of observation on the Eltr., which will he com-
manded by the Duke of Walnt, and compi:sc•l ,•1'60,000 men.
The advanced gl4r•l is ordered to :troceed to Haim. The Duke
of mfmociieno rrocse:i the Eats at Stever, im the 4th, and
arrived on the sth :it Amstetten, tt here he met the enemy's ad-
vanced ea%r:l. Cenerol of Brigade, caused the t2Otli
regiment of horse ellasscurs to charge a re...intent Of U!.a.1,4, of
whom s')) tvere :,t"ea. The voting Laurision, IS years of ale,
and who but si mon:hsago wa, a page, after a SilLrlekr cotottat,
vanquished the ronvnander of-the titans, and too!: hi•n prison-
er. His Ilaie;ty hos granted him the decoration of the Legion
of Honour.

On the (ith, the Duke of Montebello arrivivl at Moirk, the
Doke of Rival at AsnAetten, and the Doke of Aurrstadt at
Lintz. The rent:tot.; 4)1 tae cori►s of the Le is, and
General Hillier, quitted Saint Pol:en the 7th. Two-third.
passed the Dunalw at- Crews.; tbe‘• were p !4lell Alantern,
where the bridge was found broi.elt: the other third took the
direction of Vienna.

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Oa the Sth, the head-quarters of the Emperor were at St..
Molten. The head-quat ters of cie no:ce of Montithello is to-
day at Sigartskirchen. file Duke •of Datil zic ig marching from
Saltqairg to Insprock, in order to attack in. the rear the detach-
ments which the, enemy has still in the TN nil, an i which trou-
bled Ve frontiers or ,;avarice. In the cellars of the Abbey cif
Mole were found several thotp,tuft bottles of wine, which are
N w-eful for the Ann.:. it is not till beyond Atnlektthat the
wine country betv,ile:. It follows Irons the accounts delivered in,
that the arm% Gag foitn:l, since the p.is4a4e Of the Inn, in the dif-
ferent magazines of the enemy, 40,000 quintals (acorn, 400,000
rations of hi.euits. and sortie hundred thousands of rations of
brew!. Austria had formed these magazines in order to march
forward. They have been of great a.e to us. •

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young Prince, 26 years •of age, pis.,-,aniptuoue and without. et•
perieuee, of an ardent character, assumed the gm of
Vienna, and issued the annexed Proclamations (No. 1 ..ad 2.)
It was generally reported in the country. that all the entrench.
inents which surrounded the capital were fortified, and redoubttrs
had been raised, that entrenched I'hITIpS had been rot med. 'and-
that the. city was determined to defend itself. The Emperor%
had a difficulty to believe, that a capital, so generously treated.
by the French army in 1t303, and the good. sense and wisdom of
who,sd inhaliitants are acknowledged, would be so finntical as to -
resolve upon so toad an enterprise. He experienced, therefore,
a sweet satisfaction when, on approaching the itnalease sutt•trhs•
of Vienna, he saw a numerous population of women, children,.
old men, run forward to meet the French army, nod receive our
solders as friends. •

" General Couroux traversed the !obi-iris., and general Thar..
reau repaired to the esplanade whim zepa .tttes them•from the, -
city. At the instant he reached It, he was received b.: a dis?
charge of musketryand cannon, hied was Aignily wounded. Of
300,000 inhabitants who compose the isoisolation of V,entia. the
city, properly so collet:, which is .surrnanded by a hasti,:oi and
a counterscai p, scarcely contains 40,000 itihahitants and 1300 •
houses. The eight quarters of the tow'', which have retained
the name Of suburbs, and are separated from the city by a vast •
esplanade, and
.covcred ou the side of the country by, intrench- .
ments,• inelnec more than 5000 houses, and are inhabited b • more .
than 220,Q0;t: who draw their subsistence from the city, where
are the markets and shops. The Archduke Ma Yimilian had
caused registers to be opened for e,;llectinz, i.e.. names of the in-
habitants who were willing to defend theatseives. Thiety. indif
viduals only inscribed their names; all the Akers refused it.h. •
indignation. Defeated in his 'hopes, by the go.,d sense of the
people of Vientut, he collected ten battalions of the toilitia
(Landerchr) and tea battalions of the line, comfit's* a force hi
from 15,000 to 16,000. ani threw himself within the place., The
i)uke of Montebello sent him an Aidit-de-camp with a sumoeeit
hut some butchers, and a few hundred fellows, sateiVes of the
Archduke Maximilian, rushed upeta the P rtts;tneotaire, amp ! •
one of them wounded him. The Archduke ordered the wretch:
who had committed this infamous action to be led in triumph '
thorough the cits, mounted On the horse of the French officer, and
turounded by the Militia. After thin unheard-of violatlonef the
rights ofnations, the horrid Ppec lade was seen of ogee port of the . •
city drawing upon the other part, and citizens direling t&eiar •
arms ugainst their tqlow eitizens. General Andrecoty,apimintiie
edGoveroor of the city, organised in each Kitson) a municipality,
a central committee of provisions, and a national guard, consist-
ing, of merchants, manufacturers, and the goof citizens of every
artn,,d to 'repress proprietors, and eill-disposed persons
( pour contenie les proprieloires et ley mamas sujels.) *

The (Governor-General caused a deputation of the eight sub-
urbs to repair to Schoenbrunn. The limpet or charged them to
proceedto the city io order to carry the annexed letter (No. 3.)
wriiko by Alajor-General Prince of Neufchatel to the Archduke
lie recommended the deputies to represent to tho
Archduke, that if he continued. to fire upou the suburbs, uld
if a single /me of tae inhabitants lost .his life through his arms,
this act vof frens.y,, this. crime against the people, would for
ever bleak the howls which attach. subjects to theirsovereigns.
deputation ent,ered the city on the 11th at.ten of the fore,
moo, and their arrival was marked only by the redoubled fire
ream the ramparis. , ifieen inhabitants of the suburbs perished,
and wily two Frenchmen were killed. The patience.of the Elp•
p.!ror was ;wearied nut. lie proceeded with .he ~Duke of Kis
!oh, to the arm of the Danube widen separates the Pratartt he
tUshionable pi-onsehads of Vienna], and ordered two compaiiiea
of Voltigenrs to occupy a small pavilion on the left hank, in or-
der to cover the raising of a bridge. rite hattalitio of grenadier'
which defended. th'.! passage. was driven back. by the Voliigeurs,
an Iby the grape-shot of .fifteen pieces of artillery. .A.t eight of
tae e'vening the pavilion was occopied,"and the. materials o 4
the Bridge collo ted. Captain Portales, Aide.:l;-:1e of the
Prince of Neufchatel, trod Susaldi, Aide-.le Camp of Gen..
B,ulet, were among the first to .swim across the raver in order,.
.0 seek the boats on the opposite shore.. At nine of the evening
3 batter 1' 0120 °muses, raised bya.aierals riertrand and Nava-
iet, at 160 fathoms from Cie place, began t!ic. bonthardiiient
1600 obusses were ,agi in less than roil! hours, min SOMI the
whole appeared to ne in banes. One must have seen Ariama,
houses of eight or. stories, its narrow streets, and nomc,.
ions popillat ion n•srro w a comoass, in order to. funs
an idea of tie ttirseit, disorder, and disasters which such an eve.
ration could nut but occasion. ri* Archduke Maximilian had,
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