The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-13 00:00:00

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.

The Wiener Zeitung, of the 7th, publishes the
'ollowing official aceeunt of the occupation of
Cronstadt by the Ruasians :
On the 18th, the tiith Russian corps, in every
respect admirably equipped for the campaign, crossed
ihe Austrian boundary. The principal column, headed
by Lildtrs, the general ea chef, coming over the
rumoser; the second column, under General Engelhardt,
by the Torzburger ; and the third from Moldavia.
over the Oytoser pass. Early in the morning of the
19th, General Liiders repaired to the vanguard, and gave
irders fur the attack. The enemy, 1 000 strong, with
advantageously.
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most desperate resistance. Our vanguard then occupied
the bill of Bredial, abandoned
.by the foe ; and the
chief corps encamped near the Skid monastery, the
key of the hostile position.; In the morning of the
20th, the strong pest of Keresten, in the vale of To
mover, doubly defended by nature and art, Ras
carried by storm after an obstinate and well-
eondueted defence. The insurgents fled in all
directions, hotly pursued by the Cossacks. The
Russians suffered great loss ; a Cossack colonel
was killed, a general And several staff-efficere wounded.
On the other side were 100 killed and wounded; Col.
Kiss and 150 taken pristine, e. Besides which, four guns,
one standard, arid a quantity of stoles were captured.
At one o'clock the chief column was before Cronstadt,
and there pitched their tents • the small garrison on the
hill over-hanging the town having refused to surrender.
The castle was bombarded on the list with great eftct,
from an eminence lying westward. In the t veiling a
flag of truce was sent to claim a reprieve of forty-eight
hours. The demand was not ooiuplied with by General
Liylers, who intimated that the lives of the garrison
would be spared it they capitulated the following morn-
ing; otherwise he should storm the place, in which
case the consequences would rest with them. At the
muskets, Twhitehbmooutnyitei oonnssist aednd of fie
appointed hour the garrison surrendered as prisoners
of war.
cannons,ironhe
174 vprovisions. T
head-
quarters of General Leviers are now in Cronstadt. Gen.
Engelhardt is at Lids n ; he met with little opposition
on his way thither over Torzburg. Tne progress and
operations of the column coming from Moldavia are not
yet known, owing to the great distance. General Has.
fort sets out to-morrow with a strong brigade, to sub-
due and disarm the ;4eklers. Eight days ago Ben] was
here, inspecting the sarieus passes, and superintending
the placing of the cannon. Nohodycan tell where he now
is. (The Austrian Correspondent of to-day informs us
that Bern, having been toiled in the Banat, was proceed.
Lug to the defcnce of Hermannstadt atthe head of 30,000
men.) The brave garrison of Carlsburg is said to have
withstood another assault last week. From what we can
ju Ige at present, the condition of the country is not so
lameetable as is generally represented. The land is
tilled and the crops are thriving. The want of silver is
r,he great hareship, the most arbitrary and disgraceful
means having been resorted to by the revolutionary do-
vernment to wrest from the population their Austrian
money in exchange for Kossuth notes."
It wa, reported at Vienna that the Russians had
entered Pesth and_Waitzen.

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