The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-07 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTItIA.

The Wiener Zeitung of the Ist of March publishes
the following account of the part taken by the Rus-
sians in the recent battles in Transylvania
" General Engelhart, having received information of
the onward march of the perjured Szeklers on the 4th,
undertook a forced reconnaissance against Petersburgh,
with a Russian battalion of 15() Cossacks, and two pieces
of ordnance supported by one battalion of Romani. The
enemy, perceiving their numerical strength, attacked
us at an hour's distance from Cronstadt, between Ko-
nigsberg and Petersburgh. The Cronstadt garrison,
alarmed for the result, sent two more Russian battalions,
with six guns and a squadron of Savoy dragoons, who
joined the ranks in two columns. The battle lasted six
hours, and ended with the flight of the rebels, who
poured volley after volley upon the Russians. The
latter, however, with their excellent artillery, suc-
ceeded in breaking the adversary's centre. The strength
of the enemy was from 8,000 to 9,000 foot, 500 horse
well equipped, and six field-pieces. Their retreat was
so precipate that only three prisoners could be taken.
One Russian officer and a sergeant gunner, and three
men of ours were killed, three Cossacks wounded;
whereas the enemy had cart-loads of slain to transport."
The twenty-fifth army bulletin states that Prince
WINDISCHGRATZ transferred his head-quarters on
the 24th instant from Buda to Seatvan, and on the
25th to Gongyos, by which move his communications
with General SCIILICK'S corps are restored. Colonel
URBAN has had another affair with the rebels near
Bistritz, in Transylvania, when they were completely
routed. For the purpose of obtaining accurate infor
mation of the insurgent position, the Colonel left dead
on the 18th, marched through Bistritz over Heiden-
dorf, and dispatched a circumventing column, under
Major WitisEzt, against Szerefalva. He himself
brought up the chief force to Bayersdorf, there fell in
with the Polish legion, and carried the place at the
point of the bayonet. The foe was driven back upon
Magyaros, after a sharp and victorious conflict. The
rebel, Colonel RITZKO, severely wounded, two officers,
and 200 men were taken, together with three cannon,
one waggon, ammunition, and baggage. On the
Austrian side, Lieutenant-Colonel Count BAUDISSIN
died fighting for " Kaiser and Vaterland." Colonel
URN AN then returned to his post at Bistritz, having
achieved the object of his enterprise. He speaks
highly of the behaviour of the troops. In Upper
Hungary the division of General Baron RAMBERG,
consisting of the Gotz and Jablonowsky brigades,
re-occupied Eperies and Kaschau on the 21st.
A Vienna letter in the Breslauer Zeitung corrobo-
rates the former rumours of serious dissensions
between the two Austrian Generals, WINDISCBGRATZ
and JELLACHICLI. The cause of their quarrel is, as
asserted, the hostile disposition and the severe
measures of the former against the Sclavonic tribes.
Baron JRLLAC}IICR, whom the Sclavonians elected
to the sovereignty of their country, and whose
power or weakness depends on theirs, has long
opposed the anti. Sclavonic tendencies of the Corn.
mander-in-Chief and the disaffection against
the Imperial Government, which now prevails at
Agram, and throughout Croatia, has at length forced
him to doff the character of a subordinate commander,
and to act and speak as the prince and representative
of a great and indeFendent people. This line of con-
duct has been effective, though it failed to tell on the
prejudices of the prince. The late reverses of the Im•
perialists in Hungary, the successes of the insurgents,
and the necessity of Russian interference in Transyl-
vania, are for the most part caused by the inactivity of
Baron JELLACIIICR and his Croats, or to their
lukewarmness whenever decency compels them
to make a forward motion. The .Agramer Zeitung
has not minced the matter, and it is to be presumed
that Baron JELLACIIICII has been equally candid at
head-quarters; the Croats will not assist in subduing

the Hungarians unless their independence is gua-
ranteed to them. They call their war against llun-
gary a war of liberation, which they do not mean
to fight for the benefit of Austria, and much less for
the purpose of bringing themselves under Austrian
rule.