The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-25 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA and HUNGARY.

Our Vienna papers are of the 19th inst.
The Wiener Zeitung confirms the statement of the
fact of a battle having been fought near Waitzen.
Although it throws no new light upon the subject,
yet the tenor of the bulletin is such, that there can be
no doubt of its having been a check to the Russian
troops. The account of the Wiener Zeitung h as
follows :

" On Sunday, the 15th instant, the Hungarians made
another desperate attempt to break through our lines at
Waitzen. They made an impetuous onset on part of the
great Russian army under the chief command of Prince
I'askewitch. The Russians retreated at noon to Duna
Keesh. But as the Imperial (Austrian) army, on the
right bank of the Danube, operated across the river, and
Ramberg's division set off from Pesth at the same time,
the enemy was surrounded on all sides, and obliged to
retreat in the direction of Comorn."
This report is followed by a short paragraph,
stating that the Russian army marched towards Pesth
o❑ the 17th inst.

The following extract of a letter will serve to explain
these puzzling statements of the Wiener Zeitung:—
" The place to which the Russians retreated is Duna,
situate at about an hour's drive from Pesth. Familiar as
I am with the style of our military reports, I am positive
that the Russians have received a severe check, and were
repulsed as far as the Kakosh plain, and that the 'lunge-
' rians have gained a deal of elbow-room, if they have not
indeed broken through our lines, and marched to the
North. In this opinio❑ lam confirmed by a somewhat
irregular correspondence from Pesth (in the °ester-
reichische Correspondent), in which it is asserted that
it was hl. Kossuth's plan to concentrate all the Hun-
garian forces, excepting a strong garrison at Comorn, in
the districts of the Lower Theiss, and that General
Georgey (who commanded the Hungarians in the en-
trenchments round Comoru) descended the river in the
direction of Waitzen, to effect the desired junction of
the army. At Waitzen he attacked the Russians, but
news having been brought to Pestk of Georgey's move-
ments, the 3d Austrian division advanced, and on the
afternoon of the 15th instant a terrible battle was
fought in the vicinity of Waitzen. In the course of the
ensuing night the Imperialists were reinforced by way
of Buda. The article in the Oesterzeichische Corres-
pondent, of course, winds up with the news of a total
defeat of the Hungarians."

To this we have to add, that the paper in question
the official organ of the Austrian Cabinet, and that
is published at Olmutz.

Die Austrian Lloyd publishes the following letter
from an officer who was in the engagement. It is
dated Punzta Ezern, July 12 :
"The Magyars essayed on the 11th to break through
and escape southwards. We were obliged to strike our
tents at noon and go to the assistance of the corpsthat
was under fire. It was an awful battle, for seemedthey
in despair, and braved it to the uttermost. The most
tremendous discharge of artillery was let loose upon us,
and even the lionveds fought with a biyerhneesfisv and
tipeenr
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severance that has not been equalled the
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I have witnessed. On our approach him.
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Our Lieutenant-Colonel had
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Our battalion had to carry by storm a
field of maize,
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and teams were terribly mauled. After a six hours'
battle we returned to our tents, after having assured
ourselves that the chief strength of the foe lay at
Comore, and consists of some 60,000 men, 10,000 of
whom- are in the fortress. Under such circumstances,
even supposing fresh Russians come up (Grabbe is ex-
pected at the head of 20,000 men), it would not bo
advisable to go to Buda-Pesth, for those in Comore
would be sure to succeed in breaking through, while, on
the other hand, it is not to be supposed they can long
hold out in their present condition, as they cannot pos-
Sibly have room or provisions for such vast numbers. A
lieutenant of Palembini infantry had his head carried
off by a cannon shot. Two artillery, and many other
officers whom I knew, also fell."
Baron HAYNAU has published at Presburg an order
of the day, making the acceptation of the assignats on
the revenues of Hungary, in amounts varying from 1
to 1,000 florins, compulsory in all private and public