The Sun.
London, England, 1809-06-05 00:00:00

PROCLAMATIpN.

E' Ititperial Held.quarters at Sehoertbrotnt.
" HU 14C4 RI A

" The Emperor of Austria, unfaithful to hic
treaties, and forgetful of the generosity with which
I treated him, after three successive; wais, but par..
tiCularly after the war of 1,605, has littaeked my
armies.. This unjust aggression I have tepelled.
That God, who i, the giver of ri6.lOry, and who
punishes ingratitude and perfidy, has been favoura-
ble to my .aria. I ht3ve entered.the capital of Aus.
tria, and find myself upon your frontiers. it is the
Emperor of, Austria, not the King of Hungary, echo
has declared W,ar against rne. According to you
Constitution; be could not declare war witi,ocl
your consent.* Your steady defensive 'system, and
the measures adopted in the last bid, have sufii.
ciently proved, that your wish was the maintenance
of Peace..

" Hurstgarians ! The moment for recovering your
independence is arrived. I offer. ou the
bility of your territory,. of your freedom; and 'of
your constitution, or whether the latter shall remain
as it
.now subsists, or whether it shall be modified
by yourselves, in such a mauler as the spirit of the,
times and the iritetests of your fellow-ciiizerts, May
~want nothing from
, yeti ; I desireronly to see you a free ,and indepen-
dent nation. Your connexion with Austria has
been :for yore most unfortunate. For tbat•connelion
your blood has often flowed in distiint lands
and your dearest interests. have constantly been sa-
crificed to those of the 'hereditary AUstrian States,.
You form the most interesting part'of the Empire,
and yet you have beenregarded only
,as a conquered.
Province,
,afid made the vietim of passions, whibli
to yi?ti were altogether 'forelo. You possess the
distinaion of national manners; 'and a ,national
langitiige—You are justly: proud of your aucient
~and illustrious origin. Resume then 'your existence
as a natiOn., Have a king of yoUr' chuiing,
who shall govern for you only—..:who shall reside in
the midst. 'Of you—who shall be 'surrounded. only
by your own 'citizens and soldiers. This, tionga-
rians, is what all Europe, whose eyed are now turned
towards you, eXpeas from you... This also is re-
ifufr6d of you by me.

‘4 An-eternal peace, commercial relation'', a con-
&Med independence.—Such is the high reward that
awaits you, if you be worthy of your ancestors and
of yourselves.

" You willnot rejeet frink and genetoes of.
tier. You will no longer *bed your blood for weak
Princes, constantly the puppets of
,Ministers, sold
to Englanti,to the. eternal enemy Di' the COntitrent,
whose prbiperiiy it founded on tnntiopoly and our

Asseinble then in a National. Diet, according
to the custom of your forefathers, on the plains of
flaws, and let me know your decision,

" NANLEori."

*woo*

N 1 Nll.l BULLETIN OF THE FRENCii

VIEN'NA, MAY 19.--While the army was taking
some repose at Vienna--while its corps were re-
uniting—and while the Emperor was reviewing the
troops, in order to distribute roVards to the bravo
men who had.distinguished, themselves, and tilling
'up the vacancies which had occurred, every mees.
sary preparation was made for the important opera,
tion of the,passagd of the Danube.

After the battle of Eckrimbl, Prince CHATILT
being driven to this other side of the Danube, hey.`
no other refuge than the mountains of Bohemia,
By pursuing the_rernains of Prince CuittLEs'i
army into tite interior tit Bohemia, the Emperor
might have taiti..en from him his artdieky and hay:

gage, butstltis aavantage wa3 not sufficient to coun-
terbalance the,hardships to which the army Would
have been e)tposed.during a march of fourteen days,
through a misciable, mountainous, and desolate

country.
The Emperor adopted no plan which might pro-
craSticat; his entrance into Vienna'evert fora day,
ac he rightly conjeaured, that in the state al ex-
citation Which prevailed, it would be attempted to'
present some obsiacles by defending the; town,
which has a very good breast-work, provided with
bastions: iLliides, his army of Italy demanded all
his attention, and the idea that the Austrians wens
in possession of his. fine provinces of Frioli and
Piave, never permitted him to repose.
The puke of Auetstadt was posted before Ratis-

boll when Prince CiIARLES retreated into Bohemia;

but be immediately proceeded by Passau and liintz
to the left Bank of the R.thube, thus gaining four.
marches op that Prince, The corps of the Prince of
• Poute,Corvo acted upq a like system, aratuade a
movement towards Egra, which obliged Prince

CitA a t:cs to dire& the corps of General .4et.t. EGA 'ME
towards the same point; but the Prince of Ponte
Corvo made a. bald counter march towards Lintz,
which he retched before Generdi 13141.Lioaarm,Who, •
being aware of. this counter march, had aiad moved
towards the Danube,

These manceravres, perfortned from day to day,
according to circumstances, have delivered, Italy,
have thrown the barriers of the lun, of the Seize,
of the Traun, 'and 'alt the enemy's magazines, out
of defence; have reducediVienna, have disolved the
militia and tht Landweher, have completed the
overthrow of the corps of the Archduke LEWIS and.
General litt.t.ei, and have still farther witheied the
fame of the enemy's General.
• This Commander being aware of the march of
the Emperor, it. became necessary for him to make
a movement towards Lintz, in order to pass the
bridge, and unite with the.corps of the Archduke
Ltwxs-.and.General The French army
however wit's. there some days before he could ap.
proaCh ,to: form .a jundion. kle imagined, per-
haps that -he would be able to form his junaionat
gems, but that. was a vain hope. He was again
four days too late, and General Brea, when lie
passed the Danube, was' obliged to burn •the fine
bridge of Keats. he hoped to be able to of-
fee; a junaion at Vienna, but be wdsonet more am-
tal ,days: behind,

. The Emperor .has. caused a bridge to be thrOwti
Over the Danube, at the village of Ebersdorf, two
leagues below Vienna. The river is at this place di-
vided into several branches, and is 400 toiacie-brcsd.
This work:was only commenced yesterday, at four
o'clock-in the.afternoon. Motrroa's division was
cinveyed acrescto the left bank, and routed the
weak detachments which disputed the ground with
it, and attempted to cover the furthest branch of the
river, .

Generals BUTIIAND and PARNETTt are superin-
tending ,.the, construetion of two bridges, of which
one is more than .9.40, and the other more than
lao ipiset long, and which communicate in the
middle-of the river by an island. It is hoped that
the. warks.will be finished to-morrow.
MI the accounts we. receive induce us to believe
that the Entperor of Austria is in Zanim, There is
still 00 rising in Hungary ! In want of arms, sad-
tiks, sing tni)ny, and not much attached to the
Ilmse bf Austria;, his nation , OppearS 10 have: ['C-
himed 'all 'kind ,of assistance.

Geu.,l,Autitsrog, bis Majesty's Aidelde-camp,
jiaa marched at the_ head of the Badeninfantry, and
Gerierttl Cpt.D.E.ar's
.bripda of. light cavalry from
Nous,a;;:to L'aucken,on,the. Sktneringherg, which is
a high -bilk the waters that MU into the
Black Sda and the Mediterranean. In the courae of
this difiLcult march he tookloo prisonera.

, Gencral ihrELLIx has marched towards
Man n-
zt!ll.: has- 1.1T4a1110 fiblltlt. WOO 01 Ow Land-
and made- a number of
1.14, DA..ttc: I)4niZ'te his atli•auced In'spruck.
At Vergel (tit t 4th, he fell in with Cretial
A a and hi,trryroleae, routed biro, and took
6f,) piuounerf, Nfad 1 t pi4xes of cannon.
On the 12th, Kuttein. was relieved; His Ma-
jestylri, Chfinared4ip,.. At, GERMAIN, who was shut
up in the place, cortduaeilhimselt with Propriety.
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The pobition of tlie army is at present as fol.

I~w .:.,

The corps of Marshals the Dukes of lixtrott and
MONTEBR LLOi and the grenadier corps of General
omm:wry are Vienna ltlong with the Imperial
Guard. Marshal, the Prince of FONTB CORVO, is at
vvitlythe Saxons and Wirtetriberghers, and has
a' corps of reserve at;'Passau. MarshHl, the Duke
of I).taTztc, is with the Bavarians at Saltzburgli
andrlnspruck.-;

CoIone!, the Count of Czeßmonnw, Aid-de-
cunp tho Enn,eror of Russia, who had been
sent to, Paris, arrived at the head-quarters as the
rtny was entering Vienna. He, has since served in
the- army, and. attends on his Majesty. He has

brought .istelligence reipeaitig' the „artily

which was not to break up froin its cantontoeuts
before the loth or I 2 CI, of tiii;inouth.

Among the articles attached to the above Bulletin
is the iolloWidg report,
,yhich is inserted bere for
the purpwc of completing the narrative of the mili-
tary event,. .

This report, which is addressed by the. Viceroy
io the Minister at War, mentions that' the Arch-
duke JOHN notified the commencement of hoai-
ties on the 10th of April. An action was fought
on the i6th, ibetWeen Pord,mbne. and Sacile, in
which the French cavairycooldoot come up in time
owing to the overflowing of the rivers. The Vice-
roy crossed the LiVenza, and the Piave to prevent-
hiS retreat from ,being cut off. But a division of
ten thousand men arrived" on the 23d from Tus-
cany. These consisted of excellent troops. The
Viceroy then thought
,fit to take the position of
Caldero, and the Adige, and left garrisons at
Palma Nova, Ocopo, and Venice. INleauwhile
the ArChduke JOHN, who was recalled to sup-
port Vienna, 'lagvitv his *retreat- on the sot h.-14
Vicenza, Treviso, and Padua, were immediate-
ly retaken. The Brenta was passed in good order,
,the enemy being ,repelsed with loss. The enenty,

.
more vigorously pursued than-he expeaed, and
driven:back more quickly than lie advanced, drew
up in order of battle on the oilier side, of the Piave,
with his left wing towards the hills; and his right
.on the road to Conegliano. The Viceroy in-
stantly perceived the defeat in his disposition.—:-
He formed an advanced guard of 5000 Voltigeurs,
under the command of General Desstx, which he
supported by the cavalry, 10,090 strong. On the
Oh he crossed, the Piave, and advanced between
the road of Conegliano and '.the Lake. The ad-
vanced guard was reinforced by, the corps of Ge-•
nerals GRIMIER and IVlAcnotiALn, and the enemy's
army was thrown into complete disorder. Sixteen
harnessed cannon, thirty caissons taken, General
WOLVSKE, Commander of the Cavalry, killed, other
two. Generals died of their woundS; General HAL
GEMS, and the Geneial commanding the artillery,
taken ; a considerable number of the enemy!s,troops
killed, and 4000 of them made prisoners, were
among the trophies of that brilliant day. On,the
9th inst. the head-quarters were at .Conegliano, 'and
.1
were rapidly advanced towards the Tagliamento.
The cloud with which the afi'airs• of Daly were
for a moment overcast, has given the Emperor the
opportunity of discovering the ,secret sentiments of
thie Italians. In letters which‘we have intercepted,
the enemy complains, that all the subje of the
kingdom 'of Italy are attached to the Emperor Xi-
rot.sorr, Vicenza; Treviso, and Udino, have vied
with each other in giving proofs of loyalty.. They
received the' enemy coldly, and never ceased for.
moment to chew their convidion that they wonld
soon be freed from them, It is, said that sine in-
habitants .of Padua.only deserve to be excluded Ito
this tribute of 'praise.
When the first accounts of the battle of Abeni.
berg were received at Milan, and when his Majesty's
Chamberlain, M. CAvALarrr, arrived , there with
the news of the vietories of Eektuuhl, the joy which,
was diSplayed by the people,is indiscribaule.
,r
TARVIS, 'MAY I7.—The batile,funglit this day,
has covered the Italian army with glory. -This
morning the Viceroy took, by storm, fort Mal-
borghetto, which the Austrians call the bulwark of
Carinthia. A great part of the garrison were put ti)
the sword, The remainder, about 350, Were itt,t.e

prisoners ; thanks to the generosity of our, troops,
who on that Occasion displayed au 'unexauipled
trepidity. We fonrid in Malborglietto twelve piees
of cannon, and several magazines of provisions and
ammunition.--We lost scarce 80 men..

Another .viaory leas distinguished this day, The
enemy, who had taken a fine position aboVel'ar.
via, were , attacked :On the left flank by the tlivie
sipn of.FONTANELO, though that diiiis;on was not
- • .
provided wit!) cannon: Tile fire of the enemy's
batteries could not damp the 01 our troops:.—
He charged the Austrians and turew
,theni into

order before that a strong reinforcement, which the
Archduke Jowl had forwarded, could join the fugi-
.
fives. We took twelve pieces of cannon, a vast punt-

ber of soldiers and officers,' and lost only about 300

men

MAy 28.--We are assured that authentic
letters from Udine, dated the 19th, at noon, state
.
that accounts bad been received there by an extra.!
ordinary Courier of the taking of Trieste by General
14ACOONALD on the I.7th ; that on rbe lath,- 300
Austrians iii the Tyrol laid down their arms, and
that the division under General Sass had taken the
strong post of Plesf by storm, and formed a julittion
with the-army of the Viceroy at Tanis.

TRLF.GitAPHIC:nISPAI'CH IT.U;'t

PAIIIS, MAY 2.5.-011 the 15th the hemi.

re it Topteba.

" ath, at .4 p. m. the kroops
Torris, in Cainthia.

On the 17th, the Viceroy took Nlarlboughetto
Thee/nenay lost loon killed, 4000 pri-
soners, and 22. pieces of cannon." , . •

PA It /5, MAY 28•.—The Aloniteur of this day con-
tains the following telegraphic dispatch—
" The bead-quarters were on the 20th May. at

Villach.

" The light troops on the same day entered

Clakerfurth.

" The enemy is always vigorously Pursued."

ROTTERDAM, JUNE I.—The latest Hamburg!)
letters mention, that on the 21st Scrim'. had ar-
rived at Wismar with about 2000 Men, infantry 'and
cavalry. There are about 700 in the town, and the
remainder are cantoned in the neighbourhood. It is
believed that they will soon take their departure to
embark if possible.

On the 24th, the little fortress of Dimetrv,
Which was surprised by Scrwa. on the 15th, was
retaken by a Company of Dutch grenadiers and
some voltigeurs belonging to General ALBIGNAC'S
corps. ' A great number of insurgents were killed,
and the remainder made Prisotters on this occasion.
A number of persons who had been carried off by
ScUJLL were set at liberty ; 150 boats which • bad
been removed to the other side. of the Elbe, and
some of 'which were loaded with ScuiLL'i amniuni-
tion and other property were taken. Our grenadiers
and Voltigeurs.• had merely one killed, and one
wounded..

' A corps of troops has been assembled utider
General EWALD, betw,cen 'Hamburgh and Lubeck,
and on the 24th sorfica Duns!) hussars and jagers,
and artillery, arrived at the latter place, which has
been theatened by a visit from Scutt.L's,corps.
ALTO A, MAY 24.—ScHiLL has descended the
Elbe froth Domitz, and been in Boitzenburgh and
Hugenau, and has crossed the Elbe again at Lune-
burgh. He afterwards passed through the Muck-
lenburgh territory, and part of his troops have ar-
rived at Wismar. AcCording to the last accounts,.
Scut u. himself was at Sternburgh. He was Tak-
ing preparations there -to embark for some of the
ports of the Baltic, perhaps with the intention of
going to Rugen. General GRATIAN 113 S passed
through Luneburgh with two Dutch regiments, and
is expected in the 'neighbourhood.
LUBECK, MAY 24.—The threatened visit from
St ktit,i. has not yet taken place. The Royal Da-
nish hussars have, however, arrived here with a di-
ckion of artillery. 'We are informed that SCHILL is
making dkpositions at Wismar for embarking.
ALTONA, MAY A carps of troops is as-
scuibled on the territory between 1.-fatnburgh and
Lubeck, for the defence of these places. This min
is vitninanded by Major-GeneralllwALD.