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v.ere driven :back_ on 211 sides. . The lons or the
Ansttians consisted of
.10;000 prisoners, besithei
Immense tinenhere of killed and wounded, aneleg
svhoM were several officers, of rank. More than 40
pleCeS of cannon were left by Olefin in the neigh-
bourhood of Landslint,,on their retreat ; 15 stand of
qe colours aho fell into the hands of the conquerors.
lel. The combined armies followed the enemy on then
2131, and fell upon them near Freight. On ehis•
occasion also they were, beaten, and pursued to Vils-e
burg, with an. inunense loss in prisoners and cannon.
From Itatisbon a very strong turps has marched• to-
wards Straubing, whereby the right -ilente of t tee
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Austrians will.be still more threatened, and it is not
itnpossible that they will 'sutler still greater loss on
their retreat to the Inn.
APRIL 23.—The favourable intelligence respect-
ing the, adve_ntages gained by the French army, has
been fully confirmed. Ott the 511 st, the French
troopshad broken up towards • Munich. Tile Aus,
tri-Ins were persued by the French out of Freising ;
end accordingto accouets,reFeived to-day, Munich'
‘,ws yesterday also abandoned by jhe Imperialists.. A.
division of the French army on. the lett bank of the;
Danube, commentled by the: Duke. of-Aneeersnee
vas yesterday at DooausteutT and :Nittenan. -Tee
I)4ke at "66 'bon e according to-
3ccnutic s, the grand bead-quarters , were:at Landshut.
, Seoul the Ty-rolhardly any: additional intelligence
Pas been received; _Several bodies .of troops, and
among others those of Baden, are on their:Marcie to
that provinve,- which -it is expected will be soon
abaodoned by the Austrians.
WI7RTZBURGII, APRIL 24..-,.The At.v!triaLt, corps
;',l?tch had athaeced-into the Bamberg teiritory, and
143 surrounded the fprtress of that name; retreated
IQ'-vardse Nuremberg on the 21st, by forced marches;
this Is considered as a certain proof that some. re-,
11131' able iideantage has btiti ontaineciiirthe: French
"re,ll.'Yi The Austrians ate also evacuating Bavaria
4Ant!'i eceordinge tcreee islurtimberg—Ne iir4papeie t hey
Jrgere ato tidicipq, which- were, in that
eb:indoned it en the L',2(l.
.11:141, Asiiiiie-26.---The Emperor issued the Col-
Pvorlamaiion on the 17th instant, on hii'ar-e
OM at Donau girth
boietiet', • The territory etf the. Confederation of time Rhine
ltkvielated.. The Austrian Generel was desirous that
'tv.!rthouldtake to flight at the first appearance ot
144 and abeelon U'Ar Allies to his, dispose]. I.
opine with the rapidity of the eagle. Soldiers ! you
'*ere around me when tie Suvereio ui Austria
• tAme to sieit nie in ateecamp-hut in Moravia. You
se.a.Y.l4m experience my bounty,- and swear eternal
artendshi`Worlp to rile. We have -been victors in three
Austria owes every thing to our geeerneitY
thrice hat the broken -her engagements. Our pest
%11(:ct's3 is the 'sure pledge of tno victory which now
the us. Let els advance,' And let the Enemy at
s'e,ht ot us again recognite, their conquerors.
(Signed) " Na.roeree."

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IeIONDAY, MAY 8, 1809. .
.expressed okir .apPrehensions On Friday last
that the reports which had roaelied thiS.Country of
the defeat of the Austrians -would prove =reel ;
ttnfortunatelY the intelligence which ..arrived. on Sa•
turday showed that our apprehensions were but too
fOunde'd. Dutch- Pape rs to the 2d in ;ant, Con-,
tainingParls news of the 28th ult. reached Ttlwn'
Yesterday,. which contain some farther. particulars
I"Peaing' the, disastrous commencement of the cant-
Paign in i3avatia. The battle, it is aratod; began on:
the tett), and continued' for four days, at the end
of which titre, the Austrians were' compleatiy defeated, with the%.loss, according to one account, of
.eti.ooo, and, to another, of .30,000 men.- in flu%
the Vidory is represented as being as deeisiVe as
that of Jena. Twenty of the Austrian "Generills, it
13 added,. were killed or lftounded. The Arclidet:e
and the Prince of LICHTENSTeItI, art. stated
to have been killed. Such is the. sUbstance of 1140
Bccgt'nts, giFeit in the 'Dutch Papern They
,are
very "„
cy et 'Pe, and: in some instances contraditc.lory;
1 the Plzegic where' the battle TO fought is
et mentionee'lcith any pieciSion. We arc, how
'we!, far from indulging any hives that these ac 7
cQuots'are therefore not true. :Ilia statements in tie
Ireoeh Papers ma... bit, anti, we have no doubt, are,
illao7 instances grossly exaggeratvd ; tot' insunce,
the Austrians ate represented as flying like. dust
before the French ; and at the same moment we are
tjahl that they fought 'for three Succesive days, .sl.lt
al to. the main fad of the Austrian Army havitic so's-
tained a dreadini de tent,. we fear there are no groneds
for entertaining any serious doubts. Of the real extent
of this disaster,. and of the conseqttences likely to
result from it, we are at present unable to form any
correa Opinion.. We are told in the Frencli Papers,
that this vitaory is as decisive as that of Jrna ; But
'we cannot supponie.that :so skilful a General as the
Archduke CHARLES would risque the existence of the
Austrian Empire upon a single battle—=that he
should not, in' &intending againtil such an enetny as
Ilyglin,,,s.rp, have taken into his adcuation, the
possibility of a defeat, and that he' should tiotl)nve
ti. 14164 *lloifit of-retrent in case of snail an event..—
vv e cannot, vve say, suppme tliut, tinder.iu;ha'Cora-