The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-21

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OF receive chin, he makes a Gtoxr and potts Elm
the felf in the resr-he calculates upon producing
on by his presumption the fame effects as have gem
orally been produced only by prudence ; and he
expects. from a daringneis which approaches to
desperation, to derive that advantage and iuc-
SO cefs which have hitherto only been granted To
va!our directed by Kill, experience. and cauti-
$50 on. His projects have fometimes the air and
- character of infantry, and they frequently fuc-
900 coed, becaufe men are not prepared for fuch
- violent departures from the ufusl. principles by
which the conduit of itates and individuals is
nihueaccd.-But in proportion to the greatness
h OF the advantages confequeut upon the iuccefs
OF tuah a fyfem. is the magnitude of the diiaE-
tie: attendant upon the failure of it. Bonaparte
rfks every thing at once ; he fets "his life up.
on the caft )" but If +" the hazard OF the die''
,r. fhould be againft him, certain ruin and detruc-
ton await him. The Object of the Auftrian ar
my in Germany is to delay a general battle as
long as pofible, till the arrival of the Rufians.--
The van guard of the Ruiiiaas is arrived at
Brnnnan, upon the Inn-another column is at
D0hd,unnebin, on the Bohemian frontier. The
900 French Papers we know, reprefent their iuneti-
on with the main Autrian army IA inpofible ;
and It hould feem from Bonapsrte's having fsnt
TO occupy Munich, as If he were to" attack the
Kuliians as they advance into Bavaria. The
French Papers too reprefent the Archdukr Fer
dinand as cut off from the Hereditary States,
and placed in fuch a Gtuation as TO be utterly
ohthiS th tho AluEt
burg. But there is q mealurc which he may
100 adopt, and which doesnot iesm to have entered
into the contemplation of any Of our cotem-
poraries. He may quit his prsieRt petition be-
tween the Danube and the Lech, and, c%rofing
the former river and taking a fidden courte by
Donawert, advance slong the North Bunk of
the Danube, towards Bohemia. Martial Ney's
900 corps, which ia on the left Bark Of the Danube,
not itrong enough to prevent him from adopt
ing iuch 4 plan. The greater part ofthe French
army rs ported along the Lech, and at Munich.
The advantage of fuch a fyitem would be, that
ut would force Bonaparte to change his plan,
and perhaps afford the Auftrians an opportunity
OF ~eitetting D junction with the Auitrian corps
OF twenty thoufand men at Amberg, and with
the Ruflians from Bohemia. The van guard of
the Ruifians, which has advanced to the Inn,
might fall back and recrofs the Danube. Whe.
600 Their fuch a plan he in contemplation, or whe.
ther the Archduke will prefer riiking a battle
IN his prefent petition, we know not.--It .fecms
10 extraordinary that the Autriaus Mould have
made no attempt to prevent the French from
fGetting in their rear, that we cannot believe the
500 former to be fo infcricnr in force, as fome ac-
counts affirm, to the ist.er--Ne are impatient
for the next accounts from' the Continent. q
Courier.
900 OYo6s, &c.
Report of a battle be.zveea TIE Iu5yiaus ann
French.
900 IT is with fcnf,tions OF very { oniJer,b,e re-
greet that We communicate the following re port,
which has been brought from France, of a battle
$50 having taken place between the Auftrians and
French, in which the former were defeated -.
Lady Elgin and fuitc arrived at Plymouth late
on "wednesday night, in a veiIel which left
Morlaix on Tuefday noon. Before fhe f,iled,
200 a teleeraphick Gifpatch had been received there
- from Paris, Eating thar Bonapartr had defeated
$50 the Hrchdukef erdinand,i In a pitched battle be.
- tween the Danube and the Lech. The lofs OF
- the Aunrians is ftated TO have amounted "a
/ 100 600 EilAI NHnnntal ra..I 49,
the lois of the French is a,to conteGcd to bay,
loeen very yreat.--There had been, it is added,
reloicings at Paris for three days in confeuusnce
,lE, OF this victory--The day on which the battle
took place is not msntioued.---Thc following
~ are the letters, with which we have been favour.
ed from Plymouth. -
n. P~LYMoUrH, O9. %, s >. M.
~ (Es!rad ofa briUafe letter.
8" We are ferry to aa;e a report from Nor.
laix, received there from Paris on Tuefiay laR,
and brought here this morning, mentions, tha;
TO- Bonaparte had defeated the hufriar IN a nitch
ed battle. The way in which the account
the comes'here is as follows Lad right la.e the
not Right Hon. Lady EIgin, Suite, and rrvan,s
her arrived in 90 hours, in a veiitl from Morlaix,
ybon IN perfect health ; previous TO her leaving Nor
.iry. lax a telegraphick diipatch had been received
&c in there from Paris, which ftased, that Bonao1rte
been had gained d great Victory over the Autyian ar.
ter my IN Germany, which had fnffercd conide-a-
d to oily, and tnat ON account of this victory, there
ubt- had been great rejoicing at Paris for three DAYS.
rted such was the acc CUNT at Morlaix when her La.
dy.iiip left it on Tuefday iat as to its truth or
been faifehood, a few day will determine it-many
the allowances mut be made for the viyacity of the
the Parifians, and the natural vivacity of French.
that men. whether republicans or royalias and
But perhaps, after all, this great victory may, wher
the truth comes out terminate i'll an affair oil
l in potts, in which the French may, have gained
lnce Tome advantage. and which may have been
his changed by their fertile iDasinaiions into =
are grand Ui7oir."
per, (Esfrad Of another I.ffer.J
the Z" have juft rec eived information, which
fla, communicate to you with very deep regret
The Autrians are faid to have been defeated in
wall a general battle, whic the lst accounts from
for ~thefeat of war fhewed to be on the point of IA.
one king place. This intelligence was brought by
for the EiS96etb from Rofcoff, which brought La.
by Elgin and Suite, and Lord EIgin's Secreta.
ia is ry. The report at Rofcof was, that the Auf.
ton TRANS had loft 10000 men, killed, wounded,
and taken Drifoners-but ths FrsncL,a ,io,- ,t...