The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-10
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parat,on;, of Aufttia, Rufiia, France, Sc. are
collected, with fome care, from various four |
ces and may be con6dered as correct as round |
numbers generally are.
.duHrian War pretarafions.-The line of
troops which Anltria is faid to have Attended, |
reaches from the horderso of Hungary, on the |
S. E. TO Switzerland on the w. with Front to- |
wards Italy extending nearly to the Adige and
towards the North to the circle of Bavaria |
with covering army in Bohemia. This pofi- |
zion covers Vienna, and the centre of the En-.
pire.
The troops competing this line, are faid to
exceed goo, 900 men. -..Of which, thofe in Stir.
Cariath.a, Italy, Venice, Tyrol, near Wells,
and Winterdorff, con6n Of 27l battalons of in
fan.ry, and ffty-one regiments and fGuadrons
of cavalry, befdes artillery, fharp-fhooters, &c.
The French official account declares the Auftri-
an force in Italy alone Gncluding TyroD to be
about ~ 900.
Thefe forces will be divided into swo Grand
Armies, one tn act on the Rhine, and Danube
the other in the Italian States.
The army on the Rhine, sc. will be COM
mandea by the Emperor Francis II. in perfon
with the veteran General Mack, for his tecond
in command and the Duke Ferdinand, and
Prince Charles, Of Schwarzenberg, command
ing the wings.--rhe Emperor left Vienna the
10th Sept. to take the command OF his army,
which will con6f Of 10000 men. The van OF
this army had advanced into Bavaria.
The army in Italy will be- commanded by the
celebrated Arch-Duke Charles; having his bro
ther, the Arch. Duke John, for his fecond, and
Prince John of Lichtenitein, for his third in
command. The veteran General Bellesarde is
with this army.
One Of the armies of referve is in Bohemia,
and coniifts of $4,000 men.
Hungary was to furniih SO 900 men, aud Hei-
ie-Caiiel had $4,000 on'foot. t,H
Two columns of the Autrian army, one SOM
manded by the Arch-duke Ferdinand, the other
by Gen. KIenau, paiied the river Inn, the 18th
and 9Th September marching towards Dona-
vert aud Munich, to take pof on the Lech.
Thefe are about $4,000 ftrong.
The Davaran forces retreated before thefc
columns, towards Wartzburg, in Franconia.
When collected it is fad they will exceed 40,
600 men.
RnEfan War pyrparations.-The Rufian EN-
peror, in his Declaration to the Court of Vien-
ma (pnbliihed lately) has avowed that he had
fent two armies into Gallicia, of $4,000 men
each. Thofe armies, at the laft dates, were
Vaking forced marches; and it was expected,
by the middle of Od. would form 4 justtion
with the Aultians.
Athird army was faid to have aienbled near
wilma formerly PolaBd) and was to be COM
n,anded by Alexander 1. in perfon. The Ruff
an Imperial Guards under the Grand Duke
Confantipe, (brother to the Emperor) were
marching through Lithuania, for the Aufrian
fates.
u The veteran General Kutufofe, was at the
head Of one of the armies Prince Penetration,
and Baron WnZengerods, names of celebrity,
accompany thefe troops.-Gen. Michelion CON-
manded another army.
Troops from the Kuhan, Siberia, and Kiow,
will form bodies Of referve.-The regular troops
of Ruiiia exceed 100000 men.
One of the Rulfian armies was at Brody in
Ganicia {about 500 miles from VIENNA the goth
Auguf. The other was not far behind.
Thirty thoufaHd Ruilians embarked at St
Petersburg, the 2sth Auguft, bound to Swediin
e7hes fsnHan troops mine Ionian Hands ex.
coed $4,000 and were daily augmenting by re.
Cruits from the Black fea, which pats the chan
mel of Conftantinople without any hindrance.
One dvlhon lately arrived, was commanded by
gen. Gerdue, Frenchman, and divilion of
1900 WAS ready for embarkation al OdeTa and
Sebaitopel. II is a fact, no lefs than lo 600
tons of tranfPort ihippping had been provided
" Great Britain, and were at the difpofal of the
kutiian Commander at Corfu. We have no
doubt, the next news we have from this Guar
ter, win be the transportation of thefe troops
from the feven iflands, to Anconia or perhans.
Venice ar 'friefte.
French War preparationJ.--Thefc preparati-
cns are on large irale; and extend from o.
canto, at the extremity of Italy, to Hanover, on
the North of Germany.
The grand army, about the middle of Sept
was afembled on the banks of the Rhine COM
Pofed OF 10000 men, commanded by the En-
peror Napoleon /. in perfon afifted by his bro
ther.in-law, Marihal Berthier, (Mnffer of wary
Louis Bonaparie, Generals Oudinot and Mar
mont. The Emperor was at Straiburg the 10Th
of september.
The army in Italy is commanded by Martial
NaiieDa, who arrived at Milan, his head quar-
teis, the 9TH Aug.-IIe has with him of name,
hathal Jourdan, and Gen. St. Cyr. This ar
my, though hated at only $4,000 men, in Tai
ieyrands note was to be augmented to 900.
A fouthern army of obfrrvation, was to anem-
bic near the Pyrennees, under Martial Ange.
reau.
The grand French army of referve has three
headquarters, Boulougne, Mayence, and STRAIT
burg: Martial Bruno, commands at the Grit
Senator Martial Lefebre, at the iecond and
Senator MarihaI killerman, at the third.
THREE flying camps of Grenadiers, will rem
devious at Rennes, Napoleon, and Alexandria,
under three rigadier-GeneraIs.
PARIS, September Is.