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maintained his neutrality until the moment
I of the explosion. Had victory attended
the Aus.rians, he would have become an
easy prey 70 their armies; at all events,
The immense mischief which both his army
aud his subjects IN general have done IN
Germany since The commencement OF hoss
tiiiles, would have been averted-
sdly. 1t is. true that the countries OF
Baden, Wirtemberg, and part OF Bavaria,
would have equally been devoted 70 the
ravages OF the french armies. This evil
was cot to be prevented bot BY the occopar
ton Of the whole Of the south OF Germany
by the Ausrians, and the conduct OF these
princes creates little regret for the oPPres.
sion they have undergone. ihe posllion
ct the Tier was, however, determined
upon, and the campaign was opened TO-.
wards the end of September. lhe opera
tons wera commenced by generals berns'
dotse and Marmout, who directed their
march towards Wurlzburg, thence into the
margravia.e of Anspacb, and having in
their route collected all the BararIaos that
ceoid be found, they crossed the Danube
at !ngoissadt ard Newburg, drislng beiore
thesn the small corps undsr genera! hlsn-
mayer, snd entered Bavaria with between
60 and7o,0o0 msn. And here commune
ed the misfortuues Of the campaign 49,
Whether general Mack undervalued the
force OF thaf army, or whether he was un-
informed or mis,nfofmed as tots destina.
/ tlon, which he rnight'aye conceived TO be
a monetary irruption 1910 bohemia, re.
mains 70 be eSp!aioed; certain il ls, that
ms cad of chaogiag his own position, in
consequence ct u, be conented himself
with detaching an uncomfortable force,
under the command ofgeneral K .eamayer,
tor the ParPose Of watching its opera
tions.
During the above period, the French
army under Bonsparte, amounting, &C
cording TO their nearest calculation, TO
$4,000 msn, crossed the Rhine. The e.
decorate Of Wlrtemberg, the plains OF
Nordlingen, &c. We're passed with a dc.
gree OF rapidly almostunexampled. GA
the eth and 9Th of October, the greatest
part Of the French army had crossed the
Danube near Donauwrrth, had taken upa
position between tina, river and Augsburg,
had, by this movement, formed junction
with The army under Bernado,te, and had
thus poster themselves IN the rear of the
imperialists.
From this movement commenced that
species of warfare by which the French
rendered themselves SO formidable in for
mer campaigns. Of the affairs of the 9Th,
9tb, and 1lih, ] have already had The hon
or OF transmitting 20 your lordship the Of
hcia accounts 10 chose who are the ns7s,
saRgulne, the issue of the battle Of the 1lh
had given some hopes of future success,
but lhey were ,llusGry. General Ney had
quietly made his retreat upoa the main of
toe French ARMY, 5gilF between the Danube
auc augsburg and she communications be.
tween he Apstrlaps and Russians was now
completely coz eff
IN consequence OF this movement, (whe- |
ther by choice or necessity know nof) |
general Mack divided his army. and gene.
RI JeilachIcs, was detached with, believe,
IS or Is batra!iions towards the Tyrol.
Orders were sent at this time to the esfri |
son OF Memmiugcn, which consisted of |
eleven hateallons, 70 evacuaGe that place,
andJo,n the aooyc corps under general Jel. |
lachich. Whether lhe order arrived too |
late. or whether 1t was i'll delivered, am
also usable TO decide; but the garrison ca.
Plielated 10 the French under general Da-
vousf, after the town had been nearly re.
duced 10 ashes. Il is 10 BE- observed, that
the artillery destined fer the fortihca-
tons OF that place was ssill without the
town. Upon this occasion, a great num-
Der 81 Bavarlan peasants who had joined
the FRENCH and were taking possession of
the above artillery, were Gu! TO pieces by I
the Austrian hussara, who carried the
whole or greatest part Of it of.