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was decided, considering the lmpossib,E,.
of defending it, within lae walls, uuI..,
( the time necessary for the arrival of III ;.
inforcements could be gained by Mesn, of
an armlssice for a very short period. H.
ny reasons concurted to render his na;r<'v.
DESTROYS of saving his capital by such an ~
/ nnis.ice; he therefore determined 70 send
lieutenant general Couat de Gulsy to the
emperor Napoleon, to propose IL. Tn.
negotiation was without effect.
Vienna was occupied by the French.
! and his majesty thought by the sacrifice Of
his capital, at least TO have ensured to the
i FIRST Russian army. the facility OF formipp
aJunction with the second. To this eftcI
| &c gave the most positive orders, ths, The
great bridge in frons of Vienna should be
destroyed, whereby, four or FIVE DAYS
march would have been gained 10 the PC
neral in chief kulussw. Prince Murat
however, deceived the person to whom, THE
charge was entrusted, by the uaworrhv
fasehood that peace was jJss concluded
between Austria add France, and he thu,
prevented the demolition of that BRIDE
This cruel incident exposed the frs; Russ
an army to the most imminent danger of
being surrounded and destroyed, before il
could join the army of general Buxhoey.
dea, as well as a corps OF 10000 Ausui,
ans that had retreated from Vienna.
Had this misfortune happened, the con. s
,inuaton of the war would have been evi.
DENLY impossible. The destruction of
the first army of his majesy The emperor
of Russia would have infaIl,bIy led 10 that
of the second and of every subsequent re.
enforcement, successfully and separately
attacked by the great forces which Napo.
lean had assembled in Austria; while the
army, commanded by the archduke Charles
in Italy, must also have been ruined by
these forces united 70 those OF Massena.
In word, the danger was SO critical, that
had there been no other means of prevent
ing it, his majesty would have been obIg-
ed to sign precipisate peace, unfayorabls
indeed to himself, but inevitable, from
notices which would have been but too
jueti6sble IN the eyes of his allies.
The impossibllity of prolong'ng the war
the necessity of saving of the monarchy
the general interest of Europe, and even
of England, required him to insure the
existence Of the Austrian monarchy, rather
than continue war from which nothing
could be expected but an issue still more
unfortunate. In short the sacred duties
by which his majesty was bound to his no.
bic and faithful friend, the emperor Alex. {
ander duties which he shared with every
well disposed sovereign, and which lmpos. &
ed upon him the obligation OF Preterring s.
every sacrifice to the destruction, as Ger. ~
tain as il was useless, 81 the brave and well
appointed armies which Russia was pour
ing forth 10 his assistance. r.
In this extremity his majesty did no, he. s
state to enter into new explanations with
the emp. Napoleon, and to propose to open
negotiations with him for peace, as soon
as measures to this effect might be con-.
certed with the emperor Alexander, whom
hi. majesty expected to see Immediately ID
person.
But happily these dangers and neeessl.
ties are no more. General Ku,usow and
Euxhoev den have surnouutrd the diff.
cutie. which threatened to prevent me
seasonabIe junction Of the forces under
their command. This mission otth Au.
s,rian ENJOYS has been accompanied wl,n
the resumption of active hoslltles' on
the 9Th Of November the day after they
quilted the camp, the combined armies b
concentred in thD envirnns of OmutZ con- 81
sis,i,ing of the first and second Russian ar.
mics, with body of twenty thousand
Aus.rians, comprehendirg also tor s0e'r
rear guard the imperial life guards Ten
thousand strong, and making in all au
effective strength of eighty thousand hso"
ing men, advanced toward, the enemy
On the 2sth they had reached Wlscha~'
and had taken in that city and its eo''fon'
more than six hundred prisoners. % inc