Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-08-05
From the Federal Gazette Of July 20.
THE WAR IN AUSTRIA.

THE WARM AUSTRIA.
Every lav of the present week has bro,t
important tidings from the continent ct Eu-
rome. Indeed such has been the rapid sue
cession of arrivals, the rich harvest OF nesvs,
that scarcely time or room has. been allow
ed for comment. Nor is editorial remark
necessary, to shew the reader OF discern !
u.ent that Bonaparte's affairs werezas latest
dates most critical. His own bulletins are
sufficiently indicative of a serious reverse
OF fortune. These bulletins acknowledge
! that he has been sorely beaten, that his
s GRAD army" has been defeated IN
Grand and bloody battle, and Its : grand
master" compelled to Ay in dismay, leaving
the field and many Of his fayorlte oticers TO
the care Of the Gonqaeror, d Napoleon. BY
III French accounts themselves, with all
their gasconade and exaggerations, we are
wcllinformed that Charles, the hero OF the
Danube, conquered the mighty Napoleon,
IN pitched battle, where the narrator does
not complain that he was outnumbcred.-
But as this battle and It's effects have been
somewhat clonded by the sophistrv OF seve-
raj scribblers attached to the fortunes OF
France, andas some readers may have been
.delnded by those idolators who abound IN
our sesperts and whose business II is, to
yorship the Great Emperor, remark or
two at this time may notLe useless or unac-
sepsable.
Oifshe 21st and 22d Nav, the battle was
fougH&n the north Lank of the Danube, IN
which ue Aussrians not only checked the
progress ofsthe French, but beat them back;
for Bonapaf.e tells YOU that he :. concentrGt-
ed" L. I. hcNystrsGtca, with his shattered
remnants 70 the island and to the south side
Of that river. In tie Austrian bulletin you
see is termed great and decisive victory !;
IN the French tenth and subsequent bulle-
tins you find acknowledged the loss OF some
thousands on the field, and many prisoners
Since the 10Th Bonaparte has issued other
bulletins In no one of which does he speak
ofthe brilliant exploits or achievements OF
any single officer or corps in the battle.-
Hcretofoce, two or three bulletins after a
great battle were filled with details OF this
kind, in which he mentions the merits OF his
officers, down to colonies and suaalterns. -
Is not the inference from his present silence
Obvious! He cannot speak OF them bat to
his own disadvantage. OF Bertheir, Mas
sena, Bsssicres, Meltor, Legrand, Oudl-
not, Nansouty, or their divisions, which
were in the battle. we hear nothing. we
hear.that Lasnes Duke OF Montebsiio) Oil
cd Of his wounds Douret, Despagne, Hill
aile, Beudet, Foulers, &c. are sad TO be
killed, wounded or taken. Why not mea-
ton the others Because their loss IS more
serious; and it would not answer to let the
people. France and the enslaved . allies
know, that he has sustained SO signal de-
feat He does saythas great preparations
arc making that the prince Of .Ponte Cor,
yo and duke OF Dantzlc. are making forced
nsayc1tes to Join him. No doubt their pre-.
sence is very necessary; for the victorious
Charles and.his. brave Austrians aiein sight
of Bonaparte's head quarters, Ebersdorh 8
or lOmiles from Vienna and indeed ne
says an Austrian division of 5000 men has
had the telnerity to cross the river.
Ont whole, seeing that insufrect.ons
menace him, in the north, in Italy, and e
ven in La Yrnase, (France) and that by one
defeat he is proved nos s invincsele, 1t e
certain ,hasthe situation of the French ar
my is very critical and if not joined by
Russia It's destruction quite probable. Dn
the other hand, should Russia have bindly
associated herself with France, then W.:
have, indeed, little hope for the liberties q
: 1the world.