Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-09-06
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TUESDAY, July IL.

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An account title Bate. eughtreqr l4l
On tie G-a,chfeid, On lie slyt and u
llay, 1909, betWeen tic nrcsduh Lln1
Of AusfrEa, g'eneratliss'mo efAe lntal
45ust,im armies, and the cmJsru !,
r hon, conmonderm chiJgAe FrnA
allied armies.
THE emperor Napoleon hayr, A
some sanguinary engagemcns near Atz |
burgh, Hanen, ard Dinzlirzsn, in shi|
the fortune of war favored the Aatriap.
as to force the French garrison at Ratt|
to surrender, succeeded in cutting cf |
left wing Of the Austrian army, and d. |
it back TO Landshut, and afterwards il /
vancing by Eckauhl with superior gr|
Of cavalry, taking the road Of ESaht|
and forcing to retreat those AUSTIN c
that were posted on the heights Of lie
point and Talmcssing. the archduk: On !
Esd April crossed the Danube, nts R /
bon, and joined the corps Of BellySradt,i
had op, ned the campaign BY several |
cessful aifairs in the Upper Palaina,,
reached Ambsrg, Nsnmsrki, and H,|
and had BIZ this time spproa'hsd Sad|
Hof, il order 10 execute his immediate "A
ton with he archdl k.
The emperor Napoleon ordered th' b
bardment OF Ratisbon, o:crplfd BY 4
battalions who were to cover the p"Ss'5
Danube. On,the ESQ, in The even'Dglc
came master Of it, and inmt diatly hsHe
along the right bank of the Danube to
the Austrian states, in order, as re ga
declared, to dictate peace at VIerH'
The Austrian army had takcnaf@
near Cham, behind the river ke6ct,M|
was watched by some Of he enen!:
sions, while the emperoI NapoieonI aFd
the disposable forces, by tered na'
from the North Of Germany 10 t'' Da
and considerably reinforced MS amy
the troops of Wurtembrrg. Hcsss' N
ard some time after with thos5 Of 01A'i
Near Kirn and Nit nau some , ana,
happened between the out Fos's' S'.u
ever had no influence upon ne M'""
However easy it would have bern !"
archduke TO continue hs offensive oPS'.
on the left bank OF the DANUBE "'"'.
material resistance, and hows''' o.,
it might have been TO rS'ISs {. r ~
which were groaning b meath nc E
M native land did net permit bin ';Hf ...,
nemy to riot With impun;'y in ne I . .,'r
the monarchy, to give cp the rich 'osIs
is independence, and expose M i flo od
the subject to the devaSta70ns .
conguerors. or,hdcE
conduct his army to Bohemia .! hi
Kl. ntsch and Ncumsrkr, TO 0''a III rar
hemian Forest with ligh' troops "a. ab' ror.r
the militia, and to direct his ''a,'I he j
Rudweis, where he arrived On ;n,z, hs
May, hoping to join near L'd'T nOn,t
wing, which had been separate s,I Of
and which was under The col'''N'
gen. baron Hitler. ,.eIv rrs
But the latter, had been SO elo' "ra ad
bv the united force of the frsr sseena
that, after several spirited '" 70 ghth
and even after brilliant affair." .:bt s
troops achieved all that was P o. Off,
the dispropor,ionate superiority gIpa
WAS w5s Incapable nc of crossing the Da I,,tr
obliged to content himself VII" ,'a bark,
the Communicates with the ~ rayn
taking up a position behind 'I,s ,,,n,ol
Ebrrsberg. This was The =, ON, r,n,,
extremely murderous enga ga; ;nr h. y
which the enemy, in storm mug vas
lost near 1000 men: hbefso. a',S;ouyd
fire, and lieut.. gen. Hitler r, so .,ar, ,s@
~, he cot so much tne az