Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-09-18

, ire9 himieif agtiaa the head quarters of The |
! Archduke ChaeIes, rs he wa, continuing ,c |
ma CHI froip the right 10 the left -.
! from noon iiii riue i clock in the evening |
VA n,snoeuvre6 in tins vail plain. We took all
shc yillages, ard IS We an. cached the heights
loftaer enrenehta pnf,s, they retired from
;ben, - though through magic. The Duke
.fR.voIi cauled them to be iaken podellion of
wit bout. oppohtion. In thi. manner we got
sito eur power, the works of E,iiiug and Grois
/ Alpern, aad thu, tia ~ daySwork Of the en-
eny was rendered totally ufelels to him. Al
.Rafchlorff, which the Duke of Pon.e Corvo
lcauied to be attacked aud taken, he met with
(one onpoftion The enemy WIS every where
put to flight ard annihilalcd by the fuperiorty
of our Gfe The inmenfe fed of battle renal
ned covered wi,h his fragments
| BATTLE OF WACRAM.
Greatly diCmayed by the pfogrefs Of he
French army, ond its great refulis occsiioned ,
aimof wi .ncut an effort. the enemy ordered
all hrs troops to march, aud N the evening
took the feIlpwing petition His right wing
extended from stadizu 10 Cern(dorf, his cen
ter from Gernfdorff TO Wayram, aud his left
wing from Wagr.m tn Neuftedel The lief,
wing of the French army wa, at Great Al.
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at Giazeadorf In This order nigh; came on,
and we prepared for grea, hattie the next
morning. The petition Of rhe enemy was
treconnoi,cred throughout, in order 10 hinder
him to adopt aay fyisem, after we ihould
take pofeihon of the village of Wagram in
| the night 10 tbst cafe his line ALREADY
Ieuended, precarious. and iorpriled by
lchange of camp, mun have fuif.red the DIFF
ferent corps 10 he mixed without order or oh.
liect, and the affair would foon be terminated
without any ferrous conflict. Wsgram was
attacked, our ,roops took the village; bat a
Saxon column and French column IN the
dark took each other for enemies aud the ope-
ration miicsrrIed.
Already we were prepared, for the battle OF
iwagram. 1t appears that the difpoiitions Of
French and Anitrian generals were oppoied TO
each other
The emperor employed the whole night TO
ldraw together his forces into fhe center,
where he was perlonslIy withia cannon ihot
OF Wagran. For this purpoie the duke of
Rivoli marched to the left of AderkIau, and
lief Jingle div,hon at Afpern, which had or
ders in cafe OF neceiity to retrea, to the ,iland
Of Lobau. The duke of Auer(iadt had orders
to advance beyond the village Of Groisfhof, in
order TO approach the senter. The Auitrian
general in the mean time weakened his center,
in Older to occspy and ftrengthen bis wings,
70 which he gave an additional extent.
On he 9th st day break the Duke of ponte
Corvo occupied the lief, wing In bi. fecond
: line wa. the Duke of Rvoli The Vice King
cloied in the center, where the corpfe of
Count Oud,not. tina, Of the Duke of Rzgufa,
,ke corps of the Imperial Guard, and the di.
v,6on ef Cnrziiiers fnrned or lines. The
, Duke Of Auerffddt marched from The right
wing to reach the center. The enemy on the
other hand placed the corps of BeiIega5de az
Radiau in Marieh the COPS Colloxra,h,
Lichten!tsin and Muller united with the RICH,
wingin the po6 ION of Wagran,, where the
Prince of Hohenz ollern was, and A. the end of
the eft wing at Neuledei, whe.e the corps of
Roierberg and Auerberg, debouchea, and by
curved movement at the early lawn tel up
on each other and gave the fgnal for battle.
The Emperor equally commenced At ,hi.
> period, ordered the Duke of Auerfadt TO be
reinforced by The divilion of Cuirafiers of the
Duke Of PAdua, and the corps of Roienberg to
{ be taken in flank by battery of IL pieces of
c the divifon Of gen. count NanIouiy In iefs
{ hanthree quarters of an hour the fine corps
e of Aueraadt had defeated the corps Of Rofen-
berg and purified it beyond Neuitedsl, and
: did it great injury.
, Meanwhile the cannonade becpme general
a through the whole line, aud the difpof;ion of
$ the enemy difelofed itfeli every moment. His
e Whole lief; wing was tined with ar,,llery. IL
might he laid, that the Auflriau Genera. pre-.
pared not TO obtain victory, but that he had
t IN view only the means OF taking advantage
: OF it. This dfpodiion feemed 70 uniki.fu,
!! that defeat was anticipated, and The e,npe.
. ror waited tome. time before he ordered the
J, fmall d,fpoliJ,on which was nece1sry, 10 fruit.
!, trate that of the enemy and renoer it mi.for-
tune TO him.
He ordered the Duke of Rivoli to attack
village which the enemy occupied, aud
by which the centre of the army was
hitIe CALLED. He ordered the duke of
Auernadt, to take the petition of Ncune-
del and thence to advance to Wagram, and
ordered the Duke Of Ragufa, and General
Macdonald to form in columns TO fsiZe
upon Wagram the moment the duke of
AuerA ddt debouched.
4 Aitef theie occurrences we were inform
ed that the enemy made deipetd,c aiIau!t
upon the village which the Duke of Rivo-
! Ii had taken our left wing was fnrroun-
ded at 5000 tolles, a violent coDnonadc
was already heard at Grofs Afpern. and
4 the whole interval between Grofs Afpern
ard Wagiam was occupied by an immenie
+, line OF Artiliery- No doubt Wa, lett about
II.
! The emperor in this ituation, ordered |
| general Macdorad to form the d,vihone
1T Brcuilier and Lamarque into columns
for'the attack. He ordered them TO be |
! iuppnted by the div lions o. gen. Naniou- |
Try, the horIe guards and forty detathmenls
OF different corps. Gen. Count Laurilton
marched at the head OF this battery of leo
/ peires OF artillery againit the enemy. APP