The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-08-01
SEVENTH BULLETIN FROM TEE
FRENCH ARMY. :"

q, VIENNA, May IS. =
OA the 10th at nine of the morning, the
Emperor appeared before tile gates OF Wien
ma, with the corps of Marshal Duke Of Mon
tebello. 1t was at the same hour On the
same day, and exactly one month after the,
Austrian army, had passed the Inn, and the
Emperor Francis IL had rendered himself
guil:y'of a pe,jdry,the signal of his ruin. b..
." On the 5th of May, the Afch!uke Max
fmilian, brother of the empress, a young
prince, rs years ct age, presumptuous and
WITHOUT experience, of an ardent character.
assumed the government of Vienna, and Isl
sued the annexed proclamations mo l., &
No 2) -.
1t was generally reported in the country,
mat all TIL entertainments which surrounded
the capital were fortified, that redouurs had
been raised. that entrenched camps had been
formed, and that the city was determined to
defend Itself. The Emperor had ii d, fficuIty
tobelieve, that capital, so generously treat
eddy the French army in 1905 and the good
sense and wisdom of whose inhabitants are
acknowledged, wouldbe so fanatical as tore.
solve upon so mad an en,erprize He ex-
perenced. therefore, sweet satisfaction
when on approaching the immense suburbs
OF Vienna. he saw numerous population Of
women, children and old men, run forward
TO meet the French army, and receive our
soldiers as friends. -. r''y
Gen. Couroux traversed the suburbs. and
Gen. Tharreau repaired TO the esplauade
which separates themfrom the CITY, At the
instant he reached it, he was received by
discharge OF musketry and cannon, and was
slightly wounded. = go
"Of 100000 inhabitants who compose the
population of VIENNA, the city. properly So
called. which is surrounded bya i,astion!and
counterscarp, scarcely contains so 600 inha =
btants and 1900 hoIses. The 8 Quarters Of
the town, which have retained the name Of
suburbs, and are separated from the city BY.
entertainments inclose more than 5000 hos.
ses, and are inhabited 5y more than 900. 600
VINO draw their subsistence from the CITY,
where are markets. and shops. e9
-",The Archduke Maxmilian hasi caused .
registers to be opened for collecting tic names
OF the Inhabitants who were willing To defend
themselves. Thirty individuals only inscrib-
ed their names. all the others refused with
Indignation Defeated in his hopes, BY the,
good sense OF the people of Vienna, he coli
lected JObattalions Of the militia ftnndrcbrs
and ten IJattaliOns of the line, composing p
force Of from 5000 to- IL, 900 men, & threw
himself within the place. y
:" The Duke of MontebeIlo sent him an
Aid de Camp with "A summons but sonre
butchers, and few hundred fellows. satellites
ot the ArchdUke Macmillan, rushed t,pot,
the parliamentary. and one of them wound.
ed him. The Nrchduse ordered the wretch
who had committed this Infamous action 70,
be led III triumph through the city, mounted
ON the horse of. the French officer, and sur
rounded by the militia.
after this unheard-of violation of the
rights o, nations, the hnrrid spectacle was
seen of one part of the cts drawing upon he
OTHER part, and citizens directing their arms
against their fellow citizens
Gen hndreossv appointed Governor Of
the city. organised ip each snburb a r,unici-
pality' acentral commiitce Of provision. and
national guard, consisting Of merchauts.
manufacturers and the good citizens OF cyer7
class. armed to rcpress proprietors, and evil