The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-07-25

ON tie 29th>m the neighhrhood of Salty
burgh, and the town itsa general Jella-
chich retired towards the trol. How Sc !.
rious affairs are in that qurter. we may |!
conjecture from the confessN of the French |
themselves, that the wholsssf the northern
'ryrol is in insurrcction, Il Nlage bands If
Tyrolese troops make incupoi,s into Swa-
bia. and to the Lech, arf y offcattle and
provisions in abundance
The Austrians. mcanwi.A according to
the Zurich Gazette, have ben successful in
other quarters, have takenthe important
posts CT Bregentz and Fcldkrch, and have
advanced as far South as Boten, which was
taken by storm; Co-2.sS. Ag with the tli-
vision that came from Gerlany, another
Austrian division entering - bishoprick OF
Trent. where the French peers say there
was warm action. This niurally directs
i our a'tsnli0" to the state of y war in TIA
The first operations of tie war in that
quarter have been extremet successful
From the 'fagiiamento the Fench had been
driven back. and the Austrss successfully
took N:cenza * Padua, & atlanced over the
Adige. From thence they sent part of
their army. which ascending tho river, adj
vanced tn Trent. The unfortunate turn how
ever, OF affairs in Germany, obliged tic arch
duke John to send SO 600 nrn thither, and
his career WAS stopped on til; Adige. The
last accounts. dated OH the q of May. left
the French head quarters It Montebello,
between Verona and Nieenn. The bulle-
tins and proclamations of .lle Austgians have
produced considerable effect in that part of
Italy, and in some places Tie people have
risen.
MAY 90.
The officer who arrived with dispatches
IN yal.
teiiiSence of Instructions prevailing in all
the northern parts 81 Germany. In Hano-
yer the people surrounded and compelled
5000 Dutch troopsto lay down their arms
We have received three Austrian bulle
tins, but they have not brought down the mil
itary operations to so late a date as those of
which we had previously received accounts.
ihe Austrians do not attempt to conceal the
disasters they have me, with they confess
that afterthe most obstinate fighting for five
days, they were beaten. For the present,
they say. They have changed their operaii-
ons from the offensive to the defensive.
There appears to have been a sharp act-
on In Poland OH the 18th ult. before Warsaw
was surrendered to the archduke Ferdinand,
whose head quarters were at Rakaw on the
2lst. lhe Polish and Saxon troops were,
by the terms of the Surrender, to evacuate
Warsaw on the 3d.
The archduke Charles has broken up from
Cham and has taken the road to Budweis,
and according to the accounts in the Ger
man papers, intended to proceed from BUD
wels to Llntz. Such routc would remove
nm, Tor such alength of time. from, the
seat OF war, that Bonaparte would have time
TO accomplish his intention against gen. Fill
ler's army on the south of the Danube, be fore
the archduke could have descended again to
the northern bank.-We know there is nc
road to Vienna on the left bank of the Da-
nube practicable for an army; the right bank
Is the direct road But instead of taking the
long road that would conduct him to Bud
welS, and from thence to Lintz, he may have
determined to make a rapid movement at
once from Cham to the Danube, with tho
intention of again crossing that river, and
acting upon the rear of the French.
The report OF :. battle having been fought
at Lintz on the Sd, in which The French
even mentioned III an article from Gotten.
burgh OF the 9th, in which it is said that the
battle commenced on the Sd and continued
on the fth and stl!, which at length termina-
ted in favor of the Austrians.
1t may not be unsatisfactory to give a sum
mary OF operations to the date of the last
accounts.
ne French troops in Germany, are di.
vioeo into SIX Corps. commanded by the
Dukes of Rivoli (Massena), Montebe,Io
lLasnes), Dantzick (Lefebvre), Aucrstadt
lDavoust), the Prince of Pontc Convo Der
danotte), and the Duke of Istria To these
were united the troops of Bavaria, Written
burg and Baden.
he direct road to Vienna is in the nos.
session. OF Bonaparte, who has his main fore
between the Inn and the from, But since
ms victory On the 22d and Esd, which cleared
bavaria OF the Austrian troops he has pot
advanced so rapidly as we expected, consi
dering the inferior numbers opposed to him
in front.
Inns is accounted for by the circumstance
OF the Austrians being in so great force ON
the north bank of the Danube, and of the
yrol having been reconquered by its brave
inhaoltants. But 1t may be said that he II as
never Deen solicItous about his rear and his
wings, pressing onward with his main force.
ara directing 1t against the enemy's main
force, knowing that if he can break that. all
other obstacles and opposition will be reno.
we'd. In this way, however, the force which
is In the front of Buonaparte il not the Aus
TRAN main force, and it is evident that Aus
ira does not mean to make the loss of her
capital the signal for disseminating HOSTILE
ties, and accepting such terms as the victor
may De pleased TO grant. She has already
MANIFESTED her intention of taking refuge in
her Hungarian territories, if the enemy
should advance to the Capital--and thus
tnouSh Bonaparte may realise his pro
mise OF being In Vienna in less tan month %
the war must not therefore be considered as
near its conclusion. 1t is likct to be carried
on more extensive scale tina, it was last
w"r, and Bohemia and Austria and the