Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-09-08
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SUPPLEMENT-
TO THE LONDON GAZETTE.
TUESDAY, July II.

An account Of the Battle fought near As.
perm. on the March6eli, o, the ais, and
22d of May. 1909, between the Archduke
Charles of Austria, Generalissimo Of
the Imperial Austrian armies, and the
Emperor Napoleon, Commander in
Chief Of the French and allied armies.
The emperor Napoleon having, after
some sansulna engagements near Aliens.
burgh Hausen, and Oinzlinzen, in which
the fortune of war favored the Austri,ns.
50 as 10 force the French Garrison at Ra
lisbon 20 surrender, succeeded i'm cut.inr
of The lett wing ofthe Austrian army, and
diving it back to Lantshut, and after.
wrds in advancing by Eek nuhl wiz,
super'or corps OF cavalry, taking he road
OF Eglotsheim, and forcing to retrea,
those Austrian corps that were posted ON
he heights of Leikepoint and Talmessing
he archduke on the 2Si cf April crossed
he Danube, near Ratisb n, and i0ined In.
cprPs OF Bellegarde, who had opened the
;ampaign by seve al success lu affairs in
he Upper Palatinate. had reached A n
Derg, Neumark, and IL mau, and had By
ih,s time approached Stad,.am HI, in
order to execute his immediate junction
with the archduke.
The emperor Napoleon ordered the
of Ratisbon, occupied by
few battal ons who we're 10 cover the pas.
age of he Danube. On the 23d, in the
evening, he became mas er OF ii, and IN
medisteiy FASTENED along the right bank
Ut the Danube to enter The Austrian states,
~ order IS he openly declared, 10 dictate
peace at Vienna.
The Austrian army had taken positi.
On near Cham, behind The River Regen,
which was wa'chei By some OF the enc
ny's divisions whi,e The EN- eror Napoje-
On called all the disposabie forces, in for.
ced marches from the North Of Germany
% he Dinube, and considerably reintor
ced his army with the troops nf SVurte n i.
berg, Hes'is, Baden and some time aFtsr
with those of Saxony.
Near KEN and Nltenau some Affairs
had hsppened be ,wcen the out posts, winch,
however, hal no influence upon the ar
mics.
However easy it would have been for
the archdIke to continue his offensive o.
perations on the left bank Of the Danube,
without any material resistance, and now.
yer gratifying it IN ght have been to re-
heve provinces when were groanins be.
nea'h the pressure of foreign DOMINION,
the preservation of his native land did per
mt him 10 suffer the enemy TO riot with
impunity n the en'rails of the monarchy,
IN A.
prndeoce, and EXPOSE the welfare of the
subject to the devastslions Of foreign con.
qusrors.
These motives Induced the archduke to
conduct his army 10 Bohemia, by way OF
Klen,sch and Neumarkt, to occupy the
Bohemian Forest with light troops and
part OF the militia, andto direcl his march
towards Budweis, where he arrived on the
Sd OF May, hoping to Join near Lin z,
his left wing, which had been separated
from him, and which was under the CON.
mand OF lieutenant general Baron Hil.
Ter.
But the latter had been so closely pres
sed by the united force OF the French ar
mics, that, aft=r several spirited engage.
men s, and even after brilliant affair, I'm
which the troops achieved all that was
possible against the disproporlionate SUI.
perioriy OF the enemy, he indeed was a.
bic to reach Lin:z, but was incapable oil
crossing the Danube and Obliged to con.
tent him elf with destroying the commu-
nication with the lef. bank, and ticking up
a position behind the Traun near Ebers.
berg. This was the occasion OF AN ex-
tremeIy murderous engagement, duuns
which the enemy, IN storm,ng the bridge
lost near 1000 men :.-Ebersbsrg wss Sc,
on IRE, aud lieut.. gen. Hitler continued
his retreat, I'll he got $, much the start
as to pass the Danube near Stain, with
out being disturbed by the enemy, ana t.
wait the approach OF the archdnke, who
alter having 10 vain attempted the juno.
ton OF the army near Lintz, hsd marched
from Bu1wels o Zwettel, still hopiot by d
ia OK passage Of the Danube t. arrest IN,
;nemy's progress towards the metropo.
is.
Meanwhile corps Of Wiriembergert
1sd advanced from Passau along both Tn,
shores ol the Danube, had occupied Linti
nd the bank Oppo,Ite to il; had restore
nc bridge, and siyDalized Itself by des.