Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-07-11
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Austrian blood should A wv in Ruis-
bon to avenge the affront given to his
arms.
At the same time, the dukes of
Auerstadt and Dantzic, Dayous, and
Lefebvre) kept in check the corps Of
Rosenberg, hohenzollern, and Itch
tenstein. There was no time TO be
lost. On the 22d, in the morning,
the emperor marched from Landshut,
with the two divisions O.! the duke of
Montebello, (Lannes) the corps of the
duke of Rivoli, (Massenal the divisi-
ons of cuirassiers of Nansouty and St.
SulPice, and the Wurtemberg division.
At two O'Clock he arrived opposite
Eckmuhl, where the corps OF the Aus
trian army, forming 10000 men,
! were posted under the archduhe
Charles. The duke Of Montebello
'ttacSed the enemy on the left with
the division of Gudin. At the frss
signal, the dukes of Auerstadt and
Dantzic, and the division oflight cav
airy OF general Montbrun, moved for-
ward in order of battle.
Then was seen the most superb
spectacle which war can present-ilo,
900 OF the enemy attacked on every
point, overturned on their left, and
successlveiy driven from their posts
IN every position. The detail of mill
itary events would be 100 long it is
sufficient TO say they were put to the
rout. The enemy has lost the great.
Ter part OF their cannon and d greas
unmher n D~ien,a.c I'll. an
igi'nent OF the light infantry of the di.
vision of St. HIlaire covered itself
with glory 10 attacking the enemy.
And she Austrians being driven from
the wood which covers katisbon, were
driven into the plains, and cut to pie
ces by the cavalry, The senator.
general OF division, Demount, had q
horse killed under him. The Aus
! TRAN cavalry, strong and numerous,
presented II self to protect the retreat
| OF its infantry. The division of Ct.
Sulpice on the right, and the division
: OF Nansouty on the left, attacked the IN.
me line CT hnssars and cuirassiers of
: the enemy were put TO flight More
than three hundred Austrian cuiras.
siers were made prisoners. Night
: came on. Our cuirassiers continued
| their march to Ra,lsbon. The diyisi.
On of Nansouty met a column of the
enemy which fed, charged it, and
made 1t prisoner. 1t was composed
, OF three Hungarian battalicns of 1900
men.
The division of St. Sulpice charged
another detachment in which the arch
duke Charles narrowly escaped being
taken. He owed his safety only to
: swiftness of his horse. In the battle
OF Ekmuhl there was but one-half
[ OF the French troops engaged. The
r enemy,s army continued to defile all
: night by degrees, taking the NOSE
: irIGhttul roads. All their wounded.
t the greatest part of their artillery. 6f.
= teen pair OF colors, and 10000 prison.
, ers, have fallen into our hands. The
: cuirassiers have, according to custom,
: covered themselves with glory.
COMBAT AND TAKING or RAT1sroE,
.Af,H %.
At the dawn of day, we advanced To
hatlsbon, the advanced guard formed
J by the division of Gudin, and the chi.
rassiers of the divisions of Nansontv
and ST. Sulpice. We were not Iono
, before we saw the enemy's cavalry.
} which endeavored to cover the civ
e Three different attacks were made.
} and all were TO our advantage. Sword
: ia HAND we put To- aight 5000 of the
= ehemy's cavalry, who precipitatelv
l Ipassed the Danube. In the mean
tine our sharp-shootcrs went towards
the city. BY most preposterous ar
l rangement, the Austrian general had
: placed six regiments to be sacrificed
= without reason. The city is surround.
. ed by a bad ditch aud worse counter
scarp. The artillery arrived. We be-
, gan to batter with pieces of 10. w.
! soon knew that by means of Iadde, !,
we could descend the ditch and af
> rewards mount breach we had made
: ia ihe wall.
The duke Of Monticello (Lannes)
: caused battalion to enter this breach,
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