Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-07-06

is suf6cientto say they were put to the Il
The enemy has lost the greater part Of \
cannon, and a great number Of prisos
The 10th regiment oflight infantry # ,
division Of St. Hilaire covered Itself \
glory in attacking the enemy. Anil
Austrians being driven from tn.
which covers Ratisbon, were driver
the plains, and cut to pieces by the c,,.a
The senator general Of division, De-,
had horse killed under him. The
TRAN cavalry, strong and numerous
sented itself to protect the retreat Of I,
fantry. The division Of St. Sulplce or
right, and the division OF Nansoutv o. !
left, attacked them. The line Of hu..
and cuirassiers of the enemy were NM
flight. More than 800 Austrian cuiira,, n
were made prisoners. Night came On,
Our euirassiers continued their MARI
Ratisbon. The division of Nansou,y i q
column of the enemy which fled, char.,l n
and made it prisoner. 1t was comps l
three Hungarian battaions of l,5oo M,
The division of St.Sulpice charged and
detachment, in which the arch-duke CT
narrowly escaped being taken. He oHsI
safety only to the swif,ness of his hon'
this battle OF Eckmuhl there was but
of the French troops engaged. The ent
army continued to dehIe all night b, y
grees taking the most frighsful roads. |
their wounded, the greatest part Of the Sd
tillery, fifteen pair OF colors, and 2oOQ
soners, have fallen into our hands, TIKI
rassiers have according to custom, con
themselves with glory.
COlLBAT 81 TAKING OFRATBNE
1t4ss
Attic dawn of day, We advanc dol 81
lisbon, the advanced guard formed byh 81
vision OF Gudin, and the cuirassirs a*
divisions Of Nansouty and St. Su1prt
were not long before we saw the uAa8
cavalry, which endeavored to covertN&
ty. Three different attacks were mad Is.
all were to our advantage. Sword ID N8
we put to flight 5000 of the enemy SD
who preclpltately passed the Darub
the mean time our sharp shooters vdG Ut
wards the city. BY an inconceiyeatt M
rangement, the Austrian general had i
six regiments to be sacrificed withcu I'm
son. The city is surrounded by aba l 4.
and a worse counterscarp. The artls t& ),
rived, we began to batter with pieces n,
w. s.s soon knew that by means OF lad e g.,
breach we had mads' ii Alt astter@2Ed t4.s
The duke of Monticello caused ha1
lion to enter this breach, which gained II
ern, and from thence the city. All gra
sisted were put to the sword. lpr 93Hlle
OF prisoners exceeded 5000. In cons Gu
OF their bad arrangements, the end &c
not time to cut down their bridge, G
French passed it, mixed with the Az Ve
to the left side. This unfortunate CIT M
they had the barbarity to defend, bal I'll: 9
ed greatly; it was on fire part OF th' Sscs . ,
but by the sssiduity ofgen. Moland mn tbrs
division it was extinguished. .
Thus at the battle of Abensbergf3fy .
peror beat separately the two corp .
arch duke Lewis and general HlIdI 8s -
the battle of Landshut, he took poss !;
The centre of the communications -
nemy, and Of the general deposit -
and artillery. Finally a9
tie of Eckmuhl, the four corps oflio e
Tern, Rosenberg, Kollowrath, and
stein, were defeated and put thef en
The corps of gen. Bsllegardc arr ., uno
morning after the battle I: he coe'o~ g
a witness to the taking OF RatsDoh bo
fed to Bohemia. ,r >
In all our combats our loss ha' 10
ceeded 1900 killed and 1000 "ou M 10
The general Of division, CeryonI III
the et/,t ,u1;o, IF thp 1uke OF NOV