The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-09-05
SUPPLEMENT-
TO THE LONDO.N' GAZETTE.
TUFsDAy J,flv II

SUPPLEMENT-
TO THE LONDO.W GAZETTE.
TUESDAY, July IL.
In account offhe RatHs fought near .ashern
on ne 17arthfeid. on me 2lSt e 22d Muy.
1907, 6ctzvecm the .irchduke Charles of
austria, Geue'nHsaimo of the ID,t,r;ai
.dnstr7Gn armies, e The Ea,heror Nahoie
on Commander IN ChicfQf!he French and
allied armies.
The emperor Napoleon having. after some
sahs"inarv engagements near Abensburgh
f1ausei,, and HnziinZen, in which the for
tune OF war favored the Austrians so as 10
forcc the French garrison at Ratisbon to sur
render, succeeded in cutting off the left wing
OF the Austrian army, and driving it back to
Landshut, and afterwards in advancing by
tckmuhl with 4 superior corps of cavalry,
taking the road of Eglofsheim, and forcing
TO retreat those Arstrian corps that were
posted OH the heights Of Leikepoint and Tai.
messing, the archtuke ON the 23d of April
crossed the Danube, near Ratisbon, and ioin-
eel the corps OF Beliegartle, who had opened
the campaign by several successful fairs in
the Upper Palatinate. had reached Amberg,
Neumarkt and Hemau, and had bv this time
approached Stadt am Hof, in order to ex.
ecu'e his immediate junction with the arch
duke.
The emperor Napoleon ordered the bonn
bardment OF RaisboB, occupied by a few bat
ta'ions who were to cover the passage of the
Danube. On the Esd, in the evening. he be
came master of it, and Immediately hasten.
ed along the right bank of the Danube to en-
ter the Austrian states, in order. as he o.
penly declared, tn dictate peace at Vienna
The Austrian army had taken a position
near Cham, behind the river Regen, which
p q rh..fI lNx,-. T.
ons, while the emperor Napoleon called ali
the disposabie forces, in forced marches
from the North of Germany to the Danube,
and considerably reinforced his army with
tue troops OF Wirtemberg, Hessia, Baden,
and some time after with these of Saxony.
Near kirn and Nittcnau some affairs had
happened betweea the out posts, which how
ever, mad no Influence upon the armies
Howevereasy it would have been for he
archduke to continue his offensive opcra;i-
ons on the left bank of The Danube withou
any material resistance, and however graft
Tying it might have been TO relieve provin.
ces winch were grooming beneath the pres
sure Oh foreign dominion, the preservation
oi ms native land did Mt permit him I, suff.r
the enemy to riot with IMMUNITY in The en-
trails oil the monarchy, to give up The rich
sources OF its independence, and expose The
foreign conquerors
These motives induced the archduke to
conduct his army to Bohemia, by way of
hlcntsch and Neumarkt, to occupy the 30
hemIan Forest with light troops and part of
the militia, and to direct his march towards
f'idwels, where he arrived on the Sd of Nav,
hoping to JOIN near Lintz, his left wing,
winch had been separated from him, and
winch was under the command of lieut. gen.
baron Hitler.
But the latter had been so closely pressed
by the united force of the French armies,
that alter several spirited engagements, and
even AFTER brilliant affair, i'm which the
troops achieved all that was possible against
'he dIsproportionate superiority of the enc.
my, he indeed was able to reach Linz, but
was incapable OF crossing the Danube, and
obliged to content himself with DESTROYING
the communication with the left bank. and
taxing up aposition behind the Trdun near
Ebersberg. This was the occasion of an ex
tremely murderous engagement, during
which the enemy, in storming the bridge.
lost near 1000 men: -Ebersberg was set on
IRE, and lieut.. gen. Hitler Continued his re-
treat, I'll he got so much the start as to pass
the Danube near Stain, without being dis
tulOed by the enemy, and to wait the ap.
proach OF the ~ chduke, who after having
in vain attempted the junction OF the array
near bintz had marched from Budweis to
Iwettel, still hoping by quick passage of
the Danube to arrest the enemy's progress
towards the metropolis.
Meanwhile corps Of Wirtembergers had
advanced from Passau along both the shores
OF the Danube, had occupied Lintz, and the
bank opposite % it; bad restored the bridge
aad signailzed itself by destroying the de
te -ceiess villages aud castles which could not
be protected by the small advanced guard
proceeding by the side of the main army
ne enemy by marching through the val
ley Of the Danube in tIie straightest line, had
got 50 much ahead, that all hopes of coming
up with him in front of Vienna vanished
sill, however, if that city had been able 10
hold out for FIVE days, it might have beeurc-
lievcd, aud the archduke resolved on ven