Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-07-24

the track OF The enemy in hi, prog
refs through Auilria, had inllamed
them with juit deiire of vengeance,
With joyful aeclamations, with the
cry, thoufand times repeated, Of
"Live our good Emperor" and with
victory in thei. hearts, our columns at
noon, on the aft, proceeded onward
to meet the reciprocal attack of the
advancing enemy /; and foon after 3
O'Clock, the battle commenced. The
Emperor Napoleon in person, direct
J ed the movement of bis troops, and
endeavoured to break through our
centre with the whole of his caval-
ry. That vaf body Of horie, he had
Imported by 10000 infantry, his
guards, and by 100 pieces of artile-
ry. His wings reited on Afpern and
Effingen, places to the strengthening
Of which, the refources of nature and
of art had, as far as was poilible, con-
tributed. He was no. able, howev-
or, to penetrate the compact MATS
which our battalions prefented, and
every where his cavalry fhewed their
backs, while our curiailiers unhoried
his armour-equipt cavaliers, and our
light hcrfe carried death into his
tanks. 1t was gigantic combat, &
is fcarce capable of defcription. The
battles with the infantry became i'm
mediately general. More than 400
pieces of cannon exhibited on the OPP
polite fides, rivalry in the work of
deltrudion. Aipern was ten times
taken, loft, and again conquered. Ef-
lingen, after repeated attacks, could
not be maintained. At eleven at night
the villages were in flames. and we
remained matters of the field of bat
tie. The enemy was driven up in
corner, with the ifand of Lobau and
the Danube in his rear. Night had
put an end to The carnage.
Meanwhile FIRE boats, which had
foated down the Danube, deitroyed
the bridge which the enemy had
thrown over the principal branch of
the river. The enemy, however,
conveyed over during the night, by
continued embarkations, all the diff.
potable troops which he had in Wen
ma and on the Upper Danube /;
made every poGble effort for the re-
contribution of his great bridge, and
attacked US at four in the morning
with a furious cannonadc from the
whole of his artillery, Immediately
after which the action extended a.
long the whole Of the line. Until
feven in the evening every attack
was repelled.
The perseverance of the enemy
was then compelled to yield to the
heroifm Of our troops, and the mott
complete victory crowned the efforts
Of an army, which, in the French
Proclamations, was declared to be
difperfed, and reprefented as annihi-
lated by the mere idea of the invin-
cibility of their adverfaries. The lois
of the enemy has been immenfe the
field Of battle is covered with dead
bodies, from among which we have
already picked up oooo wounded, &
removed them to our hofpitals.
When the French could no Ion
ger maintain themielves in Afpern,
the brave HelIians were obliged to
make lait attempt, and were facri-
feed.
At the departure Of the courier,
the Emperor Napoleon was in fall
retreat to the other Gde of the Dam
ube, covering his retreat by the pof-
fciiion of the large ifland of Lobau.
Our ARMY is Gill engaged in clofe
purfuit. The more particular de-
tails Of this memorable day fhall be
made known as foon as they are col
leaed. Among the prifoners are the
French General Duronel, Gen. of
DiviGon, and Foulet Roger, Firft
Chambcrlaia to the Empress +; alto
the Wurtcmberg General Roder,
who was made prifoner at Nufdorf,
by the fecond battalion of The Vienna
Tandwehr