Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-16

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staaishsd q "A unsupported sgeFs ssaaa ans5
81 iissss multisudes cf enenhiess vhieh ;sos-
Ircbnded them On 81. sides already -
Ratsbon With one OF the finest regiments
'oF he afmy taken but shout 'wss scpn 5
heard The news Of De aryivat q his -
iesty WAS repeated III evsvy soasae ssds
Aew along the ranks. The emPefors oy
his usual manelvres, separated TWO corps
! ofrhe enemy's army on the 10Th he nea.
them At Absnsberg I; on the 21st marehsd
against Landshut, took possession OF inc
CITY. of the bridge across the iser, winch
was ale head quarters and cestre OF inc Q.
oerations of the enemy, by that means ent
of the commune ations Of the ,enemys ar
INV. ,sok their baggage, their pridSs g.
ouipaaes and their hospitals; on the 22d.
he marched against Echmuih, ob,aanksd
the Left Of the army Of prince .ChartsE
which was reduced TO four corps ia conss-
ournce Of the separation Of shs two Others,
completely routed them, took $4,000 men
and enc hundred pieces of cannon, and the
same night he sleps on the plain OF RATS
bon in the head quarters OF the archdnke
Charles on the esd he closely pursued
the enemy, destroyrdt the Austrian cavalry
and took possession Of Ratisbon aad made,
prisoners 1900 men, whom the enemy
had left in that city. ~. +.
In 4s hours the Austrian army, being
struck; as 1t were by thunder-belt, had its
fate decided. OF six corps, each upwards
of forty thousand strong, five were beaten,
reduced to half their number and separated
from one another. The wrecks OF four
corps Of their army wsre thrown upon the
Ina, without bridges, without magazines,
and without hospitals. The ru.nors OF
these disasters soon reached che sovereign
of Austria, and in less than two days ne
mos, sensriess presumption soon gave way
to the most dreadful CONSERVATION.
However, the 9th and OH corps which
formed the Austrian army in Italy, had
surprised our troops, which were iar from
expecting SO much disloy atty, blocSaded
Palma. \ ova and Venice, and on the 18th
of April were upon the Adige. j.
The emperor, plan was not doubtful
After he mad defeated the grand army OF
Prince Charles and driven four of his corps
in;o bohemia, he continued to follow ,he
TWO corps w!.;ch were retreasiag to lhe Inn,
h. marched against SA.szourg, L:n,z: Up.
per Austria and syria, IN order 70 ou,aank
the Austrian army OF Italy, ~ succor his
own Italian sias.s, Which aye 50 dear to
him. s.. ....'...- ...."., g..
Scarcely had month elapsed from the
unjust aggression OF the Austrian army,
when Vienna WAS 3oin5arded & compelled
TO open her gates and bow before our til
umphanI ,afms.
Inc Austrian army of Italy soon per-
celved that their TANKS were uncovered,
aud tel, the necessity Cf retreating; the
vicessy, who had conquered on the Pave,
ON the Norick Alps, in Carnioia, reached
the confines Of Syria and effected his juno,
ton with the grand army. Very soon af.
ter, he beat the enemy ia the heart of Hun
gary. The memorable anniversary Of Ma.
rrngo and Fricdlaud was celsbrated by the
BATHS Of RaSb that circumstance furnish.
ed his maj: sty the emperor with an occa.
sion to wr,;s to Ills adaptive son: 1enr vic.
tory is a grind daughter IF Msrengo.
Tne wrecks Of tn different CORPS Of the
army could not have rallied, and would
have been taken and disarmed if, by for.
tuitous event, the overAowing Of the Da.
nabe had not stopped the French army
The genius of war and the efforts OF, art
overcame their unforeseen obstacles. In
war the courage and force Of the lion mus,
by turns be united to the cunning and pru-
denee of the fox.
In fine, the battle Of Wagram, which
was followed by the armistice of Znaim
took the arm. sut Of the hands of our enc.
mics. No hopes now remained for them
except in the generosity of the vanquisher
which they had 50 often misunderstood.
By the treaty of Vienna, France and al
her allies have acquired considerable ad
vantages, and 2sacs has again been ressor.
ed to the eontinsnt. Let Us hope that thi,
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