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ant' the EnTfierov ma;!e them sensible
of of confidence, tie said
to the Bavarian officers, that the Aus
trians had always been their enemies,
that it was their independance they
had in view, that for more than two
hundred years the Bavarian colours
had been displayed against the house
of Austria, but that for this time he
would render them so strong, that
henceforth they should alone be enough
to oppose her.
He spoke to the Wurtembergers of
the victories they had obtained against
the house of Austria when they served
in the Prussian army, and of the last
advantages they obtained in the cam
paign of Silesia. To all he said that
the moment of victory was arrived to
carry on the war in the Austrian terri
tory. These discourses, which were
repeated to the companies,by the cap
tains, and the dispositions of the Em
peror, wrought the effect which might
be expected.
The Emperor then gave the signal
ofbuttle, and measured the manceuvres,
after the particular character of the
troops. General Vrede, a Bavarian of
ficer of great merit, placed before the
bridge of Siegenbmirg, attacked an Au
strian divison opposed to him. Gener
al Van 1) unme, who commanded the
Wurtembergers fell upon their right
wing. The Duke of Dantzic, with the
division of the Prince Royal and of
General De Rov, matched upon the
village of Renhausen, to arrive on the
great road of Abensburg and Land
stadt. 'l'lie Duke of Montebello, with
iiis two French divisions, forced the ex
tremities on the left overthrew what
was before him, and* advanced upon
Rlior and Rotbemluirg. On all the
points the cannonade was kept up with
success. Tiie enemy, disconcerted by
these measures, fought only for one
hour, and then beat the retreat. Eight
colors, twelve pieces of cannon, and
18,000 prisoners, were the result of
this .affair, which cost but few men to
us.
Battle and Cafiture of J.andshut on
the 2 1 .v/ April.
The battle of Abensburg having un
covered the 11 ink of the Austrian army,
and the Magazines of the enemy, the
Emperor proceeded on the 21st on the
point of Slay to Landshut, and the
Duke of I stria overthrew the enemie’s
cavalry in the plains before this town.
Mouton general of divison, marched
with a quick charge the granadiers of
the 17th, to the bridge, being at the
head of the column ; that bridge, which
was of wood, was on fire, but this was
no obstacle to our infantry, which pas
sed it and penetrated into the town,
The enemy driven, from his position,
when then attacked by the Duke of Ki
voli, who filed out by the right side.
Landshut was in our possession, and
with it we took 30 pieces of cannon,.
9000 prisoners, 600 artillary chests,
with horses put to them, and full of arn
unition, 3000 waggons with baggag,
three superb equipagas of the bridge,
and the hospitals and the magazines
which the Austrians had began to
form. Couriers and Aids-de-Camp of
the General in chief. Prince Charles ;
convoys of sick coming to Landshut,
were astonished to find the enemy there
met the snme fate.
Battle of Eckmuhl , the 22 d April.
While the battle of Abensbergh
Landshut, bad such important conse
quences, P'ince Charles united him
selt to the crops of Bohemia comman
ded by Gen. Kollowrath, and obtained
a feeble success at Ratisbon, one thou
sand men of the 65th reg. left to guard
the bridge of Ratisbon had received no
orders to withdraw. Surrounded by
the Austrians and having exhausted
their ammunition, these brave soldiers
were obliged to surrender. This was
sensibly felt by the Emperor. lie
swore that in 24 hours the Austrian
blood should flow in Ratisbon to avenge
this affront done to his arms.
At the same time, the Dukes Auer
stadt, and of Dantzic, kept the corps of
Rojemberg, of Hohenzollen, and of Li
chenstein in restraint.—No time was
to be lost, on the morning of the 22d
the emperor began his inarch from
Landshut with the two Divisions of the
Duke of Montebello, the corps of the
Duke of Kivoli,the divisions of the Cur
rassiers, Nansoutey, and St. Sulpice,
and the Wirtemburg divisions. At 2
o’clock, p. m. he arrived at Eckmuhl,
where the four corps of the Austrian
army, forming 110,000 men, pushed
under the command of the Archduke
Charles. The duke of Montebello at
tacked the enemy on the lett with the
division of Guilin. On the first sig
nal, the dukes of Auerstadt and of
Dantzic, and the division of the light
horse of Gen. Montbruns charged.—
j Thjere seen then one of the finest
shews which war could produce. One
hundred and ten thousand enemies
charged on every point, turned on the
left, and were successively driven from
all their positions. The details of the
military events would be too long, it
will be enough to say, that completely
routed, the enemy lost the greatest part
of his cannon, and a great number
of prisoners, that the 10th reg. of light
infantry of the division Saint Hillaire
~ covered itself with glory by attacking
the enemy, and that the Austrians driv
en from the woods that cover Ratis
bon, were thrown into the plains and
cut off by the cavalry. The Se»ator
Demands, General of Division, had a
horse killed under him- The Austrian
cavalry, strong and numerous, present
ed itself to protect the retreat of their
infantry , the division Saint Sulpice on
the right, the division Nansanty on the
left, charged them ; the line of hussars
and cuirassiers of the enemy were put
to tiie route. More than 300 cuiras
siers of the Austrians were made pri
soners. Night approached. Our cui
rassiers continued their marcb|to Ra
tisbon. The division Nansanty fell in
with a column of th'* enemy that fled,
they charged it and made them prison
ers, it was composed of three Hunga
rian battalions of 1,500 men.
The division Saint Sulpice charged
another squad, in which the Prince
Charles was nearly taken ; he owed his
safety only to the quickness of his horse
—this column was either broken or
taken. In this battle of Eckmuhl, only
one half of the French ttfiops were en
gaged, The enemy driven before us,
with the sword in hand, continued all
night to file off by parcels and in the
most shocking disorder. All the wound
ed, the greatest part ot the artillery, 15
colours, and 2000 prisoners have fallen
into our power. The Cuirassiers have
crowned themselves with glory as they
are accustomed to do.
Battle and Capture of Ratisbon,
the 23 d April.
The 23d on the point of day we ad
vanced on Ratisbon, the advance guard
formed by the division Gudin and by
the Cuirassi :rs of the divisions Noan
santy and St. Sulpice, were not long
perceiving the cavalry of the enemy
pretending to cover the town. Three
successive charges were made,all to oar
advantage, hacked and cut to pieces,
8000 of the cavalry precipitately re
passed the Danube ; during these ac
tions our shooters tried the town. By
an inconceivable disposition, the Aus
trian general had placed therein six reg
iments, sacrificed without reason. The
town is surrounded by bad walls, by a
bad ditch, k by ajbad counterscarp ; the
artillery arrived, a battery of 12-poun
ders was opened, an issue was discov
ered by which with a ladder they could
descend into the ditch, and remount af
terwards by a breach in the walls. The
Duke of Montebello caused a battalion
to passthrough this opening, who gain
ed a gate which they opened, and so
entered the town. F.very one who made
resistance, was cut down ; the number
of prisoners surpassed 8000. In conse
quence of these bad dispositions the en
emy had not time to break up the
bridge, and the French passed among
them on the left side of the border.—
This unhappy town, which the enemy
had the barbarity to defend, has suffer
ed a great deal; it was on file part of
the night, but by the assistance of gen.
Morand and his division, it was bro’t
underand extinguished.
So at the battle ofolensberg,the Em
peror sent seperafely two corps of the
Arch-Duke Lewis and of Gen. Hiller ;
at the battle of Landshut he seized upon
the centre of the communications of the
enemy, and upon the general depot of
his magazines and artillery—And lastly
at the battle of Eckmuhl, the four bo
dies of Motenzalern, of Rosenbe v g, of
Kollotvrath, and of Zrehtenstein, were
defeated and put to rout. The corps of
■ Gen. Bellegrade, which arrived one day
: alter the battle, could only witness the
capture of Ratisbon, and saved itself by
. by a retreat into Bohemia.
This first notice of these military op
perations by which the campaign has
been opened in so brilliant a manner,
will be followed by a more detailed re
lation of facts, which have illustrated
, the French armies and their allies.
In all these battles our losses cannot
i amount to 1200 killed and 4000 woun
ded. Strvoni general of division, chief
of theetat major of the Duke of Mon
tebello, was struck by a cannon ball,
and fell dead on the field of battle at
Eckmuhl. He was a deserving officer,
who had distinguished himself in our
former campaigns. At the battle of
Peissing, General Hervo, chief of the
etat major of the Duke of Amurstadt
, has likewise been killedy Phc Duke o>!
Auerstadt sensibly reg"- 3 this cffic ? r ’
whom he esteemed fortfiis bravery, in
telligence and activity. The general
of brigade Clement, coirmanding a bri
gade of currassiers, of the division St.
Sulpice has lost an atm. This is an
officer of courage and of distinguished
merit. Gen. Shram has been wounded
The Colonel of the 12th regiment of
chasseurs was killed in a charge. In
general, our loss in officers is little consi
derable. The 1000 men of the 65th,
that were taken jii4 **'’*'“ rS * h ave mostly
been retaken. It is impossible to shew
more bravery, and good will, than was
displayed by the troops.
At the battle of Eckmuhl, the corps of
the Duke of Rivoli not being able to re
join, that Marshal staid constantly with
the Emperor; he carried orders, and
caused different movements to be exe
cuted.
At the assault of Ratsbon, the Duke
of Montebello, who had discovered the
place of passage caused the ladders to
be carried by his Aid-de-Camp.
The prince of Neufchatel, to encour
age the tooops, and to give to the allies
a proof of confidence, has marched sev
eral times in the avaunt guard, with the
Bavarian regiments.
The Duke of Auerstadt has, m these
different affairs, given new proofs of
the intrepidity which characterises
him.
The Duke of Ruvigo, with as much
bravery as intrepidity, did several times
traverse the legions of the enemy, to
make known the intentions of the Em
peror to different columns.
The whole of 220,000 men of which
was composed the Austrian has
been engaged, except 20,000 comman
ded by General Bcllegarde which did
not fight; on the contrary, of the French
army near half of it did not fire a mus
ket. The enemy, astonished by such
rapid movements, which were above
his calculations, found himself in a mo
ment deprived of his foolish hopes, and
transported from the delirium of his
presumption to a situation bordering on
despair.
SECOND BULLETIN.
[The Second Bulletin is dated Muhl
dorf, the 27th ot April. It describes
some small affairs which had taken
place between the armies, in which the
French were successful. Napoleon was
at Muhldrof. The Duke of Auerstadt
had gone in pursuit of the Achduke
Charles whose communication with
the Inn and Vienna being cut off, he
had no resource but to retire into the
mountains of Bohemia]
PARIS, May 5.
Messieurs the vicar generals of Paris
went to the palace of his serene high
ness the prince arch-chancellor of the
empire, for the purpose of concerting
with him to put in execution the or
ders of his majesty the emperor relative
to the prayers to be celebrated for the
victories ofTanna, Eckmuhl,and Ratis
bon. It has been determined that the
Te Detim shall be sung, at the metrop
olitan church in two days.
AUGSBURG, April 26.
We are informed that the French
troops have entered Passau, and that
Fort Obernhaus has fallen after a vigo
rous defence into the hands of the Ba
varian.
.ULM, April 29.
Weriemburgh, aid-de-camp, has
brought to his sovereign the news, that
the French advunced guard was yester
day morning at Voglabruch upon the
Austrian territory.
For the Centincl.
To the Editor of the Columbian Centincl.
Sir,
I HAVE not lead with indif
ference the altercation between the ed
itor of the Centinel and the Mirror of
the Times. Born and educated under
the present government of the United
States, I feel a lively interest in what
ever contributes to their strength and
prosperity ; but view with painful sen
sations the machinations by which their
strength is weakened and their pros
perity paralysed. No one can reflect
with more pleasure than myself on the
asylum which America has so often af
forded to distressed foreigners, nor re
gret more sincerely at the consequent
introduction of customs, habits, and
principles so opposed to revealed reli
gion, and destructive to the manly vir
tues, which support the basis of a repub
lican government. I consider the Junta
in this place an exotic plant , a branch
of that society called the Illuminati;
founded to oppose religion and laws,
and by whose influence Europe has been
j deluged in blood. Voltair, the father
of infidelity, whose talents did less ho
nor to human nature than his princi
ples debased it, was one of the iirst
founders of this society, fie drew to his
standard men of his own stamp. Their
plans were engendered in secret con
clave, and their satire leveled at the
Christian religion, order, and constitut
ed authorities. They made their ad
dresses to the weakness of humanity,
and by the acumen of their wit, and the
unbound**; licentiousness of their prin
ciples,seduced the gay and the thought
less, and corrupted society. The bet
ter to conceal their designs, they assum
ed the sacred name of JMasons , and in
terrupted, for a time, the harmony of
that ancient and honorable fraternity.
Frederick of Prussia caught the alarm.
He dreaded hat the unfortunate Louis
afterwards experienced, and endeavor
ed to banish them from his dominions.
By their disorganizing Atheistical doc
trines, they debased the minds of the
French people Sc paved the way for the
most bloody revolution ever recorded
in the annals of history. After their doc
trines had enabled them to commit ev
ery excess, had caused the destruction
of a million of lives, and the first of mon
archs to ascend a scaffold smoking with
the best blood of the nation, they then
threw themselves into the arms of a ty
rant. to find protection against the dia
bolical effect of their own principles.
Destruction in different parts of Eu
rope is still emerging from the filth of
this society. England was threatened
with an inundation of corruption, and
nothing but the strong arm of govern
ment preserved it from the bloody
scenes exhibited in the French Drama-
Had the pestilential influence of this
volcanic society been confimd to the
old world, there would have been n\ors
harmony, and fewer debilitating divi
sions in the councils of America. But
alas! the United States were doomed
to feel the effects of the new philosophy,
Restless spirits emanating from Xheillu*
minuti have encompassed sea and land,
to make proselytes and debase human
nature. They have united in juntas
and disseminated their disorganizing
principles from Ntw-Hampshire to
Georgia. Witness the growth of infi
delity and the increasing numbers of
the avowed disciple > of Voltair, Voluey
and Paine. If they can once succeed
in poisoning the public sentiment by
their deistical philosophy, farewd to
conjugal felicity ! the dearest, tenderest
ties in society will be burst asunder, and
the “fair fabric of our republican gov
ernment become enveloped in chaotic
darkness. Every good man must repro
bate a society whose principlesare conta
minating to virtue and subversive of or
der. “ Sweet water cannot flow from
a bitter fountain.” If the junta in Au
gusta is composed of men venerable for
their age, wisdom, Christian piety and
patriotism , eminently distinguished in
the field, and in the councils of the r
country, I have, Mr. Editor, by consi
dering them a branch of a society, the
most damning to the human race, done
them no less injustice than yourself, by
calling them “mirror boys.” But
if they are in reality, “ JS/ovi Homines ”
boys indeed, inveterate enemies to the
onlv standard by which right and wrong
can be distinguished, the Christian Re
• ligion ; if they are constantly endeavor
ing to corrupt our youth by their deist
ical harangues ; if they are standing be
hind a curtain directing the politicks of
I a news-paper, the better to promote
; their own designs, and denounce those
• who dare to rejoice at the returning
: prosperity of our country, I have done
them no wrong. They are pupils of
the “ leveling school.” Let them be
watched ; follow them through all the
windings of their dark recesses, and like
the first offender, let them be marked,
• that whomsoever meets may know
them, and you shall never want the aid
. of your humble servant,
■ CAVEBO.
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