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Foreign News.
EXTRACT r itOM THE
Twenty-Fifth Bulletin.
lVolkrrudorf, July 8.
battle of wagram.
Strongly alarmed by the progress of
the French army, and the great succes
ses which it obtained, with scarcely a
* ny effort, the enemy put all his troops
in motion, and at six in the evening,
he occupied the following position—his
right from Stadelau to Geresdorf, his
centre from Geresdorf to Wagram, and
his left from Wagram to Neusiedel.
The F p ench army had its left at Gros-
Aspern, its centre at Raschdorf, and
its right at Glenzendorf. In this pe
tition, the day was nearly at a close,
and vtc had necessarily to expect a
great battle on the morrow ; but this
was to be avoided and the position of
the enemy to be intersected, so as to
prevent him from funning any plan,
by taking possession in the night; of the
village of Wagram. In this case his
line, already of an immense length, be
ing suddenly assailed and exposed to
the chances of combat, the different bo
dies of his army would be dispersed
without order or direction, and we
should succeed at an easy rate, and
without any serious engagement.
The attack on Wagram took place,
and our troops took possession of the
village ; but a column of Saxons and a
French column mistook each other in j
the dark far enemies, and this operati
on failed.
We then prepared for the battle of
Wagram. It appears that the dispo
sitions of the French general, and those
of the Austrian general, were inverted.
The emperor passed the night in accu
mulating his forces towards his centre,
where he was in person, within cannon
shot of Wagram. With this view tile
duke of Rivoli moved upon the left of
Aderkiau, leaving at Asptrn a single
division, with orders for it to fall back,
in case ot necessity, upon the Isle of
Lobau. The duke of Auerstadt re
ceived orders to leave Unoccupied the
village of Grosshoffm that night, to ap
proach the centre. The Austrian ge
neral on the contrary, weakened his
centre to secure and augment his ex
tremities which Ac still farther extend
ed .
On the 6th at day-break, the prince
of Ponte-Corvo occupied the l*ft, ha
ving the duke of Rivoli in a second line.
Ti»e viceroy connected him with the
centre, where the corps of count Oudi
not, that of the duke of Rigusa, those
of tnc imperial guards, and the divisi
ons of cuirassiers, formedseven or eight
lines.
The duke of Auerstadt marched from
the right to reach the centre. The en
•myon the contrary, put Bellegard’s
corps in motion for Stadelau. The
corps of Kollowrath, Lichtenstein and
Hillicr, connected their right with the
position of Wagram, where prince Ho
henzollern was* and with the extrem
ity of the left at Neusiedel, where the
corps of Rosenberg debouched, in or
der also to out-flank that of the duke of
Auerstadt. Ti»» corps of Rosenherg,
and that of the duke of Auerstadt mo
ving in opposite directions, encounter
ed each other with the first rays of the
sun, and gave the signal of battle.
The emperor instantly repaired to this
point, ordered the duke of Auerstadt
*o be reinforced by the division of the
duke of Padua's cuirassiers ; and the
corps of Rosenberg to be attacked in
flank by a battery of 12 guns, of the di
vision of count Nansouty. In less than
three quarters of an hour, the fine
corps of the duke of Auerstadt gave a
good account of the corps of Rosenberg,
defeating it, and driving it beyond
Neusiedel, with considerable loss.
In tbe m -an time a cannonade com
m need alongthe whole of the line,
an 1 the enemy's dispositions were eve
ry nnrn.nt discovering themselves.
The wh »le of his left Wi» secured with
•rtiilery. One might have said, that
the Austria.> general was not fighting
fir victory, but was looking only to the
mea ts of improving it. The disp tsi
on of the en :mv seemed so absurd that
B i n : snare wis apprehended ; and the
e n imr delayed same time, before he
ordered those easy dispositions which lie
h»1 to mike to disconcert th ise of the
enemy, and render them fatal to him.
He order ul the duk; of Rivoli to make
an attack on the village occupied by the
enemy, and wnich somewhat straiten -
*d the extremity of the centre of the
arnv. He ordered the duke ofAuer
sta It to turn the position of Neusiedel,
and thence t# push on upon Wagram;
and he formed the duke of Ragusa’s
troops, and those of genersl Macdon- ;
aid in column, to carry Wagram at the
moment the duKp of Auerstadt should
debouch.
While these proceedings were taking
place, information was received that
the enemy was making a furious attack
upon the village carried by the duke of
Rivoli; that our left was out-flanked
by 3000 toises ; that a brisk cannonade
was already heard at Gross-Aspern,
and Wagram seemed to be covered
with an immense lineof artillery. There
was no longer any room for doubt. The
enemy had committed an enormous
fault, and we had only to profit by
it. The emperor immediately ordered
general Macdonald to form the divisi
ons of Broussier and Lamarque in co
lumns of attack. He ordered the di
vision of Nansouty to be supported by
the bore-guards, and a battery of 60
guns, belonging to the guards and 40
of different other corps. Gen. Count
Lauriston, at the head of his battery of
100 pieces ot artillery, marched at a
tiot against the enemy, advanced with
out firing to within half gun-shot dis
tance, and there opened a prodigious
fire, which silenced that of the enemy,
and spread death among his ranks.
Gen. Macdonald then advanced at Hie
fias cle charge. The general of division,
Reille, with the brigade of fusiliers and
sharp-shooters of the guards, supported
gen. Macdonald. The guards made a
change of front, in order to render this
attack infallible. In an instant, the
enemy’s centre lost a league of ground;
his right became alarmed. ptrceiv
j ing the dangerous position in which it
was placed, rapidly fell back—the duke
of Rivoli, at that moment, attacked it
in front. Whilst the rput of the cen
tre struck consternation into the right
of the enemy, and prtcipitated its
movements, the left was attacked and
out-flanked by the duke of Auerstadt,
who had carried Neusiedel, and who
having gained the elevated plain, was
marching upon The divi-1
sions of Broussier and Gudin, covered
themselves with glory.
It was then only ten o’clock in the
morning, and those who had the least
penetration saw that the fate of the day
was decided, and that the victory was
ours.
At noon count Oudinot marched up
on Wagram, to assist the duke of Au
. erstadt. He was successful, tnd car
ried that important position. After
ten o’clock the enemy fought only to
effect his retreat; at twelve this was
. manifest; it was conducted in disor
der , long before dark, the enemy was
out of sight. Our left was posted at
Jetelseeand Ebersdocf, our centre up
on Obersdorf. and the cavalry of oqr
right extended their posts as far as
Shoukirchen.
On the 7th, at day-break, the army
was in motion, and upon Konreubourg
and Wolkerstlorf, and had some posts
» nearNicosburg. The enemy, cutoff
: from Hungary and Moravia, had been
I forced to fall back upon Bohemia.
: Such is the narrative of the battle of
- Wagram, a battle decisive and ever
. memorable, in which from 800,000 to
400,000 men and from 1200 to 1500
pieces of cannon, contended for great
interests, upon a field of battle, studied,
planned and fortified by the enemy for
several months. Ten pair of colors,
40 pieces of cannon, 20,000 prisoners,
including between 300 and 400 officers
and a considerable number of generals,
colonels, and majors, are the trophies
of this victory. The fields of battle are
covered with the slain ; among whom
are the bodies of several generals, and
among others, one named Norman, a
Frenchman a traitor to his country,
who prostituted his talents against her.
All the enemy’s wounded have fallen
into’our hands. Those whom he aban
doned at the commencement of tbe ac
tion were found in the adjacent villa
ges. It may be calculated that the re
sult of the battle will be that of redu
cing the Austrian army to less than
60,000 men.
Our loss has been considerable; it is
estimated at 1500 killed, and from 3000
to 4000 wounded.
The duks of Istria, at the moment
when he was preparing for an attack
with the cavalry, had his horse shot
dead by a cannon ball, which fell upon
his saddle, and slightly graze his thigh*
The general of division, Lasalle,
was killed by a musket ball. He was
an officer of the greatest merit, and one
of our best light cavalry generals.
The Bavarian general Wrede, and
general Seres, Gremier, Vignolle, Sa
huck, Frore, and Dcfrance, were
wounded.
Colonel Prince Aldobrandini was
wounded in the arm by a musket ball ;
the majors of the guard, UfuSmenil j
and Carbeneau, were alae wounded ;
I the adjutant commandant Duprat, was
i killed ; the colonel of the 9th infantry
ofthe line fell on the field of battle.
That regiment has covered itself with
glory.
The officers of the staff is preparing
a return of our losses.
A particular circumstance, insident
to this grand battle is, that the column"
nearest to Vienna were only about 1200
toises from it. The numerous popu
lation of that capital covered the tur
rets, the steeples, the roofs ot houses
and every elevated situation, to witness
this spectacle.
The emperor of Austria left VVolk
ersdorfonthe 6th, at five in the morn
ing, and ascended a tower, from which
he had a view of the field ot buttle, and
where he remained until mid-night
He then set off in all haste.
The French head-quarters were
transferred to Wolkcrsdori on the mor
ning of the 7th.
TWENTY-SIXTH BULLETIN.
Wolkeridorf July 9.
The enemy’s retreat is a defeat. We
havecolleted a part of his baggage. His
wounded have fallen into our hands; we
have already counted more than 12,000
all the villages are filled with them. In
five or six hospitals alone we found
more than 6000.
The duke de Rivoli, pursuing the
enemy by Stokeran, is already arrived
at Hollabruna.
The duke de Ragusa had at first fol
lowed on the road to Brunn, which he
quitted at Wulfersdorf, in order to take
that of Znairr.
As nine o’clock this morning, he
met at Laa a rear-guard, which he rou
ted, he took 900 of them prisoners.
He will be to-morrow at Znaim.
The duke of Auerstadt is arrived to
day at Nicosburg.
The emperor of Austria, prince An
thony, with a suit of about 200 chari
lots, coaches and other carriages, slept
on the 6th at Erunsbrunn, the 7th at
Hollabrun, the Bth at Znaim, whence
they set out at nine in the morning.—
According to the relation of the country
people who conducted them, their de
jection was extreme.
Onp of the princes de Rohan was
found wounded. The emperor has
made him general of brigade. The
chief-of a squadron of artillery, Gre
nier, has lost an arm. These intrepid
artillerymen displayed all the power of
this terrible weapon.
The horse-chasseurs of the guard
charged and drove back, on the day
ofthe battle of Wagram, three squares
of infantry* They took four pieces of
cannon. The lighthorse Poles of the
guard charged a regiment cfpikemen.
They took the prince of Auevspurg
prisoner, and captured two pieces of
cannon.
The Saxon Hussars d’Albert charg
ed the Cuirassiers d’Albert, and took
their colors. It was a very singular
thing to see two regiments belonging
to the same colonel fighting one a
gainst the other.
It appears that the enemy is aban
doning Moravia and Hungary, and is
retiring into Bohemia.
The mads are covered with the men
belonging to the Landwehr and the le
vy en masse, who are returning to
their houses. ‘ \
The losses which desertion is ad
ding to those the enemy has sustained,
in killed and wounded, and prisoners,
are concurring to annihilate his army.
The numerous letters which have
been intercepted are a striking picture
of the discontent ofthe hostile army
and the disorder which reigns in it.
Now that the Austrian monarchy is
withont hope, it will evince being ill
acquainted with the character of those
who govern it, not to expect that they
will humiliate themselves as they did
after the battle of Austerlitz. At that
epoch they were as now, without hope;
and they exhauted all their protesta
tions and oaths.
During the day of the 6th, the ene
my sent a few hundred men to the
right bank ofthe Danube to make ob
servations. They re-embarked after
having lost a few men killed or taken
prisoners.
The Heat was excessive on these
days. The thermometer was almost
constantly at 26(R.J degrees-
There a re great quantities of wine. In
one village 3,000,000 pints were found.
It has happily no bad quality.
Twelve of the most considerable vil
lages in the beautiful plain of Vienna,
such as are seen in the neighborhood
of a great capital, hav* been burnt dur
ing the battle. The just hatred of the
nation is loud againstthe guilty men
; who have have drawn upon them these
calamities*
The general of brigade, J.atoche,
entered Nuremburgh on the 28th of
June, with a corps of cavalry, and
proceeded towards Barcutb. He met
the enemy at Bensentheim, charged
him with the first provisional regiment
of dragoons, and cut in pieces Jail who
opposed hi in, and took two pieces of
cannon.
Hamburg, July 21.
Light o clod, A. M. — ] his moment
a courier from the emperor and king,
has arrived with the copy of the armi
stice agreed upon between-the two cm- (
perors on the 12th instant, and has
brought us the agreeable news that
peace is Very near.
ARMISTICE,
Agreed upon between the emperor of
J< rar.ee and king oi Italy , find the em
peror aj Anuria.
Au I.— 1 here shall bean armistice
between his majesty the emperor of
the French and king o, Italy and his
majesty the emperor of Austria.
Art. 2, 'I he line of demarcation,
on the part of Austria, is the boundary
between Austria and Bohemia, the
circle of Brunn, a line established on {
the confines of Mahren above Raab.
This line begins at Brunn near the
Marsh, and the Marsh on the other
side with its confluence with the
Zays, from thence to St. Johns and
along the Road from Presburgh, Reis
burg and three miles around the city.
The river Danube until its confluence
with the Raubs and three miles Irom
its banks until it reaches Styermark
Cat inthis, Istria, (with jthe exception
of Fiume which is submitted to the de
termination of his highness the Arch
duke Chiles.) f
Art. 3. Ihe Citadel of Bruen ond
Gratz, shall be immediately delivered
up after signing the Armistice,
Art. 4. The Austrian troops shall
evacuate the Tyrol ami the Vorsibe'rg;
the fort of Sachsenbtrg, sh„!l be deli
vered up to the French troops.
Ait. 5. !he Magazines, provisions,
and arms in those places in the pos
session of the Austrian troops mav be
carried away.
Art. 6. 'With regard to Poland both
armies shall occupy what they at
present possess.
Art. 7. The present Armisice shall
continue for one month—fifteen days
notice shall be given prior to the com*
mencemtnt of hostilities.
Art. 8. Commissioners on both
sides shall be appointed to fulfil the
conditions of this Armistice.
Art. 9* To-morrow (the 13th) the
Austrian troops shall begin n. evacu
ate the territories designated in the
armistice. Fort Bruen shall be deli
vered up to the French on the 14th
and Gratz on the 16th July, inst.
Done and concluded "by the under
signed, and authorised by both sove
reigns.
baron von wimpeen,
P'laj. Gen. in chief of the staff efi
ihe Austrian Army.
His excellency
# The Prince NEUFCIJATEL.
Certified by the general of the staff ol
the 3rd corps. REUBELL.
1 he Secretary in the absence of the
commandant. MARIN VILLE.
i i|a[|
Attention! {
AN Election will be held on Satur
day the 4th day of November next,
at the house of Mr. Linen’s, near the
dividing line between Hancock Sc Wash
ington counties* to elect a MAJOR of
the Cavalry, to command the squadron
of cavalry, within Brigadier General
David Adams s brigade j being the se
cond brigade ottbe second division of the 1
militia ol this sta‘e.—All commissioned
or breveted officers of the cavalry are re
quested to nttend and give their votes
in conformity to law. Given under my
hand this 20th September, 18C9.
Hugh B;r ir, jun’r.
Lieut. Col. Cav. A’, juivision.
September 23. j i
50 Dollars Reward.
ABSCONDED bom the subscriber
in Savannah, a negro wench na
med PRESCILLA ; she is of a black
complexion, short, fat and stout built;
talks the northern dialect, being a Ma
ryland negro. She travelled last sum
mer through the up country with the
subscriber’s family, and is supposed to
hrA'e gone oil in one of the Augusta
boats, ine above reward will be paid
to any person who wui apprehend and
i jdge her in any jail in the state.
"j. e. Houston.
September 16. 1§