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would bave acquired new. glory:;, and, 
if it had been his, destiny to ‘fall on, the 
field).of battle; he, would haye been 
killed: by, a Russian, Prussian, or Aus- 
trian ball: he ought) not)to have fallen 
by/a French, shot. 
Moreau bad served) his conntry;. and 
his: name will gure gloriously in many 
a page of the history, of, the, revoluti- 
onary wars. His political opinions al- 
ways shewed great sagacity : and some- 
times. Napoleon has been heard to pity 
his deplorable end. ...... “'Those 
women destroyed: him!” Such are the 
fatal consequences of a weak, irresolute 
character. 
HOHENLINDEN. 
The whole effective force was 150,000 
men, ivcluding the garrisons and men 
in the hospitals... Of these 140,000 were 
disposable, and actually under arms. 
The Freneb army was therefore more 
numerous than that of the enemy by 
one-third; it was also very superior in 
the character and quality of the troops. 
‘The Austrian army came on in three 
columns; that of the left, consisting of 
10;006 men, between the Inn and the 
Munich road, directing its march on 
Albichengen) and. Saint-Christopher; 
that: of «the centre, 40,000 strong, 
proceeded by the road leading from 
Mithldorfito Munich, by Haag towards 
Hohenlinden ; the erand park, ; the wag- 
gons and bareage took this road, the 
only one which was firm. The column 
of the right, 25,000 strong, commanded 
by: General Latour, was to march on 
Bruckrain; Kienmayer, who, with his 
flankers of the right, constituted part of 
this.corps, was to proceed from Dorfen 
on Schauben,, to turn all the defiles, 
and place himself in a situation to de- 
bouch in the plain of Amzing, where the 
Archduke. expected to .encamp. that 
evening, and to wait for Klenau’s corps, 
which was proceeding thither up the 
right bank of the Iser. 
The roads were much eut up, as is 
usual in the month of December; the 
columns: of ‘the right and left marched 
by» almost impracticable cross-roads ; 
the snow fell heavily. The column of 
the) centre, followed, by the parks and 
baggage, haying the advantage of the 
high-road, soon distanced the others; its 
head penetrated into|the forest without 
impediment. Richepanse, who was to 
have defended it-at,Altenpot, was not 
arrived ; but; this) column was. stopped 
at the village of Hohenlinden, which 
was) the appui of Ney’s left} and, the 
station of Groueby’s division. The 
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French, line, which had thought itself 
covered, was as first surprised ; seyeral 
battalions were. broken, and, some ae 
order prevailed, Ney hastened up;, 
terrible charge carried death and me 
sternation into the head-of a column, of 
Austrian grenadiers ;, General Spanochi 
was, taken. prisoner. At that moment 
the vanguard, of the Austrian sight de- 
hbeuched from the heights of Bruckrain, 
Ney was obliged to gallop to, his Jeft)in 
order to face, them; his efforts, would 
have been insufficient had Latour sup- 
ported his ‘vanguard; but |he, was, two 
leagues distant from. it, In the, mean. 
time the divisions of Richepanse. and 
Decaen, which ought, to, have arrived, 
before daybreak at the debouché of the 
forest, at the village of Altenpot, being 
embarrassed in the midst of the, night 
in dreadful roads, and. the weather, being 
tremendons, were, wandering .a; great 
part, of the night on the edge ofthe 
forest. Richepanse, who marched, at 
their head, did not reach Saint-Christo; 
pher’s till seven o’clock, in the morning, 
where he was. still two. leagues, from) 
Altenpot.,, Gonvinced of the importance, 
of the movement he was operating, he 
accelerated his march with bis first, Lyi- 
gade, leaving) the second considerably 
inthe rear.. When the Austrian colunin 
of the left reached, the village of Saint: 
Christopher's, it cut him. off from, his 
second brigade; General Dronet, who 
commanded it, deployed. Richepanse’s 
situation became frightful ; he was half- 
way, between Saint-Christopber’s; and 
Altenpot; he resolved to continue, his 
movementin order to occupy, the, de- 
bouché of the forest, if it,should nat be 
in the possession of the enemy; or, to 
retard his march, and to concur. in, the 
general attack by throwing himself on 
his flank if the Archduke should haye 
already penetrated. into the forest, jas 
every thing seemed to indicate, that, he 
had. On arriving at. the, village, of 
Altenpot, with the 8th, the 48th.of, the 
line, and the 1st chasseurs, he, found, 
himself in the rear of the enemy’s parks, | 
and, of all bis artilleny, which| had, de- 
filed. He passed ‘through, the. village, 
and \drew. up inline, on, the heights. 
Eight squadrons of the cnemy’s \eayalry, 
which formed the-rear-guard, deployed; 
the -cannonade commented; the.-1st 
chasseurs charged, and were repulsed: 
The situation of General Richepanse 
became more and more critical ; lie was 
speedily informed that} he was not;4o 
depend on |Drouet, whose.,progress: had 
been arrested by considerable alin 
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