during his own Reign. 
and of Decaen he ‘had’‘no intelligence. 
In this dreadful predicament he took a 
desperate’ resolution; leaving General 
Walter with the cavalry, iis keep ihe 
cuirassiers of the enemy in check, he 
entered ‘the forest of Hohenlinden at the 
head of the®48th and 8th of the line. 
Threé battalions of Hungarian grena- 
diers, forming the escort of the parks, 
formed; they “advanced on Richepanse 
wit the ‘bayonet, takiug his soldiers 
for an‘irregular force. The 48th over- 
threw ‘them. This petty engagement 
deéided ‘the fortune of the day. Dis- 
order’ and alarm) spread ‘through the 
culivoy? the drivers cut their traces 
and fled, abandoning eighty-seven pieces 
of cannon and three hundred waggons. 
The confusion of the rear spread to the 
the*van.' Those’ columns which were 
far’ advanced in the defiles fell into dis- 
order; they were struck with the recol- 
Iection’ of the disastrous campaign of 
the summer; besides which, they were 
in’ great measure composed of re-* 
eraiis.’ Ney and Richepanse joined. 
The Archduke John retreated with the 
utmost confasion and precipitation on 
Haag, with the wreck of bis corps. 
‘General Decaen had extricated Ge- 
ncral' Drouet. He had kept the left 
column of the cnemy in check at Saint- 
Christopher’s ‘with one of ‘his brigades, 
whilst'with the second he had advanced 
into’ the forest to complete the rout of 
the’ battalions which had taken refuge 
there. Of the whole Austrian army, 
only the column of the right, com- 
manded by General Latour, now re- 
mained entire ; it had joined Kienmayer, 
who had debouched on bis right by the 
valley of the Issen, ignorant of what 
had passed in the centre. This column 
marched against Lieutenant-General 
Grenier, who had with him the divisions 
of Legrand and Bastoul, and General 
Haut poult’s cavalry. The action was 
extremely obstinate; General Legrand 
drove Kienmayer’s corps into the defile 
of Lendorf, on the Issen; General 
Latour was repulsed, and lost sume 
cannon; he commenced his retreat, and 
abandoned the field of battle as soon as 
he was informed of the disasters which 
had befallen the principal corps of his 
army. The left of the Austrian army 
repassed the Inn over the bridge of 
asserburg, the centre over the bridges 
of Crayburg and Miihldorf, the right 
over the bridge of Octting, General 
Klenaa, who had put his troops in mo- 
tion to approach the Inn, fell back to! 
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the Danulhe “to” cover: Bohemia; and to 
threaten ‘ind engage the Gallo-Batavian 
army. ‘Phe evening after’ ithe ‘battle, 
the head- quarters of ‘the’ Fiench army. 
were transferred to Haag. © In this 
battle, which decided thesuccess of thie 
campaign, six “French divisions) com- 
posing half the army, alone engaged) al- 
most the whole of the Austrian army. 
The forces on the ficld of battle were 
nearly equal, being about 70,000 men 
on each side. But the Archduke John 
could not possibly have assembled «a 
greater number, whilst Moreau might. 
have brought twice as many into the 
field. ‘The loss of the French army 
was 10,000 men, killed; wounded, and 
taken, either at the actions of Dorfen 
and Ampfingen, or atthe battle:of Ho- 
henlinden. Thatoftheenemy amounted, 
to 25,000 men, exclusively of deserters. 
Seven thousand prisoners, amongst 
whom were two generals, one hundred 
pieces of cannon, and an immense num= 
ber of waggons, were the ra of 
this day. 
The victory of Hohenlinden-wasia 
fortunate chanee; the campaigu was 
there won without any calculation or 
coutrivance. Phe enemy had»a better 
chance of success than the French; and 
yet ihe latter were so superior impum= 
ber and quality, that had they) beeit 
conducted with pradence and aceording 
to rule, every probability would aa 
been in their favour. Dy 
PAUL. 
The Swedish and Russian squadrons 
were arming with the greatest activity, 
and coustituted considerable forées. 
But all military preparations were ren+ 
dered useless, and the confederation of 
the northern powers was dissolved, by: 
the death of the Emperor Paul, who 
was at once the ‘author, the chief, and 
the soul of that alliance. Paul Tsiwas 
assassinated in the night of the’23d of 
March; and the news of his death 
reached Copenhagen at the time of the 
signature of the armistice, 
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This ‘monarch 
had exasperated part of the Russian 
nobility against himself by an irritable 
and over-susceptible temper.’ His ha= 
tred of the French revolution had: been 
the distinguishing featare of his reign 
He considered the familiar manners of 
the Trench sovercign’and princes, and’ 
the. suppression of etiquette ‘at o their: 
court, as one of the causes of that revo- 
lutiony: He, thercfore, established ia 
‘most 
