HISTORY OF EUROPE. | 
of Jourdan. The Austrians had 
been so much reinforced by conti- 
nual detachments sent them by the 
archduke, that they were more than 
equal in number to the French. 
They defended themselves with such 
obstinacy, that the conflict lasted 
from the beginning of day nll eleven 
at night, when the Freuch had ob- 
tained possession of the ground on 
which the battle had been fought. 
During this engagement, a large 
division of Jourdan’s army marched 
towards Amberg, to prevent the 
Austrians, who were stationed there, 
from coming to the aid of those who 
were fighting at Sultzbach. Gene, 
ral Championnet, who commanded 
this division, fell in with the Aus- 
trians while on their way to that 
town; and assailed them with so 
much vigour, that they were forced 
back to Amberg. The dispute was 
maintained with great courage and 
perseverance on each side, and last- 
ed no less than twelve hours. 
On the morning of the eigh- 
teenth, the French army moved for- 
wards towards the Austrians, who 
were strongly posted in front of 
Amberg. General Jourdan pro- 
posed to attack them before they 
had been joined by the archduke ; 
but theirsuperiority wasalready such 
that, without waiting to be attacked, 
they advanced upon the French with 
such impetuosity and vigour, that 
these were several times forced from 
the position they had taken : they re- 
covered it at last, after repeated ef- 
forts; and, pursuing their advantage, 
made themselves masters of the 
heights before Amberg. The Aus- 
trians were compelled to retreat 
acrossthe Nab, and wait the arrival 
of the numerous troops which they 
hourly expected would come to their 
assistance. 
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- They arrived at length, with the 
archduke at their head. Repeated 
expresses had been dispatched to 
him during the night of the eigh- 
teenth, to apprise him of the retreat 
of the Austrians before the French 
army, and of its taking possession of 
the couniry on the other side of the 
Nab. As soon as he had gained 
sufficient intelligence of the relative 
position of the contending armies, 
he resolved to avail himself, without 
delay, of the immense superiority 
which his junétion with Wartensle- 
ben now gave him over the French. 
After concerting their plan of 
operations, the archduke attacked 
the French division under general 
Bernadotte, on the twenty-second 
of August, and forced him to fall 
back to Neumark, whence he WaSy 
on the day following, compelled to 
Tetire towards Nuremberg 3 leaving 
the left wing and rear of Jourdan’s 
army exposed to that of the arch- 
duke, 
This proved a decisive day. Ge. 
neral Jourdan was no longer able to 
contend with the united armies of 
the archduke and of Wartensleben. 
They moved in order of battle, on 
the twenty-fourth, with an intention 
tosurround him. ‘The latter was to 
assail him in front, and the former to 
take him in flank and rear. The 
vast disparity of his strength obliged 
the French general to make an ime 
mediate retreat. He conduéted it 
with equal judgment and spirit, 
From the twenty-fourth of August, 
when it commenced, till bis arriva} 
at Wurtsburg, on the second of Sep. 
tember, it was a series of encounters, 
and skirmishes ; wherein the supe- 
riority of the Austrians in numbers, 
aided by the great multitudes of the 
peasantry, that fell upon the French 
from al] quarters, rendered all rea 
sistance 
