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and defeating every corps of the 
Austrians that attempted to oppose 
him. Elated with the advantage 
they had obtained over him at In- 
golstadt, from whence he had not 
been able to move without consider- 
able loss, they hoped, by means of 
that superiority and s:rength which 
had rendered them successful, to 
have it in their power to molest bim 
as effectually, in his retrogade mo- 
tions. But the judiciousness of his 
arrangemepts was such, that most 
of the encounters were to their dis- 
advantage. 
It was not, however, without 
the most extreme danger and diffi- 
culties, that he pursued his march. 
Qn reaching the Lech, Latour 
came up with him ; an engagement 
ensued on the seventeenth, when 
the Austrians were totally defeated 
and pursued as far as Landsperg, in 
Bavaria. Moreau then crossed the 
Lech, and proceeded through Ulm, 
in Swabia, towards the Black Fo- 
rest, on the confines of Switzerland. 
But he was so closely pressed by La- 
tour, that he was obliged to make 
a stand at Steinhousen,, near that 
forest, and give him battle. It took 
place on the last of September, and 
was fought with uncommon fury on 
both sides, that of the French espe- 
cially, who saw no alternative be- 
tween vitory and ruin. They de- 
feated the Austrians, of whom they 
slewand took considerable numbers, 
with several pieces of cannon. 
The corps of emigrants, under the 
duke d’Enghien, son to the prince 
of Condé, suffered greatly in this 
aétion, as they had done some time 
before, in a conflict with the repub- 
ltean troops, that happened on the 
twelfth of September. 
Notwithstanding this defeat, La- 
tour remitted nothing of his efforts, 
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and still confiding in the number 
and goodness of his troops, harass~ 
ed incessantly Moreau’s rear. This 
officer now perceived that he must 
again risk ageneral action, and that 
unless he again defeated the Austri- 
ans who were nearest, they would 
speedily be joined by such numerous 
reinforcements, {hat all resistance 
would be vain. On the second of 
October, a select body attacked the 
right wing of the Austrian army, 
posted betweer Bibarachand the Da- 
nube. After routing this, they ad- 
vanced upon the centre, which was 
at the same time vigorously assailed 
by the centre of Moreau’s army. 
Thecontest lasted six hours, and was 
extremely bloody on both sides. At 
length the Austrians gave way, and 
were so completely defeated, that 
they retired with the utmost expe- 
dition to a great distance from the 
field of battle. Their loss amounted 
to near five thousand men, killed 
and taken, twenty pieces of cannon, 
with several standards, anda quan 
tity of ammunition.. 
This victory did not, however, 
liberate the French from the dangers 
that still menaced their march to 
the Rhine. Between them and that 
river was posted a numerous army, 
and stromg bodies infested their 
flanks andrear. They proceeded, 
however, with such firmness and 
judgment’ as to make their way, 
through every impediment, to the 
Danube, which they crossed on the. 
sixth of Oétober, pushing the Aus- 
trians before them. On the ninth, 
general Desaix, a very resolute and 
able officer. attacked the Austrian 
corps commanded by generals Na- 
vandorf and Petrasch, and ful- 
ly succeeded in keeping both in 
eheck, while the centre of the 
French boldly entered the, defile 
called 
