146 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1305. 



by Aitgsburgh to Munich, where he is received with the greatest Honours, 

 — Movement of the -whole French Army towards the Inn. — Disposition 

 thereof. — Fassage of the Inn. — United Austrian and Russian Arnnj re- 

 tire vpon Vienna. — Efforts made to dej'end that City. — Brannau taken.) 

 and occupied by the French Army. — Bernadutte marches to Saltshurgh, 

 and defeats an Austrian Corps. — Successes <fthe French main Army under 

 Prince Murat. — Lintz talen. — Ftench cross the Traun and the Ens. — In- 

 effectual Atter.tpt of the Russians to impede the Frogrcss of the French 

 Arms. — Austrian Proposition for an Armistice — rejected — a/id why. — Af. 

 fair of Nevstadt. — iw^frians defeated. — Vienna tolalfi/ exposed to the 

 Prench-rr-and sends a Deputation to Bonapai te to sue for iilerci/ Re- 

 treat of the Emperor of Austria to Brunn. — Vienna taken Possession of by 

 the French without Opposition. — Fhe Danube crossed at Vienna bii the 

 French Army, and the allied Austrians and Russians pursued into Mora- 

 via. — Bonaparte enters Vienna. — Partial Success of the Russians over 

 General Mortier. — The Court of Austria retrcatsfrom Brunn to Olmutz. — 

 Continued Successes and Advance i of the French Artny. — Russians defeat- 

 ed at Guntersdortf. — Head Quarters of the French advanced to Znaim — 

 and Brunn taken Possession of. — Bonaparte enters Brunn. — Austrian and 

 Russian r ♦/»// take a Position between Brunn and Olmutz ^^ 

 inforced — Probability of a gene rat Battle. 



Russians re- 



THE Frcncli army, cstimatfd at 

 about 140,000 hkii, was.by (his 

 time, rapidly advaiucd towards tlie 

 scene of attion : it moved in six 

 divisions ; tlie first corps, under 

 marshal Bernadottc, commenced 

 its march from llauovcr, about the 

 same time tha,t the army set, out 

 from Boulogne, and reached Wurtz- 

 burgh, in Franconia, on the '23d 

 of September, by the route of Got- 

 tingen and Frankfort. — General 

 jVJarmont proceeded from iiollaud 

 to Mentz, at the head of the second 

 corps, passed the Rhine atCassel,and 

 the 3d corps, com nanded by mar- 

 shal Davoust, passed the Riiine. on 

 the 2b"th, at 31<mheim, and advanc- 

 ed by Heidelberg and Neck;ir-Eltz, 

 on the Necliar. — Iha 4fh corps, 

 under marshal Soult, passed the 

 Rhine on the same day, by a bridge 

 thrown OTcr it af Spires, and ad- 

 vanced towards ilcilbrun, pu the 



Ncckar.— Marshal Ney, wifh the 

 5tli division, likewise crossed that 

 river on iiie2'Sth, by allying bridge 

 opposite Dunlach, and marched 

 towards Stijfgardt. — The 61h corps, 

 commanded by marshal Lannes, 

 jjassed the Rhine on the 25th, at 

 Kehl, and advanced towards Louis- 

 burgh. 



Prince Murat, vfhh the reserve 

 of cavalry, likewise passed the 

 Rhine at Kehl, and took a position 

 in which he remained, during sc-; 

 vera! days, bel'ore the defiles ofj 

 the Black Forest, as it were to! 

 make the Austrians believe the] 

 French army meant to take that] 

 route. I 



On the 30(h, the great park of| 

 artillery passed the Rhine, at the'; 

 same place, and advanced upou'j 

 Ileilbrun. 



The main body of this army,, 

 being niiw ou the German side of 



the 



