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ANNUAL REGISTEIl 1805. 



ucral Dupass, with a bri2;ade of grc 

 iiaditTS, turned their left, whilst 

 Biarshal Soult was on their right, so 

 that they were compelled to give 

 way. Night put an end to the 

 pursuit. 



The loss on both sides was consi- 

 derable ; that on the part of the 

 Russians Avas two thousand pri- 

 soners, and nearly as many in kil- 

 led and wounded, together with 12 

 pieces of cannon, and many bag- 

 gage waggons. On the part of the 

 French many were killed and 

 wounded, above 3000 men ; amongst 

 the latter were general Oudinot and 

 his two aid-de-camps. General 

 Duroc was ordered to replace Ou- 

 dinot during his confinement. 



On the 17th Bonaparte's head 

 quarters were removed to Znaim : 

 here were found (he sick of the 

 Russian army, which they had been 

 obliged to abandon, and likewise 

 a quantity of flower and oats. 



On the I8th general Sebastian! 

 succeeded in cutting olf part of the 

 Russian rear guard, and made 

 nearly two thousand prisoners, and 

 on the same day Murat entered 

 Brunn, which had been eracuatcd 

 by the Russiai.s. Brunn is a regu- 

 lar fortress, and capable of sustain. 

 ing a siege. Sixty pieces of ord- 

 nance were found in this place, 

 three thousand c\\ t. of gunpowder, 

 magazines -vvell supplied with grain, 

 and a considerable quantity of 

 clothing. 



On the 20th Bonaparte remolded 

 to Brunn, and received a deputa- 

 tion from the states of Moravia, 

 with the bishop at their head. He 

 caused the citadel to be taken pos- 

 session of, in which were found six 

 thousand stand of arms, and a con- 

 siderable quantity of ammunition. 



'I he Russians made an attempt to 

 defend the road leading from Brunn 

 to Olmnrz, and for this purpose 

 collected all their cavalry, amount- 

 ing to about six thousand men. 

 They were attacked by the French 

 gc-nerals AValther, Ilantpoult, and 

 Bessieres, with a selected corps of 

 the French cavalry. The Russians 

 maintained their ground the whole 

 day, but towards night they retired. 

 Tv.o or three hundred men on each 

 side were killed and wounded. 



The main body of the French 

 army did not move forward for 

 some days ; in the mean time Bo- 

 naparte caused Brniui to be put in a 

 state of defence. They then advanc- 

 ed and took a position near Wishau, 

 in face of the Austro-Russian army, 

 who were posted between that 

 place and Olmutz. The Russians 

 here received reinforcements, and a 

 general and decisive action seemed 

 to be the determination of both ar- 

 mies. Kere however we shall pause 

 for a moment, and now turn our 

 eyes to the other points of the thC' 

 atre of war. ' 



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