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general d' Espagnc, after a feeble 

 opposition from the Austrians, en- 

 tered Gradiska early on that crr.i- 

 iiig. The French continued the pur- 

 suit towards Goritzia, with the in- 

 tention of passing tlie river below 

 tliat town, but their pontons not 

 being arrived, they were unable to 

 execute their project. 



'I'he Austrians had now retired 

 under the Malls of Goritzia, when 

 ilassena made his disj)ositions for a 

 general attack upon them on the 

 morning of the 17lh. But the arch- 

 duke had retired in the night to- 

 wards Laybach, harrassed without 

 intermission by the French litjht 

 troops. The magazines farmed at 

 Udina and Palma fell into (he 

 hands of the French army, who now 

 took up a position beyond the 

 Isonza. 



Here the French general judged 

 it adviseable to arrest his progress, 

 until he should be iiiformtd of the 

 state of things in his rear. On com- 

 mencing the pursuit of the arch- 

 duke's army, he left the Tyrol oc- 

 cupied by a considerable corps of 

 Austrians : under these circumstan- 

 ces, his advancing further might be 

 attended with great risk. VV iiatever 

 apprehensions he might entertain on 

 this score were not of any long 

 continuance, for the Austrian corjw 

 in Uw. 'J'vrol, c()i-,iniatid€>(l by the. 

 ;'.r!iduke John, were closely jiressed 

 ironi the sides of Suiibia and Cavaria. 



Au>;(T«iu, eisrly in November, 

 had mnde himself master of J^indaw 

 and l\n-gvuix, on the higli road to 

 Hunfjary. 



There re;nained in tlic Tyrol a 

 corps of Austrians, consisting of 

 about 7000 infantry and 1000 ca- 

 valry, commanded by the prince of 

 Cohan, which were placed ir» a 

 most critical si( nation by the lalo- 

 evrnfs. The or.ly po.-.sibiiity of 



escape seemed to be to reach Ve- 

 nice, by passing behind the army of 

 iviassena. Accordingly, they pro- 

 ceeded across the mountains, be- 

 tween the Tyrol and Italy, and ac- 

 tually arrived, on the 24th, at Bas- 

 sano, and toolc the road to Castel- 

 Franco. In the neighbourhood of 

 this place, they were opposed by 

 detachments from the army of St. 

 Cyr, who was stationed at Paduu, 

 (to observe Venice, which was 

 threatened by a descent from a Rus- 

 sian and British force) while Mas- 

 .sena marched to attack them on the 

 other side. On the 25th, the Aus- 

 trians .attacked a corps of French, 

 under general Uegnier, which was 

 posted at I'iombino, to cut o(f the 

 road to Venice, with such fury, as 

 to compel them to retire from the 

 field. At this moment general St. 

 Cyr came up and fell upon the Aus- 

 trian rear. Resistance could now 

 avail but little, so that the grtiater 

 part ot this corps, together with the 

 j)rince of Rohan, and several other 

 ollicers of distinction, were made 

 prisoners. 



By these operations Italy and the 

 Fclukirch M'crc completely evacu- 

 ated by the Austrians, and the di- 

 vision under Augereau compelled this 

 corps of generals Jeliachich and 

 Wolfbkehl to capitulate, with the 

 coi\dition not to serve against 

 France during a year. Augereau, 

 however, did not advance out of 

 Suabia, but remained in the neigh- 

 bourlfoodof Ulm, as it were to pro- 

 tect the rear of Bonaparte's army, 

 and to make head again-t a corps of 

 Russians, assembled ia Francouia, 

 apparently with a hostile inter.tiun. 



In the mean time marshal Ney, 

 supported by a corps of Bavarians, 

 under their general Deroi, entered 

 the Tyrol at Fuessen, and having 

 turned, by passis of e.\treme diiii- 

 •^1 ^ culty, 



