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, tve reslstaiice. In order to dis- 

 tillage the infantry, the grand 

 I duke's regiment of horseguards 

 made a charge on the enemy's flank, 

 rliecked and rontL'd their cavalry, 

 and afterwards attacked the infantry, 

 ■which had advanced to thtir sup- 

 port. On this occasion the French 

 lost a standard belonging to the 

 fourth regiment. Tiie Rnssian 

 guards were, however, obliged to 

 Titire; but they succeeded, after 

 jiisiderable loss, in rallying and 



rming on the heights vviiich they 

 had quitted, vt'hcnce they continued 

 •heir movements upon Austerlitz, 



irching towards Krzeuowitz. 

 The French cavalry renewed the 

 attack, but ihey were checked by 

 the Ilussian horsegnards and some 

 squadrons of hussars, who charged 

 them at the very moment when they 

 were about to assail the infantry dur- 

 ign its retreat. The Russian cavalry 

 Mas likewise closely engaged with the 

 French horse grenadier guards, w ho 

 had come up, under general Rapp,to 

 reinforce the French cavalry. 



From that moment the Russian 

 guards eflected their retreat upon 

 Austerlitz, without further moles, 

 tation fiom the French, who r(!- 

 maineJ on the heights in front of 

 Blasowitz. Prince Repnin, colonel 

 of the horseguards, was wounded, 

 and made prisoner, with some ofll- 

 cere of the same corps, which suf- 

 fcrcdly severely, but had few taken 

 prisoners. 



On the right of the allies we left 

 prince IJagration, in front of Po. 

 sornitz. General L Warrow, with 

 the cavalry under his command, 

 was upon that prince's left near 

 Holubit^; but mnrsLal Launes ar- 

 riTing with his troops in columns 

 between these tvvo corps, put a stop 

 to the marck of the right of the al. 



lies, and Lannes, to secure the re- 

 treat of the left wing of iha 

 French armj-, in case of disaster, 

 posted 18 pieces of cannon, pro- 

 tected by a regiment of infantry, 

 on a commanding height to the left 

 of the road leading to Brunn. This 

 height was to have been occupied by 

 prince Bagration. 



Prince Bagration maintained 

 himself for some time in his posi- 

 tion ; but the enemy continuing 

 to advance in column, supported by 

 part of the cavalry under Murat, 

 and having driven the Russians from 

 the villages of Krug and Ilolubitz, 

 he retired upon the right of Raus- 

 witz, and in the evening march- 

 ed to Austerlitz. General Ulanus, 

 who commanded the Russian ca- 

 valry, by great intelligence and bra- 

 very, retarded the rapid progress 

 which the French would otherwise 

 have made, while general Uwarrow, 

 with a corps of cavalry, protected 

 the retreat. Prince Bagration took 

 post in the rear of Austerlitz, while 

 the cavalry under prince John of 

 Lichtenstein occupied the heights 

 in front of that place- 



The road to NV ishau, under these 

 circumstances, being left totally un- 

 covered, the chief part of the bag- 

 gage of the allied army was after- 

 wards captured. 



^^ e shall now revert to what was 

 passing on the left of the combined 

 army at Tcllnitz, and Sokolnitz. 

 The first second and third columns 

 continued to march upon the points 

 fixed in the original plan of attack, 

 without adverting to the enemy's 

 movements, and without having dis- 

 crimination enough to take that di- 

 rection, which the nature of the 

 ground, and the position of the ene- 

 my, ought to have suggested to 

 them. These three columns were 

 composed of fifty-five battalions, 



exclusive 



