17<5 ANNUAL REGISTER, 180J. 



exclusive of the brigade of Kamcn- 

 skoy, ^vhich remained behind to op- 

 pose general Le Grand, and a part 

 of marshal Davoust's corps. 



Had the left of the allied army 

 taken advantage of the ground, and 

 seized the means which it presented 

 for again concentrating itself, in the 

 opinion of military men, the defeat 

 might at least have been rendered 

 less decisive. The offensive move- 

 ment on (he part of the French dis- 

 concerted the attack of the allies, 

 from which they never recovered. 



The French being in possession 

 of the heights of Trntzen, be- 

 yond the lett of the allies, so that 

 the Russians, who were at Sokolnitz, 

 ■were surrounded, general Przi- 

 bischewsky, who had the command 

 of this corps, was made prisoner, 

 together with 6000 men, and the 

 whole of their artillery. The re- 

 licks of the second cobimn retreated 

 upon Avijut in disorder, and what 

 continued embodied fell back upon 

 tiie first column. This latter, in- 

 formed, "when too late, of tlie at- 

 tack made by the French upon (he 

 centre, intended to move to its sup- 

 port, but took a ^v rong direction 

 to be capable of making a diversion 

 in its favour. 



The Aiistrian cavalrjs which had 

 been left beyond Tellnitz, retired 

 through that village. leaving some 

 battalions of infantry, and a few 

 cavalry, on the hill fronting it, to 

 secure the march of general Bn^. 

 hoevden, who was retiring upon Au- 

 jut, by the route he had advanced. 

 To protect the flank of the Russian 

 infantry, the Szeckler hussars, under 

 prince Maurice of Liechtenstein, 

 and O'Reilly's light cavalry, with 

 two regiments of Cossacks, under 

 general Stutterheim, were advanced 

 upon the plain, brtii'ccn the foot of 



the hills and the villages of Tcllnitr 

 and Sokolnitz. General Norlitz, 

 with the hussars of Hesse Hombourg, 

 marched with the column. 



The French, after their success in 

 the centre, had already brought 

 forward their reserve, consisting of 

 ?0 battalions, and had extended 

 along the brow of the heights that 

 were occupied in the morning by 

 the allies, from Pratzen to the cha- 

 pel above An jut, but as yet they 

 were not in force, and had no can- 

 non above that village. 



As soon as this column of the al- 

 lies arrived in Aujut, the division of 

 Vandamme rushed like a torrent 

 down upon the village, of which, 

 after a short resistance, they took 

 possession. Four thousand men 

 Mere made prisoners, and lost their ' 

 artillery. But general IJuxhocvden, • 

 with a few battalions, succeeded in 

 rejoining the army near Austerlitz. 

 JMany fugitives perished in the lake, 

 ■which was not si:!Ticiently frozen to 

 support them. 



After the French had occupied 

 Aujiit, the centre and rear of the 

 first column fell back, under the 

 orders of general Docktorow, upon 

 the plain between Tellnitz and the 

 lake. The only retreat left them 

 was over a narrow dyke between 

 two lakes, on wiiich two men only 

 could pass abreast. General Kien- 

 meyer with a liody of hussars, was 

 sent over in advaut'e, in order to 

 observe the enemy, who, it was 

 feared, might attempt to cut off tlie 

 retreat by coming round the lake. 

 The Russian infantry was likewise 

 protected by the cavalry under 

 prince Maurice and general Stutter- 

 heim. 



The conclusion of this battle is 

 very rcmarkahle, since the troops 

 of the right wing of the Frencl» 



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