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army turned their backs upon 

 Austerlitz, to attack the left of the 

 allies, to do which they quitted the 

 same heights whence the allies had 

 marched to attack them. It was 

 now about two o'clock in the after- 

 noon : the action was decided along 

 the rest of the line, when the divi- 

 sion of Vandamme advanced to com- 

 plete it. 



The Russian infantry in propor- 

 tion as it passed the dyke, retired 

 to an eminence in the rear of Tell- 

 nitz. That village, as affording 

 some means of defence, was likewise 

 occupied by a regiment of infantry, 

 in order to give time to the rest of 

 the column to file oif. General 

 Doctorow continued the retreat. 

 Tellnitz vvas attacked and taken, 

 wherein were found many Russian 

 stragglers. 



During this scene of corifusion, 

 the Austrian cavalry behaved with 

 the greatest courage, and they suf- 

 fered prodigiously from the enemy's 

 artillery ; yet nothing could prevent 

 them from continuing to cover the 

 retreat of the Russians, which was 

 long protracted, owing to the fa- 

 tigue and exhaustion of the infantry. 

 The Russian column, when it reached 

 Newhoff, formed still a corps of at 

 least cis;ht thousand men. It was 

 then four o'clock, and already be- 

 gun to grow dark ; the Russian 

 battalions, after being restored to 

 some order, continued to retreat by 

 IJoscowitz, and marched the whole 

 nisht Under a heavy fall of rain, 

 which completed the destruction of 

 ♦ he roads, so that the remaining arid- 

 lery was abandoned. The Austrian 

 cavalry foiined the rearguard, w ifh- 

 out being pursued by the French. 



The victorious army took up the 

 position occupied by the allied ar- 

 my on the preceding night. The 



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latter retired completely behind 

 Austerlitz, into the position of IIo- 

 liegitz. But the very considerable 

 loss sustained in killed, wounded, 

 prisoners, and missing, more espe- 

 cially of the 1st, 2d, Jd, and 4th co- 

 lumns, placed this army in a very 

 feeble state, with respect to its dis- 

 posable force. The Austrian ca- 

 valry, which had been commanded 

 by prince John of Leichtenstein, 

 had alone some detachments in 

 front of Austerlitz, and formed the 

 rear guard of the army. Thus 

 closed this over memorable day. 



The loss sustained on both side's 

 was immense. By killed, wounded, 

 and prisoners, the allied army was 

 diminished more than a fourth part. 

 Forty standards and the greatest part 

 of their artillery and baggage were 

 taken, and such was the number of 

 wounded left upon the field, that 

 they could not all be dressed until 

 two days after the battle. 



On the day tollowing (the 3d 

 December) the French army ad- 

 vanced. . 



The cavalry, under Murat, which 

 on the preceding evening had pushed 

 forward detachments upon Raus- 

 nitz and Wischau, advanced beyond 

 Prosnitz, and sent out strong par- 

 tics to Kremsin. 



Marshal Lasnes marched to gaia 

 the right of the allies by Butscho- 

 vi(z and ^tanitz. 



Marshals Soult and Bernadotte, 

 with the imperial guards, and the 

 grenadiers of the reserve, were 

 posted on the route towards iluii- 

 gary. 



^Marshal Davoust marched upon 

 the left flank of the Austro-Russian 

 army, by the routes of Nicholsburg, 

 and of Auspitz. 



A tritltiig affair took place in the 



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