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battle was fought, in which the Ruffians were principally 
engaged, and which terminated, after a fevere conflict, 
in favour of the French, who took 1800 prifoners. In the 
mean time marefchal Davouft, who had advanced beyond 
Steyer, had fucceeded in turning the left wing of the 
allies; when a part of the Auftrian army under general 
Mecrfeldt, attempting to check his progrefs, brought on 
a fli3rp engagement on the 8th. In this battle the Auf- 
trians are {fated to have loft a very confiderable number of 
men, befides 4000 taken prifoners ; thus was Meerfeldt’s 
diviljon almoft entirely deftroyed, and the general him- 
felf with difficulty efcaped, furrounded by about a hun¬ 
dred Hulaos. General Marmont, with the right wing of 
the French army, entered Leoben on the 10th, for the 
purpofe of cutting off all communication with the army of 
the archduke Charles, which was expected to march from 
Italy to the relief of Vienna. 
On the nth, at day-break, marefchal Mortier, with 
fix battalions, confiding of 4000 troops, advanced towards 
Stein. He reckoned upon coming up with the rear of the 
retreating army at that place ; but the whole of the Ruf¬ 
fian divifion was there, their baggage not having paffed 
by. The battle of Diernftein then took place, which will 
be for ever celebrated in military annals. From fix in 
the morning until four in the afternoon, thefe four thou- 
fand brave foldiers made head againft the entire of this 
Ruffian divifion, and routed all thofe who were oppofed 
to them. Having made themfelves matters of the village 
of Leoben, they thought the labour of the day was over ; 
but the enemy, provoked at having loft ten (land of co¬ 
lours, fix pieces of cannon, 900 prifoners, and 2000 killed, 
had marched in two columns, by different paffes, to turn 
the French. As foon as marefchal Mortier perceived this 
movement, he marched ftraight againft the troops who 
had turned him, and cut his way through the enemy’s 
line, at the very moment that the 9th regiment of light 
infantry, and the 33d infantry of the line, had charged 
another Ruffian corps, and defeated it, after having taken 
two ftand of colours, and 400 prifoners. More th»vn 4000 
Ruffians were killed and wounded in the whole, and 1300, 
among whom were two colonels, were taken prifoners. 
On the part of the French, tlae lofs was alfo confiderable. 
The 4th and 9th regiments of light infantry fuffered moll. 
The colonels of the 100th and 103d were wounded ; as 
was colonel Wattier of the 4th regiment of dragoons. 
From the time of palling the Inn, on the 28th of Octo¬ 
ber, to the termination of the battle in the evening of the 
nth of November, the different divifions of the French 
army had taken upwards of 10,000 prifoners. The Ruf¬ 
fians retreated by hafty marches, and paffed the Danube 
at Krems, where they burnt the bridge the inftant they 
had got over. The day following, they evacuated Krems, 
and quitted the Danube entirely. It appeared to have 
been the intention of the Ruffians to wait for reinforce¬ 
ments at Krems, and to maintain their pdfition on the 
Danube; but the battle of Diernftein difconcerted their 
plans; while the rapid movements of the French army 
admitted of no time for reinforcements to come up. Not 
a foldier was left to cover the city of Vienna ; nor was 
there the fmalleft obflacle to prevent the whole of the 
French army from making its approach to that grand 
metropolis. 
On the 13th of November, therefore, a day ever glo¬ 
rious, as a memorial of the victories of Francein Auftria, 
the emperor Napoleon took poffedidn of the magnificent 
city of Vienna, with great form and fplendour, at the 
head of his victorious army, which was now deftined to 
pafs through that capital, in purfuit of the Auftro-Ruffian 
Lroops on the other fide of the Danube. At break of day, 
prince Murat, with the cavalry, advanced through the 
citv to tile bridge of Vienna, which he eroded, after fonie 
conferences with the Auftrian generals, who were at firlt 
unwilling to allow the French army to pafs, and whofe 
engineers had been endeavouring to deftroy the bridge, 
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but without effeCt. The corps of marefchal Soult paffed 
through the city at nine in the morning; and thofe of 
marefchal Davouft at twelve. Thele were followed in 
the mod; orderly manner by the divifions of marefchals 
Lafnes and Bernadotte. The emperor Napoleon, foon 
after twelve o’clock, gave audience to M. de Wabna, 
who was at the head of the adminidration of juftice; as 
alfo to the other magidrates. The emperor received them 
with much kindnefs ; and defired them to affqre the people 
of Vienna that they might place the utmoft confidence in 
his protection. The population of the town was faid to 
Amount to 250,000 fouls. It was not fuppofed that 10,000 
people had left it on account of the war, or the ablence 
of the court and the perfons of diftinCtion. From this 
conference Napoleon hadened to infpeCt the arfenal, and 
to give directions for obtaining a correCt account of the 
{lores. He paffed the night in vifiting the advanced ports 
upon the left bank of the Danube, as well as the pofitions, 
and in fatisfying himfelf, perfonaily, that the duty was 
properly executed in all its departments. He returned 
to the palace of Schoenbru-nn at break of day, which had 
been prepared for his reception. The next day at two 
o’clock he went to Vienna to receive a return of the 
ftores, when the following bulletin was publiftied : 
Imperial Head-quarters at Vienna, 14th November. 
“ Prince Murat, marefchal Lafnes, the referve, the 
cavalry, and other troops, entered Vienna on the 13th, 
took poffeffion of the bridge over the Danube the lame 
day, prevented it from being burned, paffed it immedi¬ 
ately, and fet out in purfuit of the Ruffian army. 
“ There are found in Vienna more than 2000 pieces of 
cannon, an arfenal containing 100,000 mu fleets, ammuni¬ 
tion of all kinds, and every thing fufficient to complete 
three or four armies for a campaign. 
“The emperor has given orders that thegreatefl refpeCt 
fhould be paid to property, and that the utmoft attention 
ftiould be fhewn to the inhabitants of this capital, who 
fee with pain the injuftice of the war, and who evince, by 
their conduCt, as much friend (hip for the French, as they 
fliew hatred to the Ruffians ; a people who, by their ha¬ 
bits and barbarous manners, fhould infpire- all polifhed 
nations with the fame fentiments. 
“ The emperor expreffes his high fatisfaCtion to feve- 
ral particular regiments for different infiances of bravery. 
(Signed) “ Mareschal Berthier.” 
No refpite was allowed to the army in its purfuit of 
the Ruffians. All the columns continued in motion, and 
advanced into Moravia, fome days march beyond the 
Danube. A patrole of cavalry puffied forward to the 
gates of Prefburgh, the capital of Upper Hungary. It 
intercepted the courier from Venice, at the very moment 
that he was endeavouring to enter the town. The dif- 
patches of this courier brought information that the army 
of the archduke Charles was retreating in great hafte, in 
the hope of arriving in fufficient time to a Hi ft Vienna. 
Prince Murat, and the corps under marefchal Lafnes, 
came up with the Ruffian army on the 15th at Holbritnn. 
The cavalry charged them; but the enemy immediately 
abandoned the ground, leaving an hundred carriages, with 
their harnefs. The enemy having been reinforced, and 
bis difpolitions made, an Auftrian flag of truce advanced, 
and demanded permifitbn for the Ruffian troops to fepa- 
rate from the Auftrians, which was granted. 
Soon after, baron de Wintzingerode, aid-de-cantp-ge-. 
neial to hismajefty the emperor of Ruffia, prefented him¬ 
felf to the advanced pods, and demanded leave to capi¬ 
tulate for the Ruffian army. Prince Murat thought it 
his duty toaffent to this meafure ; but the emperor Napo¬ 
leon dilapproved of it, and immediately let out to the 
advanced polls. The emperor’s approbation was refufed, 
becaqfe this capitulation was a fpecies of treaty, and be- 
caufe M. dfe Wintzingerode was not furnifhed with full 
powers on the part of the emperor of Ruffia. However, 
his nwjefty, when ordering his army to march, declared, 
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