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verfion, by attacking the Auftrians under 
general La Four, encamped at Friedberg, 
and wading the Lech at a placeswhere it 
was fordable. ; 
The left wing of Moreau’s army 
this river firfi, at a ford unknown 
to. the Aufrians, and which the ey had 
confequently negletied to guard, eppcfite 
to Hanftetten ; the volunteers were above 
their middle 3 ii water, and carried their 
mufquets on their heads. The current 
was io rapid, that the Srft who advanced 
were almat entircly hurried away, but 
Were aiterwards reiieved. Fhe French 
troops took poffeffion of Kuffing, and 
gained the heights which lead to Ort- 
moring, on the left flank of the Auf- 
trians, \ whe, with their ‘artillery and 
infantry, covered all the river oppofite 
the centre of the ae army. General 
St. Cyr beg an the attack, by.a difcharge 
from the ari Ail ery and mufquetry; which, 
drasving on-that of the Anis: and 
even dimini ifhing j it fenfi bly s allowed the 
ether part of tne French forces to pafs 
the river, to the right and left of Tech. 
hhaufien, which viii lage i 
‘attacked ; the Aufina 
ef cannon, and were aor from. the 
fhamlet near the other bridge. - The 
¥rench then forced the bridge, which 
. the Auftrians had fortified with artillery : 
and attacked the pofition of Friedberg. 
‘Phe advanced guard on the right, 
commanded by general Abattucci, moved 
to the left on the great road of Munich, 
am order to cut off that retreat. General 
Ferrino-and general St. Cyr, with the 
¥emainder of the French forces, hemmed 
the Aufirians in on all fides, and put 
them to the route. ‘The divifion of 
general Ferrino, purfued as far as Rhine- 
thal. General Vandamme puriued to 
mear‘the valley of La Ser: from 1500 to 
‘aéco prifoners were taken, and forty 
officers, of whem three were of fuperior 
rank ; the fatigue of the men and horfes 
put an end to the purfuit. The French 
troops took pofieliion of Munich on the 
26th of Auguft. 
After the #rench had paffed the 
Lech, the reconnoitring parties informed 
general Mcreau, thatthe AuGriens pof- 
fefied the bridge of Ingoldftadt, and had 
a firo ng gerrifon in the town. On the 
firft of ” September, the French general 
Defaix had orders to attack theshead of 
the bridge of Ingolditadt, and force the 
~eg ES to cut down the bridge : gene- 
ral $t. Cyr was ordered to puih his our- 
poits, to hamper and reconnaitre Frefin 
ae Ferino was ordered to appro 
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Political Affairs.— France. 
Munich, fin¢e from the goth of Anguft, 
his vanguard had occupied Munich and 
V ertameening. In taking this pofition, 
the 4th of dragoons had “charged with 
the greateft bravery the cavalry of the 
Auftrian Vanguard, and had purfued 
them nearly as far as the Ifer, taking 
from them 80 horfes, and as many men. 
At the moment when thefe attacks 
Sere the Auftrians, who had 
marched alt n ight, a tracked at day-break 
the out-pofts ef the left wing of the 
French. They refifted foficiently te 
allow the troops who had marched to- 
wards Ingoli fas to return. They 
left there only the body of flankers, un- 
der the command of general Delmas, 
who was attacked the fame inftant, but 
fuieceeded in aca the Aufirians. * 
The vanguard fell back in good orde¥, 
as far as Hang genbrugh, and the chapel 
St.Garll. The troops of the main body, 
and the referve being plated ‘there, they 
checked the efforts of the Anftrians. 
a: Auftrian cavalry, notwithftanding 
the dreadiul havoc made among them by 
the French artillery, charged the French 
atteries with light artillery, which con~ 
tinued their, fre with the greateft eool- 
neis, though they were not above 25 
paces diftant. 
The French charged this cavalry is 
front and flank with great bravery; a 
part of them was driven. into a marth, - 
and abcut 100 horfes were taken. Aa 
other was obliged to pafs under the fire 
of a battalion—another French battalien 
then attacked the heights of the chapel 
St. Garll. a xe Auftrians, pa 
obliged them ta 1 re (in which the 
were favoured by the night) with only 
the lofs of 500 prifoners, but leaving the 
field cf battle covered with men and 
horfes, as well as the route they had 
taken. Their lo%&, in killed, wounded, 
and prifoners, was eftimates at z30@ 
men. 
This body telus to the army of 
general Wartenfle eben, which the arch. - 
duke had fent to ftop the progrefs of the 
French in that quarter; and from this 
circumfiance, general Moreau hoped 
that the army rane general Jourdan 
would eaily refume the offenfive. The 
French troops, though inferior in num- 
ber, were reported by their commander 
to have performea prodigies of valour. 
On ae 2d of September,. genera] 
Moreau took up his head quarters at 
Cafienhcfien, where he took 40,000 
facks. of grain, hay, fixaw, and, the 
vens of the Auftrians. iss . 
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