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trtans In Colonels and officers of lower rank, 
was considerable. 
Battle of Abensberg, on the 20th. 
The Emperor resolved to beat and destroy 
the corps of the Archduke Louis and General 
Keller, which amounted to 60,000 men. On 
the 6th, his Majesty took post at Abensberg ; 
he gave orders to the Duke of Auerstadt to 
keep the corps of Hohenzol'ern, of Rosenberg, 
and Lichtenstein, incheck, while withthe 
two divisions of Moraud and Gudin, the Ba- 
varians and the Wirtemberghers, ‘he attacked 
the army of the Archduke Luuis and General 
Keller in front, and caused the communicati- 
ons of the enemy to be cut off by the Duke of 
Rivoli,who passing by Freyberg, from thence 
proceeded to the rear of the Austrian army. 
The divisions of Moraud and Gudin formed 
the left, and manceuvred under the orders of 
the Dukeof Montebello. The Emperor deter- 
mined to fight that day at the head of the Ba- 
varians and Wirtemberghers. He ordered 
the officers of these two armies to form a cir- 
cle, and addressed them ina long speech. The 
Prince Royai of Bavaria translated into Ger- 
man what he said in French. The Emperor 
made them sensible of the confidence which 
he repesed in them. He told the Bavarian 
officers that the Austrians had always been 
their enemies; that they ‘now wished to de- 
stroy their independence; thet for more than 
200 years, the Bavarian standard had been 
displayed against the Austrians. But at this 
time he would render them so powerful that 
they alone should be able to contend with the 
fouse of Austria. Bespoke to the Wirtem- 
berghers of the victories they had obtained 
over the House of Austria, when they served 
in the Piussian army, and of the advantages 
which they had recently obtained fitm the 
campaign in Silesia. He told them all, that 
the moment was come for carrying the war 
into the Austrian territory. This speech was 
repeated to the different companies by the Cap- 
tains, which produced an effect which may 
easily be conceived. The Emperorthen gave 
the signal for battle, and planned his mancu- 
vres according to the particular character of 
the troops. General Wrede, a Bavarian Officer 
of great merit, was stationed at Siegenburg, 
and attacked an Austrian division, which was 
opposed to him. General Vandamme, who 
cominanded the Wirtemberghers, attacked the 
enemy on their right flank. The Duke of 
Dantzic, with the division vo: the Prince Roy- 
al, and that of Gen. Deroy, marched towards, 
the village or Rouhausen, in onder to reach 
tue grand read from Abensberg to Landshut. 
She Duke of Montebello, with his two French 
divisions, torced the extremity of the enemy's 
left, and overthrew every thing that was op- 
posed to him, and advanced ‘to Rohr and Ro- 
semburg. Our cannonade was successful gn 
ail points. The enemy, disconcerted by our 
movements, did not fight for more than an 
hour, and thea beat a retreat. Eight stand- 
Stuie of Pudlic Affairs in Alay. 
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ards, 12 pieces of cannon, and 18,000 prison- 
ers, were the result of this affair, which cost 
us but a few men. 
ihe Battle of Landshut, and taking of that 
‘ place. 
The battle of Abvensberg having laid open 
the Hank of the Austrian army, and all their 
magazines, the mperor by break of day on 
the ist marched upon Landshurt. 
of Istria defeated the enemy’s cavalry in the 
plain before that city. The General of Divi- 
sion Mouton made the grenadiers of the 7th 
advance to the charge on the bridge, forming 
the head of a column. his bridve which 
was of wood, was set on fire, but that was not 
an obstacle fo our infantry, who forced it, and 
penetrated intothecity. The enemy, driven 
from their position, were thenartacked by the 
Duke of Rivoli, who had advanced by the 
right bank. Landshut fell into our power, 
and with Landshut we took 30 pieces of can- 
non, 9000 prisoners, COO ammunition wage 
gons, and the hospitals and magazines which 
the Austrians had begun to form. Some 
Couriers and Aides-de-Camp of che Comnian- 
der inyChief,, Prince Charles, and some cone 
voys of wounded men, coming from Landshut, 
also fell into our hands. 
: Battle of Eckmubl, on the 22d. 
While the battle of Abensberg and that of 
Landshut produced such important conseguen- 
ces, the, Archduke Charies had formed a 
junction with the Bohemian army under Koi- 
lowrath, and obtained some partial success at 
Ratisbon. One thousand of the63-h, who 
were left to guard the bridge of Ratisbon, and 
who had not received orders to retreat, having 
expended their cartridges, and being . sur 
rounded by the Austrians, were obliged to 
surrender. his event made an impression 
upon the Emperor, and he swore that in 24 
hours Austrian blood should flow in Ratishoa 
to resent the insult which had been offered to 
his arms. During this time tlic Dukes of 
Auerstadt and Dantzicheld in check the corps 
of Rosenberg, Houlheazollern, and Lichten- 
stein, There was no time to be lost. Vhe 
Emperor beganhis march trom Landshut. with 
the twe oivisions of the Duke of Montebello, 
the corps of the Dale of Rivoli, the cutrassi- 
ers of Nausoutzand St. Sulpice, andthe Wir- 
_tembergh division. “At twoo’clock ja theaf- 
ternoon they arrived opposite Eckmuhl, 
where the four corps of the Austrian armyys 
consisting of 110,000 men, hadtakena posi- 
tion under the command of the Archduke 
Charles.. The Duke of Montebello attacked 
the enemy on the let, with the division of 
Gudin, On the first siznal the divisions of 
the Dukes of Averstadt and Dantzic, and ‘the 
division of lightcavalryot General Alontbrun, 
took their position. One of the most beauti. 
ful sights which war can preseat then pres 
sentea itself; 110,000 men attacked on all 
points, turned on their left, and successively 
driven ‘rom all their positions; the detail of 
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