1809.] 
His Majesty caused several brigades of light 
cavalry to pass in review at Burghausen, and 
among others those of Hesse Darmstadt; at 
whose appearance Ne was pleased to express 
his satisfactions General Marulaz, under 
whose command the cerps stands, prescrited 
several of them, to whom his Majesty was 
pleased to grant decorations of the Legion of 
Honour. 
General Wrede has intercepted a courier, 
on whom were found two fetters in pieces, 
from which we may perceive the state of 
confusion in which the kingdom is. 
Fifth Bulletin. 
From the Imperial Camp at Enns, May 4, 1809. 
On the ist of May, General Oudinot, after 
having made 1400 prisoners, penetrated be 
yond Ried, where he took 400 more, with- 
ouc firing a single gun. 
The town of Brannau was a strong place 
of sufficient importance, since it ¢ommandéd 
a biidge on the river, which forms the fron- 
tier of Austria. In a spirit of inconsistency, 
worthy this weak Cabinet, it destroyed-a 
‘fortress situated on a frontier, where it might 
be of great utility, in erder to build one at 
Comorn, in the midst of Huagary. Posteri- 
ty will with difficulty credit this excess of in- 
consistency and folly. 
The Emperor arrived at Ried on the 2d in 
the morning, and at. Lambach in the after 
moon. At Ried were found an-establishment 
of eight sets of military ovens, and magazines 
containing 20,000 quintals of flour. The 
bridge of Lambach, on the Traun, had been 
cut by the enemy ; it was re-established dur- 
ing the day. Onthe same day, the Duke of 
Istria and the Duke of Montebello entered 
Wels. In this‘ town was found a bakery, 
12 or 415,000 guintals of flour, and maga- 
zines of wine and brandy. The Duke of 
- Dantzic, who arrived om the-SOch of April 
at Saltzburg, instantly caused one brigade to 
march towards Kufstein, and another towards 
Rastadt. His advanced guard, pursuing Ge- 
neral Jeliachich, forced him across the strong 
post at Colling. 
On the ist of May, the head-quartersof the 
Duke of Rivoli were at Scharding. _ Adjutant- 
General Tringualaye, commanding the ad- 
vanced guard, met at Riedan, the advanced 
guard of the enemy. The Wirtemberg light 
horse, the Baden dragoons, and three com- 
panies of French voltigeurs, attacked and 
pursued the enemy to Neumark. 
‘The Duke of Rivoli arrived at Lintz on 
the Sd. The Archduke Lewis, and General 
_ Hiller, with the remains of their corps, ree 
inforced by a reserve of grenadiers, and by 
all that the ceuntry could afford them, were 
before the Traun with 35,000 men; but 
menaced with being turned by the Duke of 
Montetello, they proceeded to Ebersberg, 
in order to pass the river. Qn the 3d, the 
Duke of Istria and General Oudinot marched 
fowards Ebersberg, and effeéted a junétion’ 
with the Duke of RivolimeThey met the 
~~ Slate of Public Affairs in June. 
with 800 men. 
. prisoners. 
@l1 
Austrian rear guard before Ebersberg. The 
intrepid battalions of the, tirailleurs of the 
Po, and the Corsican tirailleurs, pursued the 
enemy, who was passing the bridge, drove 
into the river the cannon, waggons, and from 
8 to 900 men, and took in the town from 3 
to 4000 men, whom the enemy had left there 
for its defence. General Claparede, whose 
advanced gxuard was three battalions, pursued 
them. He halted at Ebersberg, and found 
30,000 Austrians occupying a superb position. 
The Duke of Istria passed the bridge with his 
cavalry, in order to support the division, and 
the Duke of Rivoli ordered his advanced 
guard te be strengthened by the amain body of 
the army. ‘The remains of the corps of 
Prince Lewis and General Hiller were lost 
without resource. In this extreme danger 
the enemy set fire to the town, which was 
built of wood. The fire spread in an instant 
in every direction. The bridge was socn en~ 
veloped, and the flames seized the joists, 
which it was necessary to cut. Neither cae 
valry nor infantry were able to act; and the 
division of Claparede alone, with only foar 
pieces of cannon, fought during three heurs 
against 30,000 men. This battle of Ebers- 
_ berg is one of the finest military occurrences, 
the memory of which can be preserved dy 
history. The enemy seeing the division of 
Clarapepe cut off without any communicatier, 
advanced three times against it, and was al- 
ways received and stopped by the bayonet. 
At length, after a labour of three hours, the 
flames were turned aside, and a passage was 
opened. General Le Grand marched towards 
the castle, which che enemy had occupied 
_ The sappers broke in the 
doors, and the’ flames having reached the 
castie, all who were within perished. Gene~ 
tal Le Grand afterwards marched to the ase 
sistance of Claparede’s division. General 
Durosnel, who:advanced to the right shore, 
with 1000 horse, joined him, and the enemy 
was obliged to retreat with great haste, On 
the first report of these events, the Emperor, 
himself marched up the right shore with the 
divisions of Nanseuty and Molitor, The 
“enemy retreated with the greatest rapidity, 
agtived at night at Enns, burat the bridge, 
and continued his flight to Vienna, His less 
consists of 12,000 men, of which 7500 are 
We also possess four pieces of 
cannon, and two standards. 
the States of Upper Austria, were presented 
to his Majesty at his bivouac at Ebersberg. 
4 Sixth Bulletin. 
St. Polten, Maz 9. 
The Prince of Ponte Corvo, who com- 
mands the 9th corps, composed in a great 
measure of the- Saxon army, and which has 
marched near the Bohemian frontier, has 
caused the Saxon General Guttchmite. to 
march to Egra. ‘his General has been well 
received by the inhabitants, whom he has 
ordered to dismiss the landwehr (militia). 
Og the 6th, the head-quurters of the Prince 
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