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were turned on their lines, which were completely enfiladed. They continued, however, to fire some guns, until a párty dashed down the rock, and drove them completely away from the whole lines, killing several, and taking all their arms, &c. During this operation, the whole force was moving down rapidly to the support of the storming party; a company of the 69th regiment joined them on the hill by the same scrambling route.

"Thus, by a successful coup de-main, fell the strong and famed lines of Travancore, the extent of which would require at least 10,000 men to defend them, and by nine o'clock there was not a man in sight, even from the upper posts. The North-hill, which is very strong, but about three quarters of a mile from the nearest part of the lines, was abandoned in such confusion, that the enemy left about fifty stand of arms at the gate, preferring a naked state to insure their flight. A great quantity of cannon, (some very beautiful brass ones) have been taken, together with muskets, pikes, and ammunition of all sorts."

The following is a copy of a letter from Colonel St Leger to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Madras, dated Feb. 10. 1809:

"Sir,

"I had the honour to convey to you this morning, by express, a small note in pencil, for the information of the Hon. the Governor in Council, by which you were made acquainted with th satisfactory intelligence of the Bri tia flag being flying in every quarter of the Arumbooly lines, as well as the commanding redoubts on the north and south.

"It is impossible for me to describe, in language sufficiently strong, the obligations I feel under to the personal exertions of Major Welsh, commanding the 3d regiment of native infantry, and the detachment for assault under his command. The southern redoubt, which presented a complete enfilade of the whole main lines as far as the gate, was the object of Major Welsh's enterprize; an undertaking, which, from the natural strength of the approach, appeared to be only practicable to the exertions and determined bravery of British troops, led on to glory by Major Welsh. It was ascended under cover of the

night, and our troops had actually esca. laded the wall ere their approach was suspected; an ascent of such great difficulty, as to require six hours actual scrambling to reach the foot of the walls.

"In consideration of the brilliancy of this atchievement, I feel a pleasurable duty in detailing, for the information of the Hon. Governor in Council, the names of those officers who accompanied the escalade, which consisted of two companies of the picquet of his Majesty's 69th regiment, commanded by Captain Syms; the four flank companies and five battalion companies of the 3d regiment under Captain Lucas; and it did not require that confirmation which Major Welsh has conveyed, in the most handsome manner, to convince me, that, to have accomplished such an object, every man must have done his duty. In the list of gallant fellows which accompany this dispatch, I have to lament the fate of Captain Cunningham, whose wound I fear is mortal, which deprives his country of a brave and valuable officer.. When Major Welsh had once effected his security in this commanding position, I dispatched to his assistance, by the same arduous rout, a company of his Majesty's 69th regiment, and three companies, 1st and 2d battalion 13th regiment, under Captain Hodgson, to reinforce and add confidence to his party. As soon as this addition was perceived, a detachment from his party stormed the main lines, and by dint of persevering bravery, carried them entirely, and the northern redoubt was abandoned entirely by the panic-struck enemy, who fled in all possible confusion in every direction, leaving me in possession of their strongest lines; and I am now encamped in a convenient position, two miles interior of the Arumbooly gate. I am in possession of the arsenal, which appears well filled with arms, ammunition, and many stores, with a quantity of valuable ordnance in the works, which has not yet been ascertain. ed."

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tween the British troops and the troops of Travancore, in which, after a severe and long contest, the Travancore troops were defeated with heavy loss. From the extent of the combined forces which were opposed to the British troops, this signal victory reflects the highest honour on their discipline and valour; the Governor in Council has great satisfaction in expressing his strongest approbation of their meritorious conduct.

The Governor conveys to Lieut.-Col. Chalmers, who commanded the British detachment at Quilon, in this distinguished action, his public thanks; and Lieut. Col. Chalmers is requested to convey the thanks of the Governor in Council to Lieut. Col. Picton of his Majesty's 12th regiment, Major Muirhead, Major Hamilton, Captain Newall, Captain Pepper, Captain Macintosh, Lieut. Lindsay, Lieut. Arthur of the engineers, and the Officers of the Staff, Capt. Cranston and Capt. Achmuty, with the other officers and troops of the detachment, who bravely signalized themselves on this occasion.

The Governor also takes this oppor. tunity of expressing his warm approba. tion of the conduct of a detachment of troops stationed at Cochin, under the command of Major Hewit, who, with great skill and bravery, repulsed the nu.... merous and united forces of the troops of Travancore and Cochin, in an attack which they made on the British detachment on the 19th. The Governor in Council has particular satisfaction in expressing to Major Hewitt, and the officers and men under his com

mand, his public thanks, for their highly deserving conduct.

A dispatch, dated the 10th instant, has been received from the Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel St Leger, from the camp in Travancore, in which he relates the complete success which has attended the forces deputed by him to storm the barrier, commanded by Ma. jor Welsh. Notwithstanding the difficulty of approach, the walls were scaled, and the Arumbooly lines, and covering redoubts north and south, carried. This service being effected, a company of his Majesty's 69th regiment, and three of the 5th battalion 13th native infantry, under Capt. Hodgson, were sent tor einforce Major Welsh, August 1809.

who then stormed and carried the main lines.

Colonel St Leger speaks in the highest terms of the conduct of Majots Welsh and Lambton, and of all the officers employed on this glorious service; and particularly laments the wound of Captain Cunningham, of his Majesty's 69th regiment, which has since proved mortal. The names of the officers employed on the service are, Major Welsh ; Captains Syms, Lindsay, and Cuningham; Lieutenants Carey, Reid, Lane, and Bayley-Captains Lucas, Pepper, Carfrae; Lieutenants Walker, Ray, Dawson, Noble, Inverarity, Jeffrey, Rule, Shepherd, Black, of the 3d native infantry-and Colonel Bertram of the pioneers.

Colonel St Leger was in possession of the arsenal, which was extremely well stored, and of a number of pieces of ordnance.

WAR BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND FRANCE. (From the London Gazette.) (Concluded from p. 550.)

BATTLE OF THE 22d oF May.

Corps of Lieut.-General Hiller.

With the morning's dawn the enemy renewed his attacks, which far surpassed in impetuosity those of the preceding day. It was a conflict of valour and mutual exasperation. Scarcely had the French guards compelled General Vacquant to abandon Aspern, when the regiment of Klebeck again penetrated into the burning village, drove back the choicest troops of the enemy, and engaged in a new contest in the midst of the conflagration, till, at the expiration of an hour, it was also obliged to give way. The regiment of Benjovsky now rushed in, and at the first onset gained possession of the church yard, the walls of which Field-Marshal Hiller immediately ordered the first division of pioneers to pull down, and the church, together with the parsonage, to be set on fire. Neither could the enemy produce any farther ef fect upon the bushy meadow, after General Hiller had ordered the force there to be supported by two battalions of Anton. Mitrowsky's and a battery; on which the Jagers, St George's, and two battalions of Vienna volunteers, drove him from his advantageous position, which he never afterwards attempted to recover.

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Corps of the General of Cavalry Count Bel

legarde.

Count Bellegarde, having received a message from General Vacquant, that the enemy was assembling in force before Aspern, towards the bushy meadow, and apparently had in view an attack upon that point, was just going to throw a fresh battalion of Argenteau's into Aspern, when the enemy, in heavy columns of infantry and cavalry, supported by a numerous artillery, began to advance upon the centre of the corps in the plain. The troops stationed at Aspern, exhausted as they were with the incessant fire kept up during the night, were unable to withstand the impetuosity of the attack; their ammunition, both for artillery and musketry, began to fail, and General Vacquant retreated in good order to the church-yard. This post, gained at so dear a rate, was again taken from him, after several attacks sustained in conjunction with Lieutenant-General Hiller; the place was alternately taken and lost, till at length the superiority of our fire obliged the enemy to abandon the houses, and a last assault of Hiller's corps prevented all other attempts.

From the moment of the retaking of Aspern, it became possible to oppose an offensive movement to the enemy advancing upon the centre, and to operate upon his left flank and communication. The defence of Aspern was therefore left entirely to Hiller's corps; and while Count Bellegarde applied his right wing on Aspern, he formed his left and the centre in the direction of Essling, in such a manner, that, by degrees, he gained the right flank of the ene my, compelled him to retreat, and, by the complete effect of the artillery brought to bear upon the left wing, which command ed the whole space from Aspern to Essling, gave him a most severe defeat, Corps of Lieut-General the Prince of Ho

henzollern.

The dawn of morning was with this corps also the signal for the renewal of the gigantic conflict. The enemy's infantry was drawn up in large. divisions, and be tween it the whole of the heavy cavalry, was formed in masses. The General of Cavalry, Prince Lichtenstein, on observing this order of battle, drew up his right wing en echiquier, behind the corps of infantry, but kept his left wing together, with reserves posted in the rear. A prodigious quantity of artillery covered the front of the enemy, who seemed desirous to anui hilate our corps by the murderous fire of cannon and howitzers. Upwards of two hundred pieces of cannon were engaged on both sides, and the oldest soldiers never re

collect to have witnessed so tremendous a fire. Vain was every effort to shake the intrepidity of the Austrian troops. Napoleon rode through his ranks, and according to the report of the prisoners, made them acquainted with the destruction of his bridge, but added, that he had himself ordered it to be broken down, because, in this case, there was no alternative but victory or death. Soon afterwards the whole of the enemy's line put itself in motion, and the cavalry made its principal attack on the point where the corps of cavalry of Prince Lichtenstein communicated with the left wing of the Prince of Hohenzollern. The engagement now became general. The Generals were every where at the head of their troops, and inspired them with courage and perseverance. The Archduke himself seized the colours of Zach's, and the battalion, which had already be-. gun to give way, followed, with new enthusiasm, his heroic example. Most of those who surrounded him were wounded; his Adjutant-General, Count Colloredo, received a ball in his head, the wound from which was at first considered dangerous; a squeeze of the hand signified to him the concern of his sympathising commander, who, filled with contempt of death, now fought for glory and for his country.

The attacks of our impenetrable corps, both with the sabre and the bayonet, so rapidly repeated and so impetuous, as to be unparalleled in military annals, frustrated all the intentions of the enemy. He was beaten at all points, and astonished at such undaunted intrepidity, he was obliged to abandon the field of battle.

About this time the Prince of Hohenzollern observed on his left wing, near Esling, a chasm, which had been formed during the heat of the engagement, and afforded an advantageous point of attack. Frolich's regiment commanded by Colonel Mecsery, was ordered thither in three corps, and repulsed four regiments of cavalry, accompanied with infantry and artillery. The corps remained in the position which they had taken, till the grenadiers of the reserve, which the Archduke had ordered forward from Brietenlee, arrived to relieve the battalions exhausted with the sanguinary conflict, and continued the attack upon the centre of the enemy's position. Lieut.-General D'Aspre penetrated with the four battalions of grenadiers of Prezinsky, Puteany, Scovaux, and Scharlach, without firing a shot, to the enemy cannon, where he was flanked by such a destructive fire from Esling, that nothing but the presence of the Archduke, who hastened to the spot, could have induced his grenadiers to maintain their ground.

About noon the Archduke ordered a

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new assault upon Esling, which was immediately undertaken by Lieut.-Gen. D'Aspre, with the grenadier battalions of Kirchen, better and Scovaux on the left, and Scharlach and Georgy in front. Five times did these gallant troops rush up to the very walls of the houses, burning internally and placed in a state of defence; some of the grenadiers thrust their bayonets into the enemy's loop-holes; but all their efforts were fruitless, for their antagonists fought the fight of despair. The Archduke ordered the grenadiers to take up their former position, and when they afterwards volunteered to renew the assault, he would not permit them, as the enemy was then in full retreat..

Corps of Field-Marshal Lieutenant Prince Rosenberg.

Both divisions of this corps, which, in advancing to the engagement, had composed the fourth and fifth columns, were formed, before break of day, for a new attack, for which the enemy likewise made preparations on his side, but with a manifest superiority in numbers. Prince Rosenberg resolved to attack the village of Esling with the Archduke Charles's regiment of infantry, to push forward his other troops in battalions, and in particular, to go and meet the enemy, who was advancing, in the open country, between Esling and the nearest arm of the Danube. The village was already gained, and battalions advancing on the left obliged the enemy, drawn up in several lines, to yield. Favoured by a fog, which suddenly came on, the enemy's heavy cavalry ventured to attack, on all sides, the corps formed by Sztarray's and Hiller's regiments of infantry. These brave fellows received him with fixed bayonets, and at the last moment poured in their fire with such effect, that the enemy was compelled to betake himself to flight, with con. siderable loss.

Cobourg's, the Archduke Louis's and Czartorisky's regiments, belonging to the division of Lieutenant General Dedovich, stationed on the right, renewed the exertions of the preceding day, with the same distinction and the same success. After this severe conflict, the enemy seemed to have no inclination to expose himself to any fresh disaster, and confined himself merely to the operation of his superior artillery.

About eleven A. M. Prince Rosenberg received orders from the Archduke, Com mander in Chief, to make a new attack upon Esling, and a message, to the same effect, was sent to Lieut.-General Dedovich, who commanded the right division of this corps. Prince Rosenberg immediately form

ed two columns of attack under the conduct of the Princes Hohenlohe and Rohan, while Lieutenant-General Dedovich advanced against the citadel of the place, and the magazine surrounded with walls and ditches.

The attack was made with redoubled bravery, and our troops rushed with irresistible impetuosity into the village. Still, however, they found it impossible to maintain this post, into which the enemy kept continually throwing new reinforcements, which was of the utmost importance for covering his retreat, which he had already resolved upon, and which he defended with an immense sacrifice of lives. Prince Rosenberg, therefore, resolved to confine himself to the obstinate maintenance of his own position, to secure the left flank of the army, and to increase the embarrassment of the enemy, by an incessant fire from all the batteries.

In the night between the 22d and 23d, the enemy accomplished his retreat to the Lobau, and at three in the morning his rear-guard also had evacuated Esling, and all the points which he had occupied on the left bank of the Danube. Some divisions pursued him closely, and took possession, as near as possible, of the necessary posts of observation.

Thus terminated a confiict of two days, which will be ever memorable in the annals of the world and in the history of war. It was the most obstinate and bloody that has occurred since the commencement of the French revolution. It was decisive for the glory of the Austrian arms, for the preservation of the monarchy, and for the correction of the public opinion.

Three pieces of cannon, seven ammunition waggons, seventeen thousand French muskets, and about three thousand cuirassiers, fell into the hands of the conqueror. The loss on both sides was very great; this and the circumstance that very few prisoners were taken by either party, proves the determination of the combatants either to conquer or die.

The Austrian army laments the death of eighty-seven superior officers, and four thousand one hundred and ninety-nine subalterns and privates. Lieutenant-Generals Prince Rohan, Dedovich, Weber, and Frehel, Generals Winzingerode, Grill, Neustadter, Siegenthal, Colloredo, May Hohenfeld, and Buresch, six hundred and sixtythree officers, and fifteen thousand six hundred and fifty-one subalterns and privates were wounded. Of these Field-Marshal Weber, eight officers and eight hundred and twenty-nine men, were taken prisoners by the enemy.

The loss of the enemy was prodigious,

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and exceeds all expectation. It can only be accounted for by the effect of our concentric fire on an exceedingly confined field of battle, where all the batteries crossed one another, and calculated by the following authentic data.

Generals Lasnes, D'Espagne, St Hilaire, and Albuquerque, are dead; Massena, Bessieres, Molitor, Boudet, Legrand, Lasalle, and the two brothers Legrange wounded; Durosnel and Fouler taken.

Upwards of seven thousand men, and an immense number of horses, were buried on the field of battle; five thousand and some hundred wounded lie in our hospitals. In Vienna and the suburbs there are at present twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and seventy-three wounded; many were carried to St Polten, Enns, and as far as Lintz; two thousand three hundred were taken. Several hundreds of corpses floated down the Danube, and are still daily thrown upon its shores; many met their death in the island of Lobau, and since the water has fallen in the smaller arms of the

river, innumerable bodies, thus consigned by their comrades to everlasting oblivion, have become visible. The burying of the sufferers is not yet over, and a pestilential

air is wafted from the theatre of death.

His Imperial Highness, the Generalissimo, has indeed undertaken the duty, so dear to his heart, of acquainting the Monarch and the country with the names of those who took the most active share in the atchievements of these glorious days; but he acknowledges, with profound emotion, that amidst the rivalship of the highest military virtues, it is scarcely possible to distinguish the most valiant, and declares all the soldiers of Aspern worthy of public gratitude,

His Imperial Highness considers the intelligent dispositions of the Chief of his Staff, General Baron Wimpfen, and his incessant exertions as the foundation of the victory.

The officers commanding corps have rendered themselves deserving of the highest favours, by uncommon devotedness, personal bravery, warm attachment to their Sovereign, and their high sense of honour.

Their names will be transmitted to posterity with the atchievements of the valiant troops who were under their direction. Colonel Smola, of the artillery, by his indefatigable activity in the proper application of the ordnance, and his wellknown bravery, rendered the most impor

tant services.

(Here follows a long list of the officers who particularly distinguished themselves.) Such is the Austrian account of these desperate battles; and from its appear.

ance in the London Gazette, it is enti tled to credit. The French bulletin, which is too long for our notice, certainly falsifies the loss of their army, which they state only at 1100 killed and 3500 wounded; a thing perfectly incredible, when the Austrians, who kept the field of battle, candidly ac. knowledge their loss to be near 20,000 in killed and wounded. But many private accounts from the French army, which may be depended on, state that the army was deprived of not less than 40,000 men on these days. The bulletin also admits that the remainder of the French army effected its retreat to the island of Inder Lobau on the night of the 22d May, and that their headquarters were again fixed at Ebersdorf on the south bank of the Danube.

On the 14th of June, another hardfought battle took place on the Raab near Presburgh in Hungary, betwixt the army of the Archduke John, who had retreated from Italy, supported by the Archduke Palatine with 25,000 of the Hungarian insurrection, and the French army under the Viceroy of Italy (Eugene Beauharnois) and Marmont. Both sides appear to have been nearly equal in strength, about 50,000 men each. On the 12th and 13th the attacks of the French were repulsed with considerable loss. But having been re. inforced with a strong corps under Marshal Dayoust from the main army, the battle was renewed on the morning of the 14th, when after a very brave resistance, the raw Hungarian levies were unable to withstand the impetuosity of the enemy, and the Archdukes were obliged to retreat about five in the evening, with the loss (as they say) of 1500 killed, and 2000 wounded. The French claim a great victory, but the Austrians were in such force at Comorn for some weeks afterwards, as shews that the French suffered such a loss as made it necessary for them to decline a pursuit.

On the 24th, the French entered Raab, the garrison of which, about 1500 men, surrendered prisoners of war.

The French bulletins received since the battle of the 22d of May, are so extremely long, that we can only state the substance of one, dated Wolkersdorf July 9. According to this account, the French had been busy for six weeks

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