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in erecting bridges of different kinds across the Danube, the machinery of which was of the most stupendous construction. On the evening of the 4th of July, every thing being in readiness, the army began to pass over with great rapidity, while a dreadful cannonade was kept up by the batteries of Lobau en the village of Enzersdorf, in order to attract the attention of the Austrians to that point. At daybreak on the 5th, the French army was drawn up on the great plain below Enzersdorf, about three miles from the redoubts on the left wing of the Austrian entrenchments. The Austrians are said to have been at first confounded at these movements, but recovered themselves, and endeavoured to gain some advantages on this new field of battle. For this purpose they detached a strong body of infantry, with all their cavalry, in order to outflank the right of the French army. It appears that the battle began at noon, and continued till nine at night. The French say the Austrians retired at that time, leaving the immense field of battle covered with his remains. Next day, the 6th, however, at daybreak, the battle was renewed with double fury. The French had brought up during the night their whole force, which had not been engaged the preceding day. Still the Austrians seem to have fought with the most desperate courage, The vil lages of Neusiedel, Wagram, and Glinzendorf, were taken and retaken, with immense loss on both sides. The Austrians had out-flanked the left of the French, and had brought against it an immense line of artillery. To counteract this, Napoleon ordered all his force, with roo pieces of artillery, against the centre and right of the Austrians, who unable to withstand such an attack, fell back rapidly. This decided the fate of the day. The Austrians began to retreat about two, and long before dusk were out of sight. No mention is made of a pursuit, but that the French remained matters of the field, which was covered with the enemy's wounded.

"Such (continues the bulletin) is the narrative of the battle of Wagram, a battle decisive and ever memorable, in which from three to four hundred thousand men, and from twelve to fifteen hundred pieces of cannon, contended for great interests, upon a field of bat

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tle, studied, planned, and fortified by the enemy for several months. Ten pair of colours, 40 pieces of cannon, 20,000 prisoners, including between three and 400 officers, and a considerable number of Generals, Colonels, and Majors, are the trophies of this victory. The fields of battle are covered with the slain, among whom are the bodies of several Generals. All the enemy's wounded have fallen into our hands. It may be calculated that the result of this battle will be that of reducing the Austrian army to less than 60,000 men. Our loss has been considerable; it is estimated at 1500 in killed, and from 3000 to 4000 wounded. The Duke of Istria, at the moment when he was preparing for an attack with the cavalry, had his horse shot dead by a cannon-ball, which fell upon his saddle, and slightly grazed his thigh. The General of Di. vision Lasalle was killed by a musketball. He was an officer of the greatest merit, and one of our best light cavalry Generals. The Bavarian General Wrede, and Generals Seras, Grenier, Vignolle, Sabuc, Frere, and Defranc, were wounded. Colonel Prince Aldobrandini was wounded in the arm by a musket-ball; the Majors of the Guard Dusmenil and Carbenau were also wounded; the Adjutant Commandant Duprat was killed; the Colonel of the 9th infantry of the line on the field of battle. That regiment has covered itself with glory. The Officers of the Staff are preparing a return of our losses."

Of the extent of the defeat which the Austrians have sustained, it is difficult to judge from the preceding account. That, in such desperate battles, with such immense numbers engaged on both sides, the French should only lose 1500 killed, and 4000 wounded, is not entitled to belief. Indeed, later accounts from the field of battle estimate their less at 12,000 killed, and state that additional sick-quarters had been required at Vienna for the enormous number of 38,000 wounded; among these were a great number of officers. We have no official particular account from Austria of these battles; but articles in the German papers state upon some authority, that the Austrians admit their loss to have been very great, especially in officers; and that it was owing to the

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fall or wounds of some of their ablest Generals, that their right wing was ob liged to fall back, and which compelled the Archduke likewise to withdraw his centre. But the French had by this time suffered so severely, that the Austrians retired in order, and without molestation.

The Austrian Generals who suffered were, General Normann, a most skilful officer, killed, Prince Rosenberg, Prince de Rohan, Baron d'Aspre, Marshals Vuckossavich and Dedovich, severely wounded, and the Archduke Charles and Prince John of Lichtenstein slightly wounded by musket shot. The Emperor Francis was stationed at Wolkersdorf during the battles, but he retired to Hungary with his family and suite on the 9th of July. The Archduke's headquarters were at Litschaw in Moravia on the 20th of July.

Meanwhile, we are informed by the French papers, that Prince John of Lichtenstein had been sent about the 10th of July by the Archduke, with a flag of truce to Bonaparte, soliciting an armistice, which it appears was readily acceded to, for one month, and 15 days notice before the renewal of hostilities; but that Presburgh and Gratz were to be garrisoned by the French, and the Tyrol and the Voralberg evacuated by Austria. Prince John returned again to Vienna on the 15th, and was intro. duced to Bonaparte, and to his supple minister,Champagne, who was empowered to negotiate a peace with the Austrian Prince. But we have no further intelligence respecting the negociation.

GRAND EXPEDITION TO HOLLAND.

An expedition upon a larger scale, in respect of naval and military force, than any which ever left the British shores, set sail from the Downs on the 27th, 28th, and 29th of July. During the preparation, which occupied nearly two months, the destination was kept a profound secret, and a strict embargo was laid on at all the ports in the king dom on the 12th, (which was removed on the 5th of August.)

The right wing of this great army embarked at Ramsgate, Deal, and Harwich, in four divisions, and consists of the following troops :

Lieut.-General the Earl of Chatham Commander in Chief.

First Division.-Light troops.
Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of Roslyn.

3d Dragoon guards, three squadrons; 12th light dragons, three squadrons; 2d light dragoons; King's German le. gion. Major-General Linsingen.

43d Foot, light infantry, 2d battalion; sad ditto, ditto, ditto; 95th rifles, eight companies. Major Gen. Stewart.

1st battalion King's German legion; 2d ditto, ditto. Brig.Gen. Baron Alten. Second.-Reserve.

Lieut. Gen. the Hon. Sir John Hope.

1st Foot guards, 1st battalion; ditto, 3d ditto; flank companies. Brigadier General Disney.

4th Foot, 1st battalion ; ditto, 2d ditto; 28th ditto, 1st ditto. Major General Earl of Dalhousie.

20th Regiment; 92d ditto, 1st battalion. Major-General Sir W. Erskine. The Third is the Second Division of the Ar.my.

Lieut. Gen. Alex. Mackenzie Fraser. 5th Foot, 1st battalion; 58th ditto, ditto; 91st ditto. Major-Gen. Dyott.

9th Foot, 1st battalion; 38th ditto, ditto; 42d ditto, ditto. Brig.-Gen. Montresor.

Fourth.-Third division of the Army.

Lieut.-Gen. Marquis of Huntly.. 59th regiment, 2d battalion; 11th ditto, ditto; 79th ditto, 1st ditto.Major-Gen. Leith.

2d (or Queen's,) 76th foot; 84th ditto, ad battalion. Brig. Gen. Ackland.

The left wing embarked at Portsmouth, in three parts ;-chiefly on board ships of the line.

Lieut. Gen. Sir Eyre Coote, second in command.

First.-Light Troops.

dragoons, three squadrons; 35th regiStaff corps detachment; 9th light ment, rifles, two companies. Col. Mahon.

ditto, ditto, 1st battalion; 35th ditto, 68th regiment, light infantry; 71st ditto. Brig.-Gen. Rottenburgh. Second.-First division. Lieut. Gen. Lord Paget. 1st foot, 3d battalion; 5th ditto, 1st

ditto; 35th ditto, 2d ditto. Major-Gen. Graham.

14th foot, 2d battalion; 51st light regiment; 82d ditto, 1st battalion.Brig. Gen, Houston.

Third-Fourth division.

Lieut. Gen. the Hon. Thos. Grosvenor, 23d foot, 2d battalion; 26th ditto. ditto; 32d ditto, 1st ditto; Sist ditto, 2d ditto. Brig.-Gen. Brown.

36th foot, ist battalion; 63d ditto, 2d ditto; 77th regiment. Major.-Gen. Picton.

General Brownrig, Adjutant-General to the Army.

ARTILLERY.

Six troops of horse, and eight brigades of foot. Major-Gen. Macleod. Engineers. Gen. Terrot.

The following is a correct list of the Earl of Chatham's personal Staff:

TO BE AIDes de Camp.

Major Bradford, 11th Foot. Hon. Captain Gardner, R. A. Captain Haddon, 6th Dragoons. Major Linsingen, 1st Light Dragoons, K. G. L. Captain Felix, 36th foot. Major Lord Charles Manners, and Capt. Lord R. Manners, extra Aides de Camp. Lieut. Col. Carey, 3d Foot Guards, Military Secreta

ry.

The whole military force amounts to nearly 40,000 men; the quantity of light and heavy artillery, mortars, howitzers, shot, shells, rockets, &c. is immense, and occupies 40 large transports. The Medical Staff and Commissariat Establishments are very extensive, and highly respectable.

The naval part of the expedition is likewise great, and is commanded by Admirals Sir Richard Strachan, Sir Richard Keats, Otway, and Lord Gardner. Sir Home Popham is captain of the Fleet. The total number of ships employed is said to be nearly 300, consisting of 30 ships of the line, 25 frigates, 60 sloops, cutters, and gun-brigs, 45 bombs and fire-ships, the remainder

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Downing Street, August 7.

Dispatches, of which the following are copies, were last night received at the office of Lord Viscount Castlereagh, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, from Lieut.General the Earl of Chatham, dated Middleburgh, 2d and 3d August 1809. Head quarters, Middleburgh, 2d August 1809.

MY LORD,

I have the honour of acquainting your Lordship, that, having sailed from the Downs early in the morning of the 28th ult. with Rear Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, in his Majesty's ship Venerable, we arrived, the same evening, and anchored, in East Capelle Roads, and were joined, on the following mor ning, by the division of the army under Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope.It blew, in the course of that day, a fresh gale from the westward, which created a heavy swell, and the small craft being much exposed, it was deter mined to seek shelter for them in the anchorage of the Room Pot, where Lieut. General Sir John Hope's division was also directed to proceed, in order to possess such points as might be necessary to secure the anchorage; as well as with a view to future operations up the East Scheldt.

The left wing of the army, under Lieut. Gen. Sir Eyre Coote, particularly destined for the operations against Walcheren, arrived on the 29th and morning of the 30th ; but the wind continuing to blow fresh from the westward, and occasioning a great surf on the beach, both on the side of Zoutland, as well as near Domburg, it became expedient, in order to effect a landing, to carry the whole fleet through the difficult and narrow passage into the Vere Gat, hitherto considered impracticable for large ships; which being success-fully accomplished, and the necessary preparations for debarkation being completed, I have the satisfaction of acquainting your Lordship, that the troops landed on the Bree Sand, about a mile to the westward of Fort der Haak, without opposition, when a position was taken up for the night on the Sand Hills, with East Capelle in front. Lieu. tenant-General Fraser was detached im

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mediately to the left against Fort der Haak and Ter Vere, the former of which, on his approach, was evacuated by the enemy, but the town of Vere, which was strong in its defences, and had a garrison of about six hundred men, held out till yesterday morning, notwithstanding the heavy and weil directed fire of the bomb-vessels and gun boats during the preceding day, and until the place was closely invest. ed.

Early on the morning of the 31st, a deputation from Middleburgh, from whence the garrison had been withdrawn. into Flushing, having arrived in camp, terms of capitulation were agreed upon, copies of which I have the honour here. with to inclose, as well as that of the garrison of Ter Vere; and the divisions of the army, under the orders of Lieu. tenant-General Lord Paget and MajorGeneral Graham, moved forward, and took up a position with the right to Maliskirke, the centre at Gryperskirke, and left to St Laurens.

On the morning of the 1st instant, the troops advanced to the investment of Flushing, which operation was warmly contested by the enemy. In this movement he was driven by MajorGen. Graham's division, on the right, from the batteries of the Dykeshook, the Vygeter, and the Nolle, while Brig.Gen. Houston's brigade forced the enemy posted on the road from Middleburgh to retire, with the loss of four guns, and many killed and wounded. Lieutenant-General Lord Paget's division also drove in the posts of the enemy, and took up his position at West Zouberg.

Nothing could exceed the gallantry of the troops throughout the whole of this day, and my warmest praise is due to the several General Officers for their judicious disposition in the advance of their respective columns. To Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote I feel much indebted for his exertions in this service, and the prompt and able man. ner in which he has executed my orders. The light troops, under Brigadier General Baron Rottenburg, have been admirably conducted; and with the officers commanding the several corps engaged, I have every reason to be most perfectly satisfied. The 3d battalion of the Royals, and flank com

panies of the 5th regiment, maintained the right, under difficult circumstances, with great gallantry, and killed and wounded a great many of the enemy.

Ter Vere being in our possession, Lieutenant-General Fraser's division marched in the evening upon Ruttern, detaching a corps for the reduction of Ramakens, which, when effected, will complete the investment of Flushing.

I have to regret the temporary absence of Brigadier-General Browne, who was wounded late in the day, but I trust not to be long deprived of his services.

I have the honour to enclose a return of the killed, wounded, and missing. Deeply as the fall of every British sol-. dier is at all times to be lamented, the loss will not appear to have been great, when the serious impediments it was in the power of the enemy to oppose to our progress are considered, as well as the formidable state of the batteries of Flushing, to which the troops were necessarily exposed.

The pressure of circumstances has prevented the Commanding Officer of Artillery from furnishing a detailed account of the guns and ordnance stores taken in the several batteries, and fortress of Ter Vere, but which will be hereafter transmitted, with a return of the prisoners taken since our landing, supposed to amount to 1000. Commodore Owen's squadron, with Lieutenant-General the Marquis of Huntly's division, remain at anchor in the Weiling Passage, and the divisions of Lieutenant-General the Earl of Rosslyn and Lieutenant-General Grosvenor are arrived at the anchorage in the Vere Gat.

I cannot conclude without expressing, in the strongest terms, my admiration of the distinguished ability with which the fleet was conducted through the passage into the Vere Gat; nor can the advantages resulting from the suc cess of this operation be too highly estimated, as, by it, we were not only enabled to effect a disembarkation, which, in the then state of the wind, was impracticable in any other quarter, but al so that the enemy, probably relying on the difficulty of the navigation, was less prepared for resistance. I must also warmly acknowledge, the great assist

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ance the service has derived from the zealous exertions of the officers of the navy, and the seamen employed, in drawing a considerable proportion of the artillery through a heavy sand, and without whose aid, the advance of the army must necessarily have been suspended, the strength of the tide rendering the landing of the horses for a time extremely difficult. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) CHATHAM Return of the killed, wounded, and missing, in the island of Walcheren, from the time of landing, on the evening of the 30th July, to the 1st of August inclusive.

Middleburgh, Aug. 2. 1809. Royal Artillery-3 rank and file wounded.

3d Batt. 1st foot-1 Lieutenant, I drummer, 6 rank and file killed; 1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 6 serjeants, 75 rank and file wounded; 6 rank and file missing.

1st Batt. 5th foot-4 rank and file killed; 3 serjeants, 16 rank and file wounded; 10 rank and file missing.

1st Batt. 26th foot-Return not received; supposed to have none.

1st Batt. 32d foot-1 serjeant, I rank and file killed; 2 serjeants, 5 rank and file wounded.

2d Batt. 35th foot-4 rank and file killed; 2 Captains, 14 rank and file wounded: 11 rank and file missing.

51st Foot-1 rank and file killed; 1 rank and file wounded.

68th Foot-1 drummer, 10 rank and file killed; 1 Captain, 2 Lieutenants, 24 rank and file wounded.

1st Batt. 71st foot-Return not received; supposed to have about 25 killed and wounded.

2d Batt. 81st foot-2 rank and file killed; 1 rank and file wounded.

2d Batt. 82d foot-11 rank and file killed; 2 Lieutenants, 2 serjeants, z1 rank and file wounded.

85th Foot-1 serjeant, 2 rank and file killed; Lieutenant, 2 serjeants, I drummer, 19 rank and file wounded; 7 rank and file missing.

95th Foot-5 rank and file wounded. Embodied detachments-Return not received.

STAFF 26th foot, 1 Captain wounded; 40th fout, 1 Brigadier-General ditto; 62d foot, 1. Captain ditto.

August 1809.

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Killed 3d Batt. 1st foot, Lieut. D. M'Lean.

Wounded-3d Batt. 1st foot, Captain John Wilson, Lieut. Jackson, and Volunteer J. P. Drury, slightly; 2d batt. Frederick, dangerously; 68th foot, the 35th foot, Capt. Tisdell, slightly; Capt. names of the three officers wounded, not specified in the return; 2d batt. 82d foot, Lieut. Reed, slightly, Lieut. Pratt, dangerously; 85th foot, the name of the officer wounded, not mentioned in the

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STAFF 26th foot, Captain Fotheringham, Deputy Assistant AdjutantGeneral, slightly; 40th foot, BrigadierGeneral Browne, slightly; 62d foot, Capt. Browne, Aid-de-Camp to Brig.Gen. Houston, slightly.

Middleburgh, August 3. 1809: MY LORD,

Since my letter of yesterday's date, I have received intelligence from Lieut.General Sir John Hope, of his having occupied Batz, and taken possession of the whole island of South Beveland.-I have also the satitfaction to acquaint your Lordship, that, upon the battaries being prepared to open, the fortress of Ramakens surrendered this evening, and I have the honour to enclose the articles of capitulation.-I have the honour to be, &c. CHATHAM

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