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    the enemy being well ascertained , he knew that a battle was necessary to decide their pretensions , and it would be fought for his interest , if he could transport his army without loss into the plain below the fortified -intrenchments . With this view he prepared bridges and boats , the former of such a nature , that they might be , fixed almost instantaneously , and the passage of the army , with its ammunition , was to be effected in a few hours .

    Every thing conspired to answer the designs of the French Emperor . On the night appointed in his mind , he made a thundering attack with cannon on the town of Aspern , and set a small town on fire to the east of the entrenchments ; and whilst the attention of the Austrians was drawn to these quarters ,

    by the false attacks , he landed his whole army at a distance from the camp , on an extensive plain below it . There , on the 5 th of last month , the whole army manoeuvred , surprised at the ease with which the Emperor had effected his purpose , and foreseeing , with the

    utmost confidence in his talents , that the day was their own . The Archduke Joined battle with him in the afternoon , and at night the French Emperor was in possession of the intrenched camp , whilst the Archduke , in a new position , prepared to renew the contest on the

    morrow . A sanguinary battle was now fought , but the skill of Buonaparte very early decided the contest . By a masterly disposition of his forces , and a concentrated attack on the centre , he drove the enemy before him before the noon , and by evening , evety part of the

    Archduke ' * army was in full retreat into Bohemia . The emperor of Austria witnessed the ^ pisastere of the day , and fled into Moravia Buonaparte , with his army , pursued closely the Archduke , who now confessed the situation in which he was placed , by sending a messenger of the highest rank to solicit an armistice * This , , after some military

    advattages gained by the French , was granted , ai : d the terms , as might be expectecJ , were highly in their favour . The whole of the country south of the Danube is left at the mercy of Buonaparte ; the A ^ ustrians are to withdraw all their troops from the ^ Toralberg and the Tyrolese , and to give up their strong places in those countries ; a large tract of country north of the Danube it left

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    in possession of the French \ and in Pd ± land the respective armies are to retain thejr positions . The armistice is made for a month , with fifteen days' notice of a breach , and in the mean time it is supposed that' the peace arrangements w ill be > finally settled .

    The terms of ^ eace , it is easy to be foreseen , will bear heavy on the house of Hapsburg . A fresh defalcation of territory will take place , and the Austrian Emperor may think himself fortunate , if he ever returns again to his

    capital . Everything , in fact , th ^ t he receives on the south of the Danube * mulst be considered as a free gift , and the French Emperor is not likely to forget his promise of increasing the splendour of the Bavarian throne . A short time will put an end to conjectures , for the Emperor of France is as quick at

    negoas n war . The Russians have taken little part in this contest , and it must be flattering to the French , that the whole was determined without their assistance . Their troops , however , in Poland , will be

    prepared to crush any farther resistance on the part of the Austrians , and they may pursue , during the armistice , the war against the Turks . The real state of this war is little known , but in case of an Austrian peace , the Turks have reason to dread that the flames of war will

    be carried into their territories . As the Austrians have been so completely beaten , there is an end to the expectation of insurrection in the north of Germany , In fact , that had been quelled by the King of Westphalia , who marched his troops into Saxony , driving the Austrians out of that

    country , and retaking possession of the city of Dresden . The King of Saxoiiy has not returned to his capital , though he has expressed his thanks to the West * phalian monarch for his , aid , and to his subjects for their conduct under such trying circumstances . Having so

    powerful an army to the north of Bohemia , he will be ready to pour down his forces upon the Archduke , . should the contest ^ be renewed ; bur , in fact , the situation of the latter is so perilous , that he cannot recommence hostilities , without the certainty of being exposed to a more violent attack , with diminished

    resources . Buonaparte is now at leisure to attend to the affairs of Spain , and his presence will be necessary to keep his bra-

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    40 & State of Puhlic Affair ^ .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1809, page 402, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1738/page/48/