The Miscellaneous Prose Works

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER XXXII. Position of the French Armies?Napoleon advances towardt Vienna.? The Emperor Francis leaves his Capital.? French enter Vienna on the 13M November Review of the French Successes in Italy and the Tyrol.?Schemet of Napoleon to force on a general Battle.?Battle of Austerlitz is fought on the 2rf December, and the combined Austro-Russian Armies completely defeated.?Interview betwixt the Emperor of Austria and Napoleon.? The Emperor Alexander retreats towards Russia.? Treaty of Presburgh signed on the 26th December?Its Conditions?Fate of the King of Sweden?and of the Two Sicilies. The tide of war now rolled eastward, having surmounted and utterly demolished the formidable barrier which was opposed to it. Napoleon placed himself at the head of his central army.1 Ney, uponhis right, was ready to repel any descent which might be made from the passes of the Tyrol. Murat, on his left, watched the motions of the Austrians, under the Archduke Ferdinand, who, refusing to join in the unworthy capitulation of Ulm, had cut their way into Bohemia, and there united themselves with other forces, either stationed in that kingdom, or who had, like themselves, escaped thither. Lastly, the division of Augerean (who had recently advanced from France at the head of an army of reserve), occupying- part of Swabia, served to protect the rear of the French army against any movement from the Vorarlberg; and at the same time menaced the Prussians, in case, acting upon the offence given by the violation of their territory, they should have crossed the Danube, and engaged in the war.1 1 [From Elchingen, Oct. 21, Napoleon i: sued the following address to the army: ? Soldiers of the Grand Army ! In a fortnight we have finished a campaign: we have expelled the troops of the house of Aus...