were found an immense quantity of ammunition and

stores.

Six days after the entry of Bonaparte into Brunn, the Russian corps of cavalry, under the command of Prince Constantine, brother to the Emperor of Russia, were put in motion; and the Russians and Austrians had made a junction. Both the allied armies were headed by their respective Emperors; and on December 1, 1805, their Imperial Majesties fixed the position of their armies twoleagues from Austerlitz. The Russian army was estimated at near eighty thousand men, under the command of Prince Constantine, Generals Kutusoff and Buxhovden, the whole superintended by the magnanimous Alexander himself. The auxiliary Austrian army, consisted of twenty-five thousand men, commanded by Prince John' of Lichtenstein, Francis II. acting as commander in chief. The plains of Moravia now exhibited an awful and impressive spectacle; three mighty armies arrayed in order of battle, which was at once to decide the fate of nations, empires, and princes: and what added an uncommon grandeur to the scene was, the presence of those potentates whose interests were so greatly concerned, and who were about to experience the important decision of the battle now about to be commenced. The hopes of victory commanded each army; the French were flushed with success; while the allies, from the formidable forces now combined, indulged a flattering hope of success; perhaps, the allies were too confident in their own strength, and, probably, had occasion for a warning voice to have exclaimed, "Let not him that putteth on his armour, boast as him that taketh it off."

Napoleon, with his usual acuteness, appears to have observed some symptoms of the above kind, for it has been asserted, that he said to his Generals around him, while reconnoitering the allies, "Before to-morrow night that army will be in my power."

The French army consisted of one hundred thousand chosen and favorite soldiers of Bonaparte; and he made a disposition of it with great judgment; Marshal Lasnes was at the head of the left wing; Marshal Soult at the right; while Bernadotte commanded the centre; and Murat was at the head of the cavalry. Napoleon, with his staff-officers, also a select number of battalions of the Imperial guards, and of grenadiers, were placed in the

reserve of the army. And now the dreadful hour drew near, when this tremendous conflict was to take place.

On the morning of the ever memorable 2d of December, 1805, the hostile armies were in motion; the Rus sians commenced the attack, with a degree of impetuosity indicative of more temerity than prudence; Davoust received the assailants with cool intrepidity; and now the battle raged with horrid fury: now Napoleon's Marshals rushed with their veteran battalions on the Russians; here Soult was seen combating their right wing, there Lasnes was hurling destruction on the left; here Bernadotte was directing a terrible cannonade on the whole line, there Murat was seen doing woful execution with his cavalry: and now it began to be apparent that the words of Napoleon would be fatally verified. The Russians were continually losing ground; and the Austrians, although they nobly fought, were cut down in numbers. At length; victory declared in favor of the French. The plains of Austerlitz were crimsoned with blood, and enormous heaps of dead bodies lay piled on each other fifteen thousand of the Russians were slain, and six hundred of the Austrians, and one thousand wounded. The loss of the French was from nine hundred to one thousand men killed, and sixteen hundred wounded. The Russians had nearly twenty thousand men made prisoners, amongst whom were Prince Gallitzin and Prince Repnin: also one hundred and eighty pieces of ordnance fell into the hands of the French, and forty stand of colours. Many of the French Generals were wounded. Such was the termination of the famous battle of Austerlitz.

The following official statement was published by authority of the court of St. Petersburgh:

"The French army commanded by the Emperor Napoleon, was composed of one hundred and twenty thou sand men, and was very advantageously posted behind the lakes and villages of Mennitz, Telnitz, and Kobelnitz. The Austro-Russian army, about sixty thousand strong, marched on the 1st of December, 1805, in five columns, from the position near Hodiegitz, and the same evening took a position opposite to the French army, in such a manner that the first division, under Count Buxhovder,

was posted only three hundred fathoms from the French front; the second division, under General Kutusoff, was about the same distance in the rear; and behind that was the reserve, under the Grand Duke Constantine: the cavalry, under Prince Lichtenstein, was likewise in the second division.

"The same night the above-mentioned Generals received orders, in consequence of the disposition made on the part of the Austrians to attack the French army at seven in the morning, in five columns. The two Generals in chief wished to make some alterations, and were desirous of having cavalry attached to the columns; but they received for answer, That such was the fixed arrange ment for the disposition and attack. Accordingly out of the first division were formed the first and second columns; which composed the first wing; out of the second division, the third and fourth columns: and the reserve formed the fifth column, or the right wing. On the latter was also stationed the column of cavalry: the fifth was commanded by the Grand Duke; the third and fourth by General Kutusoff, who placed himself at the head of the fourth; and the first and second by Count Buxhovden, who led on the first column.

"This column had already advanced by seven o'clock in two divisions, to the village of Telnitz, where it at tacked the right wing of the French; the latter received it with a heavy fire of musketry, which the Russians forebore to return, till they had arrived at the next distance; the conflict was obstinate, and the firing tremendous; the Russians approached under an incessant fire, and numbers fell. At length, the Russians rushed, with bayonets fixed, on the French front, which received them with firmness, and the carnage that succeeded was truly dreadful: the French were driven back, but soon received a reinforcement, and in their turn gained ground on the Russians; on which the latter made a second desperate attack, and turned the French. The carnage

was redoubled, and the field of battle was inundated with human blood. The French were compelled not only to abandon the village, but likewise all the eminences and defiles beyond Telnitz, and were pursued by the victorious column.

"Meanwhile the second column, under Lieutenantgeneral Langeron, had likewise driven back the French,