386 the firft onfet, the pandours had two men killed 1742. and fix wounded; the baron, finding his fire inferior to the hunters, fell upon them fword in hand; and, after a fhort refiftance, entirely routed them. In the purfuit, the baron killed five men with his own hand; the pandours put 57 to the fword, fet fire to 36 houses, and blew up 26 s of powder into the air, which the garrison of Straubingen had fent them for their defence and all this was done with a very trifling lofs among the pandours. This defeat threw the hunters into fuch a confternation, that, upon fummoning them the next day, they fent the baron all their arms packed up in waggons, together with the men that had plundered General Hermeftein's baggage, with part of it, an petitioned all for mercy. The baron accepted of their fubmiffion, but obliged them to pay 15,000 florins ready money, and to deliver a large quantity of forage and wood: the baron alfo took 572 fine horses, with which he foon after arrived at Munich, where they were very acceptable to remount the army. WHILE Marfhal Khevenhuller continued thus victorious in the Bavarian dominions, her Hungarian majefty, fenfible of the enthufiaftic fpirit that prevailed among her troops, fent a letter ta the marshal at Munich, together with her picture, and that of her young fon the Arch Duke Jofeph Benedict Auguftus, born the 13th of March 1741; the pictures were curiously done inominiature, and the letter was conceived in these words: dale asduristen erk "You have now before your eyes, a queen, $ forfaken by all the world. What do you ima ་་ gine II. *<gine must be the deftiny of this infant You CHAP. cannot but perceive with what confidence your fovereign commits to your charge, as to that 155 of a faithful minifter, all her power, her for- 1742. ces, and the whole fate of her kingdoms. Make ufe of this confidence, great hero, and faithful vaffal, fo as not to be afraid of rendersing an account of your conduct to God and Jif men. Let juftice be your buckler,, let equity sibe the rule of your actions; but be inexorable to those who have forfeited their oaths and allegiance. Tread in the foot-steps of the great Prince Eugene, of glorious memory, your predeceffor and mafter. Imitate his * immortal example. Affure yourself that we ffs and our descendants, fhall for ever have for 6x you and yours, a grateful remembrance. This 5 we proteft to you, in the name of every thing that is dear to us; and we wish you continual fuccefs." THE marhal having read this letter at a full stable of the principal officers, every one prefent, fired by the generous example of their commandrer, with tears in their eyes, fwore to facrifice ytheir lives and fortunes to fupport the honour and fecurity of their fovereign. The pictures were afterwards expofed to the view of the foldiers, who, though long hardened against the fofter touch of nature, at this refemblance of a royal parent, and infant prince, were awakened to all their fears for the protection of facred majefty, now emerging from the long incumbent gloom of affliction: the old veteran, and the favage mountaineer of Carpathia, felt their ftubborn hearts diffolve, at the melancholly reflection of the misfortunes of their queen; humanity gushed from their eyes; and the latter, in contradiction Ccc 2 to PART to their wild and terrible appearance, fhewed III. they were men: loyalty fprung from their hearts, and animating them with refolutions of courage, A 1742. evinced they were foldiers and affectionate fubjects: they drew, and firft kiffed their fabres, then the pictures; vowing an inviolable fidelity to the originals, with reiterated cries of "Long live Maria Therefa:" and in their future behaviour, as if inspired by these noble thoughts, they discovered, on all occafions, not only courage and refolution, but even madness and fury. 4 1 THE imperial army in Bavaria, being joined by a body of 6,000 Palatine troops, Marshal Khevenhuller deemed it an infringement of the neutrality of the Elector Palatine, and leaving a garrison of 2,000 men in Munich, marched with the body of his army, and laid the city of Neuburgh under a contribution of 200,000 florins; and having advice, that Marshal Thoring had pofted himfelf with a confiderable body of troops in the neighbourhood of Laudfberg, with an intent to dispute the paffage of the Auftrians through the narrow defiles thereabouts, he fent General Bernklau with a detachment to attack them; who advanced to Ratisbon, a free and imperial city, 62 miles N. E. of Munich, in pursuit of the army under the command of Marthal Thoring, who retired to Kelheim, which, on the approach of the Auftrians, he deserted, leaving a vaft magazine behind him. General Bernklau, having put a garrifon in Kelheim, purfued the Bavarian army to Ingolftadt, a town 20 miles weft of Ratisbon, and 45 north of Munich; and having attacked them under the walls of that town, the Bavarians were defeated, and 300 made prisoners, amongst whom were Count Beau II. Beaujeau and his brother, Count Preyfing, and CHAP. the Barons Weichel and Uberaker: after which, Marshal Thoring, with the remainder of his army, haftily retired to Donawert, 25 miles 1742. W. of Ingolftadt; where the Auftrian general did not think proper to continue the purfuit, and returned towards Ratifbon. This occafioned the return of Marshal Thoring, who befieged the Auftrians in Kelheim, but meeting with three repulfes, and General Bernklau coming up to the relief of the garrifon, the Bavarian general was obliged to abandon the enterprize; and, about the middle of April, received a reinforcement of 20,000 French and Bavarians, commanded by the Duke de Harcourt, who were detached from Prague, and came by Amberg though the upper Palatinate. men. UPON this junction the French and Bavarian forces compofed an army of 30,000 men; and Marshal Khevenhuller being joined by the detachment under General Bernklau and the Prince of Saxe Hildbourghaufen had an army of 24,000 Marshal Khevenhuller feized an advantageous poft at Ortenburgh, near Paffau; and detached General Bernklau to obferve the motions of the confederates; who had detached 4,000 men to attack the Auftrian garrison in Munich. The Auftrian garrifon, upon intelligence of their defign, quitted the city, thinking it untenable. The citizens, imagining all their danger was over, began to express their loyalty by refufing admittance to a small body of Auftrian huffars, and firing upon them, killed fome of the huffars, and took and detained fome of their officers prifoners. But Colonel Mentzel, at the head of a ftrong party of huffars, appeared again before the city, on the 5th of PART of May, and fummoned the inhabitants to furIII. render; which they refused, and fhut their 1 gates; relying on relief from the French, who 1742. were then marching up to the city. But Mar thal Khevenhüller, highly difapproving of the refolution taken by the Auftrian officers when they quitted Munich, fent General Bernklau and Baron Trenck, with 5,000 men, with orders to re-poffefs that city. The advanced body arrived before the town, and joined Colonel Mentzel, while the French were yet three marches diftant. When the Auftrians first appeared before Munich, the inhabitants buried thirty-fix pieces of cannon, which on their departure, they took up and planted on the walls and towers of the city and having barricadoed the gates and broke down all the bridges, fired on this advanced party with great vivacity. The Auftri ans were obliged to wait that whole evening and night, till all their troops came up; and then, by break of day, they refolved to form the The Auftrians marched towards that part of the river, where the bridges had been broke down; and, upon their advancing, were taken in flank by two pieces of cannon, and in front by the hunters mufket-fhot, who were pofted in fome houfes on the oppofite bank; infomuch, that they foon loft a confiderable number of men, and amongst the reft a captain of grenadiers. The Auftrians, difregarding this fire, repaired one of the bridges, and laid two large planks on it; which was paffed over by the pandours, grenadiers, and carpenters; and, as foon as the bridge was rendered more paffa ble, they were followed by the croats and regu lar battalions, each under their respective offi cers, all ardently ftriving who should be first. town. Upon |