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From the Theatre of War, May 2, 1849
First published: in the special supplement to the Neue Rheinische Zeitung No. 287, May 2, 1849.
Cologne, evening of May 1. Reports just received from Berlin and Vienna confirm the continued withdrawal of the imperial troops. In Pressburg, where on the 27th nothing was known about attacks by the Hungarians, there are continuous commotion, confusion and retreat.
An encounter took place near Komorn. A force consisting of two divisions of imperial troops under Schlick drove the Hungarians from the Sandberg near Acs and this is now presented as a victory. But, on looking at the map and discovering that Acs is situated on the right bank of the Danube, a mile from Komorn, the fact emerges that, even according to this official account, the Hungarians have crossed the Danube near Komorn and are in command of the road from Gran to Pressburg. And Schlick still talks about the royal imperial troops surrounding (!) Komorn!!
Weldenâs headquarters, transferred from Pest to Kapolna, from Kapolna to Raab, is now moving even further back, to Oedenburg, hard by the Styrian border and to the south of Vienna.
Jellachich has actually received orders to cut his way through to Croatia and to drum up as many men to escort him as possible.
North of the Danube, Wohlgemuth has temporarily disappeared from the scene. He was driven off SchĂźtt (the big island in the Danube); and the Csikos (mounted Landsturm) patrolled with impunity from Komorn to Szerdahely, halfway to Pressburg. Wohlgemuth must have withdrawn towards Pressburg and the March.
From Pressburg and Vienna swarms of black-and-yellow supporters are already in flight, some up the Danube, some to Prague.
It is reported that intervention by the Russians is imminent. One paper even maintains they have taken up positions near Lundenburg, on the border between Austria, Moravia and Hungary, but this is obviously a complete fabrication. It is expected that, as in Transylvania, they will be used as reserve and garrison troops in the towns, thus leaving all the Austrian troops free to concentrate on the Hungarians. It is said that 15,000 Russians are to come to Vienna as a garrison.
A Prussian staff officer has also arrived in OlmĂźtz âfor the purpose of reaching an understanding with the Austrian Governmentâ. When âMy glorious army"[1] marches in, the Bohemians will soon discover the meaning of this âunderstanding"!
Tomorrow evening we shall probably have news of further decisive Magyar successes.
- â An allusion to the New Year's message of greetings from King Frederick William IV "To My Army" ("An mein Heer") which he signed in Potsdam on January 1, 1849; it was published in the PreuĂischer Staats-Anzeiger on January 3, 1849. The Neue Rheinische Zeitung used this to expose the counter-revolutionary actions of the Prussian military (see Marx's article "A New Year Greeting").