In five days, Napoleon defeated the elaborate efforts of the Austrians,
with whom were allied, perhaps, the greater part of Germany; and a
defensive war upon their own territory seemed now to be their only
resource.
At the battle of Eckmulh, the French took 1500 prisoners, and sixteen
pieces of cannon; and the Austrian army lost nearly 5000 men, killed or
wounded; while the loss of the French and their allies amounted to only
about 2000 men, killed and wounded.
Napoleon was wounded in the right foot at Ratisbon. He expressed his
surprise that the enemy’s gun had reached him, seated upon a little
hillock beyond the range of their fire. Too impatient to allow
sufficient time for the dressing of the wound, he mounted his horse in
haste, and restored the confidence of the army, which had been somewhat
staggered at this disaster, by riding along the lines.
[Illustration: NAPOLEON WOUNDED AT RATISBON.]