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lected at Essemberg, ready to be taken to Ur-dingen as soon as a lodgment should be madeon the right bank of the Rhine , and aboutthirty boats were procured from the Ruhr , andcollected at Essemberg, which furnished themeans of transport for about 900 men more.

The defences of the Austrians on the rightbank, were strengthened hy numerous batteries,established from Angerort to Dusseldorf , andothers erected in the island of Urdingen.

At 11 o’clock on the night of the 5th, seven-teen companies of grenadiers under GeneralChampionnet were embarked at Grimlinghausen,in the boats brought from the Erft into theRhine . The light of the moon enabled the Aus-trians to discover the movements of the French ,and as soon as the boats pushed off, a heavy firewas opened upon them. Several boats werecarried down the river by the current; otherswere sunk by the fire of the defendants, but thetroops made good their landing, attacked theenemy—established a lodgment, and the boatsreturned for fresh troops.

At one o’clock on the morning of the 6th3,000 men, of Lefebre’s division, were embarkedin boats, and landed at Eichelkamp. In return-ing for fresh troops the boats were carried to a