On the 16th, the Hungarians undertook a reconnaissance along 
the whole line of the imperial army stationed at Pest. The attack did 
not begin until four in the afternoon; the bombardment lasted until 
nearly six. No exchange of infantry fire developed; the losses on 
both sides were small. The attack began with the Hungarian hussars 
surprising the imperial forces while cooking, causing great confu- 
sion; and when the Austrians had won enough time to bring their 
artillery into operation against them, the Hungarians disappeared 
equally suddenly. What purpose the Hungarians sought to achieve 
by this attack is not yet clear. It is supposed that the battle outside 
Pest was merely a cover for the Hungarians to cross the Danube, and 
the Magyar correspondent of the Breslauer Zeitung actually claims to 
know that the attempt was successful. However, perhaps by their 
sudden reappearance before Pest, the Hungarians merely wished to 
prevent the imperial forces from drawing off larger sections of 
troops to Gran and the Komorn road. Nevertheless, Welden, who 
journeyed on from Pressburg on the 17th, is reported to have 
ordered 10,000 men from Ofen to Gran on the 18th. 

The fortification of Ofen with woolsacks is still going on. 

We have no further definite news from the theatre of war at 
Waitzen and Gran. It is still uncertain who is in possession of 
Waitzen, but probably it is still occupied by the Hungarians. 

Concerning the action at Gran, martial-law reports are again 
circulating the rumour that the Magyars were defeated there and 
2,000 were taken prisoner. Of course, there is not a tittle of truth in 
this. At most, the imperial forces may have succeeded in holding 
their ground on the Gran. 

Naturally, the story of Kossuth’s alleged flight? has dissolved again 
into pure fable. While the Austrian officers talk of negotiations the 
Magyars attack, and Kossuth has announced that he intends to 
recruit another 50,000 men (the Magyar correspondent even 
mentions a figure of 200,000). Everywhere the Landsturm is being 
called up, and many thousands of them armed with pitchforks and 
scythes are reported to be marching behind the regular army. The 
latter is said already to number 35 hussar regiments. 

News comes from the Banat that on the 13th Perczel in the area of 
the Chaikist battalion was driven back at Titel and Wilowa by 
Stratimirovich; Todorovich, too, is reported to have sent two 
battalions there. 

The journal Bucovina paints a heart-rending picture of conditions 
in that province. Destitution and misery are so intense in the 
Bukovina that in certain localities there are people who for some 
weeks past have been living on minced straw or crushed acorns 
mixed with maize meal.