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!! 

Welden’s 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 Schutt (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Wohlgemuth must have withdrawn towards Pressburg and the 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. 

* See footnote on p. 20.— Ed. 

From Pressburg and Vienna swarms of black-and-yellow * support- 
ers 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 Lunden- 
burg, 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 Olmitz “for the 
purpose of reaching an understanding with the Austrian Govern- 
ment”. When “My glorious army” *”! marches in, the Bohemians will 
soon discover the meaning of this “understanding”! 

Tomorrow evening we shall probably have news of further 
decisive Magyar successes.