chiefs of the rebels, 2000 in number have
made an attempt to save themselves by
flight, but they are pursued on all fides,
and cannot pofiibly escape, not only the
ardor of our troops, but also that of the
people of Lyons, enraged at tbeir having
been deceived by them. I previously in
formed my colleagues of our entrance in
to Lyons. Gen. Doppet is going by an
extraordinary courier to fend a detailed
report of his military operations. Cou
thon, Mdignet, Laporte, Dubois, Cranee
and BafTel, who we had joined at St. Fox
are on the point of repairing hither, and
will be eager to inform you of all our o
perations. My Colleagues wish to keep
me here ; I the orders of the Na
tional Convention.
Chateauneuf R. an do v.
Signed,
P. S. " I have detained the courier to
inform you that the rebels have been pur
sued and cut to pieces on ail fides : their
train of artillery and the treasure which
they carried off are taken."
Barrere. The committee has deter
mined that not one criminal ought to es
cape ; they htve ordered the fugitives to
be pursued, and the tocsin to be founded
all over the country, in order that the peo
ple may be raj fed to exterminate them.
The traitors mull be taken, their pun
ithment mult be speedy : it is propel that
the inhabitants of Lyons Ihould be dil
armed, and their arms confided to the
youth of the South, who will employ them
agiiuft the (laves of Spain. But will you
allow a city Jo exist, which by its rebellion
has caused so much blood of the Patriots
to be Ihed? Who lhall dare to demand
your indulgence for this rebellious city ?
What ought you to refpeft in your ven
geance ! The houle of the indigent per
lecuted by the rich, those manufacturers
of which the barbarous English so eager
ly deli re the deltru&ion. What ought
you to refpeft ! The asylum of humanity,
the edifice consecrated to public instruc
tion. The plough ought to pats over the
reft. When the Pruflians last year inva
ded the territory of the Republic, the
Sgu.h affected courage and republicanism.
At present all is changed, the North now
defends Liberty, and the South makes war
upon it. In this fituition a great exam
ple is necefiWy, I propose the following
decree :
Art. I. u There lliall be named by the
National Convention, upon the presenta
tion of the committee of public fafety, an
extraordinary com million composed of five
members, in order to punilh the Revolu
tionills of Lyons according to military
law, and without delay.
11. ' All the inhabitants of Lyons (hall
be disarmed ; their arms (hall be immedi
ately distributed among the defenders of
the Republic. A part (hall be reftoied to
the Patriots of Lyons, who have been op
pressed by the rich and the counter-revo
lutionists.
111. " The city of Lyons (hall bede
ftroyed. Whatever was inhabited by a
rich man, (hall be demolished. The poor
houfe the dwellings of (laughtered and
proscribed patriots, the edifices specially
employed to iuduftry, and the monuments
consecrated humanity and public instruc
tions, (hall alone remain.
IV. " The name of Lyons (hall be ef
faced from the lift of the towns of the
Republic. The re-union pre
served (hall henceforth bear the name of
Ville Artranchie.-
V. " A column (hall be raised upon the
ruins of Lyons, to attest to posterity the
crimes and the punishment of the Royal
ills of that city, with this inscription,
" Lyons warred againjl Libertx—
" I.roNS—ii no more.'—
" The eighteenth Day of the JirJl Month,
" Second Tear of the Repullic,
" One and Indivijille."
VI. " The Representatives of the peo
ple shall immediately nominate commissi
oners to make a lilt of all the property
which belonged to the rich and counter,
revolutionists of Lyons, that the refoluti.
ons of the Convention may be immedi
ately carried into execution."—Decreed.
LONDON.
Fromthe London Gazette Extraordinary.
Whitehall, Odoler 11,
Lajl tiigbt the Right Hen. Lord George
Cor.ivay arrived at the office of the Right
Hon. Lord Grenville, hit majefly's princi
pal Secretary of State for Fortign Affairs,
with a dispatch from the Earl of Tar mouth,
cf •which the following is an extract.
Waffemhcurg, 08. I 4» 1 7 93 ■
Stujir'wn Head Quarters.
Teller day morning at three € clod, Ge
neral IVurmfur nuule his prv.eQed attack
j upon the fines of the Lauvre, upon Various
points at the fame time. I have thefatisfic
tion to fay thai he is in poffejf on of every
part of them. Lauterbourg surrendered,
without any conditions, between three and
four in the evening, after* being evacuated
by the enemy, who, from the prodigious
number of redoubts oj which they were in
poj-effion, and the natural jlrengih of the
position, might have held out a siege of se
veral days.
This town rcfijhd some time longer. It
is surrounded by a large ditch', and <was de
fended by redoubts, from which the French
cannonaded the Auflrians for federal hours.
It is also connected with the Gielfberg, a
mountain which so entirely commands the
place, that if the French had determined on
deriving every advantage from their filia
tion, the Aujlricns could not have entered
into poffejjwn of it, without further successes
is the mountains. A part of the town was
burnt :n the course of the flruggle ; and the
French, before they retreated, set fire to
their magazines, both here and at AJfladt.
In other parts of this very complicated ope
ration, in which fix different columns had
dijlinfi plans to great success attend
ed the Auflrians. They fuccejfively carried
by ajfault all the different redoubts which
had been covflrufied in the front of the
French camps, of which the principal one
fell into tnto their hands, with all their
tents funding, several c affords, nine Jland
ards, and twenty fix canuons of very great
( calibre.
As these different anions are but jujl
overj and the Auflrian corps are very re
mote from each other, it is impojfible for me
to transmit to your Lortifhip, any account of
the killed, wounded or taken on either fide.
The army has been fourteen hours under
arms y almojl continually engaged in a very
aSlve pursuit, and often exposed to a inofl
tremendous Jire.
V/t have as yet no dflir.3 account of the
operations of the Duke of Brunfwick's ar
my yefler da] in the mountain, but a very great
cannonade was heard on that fide during the
•whole day.
Right Hen. Lord Grenville.
IVhkehall, Oflober 2 2
A letterfrom Sir James Murray, adju
tant General to the forces under the command
of his Royal Highness the Duke of Tork y
was received this evening by the Right Hon.
Henry Dundas t his majefly i s principal Se
cretary of State for the Home Department,
of which the following is a copy.
Engcl Fontaine, 0&. 18, 1793
Sir,
I had. the honor of informing you, in
my lad dispatch, that his Royal Highness,
at the earned request of the Prince of
Cobourg, had marched with a part of the
troops under his command, for this place.
They arrived here upon the 16th. The
prince, being acquainted with his Roval
Highnefs's intention, had been enabled to
withdraw from thence fodr battalions to
strengthen his other ports : a fifth batta
lion followed those upon his Royal High
nefs's arrival.
The eaemy, having collected in extra
ordinal y numbers, attacked the coips un
der the command of Gen. Clairfayt, which
was ported with its right near Berlemont,
and its left near the village of Wattigwie*,
upon the 15th and 16th. Upon the for
mer day the left wing of the enemy was
entirely defeated. Having advanced into
the plain which lay upon that fide between
the two armies, they were charged by the
Imperial cavalry, and driven back, with
great (laughter and the loss of twelve pie
ce« of cannon. The attack which they
made upon the left of the Auftrians was
more obstinately supported j they were,
however, finally repulsed.
Upon the 16th the enemy having drawn
the greatest part of their force to the right,
again attacked the left of Gen. Clairfayt's
corps, and the village of Wattigwies.
They could upon this fide approach
within cannon Ihot of the Auftrians, un
der cover of an immense wood, called the
Have d'Avefnes ; which, when they were
repulsed, secured their retreat; they bro't
a great quantity of heavy artillery to the
edge of the wood, under the protection of
which they attacked the village. The ut
most firmnefs and bravery were displayed
by the Austrian troops upon this occasion.
The enemy were several times repulsed
with great loss; they were repeatedly dri
ven from the village after they had earned
it; but being enabled, by great superio
rity of numbers, to bring continually frclh
troops to the point of attack, they at lail
succeeded in maintaining the poflcfiios (■{
that post.
The communication between General
Clairfayt's corps and that of General la
Tour, which observed the entrenched cam])
near Maubeurg, being by this means cut
off, it was judged necefikry by the Prince
ofCobourg to abandon thepoiitioli which
had been taken for the pnrpofe of in veil
ing Maubeuge, the army pafied the Sam
bre in the night without the smallest lois.
Lieutenant General Benzowllcy, who
commanded a detached corps upon the left
of the army, defeated a corps which was
opposed to him, killed a great number of
the enemy, took four hundred prisoners,
and eleven pieces of cannon. Count I lad
dick, who was detached by Gen. I-a Tour,
likewise gained a coniiderabie advantage,
penetrated to Sorbe Chateau, and took
three pieces of cannon.
In the two engagements, the Auftrians
took twentv-four pieces of cannon and two
howitzers, without the loss of one on their
part. They have had about two thousand
men killed and wounded. There can be
no doubt that the loss of the enemy has
beet much more confideiable. The Auf
trians now occupy the left bank of the
No cota'n accounts have betn
yet received of the further morons of the
enemy. I am, &c.
Sambre
JAMES MURRAY,
(.•ngntil)
October 24
We have just received a letter frcm Of
tend, dated the 22d 111 ft. at one o'clock,
P. M. which contains the following in
terelling paragraph :
" An express has this moment arrived
from the army of the Prince of Cobourg,
informing us, thnt after having re-croiTcd
the Sambre on the night of the 17th inft.
and expecting an attack from the enemy,
he sent Gen. Clairfait with 30,000
a circuitous route to lie in wait for them,
and retreated with the main army. As he
expe&ed, the enemy fell 011 him in great
numbers, but by this judicious measure,
they were attacked front and rear at the
fame period, and 15,000 men killed and
taken, with several pieces of cannon. Trie
Britifli troops had not arrived to (hare in
the glory oi the day."
Lord Howe failed with the fleet under
his command fix m Torbay, on Sunday
morning; but in consequence of diipatch
es sent from London, and forwarded to
hit lordihip by a fwift failing cutter, he
returned again to port, after being but a
few hours at sea !
Upon the probability that Brest and
Bourdeaux are ready to imitate the exam
ple of Toulon, Lord Hood is said to have
permitted four French /hips of the line to
leave the latter place, under flags of truce,
for those ports —Extraordinary as f'tch a
circumstance may appear, this, peilups,
is the bed method of making the experi
ment, whether the loyal patty has, or has
not, the ascendency at them.
PORTSMOUTH, Ottoler 24.
Particulars of a late action,
This morning came into harbour the Cres
cent frigate, Capt. Saunmrex, w'-th Le
Reunion, a French man of war, of 36
guns, commanded by Alonfieur Detune,
which she captured on Sunday morning, off
Cherbonrg, after an aSion of two hours
and 25 minutes.
The aSian began about ten o'cloii in the
morning, within pijlolJhot, ahuut four miles
wejl of Cherbourg. At firjl there was, a
light breeze of wind, which soon died away
to a perfect calm.—Karly in the aclion the
Crescent endeavoured to rale the Reunion but
the Frenchman avoided it ly luffing up i the
Lead fails, however, being at length Jhot
away, Capt. Saumarrz got upon the enemy's
quarter, rilled her fore and ast, thereby
sweeping the main-deel, and in twenty jive
minutes after twelve M. Denone Jlrucl his
colours.
The Reunion had 33 men Idled, and
48 fevtrely wounded; mid it is a circum
fiance that can hardly be credited, though
firiflly true, the Crescent had only one man
materially hurt ivhofe leg was hurt by a
carriage wheel, and three others Jlightly.
SHIP NEWS.
Arrived at New-York.
Ship Eliza, Harrifon, Liverpool, 9 weeks.
Sloop Cyntliia, Winfee, St. Martins.
PRICE OF STOCKS.
Philadelphia, January 9, 1794
6 per cents, 18f
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Deferred,
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N. A. ditt J,
Pcnafylva'.iia do.
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Extract of a letter from Nantz, dated
O&ober 16th, 1793, to Captain Mo-
I nary, Philadelphia,
I cannot lend you any news mote a
greeable or more glorious than, that the
Republic is saved notwithstanding the in
famous treasons that daily coine to light.
Cuftine fnffercd last month and many ge
nerals, who where of his plot, have itiarcd
his fate, but no matter, all is well, cairn.
England has loft 10 thousand tnen be
fore Dunkirk, and Spain has 101 l her three
camps near Perpigwan. We are in-Cata
lonia. The king of Savoy has lott all Ins
dominions, except Piedmont, where he •»
loclofely hemmed in, that he cannot ef-
cape : his treasure, cannon, and ammu
nition have ail fallen into our hands. Ly
ons is reduced to allies : 10 thousand emi
grants were there put to the sword, after
having sustained a (lege of two months#
Ail that remains to be iubdued is the de
voted town of Toulon, which has been
betrayed to the Englifn, and which we
are now dofely beficging with an army of
72 thousand men. Aa tor the lawleis bau-
Hitti of this country, who were io iniigm
ficant when you kft this, they are become
an objcffc of serious concern. In Jn- c
If ft, two hundred thoijCn;d of t-licm at
tacked us at all the points in the city, l>nt
were repulfcd with coufulcrable loss : iluy
two months, 180 thousand men of the
republican troops have been in puiiuit of
these insurgents. V
Not n day paftcs but they attack them,
and it is probable that before the end of
this month they will be utterly deftroyc.l.
All the navy, and all the merchantmen
are called into actual service. Preparati
ons are making for a descent on England,
and it is thought, that the troops hew,
consisting of ISO thousand men, are in
tended for that expedition. Naples ai: 1
the Duke of Tufcany have just deciaud
vvaragainftus. No matter; we are driv
ing all before us. The Auilrians, PruCi
ans, Hcffians and Dutch can hold out na
longer.
A frefh levy of 450 thousand men lira
lately been completed, uil well anned and
equiped; a part of them are ahead} 0:1
:he frontiers, and the reft arc loon tc
low. Another levy is now rsifiiig of the
like number, 40 thousand cavalry are al
ready enrolled, and on tlieir march for the
frontiers,
The firlt levy was composed of men of
every rank without diftindtion, from the
age of 18 to 2j, and the other levy whiih
is almost completed, is to be ccmpofed of
men from the age of 25 to j?. Every
young man and widower without children,
is obliged to march. All uteptils of ioa
and hells are carried to the national fenri
deries. Our calender is reformed. Men
of improved underiiandinrs have introduc
ed more order into it, and made it
worthy of a free people. We 1-ve expel
led from it all the flints, all the monu
ments of ignorance and fanaticifiri vvh'i h
have done so much milchief, a id which
are the causes of oar prefer.t fuffering*.
Inltead of those vile miscreants who owe
their canonization to their ilugg:lh li e
and their imbecility, we have fub'.tituwd
the names of those heroes who have done
honor to human nature in ancient times,
and who arc now our models. The months
are of 30 days, the wee!:s <-f 10, and at
the end of each week, a day is confec: at-d
to repose, and to the celebration of the
epoch of our immortal revolution. Four
hundred merchants and stockjobbers have
been executed at Maifcilles. This exam
ple has made that town and Bourdcux re
turn to the principles of our revolution.
Commercial ariltocracy attempt d to suc
ceed the arift cracy of tiir nobles and the
priesthood, but this the interior aepan
ments did not relish. We (hall be free,
and we (hall leave to posterity either a
dreadful caiaflrophe to bewail, or grand
examples for imitation.
ADVERTISEMENT,
I'irgtnia, Kottfi»tnkftt*nd(o**t*. D«c. «8, 1793-
FOR SALE,
A Valuable Tract of LAND,
in thu county, containing about eight
hundred acre*, one founh of which is low
grounds, of cxcdlcn# quality; Ihe other three
fourths is high l.ir.d, well coveted with oak,
hickory and chcfnut.
TltC fuuaflon is plrafant and Wealthy, on Yro
comico river, about three mill* from the Puio
mack. There is on it • two ilory brick dwri?
ling-house, with four rooms and a prfTtgc on
each floor, cxcluiive of closets ; a i;ood k'tchcr,
and othei nec<ff.««y ont-l.oufcs It l»*s oicha»da
of apple and p ach tre«>, and •* w»ll *»;r»cd
bv many drligh'ful fpiingk. The ' e
kn <wn on aupbration to the Honorable JOHN
HfcATH, tn Philadelphia, or to the liblcni'ff,
livmj* on iht p»rimfc*.
JOHN GOt-
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