VI
iiit u jromgij kixtuizs
LONDON, May i.
The Somerict Provisional cavalry have vo
luutecred to extend their furcrees to Ire
land.
Richard Cooper, Esq. Broaderer, has paid
his fine of 4ool.._and 10 marks in tlie cham
ber of London, t > he exempted from serving
the office .cf Sheriff. This is the fourth gen
tleman who has paid the like fine to be ex
cised from fevving- the office of Sheriff.
Such been the 4everity of the winter or.
the Continents that; at Riga, in Lovinia,
(which k the lamp latitude as Aberdeen in
Scotland) there had not been an hour of thaw
from the ! ft ot November to the jd of April.
Irf January ana February, the thermomiter
fluftuated between 45 and vdegrees cf
lioft, by Fahrenheit's. In the la.ter half at'
March, tlv had been in ui 20 to 40 de
grees ; ana on the 3d April, when the ac
count cajne away. tlisy had not had less than
10 degrfit< t'frcft.
According to accounts from Ruflia, the
exports froni Peter {burg last year, amount
ec, to 36,005-, 193 rublts, or about 8 millions
fterhng-; r,d the iip ports to only 26,175",007 !
rubles, or tome what lels than fix millions ; I
leaving p. balance of 3,000,000 fttrl. in fa- |
s Vour of Russia.
M. jor Ge.nera! Nixon, who came paflen
ger in the Sphynx from the Cape, has
brought here an add re! sto the King', from
the Ccmpanre's servants at Madnrfs, accom
panied with'a donation cf 70,000!. sterling,
*»'- * it of the voluntary contributions rai
ling in thiit fettleme.ilt for the prosecution of
the war.
Vve have received letters by the Sphynx,
from the .Gape, dated in January, by which
it !;pp«rs that the troops at the settlement
were then corflantlv on ,duty. Advice had
Veil communicated from the Govewior of St.
litlena, by tl;e Geogana packet, that two
French «ju;.droiis had been observed by the
Aiveres, ot Gop, the one con lifting of three
large fbjpi and two ftnajl ones, in latitude
11, south, fleering to the ealhvard ; and the
otiiei or two large mips, having a convoy, in
riarly the fame latitude. The Alices Con
tinued in light of tlvfflj for feme days, and
observed that they,repeated\y threw out their
hgnals. which thfry often enforced with agun.
It was foj:pofed at the Cape, that thele squad
ron« would form a juflion and look into
Table or that they meditated ar: at
tack. In either of which cales, the govern
ment of the Cape had ordered the British
ships there to fnoor further in, under cover
of the fort. From the fine condition of the
troops at the Cape, and the great additions
to the fortifications, little alarm was excited
by the above communication. Captain Lo
f'ck, jof his Majrefty's fliip Jupiter, as the
Gipe, had ordered a sloop of observation to
cruise to theeaftward, and give information
f.fthe course of the French squadron. We
further learn, that the Dutch planters had
been fupp'y Cape Town with the
produce of the interior, wh : ch was at firft
withheld, but they had been obliged to com
ply with the demand of the Governor, in
contequence of a peremptory requisition, and
they are allowed a fair price for ill the ar
ticles they bring down, which are in great a
bundance. The incendiaries who attempted
to burn the King's warehouse's at the Cape,
had not been discovered, altho a reward of
">o dollars was offered for their apprehenfi
Several ships have obtained licenses to
proceed to the eaftwnrd aft hi Cap-os Good
Hope, on the southern Whale fifhery. A
number of gentlemen at St. Helen's had it
in contemplation to establish a depot there,
for the purpofc of preparing the oil, instead
of maufafturiiig it in this country, which it
is thought will be a saving to the own-
ers.
Lords William and Frederick Bentinck,
accompanied by colonel Clinton, left town
yell el-day morning for Yarmouth, to embark
for Vienna. '
The (-rand Duke Cor.ftantine, second son
of :he Empercr of Ruflia, will go to Italy
as a volunteer. He arrived at Vienna, on
his way tSithcr, on the loth inft.
The Emperor of Germany has declared,
that every Austrian folaier, who, being
tnade prif >ner, /hall establish himfelf in
France, dial" be treated as a deserter, and
have Ilia property confifcatrd.
We learn by letters from Vienna that
f'nnce CVar'es has adopted the mnft rigor-'
ous measures to preserve his troops in an ex
' afl fiate of discipline- Among the late or
ders which he has issued, is one which en
joins, on pain of death, all Generals and Of
ficers intruded with con mands, to remain
constantly, during the time of a&ion, at the
bead of their troops.
By .amount? from Eifincur, dated the
iSih hit. "it appears that the Sound was
then clear of ice. • On the preceding day,
the firft vtfferfnr the season from the North
Sea appeared in Hornbeck Bay. Several
foreign veflcls, bound to the Baltic, which
wintered in Neva harbour, will proceed by
the tirlt fair wind.
Ore of the ships lately arrived from the
Ealt Indies. in consequence of the al
•eraliott in her destination and detention in
?ndia, incurred an expence to the owners,
in the course of 24 months, to the amount
of 14,000!. sterling.
CONSTANTINOPLE, February 22
French Aimy of Cbferv-ation.
Bernadotte, General in Chief, to the people
cf Germany.
Germans
It' in the destinies of the world the French
government has aright to dim the com
mencement-os 'he Grand Movement Which
Crowns the termination of the 18th century,
gratitude reminds us that the honor of the-
Light by which the end of the 16th was il
luminated, belongs to yqu ! ! !
Germans ! Freemen ! we areyourbrethren ;
we swear it by our arms, we do not come to
derange this holy brothei hood, hut on the
contrary ta confirm our connections, andcc
mcnrtheir existence by tjit- defeat of their
common foe, toe House of Austria !.' !
Since tbe time ot liodolphe of Hapiburg,
worthy head of this detestable fWnily, rebei
flave to Chtocare his master, what numerous
attewpLS hayc been made to render the Em
pire hereditary • 1!
Germans ! can yon doubt the exiftence"of
this, Auflria-n party, so fertile in reasons to
prove the advantage of uniting all .Germany
under the Austrian yoke ! ! !
Such however, is the fate that menaces
yolir exigence. The caufc for which we are
ready to xontend 011 your foil is common to
us both, but more interesting still to Europe.
It is undoubtedly horrid to be the continual
prey of war, and your country is still the
theatre of the misfortunes it occalions ; but
Germans ! whenever the blood of-n an is
about to be Died -on your territories, the
bouse of Austria is invariably the canfe of
it !-! *■
When viftorv had placed in our hands the
means of annihilating this treacherous fami
ly, we generously renounced ;he glory of esta
blishing the of Europe, dnd
had the niignar.imity to believe its insatiable
ambition would be gratified by conceilion.—
\et so many facrifices have not yet restored
peace to the world. ! ! !
Tyrants and their counsellors have mi/ta
ken. our patinner for sleep ; but people who
have acquired liberty never sleep.Dor never
die !
Germany ! the hostilities this day recom
j menced are purely deftnfive! You will no
longer mifcorftrue the odious machiavelifm
of Auftris. Dextrous to involve you in her
broils, she wishes to turn a war interfiling
only to herfelf, into a war involving the
whole Empire in order to raift herftlf on
your ruins.
You will perceive how flie diredls the
monstrous alliance she has formed with Eng
land to your prejudSPe—that Enrland which
fees but does not feci the dillurbanccs of the
continent and, which with Russia, is labour
ing to reduce civilized Europe to Asiatic
Barbarism.
Germain ! The support of religion, your
preservation, your liberty the independence
of ycur individual governments, which are
our friends, necessarily lead you to unite with
us, to drive this abominable horde of con
spirators from their lurking holes.
Your property shall sacredly be refpjft
ed. Ihe laws of the Republic unite with
the weapons of death whoever violates the
aflylum of the peaccab e inhabitant. These
laws shall be religiously executed.
Rife then Germans ! rife with us ! War to
Austria ! war to the barbarians of the north
who wi(h to inundate your territory with
blood !!!!'!!!!!
The above wonderful produjftion is trans
lated from the Journal de Paris of the 2J
April.
BOSTON, June 22.
Further Eur ope mi Accounts '
Have been received since our last. The al
lied arms continue to be Fortune's favor
ites. The siege of Mantua has com
menced ; and the Ruflian column tinder
Gen. Suwarrow arrived at head quarters,
at Verona, on the 13th of April.
This arrival does not furnifh any thing de
cisive refpeding the Brcft flp e t except
that it was positively at sea ; and (hat
the British commander had afcertaincd its
force ; bat were ignorant of its deftina
tion. Our accounts via Halifax, are as
late as those from Europe. A letter
from Portsmouth, England, of May 3,
fays," It is reported the French flett
arrjjut ir to L'Oricnt, and ih tthe Cxfar
was the only Brit:fh (hip which came near
them, and has been severely handled-"
In Ireland we perceive no remnants of the
rebellion.—A sense of common danger
appears to have United all parties The
Lord Lieutena»t. by an order, May sth,
commanded all the corps of yeomanry,
on permanent duty.
The Congiefs at Raftadt, continued fitting.
Notwith (landing the attacks made by the
French aimies on all the Austrian corp«,
the French Plenipotentiaries, on the 9th
April, in a not* addressed to Count
Met ernicfc, the Emperor's Plenipoten
tiary, fay, " Multiplied afts attefl the
ardour and SINCERITY of the wi/hes,
the EFFORTS, and the SACRIFI
CES made by the Diredlory for a
prompt and solid peace."_Do these
maniacs think their words can have such
influence in ths world, as to hide their ac
tions ?or do they think they have
ideots to deal with ?—Such effrontery
can only be equalled by the (kill, which
is conspicuous in all thtir management ;
and the apathy with which the Dire&ory
hears of the effed of the French piracies
111 the United States. Afier'fuch hof
ti e couduft, and such pacific language,
the people of the United States mud
know h>w to appreciate French pro
fefljons of amity. « Tl,e fool calleth
firebrands arrows ai>d death, and faith,
am I not in sport * [Centm,/.
OF SURRINAM.
The leaven of French " diplomatic /kill"
is working at Surrinam. We have received
letters on the fubje<ft, which are in the hands
of the tranflatpr. If the Cnited States, or
Great Britain, does not take. that colony
under its protedion, it will in a fliort time
become a French fief; the whole valua
ble trade thereof be IoQ to us.
Orders has been given by the French Di
rectory, to arn.fl the celehra'ed Barrere. He
refidtd at Bourdeaux ; but has escaped.
The Hen. Thomas Barclay Esq. his Brit
anmc Mi-jefty's Consul General for the Eas
tern States, has arrived at New.York.
Lt. Got. Charlton, of New Brunfwick,
has lubicribcd to the voluntary contributions
for carrying on the war, Five Hundred
rouedp, per annum.
BERNADOTTE.
The Hamburgh mail which became due
this morning, arrived in courfr.
The Vienna Court' Gazette of the 24th
ult. contains an article which states that
Buonaparte had succeeded in tranquilizing
'• 2nd from this, and an article from
Conltantinople, of the jd ult. it appears
that he had been very fuccefstul, and had pe
netrated into Syria.
An army of 30,000 men under Ghezzar
Pacha is Hated, in the article from Con
ftatitinople, to have been defeated by the
.lench General; and great apprehensions
were entertained that he would make him
felf rnafter of Damaicus, Terufalem, and all
Syria.
The Arckduke Charles is stated, in the
Vienna article of the 24th, and in that from
Stockaii, to be recovered from his illness.
May 9.
No further intelligence from the Fleet un
der Lord BkiDpc»T had reached Town-when
this went to Prei's.
Ihe Popt (Pius VI.) departed this life on
the 19th cf April, in the Citadal of Turin,
•» his way to Briancijji, in the Mountains
of Dauphine, the place appointed for his
exile. His infirmities would not permit him
to bear the lhaking of a carriage, for which
reason he was carried ii\a litter.
Constance is not taken, and the, Auftrians
uare not, or to speak with more precision, are
not in lufKcient strength to make any serious
attack upon Switzerland. The longer the
delay,, the more Maflena is mortifyed him
felf there, and the greater additions does the
iJirecWy make tohis Army, of Troops
that they are able, on this fide of the Loire,
ihe reinfcixsments which the Archduke re
CONTINVA TI6N OF
jfos#gn3itttell»gmt£
PER PACKET.
LONDON May 8.
We are not yet enabled to ccmnunicate
o our readers any i&tisia&ory i»teliigci;ce
idm tjM Bridport. A fquajron failed
rorn Plymouth on Monday tor tbc Aveft.
ard,confiftingof the Queen- Charlotte, o
ifeguns, four other ftiips of the lire, am
w» frigates.
We yesterday communicated to our rea
If i s the mofl important from the
French Journals to the 4th inft. which wi
eceived- vtflerday morning". A lubfequeii
us ln.pofleflion of a more jJerlttf. lift of tin
French Meet waicll failed from Brett, ando
nhtr art!iU.-»»lucli ar> to k found in 0:1
Hibit ijiK-nt. t eli-mris',-. The publiofte of cii<
-d itift iflerts.that General Kilmaine, win
'.vasfaidin tome of the papers to commani
the troops intended to serve 011 friore, was il
it Paris. "
We have received ny the French Jour
nals more recent intelligence from German)
Switzerland and Italy, than the test h«i
biou;>ht. Ihings 011 the 24th ult. wert
in nearly the fame slate on the banks of thi
Rhine, from Straiburgh to Schaffhaufan, a;
011 the 13th. We ice from a letter writtei
to the Directory 011 the 26th ult. by Gen
Mafiena, that there had.been at
feripus attatk on either fide, from the source
of the Rhine to Schaffhaufcn. According
to r vgeneral.'t letter, it appears that th<
y!« not remained in the fame ftat<
of i;;;:ti\i:y on the frontiers of Tyrol, bts
that ci: the 22d they had attacked the pri«
Engadi::e. '! he republicans arrogate t<
themfelvcs the advantage in the concluuon o:
tills affair, in which they fay that they mad<
800 prisoner?. It appears, in faft, to have
- u °' 1. tile importance ; and from the man
tier in which the FrenA describe it, we are
difpofeu to believe that it has rather been ad-
to the A-uftrians than to tl.;
French.
It'we are to__cridit the accounts jiublifliec
at Pans refpecung the operations of the wai
"i Italy, the jundi 11 of the Ruffians v.ith
the Aulinaus farfiom enabling the letter tc
purine i,uir tuecets, has rather put a period
to it ; and General Morcau has driven their
back beyond the Adije, after having defeatec
them Pizzightone, and taken 5000 priso
ners. Ic is scarcely necelTaiy for us to make
any remarks on the probability of this fad ;
we will venture to aflert, that it is falfe ir
all its circumftatices. \yb.,t appears to u<
leaf! improbable, but which, however, we d
not confaler as Certain, k.thn the head-q-jai-
Lodi to Brescia, and were at the latter place
on the 21 ft April. 1 his movement lorwarc
would prove that the Fienc h anav inaft havt
been reinforced by troops fiom 'Pi dmont
' r iio "> Switzerland, it appears cettain, a:
the intelligence brought by the Hamburg!
mad erf Sunday la ft ltd us to believe, tha
the Direftory have ordered the kingdom c
Naples and the date of the church to be eva
cuated 1 and-the brilliant fuccefles gained b\
the Auftrians in the two firft weeks of tlx
--ningof the campaign, have been fufficien
for tne attainment oi one ot the prime pal c':
jeols ot the war, that of delivering the whoh
of the iouth of Italy t-rom the pretence of tin
trench—The Swiss even, according t® th<
tcknowledgment of the Paris papers, are at
ers. The inhabitants of the Cantons of Ur
andot Glarus have taken up arms,and a {til
more tcrious inturreition appears to havt
broken out in the Vallais.
The lingering fate of the Congress of R
ftadt, is at length decided ; die republicar
ministers were to quit that city on the 2Stl
ult. as they announced three days before ir
a note addretTed to the deputation of the em
pi re.
The debates of the council contain nothisf
interesting, excepting the determination a
to the fate of the emigrants (hip-wrecked a
at Calias, in 1795. They are to be detain
ed in prison until a peace, and are afterward
to be banifheirT. The army of Buonaparte i
said in the French paper? to have taken po
ieffion of St. John d'Arce.
Hamburgh, May 1.
ceives arc not in the fair.£ proportion, which
mates me apprehenilve, as I have already
Paid, that this prince may meet with great
£♦ obstacles, and that he will put off the execu
tion of his defignj upon that Country until
the Direftory, in order to prelerve Shrrer,
fliall oblige Maflena to fendliini 30,600 cho
t fen men. This period cannot be tar distant,
cc for Mantua, is already surrounded, and the
I r( j FrencYi are retiring behind the Oglip. Their
,j|_ Head-quarters are, it is f»id, at Lodi, and
o j.- those of the Auftrians at Goito, on the Min
cio. The Garrison of Mantua is conipol'ed
of 20,000 Men, cpnfifting of French, Cifal
>a- P' nes ) Piedmoptefe, and Poles. Since the
ie sth, there has been feeble engage
ments of advanced polls. General Klen*u
continues to makeprogrefs into the Duteby
ut ofFe
rara, and to increase his Army by a
| ie great number.of. Insurgents who dock to join
li s Standards. The Inhabitants of the T<r
ur r ' tor >" °* Mantiia, the Brefciant-fe, the Ber-
j IC gair,<ii'co, and tbe Cremonefe, in general tef
)o tiiy the mod favourable difpoiitions towards
)t J the Auftrians : they call Upon them with
:jj loud cries, fly towards them as foe n.as they
appear, and begin already to break out into
r _ Infurreclions, at ieveral points. Letters
from Italy allure us, that General Macdon-
U aid is evacuating the Kingdom of Naples
re with the greatest fpeed,.in order, to avoid be
ie ing placed between two /ires : and, in fad},
}S he has no great time left for saving the
weqk of his army, -yvhich js now reduced to
3. >5' Oo .° Men, as very numerous bodies of
o Insurgents are cnlleftiqg between Naples and
„ Rome, and th. y have already taken pofieflion
g of several important polls.
Ie It is npt pofliblc, to know exactly what
x ispaffing' in the interior of Switzerland 4
|t commotions certainly prevail there, bnt the
French give themselves little uneafmrfs on
, r that account, owing to their force. The lit-
Q tie town of Eg!ifa 11, between Shaffhaufen and
,f Waldfliut, has also been taken poffeffioo of
e by the Auftrians so that the Rhine is now
£ the limits 6f the two armies. On the 19th,
the Enemy again made a fruitlefs attack bet
. ween Bregentz and Feldkirch.
The army is increased in Holland by
. 1 o,oco Men, and a National Guerd of 31,000
Men, had been fouriid.
| A xJiviKon of the Helvetic army has pai
fed Mount Saint Gotbart, to proceed to I
taly,aud reinforce the French Ariity. It
will be unplaced in Switzerland by a division
from the?; interior of France. - -
April 18.
.We, ate afTured that the whole of
enibafly from Spain to Vienna has departed
frotn Jhat cit}", and will soon arrive at Paris,
mdjlm the Duke d'Oflan will not fulfil liis
nifnon tp the Emperor. < -*
,Citizen Julien, Couimiffaiy of War, anc
Secretary GetwraJ dF the provisional Goverir
raent of Naples-, has bfcen arretted in that ei-
VT'__ : _" ' ,
Thegarrifon of Mantua consists often
men. It has provifio'ii for thirteen
months at least.
April 29.
Genml Jo in da 11 is appointed mfpedor of
the Army of England. '
Buonaparte has taken the city of Acre, the
residence ot the Pacha, who promised the
Gi. 4 nd Seignior to annihilate our army in E
g'ypt. This news was brought to Toulon by
a velTe 1 which came in 25 days from Alex
andria.
April 30.
A letter from Turin, dated the 20th April,
brings the following intelligence "We
are allured General Moreau has resumed part
of the polition which he was obliged to a
bandon in the !at- engagements ; that i ehas
made five thousand Auftrians prisoners ; and
that General Gauthier has also, on his fide,
beaten and repulsed the enemy."
We have received a letter'from Basle, da
ted the 6th inftar.t, in the following terms :
General Maftena has had advice by an extra
ordinary courier from Ijaly, that thearmv un
der the provisional comm. ndofgen. Mcreau,
has beaten the enemy at Pizighitone, and
compell. d them to repafs the Adige, and raise
the blockade of Mantua. Our army has re
furnedits former pofit'jon.
General MalTenahas removedhisheadquar
ters to Zurich.
I EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY.
Massena, General in Chief,; to the F.xecv.
five Directory of the French Republic.
Head quarters at Zurich, tbe ;th F.oreal
.... . (April a 6.1
Citizens Directors,
I received in my way from Basle to Zu
rich an extraordinary dispatch from General
Lectmibe, by which he informs of the right
wing of the army of Helvetia ; I h. if en" to
transmit you the details of it.
On the 3d Floreal ( 22 d April) t>. my
attacked the principal pofitiors of G. ral
Lecourfjt* with a superior farce. They di
rected their attacks agiunft Mancffa and Re
mii3.
At the firft attack tfeey repulsed our troops
and got poucffion of the' village of Remus-
But the ftcor.d battalion of the 44th demi
•>ri:jade, headed by Sodene, its chief cf bri
gade, marched boldly against the enemv, and
(.rove thern hack to the mountains from
whence they had defended, after having
beat them 61 the village.
While this was palling, the firft battal-
the fame demi-brigade beat ami re
pulsed the enemy at Schillin? and Pornt-Mar
tin, wheie their attacks were as fruitlefs as
again ft the> reft'of the line.
this day v/e made 800 prisoners,
among which were a Major, fix captains,
iix lieutenants, and five ensigns'. Their loss
in killed and wounded amounted to more
than 400 men.
General Lecourbe, in making partieular
mention of the 44th demi-baigat!e, also ren
ders justice to all the troops engaged in this
action. He particularly praises his artille
ry-
(Signed)
May 2.
On the 21ft of April, the headquarters of
the army of Italy were advanced -.0 Brd'cTa.
Paris, April 27.
massena.
The Aurtrians remained!
fition, where they exped...
Letters from Coire, of the
confidently afiVrt, that the Fn
at that date ill poiTeiTion of ai
portions in the eountry of the
Vienna, April 24
A letter from Marlhal Suwarrow, da'-ec
Veliggio,'April 18, states, that the Frenci
had re-passed the Adda, after throwing sis.
teen thousand men into Mantua, and
thousand into Ftefchiera; and that the maV
<hal was preparing to follow them, after lcav"
ing General Kray with a corps of about
twenty thousand men to invert those two
plages. Marlhal Suwarrow'i patroles had
been punilhedas. far w Cremona, and Gen
| Klenau's to the neighborhood of Bolc na'
without meeting any considerably body 0 f
| the enemy,.
i By accounts received in the e.vening of the
fame d»y, it appears that the enemy were em,
j ployed in throwing up entrenchments at Lo
jdi and Cafiano. Ma.lhal Siiwarrow, with*
body-os between forty-five and fifty thousand
men, was to have marched on she 19th to
j Mont? Ghiaro, pn the Chiefa, in order to
occupy Brelcia, and then tp" advance on the
Oglio and Adda.
His Roval Highness the Archduke Charles
. has reported the following particulars relative
i to the taking of SchafFhaufen ;
t" As the enemy rtilj retained pofTelTion of
! the town of SchafFhaufen and the suburbs
1 of Co7)fiance, called Peterfhaufen, both fitu
atedon the Right Bank ef the .Rhine, with
an apparent view to afTemble there, andp Jr .
ticularly in Schaff haufen, a number of troops
and to .make an advantageous. attack from
both points uppn the corps .of Lieutenant
Gt peral Count Nauendor.fF, wjiich was puft.
Ed in .the neighborhood, his royal highness
direfted that the enemy should be driven
from those two points, aiid that their Rations
fliould be occupied by our troops.
In confi-quence of this arrangement,
lieutenant General C©unt NauendoriF was
charged to order Lieutcnat General Count
Baillet tp advance again ft SchafFhaufen with
<> cenfider&ble body ol Light Infantry and
Cavalry, supported by four battalions of the
line and some reserve artillery. Heohqed
tiieie orders, and fu 122ijioned the enevnv to
abandon the town in the courft of
hour, and to retire to the left bank of the
river. The officer who commanded ia
SchafFhaufen fought tp gain time by nego
tiation, with a view to draw unto himfelf 2
reinforcement ; bi- Lieutenant General
Count Baillet, aware of thfc' enenv's object,
ordered his artillery, which he had polled to
great advantage, to fire upon the bridge and
the gate of the town, and without further de
lay be attacked the enemy in the town ; and
notwithstanding a very obstinate resistance,
.he drove them across the Rhine, the bridge
over which they burnt in their retreat.
The enemy loft upon this occalion frvetal
hundred men killed and wouidfed, and one
hundred taken prisoners Seventeen pieces
et cannon, and arms of various Jfefcriptions
we re taken. Our loss does not exceed twen«
ty men.
Lieutenant General Count Bailie! par.
ticularizes the fpi. fted of a private
of the regiment of Lacy, who voluntarily
am across the Rhine, and. under the pre!
ttftionof cur fire, loosened two vtfFels which'
were on the Left Bank, and got back with
them as far as the middle of the river, where,
, however, the current drove him against the
; bl, r n ; n g bridge, which set fire to the two.
- veflels. This c.reumftance obliged the man
• to dive and to swim back to the Right
t a 'i. " ise * a,n p'e encouraged another:
both plunged ft,to thr Rhine and brsught
1 over some vessels ; the consequence of which
was, that f venteen or eighteen more men,
of the regimentof Lacy, followed the others,
and got polFelFson of many more velTels Hii
rpyal highness, as a reward for so meritoti-
I ous a zeal, antias a encouragemeßi toothers,
gave the firlt man the golden medal, and the
lecond the silver medal.
On the 14th, at daybreak, Major Gen.
rinazeck made an attack upon Petershaufen
with great spirit and decision, drove the en
emy from it, and funk the (hips which were
on the opposite bank.
The detachment which was sent through
I orzheim and Bruckfal, towards Fhil/pfu
fame that il had re-elta
bhfhed the communication with that for
trefs, had pushed on patroles towards Man
neim.
fame time Lieutenant General
the Rh'negraf of Salm, cOmaandanc of
rhihpfbnrg. reported that ajpatrole of the
inconsiderable detachment of the dragoons
of B.mberg, which termed a part of the
gam ion, had pushed forward through Wag
haufel, and had taken foui French chafllurs
*uh their h'orfes. The Rhinegraf took
thi9 opportunity of commending the condu&
of the above detachment, as well as ths re
mainder or the garrison during its blockade.
pa sk y April 22.
A report is fpreai that the Aurtrians at
tempt- ! the passage of the Rhine at Lazzach,
but that they were driven back with loss.
Strcsburgb, Apr!! j;.
are continually combats between
our troopi and the Auftrians ; but thelat
tei, th iugbfuperior in number, dojiotgain
ground ; they are rcpiilftfd at every attack
with considerable loss. ' Siucc the day before
yelterday there has been an affair of confe
quei.ee. [he Auftrians occupy the position
ot Lithtenau at Ruhl, of Opuenau, G?n
gtnbaac, and Waldkirch. Our troops are
placed from Scheizheim to Acherne, Rentier
Gvorkirch, Appenweiber, Lahr and 0:1::-
bourg-.
The army of Prince Charles remains q-.ii-
is believed that the new plan for the
campaign has not yet arrived from the Aalic
council of War, and it is to this circum
ftsiKie their tardy operations are to be attri
buted ; but the plan will, perhaps, be frus
trated before its irriva!, by general Mailers,
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