.foreign intelligence
BUONAPARTE'S
RETREAT FROM SYRIA.
Sir Sidney Smith to Lord, Nelson.
Tigre, at Acre, May 9, 1799-
M* Lord,
the .honor to inform your Lord
jhip by my letter of the 2d inftaut, that we
were busily employed completing two ra
velins for the reception of cannon to flank
the enemy's nearest approaches, distant only
V nyards from them. They were attacked
1 Vat vi - night and almost every night fnce,
bos the .:ni.my have been each tins.' repulsed
with conSderable lofn; the enemy continued
to baUer in breach with progreflive success,
It. * v, irie several timesattempted toftorm,
fc as often been beaten back with
ient.■ r-.f slaughter. Our bed mode of de-
Jem been frequent sot ties to keep them
ft r-fenfive, and impede the progress
of tfj covering works. We have thus
b'-x'ij one continual battle ever since the
be, g of the siege, interrupted only at
fto» i( ervals by the exceflive fatigue of
eve lividual 011 both tides. We have
been long anxiously looking for a reinforce
ment, without which we could not expeft
to be able to keep ths place so long as w<
have. Ihe delay in its arrival being occa
sioned by Haffau Bey's Aaving originally re
ceived orders to join me in Egypt. I was
obliged to be very peremptory in the repe
tition of my orders tor Ki •< to join me
here ; it was not however till the evening
of the day before yefterd3y. the 51ft day
of the ficge, that this fleet of corvettes and
transports made its appearance- The ap
proach of this additional II length was the
signal to "Buonaparte for a mod vigorous j
and perl'everiog assault, in hopts to et pof. j
fcfiion of the town before the reinforcement
to the garrison could disembark
The co nil ant fire of the belegeri was
suddenly increased ten fold, our flanking
fire from a float was as usual, plied to the
utmost, but with left effeft than heretofore,
at the enemy had thrown up epaulments and
traverses of fnfficient thickness to protect
him from it. The guns- that could be
worked to the greatest advantage, were a
l'rench brafu eighteen pou der in the Light 1
bouse callle. manned from the Theseus. un
der the direAion of Mr. Scovder, master's
mat'-j and the last mounted 2 j pou .der in
the North ravelin manned from the Tygre,
under the direftiou of Mr, Junes, midlhip
man. These guns being within grape dif
tanee of the head of the attacking column,
added to the Turkllh mufquitry, did great j
• execution. And I take this opportunity of
Recommend ng these two petty officers,
whefe indefatigable vigilance and zeal merit
■fiy warmed praise. TheTvgre's two 68
pound carronades, mounted in two germes
lying in the Mole, and worked untlfcr the
direction ef Mr. Bray, carpenter of the Ty
gre, one of ths bravest and most intelligent
nien I ever served with, threw (hells into
the centre of this column with evident tf
fe&, and checked it considerably. Still,
how«vcr, the enemy gained ground, and
made a lodgment in the second (lory of the
NE. tower j the upper pjrt being entirely
battered down, and the rui«s in the ditch
forming the ascent by which they mounted.
Daylight (hewed us the French ftandird on
the outer angle of the toyver The fire of
the besieged *as much (lackened in compa*
rifon/to that of the besiegers, and our flank
ing fire was become of lels effeA, the energy
having covered themselves in this lodgment,
and the approach to it by two traverfers
across the ditch, which they had conftru&ed
under the fire which had been opposed to
them du-ii'g the whole of the flight, and,
which were now seen composed of land
bags and the bodies ef their dead, buih in
with them, their bayonets only being visible
above them. Haffan Bey's troops were in
the boats, though as yet but half way on
shore. This was a most critical point of
the contest.; and an effort was necessary to
preserve the place for a short time until their
arrival. _
I accordingly landed the boat* at the
Mole, and took the crews up to the breach
armed with pikes. The er.thufiaftic grati
tude if the Turks, men, women and chil
dren, at fight of fucb a reinforcement, at
such 3 time is not to be described.
Many fugitives returned with us to the
breach, which we found defended by a few
brave Tnrks, wbofe most deftruftive missile
weapons were heavy stones, which ttriking
the afiailant on the head, overthrew the fore,
mod down the dope, and impeded the pro.
grefj of the reft. A fuectffion, however,
afceaded to the assault, the heap of the ru
ins between the two parties ferviag as a
bread work fdr both, the muzzels of their
mufquets touching, and the spear heads of
the standards locked. Gezxa Pacha hear
ing the Britifa were on the breach quitted
his station, where according to the 1 urki(h
ancient cudom, he was fitting to reward such
as (hould bring him the beads of the enemy,
and distributing mufq'iet cartridges with his
own hands. The energetic old man coiritig
behind us, pulled us down with violence,
faying if any harm happened to his British
friends, all was loft.
This amiable contest as to who fho»ld de
fend the breach, occafiored a rufti of Turks ,
to the spot, and thus time was gained for
the arrival of Haffan Bey's troops.— I had ;
now to combat the Pacha's repugnance to
admitting any troops to his Albanians into <
the garden of his Seraglio, becoming a very 1
important pod as occupying the Terra-plein
of the Ramparts, Thert was not above two 1
hundred of the original thousand Albanians 1
left alive. 'This was no tune to and t
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I overruled his objeftioas by introducing the
Chifllick regiment of one tboafand men ar
med with bayonets, disciplined after the
European method under Sultan Selini's
own eye, and placed by his inipona] Majedy's
express command at my disposal. The gar
rison, animated by the appearance of such a
reinforcement, was now all on foot, and
there being consequently enough to defend
the breach, i to the Pacha to get
rid of the objeA of his jealousy, by ope.iirt;
his" gates to let them make a fallv and take
.the dflailajits in flank ; he readily complied,
' and I gave diredtions to the Golonel to get
possession of the enemy's third parallel or
• nearest trench, and there fortify himlelf by
' fhifting the parapet outwards, Trns order
being clearly understood, the gates were
' opened, and the Turks rulhcdout; but they
were not equal to such a movement, and
were driven back to the town with lofis.
Mr. Bray, however, a* uiual, protected the
town gate efficacioufly with grape from the
sixty-eight pounders. The sortie had this
goad effed, that it obliged the enemy to
expose themselves above their parapets, so
that oar flanking fire brought down numbers
of them, and drew their forces from the
breach, so that the small number remaining
on the lodgement #ere kil.ed or dispersed by
our few remai' ing hand grenades thrown by
Mr, midlhipman ef the Theseus.
The eneiry began a new breach by an incel
fant fire divedted t» the southward of the
lodgment, (hot knocking down whole
fheet3 of a wall much less solid than that ot
the tower 011 which they had expended lo
much time and amtiuition.
The groupe of Generals and Aids-du-
Camp which the (hells from the (ixty-eight
pounders had frequently dispersed, was now i
' re-alTembled 011 Richard Caur de Lion's
I Mount. Buonaparte was diftinguifliaMe in
- centre of a (emi-circle ; his gcdiculations in.
'■ ' dicated a renewal of attack, and his dispatch-
I | ing an Aid-du-Camp, (hewed that he waited
-' only for reinforcement. I gave directions
- ! for Haffan Bey's Ihips to take their ftutions |
in the Ihoal water and made the Tigre's fig
> nal to weigh and joiu the Theseus to the
; ; northward. A little bufore sunset a mafiive
! column appeared advancing to the breaih
. with a foletnn dep. The Pacha's idea was
1 | nat to defend the brink this time, but rather
t |"to let a certain number of tliu enemy in,
• and then close with them, according to the
1 Turkish mode of war. The .column thus
t i mounted the breach unmolested, and dafcend
• ed from the rampott into the Pacha's gar
i den, where in a very few minutes, the bra
-1 ved and mod advanced among them lay
, headless corpses, the sabre, with the addition
• of a dagger in the othiir'hantl, provyig more
- \ than a match for a-bayonet ; the red retreaL
, ed precipitately ; and the commanding officer
t 1 who was seen manfully encouraging his men
f to mount the breach, and who, we have
, since learnt to be General Lafne, was, rar
t ; ried off, wout ded by a luuiket (hot. Ge
| neral Rombaud was killed!' Mucb confu
-1 fion arose in the town from the eiltry
: of the enemy, it -ha ving been impossible, nay
. impolitic, to give previous infbrmtitiftii to
t every body of the mode .of defence adopted,
, left the enemy fliould come to a-knowledge
. of it by means of their numerous eroifa
, ries.
| The British uniform, which had hitherto
, fervedas a rallying pointfor the old garrison
r wherever it appeared, was now in the dusk.
, midaken for French, the newly arrived Turks
not distinguishing between one hat arid.ano
, ther in the crowd : And thus many a frvere
f blow of a fab.re was parried by cur officers,
. among whom Col. Douglas, Mr. Ive?, and
Mr. Jones had nearly loft their lives, as they
f were forcing the r way through a torrent of
fugitives. C*lm was-reftored by the Pacha',
exertions, aided l»y Mr. 'l'rotte, jud arrived
j witV Haffau Bey, ,an,d thus the conted of
} twenty-five hours ended, both parties being
j lo fatigued as to be enable to move.
Buonaparte will, 110 doubt, renew the at-'
j tack, the breach being, as above described,
t perfe£tly pra&icable for fifty men abrcs.it ;
j indeed the town ii not nor ever hasbeen de
j tenfible according to the rules of art, but
f according to every rule it mud and fhalt be
defended, not that*it is worth defending,
r but we feel that it is by this breach Buona
partf means to march to farther conqueds.
' I is 011 the i!Tue of this ccfciflitt that depends
the multitude of fpeitaters on the surround
ing hills, who wait only to fee how it ends
to join the vidtory, and' with such a rein
" fortement for execution of his own projects,
Conftantinnplc and even Vienna mud feel
the fhoek.
Be aflured, my Lord, the magnitude of
[ our obligation does but increase the energy
: of our efforts, in the attempt to discharge
> our duty, and though we may, and probably
• (hall be overpowered, I can venture to fay
that the French army will he so much far.
» ther weakened before it prvails, as to be lit
tle able to profit by its dear-bought viftory.
I have »he honor to be, &c.
[ W. SIDNEY SMITH.
Rear Admiral N t ELSO>!.
1 Tigre, at anchor off Jay a, "May 30.
1 My LOHD,
' TH E providence ps Almighty God has
' been wonderfully nianifeded in the. defeat
'< and precipitate retreat of the French army ;
» the means we had of opposing its gigantic
1 efforts againd us being totally inadequate of
themselves to the production 6f such a result.
■ The meafnre of their iniquities seems to have
i been filled by the massacre of the Turkish
' pri Toners at Jaffa in cool blood, three days
I after their capture ; and the Plain of Naza
reth has been the boundary, of Buonapa'te's
1 extraordinary career,
j He railed the siege of Acre on the 2Cth of
May, leaving all his heavy artillery behind
him, either buried or thrown into the sea,
where however it is visible, and can easily
be weighed. The eff£umfuncc» whjth ltd
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to this event, subsequent to my last dispatch
•f the 9th inO'.'are as follow :
Conceiving that the ideas of Syrians
as to the luppolcd irrefiftiblc proweft ut
invaders mull be changed, tince they had
witnessed the checks which the besieging ar
my daily met with ii> their operations bctore
the town "«!' Acre, I wrote a circular letter
to the princes and chiefs ot" the christians ot
Mount Lebanon and also to tlx Sheiks ot
the Drul'es, reealliwg them to * fenl'e of their
duty, and engaging them to cut ofl the i ap
plies from the French camp. I sent them at j
the lime time a copy of Buonaparte's impi
ous proclamation, iii which he boast* ol hav- j
ing overthrown *ll chriftiat: eftabli(hment», j
accompanied trilh a luitable exhortation, |
carting upon thewi to chufe between the
Iriendftiip of a Chriflian Knight and that oi
an unprincipled renegade. !
This letter hast all the effeiS that I could ;
delire, they immediately sent me two ambal
faders, profefling not only triendlhip but
obedience ; and assuring me that in proof ot
the latter they had sent out parties to arrest
such of the Mountaineers as lhould be found
carrying wine anirg'un-.jiowder to the French
camp, and placing eighty priloners of this
description at my dilpuial. I had thus the
l'atisfa&ion to find Buonaparte's career fur
ther northward effeftually flopped by a war
like people, inhabiting an impenetrable coun
try. Gen. Kleber's division had been sent
eastward tbwardt the fords of the Jourdan,
to opuofe the Damascus army ; it was recall
ed thence to take its turn in the daily efforts
to mount the breach at Acre, in which eve
ry other division in succession had failed,
with the loss of their braved men, and above
three fourths of their officers. It seems
much was hoped from this division, as it
had by its firmnefs, and the steady front it
opposed in the form of a holUw (quare, kept
upwards of ten thousand men in check dur
ing a whole day in the pi<fin between Naza
reth and MouHt Tabor, till Buonaparte came
with hit horse artillery and extricated
; these troops dil'perCng the multitude-os ir
regular cavalry, by which they were com
pletely surrounded.
The Ttnkifh Ctiiffliik regiment having
been cenlured for the ill l'ucccfj of their sally,
and their ilnfteadifiefs in the attack of their
garden, made a frefh filly. tbe next night.
Soliman Aga the Lieut. Col. being deter
mined to retrieve the honor of the regiment
by the pnn&ual execution of the orders I
had given Imu to makehimfelf matter of the
enemy's thjrd parallel, and this he did most
effefluatly ; bwli the impetuosity of a few
carried them on to the second trench, where
they loft forne of their flandards, though
they spiked four gUnS before their retreat.
Kleber's division, ipftead of mounting the
1 breach according to Buonaparte's intention,
was thus obliged to speed its time and
ftrehi»th ; i'n recovering ?hete works, in which
it fucccedod after a con'lrft of -three houis,
leaving every thing in ftatu quo except the
.loss of men, which waj.'vecy confident 1c on
I>otli fid«s. AAlf thjs failure the French.
Grenadiers abfolutrly refuf-d to mount the
'Brearh" afiy. jjiore putrid bodies of
their unburied companibns, facrificed in for
* nn-r att'atki by Buonaparte's impatience and
precipitation, which led him to commit such
palpable errors as even fcamtn co'uld take ad
vantage of. He Teemed to kave no princi
ple of aftion • btit that of pigling forward,
and appeared-to (lick at nothing to obtain
the objeft of" his ambition, although it must
be evident to everj> bodyelfe that even if he
fucceeded'to take 't'he town, the fire of the
Chipping must d r > v *. him out of it again in a
(hort time ; howevc-r, the knowledge the
had of the inhuman massacre at
Jaffa, rendered them desperate in their per
sonal defence. Two attempts to aflsffinatft
we in the town having failed, recourse was
to a most flsgraat breach of every law of
hoi *r and of war.
A flag of truce was sent into the town by
the hand of an Arab Dervife with a letter to
the Pacha proposition a cessation ojF arms for
the purpoft of burying the dead bodies the
flench from which, became intolerable, and
threatened the exiflence of every one of us
on both fides, many having died delirious
within a fl-w hours after being fei*ed v with
the firft symptoms of infeftion. It was na
tural to us to be conftqueritly off our guard
during the conference. While the anfeer
was under conlideration, a volley of (hot and
(hells, on a sudden, announced an assault,'
which, however, the garrison was ready to
receive, and the assailants only-contributed
to increase the number of the dead bodies
in queflion, to the eternal disgrace of the
General, who thul disloyally facrificed them.
I saved the life of the Arab from the «ffe&
of the indignation of the Turks, and teak
him ess to the Tigre with me, from whence
I sent him back to the General, with a inef
fage which made-tie arsiy afliamed of haying
been exposed t« such » merited reproof.
Subordination was now at an end, and all i
hopes of success having Vanilhed, the enemy j
had no alternative left but a precipitate re- ;
treat, which was put in execution in the
night between the 20th and 21ft inft. I had i
above said that the battering train of artil
lery (except the carriages, which were burnt)
is now in our hands, amounting to twenty
three pietes. The howitzer* and medium
twelve pounders originally conveyed by land
with niijch difficulty ; and fuccefsfully em
ployed to make the firft breach, were em
barked in the country veflels at Jaffa, to be
conveyed coafl-wife, together with the worfl
among two thousand wounded, which em
barrassed the march of the army. This ope
lation w„s to be expeded. I took care,
therefore, to be between Jaffa and Damietta
before the French army could get as far as
the former place. The vessels being hurried
to fea> without seamen to navigate them, and
the wounded being in want of every neeeffa
17,evea water and provisions, they fleered
ftrart-td'his'Majefty's ships, in fall confidence
of receiving th« succors of Immiv'v, in
which they were not disappointed. I have
sent them 011 to. Damietta, where they will
receive such further aid as thefr situation re
quires, and which it was out of my power
to giv.- to so many. Their expre(lions of
g-ratitode to us were raiiigk-d with execra
tions on the name of their General, who bad,
as rhe)[ said, thus expoled them to peril ra
ther than fairly and honorably renew the in
teicourfe with th* Englilh, which he had
! b'oken off by a falfe and malicious affeAion,
| that I had intentionally exposed the former
! prisoners to the int'e&ion of the plague. To
! the honor of the French army, be it said,
j this assertion was not believed by them, and
jit thus recoiled 011 its author. The lflten
-1 tion of it was evidently to dft.av.ay theeffeft
j which the proclamation of the Porte began
I to make on the soldiers, wbofe eager handi
| were held above the parapet of their works
j, to receive them when thrown from the
breach.
He cannot plead misinformation as his ex
cuse, his aid-de-camp, Mr. Lalleuiand, hav
ing had free intercouife with these prisoners
on board the Tigre when he came to treat
abost them ; and having been ordered, tho'
too late, not to repeat their expreflions of
contentment at the profpeft of going home.
It was evident to both fides that when a ge
neral had recourse to such a {hallow, and at
the fame time, to such a mean artifice as a
malicious falfhood, all better resources were
at an end, and the in bis army
was consequently increased to tl)e highefl
pitch.
The utmost disorder hat been manifefted
in the retreat, and the whole track between
Acre and Gaza, it strewed with ihe dead
bodies of those who h ve funk under fa
t gue, or the effed of flight woundt—fuch
as could walk, unfortunately for them not
having been embarked, ihe rowing gun
boats annoyed the van column of the re
treating army, in iti march along th* beach,
and the Arab* harraffed its rear, when it
turned inland to avoid their fire. We ob
served the smoke of mufquetry behind the
sand hilltfrom the attack of a party of them
which came down 10 our boats and touched
our flag with every token of union and ref
peft. Ifmael Pacha, Governor of Jerusa
lem, to whom notice was sent of Buon
aparte'a preparation for retreat, having en
tered this town by land at the sana? time
that we brought our gun* to bear on it by
sea, a flop was put to the mafTacrc and pil
lage already begun by the Nablufiant
The Eogl.fh flag, re-hoiftedon the Conful't
house (under which the Pacha met tntj
serves as an asylum for all religious and ev*
ery description of {he surviving inhabitant*.
The heaps of unburied Frenchmen lying on
the bodies of those whom they massacred,
two months ago, afford another proof of di
vine justice, which has caused these murder
ers to perish by the infedion ariflng from
their own atrocious ads. Seven poor wret
ches are left alive in the hospital, where
they are proteekca and (hall he taken care
of> We have had a most dangrront and <
painful duty in disembarking here to pro
leit the inhabitants, but it hasbeen effc&ual- 1
ly done, and ifmael Pacha defervet every '
credit for his humane exertions, and cordial
co operations to that efie&. Two thousand
cavalry are jult dispatched to harrafs the
French rear, and lam in hopes to oYertake
their van in time to profit Ly their disorder ;
but this will depend on the aficmbling of
fufficient force, and on exertions of which
I am not absolutely matter, though I do
my utmoftto give the neteffary inipulfe, and
a right direction. I have every confidence
that the officers and men of the three (hips
under my orders, who, in face of a tnoft
formidable enemy, ha«e fortified a towa that
had not a single heavy gua mounted on the
land fide, and who have carried on all inter
course by boats under a conliant Are of ,
mufquetry and grape, will be able efficaci
cully to affilt the army in its future operati
ons. This letter will be delivered to your
lordship by lieut. Canes, fit ft of the Tigre, ,
whom 'I have judged worthy to command
the Fhefcus as captain, ever since the death
ot my much lamented friend and coadjutor,
capt. Miller. I hav« taken lieut. England,
firft of that (hip, to my affillance in the
Tigre, by whose exeniont and. those of
lieut. Summers and Mr. Atkiofon, together
with the bravery of the reft of the officers
. and men that (hip was saved, though on fire (
in five places at once, from a deposit of
j French (hells bursting on board her.
I have the honor to be, &c.
W. SIDNEY SMITH.-
Rt. Hon. Lord Nelson, Rear 1
Admiral of the Blue, kc. J
[Here follows a lift of the killed and 1
wounded. 1
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FVSTaF.It OF BVONAPARYK. ,
T he letter of Sir Sidney Smith, covering
j the preceding, was dated 16th June, 1799,
j at which time he was off Mount Lebanon.
Accounts from Conftantinop e of July 2j,
state, " That ?.t Gaza, in a muitny of the (
French troops, Buonaparte narrowly efca- .
pc;l aflaflination ; that gen. Kleber at length ,
restored order ; and the army being muster- ;
ed was found to be gnly 2800 strong j
The Grand Vizier was in rapid pursuit of j
the French, and was expeftcd speedily to ,
reach Damascus. Still further accounts \
(Conftantinbple, Auft. 10) fay that Abou
lrand Rofetta in Fgypt, had been captu- •
red by the allied arm:*, which were proeeed
-111 g again ft Alexandria.— Some ofthe Turks i
wounded in the assault of Aboukir, have ar- 1
rived at Conftantineple. Sir Sidney Smith ,
commanding the I urks in the assault, in !
which 150 Frenchmen were put to the ,
(word. Several sacks of French ears, have 1
been transported to the Graud Seignior.
FRANKFORT, Sept. i 7.
A considerable part cf the French army
has re-crossed the Rhine near Manheim.
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'".ffC '.t/.W'--* 4 -. , - - r ' l \\-aU. .
Fo Ur th ou f. ald ;ndc r^ £ o ranian(l of .
the General ot L>i V i(ior 4 yf \ , va i - ,
cl' 7 T.r'"- " u "
Quet Mailer is aJJV> arrived. h • f ,n
that the arwsH- %Ilt
before the arrival rf the Austrian,. Thev
700-0 ''»d.icady to
meet .the enemy. JTTc Archduke', hc »d
quarters are expected to arrive to-day in,t
neighbourhood of Heidelberg,f r01 „ W lfl^
DARMSTADT, Sept.' , 9 .
Ihe grand plan 9 f the Archduke CharW
f tof theatre of war to the'left banks
of the Rhine, develop itlelf rapid , A
the moment the trench feared thafthe Arch
duke would attempt to turn :vf a (r, n , r
the Gde of Donauefchingen (f or whlch
pole he had sent lome ot hi, troops to Basle)
he rapidly broke up ,n tour
The firft of* ?h'r C "Y" UPI> ° llte
,! rn- / fe C ° lum " S 15 in the
Bergftrafle, forming a fcmi-c.rcle, which f ,
tends to within three miles of Man\.e lm
from thence to Brachial and Durlach ' In
neither of these points the French WO «S
make a stand. It « generally believed, that
the Archduke will cross the Rhine, but it i
not known in which quarter. Great quan
tities of pontoon* follow his ariny.
BRUSSELS, September ig.
Letters from the Rhine announce that the
Auftrii.isand peafantshave crofted the Kid
da at several points, and have obliged the
French to reJtr'efs that river.
It appears by the dilpofitions of the 10.000
men with the people of the country of Mentz
and thereby cauie our Generals to detach a
force » the left bank of the Rhine ; and
thus he hopes that we Hiall be cbhgtd to&nd
a part of the forces defhned f or Holland to
the Rhine.
On the 15th arrived here the Marquis of
Miilqui*, JijriniJi Envoy Extraordinary to*
the Court of Berlin ; lie going to iucceed
the Chevalier Azara at Paris.
AM the troops in our neighboring depart,
menu, and on the coasts, are inarching for
Batavia.
A great number of Dutch officers of the
Prince's party, after the canted of HoHaftd
by the French, retired into Belgium : thiy
have now let off, it is said for Wcftptulia,
to join the, Stadthoidcr.
Gen. van der Duyn, who resided at Bruf.
k-ls. set off with so much precipitation, thtt
he did not get his pzflport.
VIENNA, September 14.
Six tboufand Ruffian?, which are arrived
on the frontiers of the Austrian part of Po.
land, will march in fix divisions through
Upper Hungary.
STUTGARD, September 20.
An Imperial officer pa (Ted this day through
this city, to bring the account of the cap.
ture of the fortrefa of Tortona, to the Arcb.
duke. The garrison confiding of 1044.
men, lrft it on the l lib, agreeable t® .the
convention of August 24th. The Auftri.
kn* found about 100 cannon in the citadel.
The terms of capitulation are as yet «n
---known. The garrison flattered itlelf to be
relieved by the armies ot Moreau and Cham,
pionct, but the pofitien of the Auftriant
m..de this impuffible.
According toletteri from Schafheufen,
of September 18, nothing had taken place
in Switzerlaad.
TO THE PUBLIC.
TB'i " time being fixed on, when the
MILITARY LAND (commonly
called Knox's) WARRANTS, granted to
the United States' army, are to be regifter
td and located,—the fubferibers have-* ei»
plortd that tract of land on which thofc war.
rants are to be laid; with a view, and for
the purpol'e of offering their services as lo-
Caters. " ' ■ •
We take the liberty'of suggesting, " that
weart at least as well acquainted with the
fitu'ation, quality of the foil, &c.of the dif
ferent townihips in the alorefaid 'traft, as
any other person :" this will, perhaps, ap
pear more clearly, by observing, that Wil
liam Cf. ScuSnk assisted in running the
Indian bonndary line; at which time he
conOderably travcrfed that traft: he also
afiiflsd in l\jrv<:ying and laying it oft into
townfliips, and at other times ranged over
it, to gain information. But to obtain a
more complete and accurate knowledge, we
have lately spent between two and three
months, with several assistants, in particu
larly examining the different townships and
quarter towndiips ; by which means we have
acquired an accuiate knowledge of the «
diftritt.— We now offer our iervicts
public, as Locaters, with afft'ranccs th* v-t.
will locate every persons warrants int c
to us to the be ft advantage, agreea)
their rights of location, which is to i
termined ac-cording to law. For oui il
vioes we demand the one equal tenth
either in lands or warrants, when we 1 .at*
a full traft, of four thousand acres or 1
for one person or firm ; the land to be t <
in a fquart, at a corner of the traft > w
corner is to be equitably determined l>c
the time of location.—The one equal i ,
[•art, in cafti or warrants, when we conneft
and locate any amount left than four thou
sand acres. We will be in Philadelphia
from December next, until after tfie time 0
location, to trnnfaft this bufuiefj.. An)
! person v,ifiling to iatisfy himfelt farther,
will please to call on us, by letter, (postage
paid) or otherwise ; when due atteiU'on wi
bt paid, and such vouchers tr/ay be seen »s
we have to offer, Which we hepe will be ll
tisfaftory.
MARTIN BAUM,
WILLIAM C. SCHENCK,
Philadelphia, Oft. 9, 1799-