LATE
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
/
LONDON, June it.
According to accounts received yesterday
at Admiralty t'rom Plymouth, we'have
the Satisfaction to-lcarn the capture or do,
ftru£Vion of a whcAe r fleet of victuallers b -
longing ti) the enemy in tlje Bay of Audi
ernel confiding of fifty fail, by a detachment
of the channel fleet the command of
Sir J. B. vVarreil. The (hip of war which
convoyed them Kits bten uken ; eleven of
the prizes, two ■of which are brigs, two
sloops, and seven luggers, all laden with
brandy, wine, and flour, are arrived at Ply
mouth, and the vessels which could not be
out of fh" t>?yi w c' e tnoftly, if not all,
'driven on fliore. The convoy was bound to
Brett, and laden with wines, and provifioiis
for the use of the fleet in that port, which
chiefly depends an the supplies from the
southern ports for its maintenance.
This fpuited enterpri ze, we are happy to
obferye, ha? been executed without any con
siderable loss, two Britilh seamen only ha
ving been killed. It h3| been for some time
pad under flood, that the French and Spanith
fleets were in want cf feyeral necessary ar
ticles of supplies both with refpedt to sub
sistence and equipment', and .this fuccefslul
atchieve.meht must encreafe their distress.
Letters received yesterday morning at the
Admiralty from Lord St. Vincen's, have
brought advices from the grand fleet of a
very recent date. Some of his Lordlhip'i
cruizers had looked into Bred water, and
obfervedthe combined fleet drefTed out with
great pomp in the republican colours. They
also' heard a general salute fired in celebra
tion as it was supposed, of fonie fucceiTes
obtained by the armies.
June 14.'
The Topaz frigate is ordered to be fitted
to England, His Royal Hignefs the Duke
of Kent.
June 35.
We yesterday received Paris papers to
the iiftinclufive. Their con tents are of
ejttreuK importance.
We can llatfc in addition to these, that let
ters have been received from Calais, by mer
cantile houses in the city, which confirm
these accounts in the fulled extent. It is
fail th.it Alexandria, Tortona, Turin and
Pizzightone, are in the hands of the enemy,
and that Genoa is again to be given up.—
It is even said that &n armistice, for an in*,
definite time has been concluded in Italy
This Intelligence to be sure depends wpon
Telegraphic Communications toe, received
by letters and manuscript copies ; but not
withstanding all these reasons to diflruft the
truth of ihe intelligence, we believe very
little doubt is entertained refpeding it—
We indeed consider it in substance as true,
because \ve think it extremely probable. -If
our readers? rec'olbft the view we have given
cf the campaign, founded upon accurate
enquiry, and mature rcflettion, they will be
at no loss to perceive the grounds on which
this opinion ii founded.
It will lie seen from the official bulletins
of the army of reserve previous to this deci
(jve a&ion, that the French gained conside
rable advantages. From the position of
Stradella, where their principal force was
to be Concentrated, the army moved for
ward as we predi&ed, in the determination
to leave general Melasas little time at pof
(iblc to concentrate his forces. Upon the
9th of Jurie, beforr the army was aflembled,
Buonaparte and Berthier sent Gen. Lannes,
with a strong corps by the great road lead
ing from Stradclia to Piedmont by Bronni,
to attack Gen. Ott, who, after having left
a garrison in Genoa, had proceeded by for
ced marches to Voghera in order to attempt
to-re--sftablifh the communication with Pla
centia. After a severe engagement the Au
ftrians were beaten with very great loss ;
no less it is said than 6000 prisoners, and
above 3000 killed and wounded. After this
important success, the French flill having
farther concentrated their forces, particular
ly those from Switzerland, which had not
previouflv befcn in a&ion 5 were in a fitutf*
tion to advance in great Arength. Indeed
the battle, of the 9th wa« maintained by
only three divisions of the French army,
those of Lannes, Vidlor and Chamberlhac
—at lead no more are mentioned.
After the 9th the (ituation of the Impe
rial army was this ; Gen. Melas had eva
cuated Turin, Laving Bcoo men in the ci
tadel, proceeding towards Alexandria.—
Turin was immediately occupied by part of
the army of Reserve that had been left in
the valley of Aofte, and by the corps of
General Turreau, who had advanced ou the
fide of Suza- These carps united would
form a considerable force. General Suchet.
or rather the indefatigable MafTena, having
taken th« command of the army, formed by
the garrison of Genoa, though certainly
not very fit for service, and the centre of
that army, advanced towards Safe-lit* and
Acqui. There are accounts thai this part
of the army had it ached Milefimo and St.
Jacques. They would then advance in the
dire&ion we have mentioned, and according
, to the orders of Buonaparte, towards Pied
mont, harrafling the Auftrians, arid in fad
cutting off their retreat by the Genocfe.—
The army of.reft-rve advancirg by Voghtra,
then towards Tortona, the Auftrians were
completely hemndii) by these three corps.
If they were defeated at Mariogo, which is
between Alessandria and Tortona, and with
in a few miles of the former, they are abfo
lutely- in the power of the enemy. We can 1
fesreely be surprised then if the confequen- ;
ces of this v dory were as dtcifive as the
French represent. It is little to fay that in
about a month Buonaparte has re-conquered
all Italy, and annihilated the prcud«ft of
Auftrian armies. He has in fad dcci
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ded the fate of the Wat. -f hire is nothing j
in history fujJCrior, if ai all comparablt to
this extraordinary campaign.
It appears that Buonaparte ha* availed
himfelf of his l'ucdefs to fend the empetor
an overture of peace along with the utter
aid irretrievable ruins of hi» army ! Con
ceive the dismay of the cabinet of Vienna
But a few days ago elated with success. they
thought; their conqueits in Italy secured,
when th< firft news of arrival in that quar
ter is accompanied with the intelligence of
the entire defeat of his army 1 the loss of
the whole country and the capture of every
strong town ! it rauft be a humiliating 01-
cafion, indeed, to enter on uegociation.—
Perhaps, however, there is no alternative-
The itar of the h:>ufe of Austria is eclipf-d
before the genius of Buonaparte. It is the
general opinion that the Emperor must make
the bed peace.he can.
The affairs of the Emperor are indeed in
the mod disastrous polture. In Suabia,
though Mortau has so long detached a very
strong body of men to the aid of the Chief
Consul, he has retained an entire superiority
over Kray ! he has manoeuvred in every di
reftion ; kept the Auftrians constantly on
the alert, and beat them in every encoun
ter. He seems indeed to have entirely out
general'd Kray, and dilhcartened the Aus
trian army. He has never made a feint
that has not deceived, nor an attack that
has not succeeded.——.The advance to
Augsburg was merely intended to amuse
the AultriaßS. As soon as Moreau was in
formed of the success of Buonaparte, he
concentrated his force, and again indicated
a design to stretch off towards the Tyrol, to
connect more nearly .his operations with
those of the division of the army of reserve
in the Valteline, the Brefciau, &c. If, as
is very probable, he get? any reinforcements
now that Buonaparte can dispense- with
them gencrti xvtay ts very likely to fuffer a
more decifi»e defeat than Ve l>a? yei expe
rienced. The conduct of Buonaparte and
Moreau shows how finely military opera
tions may be managed in concert at a dis
tance and on a great scale, and with as
, much precision as the evolutions of the two
; wings of the fame army.
| If the Auftrians have the means of rein
forcing their armies and averting the dan
gers with which they are threatened, they
have not a moment te loss. We have long
been told that Kray was to be reinforced
i but more than fix weeks hav- elapsed. while
, the enemy have been weakened, by detach
ments, but (till he i> beaten. We fufpefl.
; indeed that many of the Austrian troops
exist only on paper, a circumftauce. that
> renders iheir situation more disastrous. The
force of the enemy is daily developing itfelf,
| theirs is dellioyed ; and the chara&erof the
j Austrian Governme-1 leaves little to hope
| from an extraordinary effort and prompt
, display of vigor ; they are inferior to their
; autagonift in all forts of force and talents.
The accounts from the Continent Hate,
that the Auftrians calculate upon the aflif
tance of the British forces that have b en
sent to the Mediterranean.—lt is extremely
probable indeed that Genoa wilt be garril
oned by British troops, if they arrive before
it is retak n by the enemy, an event by no
means impr. bable. Savono is said to be
already retaken. More forces it is believ
ed, are ftiil goi"g to the Mediterranean;
at least farther embarkations are going on.
The French papers contains very little
intelligence refpefti g the expeditition. It
is reported that our troops are encamped on
the little Island of Houat, and that it is
expelled that Belle-Iflo will be besieged.
PARIS, June 20.
BULLETIN OF THE ARMY OF RE-
SERVE.
Stradella, 21 Prairial, June 10.
On the aoth (June 9,) the Chief Consul
left Milan, proceeding to Pavia : he flopped
there only an hour, mounted his horse, ar.d
■ patted the Po, in order to join the advanced
guard, already engaged with the enemy.
General Ott ftad arrived from Genoa at
Voghera, with a corps of 15,000 men, vJhich
had blockaded that place. He was joined
by a corps of 4or 5000 men, intended by
general Metas to defend the paflage of the
Po. The advanced guard of this aj-my and
that of the army of Reserve met about noon.
The enemy occupied the heights in front of
Carteggio. The battle lasted all day with
the utmost obstinacy. General Vi&or led
on a charge of Chambarlhac's division with
the greatest judgment and tff.ft. The 96th
by a charge witb the bayonet, decided the
viftory flill uncertain. The enemy left
30*0 killed or wounded, and 3 pieces of can
non. Their route was complete. The 12th
Ihi (Tars covered itfelf with glory. We had
6co killed or wounded. It appears that
general Melas has evacuated Turin, and
concentrated his forces at Alexandria. The
enemy were porfued beyond Montebello.
Gen. Watrin displayed ability and an en
thnfi.ifm which ei>flames the troops. The
battle of Montebello has (truck dismay and
coiiflernation into thr~Partizans of Austria.
They'fee the events which impend, have not
for their objedt the preservation of Italy,
hut the retreat of the Auflrian army. The
enemy had a general killed, a >d several ge
nerals wounded. The general in chief, Maf
lena mufl have joined general Suchet, arrived
at Oncgille on the 16th (June 3,) and is
immediately to debouche into Pi?dmont.
I Mefiidor, June 20.
We are informed from Nantes* that a bo.
dy of Englilh troops are encamped on the
Isles of Houart and Hedir. It is supposed
that they intend to lay siege to BJIe-Ifle.
Letters from Briancon (late, that General
Turreau occupies Turin, and blockades the
citadel. The Aufirian;, before evacuating
the place, raised a contribution ofthrce mil
lions of livres for the rxpeiices of the crown.
The otbe.r towns of Piedmont will, it is j
thought, be.treated in the larrie manner.
Letters from Nice, dated lift Prairial,
(June to,) (tate, " We have learned offici
ally the agreeable news that the French had
retaken the fecoiyltown in Liguiria, Savona,
and that the centre of the arrey is near Ge
noa."
It is remarked Vienna, that the ex
change of courieis between the two courts
of Vienna and Nladrid, is much more fre
quent than, has been usual for some time
past. It is thenpe concluded, that nego
ciations relative to peace are upon the
carpet. . .
Nothing confirms the report of the Arch
duke Chark.'i return xo the army. It is al
ferted that one of the reasons why he quitted
the command, was the refufal <Jf fifty thou
sand men, whom he demanded as a reinforce
ment. What has passed since proves fuffi
ciently the ncceflity of this new reinforce
ment.
General Moreau "has adopted a new re
gulation : he reserves to himfelf the power
of making requilitions ; but leaves those
in kind to the dilpofition of the commis
saries.
The efforts of out army under Moreai
have fu<jde|ily taken a different direftion.
It is now approaching the south of Suabia.
to eftablifli by the channel of the Voralberg
and the Grifons, its communication with the
left wing of the army of reserve. Our troops
have of course lelt Augsburg.
Private letters received this day from Vi
enna fta:e, that tfce hopes of peace have re
vived *ith greater confidence than at any
former pericd. It is even looked upon as
certain.
Baron Verg had been sent by the eleftor
of Bavaria ta General Moreau, upon an ob
je& of some moment, but had not succeed
ed In bis million. Kray has demanded his
recall, (houtd the Prince ot Reuse and Gen
eral Stsirry be permitted atiy longer to
serve in hi* army. Heaccufes them in aft
ing in dire£t contradi&ion to his orders.
The ittempt made by the English to ef
fe& a landing at the entrance of the river
Lannion has failed. The inhabitants have
in every quarter displayed the most deter
mined spirit to attack them.
STRASBURG, 28 Prairial, Jun» 17.
It is said that an attack is meditated by
the French' on the Grifons.
NICE, ai Prairial, Jnne 10.
The army continues to make rapid pro
greli. h has taken poffeflion of the fa
mous post of Millefi.no and St. James,
where we made 2:00 prisoners. It is
thought that the army will proceed to Sa
fello and Acqtii, from whence it will be en
abled to artick the left wing of Melas, and
even to cat off its retreat to Genoa.
On the 13th, the free Imperial city of
Krmpton was ob iged to pay 12,000 flo
rins to a body of Fret ch troops ; and the
Bifliop'f fieci 8000 florins; on the 15th,
the city paid 1 j,ooo, and the Bishop's See
Boeo to another division of French troops ;
and on the 17 h. 100,000 livres more were
demanded from the city, 45,000 from the
Bishop's See, but both have sent deputies
to General Moreau, to complain of these
heavy contribution*.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 3.
We liavi hope* that negotiations will
soon be resumed between General Kleber,
and the Grand Vizier, who is still at Ga
za, occupied in organizing the wrecks of
his army. The English date that their go
vernment is'fending a great number of troops
into the Mediterranean. They offer to co
opera e with a part of their troops ic sup
porting the entry of the Grand Vizier, We
distrust their 2(al, and would rather take
the word of the French to evacuate their
c onquell quietly.
LONDON, June 19.
Yesterday we received Paris Journals
to the lj-iuft. Their contents are of the
highest importance, as they bring the plea
sing intelligence of the fall of Genoa.
They contain abundant details refpefting
the operations of the Chief Consul and his
lieutenants. Concurrently with thole of
Moreau in Germany, they develope his plan
of campaign, in which had been fuccefsful
up to theanoment when the furender of Ge
noa occasioned him to lose all the fruit of
his labour*) and difiipated his most anxious
hopes. After having entered Milan on the
2d, he had pushed on the following day, his
right towards the Lower Adda,' and on the
Po, and his left towards the Oglio. The
hatter having occupied Crema, palled the
Oglio, took pofledion of the little fortrefs
of Grei Novi, and pu(hed on the Bth as far
as Brescia, whence it diilodged Gen. Lau
don. At the fame time the Italian Legion
advanced (from Lago Maggiore to the Lake
of Cumo, and puflied towards Bergaaio.
11l the mean time the centre passed the Low
er Adda, invested the fortrefs of Pizzighe
. tone, and took pofledion of Cremona.—
The rV'ht marched along the Tefino to the
Po forctd the Auftrians on the Bth to re
treaty behind the latter river, and to break
down the bridge of Placenza. On the 6th,
force French troops puffed the river, above
and below that city, and went to take pof.
fellion of the post «f La Stradella, on the
road from Tortona to Placenza. There
was on that day a warm engagement. On
the 7th the Fiench continued to pass the
Po, on the Bth, almost all their forces uni
ted iir thepofition of Stradella, prepared t«j
march forward on the following day, and j
to endeavour to penetrate into the Appeni
nes by the vallie* of the Scrivia and Trebbia.
It was at that moment that the Chief Con
fyl received the intelligence of the furren
derof Genoa ; and heie end the operations
of the Armyef Re serve j the last difpatche«
being dated on the 9th, from Milan. Gen.
Mqncay had arrived at and the
small corps which had passed the Simplon,
at Arona.
OPERATIONS IN GERMANY-
June 19.
Yesterday arrived the fir ft and second of
the Hamburgh mails tl.at were due. The
news from Italy is of courle not so recent as
by the way of Paris, but the operations of
the armies in Germany reach do\vn to a later
date, and are extremely interesting. They
extend to the id instant.
Moreau persists in his plan of placing his
right between Generals Kray and Mrlas. It
was with a view to this, that Gen Lecourbe
took pofTefiion of Augsburg, on the 28th
palled the Leek, ai d on the following days
pushed parties as far as the Ifer. The right
ot the Imperial army was, it appears, on the
sth inft. at Ulm. and the left at Ingolftad.
According to letters from Ratifbon of the
3d inft. the French was flill on the Lech. A
letter from Stutgard of the 4th, would in
duce a belief that the whole French army had
marched towards the frontiers of the Tyrol,
and that the Auftriao army had let out in
pursuit of them.
A letter from Strafburgh, of the 6th,
states, that on the preceding evening- the
French had been? attacked by the Archduke
Ferdinand, but that they had vigorously re
pulsed him. In the mean time, the attive
General Trefuel retook the Brifgaw "from
the French, and completed the cutting off
the communication of" Moreau with France..
The militia of Suabia were again beginning
to arm behind him. It Will be Teen that the
hostile armies in Germany were respectively
still in a situation as lingular as it was intri
cate.
PARIS, June 16.
ExtraS from the Publicifte.—Jam 15, ten
o'clock at ni^ht.
Several couriers have this evening arrived
from the army of Italy They bring dis
patches written only a few hour* back.—
V. T e know ; from them, firft, the new pro
gress of the army of Italy. The French
have taken Plaifance, with immeufe maga-
zines.
" They are matters of the whole course
of the Po.
"At the very moment when our troops
were going to attack, with very fupfrior
forces, the army that was besieging Genoa,
that town, reduced to a total want of pro
visions, was obliged to capitulate. .
" Maffena and his brave army have depart
ed from Genoa with their arms and with the
honours of war.
" They ha»e the right of marching im
mediately against the Auftria'ns. MaflVna
and Suchet will re-unite 18,000 men to the
French army.
'< Melas, and all that remains of his army
is (hut up in Genoa."
Quiberon Expedition.
General Bernadctte to the Minifltr at War.
June Bth. Bth year.
<« I moved from Rennet the 17th in the
morning, and arrived at Valines on the 18th
in the afternoon, with 4000 men, the troops
marched twenty-fix leagues in twenty fix
hours. I took care to fend to Qu beron to
hold the fort Penthievre to the last extre
mity.
" The Englilh, Under the protection of,
their artillery, disembarked about five or fix
hundred men, and took poff-flion of a part
of the peninsula ; the 13th at noon, 5 (hips,
7 frigates, 12 transports, were seen nearthe 1
i Isle of Donath ; in the eveninp, twenty
(hips of war surrounded the peninsula of 1
Quiberon, and twenty-feveli veffek were ,
distinguished in the road of Belle Isle ; the j
fame day, three frigates, three cutters, and
five gun-boats, made dispositions of attack
in the By of Penerf.
" The 14th, in the morning, there was a
general movement through the English line,
St. Gildas, Grandinount, and Quiberon, j
were attacked.
" The 15th, the isthmus of Quiberon was
closely blockaded ; the enemy attacked the
point, "scoured th« coast with their gun
boats, and disembarked from fix to seven i
hundred men. J
•' General Defbureaux made troops which :
were at Auray advance, and ordered adju
tant-general Remeux to march with the
troops of the line which were at Port Li
berty to the neighbourhood of Plonharnet ;
I the troops arrived, there was a fire.of muf
quetry, and the enemy re-embarked at one
o'clock in the morning.
" The 16th at night, the enemy made a
general attack on Quiberon, Cracy, Loema
riaquier, Port Navalo, St. Gildes, St. Ja
'ques, Pennerens, and Penerf.
" The 17th in the morning, he effected a
descent at Port Navalo, of which he made
himfelf matter, he tried with ten fail, to pe
netrate into the little sea called the Morbi
han, by attacking the fort Leomariaquier ;
this fort made a good resistance : a conti
nual fire of artillery repulsed the troops
which had difembarked —the fort St. Ja
ques also made near three hundred men,
who had landed on this point, re-embark.
" The 17th in the evening, all who had
landed were re-embarked in their ships, and
we counted from the peninsula of Quiberon
to the mouth of the Vilaine, 50 l'ail, of
whom 20 were large (hips, and 14 frigates,
we counted off Belle-Tile so transports.
"The discoveries we have been able to make
inform us that the tro«p3 in this expedition
amount to about i2,00->men.
] " After having given inftrnfiions to each
general and left reinforcements on the coasts,
I am going to make a movement toPontivy.
I (hall be the more ready to march to the
point the enemy (hall attack.
" The Englilh wi(hed to embark ctjrr,
but they could not effeft it ; they have only
taken fifteen or twenty cows, which t'.cy
paid for.
y ' - 'w.)
BERN VDOTTE.*
MILAN, July 9.
General D»htfsie has r.ccupied Cremo
na ; fee found there very c nfiderable ma
gazines : They are those mentioned in the
letter of General Melas, to,M. Mofel, and
and which were dill untouched -
By intercepted dispatches fund on a
courier who was going fmni Mantua to
Turin, we have become acquainted with
the filuation in the artillery and the hospi
tals of the former.
General Klfnitz was much harraff d ii>
his retreat from Nice. Gen. Sachet took
from him 1,000 prisoners an the IZth and
13th. General Gertonphas been surround
ed, and loft all his artillery. He has re'.ireit
to Coni with a very few followers, and ta
ken the command of that placed
General Suchet mull have joined the
corps of the army, which was in Geaea, to
wards Albenga. He will have under him a
conGderable force.
The armies are much fatigued by the
continual rains } the Po has been confiJer
ably swelled, which somewhat retards our
operations. ,
BY THIS DAY'S MAILS.
BALTIMORE, August 11.
To the Editors of the Fede al Gazette.
GfcKTLEMCN.
I enclose to you ; i hand bill prinfra by or
der of General TouiTaint, containing an ac
court of a recent defeat of Rigaij-i by gen
eral DtfTalines. It is probable Rigaud will
not be able to make a stand without reti
ring to the fortified town of Aux Cayei—hit
lift hope.
I am gentlemen,
your obedient servant,
Waftiington, August 8, 1800.
Translated for the Federal Gazette.
Lißzirr. E%yAinr.
FRENCH REPUBLIC.
TouiiTaint Louverteur, General in chief of
tbe armies of St. Domingo, to the citi
zens of the north weft, and of the con
quered part of the south departmonts.
My FkikWcs,
How painful must it be to my feel'n- s to
entertain you with a detail of new vi&orie»
obtained over or unhappy, milled brethern
of the southern department—flow much
more agreeable would it have been to me,
to declare to you the abduration of their
errors, and that they had arranged th m
felves under the banners of I he republic ; but
no, notwithftanditift my proclamation), my
addrefles and the 01; ft adtantage Us offeri
on my part, I have, as yet, bt-en unable to
prevail upon them to embrace a mcafure at
ialutary to thi-mfeves, as profit iblc to the
country they inhibit ; they pel fift as yet in
their revolt, and Rigaud maintain them in
it with all his power. -You will fe*-by the
ace; unt of geper'al Deflalines, chief in com
mand of the repoblican army, that thi - ar
my has obtained the mod complete viflory
over them.
I have done every thing in my power to
' defend this unhappy country from the evils
which await it. At each step of the army
we halt, and invite the rebels to return to
their duty. We intreat them to abandon
their criminallity, and (hew that it is not as
yet too late to avoid (hedding of blood
But they are deaf to the voice of their
brethern : The ambition of one retrains
, them.
1 One more attempt remains for me to es
say, and it is with heart-felt pleasure 1 em
brace it ; to fend a deputation of wife men,
into the south to the magiftratcs of the peo
-1 pl«, to fpealc to them the words of peice,
, to promise an oblivion of the past, and Ti
I new my proclamation of the ift instant,
' which grants impartially, an amnesty to
every citizen. But if too unhappily blin
ded, to be sensible cf this brotheily step,
; tl ey still persist in'their irror, will they not
become the viftimsof their ewn ftubbom-i
ness, and accountable to themjelves olooe
. for the vengeance of Doth God and man ?
LißExrr. F.QVALirr.
FRENCH REPUBLIC.
At the head quarters, at Mazaine planta
tion, the loth Meffidor, (JBth June)
the Bth year of the trench Republic
one and indivisible.
Dessalines, brigade general and commander
in chief of the rejvblican army against the
rebels of the southern department, to ci
tizen Toussaint Louvefture, general m
thief of the army oj St. Domingo %
General,
I learnt from the refugees who had cte«
fertedtb us last night, tnat Rigaud bad ad
vanced with a number of troops into the
plain du"Fond des Negres ; and that their
infantry was encamp«d upon a neighboring
plantation to that in which J had fixed th«
head quarters of the enemy, vfith two piece*
of brass cannon 4lbs. calibre; and that the
cavalry was upon another, a little farther off"
with Rigaud, who came yesterday to where
his infantry was, and administered an oath
to every one to die upon their entrench
ments, father than make one retrograde step,
or abandon the two pieces of cannon.
The fever having permitted me to rife
this morning, I ordered the cniet of bri
gade Dottiage, to take the command of my
column, leaving only at head quarters the
firft batallions of the 4th and 7th demi bri
gades,- anc to march with the remainder of
the troops to dislodge. the enemy, who were
too near us ; and enjoined him particularly
not te return to me without the two piece 3
of car-non, which Rigaud's troops had sworn
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