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FRANCE. ♦CTS OF GOVERNMENT, JAN. i 6. ' The Confuls of the Republic ilrue the following Decree : r. A corps of otfcreation 111411 be efteblithed at Bourdeaux, Under the name of the Corps of Obfcrvation de L; Gironde. This corps alail he commanded by a Lieutenant-General, who Sall have a dircdt correfpondence with the Alinifter at War, and with the Ambaltador of the Republic at Madrid. 3. It hall be competed of the 16th densi-brijade of light in fantry, the nth, a4t 11 .47Xh, 6 3 11 , 74 0 h, and 104th of the line, of two tlivillons of artillery, with two companies of light aril- Iffy, the 24th and gsth regiments of chatteurs, the sth of dra goon; and the nth and 18th of cavalry. 4. The Minifter at War is charged with the execution of the prefent decree. The Chief Conful (Signed) Bo NA YA a re. By Order of the Chief Cantu], Secretary of State, H. B. MAR gr. JANUARY tp. The Confuls of the Republic, on the Report of the Minifter of the Exterior, decree, 1111 veffels of the Republic, and all cruiters hearing the French flag, arc forbid to interrupt the (hips of war, or the conw pierce of the Einptror of all the Rufras or of his futikets. _ . On the contrary, It Is diredtcd that all French •+efels ihall afford fuccour and affiltance to the Mips of Ruffia. All prizes of Ruffian veffels which may be made after the isotb ef February, fhall be declared null by the Council of Prizes. The Miniffers of Foreign Affairs and of Marine and Colonies are charged with the execution of the prefau decree. which Stall be inferred in the Bulletin of the Laws. (Signed) SOMA/ By order of the Chief Codul, Aiwa et, Sou-teary of State. ARMY.OF ITALY. DIMINO?, GENERA?, OF DIVISION, cams OF THE STAFF, TO THk MINISTER AT WAR. Headittarters at Verona, Jan. 4. Citizen Minifter-4 have the honour to fend you an account of the paffage of the Adige, and the entrance of the French army into Verona. Since the battle of the 26th ult. the army ad. vaned, occupying on the left the heights of Caltel Nuovo, and taking port on the right between Verona and Legnago. A ftrong detachmentwas fent before Mantua, to mafk that place. The enemy on the might between the 26th and 27th evacuated the poll of Bonquetto, leaving . their cannon behind them. This pa, together with that of Goito, thns fe cured our rear by two paffages over the Mincio. . On the 28th the advanced guard detached two demi-brigades to take poll on the left bank of the Lake di Garda, and to cut off the garrifon of Pefchiera from an communication with the Auf trian army, whilft the Polifh corps commanded by General Domeiower was ordered to inveft. the' town on the right bank, covering the high road from Lonago to Brefcia, and cinting it off from all communication by the Mincio with Verona and Mantua. On the 29th the town was completely inverted. The advanced guard puled a reconnoitering party upon Paftrengo and Buffelingo. The enemy had abandoned their pofitions ; the divifions of the centre followed them ; the referve took poll in the centre between the advance I guard and the right, marching in front of Verona, to the village of St: Lucie, fent on a ftrong detachment to the very walls of Verona. The body of the army had paired, the Adige ; but they had ftrengthened, with a nu merous artillery and Tome troops, an entrenched camp, which they had formed before the town, covering the great road from Verona to Mantua. On the 29th the General transferred his head quarters to Villa Franca. On the 3oth a recon noitering party was pufhed upon the whole of the enemy's hne along the Adige. .One would have thought that they had determined to difpute the paffage from the number of troops drawn up at all points. In the mean time orders had been given for three days to make the pontoons be evacuated which it was neceffary to bring from the Volta and Mozembano ; the means of tranfporting an arm being very &avec, their arrival had been very much ' retarded. It was thought fufficient to employ and diftrefs the enemy by powerful demonftrations on the Lower Adige between Verona and Legnago, that we might draw to that point the principal part of their force. On the evening of the 31ft the pontoons were fent to Bull - dingo, and the Commander in Chief Axed his head-quarters there. It was determined that the paffage of the river should be attempted next morning at day-break. Au attack was to be made on two points. The felt was the place where it was really intended the advanced guard fhould pals, and one divifion of the left, and two divifions of the centre, were Rationed a mile above Buffe lingo, at the harp turning of the Adige. The fe cond palrage, which was only feigned , was to be attempted near Ghieri, by the troops compofing the Lieutenancy of Refirve. The right was to approach as near as poffible to Verona, and to threaten the entrenched camp. The cavalry were to a& along with it in this falfe attack. On the in unit, the bridge was conftrutled at Buf- Mingo, under cover of.fizty pieces of cannon. A (man corps of obfervation, which the enemy had detached on the right bank of the Adige, retreat ed in order without making any refiftance. The advanced guard, commanded by Lieite; nant-General Dr LMAS, croffed firft ; the divifions Gazan, and Loi(on , under the orders of Lieute nant-General Su c ar, followed it, and formed to the right of it; the divifion Boudet, commanded by Lieutenant-General Monc;v, went fall, and drew up on the left. Each divifion marched in column, and by divifions, flanked by a regiment of light honk, and fupported by the companies of artillery attached to each Lieutenancy. The ene my retreated in good order to the village of St. Roch, the moment the riflemen made their ap pearance. The palfage bad been rendered rather tedious, fine near 25,000 men paffed by the fame bridge. At fun let the army drew up before the village of Picantina, fupporting its right upon the Adige, and its left on the heights near the great toad from Verona to Trent. Next day (the sd) the divifion of BOIYDPT re ceived orders to march upon La Chiufa to R•t-m that poll, asad to advance towards Roma-- Hering arrived at that height, it was to form a junction with the ferond divifion of the left, eons scalded by Genial Rncu•ssaaav, who had rc ceived orders on the pa to get polfiffion of Rica and Torbole, marching up the left bank of the lake Di Garda, to occupy Mort, to proceed afterwards towards Roveredo, when the army fliould have palled the Adige. The divition of infantry and cavalry in referee, who on the 31ft had made only a feigned attack at Ghieri, received orders on the night between the 3111 ult. and tft init. to march with the greatest rapidity to Bu Ifelingo, and there to pals the Adige. The right wing, commanded by Lieutenant-General DuPont. received orders to take poll at Buffelingo. Th ere movements were executed on the morning of the zIL In the conrfe of the day, the whole army, with the e. ception of the dirifions of the right wing, were on the kft hank of the Adige, marching towards Ve rona The enemy, tieing this city laid open, on the morning of the ill puffiest tome parties of cavalry on the high *ay from Verona to Ghieri and Villa Franca. But theft parties were loon obliged to retreat. A charge of the firit regiment of cavalry completely put to rout two regiments of huffars. A hundred of them were taken together with fifty ho-fes. On the fame day the advanced guard gained the heights to the left of Verona, taking pot} at the entrance into the valley of Pon tena, General SocH yr marching along the Adige, took poffeffion of Arona and Sc. Roch. A (qua. dron of the enemy's cavalry, which covered the t , retreat of the rear, was charged with vigour by a fquadron of the 13th regiment of chaffeurs, and by the guard of the Commander in Chief, headed by his Aids-du-Camp. We took 6o horfes, and iso prifoners. The army advanced in the night al ma to the walls of Verona. In the night between the ill and ad, this city was evacuated. • The army of the enemy retreated by the way of Vicen‘ za, and took poll to the right of Montebello, and the left of San Bonifacchio. On the morning of the ad two regiments of French cavalry entered Verona. The enemy have thrown !coo, com manded by Lieutenant-General KEINETM, into forts St. Felix and St. Pierre. Meafures were im mediately taken u, preferve order and tranquillity in this populous city. The command of it has been intrufted to Adjutant Commandant CAMPA. as an o ffi cer not lefs aaive than fi rm, and one whole integrity is univerfaily known. The divi. lion Monci was charged with the exterior and inte rior blockade of the forts of Verona. The divilion VATRITi took poll at St. Lucie. The divifion BAD-. DE r marched in the direaion of Alla. The ad vanced guard, the centre, and the rcferves of in fantry and cavalry advanced on the road to Vi cenza. On the 3d they took up a pofition at St. Mann, about three miles from Verona. On the 4th the advanced guard continued to march - towards Vicenza, following the fummit of the mountains. The enemy defended . fome port. tions with confiderable obitinacy, but (icing them felves in danger of being turned, they retreated in order behind Montebello. Night put a (top to this petty combat, in which we made fcireral prifonere. The army took. poft at the dillance of about four miles from Vicenza. On the 6th, the divifion Boyne r, in taking poiTellion of China, made 300 prifoners. rt marched on the 3d againh Alia, the avenues of which were defended by the enemy to the number of goon men. We fucceeded however in driving them out, after having made 500 pi itoners. Ge neral Bouner, on the Loh, purfued his route to Roveredo, of which he is to make himfelf maker to-day. He will, at the fame time, form a junc tion with General ROCKAPAINAV, who yellerday took poffellion of Riva and Torboli, and concen trated his forces at Mori, While he waits fur news from General BOODRT. Such, Citizen Minitier, are the operations of the army from the 6th of Lecetnber to Jan. 5.• To morrow the army will be at Vicenza, and I fhall have the honour to fend you an account of its al. tenor movements. I have the honour to falute you refpedfully. (Signed) OUDINOT. LEOPOLD BERTHIER, GENSIaL 04 DIVISION, CHIEF OF THE STAFF Or THE CORPS OP OBSZET•TIOS, TO THE MINISTER AT WAR. Milan, January r 3. Citizen Minifter—General Musk; received your commands at Geneva. The Corps of Ob. fervation immcditcly began its march. One divi bun croired the Alps of the Little St. Bernard, the other Mount Cenis, 2nd the cavalry came by Mount Geneva. No difficult) could retard the foldiers j they hoped to arrive in time to aiEft the army of Italy at the paff.ige of the Mincio, but your orders gave us another direflion. General Moitar will at Ancona the firft decade of Plu viofe, with all lsc corps of obfervation. It is con fidently Rated that a part of the Neapolitan army has arrived there. A great number of Englifh 'tails appear off the coati, and fevm to watch for an opportunity to land troops. It would be no eafy matter for me to defcribe to you, Citizen Minifter, the afloniftrinent of the Italians at !icing fo many fine troops independently of the army of Italy, and that of the Grifons. When we allure them that a frefh corps is forming at Dijon, they believe that all France is in arms. It is long fince the Englifh have made a voyage to Italy. If they do us the favour to difembark, the foldiers hope foon to fend the moft of them to the Cagle of Milan. The army of Italy purfues its fuccefes. It is now beyond the Dream (Signed) LIOPOLD GIRT HIER. MURAL 1155151 TO THI MISISTIS AT WAR. Vkenza. pavan. 9. Citizen Minifter—l received yours of the tit Nivofe. The wifhes of Government !hall be ful filkd : no armißice (hall be concluded, without the ceffion of MAntua ' Pcfchicra, Ferrara, and An. cona. The enemy have been fueceffively driven from Montebello and de Tavernelle : in theft dif fert nt anions we have taken 1500 prifoners. The left wine hac turned the Brenta. and arrived at Berg° de Val Sugana. (Signed) saves. (A true Copy.) ALIT. OODINOT, OINER•L OF DIVISION, CHIVY Of THE . STAFF, TO THL MIXIIITIR AT WAR. Head-quarters at Vicenza, January go. - I Citizen Minifter—As I had the honour to in.] fortnjou, by my latt, the army yeaerday entered Vicenza. Our marches and operations finee the sth hare given us 1500 prifoners, taken in the open conntry, in par/nit of the enemy ; more than goo found in the hofpitals and private bottles of Verona, and boo at Vicenza. As loon as I !hall have received more cirenmibtntial reports, I Hull make you acquainted with all the details. In :the mean time I have the hotsur . to announce tp I you that, while I am writing{ the left wing Ur the army is occupying Trent and 'the debouches of the Val Sugana. One divifion of the right wing is charged with the rechtetion of the forts - of Ve rona ; and the reft of the army before Vicenza will March to-morrow upon Balano and Padtta, where the enemy foam di/pored to concentrate their force. My nett. Citizen )(Miller, will inform you of the refult of this movement.- I hare the honour to alum fon refpeafully. ouDINOT• OUDINOTO 01111IIAL Or MATIMAPI, CHIT, Or TIM STATIrpTO THI 14IIIIITIR AT WAR. ifeadvisriem. csitse-Fraaeo, Janney ts. Citizen Miniftev—ln a preceding letter, I had the honour to render you a fummary account of , the operations of the army, down to the gth inftant inclufive. Very fhortly you :hall receive the details of all my operations; am at prefent employed in drawing them up. I am anxious, mean time, to inform you, Citizen Miniver, that (refl. fucteffes have continued to fignalize, for three fuccellive days, our march forwards; and, at the moment I am writing to you, the artily oc cupies the following pofinons :—The left wing, commanded by Lieutenant-General Moselle, has its forward columneat Azalo, and conneets itfelf, by its polls, with the centre, commanded by Ge neral SOCHRT ! The advanced guard is eflablifh ed at Salvarofa: at its right is WATRIN'S divifion; and on its left, the two divifions of the centre.— The Corps de Referee is behind Caftel-Franco ; the dragoons and the cavalry are alft3 polled in the environs of that place. It was not without fur. mounting many difficulties that we were enabled to reach thefe pofitions. The left wing, by a march equally well dire led, and promptly exe cuted, traverfed, in the (pace of eight days, 5301 miles, of a difficult and a frequently difputed road, and at length arrived yeflerday, at Baffano, driv ing before them the enemy, from advantageous pods, and taking front them 2,300 prifoners. The hi heft praife is due, on this occafion, to General KONCEY I th e fkilfulnefs of his difpo fi tions is only furpaffed by the promptitude and precifion with which they were performed. The advanced guard purfued the enemy without intermiffion, and was I daily in anion with them. On the toth,.before Arrncola, it had to fuftain the attack of the major part of the Auftrian army, who teemed refolved to oppofe its march. A brilk anion enthed. During a great part of the day, General BELLEGARDI was perfonally engaged.—, The enemy, however, furrendered their pofitioni, and we took soo prifoners. On onr fide we have to regret the lofs of So men, wounded. Yefterday, the t nth, the advanced guard pnr rued its march, and effectuated, without much dif ficulty, the palrage of the Brenta, before Fonta siva. The fmall degree of refinance it met with at this point, is chiefly to be afcribed to the prompt exertions of the artillery: it was direeted by Ge neral MAR MONT it threw the enemy into a pre cipitate flight, of which we took advantage to purfue them ; too prifoners, and one piece of cannon were the fruits of this purfuit. The ad pranced guard, commanded by General !dictum', In the room of General Dstmes who is indifpofed, was again warmly engaged this day, between Ci tadella aid Carrel Franco; the latter point was vigo rouflydifputed : it was carried, however, about four o'clock, and the enemy was purfued as far as Sal varofa. The night alone checked our march, and our attacks. On that occafion we mull have taken at leaft Soo prifoners, and confiderably annoyed the enemy. The ground between Caflel-Franco and Salvarofa was Brewed over with the dead and the wounded. I have not as yet been able, Citizen Minifter, to afcertain our own lofs ; but I have reafon to think that it is not confiderable. The enemy is now encamped oppofite to us, on the plain of Salvarofa : from his difpolitions it would ap pear that he expeas and prepares for an attack.— The Commander in Chief; on his part, is making his preparations ; and the troops Teem determined, fhould the enemy attempt to wait their attack, to mate him repent of his rafhnefs. Such, Citizen Miller, is the fummary refult of our lap operations. In the hurry in which we now are, this is all we can, for the prefect, communi cate to you : my next will contain a continuation, and, without delay, you (ball receive the details. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) OUDINOT. P. S. The Auftrian Colonel DRIBAITt a the fame who cimdulted the negotiation at Genoa,. is ar rived this moment, no doubt to propofe the con ditions of an armiftice. I do not imagine that any overtures he can make will, for the moment, induce the Commander in Chief to change the projects he has formed. (Signed) (A true Copy). ALIT. BIRTHISR. ARMY OF THE ORISONS. •••••• MACDONALD, COMMANDS& IN CHILI' OT TNR &ROST Of TN& GRISONS, TO MR MINIFTIR AT WAR. Heatt.quatten at Store, January 3, to o'clock at night. Citizen Minifter—The movement of which I apprized you in a former difpatch was executed with the rapidity of lightning, and with the wonted courage and perfeverance of our troops. After the terrible and perilous pafrage of the Aprigar which can only be compared with the horrible one of the greater Alps, three divifions of the Army bad Rill to furmount the chain of mountains which feparate the valleys of the Oglio, the Trompia, and the Sibbia, in order to reach the borders oithe The divicion of General Rocn•ostav, which, for a moment, was left at my difpofal, had moved on again(! Storo, which it attacked and carried, while I was concluding the Italian legion againfl Bagolino, in order to flank it. General ROCHAN BLAU, after the capture of Storo, having moved on towards Rira di Garda, General Lac Ns pufhcd on his reconnoitring parties towards Cindino, and Picve di Buona, where the enemy had thrown up entrenchments. This General had been ialtraaad ' to learafs the enemy, but not to Mime roa r engagement beim e the arrival of t h e divillons der PULLEY and Ray, who advanced by fore.. marches to join and fupport him. As foon as apptoached him, the Cifalpines commenced warm attack, but were unable to carry P:evt. di Boom, which the enemy evacuated on that very night. Being purfued, and clofely pulled, the en emy ratified again on a fecond line of entrenchmelit ti that have long been conftruded in the excellent pofttion of San-Alforto ; but I do not thin:. th e y will attempt to maintain themfelves in it, tinki i the retreat of the Auftrian General Srsi4Nica, who commands in the Val di Sole and on Mount Tonal be (scored; every dirpolition is however made for attacking the enemy. While this move. ment was taken place on the right wing, General BAIA° VAT d'HiLLisi S, who commanded th e left, advanced into the Engadine—Sehutz was carried as Coon as attacked by the 45th of the line, the . 3d company of Orient, and the 2%1 battalion of difmounted hullers. Apprized of this firli fuecel., I ordered General BAZAGUAY to penetrate latthd on, and to force the palfage between the Uin and Saint-Martrifs-Bruk, that he might proceed again* Glarens, where I withed to keep up the attention of the enerny's:troops, whom I knew to be watch. ing the mo , •ement of my right. The numero us and ftrtmg fortreires of Caffa-Nova, which covered the bridge, oppofed no delay to our troops, and after a vigorous defence, the enemy was finally obliged to yield, after a confiderable lois in killed and wounded. Thofe limultaneous attacks, Citizen htnifter, made upon a line of fizty leagues of mountainous country, have beic crowned with the moll com plete ruccers, and (kill promife us farther advan tages, if we can but come np with the enemy, who fly on all fides. We have made between lour and dye hundred prifoners, and taken duet pieces of cannon. General &LUNE, after the paffage of the Adige, infiruded me to advance his left wing alun > that river towards Trent, while I was to rt-21cou4'it on the right. I hope to arrive at Botzen fufficiently in time to cut off the column of General Si lA WICH, which I fuppOfe is purfued by General 0,- DIGRAV, who remained polled at Porte di Ligno. General BAZAGUAY mull by tlds have rcachei Glarens, and pufhed on ogainfl Botzen by St. Masan. (Signed) MACDONALD. TO ozazaatsiiitniita, REMITTER AT WAR. Head quarters at Treat, Citizen Minifter—The objeel of the marches and movements of the Army of the Grifons is gained, the twelfth divifion, the body of referve, and the Italic legion which preceded them have this day entered Trent : the rear of the enemy, command ed by General WUSSARWICH ' broke down the bridge Saint Georges, and kept before our advanc ed guard, which was deftitute of artillery. The Italic Legion, under the orders of General Li en,. after havmg poffeffed themfelves of the head of the bridge and the fuburbs, from which the enc. my in vain attempted to diflodge them, paired the Adige, and made an attack, conduced with extra• ordinary vigour, which colt this Legion fourteen officers and five hundred foldiers in killed and wounded. The divifion of General Pot v, at the head of which were the Lath of the line, and the 17th light, arrived to fupport the attack, and then the enemy evacuated the town with precipitation, leaving behind them their wounded, a number oi prifoners, and their magazines. AU the Auftrian troops which occupied the vallies of the Italian Tyrol have retreated by the way of Brcntza. The divifion which General MACDONALD had left be fore Tyrol, to conceal his movement by Vhl Sabi.t, files off to-morrow by Val Duron below Lark, and the two divifions which, under the command of General BARAOU•Y d'Hittiaas, have driven the enemy from the Lower Engadine, will arrive on the isith :at Botzen, and thus the fine of the army will be rendered complete. General MACDON•II.O caufes the enemy to be vigoroufly purfued in the valley of Brentza ; our advanced polls are at Le rico. We communicate on our right with Ge neral MONCEY, who is at Roveredo. Health and liciped, MATTHEW Du isas. (A true Copy) ALEIANDEL BEITNI4R, Minifter at War. ARMY OP THE RtUK. Head-quarters Stern', Dee. 27. THE GENERAL 111 CHIEF TO THE ♦atsT. Soldiers, after the lapfe of twenty days, none of which paired uncrowned with glory, you had paffed the Enns, one of the laft barriers of Auftria, the army of the enemy fled in diforder towards their capital, which they would not have been able to defend, when Prince Charles, apprifing me that the Emperor was decided to fign a peace, re quelled an armiflice. At the bare mention of the name of peace, the caufe of fo many labours, and the end of fo many vielories, I thought proper to fufpend your march, and give Europe a /refit proof of the moderation of the French Republic. Sol diers, there is little reafon to fear that that Armi. (lice will dilappoint our hopes.—Prince Charles has now re-aiumed the command of the Auftri army. That generous warrior mull behold with indignation the blood of the brave foldiers that has been fold for the gold of a certain illand. If, however, contrary to every probability, England (hould again fucceed in filencing at Vienna the diEtates of prudence and of policy, you would readily grafp again your arms, and Ihencefcr. ward, deaf to every mode of kdicitation. Yon would inflift a mortal blow on an enemy whom nothing but deftruCtion can difarm. The advan tages which you would then derive from the con ditbons of the Armiftice would more than comren fate for the lofs of a few days repofe. Soldiers, your Generals are about to procure you canton ments in the country which your courage has con, quered. There endeavour, by a difplay of difci pline and refpeft fur property, to command the affections and the efteem of the people. Thus, crowned with every fpecies of glory, you will re turn into the bofom of France, the peace and hap . - pincfs of which you !hall have fo powerfully con tributed to re-eftabliih. (Signtd) The General in Chief. MOIL t•V• IHE C Ire 113 10