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„I I FRaf%CE. INVASION 0I•' ENGLAND. FIIST CONSUL. [rrom the Nlonitcur.) THE CENERALS,COMMISSI3NLDOFFIC s,•;?3Birrf RES T AND SOLDIRRS, OF THE ARMY OF HAIOTER, 70 THE 44 Citizen Firft Conlul and Preddent—The Army of Hanover iegoefis the Government to accept the offer of a gua b. , it of the first dal's, which they wiil caufe to be bui:t ill one of the ports of the Eleetorate, to take part in the expedition agaiuft England.— There is nit a foldier in this army who is not ready to fhed his la(t drop of blood to revenge the infults which have been offered to the French nation and its illuarious Chief. Their devotion to your perfon, Citizen FiIIT CONSUL, would, were it poffible, re. ceive a new degree of energy from the indignation inftired by the odious calumnies and bale invedives which a faithlefs enemy has direfled agaioft you. The Minifters of that perfidious Government climot for- Fet that you have delivered France from that chaos an which it was ',hin g ed, and by your labours, in peace and war, have railed it to the &ft Power in the world ! Their hatred alone would prove to us bow much gratitude we owe to you, were not that fentiment fo deeply impreffed as it is in our hearts.— The army of Hanover renews to you the exprelEon of its devotion and its zeal ; at your command, at the fignal which you (hall give, they will haften with joy to punifh the difturbers of the teanquillity of Europe, and to contribute to fecure the peace of nations. Signed, by the Commander in Chief, .. Lieutenant General MOW TI CB, 4 ‘ The General of Divifion, Nam zouvrr 4. The General of Di igade, Masts, &c. &c." WHDRIS3 TO THR WARRIORS Or THB ABUT OW ENGLAND. [From the Mereure de Frame.] " French Soldiers have not to lay before you political intereas. It is in Cabinets and not it.. .ramps that they are to be weighed. It matters little whether ex enfive territories or a rock be the obje& of the war. For this rock a great country has ]'ult armed the whole of its population, covered the fee with its eeffels, and Europe with its emit aries; for this rock a civilized nation has jua broken a folemn treaty, has braved all the evils of war, all the fhame of per:idy. Behold thofe (bowers of bombs! hear that thunder ing artillery thofe are the calls that demand Malta of They demand of , you all the honour of France, and all the glory of your vi&ories. " It is in vain that you have filled the earth with the fame of your arms; it is in vain that you have triumphed over the frogs of Holland, over the rocks and precipices of Mount St. Gothard, and over the fonds and winds of the dean ; a new element is pre- Anted Or you as the field of battle, and oppofcd to your experience. You mull be left ignorant of no thing—All England already celebrates your defeat. The fogs of the Thames promife thernfelves to wither the laurels of Arcola and Lodi ; the Cupola of St. Paul's, to ornament itfelf with your Randards, and the white cliffs of Dover to redden themfelves with your blood. " Far be it from me to Peek to excite your enthu fiafm. Frenchmen have only to guard againft impa. tienee and temerity. " Never was it more necetrary for you to reltrain your courage. Every thing is new in this new war. I know not that maritime difcipline has added itfelf to the difcipline of camps ; you have gone through your exercife upon land—you are now going to per. form it upon the water. To know how to form on the waves, to perceive each other in the night, to make ynurfelves be heard in the tempeft, to combat at once the flit, the enemy, and the winds—fuch is to be your talk. " In the mida of fo many new and minute precau tions, in the micift of fo many loreign and fastidious details—l dare implore even that hatred which you bear to the enemy. My irritations are cool—a feeble animofity is nut durable ; but very different are the charatieriftics of a noble anger. Docile, becaufe it is confident ; patient, becanfe it is furs ; it bears to wards things a wifdom which it would difdain to op. pole to men. It knows that it ought to be at that time not paffionste and vehement, but difcreet and induatious. It knows that it fheuld then dire& its conduit by prudence, arrange its plans with calm. nets, and keep its impetuofity and zeal for the proper time to exercife them. 44 As your combms will Ihmtly be different, fo alfo will your glory, Every thing is changed for you upon this new theatre, but in like manner is every thing enlarged. Courage never lore% us fplendour. In all ages, glory belongs to the heart that is callous to a vulgar love of life ; but if your former trophies have borne this mark, their obit@ has, whaps, not always had an unanimous affent. You have not yet forgotten thole times of civil feuds and of ditirefs.— In that horrible night, when your ancient country was no more, and the new one did not yet esi k, your noble foreheads were not always crowned .by pure hands. Now that our divilions are extiuguilhed, that the war is no longer tarnilbed by principles of del°. lation and ruin—now that funeral forrow has been initialed by the gladfome fentiment of our internal peace, of our future hopes, the return of our ancient grandeur : it is now in particular that your charader is great, for you have the whites and approbation of all hearts. is Behold the anftere republican, the extravagant admirer of monarchy, the untamed partizan of ravage equality, they all equally pour forth benediftions on your arms. Ymt may thus reckon the opprefors and the viSims, thole who have fallen in the torrent of the revolution, and thole who have paired through it without a Rain. You will iikewife reckon the hundred tboufand families who toe is refuge in the wreck of their fortune, proud of having fallen with their country, aid of rifinewith it. " All Fiance at this time twines your laurels. She has befrke all your courage, and is determined to cover herfelf with your glory. But the honour of lour niimeb will not belong to your country alone ; n is, above all, the inheritance of your families.— Oh ! bow miferable n man when he peril& in keep ing within the little dimenfion of bumf& ! On the other fide. how riche:dons is he, wheel in the plenitude of his power lie licks to embrace the whole oniverfe I PROVIDI %CIE has formed as for neither Co vial a rphere. nor for fo confined a circle.—Whin its Itlnthkft per mitted us to efcape a fr.iil and tranfitnry etillence. it was byjio'uts ustbe (oft tics of Gaily sad of country. licrc Mows a rhapfodical appeal to the obfoire warriors ) who for their various aas of ferocity had received hatchets Of honour, &c. The addrefs thus terminates : • Alas ! perhaps in a new public delirium thefe relics of your courage may be !hatched from your children. But revolutions, which change many things, at leatt do not change the eternal balls of glory and juflice. After great dearuetion we know that every thing rites again. Seated upon ruins, the worthy man once more appears with all his antient virtues ; a matter lefs eafy to be ditiolved than the metal of weathercocks or the cement of towerb !" SOULT, GENERAL OF THE GUARD, COMMANDER IN CHIEF AT THE CAMP OE ST. OMER, TO THE FIRST CONSUL. Boulogne, September ag. Cirizsa FIRST CONSVL—Yefterday. at I t o'clock in the morning, a divifion of eleven Englillt Ihips, moored to the EaR of Fort Rouge off Calais, within reach of cannon fhot of the Fort, and began to throw bombs. The Fort Rouge, and the batteries of the Downs and of Fort Rifb.ut, brilkly anfwered them. Several of there rails were fo much damaged, that they were obliged to quit the line. All the ene• my's bombs fell into the foffes upon the chore, and in the port, without canting any milchicf. One fell into the court of the houfe of Daum Another fell upon the prifon of the city, and feverely wounded an Englifh prifoner, the only perfon who bas been wounded on our fide. Meanwhile, the captain de vaiffeau, SAINT Haouaa, commanding that divifion of the flotilla which was lying infide die bay of Ca lais, left that port the moment the tide permitted him to advance into the road, and, according to circus fiances, to continue his route towards Boulogne, or to aid in the defence of the city. The enemy had already ceafed the bombardment. The captain con tinued his route to double the Capes Blanes and Grit nez. Upon the appearance of the flotilla, the ene my's fhipsmanceuvred to gain the wind. The flotilla having arrived off Saugate, an engagement enfued ; but the enemy *ere not able to 11op for an infant the condi of the flotilla, which moored at 3 o'clock P. M. in the road of Boulogne. The flotilla loft in this engagement only two men, and two were wounded. 1 have every reafon to think that the lois of the enemy has been much more confiderable. The 2Sth of September another divifion of the flotilla was attacked at Cape Grifnez, by the enemy, whole force confided of more than twenty three-malted veffels. The wind fell, and the flotilla proceeded by the aid of its oars. Admiral Biwa, who led this divifion, ordered Rear Admiral MAOOI4 to fet out from Bou logne to meet him. They effetted a juntlion off Fort de Croy. An engagement took place, the refult of which was, the euc:ny were obliged to 11 ter off, after having (offered very much from the fire of our boats; and the divifinn of the flotilla entered Bou logne in triumph. The troops which were on board the flotilla did at once the duty of marines, gunners, and foldiers. One moment they were at the oar, the next at the gun, with their ufual gaiety and de cifion. Thefe two little expeditions do the greateft honour to the officers of the marine. With weak boats they encountered high-faded veffels, able to ufe a much greater number of guns than were in our flo tilla with which they were engaged. I muff alto acknowledge the good fervices of our flotilla and of our batteries on thole. (Signed) SOULT. BRUM, COUNSELLOR OF STATE, ADMIRAL OF THE NATIONAL FLOTILLA, TO THE MINISTER OF THE MARINE AND THE COLONIES, DATED BOULOGNE, SIFT. 30. " Citizen Minifter, I have the honour to inform you of the arrival at Boulogne of • two divifions of the National flotilla, which yellerdayeffeeed a union. I had given orders to Captain SAINT Haman, com manding the divifion at Calais, to repair to this port, where the enemy (hewed a difpofition to attempt a bombardment. My (Nen in giving thefe orders was to avenge this infult, while at the fame time I placed his divifion in a fituation to purfite its route for Bou logne. The divifion of Dunkirk, which was under the orders of Captain PIRRIEUr, thus preceded, had to encounter lets formidable obtlacles.—Some delay in the preparations for failing prelented to the enemy an opportunity of attacking tax. They retired, how ever, difcomfited and difgraced. Our two divifions, after a variety of fkirmiines, focceeded lea night in repulfing the enemy, though they were attacked be fore they could prepare for anion, and even before they were unmoored. Rear Admiral MACON com manded in this lull engagement. I had in my in ns-unions explained the different movements which he was to make. The fubjoined order contains the details of the engagements of yenerday and the pre ceding day which have been diftinguifhed by vim. piece fuccels. (Signed) M SRUILe" GINELAL COUNCILLOR OF STaTip ADMIRAL OF Tilt NATIONAL FLOTILLA. , nutogne Scpt.l9. The Admiral arrived here yetterday. , He fur. veyed the ports of the firtt maritime difirift, and was employed in bringing together the divilions of Dun. kirk and Calais;, The courage and &ill of the two Captains who commanded there divifions perfeCtly fecanded the meafures which he had taken and equal led his wars:sett expeltations. " Rear Admiral Macon, whom the Admiral had ordered to proceed from the port of Boulogne with the force already eolleaed there, and thole which had the precedin g day arrived from Calais, brilliantly eaecuted his Inftrutlions. Our gun boats on this occa- Gott (hewed that the exclufive empire of the fea will ceafe to belong to our rivals. The ffiirmiffies which preceded the patina' of the two divilions of the fin tilla do the greateß honour to Captains SAINT Ha man and Poweoz. " There two officers combated the Englifli di vifions, much fuperiOr in point of force to the divi lions which they commanded. The &II not only fullained for feveral hours unfupported, repeated at tacks, but afivally obliged the enemy to make an ig nominious retreat r The other, weaker (fill, and in a lunation of pectdiar difficulty atCape Grifnez, was in. trepid enough to pals along tinder the fire of fifteen or fixteen Englifls velTela without being able to re• turn a fingle ffiot, fo important was it to make every poffible oh of the oars, and not fo lofe the tide. The Admiral, who was a witnefs of this intrepidity, was altogether aßoniffied pt the cm-sines of the foldiers of the 46th demi brigade, hitherto little accußomed to the dangers of the fur. Their zeal, however, pro. doted a refult not lefs happy than could have been eapeffiedium the moR confutztmate Poperience. 'The reports made by the Admiral on the fubjell, and who beheld in perfon the whole teen, probe that our land batteries and not a little contribute to the fuceefs of the day. 'The greaten praife is bellowed on she fol. diets of the 45th and sad military divifions, and on the tailors on board the divifion of Captain PERRI. tvx and that which immediately preceded hips. The cannoneers of the battery of Cape Grine particelarly diffinguillted themfelves. 4 , The enemy, though twice humbled, again tried yefferday towards the evening to wipe off the (tame they had incurred, by attacking the flotilla at the time it was calling anchor, and before it had got into a place of lafety. Here a new proof was exhibited of their inability to injure us. Their bombs, which they had employed in diffrelling fome families at Calais without at all accomplifiung any importaut objeB, were only the means of preparing the defeat of their fleet by exafperating our warriors. In this 141 atlion Rear Admiral hiacior commanded in per. fon the united force of the flotilla. (Signed) Bentz." PARTS, OCTOBER it. The preparations for the grand expedition againft England become every day more alive. In all the ports and rivers of the Republic, every exertion is made to complete the conaruetion of flat•bottomed boats. From every diarid, new bodies of troops continue to be marched to the coat. On the tzth of this month (Odober 4.) the 9th regiment of Dra goons, and the 64th demi.brigade of the line left Paris for the common dellination. The Fiesv Con-, sus has nut, however, yet left the capital. On the' tsth (Oftober 4,) he vifited the Dock yard der hem fides, and went on board a Fan boat. to afcertain whether it was properly coniltufted. While he was on board, accompanied by Madame BONAPARTE, Madame LECLERC, and Madame MURAT, another boat, commanded by a naval Officer, went through various mancenvres. The boat then returned to the place where the FIR6T CONSUL was Rationed, and a company of Chaffeurs, of the Confular Guard, were employed to row the two boats. The foldiers, with their fufils by their fide, as if they had been proceed. ing in the expedition, rowed the veils with fuch extraordinary fwiftnefs as to excite the admiration of thoufands of fpaeators affembled on die banks of the Seine. The FIRST CONSUL, who was highly gratified with this trial, had another fubjee of fatisfadion by in telligence lately received of the conduit of his brother JIIIOAIII BON4P•RTI. According to recent accounts from Martinique, this young man, commanding a brig, had taken an Englifb brig, of equal force, which he afterwards funk. The French frigate la Badine, carrying 12 guns, had alio, according to the fame accounts, a very (harp aeion with the Englith fri• gate the Venus, carrying 36 guns. The following articles appeared in the Official journal : According to accounts from Calais, of the 3oth of September, the Englith fquadron, which had an en gagement with part of our flotilla, has been teen off the coatis of England. Three of thefc vefels have been obliged to return in confequence of the injury fuflained by the !hot of our veffels. They have landed a great number of their wounded, which are ellimated at not lets than too. The lofi of the enemy in killed, there is reafon to believe confiderable. By the fame accounts we learn, that this lots is, among other circumflances, attributed to the power ful impreGon of the mot tars formed i.n a new con- Rrudion, which have been placed on the coatis of France, and to the fuccefs of the new_ method which has been adopted of placing pieces of artillery, of the calibre of 36 pounds, fo as to diftharg: their !hot to double the ordinary diflance. The,fiasr CoNsuL daily exercifes his Guards in manoeuvring the gun boats he has at St. Cloud A private letter from Liße, in Come of our papers, Lays, 4 , our invafion of England will let every thing 'to tights. Had I ten thoufand beads I would pledge them alt for the fuccefs of the expedition. The FIRST CONSUL'S motto I would recommend in future to be, .1 I came, I law, I conquered." Belgium fur macs for the landing in England in all boo (tips. There is hardly any thing new from our coatis. Every thing teems to have remained tranquil fince :he actions which took place on the 28111 and agth of September, betwixt the Natic . nal Flotilla and the Britith Squadron near Calais and Boulogne. New movements of the Flotilla will, however, of entitle bring on new engagements. Such an occafion ap pears to be very near at hand. Letters from Dun kirk, Rate, that another divifion of flat bottomed boats, on board of which will be the 36th demi-bri gade, will very fhortly be ready to proceed from that port to the rendezvous at Boulogne. Every exer- 1 tion continues to be made to increafe the naval force of the Republic, and in particular that fpecies of force to be employed in attempting a decent on the enemy's (bore. !t is to the accnmplifhment of this' °Nee, that all the offerings which have been made to the Government are employed. Similar offerings continue to be made from various Departments.— Scarcely, indeed, is there a fingle Department from which a fubfidy has not been received ; and the exam plc of the largeß is followed even by the finallell of the Communes. The lame liberality has become equally general among the land and tea forces, Rear Admiral Lsisstoyis, Commander in Chief of the fleet at Toulon, and Rear Admiral Dyna mo:a, commanding a fquadron under his orders, have lately offered for themfelves and the officers and crew of fourteen !hips, a prefent of a proportion of their pay to contribute to the espence of the ex pedition againtl England. To the offers of the troops Rationed in the interior, to thole of the armies of Italy and Batavia, the corps now (erring in Switzerland and Hanover, have added their patriotic gifts. The latter army accompanied their gift with a very adula. tory addreft. Lad Sunday evening a courier from Spain brought difpatches, which Rate, that the King of Spain had fully acceded to the ultimatum fent to him ; that the Prince of Peace had given in his refignatinn, and that D. tillseaas, father-in law of General Duane, had been appointed to lucceed him. The neutrality of Spain towards England is therefore at an end. General Minot" having enquired, whether, in or. der to complete the Legion of Piedmnntefe now railing, he might avail hirnfelf of the fervices of the n.imerous robbers and vagabonds. now in the prifons there, he has been exprefily prohibited from accept. ing them, by the FIRST CURSVL s in a letter from the Weer of War. The FIRST Cossot. has declined the ftatue propofed to be crated to him on t Dijon ; he will not permit fuch monul railed in his life time. The penfion for the Widows and Simi at 6000 lir:es. A letter from Italy, dated September 44 The Englifh now clofely blockade the noa. According to letters from that p 4 tention is to inak;: an attempt on the Ifh part of the fquadron under Admiral Ni ready left the coaft of Naples to go on Lion."—Monitevr. The privateer, le Dinanair, has taken packet, the Dose or YORK, and carried The privateer, le Cla,alfeau, Captain which left Dunkirk on the tit Vendemial on the 1.i.111 with an Englifh rize, nam4 Captain Mean, laden with oats. The fat had taken another juju, which the Francs, and of which the knew not the On viewing our flat boats, I think I fc infcribed on diem— ,, Our paffage h but a They are of a fright confiralion, about fifty fee: is length, and five feet deep. They can contain about 6o men, and are provided with four ears and one maR, which carry a fail; they are by as mum built fo• regante, but merely raker/wet/fir a fiert pear. Each . of there yards is to have three guns mounted. Par. titular inftruelions are drawn up in the Cabinet of the Fuss. Consul. for the Commanders of the coali.— All the Minifiers, except the Minifter at War, are to remain at Paris during the expedition. honour of et:' the bridge at unsents to be sators is fixed • er 25, lays— e port of Ge- ma, their in , }e Elba; a IL SON has al- I 1 that erpedi.• la the Lifbon 1 her to Vigil. BLANKII:tv, Aire, returned led the Hope, erne ptivatee! had tent kt e fate. fee the wort] tt a ttep."— FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. BouteMN E OCT. 3.—Four demi brigades are now lodged in barracks to the right and lett of our bar. boor. Two of our (hips which were much damaged in the late engagement with the Englilh, are now completely repaired. Our mortars throw bombs to the dinance of ag.oo toifes ; our flotilla, eonfilling of forty armed (hips, now lies in the road, and no Eng fhips arc in fight. The Englifh, in their laft at. tack, fired above 3000 cannon balls. The Dunkirk flotilla has joined that of Boulogne, without the Eng. lift fquadron being able to do it the leaft damage, : though they kept up a very heavy fire. The fitting •out of (hips proceeds in the moft a6ive manner. Our harbour is like a foreft ; the lanthorns which are lighted on board the !hips in the evening, and' through the night, have a roof brilliant effedt. DUNKIRK, Oct.. 7.—ln a fhort time a third dirt. Pion of flat bottomed boats with troops will fail front hence to Boulogne. Near this town a camp of 25,000 men is to be eflablifhed. The three regiments or French artillery from Hanover are going to Flanders, and are to join the army of General D'Avourr. At St. Omer's a Park of two hundred pieces of cannon is to be formed. Twenty nine tranfports are arrived from Dutch Flanders at Ghent. BRUSSII.IO, OCT. s.—The buildings of the barracks at Ecloo and on the coati of the Wand of Cadfand is carried on with the greaten activity, in confequence of orders iffued for the purpofe by Gen. D'Avever. commander in chief of the army in Flanders. Thefe barrack; are for the Cantonment of the troops, which cannot be encamped on account of the approach of the bad feafon. A great number of barracks will likewife be built on the coati of Flanders, to lodge the troops which are them and will foon arrive. Bar racks will alto be hunt between Blankenberg and Mend. They write likewife from Fluthin_g , that part of the troops which occupy the Me of Walthe r= will be lodged in barracks. The elegant hook dellined for the reception of the ?nisi. Consul., at that place, will be completely prepared by the 15th Otto r, and furnithed with the greaten taße. The garrifon of Planting coafins at plafeat of boo men. Ocr. 6.—Sizteen Battalions of Infantry are alrea dy lodged in barracks on the coati, and provided with the necelfory artillery and field equipage. General Nar, who is espened from Switzerland, will com mand the two camps which are forming on the right and left of Dunkirt. His head quarters will be at Salperwyk. Before the Pies? Comsat. comes to Dun kirk, t 5 Battalions of Infantry. two Squadrons of Cavalry, and a aliment= Corps of the Confular Guard from Paris and the vicinity, will precede them. A great number of carpenters have fct oat for the coati, who will be employed in building barracks there. Cossvearraorta. AUGUST 31.-Patron. Bey has arrived here from Cyprus, and has brought with him thofe who eft aped of the gerrifon of Damietta, which ln town, after being a confiderable time befiege by Of. man Bey and ramburge, was taken by a . A part of the Turks were snaffacred, and the efortu. nate town was given up to be plundered for ae hours. The Beys are now fovereigo lords of Egypt. San. s.—We bare received the difatlrous intelli gence that Offam Reyel Bartlifey, commanding the M.imelukes and Arnau;s, has made himfelf =after of the town of Ilasnietta. Mehemet Nam was obliged to furrender. liamietta has been given up to pillage ; the math ere lulled a long while. Ibrahim Effendi, who cote. minds at Rofetu, has likewife been forced. &limn Aga, who commands a detachment of blamelukcs, entered the town at noon. The Mamelukes marched towards Alexandria, bnt at the fame moment All Pacha arrived there with a fquadron, on board of which were tBOO men. We know not what will be the fate of this place, the onlf one which remains to the Porte in Egypt. SUMS Ili 'D.—The affairs of the - Porte in Egypt wear a very gloomy aped. and it is feared that - the important City of Alexandria is at this moment in the hands of the infurgents. The defeat which the Turkifh Vice Admiral fuffered near Damietta, is ale only fully confirmed. but letters from Alexandria of the 18th of July Hate. that the Beys were then in polieffion of Rofetta, and bad thus cut off all entn• munication between Alexandria and the rea of the country. According to letters from Alexandria, the ad infl. certain intelligence had been weaved there of the date of the tath of Auguft, that the United Egyptian Beys and Armins had campletel GUI up the city of Alexandria. The nub& Com mandant had fent Deputies to the Beys, accompanie by the Englifh Cnnful, to capitulate to them. negotiations had latled fame lime, ad all that vr known of them was, that the Beys promifed remit to the Englifh and their property. Many of the in habitants. as well satires as Frank', had fled, and th entrance of the B. into Alexandria was erery me mint expected.