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ti !,‘ 1 11) i ~ 1 ~'~. S I, l I / : '771,11 .or ,R o ug, sic. imperfe and ieaccur4te Accounts of the 10th of alloStr, and subsequent ac- Caltliero, hive been given in various following circumstantial and authentic narrative of those events has been maJc The Imperial Army, exclusive of the corps de. Seated into the southern 'fyrol. was stationed in this manner : The right wing, under the command of the general of cavalry Count Bellegarde, consisting of 42 battalions and 24 stiadrons, was partly engaged in tit occupation and defence of the fortified posi tion nPar Caldler°, partly in advanced guards on the Adige, and partly in securing the chain of the Lisenian mountains, and in m tintaining a communi cation with the corps is the southern Tyrol. The centre, commanded by Field-marshal-Lieu tenant Count Argenteau, was encamped with ..!C battalions of grenadiers, 16 of Ifusilecs, together with 24 squadrons, at St. Gregorin ; behind it, at St. Stefano, were the headquarters of His Royal Highness, the commander-in•chirf. The left wing, under the command of Field marshal-Lieutenant Baron Davidovitch, composed of 11 battalions and 6 squadrons. was encamped at Bevilaqua, and its conjunftion with 6 batallions of frontier troops, and 10 equadroess, maintained a cordon along the lower Adige to Chiezza. Massena, the commander-in-chief of the enemy. bad taken post with the seven divisions of Verdier, Gardanne, Duhesrne, Serra', Molitor, Espagne and Ruska, on the right bank of the Adige, had erected new works at Castel Vecchio and Legnano, and had stationed the main body of his army behind Verona. Early in the morning of the 29th of October. the enemy defiled over his bridge at Castel-Vecchio, crossing the river a. the ►ame time in six large ves sels, and gained the heights of St. Leonardo, while Field-marshal Lieutenant the Prince of Rosenberg, who commanded the extreme portion of the right wing, retreated, conformably to his instructions, fighting, and, after an obstinate resistance, to the heights of Moreano. Meanwhile the battle became general with the advanced troops stationed near Verona. General Frinsont, who commanded the advanced guard at It. Michael, sustained the attacks of the enemy for several hours, with the utmost obstinacy ; but finding himself compelled to yield to the sunerior force of the enemy, he retreated. Sighting inces santly, as he had been directed, to the position of Caidiom°. No sooner was His Royal Highness apprised of these circumstances, than he ordered the centre of the array to march, and himself repaired to St. Bonifacio. The enemy, in the mean time, ad vanced with great difficulty, and the sacrifice of a considerable number of his men, to the plains of Cal.liero. Here, at four in the afternoon, a new attack was rade on all the advanced troops : Vag.), Cadel Are, and Stra b were several times taken and lose, till, at length, at dusk, a renewed attempt secured to the enemy the possession of Stra aad Caliber°. through which he pushed forward with uncommon boldness to the very entrenchments of the position behind the last-mcntioned place, and nothing but the heavy fire of the artillery and musketry could a his progress. On this occasion the regiment of Lindens% particularly distinguished itself by its firmness. Night put an end to the confli& and though the enemy afterwards evacuated Cal.lierci, yet it could not be dnabteJ, that Massena was determined to sngage with his whole force on the followiug day. His Royal Highness, therefore. is the night be tween the 29th and 30th, projeCted the most suit. able precautions. and had them carried into exe notion the lame right. A thick fog delayed the hoer of attack ; and as the enemy had made no rnovemer.t at eleven o'clock, the remainder of the day appeared to be almost too short to begin $ decisive engagement. A fire was, however, opened on our right wing. General Nordman rushed, at Sabionara, upon the enemy, whoadvanced an the most determined manner. so meet him, bat was twice repulsed. On this, Field- Marshal-Lieutezant Prince Reuss, pushed forward to Gamhion, and oisliged the enemy to retire ; but he threw himself on the Prince's right Bank, and took possession of some houses, from which it WAS found secetary to drive him by the bayonet. A new re inforceuient of the enemy suddenly advanced, with airtarns beating, towards our artillery ; they were re ceived with a bri k fire; hut, nevertheless, penetrated tl the cannon, till Captain O'Brien, with a division a I attacked .he enemy with such imperun sky, that he killed a great number, and re;, ued the artillery. one tight wing, he determined to attack the enemy or the road of Stra. The General of Cavalry, Count Bellegarde, led on eight battalions, with a divisio.. of cavalry, towards Stra ; the place was soon evatu *fire ated b t behind it a most obstinate of infantry begs d soon extended along the whole line. This e was kept up several hours, with incessant vivacity, by fresh reinforcements of the enemy, that were continually arriving. At length, 'the enemy succeeded in throwing several battalions, under fa• sour of the broken ground, on the right flank of the troops, who were fatigued with the lung conflia. and had partly expended their ammunition : they were obliged to retire, though several divisions of the Emperor's light horse, and of KietiMayer's and Stipsitz's hussars, advanced where the ground per mitted, and made some prisoners. At this moment, ' his Royal Highness ordered Field-Marshal Lieute nant Vegahang, with a brigade of grenadiers, and Colonel Count Weissenwolf with Esterhazy's infan try, to advance, with drums beating, and with an entire front: of this charge, these troops acquitted themselves, tinder the eyes of his Royal Highness, with the most laudable resolution. The enemy de sisted from the pursuit, but colleded his force against Esterhazy, and a violent firing again commenced : the brigade of grenadiers remained drawn up en froute to support Count Weissenwolf. This was the juncture at which Massena exerted his utmost force to secure the viaory, and to make himself master of our position. While he commanded a fresh at tack upon our et ntre, he himself cooduilled the di vision of Molitor to the toot of the Heights of Co logoola, with the intention of storming the is orks of our right wing. His Royal Highness was engaged in renewing the battle in the centre, when he re. ceived intelligence of this enterprise, on which hi: hastily dispatched a battalion of grenadias to the support of the right wing, and direned the Genet il of Cavalry, Bellegarde, to repair thither Rewise, and to repulse the enemy, cost what it would. lii • judicious dispositions of the Field-Marsh-it-Lieu tenant Baron Simbschen, who commanded Otero, and the extraordinary intrepidity of the r• Drips, had, however, in pats, accomplished this design. Ti.. enemy had stormed the hill, near Colognola, with two regiments ; but the gallant rt., -rale, that was opposed to this furious auack, and ice charging of the two battalions of Charles Schroder and Spleny, with fixed bayonets, not only prevented the storm ing of the works, but the two regiments employed in the attempt. and particularly the 3d, were, for the most part. cut to pieces, or taken prisoners. At this spot alone, the enemy lost 500 men in killed, as many were made prisoners, and three standards were taken. While the infantry was thus signnlising itself, Colonel Kerecsk, with his division of Kienmayer's hussars, attacked the enemy's cavalry, which had penetrated as far as C:lognola Kassa, with such success, that he drove it back to Cadel Ara, with the loss of many killed, and 41 prisoners. At the same time that this unsuccessful attack was made near Cologroda, another column of the enemy stormed the redoubt No. 10, and had al !tasty mounted the breast-work of the ditch, when it was repulsed, with considerable loss, by the courage and firmness of the regiment of Hohenlohe Bartenstein. Captain Nowak, of that regiment, particularly distinguished himself on this occasion he rushed on the enemy, of hi. ono accord, at the head of his company, with fixed bayonets, and in this manner cleared the ditch. At this place, like. wise, the battle continued till late in the night, which favoured the retreat of the enemy. In the confident expedation that this bold attack on our right wing would not fail of success, Mas sena endeavoured, with renewed exertion, to break through the centre ; the troops, though they sold every step dearly, were, however, obliged to yield a little to the superiority of force. General Lippa was wounded on this occasion. It was already dark, when the fire from the artillery of the position became almost general, and the troops that defended the trenches, likewise, received the enemy, with a brisk fire of musketry. ?rifles I lithenlohe-Bareenstein ad vanced with his brigade of grenadiers in reserve, with drums beating, and gallantly cheering his grena diers. His Royal Highness the Archduke Max;_ mama colleted, in I•er.on, the returning battalions, placed himisli at their head, and again led them, with drums beating, against the enemy. The latter had not expelled such a degree of resolution, and abandoned the field of battle to us ; and as his left wing was likewise beaten, and Stipsites hussars had also made a succes attack, he hastily retreated. Our troops pursued him to Ara, where the dark ness of the nigia, at le n gth, entirely put an end to this memorable engagement. At tae dawn of the following day, we discovered a great a•tmher of killed, who, in many places, lay in he.ips upon each other; the murderous effeet of , the opisos:te shore of the Adige, made themselves masters of all the vessels, and hrolten down the 'tidge at Bonavigo. General Vincent afterwards tossed the river with two battalions, and several divisions of frontier troeps and hussars, took several prisoners, and filled the enemy with the stronvest apprehensions for the safety of his rear. Still Massena resolved to venture on another at .empt on our left wing at Chiavicca del Cloisto, and, at ten in the morning of the Slit of 03ober, direleJ Verdier's division to make ass attack in two columns, on General Nordmann. According to the report of the prisoners, they were ordered to take the fort, let the enterprise cost what it would. General Nordmann, however, was as firmly re solved to defend it to the last extremity. The enemy attacked the fort, in front and in flank, with the utmost impetuosity; and, as several bat talions at the same time crossed to this side of the river, at Zevio, and advanced against the left flank, they poured in such a destrudive fire, that nothing but the example of their leader cosild have induced the troops to maintain their position. General Nordmann, while thus nobly engaged, was wound ed on the platform ; most of the cannoneers were killed at their guns, and two Officers of the staff were wounded. For the determined resolution of General Count Colloredo, on whom the command devolved ; and of Lieutenant-Colonel Count Nu gent, who, animated with equal zeal, taught the troops to despise the danger ; it was reserved to de feat this last, but oft-reiterated attempt of a su perior and intonate enemy. Prince Reuss contri buted all that lay in his power to the deliverance of the m , naced position: he dire fed Colonel Brusch to advance briskly between the enemy and Gambion, and to attack the enemy in flank, with some batal li and this movement, which Colonel Brusch executed with the greatest intrepidity, accelerated the re-rest of the enemy, and considerably meg inented his loss. !Isis last unavailing attack, gave to the Imperial arms, the most complete vidory, which crowned w,th glory the firs: adions of the Italian army : for , on the Ist of November, it was discovered, that the enemy, having masked his retreat by a chain of light troops, had already reached the heights of St. Giacomo, in front of Verona, with his main body, and had relinquished to us the field of battle. Our advanced guards pursued him ; Cal diero, Stra , Vago, and Cadel Ara, were et via taken possession of, and our victory was decisive. Events of a foreign nature called off the vidorious army, after a conflict of three days, sustained with the most resolute intrepidity, and prevented it from fully reaping thP fruits of its conquest. The los; of the enemy on these three bloody days cannot possibly be estimated at less than 8000 men, of whom upwards of tOOO were taken prisoners. According to the regimental lists, our loss in killed, wounded, and missing, amounts to 56;2 men, m_ eluding 120 office! s. ••• We intended to haws insetted in this day's Paper die Evi dence and other Proceedings en the Trial of Vice. Admiral Sir Robert Calder i bt.t, as the business ef the Court Mar. hal is nut yet finished, we are under the necessity of post poning nor account of this important invonigation, until the sentence of that Tribunal he deleted. We shall then lay before 014/ Readers an accurate and fully detailed Report a th:. very interesting Trial. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY. Drczatata 26. The following communication w•as yesterday sent from the Admiralty to Ltor o's :- 61 ADMIRALTY-or7lCf, DEC. .23, 1805. On the 13th inst. Ilia Majesty's ships Akin... and Loire fr rite, fell in with a sonadrun of the Enemy's ships, an swering the daseiription of that which sailed from Roche twt, in lat. 42, long. 13, and again on the 16th inst. in lat. 44. IG, long. 12. 39; then standing E.S.E. supposed for Ferrol, with the wind at N. E. the Loire continue) to watch them ; and the Alcmene retired to comnioni , ate the intel ligence; there were not any pines in company, excepting the Calcutta." From the above it is evident, that the report of a division of the Brest fleet being at sea, is erroneous. The French squadron, seen by the Ocean and the Tiber, as we stated yesterday, must have been the Itochfort squadron. Rut, we have further proof. The Channel fleet, under the command of Admiral Coanw•ws, has return ed to port, and states, that the Brest fleet have gone into the inner harbour, where they will probably remain- for some time. Of the Chan nel Meet, a part, consisting of the rille de Paris, admiral COANWALLL: Rannl„iud4cious. and Colee.e, pin into Plymomh, on Sunday even ing. The remainder, nader the command of Ad miral Dos o tits, and consisting of the Hibernia, San ..V.ef, Prince Grow, Mafia, lve:liras, Deo "ra.r:o", and Tersineph, anchored in Torbay. whele have probably sailed before this time, t their station of Brest. We receivi J, yesteri..y, some more I.'. Papers to the 15.1 i, but tl ey nN.tin no news which our readers Are not already in possess:..,... Mere are too, we uvderstaad, arrivals, hot not •.! papers, of so late a date, from one part of the Duct:, !coast, as the 17th, and, from another, as th • 2 ; but we have tilt hearil that they have bro.ight aiy news of importance. This would afford an a tional proof, th it the late battles have beta thsas trous to the French. 11 id they ben favourable, the intelligence would, of cour.e, have transpired ; but having been other wise, every (Cr: be triade to conceal the disaster as long as possible. The news of the battle of t h e ± I reached th e Rogue in nine days. The news of the battle on the 4th have reached it on the 13th, and the events 01 twn days later, on the 15th. Yet here are arrivals a n y vessels which left one part of the Dutch coast or the 17th, and another on the 47th, and yet have 11(..' brought, as far as we can fi.rd, a sing': artist,. tit intelligence. We have received New-York Pap-re to !hi f.. 12.1 of November, from which we have made several extra/Is, but their contents are not of any importance. Two Hamburgh Maas arm due yester,Yet, thf arriv4l of which is most anxiously poked tot, as they will, in r.ll probability, bring particular; not only of the aaiars of the 2d, but aho of tii , he that were fought to the Stir inst. Some letters from llolland, of the 111 t and ltdl were received or; Tuesday, but they contain ft") ligence of the slightest importance. It WAS reported, that advices ha .1 reached town of the French Army having been driven back to Vienna, with immense slaughter ; but we were unable to tract: the rumour to any authentic source. Another report was, at the satin time, circulated, that the French had taken the precaution of garrisoning Leghorn with ti3Ou) troops. - - It is reported, that an expedition is shortly to he sent to the South West Coast of France, to consia of all the French Ernigraets in British pay, and any others who m ty wish to join their standard, to catty with them artillery, and 50,000 stand of arms. The negotiation of a loan of ten millions, by the Court of Berlin, we consider as decisive evidence, that Prussia, at last, means to unshea h the seord against the common enemy. With the exception of ItirDelt.o the GuAr, cocci ' , has been the prieei pal bad quality of the three last Sovereigns of that country ; and it was the expense that sickened the late King, FREOf RIC WILLIAM, in the beginning of the contest last war ; who, after exhaysting the treasures amassed by his grandfather, Fiteneare Wit LIAM the FIIIST, and when the liberal ft,tittit subsidy of 150,0001. per month was, very properly. withheld, on account of non•perforinance of eon'. tract on his pall, withdrew from the alliance, 1.2,1 made the best separate peace he could with France. Not only the fate of the Confirm: Unirper, but perhaps the very destinies of Europe, and her I:gi timate Sovereigns, depend upon the immediate eision and cnndu.t of the Prussiaa Monarch. By a grand reap de verre, which circumstances will abun dantly justify, he has it, by m e a n; of his numetLus and well-appointed forces, in his power to capture toe cut off the main army, new advanced beyond 4.e Austrian capital . Tuesday, about one o'clock, the Chatham yaclo, under the directions of Commissioner GRAY, with the remains of Lord Netsom on board, arrived id: Greenwich Hospital. The body is placed in the coffin made of the wreck of the /.'Orient, which is put into one made of elm, then into a leaden one and soldered up. and the whole placed in anothe large coffin of elm, for the purpose of having the ornaments affixed thereon. In the yacht came Mr. Tvsosi, Mr. WHITBY, and the Rev. Mr. Score, the Chaplain of the Viaory, who, it is understoo4 will (According to the request of his Lordship) per form the funeral service at the interment ; besides those already stated, are the whole of the persons who were attached to kis Lordship's person. The coffin weighs nearly four hundred weight, and, its consequence of the water not being sufficiently high, could not be removed till the evening. An im- • mense crowd had been colletted upon the terrace of Greenwich Hospital from the early part of the day. About five o'clock, it was lowered from tho Comm issioNea's yacht into a boat. and anvil, diately conveyed to the lower Hospital-stairs. The coffin was enveloped in the colours of the Yr tree,. which were bound round it by a piece of rope about the thickness of one of the sheets of a fitst rate. As soon as it was landed, it was carried by sailors, part of the valiant crew of the Yb tory, to' the Painted Hall, from whence, we understand, it was to have been removed, in the course of the even ing, to the Record Chamber. in the Hospital, and where it is to continue until the preparations for its lying in state shall be completed. These, we are informed, cannot be finished for these eight or ten days. Lord Hoof, immediately when the corps Ar rived, left Greenwich ter the Secretary of Sw-'s Office, and the Admiralty, to receive further dice:- tions. It was then, we understand, finally deter mined, that the procession, by water, shall take place on the 7th of next month, from Greenwich to Wl' v e hall ; the body dill be deposited in Ole Admiralty that night, and in the merilles the procession to S:. Paul's to take place. One of the Admiralty barges I will convey the body. Mr.BOTDett. has offered SOO guinens for the best Pisaure on the subject of the Victorious Fall of the gallant bist.sosi. This is a very liberal offer; bet sorely the patriotic feelings of British Artists %,4•:* stimulate their genius, and the dignity of the subjett • be a sufficient incentive, from a principle of taste, as well as a nobler impulse. Madame Jenosse BOsAP•RTR and child, Mrs ArlDelSoe, Mrs. Fos. and Mr. ROBIRT Parrs-:- loss, arrived at Baltimore, about the middle of last month. in the brig Mars, from London. f • BIT As very impe battle of the $0 tions neat Cald journals, the foil ............ ..,.............. own - ime muraernus ettett of San J:'wef, Prune Grows, Matte, Impe IT poa this, Prince Reuss again advanced to Gam- our artillery, and the great loss which it had occa- got, Ww-P-or, and Tlisintph, anchored I l ion, where night tree/402:cl the battle. sinned the preceding day among the hostile ranks. The whsle have probably sailed before When his Royal Highness (+mired tt.e Bring on Stvetal detachments had, trieanwhiie, gone to to Telliirt their station of Brest. . . if I I • t 1 • ` -.; I:. J : • I