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" We than lend you fore bl the
ftandardi taken from the French at
the battle of Hochftec, & which have
[bten recovered, A remarkable sin
gularity is, that the firft of bur troops
arrived on the field of battle upon the
13th August, the anniversary of that
. battle.
(Signed) REGNIER."
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Fefieging army before Pbilipfburg,
Marfa Gmral of droifa^com
manning at Landau to& Executive
Direaor,
Landau, 20 Fruaidor (Sept. 6)
fourth year.]
" Geo. Schers has just informed
jne of ao advantage which he obtain
ed, the day before yesterday, over the
garrison of Philipiburg.
\" The garrison were driven back
under the cannon of Philipfburg ; the
detachment of the garrison of Man
heim returned to its former quarters
in full gallop, and the peafanri, cut
in pieces, strewed the road with their
killed and wounded. ' ;^
“ We are allured that the column
of peasants were commanded & con
duced by three Capuchins ; but the
dragoons would not at all underftarid
thia Capuchin trick, and overturned
neck and heehthe protestants. /
(Signed) MARESCOT."
Army of the Sambre & Meuse.
Letter from Gen. Emouff, to the Direc
tor,, dated S^zback, Aug. 19,
States, That on the 17th August,
Gen. Ney defeated the Auftriaos in
the wood between Sulzback & Herfc
bruck. Prince Hohenlohe eleaped
only by the fwiftnefi of his horse.
Gen. Grenier defeated the party Os
the Austrian troops which occupied
the long considered inscceffibl rock
before Slapback The action was in
the night—dreadfully horrid, and ,
bloody. Our grenadiers, in attempt
ing impetuously to climb the rock,
fell back, with large pieces in their
bands which broke off. Aug. 18,
Geo. Grenier, marched to Amberg,
drove the enemy from that town, a
crofc the Vils. Aug. 19 passed in re
connoitring.d
From the fame, Aug. 21,
States, That an action had just
taken place, advance, of Amberg,
long and bloody, but not deceive in
point of viaory, The French at firft
were obliged to retreat ; but rally
ing and advancing again, obliged the
enemy to retreat in their turn. Night
ended the aftioo.
— .—.^
Jourdan's account of his repulse.
Etetraa ^ a letter f rm General Jourdan, com
^wander in chief of the arm„ftbe Sambre and
Menfctw& Executive Dirfflar,. <
“ Head Quarters, 7 Fru&idor, Aug. 24.
'"^ITiaEN DIRECTORS, ./
'}, I have the honor to inform you,
that Prince Charlei had joined Gen.
WartenfEbea with a body of 2,5.000
men ; and that on the sth he attach
cd Geo. Bernadotte, who was at Trim
tag. before Newmark, for the pur
ff of covering my communffiffi
while, in obedience to your orders, 1
foisted the army of Gen. Wartenf.
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foffi Ofrage, end the ft
'under his command fought with the
^CT%, ' e w "°^,
in confrauence of which he was un* I
: der the emffity ptfofe between
&gmd bring fottaindcO'l
had forced Geo. Branadotre to re
treat, and lio my turn run the rift
of being surrounded in a country
where communications are extreme
ly difficult.
" The petition and the forces of
the enemy fa permitting me to en
gage without rifting the fafety of the
army, [retreated last night to Am
berg. In this petition I was very
form attacked by Gtea. Wafteefleben,
in front, and in the flank by the
Archduke. I have been obliged to
retire to Sulzback, after having made
luch refinance as corresponded with
the hooor and duty of a folcier. I
cannot yet give you the details of
this action ;,J do not think that I've
loft any artillery. I mean to fee out
to night, and to retreat to Veden,
from thence to Gpffenberg, apd af
ter that to Forcbeim, where I propose
toreunite the army.
:;%, 1 hope that Gen. Moreau will
profit by this circumftmce, and that
by the fucceffepyhich he will obtain,
he wid drive back to the Danube the
M*%^"hich they have brought a
gainst me,t^'^ # ,t
(Signed) JOURDAN."
Austrian Account, of the fame e
vent.
VIENNA, AUG. 31.
Our Court Gazette of this day, has
0,0 Supplements, containing accounts
of the victories gained by our troops
in Fracoaia, up to, the 25th of Aug.
io which the enemy, by a well com
bined manoeuvre, were forced to re
treat.
" His royal Highness, (fays the
firft of these fupp+ements,) states only
in general term*, that our joss in the
affairs which happened up to the
24th was very confiderabie, advan
tages bad been obtained over the en
emy; that our cavalry had signaliz
ed chemfelvet patufuiarly, having, io
the affair of the 24^, attacked three
battalions of the enemy, and entirely
destroyed them, excepi 31 officers, &
695 men, whom they made prilm.
et&ft. ' —
66 The second fopplement contains
more circumstantial details concern
ing the affairs up to the 25th. The
ficuation of Count Wartenfleben, who
had retreated o Schwarzenfeld, be
came more critical every day, & the
approach of the enemy, under the
command of Geo. Jourdan, more
threatening to the fatety of the frog
tiers of Bohamia. On the 22d,;the
enemy had encamped, in the vicinity
of our army, in three different camps,
in the form of a half moon, intend
ing the next da, to wage a decisive
engagement. So situated, the Arch
duke ordered Geo. Wartenfleben to
Mteck the ehety; without confidedl
jog his ftrengflk fowls the inters
tion of his Itoal Highness, by his
firft passage across the Danube, near
Doowweith, and by putting the left
wing of the army on the Leith, to
miltead the enemy, and to mask his
intended march agaioft the right
wing of Gen. Jourdan. Unexpected
ly, therefore, his Royal Highness
croferhe Danube near Ingo&dt,
oft.die ffib, &d ^ob the 22d, w
division of Geo. Bernadotte wai re
potted near Teiningen, and on the:
23d the enemy wm driven back Bill
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cavalry unaer urefy Donnaud, the
most exquifire part of the French cav-
I itry, who with the fifing artillery.
;came to lupport Geo. Bernodotte,
, 'iltpaAv rtoaffoh mewl an '
ually fighting, into the valley of Am
berg, Geo. jourdad being thus at
tacked with equal success in front &
&Dk r cogld resist 00 longer, and was
purfoed as far as Su'zbsch. Here our
caval^ found an opportunity to en
gage three battalions of the enemy's
infantry, whom they totally destroy
ed."
"In addition to this, the Court
Gazette of.this day, contains the fol.
lowing details :
" Further advices received from
bis Royal Highoefs the Archduke
Charles, dated Lauf, A^g. 27, flatty,
that his Royal Highness, to flop /he
progress of Gen. Moreau, who ad
vanced byway of Augfbourg Mu
nich, with superior force, agaioft Gen.
Latour, had detached Gen. Naufn
dore, with eight battalions and twen
ty fq^sdrons, byway of Ratifbon,
towards the right banks of the ban•
übo, as well to cover the right flank
of Ge© Latour, as to menace the en
emy's left flank. !;:%,
" Meanwhile his Royal Highness
continues to petite the French army
under Gen. Jourdan incessantly, to
reduce that Gen, to the impossibility
of soon recovering and advancing a<
gain with new ftreogth. General
Prince de Lightenftein has taken
from the army of the enemy, besides
a great number of prisoners, 31 piec
es of cannon of different fizet, 1165
lacks of oats, 39 calks of flour, and
other provisions, and is advancing
towards Hochftedr, to oppose the
right flank of the enemy's army,
which is assembling near Forcheim ;
Field Marlhal Lieut. Sztaray & Hot
ze have followed to Herzoft Aurach
to support him, and Field Marshal
Lieut. Kray is marching for the vici
nity of Neukirchen, leaving Eatloa
geo on his left. Col. Gorger, with a
strong detachment of light troops, is
in the neighborhood of Auerbach.
Continuation of French fuccefts
in and near Italy.
FROM TRENT, Sept. 6.
^Gen. Buonaparte writes to the Ex
ecutive Directory, of the events from
the 2d to the 6th September ; in
which he gives an account of his hav
ing cut his way through the passes of
the Tyrol, and of various attacks on
the Austrians who opposed his march.
On the 4th he attacked the defiles of
Morco, and another preceded by the
camp of Mori {after a vigorous con
test of two hours, the enemy fell
back. Gen. Dubois, io purfeiog the
enemy was mortally wounded, & di
ed faying, “ I die for the Republic —
would that I'd time to know whether
viblor, is complete."-
The enemy having retired to Rover
edo, were again attacked, defeated, &
tffeaed their retreat to Treot.—
Here they were again invaded in their
strong holds, and after a short resist
ance, harraffed by the brisk firing of
our artillery, and the fpiric of our
troops, they were seized with terror,
and recreated with coofufion. Six or
(even thousand prisoners, 25 pieces of
artillery, 50 chests, and 7 standards,
are the fruits of the battle of Rovere
^o, one of the most fuccefsful of the
[campaign Gen. Mafaa has enter
ed this city. Wurmfer hugone to
Baffa, and Gen. V^bois is gone
400 of the Infantry, and a ftand'ard of
„urmfef's hussars, are taken* ^ Geo.
Buonaparte conclud, by
joou expect a more wwqct 9
1 a1 Aifin,,nh ^'flkmmiinirurfri fhp
„rmymj,^ punuio— iwuwiw,
; had beaten the catty 1* fit succes
sive battles, taken 1600 prisoners, 20
standards, 70 pieces of cannon, im
mense magazines, and 45 lesuges of
country. The wrecks of the army,
with the General are now surround
ed.
PARIS, SEPT, IQ.
General Berthiere has written, that
the returns of the priloners taken
j from the 3d to the 9th Aug. are 1
, General (Prince Beckai) 3 Colonels,
& 4 Lieutenant-Colonels, 5 Majors, 59'
ICaptains, 66 Lieutenants, 26 Sub-
Lieutenano, 33 Enfigos, 1 Adjutant,
;and 13457 non-commissioned efr
} cers and privates.—That besides
Ithtfe, the enemy loft between 7 and
8000 killed rpd wounded, 400 hu
lakhpries, 82 pieces of artillery, and
z&miiitaty chests.
Le Veridique.
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English Official Accounts.
From Prince Charles's army.
, Windecken, Sept. 10.
Capt. Anftruther, of the Guards,
in the absence of Col. Cranford, gives
Lord Greenville the details of the re
my of his Royal Higtinefs, to the
!iith. Having quitted Wurtzburg,
Ithe sth, in pursuit of Gen. Jourdan,
H. R. H. found 2000 of his army
posted at Afchaffenbourg, which
were attacked with spirit and defeat
ed, with the lob of one thouland, fix
hundred of whom are ptifoners. On
the Bth, intelligence was received,
that Frankfort was evacuated by the
French, and his Royal Highoefa
pulhed bis advanced guards to the
Nidda—on the 9th to Dettingen, &
on the ioth to the important post of
Friedburg. Ten thousand men were
drawn from the garrison of Mayence,
as a reinforcement. It is reported
that Gen^ Jourdan is assembling his
army at Wetzlar, " From informs
tion," fays Cipt. Anftruther, “of the
most authentic nature," I can ven
ture to assure your Lordlhip that the
French troops are in a Bate of coofu
fion and despondency. A great part
of the infantry have thrown away
their arms, and are almost naked.
Their retreat has loft all Semblance of
order, and has become# tumultous
flight. Excessive fatigue has proba
bly destroyed more of them than the
sword, and the continual dread they
entertain of a general rifiog of the
peafintry in the countries they trav
erse, has spread 1 panick among them,
which renders them deaf to the com
mands of their officers^ The lofi
which Jourdan has (attained since he
advanced from the Lahn, may be es
timated, without exaggeration, at
twenty thousand men ; a number
which must be daily increased by de
fertioo, in the prefect fate of his $
m y°\
Captain A. then concludes his let
: Ser of the 9th with several severe
charges against the French, for Bav
ing exercited every species of vio
lence, pillage andibattait, ^io a
language very diffe^nt from that of
ed by Colonel Crapford^ his prede
cessor in-the office of correspondence.
—To P American re@ they mil
appear inflated andiliiberal.
In another letter from the Captain,
of the soth, he mentions that Gen.
^Z^M checked Gen. Moreau,
at Munich, for river Ifer in Bavaria,
^ nigheft place,o Vienna, ar which
&, Rench hartarrit], .nddriven%
him fix leagues Q%%*e fttf,
0^ 7"^ ^fr: p f fi *r
Denina the 1 ler. . B cjair of the 4th
^2:^7^ ^,^'^
t'ered Munich. '