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-•jug tn - 1 - manner .lirr.cf: imperceptible,
Mir th * firmnefs of the HefTian.- not
permit the:n to finifli their devastation {
tie ensyny in turn irretrievably lo.ing one
,i ece or camion, \vh 1? those which they
r. iiled up of ours, may ay, l in be rendered
;Vrvi- e ible. The poll of Biberic was -illu
as warmly aflViUd, as defended by Msjm
Spitnaus, v.ith two companies of dil
moimtf d Chafleurs. Tlie enemy left-6c
me'i up >i the ground on their retreat.
» Our left \vi ig at Koitheim w<v at
tacked with Jor 4000 men, and 4 piece
of cannon ; they forced the gate, but die
not long keep pofl'efiiion, as I had 110 foone;
deternli >ed upon the mode of .1 combinet
attack, than I ordered two battalions ot th
left wing, under general Vittenghofen, tt
inarch agai them, protected by mv bat
teries. On this.orcalioii I regret the lnfs o
Jient. Borftell and (ix brave foldiert of th:
regiment of'Croiifaz.. The HeU'ua troop:
uere fuliained by lient. general De Lindt
villi three battalions ot infantry, and 1 c
i'quadrons of cavalry i nof.vithllandin«
• Kodheim was then vigoroutly attacked •
In fine, the French iivere repnlfed in al
part-. The number of pri(oners is not
yet known. The killed oil the enemy'"
jule are much more numerous than ours ;
they left two hundred at lead fcatterec;
about in different places ; we have loft 011
jy twenty men ; so that
liie Doij-'iuiportance of this rencotmtre. 1
cannot help esteeming it as a frelh proirt
of the tleciftve fyperiority which his niajef
ty's arms will everootain over thole of oui
enemies."
May 4.
Mimfters yeOerday received letter«frow
France, by the way of Dieppe and Bright
helinflone, stating, that 011 Frid iv lad. -he
20th inlf. the Gironde party had gained s
complete triumph over the jacobine f#ctio
—and rJntDantnn.Roberfpierre.Marat,an,
many others had been inalfacred—that'll*)
had appointed a new executive council—
and that they were in full polfeflion of the
government. This news Mr. Pitt read tc
the c-.i nmiiteo alTembleel for considering of
ihemea of afiiftinp; the disordered cred l ;
of the country ; and Lord Grenville m a n
tioned it in the Huufe of ; but uei
ther of them declared that it came to their
hands upon authority that they could im
plicitly trust.
It Is laid that the lending members of the
executive cou:-.cil of France are well dis
posed to offer terms of pe. ee to this cou 1
try, alffloll 011 any conditions. In all the
de ates in the National Convention, tin
members seem to he particularly guarded
in their expr. liinns concerning thi coun
try : aaW it is well kdown M. ele Chan
velin has been very ungraciously received
in France, from the opinion entertained
that he was too impetuous in his behavioui
towards our court, by which he precipi
tated his country into a war. It is I urthet
laid, that the committee of general defence
1:1 Parjj was reduced from twenty-five tc
nine, in order to conduit the pubi c affair
in general, and a negotiation with thi
country in particular, with secrecy.
The flocks yefierday had a rife of abovt
one per cent, owing to a report that peace
■would speedily take place. This report,
however, founded on lettersfrom Holland
was by no means generally credited.
May 5.
Yefteeday a meflenger came from th
head-quarters of the Pruflian army, nea
Menu. which he left on the ;Bth ult. whei
110 material event had occurred. The
lame meflenger paifed thro' Bruffeb, on thi
30th, where there was an eejual barrenne!
of intelligence. On the northern frontier
of France,, the operation of the conibinei
armies are delayed by the neceflity so
bringing up magazines ; —on the east
Mentzand Landau prevent the progress 01
the Pruflians.
Mav 6.
Lord Boringdoi, who returned to towl
yefle-rd ly noon from the continent, me
Dumourier on the road towards Vienna,
three days journey o-i the other fide o
Liege. The Liegois are extremely vexec
they did not recognize the French genera
while he was in that city, a3 they certainl)
vjuUihtve detai led and made him ac
countable for fonie of the governmen;
property which he and his army pillagec
during tl.eir Uay there.
Germ ny.
VIENNA. April 5.
His JrhppriaMnajcfty has Tent orders tc
the prince of SaxeCobonrg, to feiul hi flier,
under a proper escort, the French genera,
BournonvilJe, Ins adjutant, and the mem
bers of the French National Convent'on.
now state prisoners. His majesty has far
ther given orders to his serene highness,
to enjoin the officers who command thi
efcort, to halt at the lafi post before Vien
na, to transmit official notice to the Aulic
council of war, of the arrival of the prifon
«rs. We are afTured that they will be im
prisoned in the iortrefs of ipielberg, in Mo
ravia.
Thefenate of Venice lately gave order
to the French charge des affaires in that
city, to take tlown the arms of the French
republic from his hotel : bnt the latter not
having complied with these orders within
the time appointed, the Senate caused
them to be ignominioufly taken down by
some ftonc-nftfonsj attended by an escort
of 200 Sbirrs.
The Itates of the Auflrian Netheiland
have requeued to lend a ciepuialior.
to our tulirc; and their lias bet. 1
granted.
Netherlands.
BRUSSELS, April 16.
That part of the combined army, con
fining of Auftrians and Pruflians command
• d by general Ciairfayt, whicii threatened
Lisle, and had taken several advantageou
poliuons round that place, has quitted
ihe.n, in order to advanct against Comk
and Valenciennes, which wili probably be
the two principal points of attack. While
this movement was effecting, the corps
.omm uuled by lieut. general de la lour,
lfter having given a falfe alarm to the in
renched camp or* Maubeuge, advanced a-
Tainft that plate to blockade it. and to cur
){f entirely its communication with Vaien
;ieiuies< Tliefe mi afures were attended
A'itn the desired success.
On the 23d, a very fwiart engagement
:00k plate between the advanced poiis in
;!ie neighbou hood ol Maubeuge. The
French having advanced in great number ,
rbrced at firlV some ports ol ih.ifieurs, bin
\<on after our people, being reinforced,
jbliged the enemy to fall bach in dilorder.
On the 11 tii, 12th and i3*h, several
aioody actions have taken place in the envi
rons of Conde and Valenciennes, in vvhicl"
the French were found to give way, which
was not, however, done, but with ihe moil
abftinate reiiftance.
Spain.
ARANJUtZ, April 10.
The M:ii!,id Gazette has of late been
lllrd with a regifler oi' patriotic offers,
vvhicii itiU continue to be made with great
dacrity and zeal. The duke de la Inian
ado, presented the king with a regi
lient of 1200 men, clothed, aimed ant:
•quipped in every refpett—They have
■!»n. battalion-gi:ns, two field pieces, am 1
"our howitzers, with the neceflary ammu
lition and waggons, and mules,
irsd the Caiffe du Regiment Hocked with a
• sum of ready calh.
Another grandee has also raifi'd a repi
nent on hi> eftatcs ; and several have paid
ntothe royal treasury a gift of io,oool. in
: ird and tteiling i<ioney.
The queen, and all the ladies <>f thii
our: arc- butily employtd in making lint.
France.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Permanent Sitting—April 16.
The following letters were rend, ant! fenl
o the Convention by the Lomuiiluoners ir
lie army.
Letter f> , m the citizens Leqninio, Coehon.
ai.d Bellegarde, to the field Marechu,
Fringe de Cobourg.
" Monsieux,
"DUMOURT7 R ha- H"tr-vr,' *'
lation to v>hich he onto 1.1 tievation
i'ou ca .nut efleem a traitor. Good fnilli
iro'iib.ts yon from giving him an afyltim,
rid yon oi\ght not to have received the
nembers ofthe <"on\ention, whom liede
ivered up to you. The French would hav-f
itviorred anyone of your nation, who hai:
ommitted such a baseness ; and, would
tave reflored to you those boftages, whiif
he law of nations precludes! them from re
eiving in fnch cases.
"We now transmit you a few copies ol
:he decrees paffod by the con\entian or
his occasion ; and we also inclofu the pro
. lamations which we have addreifed to tht
irmy.
" A brave general who love 3 honour,
jught to follow the copdufl which jtiftice
ommands ; and we now frankly assure y«i
:h<<t the whole French nation will sither
ierilh or remain free.
(Signed) LEctuimo,
CoEhi'R,
Beliegarbe."
Letter frwn Prince Ccbo: ig, Commander
in Chief of the Imperial Armies.
" Head Quarters, Boujju, April 9.
" Gentlemen,
" I DID not look upon Gen. Dumotiriet
is a traitor ! He ta ked of nothing \\ hen he
«as with 11s, but of the happiness ot hi'
country : He rested his undertaking upon
thii refpe£table basis; it was upon this
/roinxl I entered into conversation witli
liin, and upon this ground yofl ought t<
incite him. You differ in opinion with him.
.his is his only crimc.
" His princip.es recalled him to that con-
Citation which was once your idol; lie fav.
nit the happinef.i of France, and thepeact
nf F.urope ; fur these principles he does not
Jeferve to be delivered up to ignominy, and
,0 the death of a traitor. He bad never
my private intelligence with us. and we
f ought in such a manner, as to prove that
we were no friends. In your proclama
tion you accuse him of having intended to
deliver up his country ; he never deviated
from his firft solemn declaration, and that
of the other generals at our approach to
wards France, that they should never fuffcr
any foreign power to interfere with the in
lenor organization of our government, or
that any pan of France fliould be alienatetl.
" As to the fvHir connniffioiiers from the
Convention, their fate is ill your hands. I
rppeal for all these tbje£ls. rnti for the vio
'iit, tyrannical and furiou.; refolm oils oi
11 me of the members of your Alienibly, to
ihsfe members who have really the love oi
their country at keart. May they find
means to make the convulsions cease, which
tear France to pieces, ai d lhaketo itslonn
dation the reft of Kurope ; this is my Willi
as w ell as yours.
(Signed) " Pkince Cobuorg."
Letter from Citizen Dubois, Dubois, and
Briez, Reprefentati-.es from the French
people at Valenciennes, April 10, nyj.
to General Prince de Saxe Cobourg, Com
mander in Chief of the Imperial army.
GeNeraj.,
THE Citizen Deputies, to whom yen
addressed your yederday's letters, are in
longer at Valenciennes : we supply hen
their places, and we profefs the fame pi in
ciples with them. We have the fame du
ties to fulfil, the fatre oaths to keep, ami
we are polfelTed of the fame powers, dele
gated from the National Rreprefentative
of the republic.
General, we agree with yon, that to dif
fer in opinion is no crime ; for a crime, ac
cording to the law, is attached only to ac
tion ; and it is only for actions which art
criminal and traitorous in the eyes of all
nations, and even in yours, that Dnmoutiei
has rendered l.imfelf infamous and a trai
tor ; whilst he might have covered hi in fell
with glory in ufefully forving his country,
and in dying in its defence if necrfl'ary.
It was certainly a great crime to pietenc
to oppose his own Will to that of the nation
and to pro-pose to them any governmen
whatever. The will of a General of ai
:rmy, ill oppoliticm to legal authorities, e
ven if good, can be nothing but a violatior
ot all principles, and a great crime againl 1
National Sovereignty. But what did Gen
eral Dumonrier v illi for ? The faflic thai
our mod inveterate enemies now with for
viz. To seduce our troops, to direst then
against their country, to give us a new ty
ranny, and to league themselves with oui
enemies, in order to accoinplilh these de
ligns. What more could Dunioilrier havi
done ? Has guilty La Fayette, whom ht
himfelf condemned to infamy, done an;
thing else ? Has not he himl>!f sworn si
tlelity to the republic, and for this oath ob
tained the confidence of the French ? You
General, reap the advantages of his perfidy
laut you do not pardon him for the fame
The Conditution, which, jou (ay was oncc
our idol, fell into ruins by the endeavour:
i>f those events who willi for it now, am
did not with for it at that time. The na
tion had made a trial, and in the experi
ment they w ere difguded with it forever.
The nation, and they had a right to do so
infilled upon n republican government, anc
(wore to ftipport it, or bury themselves ii
its ruins.
We know of no division amonjft the
members of the Convention. That afiem
bly is one and indivifible—W ■ know of n<
ather members amongfl then-i but what are
guided by the love of their country. II
[i e are fomdt ; :nes disputes, if tUeir fit
ting- are fometitnes tempeduous. no person
ti.isa right to int. rfere. We always agree
in the main object of general interell, anc
'A e are all determined to live and to die
republicans.
Ourfour colleagues are tinder the fife
jttard of the sovereign judice and loyalty o:
i>ur enemies. Theit fate gives us no unea
(iilefs. Betides, we had already prepareo
jii answer to your address to the French oi
the 9th ind—-we lend it to you, and beg yon
•o read it w-itn attention ; you will find it:
it true principles, upon which nationsouglii
.0 conduit themselves towards one another.
ThURJOAY, April 18.
A letter frout the Commissioners at Va
lenciennes, was read. It dated, that Conde
was dill blockaded ; that the enemy had
"ummoned the town of Meubeg. the gar
rison of which determined to detent
t; and that an aition had taken place tbt
evening before, in which the enemy were
-epulfed. The CommiCioners added, that
:hey eXpeOed an important action the da;,
following.
The Cotwmiffioners at Nantz, informe d
he Convention, by a letter, dated the 15th.
:hat the patriots w ere continuing to repref;
:he insurgents. and that their efforts were
attended with geeat success.
Letter from Gen. Dampierre, to the Mi
liider at War.
Valenciennes, April 15, 1793.
" C'tizen Minister,
" I INFORM you that'the advanced
g,uard of the French army has behaved with
the fame bravery as yederday : The)
were attacked with more brilknefs than
vefterday, and the Audrians ha»e beer
beat. I cannot bedow too high praise upor.
the brave Lamarche, who commanded a
part of the van guard. The firing conti
nued from four in the morning till eight ir
the evening, and at Come moments with as
much violence as at the batile of Nerwind.
" The intrepidity of the troops has beer
very great, and carried even farther than
the proposed end required. The success
of this day is owing in part to the ingeniou
manner ill which genera! Lr.rorhe ibrsxr
up his entrenchments, and to a lixte.n
pounder plaied in furh a manner, as 10 do
thegreateft pnflible inj'try ro the eoemy
" The Auftriaus have Deen ui tvea as far
as St. Ataand.
(Signed) " DAMPIF3.RE."
One of the general's aitl-<fe-canip> add
ed, that the French army had exceeded the
hopes of their commanders. T hat on the
14th they yielded tixnumbers, but that on
the 15th they were victorious. He f..id
, [so, that Cobourg and his officers by their
Ipeeches, letters, and aiticn-, feeir-cu <:e
---itrous of peace ; antl that they wilhed tu
converse with the French troops ; but thai
general Dampierre had forbidden the
French to hold any communication with
them. He informed the Convention like
wif», that a mifunderlfanding prevailed
amongthe combined powers.
Saturday, April 20.
Letter from the Coirmiflioners Pent t» the
army of general Cliftine.
Head-Quarters General,at Weiflembourg,
April Ij.
" Citizens our Colleague!,
" Cuftine's army is encamped near this
town, in a very advantegeous polition.
Yesterday we vilited the camp. The whole
troops were under arms, and each regi
ment and each battalion renewed before
us the oath, that they would conquer or
die for liberty ; and they linanimoufly
Ihouted out, Long live the Republic ! Long,
lilt the Convention I Hatred to Tyrants I
The troop? are in light ot the enemy, and
burn with a delire of engaging them. We
fnall vilit, this evening, the advanced
commanded by the brave Hou
chard. The communication with Lan
dau is still free—That city is in the mo ft
formidable state of defence, and provided
with provifious of every fort lor a long
time.
•• We have received a letter from Mentz;
they have caused all the cattle ot the
neighbouring villages to be driven to that
place. They were unwilling to retire
from it, in order that they may have a lhai e
in its defence, and they have (worn they
will perilh rather than surrender,
*• General Hohenloe, has denied, by a
letter addrc fled to vis, the maSUcre of the
4th battalion ties Vojges. They are pri
soners ; but the rights of war have not
been violated in regard to them.
Signed, &.C.
Thurjday. April 25.
The Convention decreed that the na
tional treat fury fliould Keep ready at the
difpofalof the niinillry for the home de
partment, a certain twin for the pnrpofe
of continuing the building of the n.onu
tnent in honor of Liberty, already pro r ofed
and beguu on the ruins of the baltile.
Letter from the Cotrimijfiou.en on the
Northern Frontiers.
" We have the fans, action to inform yoiv
that we have gained a new advantage o
ver the enemy. They attacke d yesterday
lear Maubeug, in three columns, and witll
Ix pieces of cannon, one of our advanced
joils, which being inferior in number, fell
j.itk on the camp. General Mmnbofly
immediately proceededfrom the camp with
i reinforcement of nine pieces of cannon.
The combat was obstinate, and continued
from five in the morning till three in the
afternoon. Our troops fought with so
much bravery that they forced the enemy
.0 retiie with precipitation. They left a
Treat number of men on the field "' battle,
«nd as in their flight they did not ii.;d the
>ridge fufHcientiy broad, many of them
lafled the Sam,'ore by swimming. The ci
:izens of Matibenge, in cafe of a serious
nack, have livorn that they will bury
;heir»felves under the ruins of the place,
:.id hang the firft person who (hail speak of
.npitulating. Givct and Charletfiont wait
'or the enemy with the fame rcfohirion.
hi (hort our enemies are not to be dreaded
;t present; the reports given to us are not
ilarining. The enemy spend their time
n parad-' aid making falfe attacks. Their
irincipal object, it is said, is Valenciennes,
jutthev will not succeed."
LONDON, May 5-7.
The polition of the army under general
"uftine, which is ftiil 36.000 ilrong, was
>ii the 11th of April a; follows: general
flouchard, with 10,000 men, was polled
n the wood and neighborhood of Can
:ielle ; 10, coo men were emeamped on the
of the Rhine, near LanghtcrV.irg ;
ind the reft were on the heights of \\ eif
emburg.
On the re-csptnre from the French, by
Lhe Phsscon, of the Spaniih prize Regifter
hip, part of the effects of which, to the
amount cf 500,0001. h:td been pat o r <
board the French privateer : it has with
many become a queflion, whether the
Englilh captors are not entitled to the
whole of the latter, as a complete prise
from an enemy ; Wicugli only to faivage
for so much as remained on board the Sj:a
nit'hft.ip.
Rotondo, the Italian, whi cr.t off the
head of the princ»fs Lambel!e.:t is fald, w as
hung at C-cfteva, the 19th of Ifalt month,
t or murder and robbery.