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i Letter from the Reprerentatlves ofTthe
- . IP^opW wMvthe atmy' of the We&rn
Pyrenne?.
•• Loig live the'Rlfublic [—Chauvins
Dragging Pluwfe t , (Feb. § )
- “ TpHIS morning we wereat- ‘.
, Titled by five columns
';of Spanifo t^ of -s
a about i^oocvmem- Their m
tention Was, to fire the barracks
pf the Sans Culottes, and to
. penetrate into the interior ; but
we have vanquished, 1 and f&rced ■
the Spaniih General to rdtreat, ;
after having fo/Jt about iloo
men.—Our .iafs consists in Bo *
killed, and 150 wounded. The
battle lasted eight hours. This
is one of the most glorious days
of the Republic* The French,
attacked on all points, have tri
umphed every where.”
Leiter from his Serene Highness
the Duke of Brunswick, to the
Prince. Royal of Prujfia.
- “Metftz, Jam 24, 1794.
M The concern which your
Royal HighWfr has been pleas
ed to teftify^ on- a^co^m of my
Threat from the army, inspires
NothingibuMsoonyunc
iture^of ciroumftantes, as difaf
.trous, as common, could have
prevailed ph me .to adopt amea
fure which is so afflicting for
-myfelf. "
have been highly flattered
;by the opportunities I have; now
? and4heoiound:to approach your
Royal Highness, arid to admire
in you; thol^- talerits which can^
notTaiEto place you among the
great men of our .age. . Europe
ft aftfids truly in ’’need-of them/ at
time, when near 490,000 dbrix
batants,(and 80 line pf ^baule
(hips, fuppbrted by an inte Atne
^waf, have tri’vain erfd^vpured
to^crufh :of
criines,whichistyrannifingover
Fp*ficc<-M am eminentlyhappy
to find that ^eil Jb TerW^
good cause, Jim not craped
so*onotice
Very utdwptonarefy indeed, the
time ‘when ite greatest energy
and was requiredi -
* ’^lf hftcr the funendef of
Mentz, Bouchard had been at
tacked, foßcedibaokand defeat
ed- th* 4 remforttn*WS which
W W °<
Erth would not have reached
IT, nd <if coarse the check near
IG’abhedge would have been a*
FTbidtl. Fort Louis ill provid
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ed, with pro^iGons, and destitute
of bombs, would, in all proba
bility, have been reduced within
a fortnight. A Iface might then
have been turned by the Saar.
The pdfleflion of the Lauter
would have afforded solid
advantages; and if, by all pofli-.
tie means, rhe junction of the
Arfnies 7 of tpe Rhine, and the'
MolWle had been prevented, and
the point of Boqucnoh gained,
Stfalbofgh wbiild have been
threatened, ^nd Landau very
likely subdued.
Mbeg your Royal Highhefs*
pardon for expressing my re
grets. Complaints are. useless,
1 know, but sometimes they af
ford a momentary belief. Per
mit me Only to add, that, if you
have any ir.fiuence over my fuc
ceflbr, I would wish you to pre
vail oh him tb employ all his
credit to prevent the fritterip-g
of the army into top numerous
detachments ; in cohfequepce of
which is, that being every where
too weak to ad on an pffenlive
plan,troops, are obliged to
confine themfeWes to defenfive
meafuVes wj th' the. enemy we
have, to combat* which is a fault
productive of the molt pernici
ous consequences.
‘‘ltis'with t^e firicereft te
gref I leave an arihy, wh’i^Mias
iri^ired me with the higheji es
teem, admiration; and attach
metk/’ v ’
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LONDON, MA RCH Iq.
Declaration of the King of Prussia
, etg^injk a general Armament of
A^ePrihdNfdntt of
When the propofitioh for a
genera) armament of the fubje^ts
of the Empire wa^hbide it rhe
■Afiefflßly of the Diet th^ Klng
of ru^^pi^nted
iential dii&uHh:s
ex^e^d that ’ the * prp^pfi(iori
would Gaye beep scarfed /ftp a
conciufion.*-For this Kafon his
MaieftV firid^hifafctfHbnde? the
necefflty of laying them again
tmc.e mpte before the fix asaiw
Circles, with this obfervauoni
vljf.' “That if the said Circles
c^h^pt; determine: with "tfie^
felves’to withdraw the said co£x
clqTWm, ; wfid^rehdeL it of ‘ftche
effeffj he will be forced however
copfr^y to to
withdraw his troops, as he can*
not expose them to the* danger
which r iyuft necclTarjly - r^uhr
oppofes^to.nge neral at mandat
oftbenhubtetnth
are ^he following, v&^ ;
By cqiploying the peasants a
TUESDAY, May 20, 1794.
■ .A . j --itr I ; . • - A ‘
gainft the enemy, ' agriculture
will want hands.—That there
are not arms fufficient to give to
such amass of people. —That it
is impofflble, in so Ihort a time,
to teach the manuarexercife to
the • inhabitants;-?*^*
. found, by the experience of? the ‘
twolaft campaigos^that the.fdl
’diers opposed tot fi^Trench mu ft ,
be. peffediy exercised to maje
^gainft them; Laftjy, la
de pendant of the ttbove reasons,
' it ' is rnfiriitely^ ^ahgerqus, afi a
time like the prefent,^when the
French are wathching every ad
vantage to infindate their prin
ciples; to afTemble such amass
df'm^n^ ideas upon forms
of Government must be various,
and among whom corifequently
difTmions might arise, difaftfous
in their consequences both to the
armies apd p the Coflftitution
of the Empire.-
, u . . .1 I. -
The Turkish Ambafladorhas
left Petersburg; previous to
which he delivered a memorial
to the Rufflan Court upon the
differences, now subsisting be
tween them.
Intelligence is received, that
the French have for the present
charigedrheir intentions of vific
ing Greafißritain, firft intending
the ebriiqueft of the Island of
Jer fey - The force is, col[e&ed
.at St; Maloes j the number an
nounced is 10,000 men. The
force at Jersey consists of the
6^d which is 600
strong; about-800 French Roy
•alifts m BrltiW pMy; five com
panies of invalids; and about
4ooq,miytia.
4 There a,re letters imtown from
Copenhagen which Gate that
the Royal Palace'in that^ity had
beeh%urnt down by a fire which
lasted 12 hours)— the Royal
family happily 1 efcaffcdmHhdrtt
the damage is r fc^mated‘at twq
mililbrisW^ ;
J; j^t^rs firdm S/bckbiQitn (peak
oLaiwore cidfc? alihnc^'betWeeh
fleet: to p/oiefh titei* icomiuon
t^tsi of commtf a,' ss'rmittnt
Wihs? ” [ - ,b!f
arfcoal of .fomona "was hocne
doiul - SWtf-Ireis' f*^ed ta
. were dangeroiiuy Jwjp#. It 1$
supposed tlo-have been fefcow fire
by the'FrebCh reftfete^j four of
Cion* A a ?i— I ah
By; an American gentleman
wh.o kft Bereft ori^FrttlayUaft we
- one
thirty fad, besides a great num-
hL-*J
3fiJ •
. j’dL...: nt J . ■ '-. ‘
.her.of frigates lying at fiffgle
anchor, ready ro put to sea at
ihefhbrteft warning. They were
all apparently in excellent con
. dit joo.
Their fappofed objeft is for'
. thfc preltnc to intercept if poflible
the Gibraltar home ward-bound
/flt&fo which consists of 170 fail,
..and, haying, it is thought, a very
. ftjong convoy.—-It is to be hop
ped j^o(d Howe’s appearance will
■cool the ardor of their txpeda
tions. They are now our, and,
* r as. long as they keep the sea, the
.public anxiety is not likely to be
abated. *
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Accounts from Turkey, re
^ceivcd at Vienna the 19th ult.
Hate thatfeveral Ruffian veflels
had been captured in the Archi
xpdagQ, by French Irigates, in
fight of Turkiffi men of war,
without the least interference of
.thelatter*
The Danes are fittingout 11 fail
of the line, to protect their Neu
trality. There is reason howev
er to apprehend .that the Court
of Denmark is secretly inclined
to favbw the French Revolu
tion, and roTender it assistance,
A circumstance hac been lately
dis cove red which tends very
much tq confirm this opinion
A Daniih vefiel laden with falt
petre and war-like stores from
Copenhagen to France, was a
bout a fortnight since taken by
one of opr cruisers. On exam
ining her cargo, it has been
found that Tome of the stores on
board bear the mark as belong
ing to thb royal arferials at Go
perihagen.^-l’his dilcovery has
very, pfftly cau fed a ft ton g me
morial to have been dispatched
on Friday la ft from our Court,
to the Britifti Envoy at Copen
hagen ; to be by him presented
t<f<he Daniftr Minister, requir
rtfg *a fcMfeg&rical answer as to
_ t&$ n ysw^ future condua of
theCdurt of Denmark in regard
toFraftct*
. made the de
mand ofiqamcnormous sum for
thefopfioFt As jris’army, in Im
v|(V and d fufpjcious.
The Court of Vienna objed to
those terms ;'ravhtT~propofe, that
all. xh£| C|’pW bf
& * mas?♦ to oppose ;
the French, » their own way;
The King of Prussia represents,
the worst
' for that if the
; peafgnts>afexaken from the. cuL
tute of the findy a famine may
be the cobrequence; and that
| thft.Wb wtUfqpwd peafant%4.
of Germany cannot, in so Ihbrt
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