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BRUSSELS, MAY 20.
Y Etoday afternoon. Count
Metternich received Official
di ipare he s fro th Tou r nay»w ith the
melancholy hews that the attack
intended by the All ,eson the i Sth,
oh the polis occupied by the r reach
at and hear Menin, had been molt
uniWccisful; (hat not only were
th# two columns, of the combined
troops brought up by the Empe
ror and the prince of SaXe Co
bourgh obliged toretreat, with lofs,<
but the column under the com
mand of thi Duke of Yo^k, total
ly routed, with the lots of avast
number of men, and forty three
pieces of cannon.
The following is the preli^ina- ;
u ry account, g»ven by the cWieer
who brohthe dispatches of this un
fortunate enterprize, from which
such advantages were expedite!
when I was with the army i .
. The French having learned that
they were to be attacked by three
Rrong 'columns, one commanded
by the Emperor and the Prince of
Saxe Cubourgh, another by the
Arch Duke Charles and Gen.
Clairfayt, and a third by the Duke
of York, Gen. Octo, an T M- de
•Mack, making together 60 Soo
men, besides the corps of reserve,
stacked, early in the morning,
with fuperipr forces and a tremend
ous artillery, the Bririfh columns
wbii such impetppfity 9 that the
Britiffi and the {YuHnans* and the
Hcffiahs who Accompanied them,
notwiibftandbW their wonted bra
very, were cot J idled, after a bloo
dy a^ion, r fa moli precipitate
retreat to warns Templeuve and
Leers, with the loss of near 3000
mtn killed, wounded and prison
ers, 43 pieces of* cannon, and ma- f
ny ammunition and’baggage wag
gons. While this was passing the
two other colufnns attacked the
French polls near Menin, with no
better success, being both com*
periled to rtireat with loss, one to
wirds Tournay, and rhe other w
wards Marquam,‘pofiuqns which
they occupied two days before.
The particulars of this UriFOr*
tun.ite day will not arrive till this
' dVening.—But at ten yesterday
morning, when the ofiner .lyfc
Tournay, the French' had renew
ed their attacks, the molt violent
cannonade was heard here the
whole day, and we tremble for
the issue. It is impossible to de
scribe the confternarion that per
vades this city. People think oti-.
ly of hiding their wealth, and get
ting ready to fly on the firft bad
news from the arrpy. Yesterday/
at eleven at night, a council whs
held at the house of Count Met
ternich, where it was refolved,that,
in case of necessity, the government
shall retire to Bfeda. This
ing all the perlons tn office receiv
ed three months fahry, in advance,
to enable them to support the ex
traordinaryexpencesto which they
rtay be exoofed. The Hates of
Brtbant and the Magistrates were
also assembled lift night to take
measures of precaution in thele,
critical circumstances.
Two propositions, we under
ftand—are' now agitating in the
cabinet; throne ft to make peace
with France asfdbn as possible, tne
other to effeft a general arming of
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^Late European Intelligence.
Auftaan Netherlands,
the people at any price. Count de
_Mtrcy Argentau is tor the former;
Metternich, and Trantmantdorff
who has been for Come days at
Tournay, for the latter. It is even
(aid that the emperor will come
here on Friday next and gothrough
the ceremony performed by his
august ancestor ar Peterfburgh in
i^.* In Ihort, every body seems
to be convinced that we (ball never
succeed against the French, but by.
opposing mass to mats.
ed by his Royal Highnels the Duke
of York, marched by Lannoy and
Roubaix, and carried successively
the fort fied ports of Monceaux
and Tarcqing, The effed to be
produced by these attacks was to
approach altogether to the point
where General Clairfayt was, io as
to be enabled to join and second
him. The fourth column under
tfie command'of General Comte
Kmlky, marched from Cyfoing to
La Marque, forced the paflage of
the river at Bouvines,4nd advanc
ed in the diredion of the other
columns. The fifth, commanded
by his Royal Highness the 2^rch
Duke Charles, also palled La
Marque, but owing to. the extreme
length of the march, and the fa
tigue of the troops was unable to
advance any further that d'ay.
Notwiihftanding every effort to
approach and open communica
tion with his detachment, no news
has been received from Gen. Count
Clairfayt, who was probably pre-f
vented by dome obstacles hitherto
unknown, from pa fling the Lys at
the time concerted for that opera
tion. ‘ j-T
At an early hour this morning
the polls of Mquveaux and Tur
coing were attacked by confidera
bfeforces^nd anunierous artillery.
The Generals commanding the
different columns hear these polls,
made a long and vigorous
ante, worthy of their chw^ the
appointed to watch and support
them* The single corps of the ar
my of Gen Clairfayt which found
ideif in the: front of the attack,
being leparated by the Lys from
the live cokytons engaged, was io
circumstanced as not to be abh; to
co-operate, but in a very tmper
fed and uncertain manner, with
the movements of the main army.
The five columns moved yesterday
at the break of day , and the firft
of the right commanded by Lieu
tenant De Busch, having to con
tend with an enemy at least fix
times their number, were forced
to fall back towards Warcoing.—
The fccond, under the orders of
Lieut. General Octo, pafled on
to’Leers, and took its ftarion at
Waterloo. The third, command-
THE army underline command
of his Imperial Majtfty, moved on
yesterday morning (17th) and di
reiSted its march again ft the several
points of the enemy’s pofluon.
The object of th : s grand ma
noeuvre,which was meant toiec nd
Count Clairfayt cowards Lys, was
to surround the enemy, take them
in front and flank, a& upon
their rear, and so cut off their re
treat from Weft Flanders. The
defignof thvdifpofitions which were
to lead to io great and important a
result, was a general co-operatbn
of alhhe detached corps connected
with that of the inter mediae troops
a movement of the army of Gen.
Heid Quarters-at Toiirnay,May 18.
RETURN OF PARTICULARS.
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I Duke of York, who dlfphyed all
the prudence and valour so
conspicuous in his character. At
length it became neceflary to yield
in that quarter for a moment to
superior numbers, and the 3d and
4th columns, disputing with the
enemy every foot of ground, retired
to die portion which they before
occupied at the camp of Marquin,
a little distance from Tournay.
From the main army there are
no details, as it has not been en
gaged.—lt occupies, at this in-,
ftaot, an extent of country so fa
vourable ,to its operations, as to
be very dangerous to the commu
nication of'the enemy with Lille
and other places.
Offered dl Si. Largeau, in the de
pariment of Jane, by Germain
Rubigni, at tbe clffe of the meet
ing of the Popular Satiety at that
place,
Tranflatedfrom alate French Gazette.
OH Supreme Ihielligenc’e !—
Thou who crearedft upon
the earth, Man and Liberty •
Thou whole works were insulted
when man was degraded, who is
one of thy works. Thou whose
worlh’p and sacred doctrines were
i allo profaned during the deplo
rable ignorance of so many
barbarous age^ : —Thou whose
ooodnefs did fuffer,. during io
long a time, altars, to be eftdl
ed to lies, .& to .seduce man, by
a vicious pomp, from the real ob*
jedt his devotion, which was on
ly Thee !—God of nationslif
ten to our patriotic songs to the
accent of liberty—to thoie of our,
society—and be witness to (he tri
umphs of freedom which thou doll
occasion us to enj >y—Eternal Be
in^, fee forever celebrated; the
days Os imposture have vanilhed
Ike a Ihadow;—the prophecy of
Holea is accomplifoed : The peo
pie are at length delivered from
the ferocious tyranny of Frinccs
& of Kings; those priests and idols
of legendary story — the wcrlhip of
man is become pure, and of course
will hereafter be devoted only to
Thee, and to the country.
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.7* 7 * s’*-y7TsjT-'
The afpeCl of affairs is liable to
change every moment; but that
change mult be in our favour. In
the present hour accounts succeed
each other without any intermif
uon. The retrograde-march of
the 3d column, preceded as it was
b/ a quantity of waggons, servants
and baggage,produced fomeanxie
ty for its fafety which nearly dif
fipatrdj .when it again arose in ano
ther quarter, with every exaggera
tion of ignorance and fear.
It is of consequence immediate
ly to counteract the dangerous ef
fefts of alarms that spread with
such rapidity. In general, it is
not enough to be on our guard a
gainst that multitude of news and
ralfe reports relpeCtmg military
events, which spread themselves a
mongst the public,always fufeepti
ble of exaggeration, terror, dil
couragement and dismay. Acalm
countenance, a firm attitude, be
coming honor of the arms, and the
necessity of opposing the influence
of malignity and fear, in circum
stances where either would be dan
gerous^muft certainly prevent con
siderable embarraffments*
By order of his Majesty the Em-
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Given.at Head-Quarters, Tod may. May iS.
Form of Prayer,
Supreme Being LCaufe every
where, wisdom and order, justice
and happiness, to- revive./ Spread 1
torrents of light on the path of
libercy,i so that all the nations
of the world may be thereby en
lightened—Let a patriotic flame
forever brigthen.the Revolutiona
rydlorm, purifying it from all tra
ces of vice or corruption, and leav
ing it the eflence. of every virtue.
Let the tables of the Rights of
Man, defeended from the holy
mountain, be presented to future
generations, that they may never
forget the dignity of man, and his
duty Cowards Thee, and his coun
try.
Supreme Intelligence !—There
is but one God —lt is only Thee —
who ruleft in all worlds ; —the u
niverse is thy temple —therein is
dilcharged chy morals and thy
power— our hearts are thy altars;
this is the sanctuary in which thy
justice must create an abhorrence
of crimes, a love for virtue, and a
refpeft for the laws—Finiffi, Oh
Finilb, Thou, Tutelar Deity, the
triumphs of liberty, and we will
bear the glorious trophies in honor
of Thee, to the Temple of Reason.
Infinite Being 1. Author of na
ture! Let the bldffoms which dec
orate the spring, speedily become
fruits—Let the e^nh be covered
with grals and with harvests—add
’ new instances of the benificence of
thy Providence, and thereby sec
ond the efforts of a people of bro
thers, who only fight for liberty,
and whose aspirations -are only
towards Thee.
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