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SWABIA, oct. 10.
The following brigade orders have been pub
lilhed, concerning the victory obtained by the Im
perial Ruffian General Rosenberg :1
“ Head Quarters, Gengenbach, Off. 9.
“ The troops are previously informed, that the
Imperial Ruffian Gen. Rosenberg has attacked the
enemy near Schwitz, and defeated him with the
fofs of several thousand men and a General ; the
General of Division, Lecourbe was made prisoner,
and seven pieces of cannon were taken.
(Signed)
« Count MERVELDT, Major-General.
ARMY OF HELVETIA.
ZURICH,OCT.I6.
Maffena, Commander in Chief, to the Minifies of
War of the Helvetia Republic.>
CITIZEN MINISTER, f %! r
The lalt accounts 1 have had of Suwarrow state,
that he had been tick three days preceding at May
eufeld : that his army was reduced to about 5,000
men, most of whom are destitute of arms and Shoes,
and in a deplorable Situation, on their march to
fcldkirch, which induces m'e to suppose he is en
deavouring to effect his junction with the remains
of the army of Korfakoff. What gives greater
probability to this junftiunxis, that the Ruffians
who were upon the Rhine have all been relieved
by the Auftriaus, and are marching towards Bre
gentz.
My movement into the Grifons will take place
on the 18th or 19th., (Signed) MASSENA,
, ; , ARMY OF ITALY.
GENOS; opre %4s
Extract of a letter, dated head, quarters, Cotti.
“ We are again, you fee, my brave friend, in the
plain. Piedmont prefects itfelf to us in all its
Splendor, and the enemy's army in all its force ;
and as we long anxiously to enjoy the former, I
hope we soon shall beat 'the latter..
66 We yesterday began to skirmish with vigour.
The brave division of Viftor fought the whole
day, repelled a serious attack of the enemy, and
made 150 prisoners. In consequence of this firfl
advantage, orders have been dispatched along the
whole line which we occupy, to concentrate the
several different corps, in order to aft upon a sin
gle point." —- —=
PARIS, oct. 26.
We have just received thefirft part of the Con
vention between Gen. Garnier, and Commodore
Trowbridge, respecting the surrender of Civita
Vecchia.
Oct. 27. They write from Marseilles, Oa. 16,
“ We have here, under quarantine, the garrjfon of:
Civita Vecchia."
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.
Oc,. 30. •“ The army of Italy has beaten the
enemy. Their rear guard, yqo men, two pieces
of cannon, 1200 mufauets, and a quantity of horses,
have fallen into our power.
* They have besides been driven from the Ri
viere de Levant. (Signed) - ,
, “CORNILLAU."
' ENGLISH ACCOUNTS.'
Accounts from Italy state, that Soza has been
retaken, and that Championet has gained an ad
vantage near Coni. Genoa remains in the hands
BERNE, OCT. It.
The Executive Helvetic Directory, to the' citizens
compofug the Municipality of Zurich.
citizens, - ,
In place of receiving from General Maffena a
fatisfaftory reply to its Protells and Protestations,
on the fubjett yf the Forced Loan which he had
demanded of you, the Executive Directory learns
that a like sum has been demanded of the Com
mune of Berne.
Itenjoins you, Citizens Municipal Officers, un
der your personal responsibility, under pain of be
ing considered as traitors to your country, to re
fufe not only all ulterior payment of the demand
made upon you, but all negotiation, or even to
speak upon the fubjeft.
The Executive Directory experts that no mo
tive will lead you to difpeufe with the execution
of this Order, and that you will have energy to
persist. '
ARMY OF THE RHINE. ±'
(From the Official Journal.)
Onrihe 19th Veudemaire (Oft. 11) some regi
mentsof light cavalry attacked Mentz, and passed
the Neker, in order to obtain poffelfion of Gros
Gcrau.
On the 2oth several divisions followed the fame
movement.
Ou the 21st and 22d, the divisions commanded
by Generals Nanfonty and Subatief, palled the
Rhine at Oppenheim and Frankenthal.
The advanced guard has vigorously repulsed the
enemy ; the light cavalry have taken several hun
dreds of the Hulans and an Officer, and have con
tinued in pursuit of the enemy towards Heidel
burgh.
On the 24th all the columns were in motion,
that of the left commanded by Gen. Louet, attack
ed Heidelburgh. The enemy defended it with
obtlinacy ; numbers periShed. The Prince of
Lichtenßcin, who commanded was mortally
wounded. The centre column, commanded by
the Generals Dubois Crance and Laford, of the
ill and 6th regiment of Chaffeurs, and composed
of light troops, forced the paSfege of the Neker at
Ladenburgh, beat the enemy, killed and wounded
great numbers, and, notwithstanding a vigorous
refinance, carried off an howitzer, made the Count
de Ellerhazy, the Colonel of the regiment of
Wetfchuy, tao Officers and several hundreds of
soldiers, prisoners.
After having Retired the ford, we continued
the pursuit, even when bight bad advanced.
The column of the right directed by Gen. Saba
tier, got possession of the head of the bridge which
the enemy had established upon the Necker. On
the 25th, at five o'clock, that column took poflef
fion of Manheim, and in the end established them
selves upon the bridge, which the enemy had a
bandoned on the left bank.
The Austrians are retreating towards Bruchful,
Schintzheim and Stutgard. : " " '.
The,army is now aflembled at this place, and af
ter two days of repose it is the Marshal's intention
to form a junction with the army of Gen. Korfa
kuff. Having the honor to be, &c. 1
H. CLINTON.
FRONTIERS OF SQIA, OCT. 3.
Yesterday morning the Ruffian Generals receiv
ed the following order from F. M. Suwarrow.
GENTLEMEN,
" You will be answerable with your heads for
every inch of ground that you shall give up to the
enemy. 1 have advanced byway of Schwitz, and
am ready to repair your errors: Shew therefore a
courage and resolution which nothing can subdue."
of the French. Ronle has predated an unexpect
ed feene The French, few in number, and inca
pable of refilling the Neapolitans, who were ad
vancing, began to retreat—but the people of Rome.
requeued not to be abandoned, and to be armed.
—A strong force soon collected—who formed the
intrenched camp of Neapolitans;at Frofcati, kill
ed 900, took 1800 prisoners, and captured the
Commander in Chief, and the military chelt.
expedient to withdraw the army from itsforward
polition in front of Alkmaar, within that which
it at pfefent occupies, and which I trust will have
appeared to tiis majesty fufficient to warrant the
measure. The season of the year, which has alrea
dy affirmed here the afpe& of winter, gave me,
from day to day, additional reason to apprehend
that any attempt towards a prosecution of the
compaign in this country, could not be attended
with decisive advantages, whilst the impossibility
of covering the troops in the narrow dillrid of the
country in our pofielfion during the winter, and
the precarious Hate of Supplies to be expe&ed in
that season, adde^ to the conviction I felt, that the
molt advifeable measure to be purfaed was to re
move the army to England ; an operation which,
although it rmght have exposed the army to some
loss in its execution, I judged in my mind prefer
able to any other which cotild be adopted.
Under this impression, and considering the seri
ous loss which might ensue from delay, I have been
induced to conclude an armistice, in conjunction
with vice ad. Mitchell, with general Brune, com
mandag the French and Batavian armies, of which
the conditions are enclosed, and which although
they provide for delivering up a large number of
prisoners of war, now in dur hands, yet I trust
will not be thought by his majesty an inadequate
compensation for many valuable lives which' mart
have been loft after the object which has hitherto
directed them, no longer promised success; and
when the only means which printed themselves
of ensuring a secure retreat, were those of resort
ing to the deSlrutyyf measure ofjnundation from
the sea, which, as it would have involved the in
habitants of the northern part of this province in
ruin for a Series of years, must have been highly
repugnant to the feelings, as Well as contrary to
the character and practice of the British nation.
,I rest confident that the motives which 1 have here
detailed will excuse me to his majeily for having
aCted without writing for previous inftruCtions
from home, and that I shall have the fatisfaCtion
of knowing that my conduct, In this refpeCt, has
. met with Ils majesty's gracious approbation.
IREDERICK.
~The Armistice.
Art. I. From the date of this convention all hos
tilities shall cease between the two armies.
Art. 2. The line of demarcation between the
said armies shall be the line of their refpeCtive out
pods as they now exist.
Art. 3. The continuation of all works offensive
and defensive shall be suspended on bothfides, and
„o new ones shall be undertaken.
Art. 4. The mounted batteries taken possession
of at the Helder, or at other positions Within the
line now occupied by the* combined English and
Ruffian army, shall be restored in the ftat|"in which
they were taken, or (in case of improvrtneut) in
their present date, and all the Dutch artilery tak
en therein shall be preserved.
Art. 5. The combined Englift and Ruffian ar
my shall embark as soon as possible, and fell evac
uate the territory, emails, i ßands, and internal nav
igation of the Du(ch Republicsby the 3011 of No
vember, 1799,,without committing any (levafta<
tion, by inundations, cutting the Dykes, ts other
ways injuring the sources of navigation. 1
Art. 6. Any fhips'of war or other vessel which
may arrive with reinforcements for the combined
British and Ruffian army, shall not land tie fame,
and shall be sent away as soon as possible.
Art. 7. General Brune shall be at libertjto fend
an officer within the lines of the Ztiyp ^d the
Helder, to report to him the the state of tte batte
teries and the progress of the embarkation. His
Highness the Duke of York shall be equally at'lifr
erty to fend an officer within the French and Ba
tavian lines, to Satisfy himfelf that no new Works
are carrying on on their fide. An officer of tank
and dittinaion shall be fenr from eagh army re
fpeCtively,£o guarantee the execution of this con
vention.
Art. 8. Eight thousand prisoners of war, French
and Batavians, taken before the present campaign,
and now detained in England, shall be restored
without conditions to their refpe&ive countries,
The proportion and the choice of such prisoners
for each, to be determined betwepi the two re.
publics. Major General Knox Shall remain with
the French army to guarantee the execution of
this article. r 1 <
Art. 9. The cartel agreed upon between the
two armies for the exchange of the prisoners tak
en during the pfefent campaign, shall continue in
full force till it shall be carried into complete ex
ecution ; audit is further agreed the Dutch Ad.
De Winter shall be considered as exchanged.
Concluded at Alkmair, the 18th of ^ober, 1799, by the
undersigned General officers, fumbed with fail pow
cfs to this offett. , . > ,-
(Signed) J. KNOX, Major-Gen.
(Signed) , ROSTOLLANT.
France akainft Hamburgh.,
Decree of the 9th of October.
The Executive Directory, on the report of the
Minister for Foreign Affairs:
Extra# of a letter from the Hague, dated Oft. t,.
Yesterday at three o'clock, A. M. the Ehglilh
Gen. Knox set out from thebead quarters at Alk
maar, with the following conditions, to which
1 Gen. Brune had acceded : ^ b !- u ,/
The English (hall in ft days evacuate North-
Holland, and the Elands of the Zuyder Zee, par
ticularly the Texel, Wieland, Aucland, &c.
They (hallre-eftablifh the batteries of the Helder.
They shall restore all the prisoners made since
the commencement of the campaign, and over and
above them, 8000 of our sailors now prisoners in
England.
The Duke of York promises to intercede for the
restoration of the Batavian Fleet, or an equivalent
in money.
" There is no doubt butthe Duke es York will
accede to these conditions. We may therefore
regard the campaign as terminated, and the expe
dition with which the English menaced Holland
completely frustrated. A courier is every mo
ment expelled, with the intelligence of the sign
ing of the capitulation."
Latest Official Information from Holland.
Duke of YORK to Mr. Dundas.
sir. Scagenburg, Off. 20.
IN my last communications 1 have represented
to you Ute circumstances under which I found it
BATAVIAN REPUBLIC. I
\PARIS, OCT. !,•
A great number of citizens, writes Ie Maire,
knowing that'Buonaparte was to go to the palace
of the Directory, lined the Streets leading to the
Luxembourg before noon. At one and half in the
afternoon the Hero arrived amidst the acclama
tions and plaudits of the citizens, and vive Buona
parte was h^ard from afar whenhe crefled the
hallb of the pallace to reach that of audience, the
fam& testimonies of love and gratitude greeting
him. Thefmile of a modelt fatisfa&ion seemed to
wander upon his lips, and his .dignified air, when,
he bowed to the people seemed to fay, 1 enjoy ih
• the middle of my fellow citizens as much pleasure
as themselves and 1 know hardly how to express
what I feel To well. You would have thought of
a young Budent when he receives with diffidence
his firft prize and the laurel which Shall be warter
>ed by the delightful tears of a mother.
He was dressed in a greenith coloured furtout
and held in his hand a cound hat, A Turkish
Scimater suspended on a silken Bring graced his
fide, he has adopted the Short crop. His face
naturally pale is a little fun burnt ; but the fire of
his genius is Bill flashing from his piercing eye.
Ilave Teen tears of pleasure flow frdm the eyes
of the citizens who beheld him. The remembrace
:of what he has done, the hope of what he may yet
do seem to have given a new elasticity to the na
tional pride. Sharing in the public joy and fee
linginlingin a time not distant the destinies of the French
people agrandized, and ameliorated I could not
; help exclaiming : and I also have seen the man
' whose death was announced, a lirtle more than a
year past. by the cannon pf the London tower, I
'havetfeed him when every probability seemed to
deta, him for a long time from the glorious feene
of Ills numerous and wonderful deeds. I, have
seen him, and I thought I was in a pleating dream.
But no ; I felt by the beating of mine heart en
tirely devoted to the happiness of my country, for
which he has fought so valiantly, that mine eyes
filled with tears did not deceive me. Happy real
ity ; may it be the fortunate presage of peace,
which, ebnfolidated by wisdom, Shall soon calm
every mind heal every wound, and confute every
heart.•
LONDON, OCT. 25.
We are Bill without any mails from Germany,
papers from France, or any kind of information
that can at all enable us to remove the obfearity
which pervades all the details recently received
refpefting the Auftro Ruffian army in Switzerland
and tte neighbouring territories. Maffena's let
ter, in which he drfqibes the vast extent of his
late futcefles, is very obfeurely worded in many
particulars, and in none more so than in that part
which relates to the Situation of Gen. Suwarrow.
It is pretty evident that the Ruffian veteran had
not,fo late as the ,th, been completely defeated
in any general engagement, but it is no less cer
tain that 'be" had ftiftained some very desperate
conflicts in the valley of Mutten, from which con
fined position Gen. Maffena, whose great object
it was to bring him to an open combat, was inca
pable of drawing him forth. Suwarrow thus sav
ed himfelf by his prudence from that deßruaion
which for a time seemed to await him ; and by
retreating precipitately through a country in its
natyte the moll dreadful at this feafonofthe year,
Considering, tft, That the impr&iment of Cit
izens Napper Tandy and Blackwell, naturalized
Frenchmeu, and attached to the service of the Re
public, as well as of Citizens Morris and Corbett,
m the dungeons of Hamburgh, and die fubfequeut
delivery of them into the hands of the agents of
England, is a crime ^gaiurt the rights of nations, a
breach of the laws of humanity, add an high of
fence against the French republic.
2dly. That the laws of neutrality impose upon
the dates that enjoy its benefits, duties which
Nought to be fecredly performed with reference to
the principles of society and the rights of the pub
riic.
gdly. That the most imperious of those duties is
to guard against any aft of hostility being com
mitted on such neutral territory,and by that means
to offer to the per funs of the citizens and fubjeds
of every belligerent nation an assured protection,
and an equal asylum against every kind of vio
lence exercised by virtue of the laws pf war.
4thly. Considering that the pride and fanaticifm
of certain governments have kindled the flames of
war, crimes againit the rights of nations have en
creafed to an alarming degree : that it is in par
ticular the chief of an empire far removed to the
north of Europe and Asia, who, without provoca
tion on the part of the French, is made the in
strument of the hatred of the English government
against the French republic, and against the liber
al and philanthropic principles upon which it is
founded ; and that this chief indiscriminately me
naces and insults every government which does
not adopt his blind and unreasonable policy.
gthly. That if the course of this moral and po
litical corruption is not checked by an appeal to
every government which has not participated in
such a state of degradation, and by the punishment
of those who have borne part in the disgrace of
such a system : in short if these attrocities are not
exposed to the public view with that reprobation
they merit, it is to be feared, that in future the
laws of war will be wholly unrestrained, and the
rights of peace without any pledge for their ob
servance ; that there will no longer exist a barri
er against the progress of a general dissolution,
and that Europe will rapidly reyert to a Bate of
bar barifm.
Finally, Considering that the deference of any
Government to atrocious orders cannot be excus
ed by the consideration of its weakness, particu
larly when that Government is guilty of having
placed itfelf in a state of dependence by its owrf
voluntary aft ; and'that such is the case with re
spect to the Magistrates of Hamburgh, by order
ing the imprisonment of citizens Nipper Tandy,
Blackwell, Morris and Corbett, and refuting to de
liver them up upon official proof of their being
French Citizens and officers, decrees as follows :
Art. I. The crime committed by the Govern
ment of Hamburg shall be denounced to every al
lied and neutral Government by the Ministers of
the Republic resident at those Governments.
11. The Consular and Diplomatic Agents resi
dent with the Senate of Hamburgh, shall immedi
ately quit the city and its territory.
111. Every agent of the Government of Ham
burg shall receive orders to quit his residence in
twenty-four hours, and the territory of France in
eight days.
IV. A general embargo shall be laid upan all
the Ships and veflels carrying rhe flag of Hamburg,
and now in the ports of the Republic.
The Ministers of the Marine, Police, and For
eign Affairs, are charged with the execution of
this present decree.
(Signed) GOHIER, President.'
LA GARDE, Sec. Gem
bronghLaway his army, though certainly tint with
out considerable Ink. In the horrible defiles thru'
Which he had to pass, this became f1 inevitable
cunfequeuce ; nor cun it be fuppefed .that, if his
reheat had not been attended with the mutt un
pleasant circumstances, he would have abandoned
two thousand of his men who had been wounded
in the actions of the valtey, together with '• a part
of his artillery, and nearly the whole of his bar
gage."
These confederations,-while they lead us to the
pleating coaclufioh that the main body of Suwar
row's force remain, unconquered and undfperjea,
also compel as to admit that some part or it mutt
have been broken down ; and the ddaitrous nature
of its retreat affords abundant proof of the com
plete frustration of his offensive plans, which with
out mentioning the Sufferings ofthe army,has pro
duced an unfavourable effect, little short of a de
feat, to the cause of the allies in that quarter.
Suwarro.w, having retired into the Grifons, pro
bably pursued his march in the Voralberg, in or
der to approach the imperial army, which had
been coffeßed from the remains of the corpse of
Hotze and Korfakow, and reinforced by that of
Conde, and other frefh troops, under the com
mand of the latter General who had in faarepaff
ed the Rhine to support the intrepid veteran ; but
the activity of Maffena appears to have soon over
taken the operations of Korfakow, whom lie a
gaiu defeated, aud compelled once more to re
tire over the Rhine.—This affair feeins to have
been of a very desperate description Korfakow
is Bated to have loft several thousand men ; and it
is not improbable that it was the confusing his
name with that of Suwarrow, whose army he
was about to fuccour, that occasioned the error
on the telegraphic communication of the complete
defeat of the Ruffians. We are far from placing
implicit reliance on the enemy's Statements of the
losses of the allies in the several battles that have
lately happened ; but taking the medium be
tween the additions of the conqueror, and the
fubtraflions of the vanquished, we fear enough of
Imperial blood has been fpilt, to give a decided
superiority to the enemy ; and indeed undoubted
fafts of the expulsion of the combined armies
from almost the whole country of Helvetia, and
the passage ofthe Rhine by the vanquished legions,
without mentioning the reported difcomfiinre of
the Archduke Charles, {efficiently display the ex
tent of the difaller, andieave very little hopes of
their being able, for the remainder of the cam
paign, to retrieve the affairs *s that quarter.
oct. 31.
The Außrian Commission appointed to make in
quiry refpefting the aflafljnatjon of the French mi
nisters at Raßadt, have closed their examination,
and the result has been tranfmittbd to Vienna, it
has not yet been made public.
In our paper of yesterday we Bated that Napper
Tandy, aud his associates, Morris, Blackwell and
Peters have been fdely lodged in Newgate be
tween one and two o'clock yelierday morning—
They were put on board his majesty's frigate Xen
ophon, on the firft instant, but were detained at
Cuxhaven till the 9th by contrary winds, wiien
they failed, but had such unfavourable weather,
that they did not reach the More till Monday last.
Their arrival was made known to the Admiralty
by the telegraph, when Mr. Ross, the messenger,
attended by several ofthe Bow-Street officers, were
dispatched in two pod coaches and four to Sheer
nets. where they arrived about four o'clock on
Tuefday morning, and about seven o'clock pro
ceeded in the Port-Admiral's yatch, attended by a
Six-oared barge on board the Xenophon, at the
Nore, and arrived soon after 8 o'clock, when the
prisoners were delivered into the custody of the
officers, who, having band-cuffed them, proceeded
with them to London. The prisoners behaved
with the greater propriety during the whole of
their journey. Mr. Kirbey, the keeper of New
gate, had prepared, agreeable to order, two rooms
over the chapel for their reception. They were
kept in feperate cabins on board the frigate, and a
centime! placed at both their doors. Napper Tan
dy appears about 70 years of age, and wears his
ihair, which is very white, Short in his neck.—
Blackwell and Morris are tall, genteel men,fend
appear between jo and 40 years of age. Peters
has the appearance of a foreigner, aud is about 25
/ears of age.
.Vof. 4. His R. H. the Duke of York arrived
at York-house, Picadijly, this morning.
Baron Cederftroem, who was charged with the
convoy of a fleet of Swedish veflels bound to some
port in France, and which in consequence was de
tained by one cruisers, was latel) tried at Stock
; holm, by a Supreme council of war, and Sentenced
,to be Shot, on the 12th ult. for not having faught
!the English squadron. He was taken to the place
of execution ; but, aft the inllant of awful prepa
ration, he received the royal pardon.
. IRELAND.,
It is reported, and we believe with truth, that
IMarquis Cornwallii has intimated to government,
that a considerable reinforcement of troops vaill
be requisite in Ireland. The number is Bated to
be no less than 15000 men. This affords an addi
tional proof how unsuitable to this country are
continental wars, and foreign expeditions. How
could 15000 men have been sent to Ireland if tie
expedition to Holland had so far fucceeited as so
have required conflant supplies of men, and Itad
received the defined reinforcements ? . /
Circumstances require the utmost attention to.
Ireland. Now eight thousand prisoners are to be
given up to man the fleet of France (perhaps °f"
Spain) greater vigilance than ever must be employ
ed to watch thejiaval operations of the enemy.
There is no doubt of the courage of our navy, but
every man must with that the enemy's fleets may
be better watched then they have been. The sys
tem of blockade is either in itfel£defe&ive, or by
some mismanagement it has proved insufficient.—
If the French intend to make any diversion in Ire
land, they will do it soon, and we ought to be pre
pared, as well to frustrate the execution of the
design, as to render it abortive, Should an invasion
aftually take place.'
Mifaßaneous Articles.
A Paris article of Oft. 24, mentions that Gen
erals Laroche and Legard were then before a
council of war ; the former for having surrender
ed Manheim, and the latter for having evacuated
Anenlie im.
It is also Bated in a late Paris paper, that an
English corvette which was to bring to Laveude
300 emigrants, was met opposite the coatis of
the Lower Loire by a French frigate which funk
it. Nq emigrant would surrender, and they all
perished; the crew were saved, and are at Naitte^
It is said, Maffena has defeated Prince Charles,
who has loft 10,000 killed and wounded ; among
the former is Prince Conflantine, the son of the
Emperor of Russia ;— and that Suwarrow is h@
med in on four Sides. _
The Brest fleer, it is said, h¥ failed.