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effect, that ell, with the exeeption of tOrt, were sa-
crificed in less than fifteen nimules. 1 Inert. tan
account from au driers-, who was ertrosig,t tide ftely
who had the good Mamie to incept; st..d they list
with such precipitation and dismey, that tits) left
their artillery, amounting to er;lit pieces. beldial
them. A iwcotial, 'sod a inner prudent at, win was
now made by the Bevarimis, but it ternii.rated with
still greater carnage; and it was then determined to
effect a retreat to Inspruck. Periog the
our troops were exposed to inconceivable huralsittps.
The Tyrolese were tiansformed ~,to men oft.,inutier
stamp, for, contrary to their rOrtflvt Mode
ing, they rushed with irresisti'.!~ fit 4 upon our
troops, under the most dreadful tire of grape stint
and musketry, which inc.ssantly played upon theirs.
The column which advauced towards Latuilsck wee
eximsed to.still greater havoc, for the measure's of
defence which had been adopted in the.year ltto3
were still extant •. It no sooner eiitt-reri result
pats Hear Landeck, when it b* 43 :re,
sailed by the insurgents. la an instant the .feitl, in
front and moralise column, was completely Week..
ref up by the trees and rocks, whit h .sere precipita-
ted down the sides of the mountains. The carnage
which cloyed was dreadful. Of the ro4iteent "'on-
kel-, which amounted a little before to 2010 in. .1.
only 400 escaped ; and three other regonent. stn.-
, tinned a proportionate loss--only Istm were able to
sure themselves. The Tyroleie (alight with 111 CW.
dude fury. They rushed upon thelbetteries, and
flung themselv.m into the midst of the cavalry. No-
thilig could resist their imiowtamity. Durbin, the re-
treat, ion of thew: with4o hus-
sars near Sc.:*taida. They clanged .11;t1Old!fii. y,ltutt
not a single horsenims evened. :I Itie colnitio. 144 "4
retreat to luepruek. lust alin.not 411 ft....W.661'U fuel
ammunitioa. To :hat ilseit •lie whole uf she arms;
directed their retre.tt; but tiro there they:
the moontai .spud In the J using...we a heti:raised,
and those who at;:saed. no the venom ocelue.it, to
subunit. On the 12.11 and 13th. twit most isarightus
ary battles ViVrf. (*.MOIL TllO ihtrari;tos rigl,ruT to
dislodge the Tyrolese from the heights: said though
they renewed the attack seven tines, they tre.st emelt
time repulsed a ith the greatest slaughter. The : non:-
gents afterwards broke, thong!, armed only
binding-pieces, norm:a:led auh bir)oMts, ihto the
thickest rank. of our tram's; and won't!, an all pit•
baMlity, ottuken our whole army, had
they sue,'Herld iu slestraying the bridge user the
Inn bnii. ^tine :woject init.-dohe lineations at re
able. during the 14th and 15th, contioise their
retretitete Worral, twined Ratfruberg. 'I here they
to .k,up a posi!iito for some • time ; rod lead of/cr-
y/CAI* the good inshore to fgqiefi Kitfinein ,Had Saltx.
burg. In the !tattle of ihel 13th. sear I..siaut k,
the Tyrolese lost 1000 rnen,• and the Freud. tool
Bavarians 5000 in killed, besides wounded suit
prisoners.
" The principal leader of the insurgents is is man
of the mama of Parfeyt r. Whew summoned I y toe
Duke of Oatatzic to dcliver up his arms brfacc tine
nrAtig um, lie white hit' an answer, de.
siri,4 hustle send .into of his ilillS.rie•CllM 11, who
should decide.a.4stieitier the Duke, its me rent
17:4, when he was cooly Geoeral Lefebvre. at
the newel of such a force me he (Porfeytr) enur
mantled, would hate obeyed a similar sututuaLs.—
The insurgents are estimated at fin;O:m. a number
which aopeara iiicrealihie; bat several officers, rho
have been present at Ora late orvurrtitces.l.“*.
mired me that all 'PIMP of 60,e00 is scarcely sal-
meld to obtain prermision of the country ; rod that
even • force of that magnitude 1040 e I! I tar iucempeum ,
unless the severest measures were adopted :
such as setting fire to the helot's, driving no.iy
occupying the sides of the :nottot.litt+,• ,cod
forcing the inhabit:into to the tops of the:r
where they, must either surrender, or perish by
hunger. Should the war break nut in:Ma, our ow it
• frontiers, will, probably, be exposed to the greatest
devastatioli; said we nifty exp. et to see reisaboterl
apron onrselves at part of the calatuitiesswe totond
for the Tyrolese."
• They eosts:sted in the foroaieg arrant's-laments
larval trees were cut down, and fastened w:ili rout,. hi tkr,
other treys which stood on this 1.; ink a the preciii:e4
rilS:oish, and blear !titres of tinther, were le it op ii...
As ...0 as the enemy approach, the I op,' are iustani., t u:,
sad trees, rocks, rublosh, and what tlit , ran itrag w.th mein
in their kll, eatable, with a borrthie se;., upon the heads of
rite Mewing tarp. •

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THE SCHELD EXPEMTP).V.
DEM., sePrztquita 17.
EXTRACT IRON A LETTER FROM AR erfict.q, IN
TUE EXPEDITION TO THE SCUELLE.
SIR—I landed here on Friday evening from
Flushing, which I left yeston•dAy. Ste Eyre Coats
remains in command of NValchtren. with 16,000
men. I inclose you the names of the regiments,
as well as their state, that you may see how
they all are; indeed, they continue to bury eit;ht
or nine teen of a-dny. The. Hon. Licitt.-Colmoi
Capel is arrived in the Downs, with dispatches Iran,
Lord Chatham ; he has been on board the Vo'iamo,
three dayit, waiting for a wind, and confirms Cie
dreadful state of sickness of the amiy. Every ar-
rangerueot is making to repair the fortiiicalions
round Flushing; hut, from the debility of the troop*,
the work goes on slots ; all the gnus and •torea ol"
every description were brought from South 13vte-
land, and there is tin Thinking man that does not p-
piny, of the resotutiou (however rel octal& y adopted)
by the Commander-in-Chief, of rehnquish:44Wl
furth.roperations against the Scheldt.
Strarlian, in my hearing, at Lord Chst!he-i'- table,
at Middleburg. repeatedly affirmed that I,e. was
4enviiteed, and load asserted it, that no ford" our.
`cations could be undertaken a6sairsai Antwerr ;
'however his public levy may mud does insinuate

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