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and his battalion was the hst to act ept the le,. famous con-
stitution of 1793, at a time when hesitation was ouniThed
with instant death. The Convention, however, were in want

of good officers, and in July 1793 be was promoted to !be
rank of General of Brigade, by the Commit7ee of Pub!ic
Safety. Ilis first action as a comtnarder was on the 14th of

September, when, with a division of the army of the' NI osee.
he attacked the Prussian army commanded by the Duke of
BauNswicto. He was defeated ; but the Duke of BRUNS-
WICK. that excellent judge of military met it, duly praised
the conduct of the young General, in his report to the King
of PRUSSIA, of the 15th of September 1793, by sits ing that
" his able plan of attack was surpassed only by his vet abler
dispositions for retreat ; and that the corps be commanded
w:ts neither dispersed nor dishonoured." Thus this dc/ no,
although not ominous, gave an earnest of his future glory.
!n the autumn of 1793, MOREA u made the acquaintance of
PICIII.G RI% who, having discovered in him those pre, ious
germs of military t: :eats which only reqnired the festering
hand of an experienced friend to be matured into excellence.
ob'ained for him the command of a division in tie arms of
the Rhine, to which be had been appointed. Under that
ahle master, Mon EAU, in a variety of enterprises, in which
it is not our intention to follow him, acquit ed that military
experience, and those comprehensive views, of which he so
successfully availed himself afterwards. It was in the m;dst
of these successes that the Jacobins of Morlaix sent to the
guillotine his aged father, who was considered as the father
of the poor. . The first resolution of
.MOR EAU at bearing
the fatal intelligence, was to leave the service.of these mon!
sters and to join the emigrants armed to pltti-h their crimes.
Ile accordingly tendered his resignation to his friend- and
-General, PICHEG P.U. But PI CFI EGRU was of a very diftlrent
opinion, and we had the following details from himself,
while in' this conetry. " What do yon intend to do?" he
asked MGR r AU. "To quit the army and France." was the
reply. "'to quit the army and France !" re' eated hen L.-
CR V, " Do you not then see the manner iii which the
Enligril ate treated by the Foreign Powets ? I do not . ccept.
your resignation. I beg. of you, as a friend, to teflect on the
step you intend to take. Come to me again to-morrow. , It is
not thus that von should intend to avenge the death of your
father ! You must think of acquiring a glory and an import-
i anCe which may one day put you in a !iituation to avenge it.
I I shall soon furnish you with an opportunity of distioguish.
1•
ing yourself." MottEau came the day after to PICHEGRU,
I and told him, that he was convinced by his reasoning, which
1. appears to have influenced the whole of his conduct after.
1 wards. We shall not follow this Commander in his brilliant
I e
military career; that belongs to histmy : but we canoc•e
avoid observing, that thrice he had the honour of saviil
French arm es from impending desti uction, and in t.a o of
those occasions lie acted as a simple volunteer, or,.,;;11 subor-
dinate situations in the army, having been q , opet.sleA, by the
accomplices of his father's murdeter, who iho':ded ;be just
vengeance of a man whom his exploits aid moral. kondoet
had made so popular with the troops and the yeople„ It
was on this occasion that a French Colonel. no..a prisoner of
war in' this country a
, i asked him, when thi

.na then attached to I'd'oßtAu's arm,.
.e order of the Dire~t•dry supetsetl'
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attenti,
friends, must be convinced that Moa EAU 'as not privy to
the enterprize; and we know that in confidential conversa-
tions with his friends in America, he constlntly not only
denied any previous knowledge of it, but even condemned
the plan itself. Ile used to say, that to effect any change
in' France the people should wait till. men and revolutiona7:n
springs were worn out : and he thought that moment had
arrived when he met his death-wound under the walls of
Dresden.

General MottEAu wrote since to his lady; his letter, dated
the SOth of August (and not the Ist and 2d of September'.
is that of a tender father and affectionate husband, unmindful
of his sufferings, and of the danger which threatens his life,
and anxious only to soothe the anxiety of an amiable compa-
nion, from whom he has received so many proofs of attachment.
Ha wrote, in a very few words, that he had been wounded,
and had suffered the amputation of both his legs, but beg of
her not to be alarmed. Ills daughter too, their only child,
Occupied much of the attention of the Hero, but still the
good cause for which be had so severely suffered was present to
his mind. Ile requests bis Lady not to credit the reports
she may bear of the retreat of the Allies, which, be says,
was not a reverse, but a slight deficiency in the arrange-
Silents ; the words are—" ce n'cst pas un rercrs, MdiS un
rousu." He adverts in two or three words to the good for-
tune which, as usual, attended BUONAPARTE in the present
instance, and gives hial a most appropriate appellation. The
hand writing was but little altered. At the bottom of the
letter, Colonel-Adjutant RAPPATEL, who was in this country
* year ago, and proceeded hence to Russia, where he has de.
served by his good conduct to be named Adjutant to the Em-
peror of Russta, writes with the permission of the General,
under the same date, and informs Madame MOREAU, that
on that day, the wounds had been dressed and looked well,
and that the fever had considerably abated. He_ adds, that
the Surgeon, in a particular conversation he had with him,
had given him consinerable hopes from the appearance of
the wounds, the decrease of the fever, and the magnanimity
and composure of mind the General had evinced ever since
the accident. Mr. RA r pATET, then begs of Madame 11,10-
ksau not to credit any of the reports which she may bear,
promising never to disguise the truth frotn her. " I feel con-
fident," says he, " that we shall save him,"

On tie Ist of September Mr. RAPP A TEL added the fol-
lowing W:Jds to the above letter—" Every thing goes on
welt, he is quiet."—; " /out, birn des! Ira:qui/le."
From all these circumstances we were induced to hope
that the wounds of General NIOREA IT would not have proved
fatal, and that lie might still have lived to see the successful

ic, Ire and _
the vill4,e of Kiclingsweelder, Sept. 2.
" Silesia is delivered from the enemy. It is to your valour,
bravo eoldirrs of the R,,ssian and rrubsian a; ray under my coeumand,
to your efforts and patio' -e in bearin4 futignoi and wants, that I
owe the good fortune of having wrested a beautiful province from
the hands of a rapac'ons e,
" In the Little of the liatabach, the enemy advanced pressing).
!unusly upon you. Cnuri.:.sonsly, ItHil with the rapidity of light.
a;n!, you bunt thrill fe one behind your heights. You disdained
firing at thum. V:oe advanced against them with the bayonet, and
thrust them down the steep banks of the rapid Niess and the Katz.
back

" Yon hive since wailed through rivers and swollen torrents.
You I:,.ve spent whole nizlits in the mud ; several of you even with-
out provi:ions, as the badness of the road.. and the want of convey-
ance prevented the supplies from coming up. You had to struggle
with cold, damp, privations of all sorts, and even of clothes, &c.
you did not repine; you diligently pursued the beaten enemy.
Thuile* to you Ow such praiseworthy conduct. He only is a brave
sold:cr who unites such qualities in himself.
" You have in your hands 103 cannon, 250 tntnisils, the camp
hospitals, the enemy's forges, his flour waggons, one General of
Division, two ltrigidier-Generals, a great number of Colon-Is, Of.
crrs of the Staff, and others, 18,000 prisunets, two eac:es, with
other trophies. The rest of those who were opposed to you in the
battle of the Katzbaeh, were so much panic•struck as to be unable
to hear the siuht of your bayonets. You have seen the plains be.
tween the katzbach and the Bober ; tl:Ey bear testimony of the ter-
ror and consternation of your enemies.
" Let us scud up our thanks to the Lord of Hosts, by whose aid
you have defeated the enemy ; and, assembled in Divine Service,
prostrate ourselves before him for the glorious victory he has granted
11%. Let your devotions close with three burro, and then once mote
against the enemy."

The td battalion, 40th regiment, recently quartered near
Waterford, is under orders to embark immediately flora
Cork for St. Sebastian's. It is also said, that the 37th regi-
ment is to be brought forward to the same destinatioc, from.
thbraltar, in order to form part of the garrison of St Sebas-
tian's, which is considered the Gibialtar .of the North 'of
Spain : a corps from the southern Gibraltar is therefore se-
!Wed, as particularly adapted for the foundation upon which
the new garrison of this important station is to be foi med.
The remainder of the garrison, it is expected, will consist of
Spanish regiments, to whom, after a little time, the whole
charge of the place will be committed.
A letter from Hull, states, that Commodore Roegers had
visited Archangel, where he destroyed eight vessels.
The Park and Tower guns fi;ed on Tuesday, to celebrate
the victory of the Allies over Vandamme.

Buonai-)arte's last Ilulletin gravely declares, thit General
Jomini (now in the Prussian milks) is conc., 7;;;.61 to thath.
This reminds us of Mrs.Clasih's adinil able recipe fot dressing
a bare.—" FirFt catch a hare,"

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him had been just re • . - 44 Getkelii I will you obey so result albeit Ohms so ably laid down by him, and which` t* ,
jaanitin a mandate ?" 46 Yes," answered Moat AU, " as a at hrt mike us anticipate the destruction of that power which
General, an officer, or a soldier, MOREAU is always ready to has so long oppressed his country and Iturope. Providence
serve France." Such, as we have observed before, was has ordered it otherwise, and through her inseretAle de-
MonE Au's leading principle. He has often been heard to creec, the same year may, perhaps, wi'ness the death o' the
declare, that 66 he never would lead Foreign troops into enlightened champion of liberty, and the ruin of the re-
France; that he was the personal enemy of'no man, but the morseless tyrant, who made it
,a pretence to deprave and en.
determined enemy of all men, either princes or sans-cullotes, slave mankind. . .
who should attempt to tyrannize over his countrymen; and We understand that the PRINCE OF CONDE on Mottta Ifs
be never would draw his sword, but when he should be con- joining the Allied Armies, recommended to His Nl4jesty
winced that it would be of other use to his fellom-citizens, Lours NVIII, to send him the French Blue Ribbon and the
than solely to leave them the choice of tyrants.,' No won- Baton of .11laril chat de France, which wound have made him,
tier that such principles, perhaps ts:o openly avowed, joined in fact, a cony table, as he would have beets the only Mare.
to the mean jeer'. tr,y which rankled in the tyrant's breast, chat living. We do not know what determination was adopt.
should have induced him to contrive his rival's ruin, after ed on this subject.
having seduced, or sent to perish in unhealthy climes, his
principal military adherents. Any man who has read with The General Or dtrs of General Von Blucher, Commander
attention the trial of PICIIEGRU, GEORGE, and their lin Chief of the army in Silesia:—
friends, must be convinced that MOREAU was not privy to 1 gi ilivrame, bet.teen Naumberg and Gserlitz, near

'ARTNIENT, DOWN 1 N G•STR EET, SEPT. 19, 1813.

•ndham arrived this evening with a dispatch from Field.
Marquess of Wellington, (kited Lt2aCel, the 10th of
' which the following is an extract :
as constructed in the horn-work, with great diffictilty
irk of the castle of San Sebastian which opened sit
if the Bth instant ; and I have the pleasure to inform
arrison surrendered betore evening. I enclose Lieut.-
'homas Graham's report. and the terms of the capitn-
i upon with the garrison, and retie us of ordnance,
&e. in the place. The loss of the garrison during the
to have amounted to two-thirds of their numbers at
meat.
to draw your Lordship's attention to the conduct of
funeral Sir Thomas Grahatn awl of the General Officers
Ider his command, in the arduous operation of which
2porting the successffil close. Under the ordminance
recently issued by the French Government, the difficulties of the
operations of a siege, and the length of time it must take, are
greatly increased ; and they can be brought to a conclusion only by
the storm of the breach of the body of the place. The mei it of
success, theretire, is oroportionally increased ; and it will be found
that the operati ns il:d nut .ast longer than as usually been required
tnr a place which po-sessed three lines of defence, including the
convent of St. Bartholomew.
• During the operations against the castle, the navy took charge
of the attack from toe island of Santa Clara, by which the enemy
'was much annoyed in his position in the castle. Captain Sir
George Collier and the officers, seamen, and marines have con-
filmed to afford every assistance in their power ; awl Lieutenant.-
General Sir Thomas Graham particularly mentions C .ptaio !Hoye, of
the Lyra, and Captain Smith; and Lieutetiant.-tolonel Dickson,
commanding the'artillery, has reported his onligations to Lieutenant.
O'Reilly ()Ellis Majesty's ship Sarvei:lante, who commanded the
seamen in the batteries. •
Since my last the enemy have collected their troops towards
• their left, but have again resumed their old positions since the
fall of Silll Sebastian.
It appears that by a report from the Duque del Parqne, that
'when the third Spanish army were recently crossing the Ebro, at
Amposto, after she Allies had retired be:ore Tarragona, the enemy
made a sot tie from Tortost, on the l tb ultiatio, along the lett
bank of the Ebro, with about 4,000 men, anti attacked the MI divi-
sion of the army. The Duque del Parque detached troops from
the right bank, under the command of DOD Francisco Ferray, the
chief of the Staff of the army, and the enemy were immediately
repulsed with considerable loss. It appears that the troops eon.
ducted thenwelves remarkably well on this occasion, awl the
Duque del Marque highly applauds the conduct of the Chief of the
Staff:

Extract of a Letter from Lientenant,General Sir Thomas Graham,
to the Marquess of Wellington, dated Enia, September V, .11113-
I, have the satia.aciirri to report to your Lordship, that the castle
of San Sebastian ha, wren Icted ; and I have the honour to transmit
the capitulation, wit ch ten :er all the circumstances of the ease, 1
trust your Lordship w think I did right to grant to a garrison
whicli certainly made a very gallant defence.
Ever since the assault of the 31st ultimo, the vertical fire of the
mortars, &c. of the right attack was occasionally kept np against
the Castle, occasioning a very severe loss to the enemy : and
yesterday morning a battery of seventeen ttt. pounders in the
born-work, auother of three 18-pounders, still more on- the lett
having been completed by the extraordinary exertions of the
officers of artillery and engineers, aided by the inddittigahle zeal
of all the troops ; the ordnance, amounting to f'4 pieces, including
two 14-pounders, and one howitzer on the island, opened at 10 a. ne.
against the Castle, and with such etket, that betme 1 p. m. a flag
of truce was hoisted at the Mirador battery by the enemy ; and
atter some discussion, the terms or: the surrender %vete agreed on.
Titus giving your Lordship another great result of the campaign,
in the acquisition to the Allied Armies of this interestiog point on
the coast, and near the frontier.
Copied,' Stt wart of the ,Royals, Aide de-camp to Major-General
flay, who so greatly distinguished himself durbig the. sieg,e;
unfortunately among the killed since the last return: . • ,
I omitted in my last report to mention-my, obligatiOns to the

eery corn-
mud, and which was of much service. Capt. Bloye, of the Lyra,
has been from the liginning constantly and actively employed on
shore, and I feel greatly indebted to his services.
Besides the officers of artillery formerly mentioned, who have
continued to serve with equal distinction, I should not omit the
names of Capts. Morrison, Power, and Parker, who have been eou-
aantly in the breaching batteries, and in the command of compa-
nies. 1 beg leave to repeat my former recommendation of Capt.
Cameron of the 9th foot, who volunteered to comnnind the attack
of the island, and who conducted himself so ably on that occasion,
and during all the time he commanded there
(Here follows the capitulation, by which the garrison are to
march out of the fort with all the honours of war, and to be pri-
soners; the officers and men keeping their titivate bagLage. At t!it it
own request, they are to be conveyed directly to Englatid, without
marching further by land than Port-Pass:we : also, the return of
artillery taken, amounting to 91 pieces, but in a very bad stale.—
The loss on our side was an officer and a private killed, an officer
and eight privates wounded.)

(Transmitted by Lord Keith.)
Surveiltante, off St. Sebastian, Sept. 9,1811.
MY LORD,--It is with sincere pleasure that Ido myself the ho-
nour to report to your Lordship the fall of St. Sebastian, the
northern Gibraltar of Spain.
Yesterday, at 10 a. m. the breadline and mortar batteries opened
a most ruinous file against the castle of Moue, (situated the
crown of the hill) and the adjoi.iiog wot ks.
In a very short time Gen. Key. the Governor, sent out a flag of
truce to propose terms of capitulation, which were concluder at
five in the evening, when the battery du Gouverneur au* the Mi-
ratior were immediately taKCII pI7P49CSSiOII of by Our trotact.
The garrison, still npwards of seventeen initiated, became pti-
goners oil* war, and are to be conveyed to England from Passaues.
At this season of the year the possession of St. St bastian becomes
doubly valuable ; it may be considered the western key of the
Pyrenuees, and its importance a, to the cttture operation, of the Allied
Army is incalculable. The town and %tot Ls have antlered consi-
derably, nod it must be a long time before the limner can recover
its original splendour. 1 cannot, however, avoid congratulating
your Lordship on its fall on any terms. As the gales now blow.
home, and the sea is prodigious, all the squadrons were yesterday
fitted to sea, with the exception of the Surveillunte and .the. Pre.
sident.
The former good conduct and gallantry of the seamen landed
from the squadron, under Lieutenant of the Sur vtillante.
anti serving in the breaching batteries, have been most roo,victi•
ously maintained. Lieutenant Dunlop, as well as Mr. Mar:sli (hav-
ing sufficiently recovered front his wound), were also at their-for-
mer post. The Surveillante's twenty-four pounders, motinted.oy
Santa Clara, and dragged up by Capt. Smith, of the Beagle, were
admirably served by a party from the kevolutiommirea Makicietme•
and Challenger ; their fire bad totally silenced the enemy's gums
opposed to them. Capt. Smith speaks in high terms of the general
zeal evinced by ail under his orders. The most perfect cordiality
was maintained between the.officers and seamen under Capt. Smith
and a party of the 9th regiment under Capt. Cameron.
The captains and commanders of the vessels named in- the mar-
gin* have ail been usefully employed, and the siltation many of
them have been unavoidably placed in, has called forth proof of
professional skill and perseverance seldom surpassed; and I have
the highest satisfaction in being able to report, that in no instance
has it been more tryingly evinced, than in the conduct of Lieut.
the lion. James Arbuthnot, of tl:e Surveillante, which be has
',roved himself fully equal to. Messrs. Marsh, Harvey, Bloyei
Lawson (wounded), have been constantly on shore. there are
others of the squadron who, though not wounded, are not less clo-
ser v i nu.
Capt. Move's services have been repeatedly noticed by Inc to your
Lordship, and as he lets been employed from the very commence-
ment of our operations on this coast, and has a perfect knowledge
of the localities of this harbour, as well as that of St. Sebastian. I
have felt it important to send him to England, as he will, front ids
havieg been particularly attached to the duties connected with. this

• Amirenvoclie, President, Revointioonake, IVlnicie,ine, at
an-
chor cif St. Sebastian ; Sparrow,
stant !!on-brie,. Snoble cutter, in
of Cape Higuera. •

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IN GAZE I'TE EXTRADRDE V A ILY:' treat zeal of Capt. Smith of the Royal Navy, who undertook mud
MONDAY, SEPT. '2O. exceeded the difficult task of getting guns up thy steep scarp of the
Wand into a Itittery which way manned by seamen underhi%com-

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