Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-12-30
VOLUME Ill

! prepared the fuccefs of the day. Cen. SAUL
| commanded this operation. The rcfuit of this
battle, fought alter thefe two pail'ges, was,
l that we occupied the wectn part OF Zurich
| berg, and eftabliihed ourfelves upon the right
| bank OF the Linat. Zurich, fummoned to fur
| render, had offered conditions, part of which
| might have been accepted, but with an unhcard
| OF ferocity, the Rnaian advanced poas having
fred upon our Rag of truce, and wounded two
| trumpeters, | gave the enemy battle on the
10th Sept. at the end of which, Zurich was
| taken iword in hand. The Generals MoItisr
| and Klene, commanded, the attack f Zurich
on the left, and Loree upon the right bank. -
AT the farae time, Suwarrow, whole march had
been combined with the intended attack by the
armies of Horzc and Koifakof, forced the
pahage of Gothard, and marched Ell n,aE d.
gainit the Lule Cantons (Uri, schwytz, Tag,
and Glaris) in order, fsom thence to uaite the
two armies, to take the command of them, and
conquer the French territory.
korfakof, being beaten, and Hotze killed,
Suwarrow could hardly expetf to conquer.
directed again!t Schwitz, the divilion of Nor
ter; and againft Wefen, the iiy,iion of Sault-
then commanded by General Gazan-and
marched myfelf againR Aitorf, Canton Of
Uri, but Suwsrrow had pafed from Schachen.
| thai, into the Mutterthal, and he WIS IN force
! IN the enyirons of Mutton, and had dirsaed a
corps againa the valley of Clarus. The i'm
poiiioliity of acting to advantage, in fuch rar-
row vallies, had determined me to leave Su
warrow the liberty of entering into Swift
hoped, that, preaed by the battles which had
fought with him in the valley of Mutten, and
fatlgued with refltance, which | oppofed 70
him, he would come out of HI, hiding place at
the point of EnGlden, where | had 70 more
than Jingle battalion of ebfervation, and that
could fight him at my leifu-e, in the open
held but being defirous of avoiding general
and Deceive engagement, he threw himielf into
the Gnlions, by the valley of Fleu.s; continual
lily Preied upon the flank, and in the rear by
the corps defined to attack him if he had :e-
manned, he withdrew himfeh by friahtful roads,
and with defpair in his heart, leaving in our
pewer 1000 wounded, part of his artillery,
and aimoit all his baggage. CGaj6opade =
korfakof, informed of the danger of su-
MARROW. had ha(tily gathered a corps, competed
| OF The iacttered remains of his army and that
! OF Hotze, the BAvarian contingent, the corps of
Conde and all the Auarian corps, which de-
tended the valley Of the Gsfoas he wifhed to
a,aEch towards the Thur, and from thence a.
CAN'T Zurich, but had-marched aganft him,
with the divihons Of Mensrd, Laagc and Ca
Fan, at the fame time that Gen. SAINT marched
a9ainit kemeck; l found him between the
thur and the Rhinc--I beat him ana forced
Nun beyond this river, compelling him at the
lame time, to take up the bridges of Conaance
and DeflenhoIen, which I fezed.
Attic propoled not 70 enter here Into any
any details, cannot avoid speaking OF the un
ihaksn frmnels of our artillery, and the incon-
ceiyable zeal Of the light artillery againf one
ct the mott vigorous charges OF artillery ever
executed both having irnmortalized themislycs
this day.
The light artillery, charged and fabred in
/ the middle of the ARRAY, did not ceafe to ma.
nouyre and fire grape ihot; a part of our in
fantry, after having met the enemy's cavalry
with the moa lively, continual, aud Ready fire,
| received them at the points Of their bayonets,
without moving line, while other parts of this
infantry charged them with mott uncxamplei
| boldnsls.
The refult Of thefc different battles, is about
| $1,000 prifoners, of which 5000 are wounded,
and could not be carried away by the enemy
| more than 100 pieces Of cannon, "a aands of
colours, a Ceaerais taken prifaners, Generals
killed (among whom was Gen, Horze 1.-THE
lretaking of Gothard-of Garus. and Of all the
vallies that enter into it. Finally, the total LOIS
of theenemy in ihsfe different affairs, is more
than 10000 men. Health and Relpea,
(Signed) MASSENA.
General Mageaa--io tie Dire7ary.
BY TelegrAph--ostober ~.