Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-07-07
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ACCOUNT OF GEN. KLEBER.

NLEBER, Buonaparte's flecefor IN Egypt.
IS native Of Straiburgh, now about as years
old. lie is tall, of fwaTtly complexion
marked by the final pox, and has very frong
whikers, which give him a military appear
anee- Since he has been promoted TO the rank
OF General, he IS become 70 very fat, that he
Is quite Colofus, and hardly able to ind horfe
fit for bis ufe. He loR bis father at an early
age, and was his only child his mother afre-.
wards married an architect, Of the name Of
Burger, at Stralburgh, with whom fhe had
ieveral children, Kleber was fcarcely Z wears
of age, when Bis mother became widow r..
cond time. His yiyaoi'y induced him feverai
times g enlft As common folder in tbs gar
riion Of Stralburg, but Lis mother always BOT
him his difcAarge She intended him for the
meicsntile line, but bis mater treating him
| with too much feverity, he was taken home
| again by his mother. He nov applied himfelf
TO the iludyof architecture, in which he made
iuch Progfels, that he was appointed teacher
| IF that ART in aphalil,- he CHANGED 70
become acquainted with the Imperial General
/ Kaunitz, who endeavonred ar thar time 10
make his regiment one of the completelt IL the
army, and Kleber's Perfeaions of body and
mind having made a ltrong inpr zion On him
he offered TO appoint him to the rank of Lieu
tenant, if he fhould be incIined 70 enter into
the EmPeror's fervice Kleber at frh rcfufed
to accept of this offer, and the General fet off
| for his feat in Bohemia. He was hardly gone
when Aleber altered his mind, and followed
him.
The General received him with pleafure,
and he remained with him dnriag The fpace Of
4-v ,-4l,.~ n, L
the regiment as Cadet, but at the fra vacaucy
he joined bis regiment as f-cond L'eutenant-
/ lie WAS two years in the Emperor fervice,
and finding th he was not promoted as foon
| as he perhaps expected, be delerted, acd return
ed home, where he remained for Gome lime,
without any particular occupation, when at lat
bis tteP brother gave up to him the enterprise
| OF the Notifications of Befort, which he him
ielt had already acquired comfortable proper-
V. War being at leugth declared agairlt
Autria, the volunteers OF the national guards
were called uP7n 70 join the troops Of the line
and be collected battalion Of them ii the
neighborhood of Befort, with whom he march
ed p 9traiburgh. On entering that place, his
iize and martial appearance at;rasted 70 much
notice that the p7Pulace attended on the pa
rAde, 70 Zee the handfome commander If the
battalion of Betort volunteers Among thofe
whom curioGty had collected there, was aifo
one OF his brothers, who was greatly altoniihed
10 recognize his brother in the man who had
excited e. much anonilhment? On account Of
his talents be was foon promoted to the rank Of
Adjutant General, 10 which capacity he joined
Cultine's army before Mentz, he was lhortly
afterwards apPointeo General Of Brigade. AT
Ter the fIrrender Of Mantz, he as well as the
whole garrllpn. were ordered 10 march 20 Ia
Vendee whe c they tncounJersd the RoyaliGs
in ieyere engagenent he ditngflhed him
| ielf u much, thar he was appointed General
Of Dlyihon on the field Of battle In this capa.
city be joined the army Of the North, and after.
wards that of he Rhine and Mofelle. InI7o6,
when the latter entered Germany, and was
aauonsd 10 the neighborhood Of Wirlburg, du.
ring an iudifpoGtidn Of Gen. Jourdan, Kleber
beng the oldelt gen Of diyiGon. had the chief
command for ten days. Jourdan having LOFT
| the com nand in conlequence Of his retreat,
Kleber entertained hopes Of being appointed bis
! l1cceiior, and being disappointed, he refgned.
| his fellow citizens now wihed TO fee hin
eletied representative Of the department Of the
Lower Rhine, but Keller, Of Landau, carried
the victory. He now left Straiburgh, where he
was Prelent at The elections and proceeded to
/ Paris, where he lived in private tiilche became
| acquainted with Buonapate, with whom he
/ went TO Egypt, as General Of Dvifon When
| the army landed, Kleber commanded the ad
vancsd guard, and on the forming Of the
place, under his direction, he was wounded in
the head By bullet, which rendered him IN
able to ierye in the field, for forne time during
which he remained at Alexandria, as eomman-
der OF that place. AS iooa as he was recover
ed Of his wound, he again joined his divifon,
and was preltut at the campaign 10 Syria, and
when Buonaparte quitted Egypt, he was en-.
truted by him with the chief command Of the
army. PariJ Pafr.l
EASTERN MANNERS.