Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-25

lead Europe with false aud ridiculous mis-
representations of the gigantic power q
Russia. They of course would MAKE J,
appear, that Dalnatia is inundated w',f
!! Russian troops, and that very TssPectao'e
army is collected near the mouths OF the
Cataro. At st. Petersburg, probably.
/, they would form better plans tor cam
tpsien than these. IF it were not tha
France insisted upon the fulhlment ct the
y.tate treaty with Austria and upon recei"
iae the mouths of the Cataro from the
hands OF Austria, the Russians would have
been rejected ere now, the Montenegr'ns
brought to reason, and tranquility roster
ed but the the Da!matian PROVINCES mass
: be delivered upto the French by the Aus.
,rians and the French will not receive
them from any other hands. The mouths
of the Cataro are separated from >Dalma.
!, BY the state'of Ragusa, TO the extent OK
! about thirty miles, so that the possession
+ Of Cataro is quite unconnectcd with that
! of Dalmatia. Ihe French are masters OF
1 the whole of Dalmatia and lssrla, where
they have upwards of Thirty thousand
! men; the. Russians at this moment have
no, more than three battallons at Cataro,
making in the whole about 800 men, and
not one soldier beyond that number. When
( general Brady surrendered the forts 70 the
: Russians by an act Of bEae treachery, he
: found The regimen, Of thorn IN the place
of 1900 strong, and ,nis general delivered
the forts up 10 500 Russians, who were
{ landed from two frigates.
! The indignation of sonne Of the officers
! OF that reg Rien, was then at the highest
pitch, NJ. Gins lierI was SO base as TO VIII e
TO these officers, for the purpose OF si'ayipg
| their resentment, and IeconciiIng them to
| .he surrender of the forts. These o!lcers,
reckoning upon the esteem OF the French
soldiers, afterwards published the Mar.
| qui,' letter, adding the assertion, that The
ports above mentioned were sold by the
! Marquis & gen. Brady On the same day THAI;
the marquis wrote the aforesaid letter TO the
| Austrian officers, he wrote another 70 gen.
! M6lIitor. M.Ghisilieri, and those who had
! given him orders, sold their master and
their country in the same manner as when
the second coalition was formed. 'Cne
would think it was time to adopt that con-
duct that would ensure peace, and not con-
tioue to seek for motives OF eternal dis.
cord, in contemplate sub,erfuges. We by
no mean. doubt, but when these letters
come 10 the knowledge OF the War De
partnens at Vienna, proper punishment
will be inflicted upon those who have been
capable of such perhdious conduct. 7
The following observations appear in
! Note upon the furegaing article:
| 4" An account of he circumstances that
attended the surrender of the mouths oil
! the Cararo To the Russians, ADDS, TO seve.
| ral particulars already known, that neither
the marquis Gnisilieri, nor the Austrian
1 commandant, protested against the en-
| trance of Russian squadron into the port,
| though, at1he same time, they were walt
! tng in expectation OF the French; aud the
10 consequence Of this coaduct they also
exposed the French, who were on their
way thither, TO the danger of falling into
the hands Of their enemies, when they
| might have supposed they were entering a.
friendly porr. The said gentlemen also, bad
| taken no measures for repelliog he attack
Of the Mopsenegtins Il: likewise repeated
that the following officers had pr Otes'eo
against the conduct of their connmandant;
| that some Of them were put under an ar
rest 5r this account. but were liberated IN
consequence of the remonstrances OF their
brother officers: that the marquis Gh'sllle-
ri, seeing The officers were determined TO
resist any attack on the part OF the huss'-
ans, said that he bad orders from his So
periors for surrenderiog the forts of Cataro
to the Russians; and that The Russians
were even invited by the Austrian com
rnandant 10 rake possession of Cassro, for
which they had no orders from their own
court, and which could only be approached