The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-07-08

have been fuffcient againft auumber of Monte
neerins, infinitely hyperion, nor againR the FIRE
of the fquadron might have made upon the forts,
and likewife perfuaded that devafation of the
province would have been the confequence of
refufal, Thought it my duty to fubmit to the
force of circumstances, and not to have recourfe
to violent means, after having in vain exhaufted
thcfe of perfuaiion and protects and by zach a
conduct faved to my auguf Matter brave
troops, and preferved for yours, General, the
mouths of the Cataro in houriihing fate.
81 flatter my!elf that, in this refpect, the part
which have taken will merit the approba
tion of his Maje6y my augut Matter, and will
not excite the fmalleft complaint on the part OF
the French government: and which will be to
me the mof pleafant tecompence for the trou-
bic of every kind which have fuffered, and e.
ven the dangers which have run thefe lat days.
Il have the honour, Sec.
(Signed) GHISILIERI."
No. Nv.
Note to the Marqui, De GbiEiieri.
f" The undersigned Commifary General of
his Majety the Emperor of the Preach and
King of Italy, has had the honor to receive
from the Marquis de Ghiieri, commifary.G
neral of his Majefy the Emperor of Germany
and Auftria, the anfwer to his note of the q 1T
OF March in which he announces to the un-
derligned that he has dispatched that note to his
Court ; and that he farther refers to the anfsver
given to General Molitor refpeeting the fame
grievances.
" The undersigned hatened to ak of Gene
raj Molitor the anfwer fpoken of by the Marquis
De Ghfilieri ). it is dated the 9th March, 1906,
from Zacortez.
In that anfwer, the Marquis De Ghiilieri
makes known that the garrifon of Cataro with
ed only to fight the undersigned is 70 much the
nIaI >En .,A Ia
that protects have been made by the officers of
the Regiment of Thurn, againR giving up the
forts to the Rufiians, that foms officers were
put under arreft for that protect, and that gene
rally all the officers amt folders of that regiment
tetify their indignation at having given up the
forts OF the mouths of the Cataro to fnall
number of Ruiiians, who would not have made
the fmallelt reliance againft the regiment of
Thurn, competed of $500 men.
Bat notwithstanding all thefe protects, the
forts of the mouths of the Cataro were given up
to the Ruiiians by order of the Marquis de Chi
lieri.
The undersigned has the honor to beg of
the Marquis de Ghifilieri to inform him, whe-
Their he has acted in this circumftance bv his own
authority, or in virtue of hyperion orders for
it is efential that he fhould make known to his
Court the reafons for which the Auftrian Com
mandant and the Marquis GhiGeri have peace
ably allowed entrance, and refdence in the
parts of the mouths Of the Cataro, to the arm
ed fquadron of power at war with that to
which they were to have given up the forts, and
to whole Generals they gave no information.
" 1t is alto important that the undersigned
thould inform his court ofthe motives on which
the mouths of the Cataro have been coded to
the Rufiians, inftead of being given up to the
troops ofhis Majefty the Emperor of the French
nd ,f It,I
Preiburg.
The reafon given by the Marquis de Ghifi-
lieri, in his letter to General Molitor, of the
9th of March, cannot be admired. He there
fays, that it is to prcftrve TO his Maiety the
Emperor of the French and King of Italy, the
mouths of the Cataro in fiouriihing fate, that
he has given them up tothe Ru1ians and Mon
tenegriDs.
:" But only two days aftertheir fnrrender, the
Montenegrins lacked and pillaged the houfss |;
and thofe very inhabitants which the Marquis
de Ghiflier reprefents as in accord with the
Montenegrins, armed themfeIves and marc he'd
againft them, and even killed feveral.
" The fame inhabitants fretch their arms TO
the French and bitterly complain that they have
been given up 70 their mott cruel enemies.
" The undersigned expects with impotence
an anfwer from the Marquis de Ghilileri, and
perfifs in the demands which he made in his
Note of the gin March. He conceives the
Marquis de Ghifieri mutt be invefted with the
necefiary powers to comply with them, fiuce he
had that of commanding the garrifon of Cataro,
notwithstanding its protect, to give up to the
Ruflians the forts of the mouths of the Cata-
70.
" He has the honour to give him the al1'urance
OF his great refpect.
(Signed) AL. LAURISTON.
" lara, 25th March, 1906.