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COMBAT OF THE CAPTURE OF
LANDSHUI.

<lPIP -
The battle of Abensberg having uncover
ed the flank OF the Aus trian army, and the
magazines OF the enemy on the 2lst the
emperor at the dawn OF day marched to-
wards Landshut. J he duke OF ls,ria over
turned the cavalry in the plain and before
the city. The general of division, Mouton,
ordered the grenadlers of the 17lh, forming
the head of the column, to march over the
bridge with fixed bayonets. This bridge
which is of wood, WAS burnt, but was not an
obstacle ,,nte ID into the city. The enemy, driv
p r. from their position, was attacked by the
~ Of Rivol,, who came from the right
s;de Laudshut tell into our hands, and
,s;,h Landshut we took 80 pieces OF cannon,
5000 prisoners, 5000 baggage Wagons, and
superb sets of pontoon bridges, together
with the hospitals and the magazines, which
the Austrian army had begun to iorm.--
The couriers, ald-de-camps OF the comman-
der.in chief, the arch duke Charles, and
conveys OF sick people coming to Landshut,
were very much astonished to find the enc
my there had the same fate.
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and that 4 was their independence which
they aimed at. That for two centuries
past. the Bavarian colors had been display
ed against the house Of Austria. But that
now he would render them SO powerful,
that he would make them henceiorth ire
sistible.
He spoke to the Wirtemburgers of the
victories they had gained over the house OF
Austria, whilst they served in the Prussian
armies, and of the late advantages they had
obtained in the campaigns of Silesia. He
told them that the moment Of vanquishing
was come, to carry the war into the Aus
trian territory. This discourse was repeat
ed to the companies by their captains. and
the different arguments which the emperor
had made, produced the desired Effect
The emperor then gave the signal for
combat, and apportoned his manevres &C
cording to the particular character OF his
troops. General De Wrede, an officer OF
great merit, placed before the bridge of
Siegenburgh, attacked an Austrian division
which was opposed to him. General Van
damme, who commanded the Wirtemburg-
ers, fell upon them On their right flank
The Duke of Dantzic, with the division of
the Prince Royal and that of General De-
roy, marched towards the village of Ran
hansen, to arrive upon the high road of A
bensberg to Landshut. The Duke OF Mon
tebello, with lis two French divisions forced
the left extremity, overthrow all that was
before him, and come to Kolir and Ros-
hemberg. In every quarter the cannon was
engaged with success. The enemy discon-
cer,ed by these arrangements, only fought
an hour when they beat retreat. Eight
pair Of colors, twelve pieces of cannon, and
1900 men, were the result of this affair,
which has cost us but a few men.
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BATTLE OF ABENSBERG.
Abrii 90.

The emperor resolved to fight and de-
stroy the corps of the arch-duke Lewis, and
that of general Hitler, together 10000
strong. The Goth, his majesty went to A
bensberg. He gave orders to the duke Of
Auerstadt to hold in check the corps of Ho-
hsnzollern, of Rosenberg, and Of Lichten~
stein, whilst with the two divisions OF M o.
rand and Gudin, the Bavarians and Wlr-.
temburgers, he would attack the front OF the
army of the arch-duke Lewis and OF gene.
raj Hitler: and that by means OF the duke
of RiY oil he would cut off the enemy's COM
munications, by causing him to SO to Frey.
sing, and from there by the rear guard OF
the Austrian army. The divisions of Mo-
rand and Gudin formed the left and moved
under the orders of the duke OF Montebello.
The emperor decided to fight at the head
Of the Bavarians and Wirtemburgers. He
caused to be united in circle the oaic ers
of the two armies, and spoke to them for
long time. The prince royal of Bavaria
translated in German that which he spake
in French. The emperor made known to
them the confidence which, bss, placed in
them ]; he told the Bavarian officers that the
Aussrians had always been their enemies,
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PHILADELPHIA, 1uly 8.
The --latest from France.

The brig Fair American arrived here on
Saturday evening in sd days from Dunklrk,
having on board Mr.. Puryiance with des-
matches from gen. Armstrong our minister
at Paris.
Mr.. Purviance politely loaned to the edi-
tors of the Freeman's Journal, files OF the
7ournal xy sSoir, the oafrnaldu Commerce,
the Gazette Nati0nelle,the Gazette de France
and the Journal de pEmbire, to the fifth OF
Nav inclusive, from which we have made as
copous translations as our time and limits
would admit.
The American property in France, is in
the same situation as heretofore, and no yes
sci can clear ut.of France, without giving
bonds to an enormous amount MOTTO violate
Bonaparte's Milan and Berlin DEGREES. Ihe
4 French minister, il is said, is in favor, as far
s<ss he dare be, of relaxation Of the DEGREES,
but Bonaparte would not hear it mentioned.
France IS Represented as being in most
<leplorable state of oppression, nine hundred
and ninety -niueout ola thousand detesting
the present government. The commercial
cities of France, once so opulent are ruined,
and exhbita wretched population OF beg
purs, who are literally dropping dead IN the
streets for want of nourishment.
Talleyrand is dismissed from Office, and
is IN disgrace,
M. Daslikof, the Russian Charge dat
flares TO reside in the United States, with
: his family and suite, came passengers IN the
r air American.
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( Battle OF Tam.

HPIH AS'
On the 10Th at day break, the duke OF
Auerstadt marched in two columns : the d.
visions of Morand and Gudin composing
his right. The division Of St. Hllaire arrlv-
ed at the village of Peissing, and met the
enemy, superior in numbers but interior III
valor.
From that moment the campaign was O.
pened by a combat glorious to our arms
General St. Hilaire, supported by general
Friant, overthrow all that was before him,
forced the positions of the enemy, killed a
great number, and made from 6to 700 pri-
soners. The 72d distinguished itself on
this day, and the 57th maintained It's ancl-
ent reputation. Sixteen years since, this
regiment was called in Italy The Terrible,
and it has well justified its name in this al.
Fair, as by itself it successfully attacked and
overthrow six Austrian regim ents.
On the left, at o'clock, in the afternoon,
general Morand met likewise an Austrian
division, which he attacked In the van
while the duke of Dantzic, with a Bavarian
corps which came from Abensberg, attack
ed them in the rear. This division was
soon routed from all Its positions, anu le1t
some hundreds dead and prisoners. nc
old regiment of dragons OF Levenher was
destroyed by the Bavarian lighthouse, and
its colonel killed. =,
Attic close of the day, the sorps OF the
duke of Dantzic formed junction win
that of the acknowledgements ;,
These unhappy Austrian troops who had !
been brought from Vienna, with the NOISE OF
songs and flies, were made to believe 'hat
there was no longer any French army IN
Germany, and that they had only to 90 ~, WIN
the Bavarians and Wirtcmburgers. Ihey
Showed all their resentment against then
chiefs for the errors into which they had led
them. and their terror was very great at the
s;obt of those ancient bands whom they had
heen accustomed to consider as their mas
ters.
In all these battles our loss has been in
considerable in comparison to that OF the e.
nemy, who lost many officers and generals,
who were compelled tn put themselves IN
the van to encourage their troops. The
prince Of Lichtenstein, the general Lnslg
nan. and several other officers, were wound
ed. The loss of the Austrians in colonies
and officers of inferior grade, is very consi-
derable.
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Translated for TIE Fyeeman's 9oilrnaL
FIRST BULLETIN.

Head Quarters, Ratisbon, april "a.
The Austrian army passed the Inn the9th
April. On that quarter hostilities have be-
gun, and Austria has declared an implacable
war against France, her les, and the con-
federation OF the Rhine.
The followiugis the position of the French
forces and their allies:
The corps of the duke of Auerstadt at
Ratisbon.
The corps of the drks~efs si',.'''.~,- ~
I'B<ssofps OF gen.Oudlnot at AuSsouF9h'
The head quarters are at Strasburgh.
The three Bavarian divisions under the
{ sthe command of the duke Of Dantzic, are
divided insthe following manner:
The first commanded by the prince royal,
at Munich, the second, commanded by gen.
Deroy, at Landshut, the third commanded
y bv pen. De Wrede at Straubing.
The Nuremberg division at Heydenheim.
The Saxon troops encamped under the
walls Of Dresden.
The corps Of the duchy of Warsaw, COM
anandedby prince Poniatowski at Warsaw.
The court Of Bavaria Quilted Munich to
go to Dillingen. The Bavarian division
which was at Landshut went to Altorf, by
the left bank of the Iser.
The division commanded by general DE
Wrede went TO Neustadt.
The duke Of Rivoli, departed from Uln,
and went to Augsburgh.
From the 10th to the 10th the army OF
the enemy advanced from the Inn towards
the Iser. Parties of cavalry met, hae Sc
sveral skirmishes, In which the Bavarlans
had the advantage. On the 10th at riaf-
fenhoffen, the I'd and Sd regiments OF pa
varian light-horse overthrow the nusSars OF
Stipschitz, and the dragons OF Rosenourg.
AT the same time, the enemy presented
themselves in considerable force to fail upon
Landshut. The bridge was oroken' and
the Bavarian division, commanded oy gen.
Derov. opposed strong resistance to this
s movement. Bur being menaced by columns
which had passed the Iser to Moorburg,
~ande 20 Freysing, this division retired in
rood ORDER towards that of general Wrede.
And 1be Bavarian army concentrated itself
near Neustadt.
The Emberor,s dsparturs from Paris,
april Is.
= The emperor was informed oy means OF
the Teleoraphe ON the 18th, of the Austrian
army having passed the Inn, and immedi-
> atelv left Paris the same moment. He ar
) rived. on the 10Th at Louisburg, at 8 in the
morning, and in the afternoon OF theesame
day at Dillengen, where he saw the king OF
Bavaria, passed half an hour with this prince
n. promised to bring him,baek TO has capitol II
-
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Battle OF PFAFFENHOFFEM,

On the 10Th, general Oudinot departed
from Augsburgh, arrived at the break OF
day at Pfafenhofen, met from to 1000
Austrians, attacked and dispersed them,
and made 800 prisoners.
The duke of Rivoli with his corps Oar
NEE arrived the next day at Pfaffeahoften.
The same day the duke of Auerstadt lett
Ratisbon to fall upon Neustadt, and to ap-
proach nearer to Ingolstadt. 1t then APP
peared evident, that the project OF the en-
peror was to maneuvre the enemy who had
decamped from Landshut, to attack them
at the moment they thought themselves Sc
cure. and to march towards Ratisbon.
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Is days, 10 revenge the afront done his,
house, and to make him greater than any Of
his ancestors had ever been. On the 18th,
at Q in the morning, his majesty arrived at
Donauwerth, where the headquarters were
established, and gave Immediately the ne
cessary orders.
The 18th, the head quarters were remov-
ed to Ingolstadt.
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wAict .l.ey consnucdt III, seven o'clccl; In
The cyeniug, when they began to form
heir cniu.nas ofcavAiry pDA infantry, as if
hsy ;aScnde,; to keep Il up daring ;hen shs.
However, remaining und-r arms the whole
night, expecting If possible more dread
Sal h lvoc this day, To our great Joy and
satiss .ction we found they hSd retired
not a single man was to be seen.
Our lsh: infantry brigade, with some
guns arrived this morning, and have par
J ued N order 10 KEEP them IN view. Their
numb rs could no, oe less tnan 50 900 men,
havia;, b. en- joined by Joseph and the ara
my from Toledo. Joseph was present, it
is 81 i, during the whole It me. Their loss
IS very great bct am afraid not in pro-
por,i IN 70 ours, which Cannot be less in
more than 22, 900 men. We lost about
$50 priv ites and 6 officers, for which VIC
had M more satisfaction taan six rounds
per man the officers wounds j believe
; are no. dangerous.
rac town and Ii;ld of battle AZ this mo.
| ment, -r'scDt the most dreadful scene you
can imayine: come If h wri.N.l,.i have
remained two days rndressed, for want of
medical assistance, and numbers who could
not be car..cu oil iI .s,rS nave 80 Uurul
tits was &C AsIpned by the eneinv's shells,
which stc hre TO every field that had the
least neroaSc; what veriurc does appear
| rs at this uine OF the yeat Qlits parcned,
nj consequently setting fire to- ihcir pou-
ches and blowing them u. i'nis at the
moment could not be helped SOMETIMES
Whole field, were on hre at once, wMci,
ufen covered tn sir advance. Want of time
and fatigue prevents me Continuing q de-
| tail VIII ca any IN 'derAte man might til pa
ses on however, one thing we were de-
ceived in, the enenhy's number; really it
was doubtful at a late hour yesterday what
would be the result.
All we can boast of, after II or Is
hours hard fighting, is possession of the
| field of battle, and | believe 10 pieces of
artillery. have often heard of the great
superiority of the management of their great
guns, which mus. say was far short OF
| what it really is. p owls ons are sill very
scarce. The army st number OF men By
! the mistakes occasi ed by the darkness
# the night of the 9Th several times one
line has been found firing on another. The
regiment Henry Shepard is attached to
| (83i) suffered very much however, he has
escaped, but rather sick, lighting so long at
| time as well as others.
81 remain, &c.
L. c.
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centuries, oaly bv the zsai of the gre
European powers, who successfully
interested themselves IN supporting it,
chiefly on account Of the good moral
and persevering character OF the body
of the people, of that middle class of
society, who without being the richest,
constitute the true wealth and strength
of the state. To us i: is evident that
our duty, our oath, and the welfare
of the nation,as well as the wish of the
great majority of the people bind us TO
our present government, and that since
the death of the last Stadh holder, no at
tachment, no duty, no oath ought any
longer to bind us TO the house of Or
ange. The nephew Of the S. may
still find some partizans, some friends
IF his name but after all that has hap
pened within these Is years, he must
have delivered himself into the hands
of intriguers and ambitious meu, if he
allow himself to be brought forward
as pretext for disturbing the pace
and tranquility which we enjoy under
our present government
:" Let us then unice our Efforts to
shew our king that true D 'ehmen
wish to protect him who laoours for
them. Let it not be forgotten, that il
the Prince has duties to fuli', the peo-
pie have also obligations towards him,
even though his governments should
not possess all the confidence Of the
nation. May this ever merit the
care and the love of a king who gives
Us unceasing proofs that he is less our
sovereign than our first Magistrate &
the man of the uation!"
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aDone3tlc.
NORFOLK, Oct. 27.

-, NORFOLK, Oct. a7.
The ship Powhatan, Captain Pov.
threSs, arrived yesterday from Lon
don, last from Plymouth in a. DAYS.
we have received no papers by her.
and understand there was no news of
Importance. The Presidents Procla-
nation, renewing the non-intercoarse.
had reached England before the Pow
hatan sailed.-No Official accounts of
the conclusion of peace between
France and Austria, had reached Ply
mouth the fourteenth of September, it
was still reported, but rested on report
only.
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NEW ORDERS OF COuNcu.


The London Gazette Contains an order
IN council, dated August 1s, allowing ships
belonging to the subjects OF any state IN a :
NIFTY with his majesty, to import into any
of the islands and colonies in the West In
dies. including the Bahamas and the Ber-
muda or Somer Islands, for twelve months,
certain articles enumerated in the said or
der, being the growth or produce of the
country to which such vessels belong and
also allowing the expectation, from the said
8 iuds, into which the importation of slaves,
unbcr, and provisions, shall be made, of
rum, molasses, and Of any other articles,
goods and Commodities, except sugar, indi !.
90, cotton-wool, coffee and cocoa: urovi
ded such ships shall duly enter, report, and
deliver their respective cargUes, and re
load at such ports only, where regular Gus
tom houses shall have been esta0l shed.
A further order, of the same date. di
reefs that nothing therein contained should
be Construed to permit, after the first Of
November next, the importation of slaves.
lumber live stock, add provisions of any
Kind, into any of the said colonies, in which
there should not be at the time when such
articles should be brought for impor alton,
a tonnage duty Of not less than five shilIings
per ton on every ship bringing the same.
according TO the adneasurenent Of the shin
or vessel nor 70 permit after the fest of
iIy, 1902, the importation of fish into a ny
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OF the said Islands or territories in wh;c,,
there snouiI not b.. ac the time OF i0,y,.r
taton, duty ct nos less than Is pr 0;,,,-
tai on dried or sailed cod, or ling hsh, cur
cd or saited; and prsportionate duty ,,..,.
barrel on cured or picked snad, ale wives.
mackarel or salmon, so imported /; and al.
so tonnage duty to the amount above.
mentioned, OF any ship bringing such hsh.
The same Gazette also contains an ordar
for regulating the new duties Imposed NV
the legislature of the island OF Jaw,a;c, ~,
the vessels and produce OF the U. States ne
Am erica with tariff on the articles. az
cording to the current money o. jan .ica.
The following royal decree, has been is
sued at the Hague, under the date OF the
29,a July.
"We, Louis Napoleon, Sc. have reso.v.
ed and hereby decree
"Our decree of the 3Oth June, respect.
ing the permission to Americas ships ~
enter ana load in the ports of our kin..nop,
is repeated, and every thing is replaced on
the former footing; so that the Dern;, ss,,n
Can extend to no ships except to thnse
winch have complied with the Conditions
OF our former decrees."
A letter from Holland, received :, NJ
York. says " The director Of ,h, cus:o,.
orders all custom house officers stationed
II the harbors and forts of thus kio,,do n,
10 act IN coatorsliiy TO the ABOVE decree
anu 10 INFORM the Captains Of the AMecican
vessels thereof, as wei as Of INC decree nv
whch the import Of goods is permitted. -
ihey are also to send Co the dtrccror lie
papers OF sucn as from tae nature OF the.r
ctrgoes they may conceive adm S ID e, ana
"ait Tor his nStrucIoos Thereon -
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ExlracL of ano-her t.etter-

"ThLhvBGA JIiy 60.
&" My dear S r. Instead of r. csiving a
letter dated Madrid, you fnd ore dated
same as last, AID n.~ hope s,r Arthsr will
be conten; With dating his from the plains
OF I7'aTs "a becofee IAN Us for the acti
ons Of the 27sh and 28th inst. at least for
sometime.
3 Ny last was dated, ard believe W -
Forwarded, the Is h, At which time u was
every ones cpinion, thal the eneny re
tFested=-howeger It appears our adv4n.
ced guard kept pace with ihcm ul they
received rci0forcements Of several thou,
sends Sir Arthur, on The mor1ing Of ti,e
@Tth, put himself ~ Inc head Of Cuf adj.
y"rce ,gen. M@ckenzie's brig6de) and, as
u 70 said, induced them to turn about and
attack him.
The brunt of this business was sustain
fd ny the Spaniards and this brigade I
consisting Of about 6 600 men, till abnn, |
CLOCK r. NJ when the Spsniards, by a
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eTATEOF HOLLAND,
TOFFiCIAL ]

AMSTERDAM, July %.
Our Court Gazette con ans further
observation on the public Report to
the following effect:
"The principal subjects which oc-
cupy the puiolic nliod, are
q. Tne employment Of the Or
rhans.
"2 The aiming Of he Bnrshers.
&c. Tae threat Of an invasion from
England.
The nu'nber of men now wanted
10 complete the army is COCO, and
yet it is wished 30 exclude the or
phens from the military service. IF
however they are not to be destined
f2r that service, recourse must be
had either to a foreign army, to the
conscripts, or to voluntary recruiting.
IA the present state oft the world no re-
II NICE can be placed on foreign ar
my and the king has already openly
declared against the conscrip!ion in
the face OF the nation and of all Eu-
rope. But if a foreign army must be
resorted to, such a measure can be
considered as nothing less than re-
nouncing our freedom and political ex-
istence, and sirrcndcrng our rank a.
mong independent states.
With respect to armins the Burgh-
ers, it would indeed be shameful If a
nation such as ours, people who
would be worthy of their ancestors,
should be incapable of presenting any
resistance to a hostile descent or inva
sion. 1t is the duty of the king TO a.
dept the most vigorous measures of
defence. But here are persons who
would place the king in the situati
on OF man required TO walk with
his legs bounl. they are so unrea-
sonable as to desire things incompati.
bic with each other. They would
have the independence Of the country,
the political existence and at the same
time have no lan' forces. They would
have have most RS id economy in the
public expenditure, and st the same
time formidable navy. They would
have no CONSUMPTION, no foreign army,
and yet sug Jest no other means of de-
fence.
" Should landing take place in
Holland, such misfortune would cost
the nation dear. The senseless who
wish that misfortune, know not what
they wish, and perhaps will not find
their account in i've do not allude
merely to the partizaas Of the Old
House of Orange. We can easily
conceive that n house which has per-
formed such important services for
Holland, may have fyienda. Four our
''rt, we are sinceraiy devoted to the
monarchy Of Holland, because we are
persuaded that Ehatever turn European
vents may take, the ol | state Of affairs
'ever can return, since, i such an event
l1pPenei, It would be the greatest mis- ]
ortun= for the c 'untry to resume that
Ieiec,iye form of government, form |
yhIeh was maintained during two |
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PHILADELPHIA, July IS.

BY the arrival of the Montesquieu, capt.
Wilson, from Tonningen, cur CONNIE rciai
advices assume A more cheering aspect
than they wore AT the last accounts; 10 st
OF our vessels had safety resche,l their
poris OF destination, where they met with
little or no difficulty in The disposal of tne,r
Garages Several vessels winch had been
under seizure, had been liberated by he
DANISH government and permitted to pro-
coed.
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NEw.YoRK, OAober 90.

The British government have prohibi.-
ed the impo taion of all kinds of Ame ri-
can produce from ST. Bartholomew, even
IN their own vessels. In consequence OF
when there is no sale for American pro-
dnce in that island ; and .he big E.iza-
Gree &c, of New London, has returned with
all her Onward cargo, excepting her deck
load of stock.