Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1811-03-04

placed it z2Gs LaHncs, not L naParte wine
crossed it al the head of the aaIEy.>1
The next battle was at the bridge of ar
cola; the French army began 10 give way !;
Augeresu decided the victory BY snatching
the colours from sn Ensign, calling out,
Ill 6raSe Sans Cslottes S0iA tol!OsV me-"
and crossed the bridge at the head of the
army IN spite of dreadful discharge Of
cannon from the Austrians.
II was in these two engagements that
upwards of 10000 Poles, who were in the
AJslrian army, laid down their arms /; they
|. we've immediately enlisted in the French
army, and formed legion under the COM
mand of the Polish General Dombroski,
who had been previously attached to Bona
parties staff
He now began to shew his ferocious and
and sRngulnary disposition he caused a
number of pei sons, attached TO tie Com
missAriat II his army, TO be shot without e
ven the form Of trial.
His conduct produced ammadyersions
almost all the Paris news papers TO these
he replied in the Moniteur He was asU
severely censured in the Paris Journal for
his conduct 10 the Duke OF Modena. II
seems that Prince, though not al war with
France, paid contribution 10 save his
country from pillage. This however was
of no avail; the country was rayaged, and
tue Duke was obliged to fee. --Bonaparte,
who had his head quarters at the ducsl re-
sldence, seized upon all the property he
could find.
In consequence of all these charges, the
Directory intended to deprive him Of the
Command, and give it TO Massena but the
violent character Of Honaparte was known !
they were therefore apprebcRsiYe Of resist
snce they had also heard that lie had
made attempts 10 treat with the Prince of
Condo, and they sent General Clarke Ohe
present Minister at War; 10 induce INN TO
resign his command for The present, TIL the
unfavourable impression, which his recent
conduct had made on the Parisians, should
be removed or forgotten.
General Clarke, however, feared that
Bonaparte would follow the example Of
General Dumourier, who arrested the De
pafieS who had been sent TO arrest HIM,
thought proper 70 urge Bonapsrte TO en-
gage the Austrians again, suggesting that
another victory would be the best mode Of
ans wering his enemies. This suggestion
was adopted the battle of Roveredo was
~ AlAt' AhN biGaAs Va AGODCH lOA-
lowed, and General Clarke was sent by
BonapArte to negotiate at Vienna. BY tins
treaty Venice wAs given 70 Austria, for
which BOnaPalte received a douceur Of
eight millions o: hvres, equal 10 near
400, 0OO.. sterling.
He returned to Paris enriched with boo.
ty, amounting as has been well ascertained
10 upwards of million sterling.
The expedition 10 Egypt was then under.
taken, and here most unequyocally.state
from the authority If persons who accom-
panied Bonaparte on that expedition, that
the account Of all the horrors ascrbed to
HIM by Sir Robert Wilson, in his very able
publication on that subject, is we'll foun.
ded.
After he Quilted that country, the Con-
venlion Of FL Arish took place, by which
Kleber who had been the second in COM
mand under Bonapsrte, and after the latter
had Withdrawn himself became the Chief,
was 10 be permitted TO return 10 France.
Unfortunately that Convention was not ratI-
fad had it BEEN so, the mons er Of whom
am speaking would not 1t this moment
have had Ills brOws ornamented with the
dadem Of the murdered monarch of France.
1t was the intention of Kleber, had he
arrived in France, to bring Bonaparte to
account for all the enormiues he had com
mitted in Egypt.