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PARIS, September 6.
| jrThe army of the Rhine has parted the
£ j ier and advances in Swabia in three co
l y jnuis. The right commanded by general
jU.«oiand proceeds towards Heilbrur. on the
1 [Becker. The centre, under general Le-
Cjfltl, marches againlt Stutgard, where it is
n form its junction with general Coland.
Ijßhe right column, commanded by general
HHarpche, is arrived at Durlach, they ap-
Hwear to be deftinedto make a powerful
iHiverfion on the D.rnube.
“1 On the 4th inflant, the direftory sent a
% peflage to the council of five hundred,
jh- ftrhich among other matter, contains the
As following:—lt is importable to hide from
j, 1 is, that there exists a great and terrible
P sonfpiracy in the republic. It breaks out
[ i i>n all sides, attacks all authority, and
h| hreatens all real republicans. Thejour
iials further the conspiracy and dirterfions,
3| Lr.il for the introduction of the royal dig
|| pity, and calumniate the bravest patriots,
ij IT be restoration of the public welfare is,
It [according to their opinion, only to be ex
|’i IpeCied from a regeneration after their own
[manner. Many of the journalists are
d [therefore real conspirators again!! the re
ij [public, and the directory has ordered that
I? I the following journals (hall be fopprefled,
i land their prtfles put under feals:—
Bulletin oificial des Armees Coalifees,
[Xa I'enfiemit:, La Quotidienne, Le Cou
■ rier de Paris, Le Democrate, Le Miroir,
■La Feuille du Jour, Le Neceflaire, Les
I*>l immes Libres, Le Crondeur, and Le
I Defenfeur de la Partie.
After the reading of said mertage, it was
Ipropofed, that the Ami des Loix should
I alio be fuppreflTcd, but without effeCt.
Briot called the tikflage of the diredory
I real tyranny. The journalilts, said he, are
| to be punished, but the capital offenders,
| a Scherer, &c. remain unpuniflied. An
8 intrigue of il ite is intended. We are to be
| delivered t > the enemy, bound hands and
feet. Probably the diredory of our mis
fortunes have a treaty of peace in one
pocket and a conftmition in the other.
The people mu ft rile in mass and save
thcmfelves. This speech occasioned a
great alarm.—Yes, said Briot, it is intend
ed upe of thele days to raise an infurrec
fion in the suburbs of St. Antoine, in or
r der’to produce a ieeond affair of Grenelle.
—Finally, it was determined that in three
days a report be brought in on the abuse
[ of the liberty of the press.
The fitpprefled journal Hommes Libres,
appears ag.un under the title of, L'Ememi
(if.s Oppreffnirs de tous Us Terns — The Ene
my of the Oppreflbrs of all Times. Some
of the other A pprefT.d journals likewise
appear under new titles.
Y Hereby the council of five hundred
decreed, that our privateers fliall be view
ed as the auxiliary marine of the republic,
and carry the national flag. Under this
E-re/uhtinn, 'he privateers can carry mer
< tap'he to hr. nth and neutral ports, as
wdl as purfut their cruisers.
* HAGUE, Sept. io.
Y; fterday the following mefluge from
the executive directory, was read in the
firft chamber.
Cn i7.en Represents IVES,
A letter from gen. Broue received this
day, informs us, that an Englifli patroling
party of about 200 horse with one piece
of cannon, advanced to Oud Carpfel, but
that tbe’Bnta' ian cha (Tours there ported
themselves in the homes and on the fide of
the road, and forced the enemy to retreat
with the loss of fix men killed, and ten
buries, on which occasion one man of our
army was (lightly wounded, and one man
|ol the Englifli cavalry was taken prisoner.
Previously to the above affair, a French
patr-fling party had come to aCtion with
an Englifli port, when the enemy had 15
men ami one chief officer wounded, with
out any loss being fiiftaincd on our fide.
Oar government has now published the
following authentic accounts refpeCting
the surrender of our fleet, which were bro’t
bv capt. de Jong, of the Cerberus, and the
iecrctary to the fleet, Verveer.
l.t'ite’ ‘ "i counter admiral Story , to the mi
ni/hr oj marine of the Batavian republic.
U ’ajhngton. at anchor under the
Align ft ; 1 .
penetrated by the molt opprerting fen
fitions of defoair and contempt, I take u;>
my pen to give you an account of the moll
fatal event that ever will appear in the an
nuls of hirtorv. In my letter of tlic 27th
inrtant, 1 inf >rmed yon tint the evacua
te- n of the He! her and its batteries would
oblige me to effect the 101 l retreat that was
hit, and which you had pointed out in
vour letter of the 2;!. Not before the
Englifli had appeare i on the batteries of
the Revolution and the Union’ T nftde the
figna! 1 >r weighing anchor and for faißng,
which was effeCted on the 2Sth in tile
morning. A’ that iniiant the Orange Bay
was flying from ail the the ttccplts of the
i the Helder from the batteries. Ti is
f extraordinary ctrcumfbnce effected verv
i 5!2!^L fie,>lat,ons on of several
IhUH; »>«t notwithstanding this our retreat
tffeflcd, and at 11 o’clock in the
morning we cart anchor before the Vlieter,
the wind preventing us to enter it, and to
take the intended station.
On the 29th at day break, we difeover
ed, that already a great part of the enemy’s
frigates and transports had cart anchor in
the road, of the Texel; the wind was then
north, which led me to conclude, that the
enemy’s men of war were not yet able to
fail up the Texel. I resolved, therefore,
to return with my whole force, to the
of the Texel, to drive from thence
or dertrov all the enemy’s {hips which I
fliould find there, but the wind bearing
strong from the north, my plan became
impracticable; I ordered the fleet to cart
anchor again ; and resolved to fail to the
roads with the next tide. On the evening
of the fame day a spirit of insubordination
and mutiny appeared amongst the crews of
several fliips. At 9 o’clock I was inform
ed that the people of the YVafliington re
fufed in amass to go to their births, faying
they were sure that fliip would be blown
up in the night. Some of the mutineers,
armed with fabres and pistols, made them
selves mailers of the powder magazine,
and would not fuffer any one to approach
it. Others prevented the few well dispos
ed to go to their births. Captain van de
Capelle, with all his officers, immediately
went between decks and endeavored to
bring the mutineers back to their duty
with resolute countenances, and using eve
ry means of persuasion. I ordered all the
subaltern officers to appear before me, and
reminded them of their duty, and of the
oath they had i'worn to the republic
They all allured me, they were unac
quainted with the causes of this mutiny,
and saw no polfibility of opprerting it.—
captain Van de Capelle succeeded so far
between decks, that the whole of the crew
went to the cabin, those excepted who
guarded the powder magazine. At that
moment I would have employed force,
had I not been fully persuaded that it
would be in vain to oppose the whole mass.
The fame afternoon I also received several
accounts, that on board mod of the larg
ed veflels disturbances had broke out. —
Captains Van Braam and de Young aflur
ed me that for some hours they had found
the spirit of mutiny increaffing so much in
their refpeCtive crews, that little or noth
ing could be expected of them, should an
engagement take place. On board the
Rutter it was the fame. Captain Huis
had already been compelled to confine two
of his quarter matters, on account of their
mutinous conversation. Captain Kolf,
freely declared that his crew were so dis
posed that not a Angle (hot could be ex
pected to be fired from his ship. • Thus
elapsed the firft day and the night of the
twenty-ninth.
On the morning of the 30th, we saw the
Englilh appearing in the roads of the Tex
el, partly directing their course towards
the Vlieter. This division confided of n
(hips of the line, five or fix large frigates,
and four corvettes; underneath you will
find an exaCt lilt of them. They carried
what is called the Prince’s flag. On the
approach of the fleet, mutinous move
ments took L>iace on board the Washing
ton, and as I afterwards learned, on board
fevetjal other fliips. This moment was
the most painful to me that ever I expe
rienced. A hostile fleet, nearly double
the rtrength of my own, failed against me
before the wind, and at a time when I was
uncertain whether one of my fliips would
fire a fliot. Forced, by this disagreeable
circumstance, I resolved to fend captains
Van de Capelle and de Young, in a fioop,
to meet the Englifli admiral, to represent
to him in fubrtance—that we were at our
last retreat, and were determined to defend
our fliips to the utmolt, that he would,
therefore, not gain any thing by his attack
but the deftruCtion of a fleet which accord
ing to his own declaration, he wiflied to
spare and to treat in the most friendly
manner; that we proposed to him to cart
anchor at a lufficient distance from our
fleet, to enable us to wait the resolution of
out government concerning our present
situation. My objeCt in fending this mef
l'age was to gain time. I made signal to
our flops to prepare for an engagement,
but this moment perfectly convinced me
of what I might expert. When the alarm
was beaten on board the Wafliington, the
whole of the crew, the officers and a’few
of the men excepted, instead of instantly
repairing to their guns, went to different
parts of the fliip, loudly exclaiming— that
none of them would fight for a moment,
nor make the leafl preparation for it.
Accompanied by Captain van Braam,
who happened to be on board the Wafli
ington at that time, I went among them;
? we firft nfed persuasions, and afterwards the
leveret! threats to induce the mutineers to
go to their guns but in vain. All at once,
with repeated huzzas, &c. they ran to the
gun-.u extracted the balls and threw them
overboard, and alio a great number of ca
tridges. A few brave men who had taken
i ode nor. of two guns in the hold, were
driven away bv force, and orders were
given, under the feverdt threats not to un
deutike .my thing fjr the defence of the
{hip. From some of the other lhips I al
so heard, at different times, the cries of
mutiny. At that moment captains van
de Candle, and de Young, had approached
the Englifn fleet, which had caff anchor
at some diffance. On their return, the
two admirals brought me a letter from the
Englifli admiral (the summons which we
have already laid before our readers) tel
ling me, at the fame time, that with great
difficulty, they had obtained an hour for
me to conlider about an answer, and that
two Englifli officers had come with them
to carry it. Previous to this I had order
ed all the commanding officers of o:*r fleet
on board my (hip, to cohfuit upon our fi
xation, and what we were to do. I was
convinced that not a Angle shot would be
fired from the Washington ; captain Kolf
declared that the fame was the case with
the Utrecht; captains van Braam and de
Young, stated that their crews refufed to
fight ; all the other captains complained
moreorlefs, excepting captains van Sed
den, who said that his crew were, at the
present moment in the best order, but that
he could not expert any thing from them,
if the admiral’s fliip made no defence.—
The Batavier, the fliip which he com
manded, was next to the admiral’s. Un
der these circumstances, and convinced
that we could, at the utmost, only fire a
few {hots upon the enemy, who was our
superior in point of number, it was soon
determined what resolution wefnould take
—We agreed unanimously to Alike the
Batavian flag, and to declare myfelf and
the officers prifonersof war, without going
into detail upon the assurances of friend
fiiip made to us, ofhoifting any other flag.
I then sent an answer to the Englifli admi
ral (which we have likewise already giv
en) The two Englifli officers who had ar
rived along with captains van de Capelle
and de Young, remained on board the
Washington from that moment to this day
—ln the evening, at their desire, the ci de
vant princes’s flag was hoisted. To day
they demanded that they should salute
their fleet, by firing some guns; but
this I refufed, declaring that we could not
be considered otherwise than as prisoners
of war, and therefore could not be obliged
to do any service. What will become of
us with this extraordinary manner of car
rying on war, and of taking ships, I can
not conceive. We mud wait the result of
this as well as of the whole business.
Meanwhile you can have no idea of the
disagreeable fixation of myfelf and my of
ficers.
The spirit of mutiny on board the fleet
is not yet quelled. This morning, among
other circumstances, we are informed that
the crew of the Ambuscade frigate had
proceeded to the most unexampled exces
ses, and were not ashamed to commit the
barbarous aftion of throwing a man over
board who was known as an advocate of
the cause of liberty, and that the officers
were not able to do any thing for the fafe
ty of this unfortunate man. Once more,
judge from all this, how little I could ex
pert to be able to do with this traitorous
and inhuman set; judge what must be my
present fixation! I (hall endeavor to give
you (till more circumstantial accounts.
Health and refpeft,
(Signed) S. STORY,
Counter admiral.
The Englifli fleet consisted of the fol
lowing mips: Isis, of 50 guns, admiral
Mitchell; Ralbizan, Monmouth, Ardent,
Veteran, Belliquex, Ruflel and America,
64 guns; Overyffel and Glatton, of 54
guns ; Romney, jo; Latona and Melpo
mene frigates, 38; Juline, Juno, Hannon,
of 32 ; Batal, 28 ; and the Vi&or, Dart,
Tifiphone, Pilades, and Charon, corvettes,
of 16 guns each.
From the London Gazette, Sept. 10.
Admiralty-Office, Sept. 10.
A letter from Capt. Sir Sidney Smith,
of his Majesty’s ftiip Tigre, to Evan Ne
pean, Esq. secretary to the Admiralty,
with its enclosures, of which the following
are copies, were yesterday received at this
office.
Copy of a letter from Capt. Sir William Sid
ney Smith, of his Majefly's Jhip Tigre, to
Evan Nepean, Esq. dated off Mount Leba
non, June 16, 1799.
Sir Morten Eden has forwarded a du
plicate of your letter of the 4th of May,
informed roe of tits failing of the French
fleet from Brest. I take for granted this
fleet is bound for these seas to support Bu
onaparte’s operations, not knowing that
his expedition to Syria has completely fail
ed, as the enclosed duplicates will inform
their Lordftiips.
Tigre, Acre, May <3, 1709.
My Lord,
I had the honor to inform your
lordship by my letter of the 2d inst. that
we were busily employed completing two
ravelin for the reception of cannon to
flank the enemy’s nearest approaches, dis
tant only ten yards from them. Thev
were attacked that very night, and almost
every night since, but the enemy have each
time been repulsed with very considerable
lots; the enemy continued to batter is
breach with progressive fucceft ar .rf t
nine fcveral times attempted to W
have as often been beaten back'ulwu - but
' menfe slaughter. Our best mode of 7*
fence has been frequent forties to t
them on the defenfive, and impede t?
progress of tneir covering works to
have thus been in one continued bam!
ever since the beginning of the ;
terrupted only at lhort intervals by the
ctffive fatigue of every individual „„ b '*'.
fuies. Weha ve been long anxiously | oo [
mg fora reinforcement, without which
could not expea to be able to keen T
place as long as we have. The dela •
its arrival beTngoccafioned by Haflan B ?
having originally received orders to
me in Egypt, I was obliged to be veJn ”
remptory in the repetition of my order!
for him to join me here; it was not hoL
ever till the evening of the day before v f*
terday, the s,ft 5 ,ft day of the siege, that hii
fleet of corvettes and transports made i
appearance. The approach of this addi*
tional strength was the signal to Bu on a'
parte for a mod vigorous and perfeverin'
aflault, in hopes to get pofleffion of the
town before the reinforcement to the
rilon could disembark. ®
The constant fire of the besiegers was
suddenly increased tenfold, our flanking
fire from a float was, as usual, plied to the
utmost, but with less effeft than hereto,
fore, as the enemy had thrown up epauh
ments and traverses of fufficient thickness
to protea him from it. The guns that
could be worked to the greatest advantage
were a French brass 18 pounder in the
lighthouse castle, manned from the The*
feus, under the direaion of Mr. Scroder*
Master’s Mate, and the last mounted 24
pounder in the north ravelin, manned
from the Tigre, under the direaion of Mr.
Jones, Midshipman. These guns beinr
within grape distance of the head of the
attacking column, added to the Turkiflr
musketry, did great execution, and I take
this opportunity of recommending these
two petty officers, whose indefatigable vi
gilance and zeal merit my warmest praise.
The Tigrc’s two 68 pound carronades,
mounted in twogermes lying in the Mole,
and worked under the direaion of Mr.
Bray, Carpenter of the Tigre, (one of the
bravest and mod intelligent men I ever
served with) threw (hells into the centre
of this column with evident effed, and
checked it considerably. Still, however,
the enemy gained ground, and made a
lodgment in the second story of the north
east tower, the upper part being entirely
battered down, and the ruins in the ditch
forming the afeent by which they mount
ed. Daylight (hewed us the French flan
dard on the outer angle of the tower. The
fire of the besieged was much slackened in
comparison to that of the besiegers, and
our flanking fire was become of leis effeft,
the enemy having covered themselves in
this lodgment and the approach to it by
two traverses across the ditch, which they
had conftru&ed under, the fire that had
been opposed to them during the whole of
the night, and which were now seen com
posed of sand bags and the bodies of their
dead built in with them, their bayonets on
ly being visible above them. Haflan Bey’s
troops were in the boats, though as yet
but half way on (hore. This was a mod
critical point of the contest, and an effort
was necessary to preserve the place for a
fliort time till their arrival.
I accordingly landed the boats at the
Mole, and took the crews up to the breach
armed with pikes. The enthusiastic gra
titude of the Turks, men, women, and
children, at fight of such a reinforcement
at such a time is not to be deferibed.
Many fugitives returned with us to the
breach, which we found defended by a
few brave Turks, whose mod deftru&iva
mifiile weapons were heavy stones, which,
striking the aflailants on the head, over
threw the foremoft down the slope, and
impeded the progress of the rest. A fuc
ceflion, however, afeended to the affaulr,
the heap of ruins between the two parties
serving as abreast work for both, the muz
zels of their muskets touching, and the
spear heads t>f the standards locked. Gez
za Pacha, hearing the English were on the
breach, quitted his station, where, accord
ing to the antient Turkish cuftorr), he was
fitting toward such as should bring him
the heads of the enemy, and distributing
rr>u fleet cartridges with his own hands. —
The energetic old man coming behind us
pulled us down with violence, faying, if
any harm happened to his Englifh’ friends
all was loft. This amicable contest as to
who fliould defend the breach occasioned
a rulh of Turks to the spot, and thus time
was gained for the arrival of the firft body
of Haflian Bey’s troops. I had now to
combat the Pacha’s repugnance to admit
ting any troops but his Albanians into the
garrison of his seraglio, become a very im
portant post, as occupying the terre plein
of the rampart There were not above
200 of the original 1000 Albanians left a*
• ive. This was no time for debate, and I
overruled his objeftions by introducing
the Chifllick regiment, of 1000 men, ar
med with bayonets, difeiplined after the