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107 PARIS, Oflober ii.
If The enemy have been driven from be
fore Mentz & the blockade railed ; 10,000
P| peafaots disarmed, and 3000 men taken
jfcir Prisoners. one standard two covered am -
Bj: munition waggons, this took place in the
different attacks from Soltz to Mentz. —
||3i This moment it isfaid the Head Quattcrs
Iff of the French, Dutch and Batavian army
Isl .are removed to Alkmaer.
K ' Among the 1300 prisoners taken on the
4th infl. in the battle of Caftricum, by
fj- the French and Dutch troops, is the King
jLj: of England’s regiment of guards; this re
|3; giment is composed of some of the firil
K;' noble families in England.
October 12.
This moment we have received a let
|| ter from the Hague by express, dated the
|f Bth inst. Rating that on the sth there were
iI: some Ikinnifltes at our out pods ; the 6th
l>{! feme patroles were met and engaged; at
noon all our army were in motion; we
ll attacked the Englifli and Anglo-RulTtans,
|j the former in the onset made a vigorous
H., resistance, but their disagreement and dis
union with the Ruffians having occafton
|’i. ed an inactivity 011 the part of the latter,
11 conspiracy ensued, and then their defeat
became genera!, and neifer was seen the
like. In ffiort, they have loft even their
|J j women, of which we count 200. We can
| rfot enumerate the number of slain, but
the fields are covered with them three
I j leagues distance. The Engliffi having re
tired into their ftrfl entrenchment and
stripped of every necessary, have deman
ded to retire in a militay manner, which
has been refufed. This day they are to be
j furnmoned to surrender prisoners of war.
The good genius of France has been
watchful and lms come to our aid, but the
courage of our soldiers has ftiil done more.
At the departure of the express, the head
quarters of the French and Batavian army
were at Alkmaer.
(Signed) PLAY,
Editor of Ami Des Loi.
OcTOBKR 14.
The battle in which .Suwarrow was de
feated and put to flight, took place at Al
torf, Maflena commanded there in per
il son ;he had previously sent to the division
of General Lecouber, a reinforcement of
j| 12,000 men.
. October i£.
Buonaparte at Paris.
A meflage of the Executive Dircftory
I of yesterday contains the following parti
's cuiars refpe&ing Buonaparte :
“The Dire&ory announces to you, ci
* tizen Representatives with pleasure, that
tlittV have received the news of the army
• of Egypt. General Berthier, who landed
I’ the 9th instant at Frejus, with the general
HI in chief, Buonaparte, the generals Lane,
Marmont, Murat anti Anercofly, and the
citizens Monge and Bertholet, informs
) t!i it they have left the French army in the
I'j moll favorable lituation.”
A . ■
TRANSLATIONS
I|F om Paris papers to the 16//; of Oftober, re
ceived at New- York, by the flip Argus ,
from St. SebaJiian
BATAVIAN ARMY
Brune Commander in Chief, to the Mini
ster of War.
Head-Quarters , at Beverwici ,
14 th Vendamaire , Otlober 6.
I was confident that our position in the
rear.'would have decoyed the enemy into
fa lie mrafures. The battle of Karkum
has nndeiceived them. We fought from
", in the morning till Bat night. The e
! r.emy was repulsed and pnrfucd as far as
Egrront. it pieces of cannon, 1,500
Ruffian and English prifoners,are the fruits
of viftory. Gens. Gouvion, Roftolland,
j Vandamme, Bonhornme, Aubree Simon,
Malker, and Durette, exhibited such ta
lents as decided the fate of the day. I
will soon fend you a . lift of those brave
men who diftinguiflied themselves.
i inline you, Republican,
BRUNE.
P S. Lord Chatham, brother to Mr.
Pitt, is wounded in the neck. The Gen
eral killed at the battle of Bergen, is not
Mr. Knox, but die Ruffian Lt. Gen. Ger
efpow, who commanded the expedition
under General Herman.
j Jhe General o f Brigade , to citizen Jfcr,
Cr.i'ue, Mmifer of lfar.
He»d Quarters, at Bevowick,
14 th /' i ndomain, (ith October. I
The enemy attacked our lines this
morning at five o’clock. The battle was
imiecifive during the most of the day. At
3 o’clock the commander in chief Brune
Lilted forth at the head of his battalion,
which measure decided the vi&orv. 11
piece*of cannon and 1500 Engliffi and
Ruffian prisoners, a great number of slain,
principally Ruffian with a great number
of wounded, are the trophies of this vie- 1
| tory. During 8 hours, langragc and bails I
thundered ami Jft our line.
I 1 salute you with rcf;>c&,
kostglland.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY.
Ullage to the Councils of Ancients and five
Hundred. 11 th Fendamaire , 8 tkyear.
Citizens Representatives,
Victory has returned to her fidelity.—
.She has again embraced the standard of
the Republic.
IN EGYPT, Buonaparte has displayed
prodigies of valor. 18,000 men who
I composed the army of the enemy, have
been all either (lain or taken.
IN BATAVIA, Brune hats defeated
the Ruffians and Engliflr. Tlfe French
army displayed the most heroic courage a
gainst an enemy of far superior force.
The Anglb-Ruffian had a great number
slain, and we took from them 11 pieces
of cannon, and 1500 prisoners.
IN SWITZERLAND, the Republi
cans have acquired additional glory. In a
telegraphical mtflage from Maflena, dated
yesterday, he fays : I have completely defea
ted Suwarrow. His army is in full flight.
A rrtfflage received yesterday, states as fol
lows : The Ruffian army has loft fix tfiouf
and men, and a great number of ftaudards
and pieces of cannon. Suwarrow has re
treated into the country of the Grifons,
and flunking in the mountains.
The lofles of the Republicans on these
several occasions, are very trifling ; which
we attribute to the heroic enthusiasm so
peculiar to French Republican armies.
LAGARE, Sec. General.
GOLIIER, President.
HAMBURGH, Oaober 2.
Last night the famous Napper Tandy,
with his three companions, was delivered
over by our Magistracy into the power of
the Englifli. At three o’clock in the
morning they were conduced from their
prisons in four separate carriages, efcort,ed
by 100 Hamburghefe soldiers, to the
Guard-house on the banks of the Elbe.
An Englifli sloop was in readiness to re
ceive them on board. At seven o’clock
in the morning, His Excellency Mr. Crau
furd went to the Guard-house to indentify
their persons : which being done, they
were put on board the sloop.
In this manner has terminated a busi
ness which has caused so much noise in
the world.
*
PORTLAND, (Mass.) Dec. 5.
I delay the press to mention the arrival,
this moment, of the ffiip Cornelia, cap
tain Benjamin Prince, 42 days from Li
verpool. Captain Prince has polite
ly furniffied me with Engliffi papers to
the 16th October. They contain inter -
efting official accounts of the move
ments of the hostile armies—the most
important of which are the final success
of the Duke of York in Holland, and
the difcfters of the allies in Switzerland,
the official details of which fliall be giv
en in my next—the following extracts
are all I can insert at present. They
contain the principal outlines of the
news*
LONDON, Oftober 8.
The public are now relieved from the
state of anxiety occasioned by the non-ar
rival of dispatches from Holland, advices
having been received yesterday evening,
from field marftia! his royal highness the
Duke of York, with the important intelli
gence that our brave troops and the Ruffi
ans, who co-operated with them, gained
a signal vi&ory over the Dutch and French
on Tuefday last, which put our troops in
poffefljpn of the Lange Dyke, Alkmaer,
Beisn, Egmont-op-Hoop, and Egmont
op-Zee. The news was, this morning,
between eight and nine o’clock, announ
ced to the public by the park and tower
guns, and published in the London Ga
zette extraordinary.
From the contents of the gazette extra
ordinary, and from what we have been en
abled to add, it seems unnecessary to ob
serve, that the 2d of Oftober, was a day
glorious in the highest degree to the Britifli
arms, and no less honorable to the com
mander in chief, and advantageous to the
cause which they support: That the re
ffilt of it ought to inspire us’with gratitude
towards the two former, and confidence in
the latter: and that the total defeat of a
French force, equal in number, and with
ever)' possible advantage of situation, by a
Britifli army, ffiould prove to us how
much we have to hope, and our enemies
to fear, iu our future operations.
Majfena , General in Chief \to the Executive
Direfiory.
Head-quarters-general, at
Zurich, 6 Vendemaire,
September 28.
The two armies, Ruffian and Austrian,
are totally destroyed. The Ruffians have
parted the Tlnir. We are in pnrfuit of
the remains of the Aurtmn and Bavarian
corps who have joined them, to the num
ber of eight thousand. The commander
in chief Hotze, was killed on the field of
battle. Their baggage, camp effefts, fix
J standards, and more than one hundred pie
j ces of artillery, are in our power. The
loss of the two armies in killed, and
wounded, and prisoners, is more than
20,000 men. Three Ruffian General*
are irv our hands. Gen. Suwarrow in per
son attacked my right. I am marching
against him. Massena.
October i r.
We this morning received Paris Jour
nals to the 7th inst. inclusive. The news
they bring is afflifting to humanity, and
the only hope we have in laying it before
our readers, is, that the losses sustained by'
the allies have been exaggerated in the
French reports. That Maflena fltould
not only retrieve the affairs of his army,
but destroy completely the two armies,
well appointed as they were, which oppos
ed him, killing 8000 with their General
(Hotze) taking 5000 prisoners, with three
Ruffian Generals* and wounding upwards
of 6000 appears to be hardly credible, yet
such is the statement that has been pub
lished officially at Paris, and which also
mentions the capture of Zurich by the
French army.
The intelligence, diftreflingas it isfeems
to receive some confirmation from the cir
cumstance of the Archduke having been
obliged to march a great part of his army
with the utmost expedition to endeavor
retrieve affairs in Switzerland. This may
be considered as, perhaps, the most pain
ful part of the intelligence; it will enable
the French to fend great reinforcements
from the Lower Rhine to the aid of their
army in Holland ; and the allies, in spite
of the success that has hitherto attended
their operations in that quarter, may In
consequence be forced to abandon the en
terprise of delivering the Dutch from the
French yoke.
We wifli not, however, to anticipate e
vil. Government, we hope, will be pre
pared for every emergeflby; and possessed
of better information than we can pretend
to boast, will, no doubt, adopt the proper
means to insure the fafety of our brave
army.
OCTOBIR 12.
Fhe news from Paris increases in importance
daily. We have received this morning Paris papers
of the rßth inst. a day later than thole we received
yesterday. Another decisive victory has been gain
ed by the French, and Suwarrow himfelf has been
totally defeated with the loss of ten thousand men.
It appears that Lecourbe, inferior in force to Sin
warrow, was at firft defeated. On the c6rh of
September, he began his march againlt the Gri
ffins* and had reached Waven, when he was on a
ludden attacked by Suwarrow, and a desperate cen
flift cnfued. Lecourbe was obliged to retreat.—
Maflena, however, informed of his situation, has
tened with a strong force to his afliftance, and on
the 30th of September arrived at Lucerne. He im
mediately attacked Suwarrow, and totally defeated
him. This intelligence is official. It was trans
mitted to Paris by the Telegraph.
11 is almost impossible to calculate theeffedls which
these unexpected and decisive victories will produce.
The Archduke could not reach the Swils frontiers
time enough to retrieve the affairs of the allies; and
betides, he is followed by the army of the Rhine,
which has resumed offenfive operations. tyHflena,
having routed Suwarrow, will probably delcend
from the Vallies into the plains of Piedmont, a
movement which will enable the army of Italy to
advance, and reduce general Melas to the neceflity
of retreating. Having forced the Archduke tore
tire from the Rhine, the French troops, fay the
Paris paper*, can now be dispatched to Holland.
There is a very curious article in an official jour
nal dated from Cornegliano, Hating, that all the
reports received from Ancona agree in asserting that
the Turks, who were blockading that city by sea
and land, retired on a sudden, to the great furprile
of the Ruffians. Some of the Paris journals infer
from this, that Buonaparte has attually concluded
a peace with the Porte.
October 14.
Colonel Brownrigg, the Duke of York’s secreta
ry, arrived yesterday afternoon, at Mr. Dundas’s
office, with the details of the battle of the 2d, and
with an account of a frelh battle on the 6th. An
Extraordinary Gazette was publilhed this morning.
His royal highness states, that in the battle of the
6th, he was luccefsful, but the enemy having pour
ed in frelh troops, and having strengthened their pe
tition, he found it necessary to retreat to his old po
rtion at Schagenburg. Alkmaer and all the peti
tions which were gained, are of course given up.—
It is laid that Alkmaer has been bifrnt.
The total nu mber of killed, wounded and miffing,
in the battle of the 2d was :
British killed —ll officers, 11 ferjeants*
215 rank and file. t * ,
Wocnbed—6Bofficers, 46-ferjaapts, 987 rank
and file. "
Missing—3 officers, 7 ferjeants, ißirank and
file.
Russians killed—4officers, 157 privates.
Wo u n d e d —2o officers 403 privates.
In the battle of the 6ih :
Briiuh rhud—4 officers, 87 non-com
missioned officers and privates.
WouNDED-35 officers, 689 non-commissioned
officers and privates.
Missinc— 19 officers, 584 non-commissioned
officers and privates.
Russians killed -8 officers, 374 privates.
Wou ndid—26officers, 709 privates.
Some doubt Ins been attempted to be thrown up
on ihe Telegraphic account of Suwarrow’s total de
feat, bccaufe no official commnn:c»tion to the coun
cils appears in the Paris papers of the Blh.--The
ta& is, that it arrived the evening before, when the
councils were not fitting.
October 17.
Mr. Ccurvoificr, the Mcflengcr, arrived late last
night, with diipatches from the Duke of York. We
have not heard that they contain any account of a
frelh ailion : preparations are making to bring off
the troops. It is laid, however, to be the inten
tion of Mmillers to retain possession of the Texel
Hie, which the enemy, inferior in naval force, can
not attack.
October 19.
Captain Boeder, of L’ Efpiegle, is arrived at the
admiralty with dtfpatches from Admiral Mitcheil.
We undertland there has been another engagement,
tn which the French are Hated to have been deieaiei
with great lots. A poll-office exprels was received
early this morning from his Royal Highr.els. We
have seen letters from the army dated the 13th
which mention that the voy remained then in its
old politic*.
NEWAORK, December if
By the arrival of capt. Foster, fr« m *.
sago m2O days we were favored Jt
the following. On the SHI Nov the B r
ton frigate, capt. Little, chafed on <h„ r ° *
French ship called the Egyptian, mount! *
40 brass guns and carrying 230 men a 5
on the 7th took a fmali lu»o tr V
1 j <i . lWlv.
els and muiKers, carrying 30 men.
December 17.
Report lwells every hour its Me „f
wonders-—Yesterday morning i, had d°
ftroyed the Duke of fork’s whole arm
and conducted the youthful Bishop to p'*
ris : Before 2 o’clock Buonaparte (so 3
the story) had re-conquered all Italy .5
tumbled once more the affrighted M 0 3
archs of that diffracted country from
thrones, and hanged the King of NanU*
of vexation before CofFee-Houfe ho Ur $
had past, Suwarrow had died of an appo*
plexy on one of themountains in Switzer*
land, and Maflena had fallen dead of hi"
wounds just at the termination of anothe
great and decisive battle. These wonde/
ful events we may hourly expeCt to be
confirmed by European arrivals; till then
the public curiosity must fufferall the tnr
ture of fufpence.
H E R A L P7
A U G U S t TaT^
WEDNESDAY, January i, ,800.
THIS being the firft day of the year
1800, we beg leave to solicit the opinion
of our correspondents upon the following
quere: Is this day the commencement of
a new century, or the beginning of the
last year of the 17th century ?
IT is a little aftonifliing that so many
years should have rolled over the interlefo
of man, and left this one of the novelties
“ under the fun.” t As it.is however a fub
jeft upon whichdoubts are entertained, we
hope the present age, will have the honor
of removing them !
THE trial of David Frothingham for
publifliinga libel against Alexander Ha
milton, Esquire, recently took place inthe
city ofNew-York. A trial which from
the account of it we have received, appear
ed fair and impartial, the Jury found
the Defendant Guilty. The Court sen
tenced him to pay a fine of 100 dollars,
to be imprisoned n Bridewell four months
—and thatalfo, he remain there tin he
should be bound for his good behaviour
for two years: himfelf in the penalty of
1000 dollars, and two sureties in 500
dollars each, or one competent security in
1000 dollars.
IN the supreme court of Pennfyl*
vania, held at Philadelphia, in December
term, 1799. —Dr. Beniamin Rush, brought
an aCtion against MjpVilliam Cobbett,
editor of Porcupine’s Gazette, for certain
defamatory publications which had ap"
paered in that Gazette: The cause was
brought to trial on Friday the 13th instant;
the pleadings were finifhed on Saturday
the 14th instant, at 3 o’clock, p. m. when
the jury, after having received a pertinent
charge from judge Shippen, retired, and
the court adjourned till 5 o’clock. —The
court met again at the time appointed,
and the jury having returned, delivered in
their verdiCL—Damage for the plaintiff*
five thousand dollars.
FROM the foregoing, we learn, that
although the liberty of the press, is pre
served in the United States; the Judicial
department will check its licentiousness.
WE did not receive any papers by
Yesterday’s Northern Mail.
Mr. R. CLARK,
Advertises in Mr. Smith's pa
per, that he is both Architect and
Builder ! If he had inserted the latter and
omitted the former, it might have been
looked over ; but no man who is well in
formed in Architecture would have judged
him to have any knowledge of that science
from any work he has done in this city.—
The lumber he has put together on Col.
Watkins’s hoyfe in the place designed for
the Cornice, is far from being executed
according to either of the orders of Archi
tecture, ancient or modern —If the Colo
nel was as well informed in Architecture
as he is in Law, he would ere this time
have founji it out; Ido this in order that
the puDlic may know that the knowledge
of Architecture is not entirely vested w
Mr. Clark. EPHRAIM BROWN-
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