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About Augusta herald. (Augusta [Ga.]) 1799-1822 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1800)
VIENNA, April 30. Since the 6th of April, the Genoefe territory has been the theatre of the moil obrtinate and bloody confl fts. Battles have taken place almost daily from the 6tti to the 20th, the result of wh ch has been glorious to the Austrians, whose fir.n cou rage has ultimately triumphed over the fury and desperation of the enemy. The battle of Voltri, on the 18th, has proved decisive, ami mull be fpecdily followed by the fall of Genoa. The Andrians are in pofleifion of all the heights round Genoa, and of one of the suburbs of the city. General Melas conliders himfelf ccrtaiu of taking the town, as he has dispatched from his army a considerable body of troops to general Elfnitz, to aft on the fide of Nice. He ha 3 likewise sent reinforcements to mount Cenis, to prevent the French from pene trating on that fide. There are also nu merous troops of reserve in Lombardy, of which general Melas has not yet thought it necertary to make use. Before the battle of Voltri, general Maf fena made the utmost exertions, to efFeft a junction with the French troops under general Souchet, near Finale and towards Nice, but without success. General Ott is now before the gates of Genoa, in which city the French have deposited many valuable effefts. From the Aufirian head quarters at Se/lri dt Ponente (a jhoit league from Genoa) Apil 31. On the Bth infiant, the French were entirely defeated by a general attack of the Andrians, under the walls of Genoa. Our head-quarters were removed the night following to Voltri, and yefterdav were transferred hither. The battle was terrible—the enemy defended themfclves with the furv of desperation ; but in the beginning of the aftion their centre was separated. Even, to day the mountains round Genoa are covered with dead bo dies. Mafiena with the remains of his late powerful army, is (hut up in the familhed city of Genoa. The 18th of April decided both his fate and that of Genoa. Ycfterday he made a proposal to let at liberty 300 Austrian prisoners, hav ing no provtfions for them, which was accepted. As soon as the battering artil lery shall be landed from the English fliips, Genoa roust fall, and Mafiena with the 12000 men he (till has with him, surrender. Yefterdav arrived a courier from field mar- Ihil Elfnitz, with an account that the Fr.-ncii had attacked him on the 19th near Fi sale, but were reported with great loss. The citadel of Savona must soon surren der for want of provisions. The greater part of our cavalry is encamped near A qui. The English closely blockaded, the sea coast, and with their gun boats, on the 10th, did great damtge to the French in their retreat from Varragio to Voltri. GENOA, April 26. “ The retreat of the French into Genoa mav be dated from the 27111 Germinal (16th April). Before that period they occupied the strong positions upon the heights, which command that place— They maintained the contest with the greatest ficrcenels againl! the division of Bi llegarde, upon the Armatta; agamft the column of Compre de Paley, com manding in person by the general in chief Melas, upon the Mount Fevale ; again)! the corps of General St. Julien, upon the lummit of Moglie ; again!! general Latter riaux, upon the heights of Arbizolla; a gamft general Ott, upon the Dentedel- Fevale. Mafiena appeared every where animating his troops by the example of his intrepidity. It was, beyond every tiling, upon Mount Fevale, and 011 the polition of Cabanedi-Voltri, the battle was terrible ! Overpowered by numbers, the French were obliged to retreat into Genoa. Inftantlv the commander in chief Melas detached count St. Julien to reinforce the besiegers of Savona, and gave orders to the brigades of Bantano and Bellegarde to proceed to the fuccour of general Elfnitz, towards Saint Giacomo, when the French, ported on this fide of Sivona, prefled forward brilkly. A little before the arrival of these reinforcements, this corps of French troops, separated from Mafiena, made immediate efforts to open a palfige towards Genoa, and to unite themselves with the commander in chief. The Austrian general, charged to oppose them, laid that he could not deferibe the furv and delpair which animated them. The following is the position of general Mein's army before Genoa, since the,bat tle of Voltri ; —General Gottelbeirm oc cupies Mount Fafcio; the field imßul lieutenant Ott, the back of Guardia; the third brigade of Sockea Weeber and Barty, are upon (lie heights which Itretch to rhe lea befote Selbi. The advanced ports extend on one fide to , Bifingno, and the other to Cotnagiiano and be. Pierra d'Arena.” CONTINUATION OF Latest Foreign Intelligence, Received via New- York. LEGHORN, April n. A number of French prisoners of war are arrived here from Egypt, and have been conveyed to the military hospital, to perforin quarantine, and to await the de cision of their fate. Admiral lord Keith, uninformed whether his government has consented to the capitulation concluded between the Grand Vizier and general Kleber, has sent a courier to London for inrtruftions. English (hips of war are now cruizing in every part of the Mediterranean, and make a great many prizes. STUTGARD, April 23. Letters from JatTy fav, that a Ruffian corps of more than 50.000 men is collec ted on the frontiers of Moldavia, which will receive reinforcements. The mo tive for collefting these troops is no> known ; but it is fuppoied that the sub lime Porte lias requested succors of the . emperor of Rullia, againrt Pafwan Oglu and other European pachas who refufe to acknowledge the authority of the Grand Seignior. HAGUE, April 30. A camp of 10.000 men is formed be tween Maertricht and Breda, comnofed of troops belonging to the armv in Batavia. They will be in readiness to repair to the Rhine, or to any parts of the coal! of Bel gium or Batavia, where their presence may be deemed necellary. BOSTON, July 4. From the frequent mention that Jtffer fon was the author of the Declaration of Independence—ignorant people might be led to doubt whether others, who were etfeemed patriots, approved of the mea sure. If Jefferfon penned the Declara tion, it probably was an accidental honor in the arrangement of committees, and every other member of Congress would have been proud of the talk—The follow ing letter from the person who is now Prelident of the United .States, was writ ten the day after that Declaration was made.—The fervour of sentiment and language would authorife a strong presump tion of the constant fidelity of the writer to his principles. “ Philadelphia, July 5, 1776. “ Yesterday the greatest qtieftion was decided, which was ever debated in Amer ica ; and a greater perhaps, never was, or will be, decided among men. A resolu tion was parted without one dirtenring colonv, « THAT THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE, AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE FREE AND INDE PENDENT s T ATES.” “ The day is parted—The Fourth dav of July, 1776, will be a memorable epo cha in the hillorv of America. lam apt to believe it will be celebrated by fucreed ing generations as the great anniverjary fef tival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by foiemn afts of devo tion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, flmws, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illumina tions, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever. You will think me transported with en thusiasm; but lam not. I am well a ware of the toil and blood and treasure. that it will coil us to maintain this deciara tion, and tupport and defend these Bates ; yet thiou ,h all the gloom, I can fee the rays of light and glory—l can fee the er»< ismore than worth all the means; and that posterity will triumph although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not. I am, &c. JOHN ADAMS. July 9. Late Foreign Intelligence. Receivedyefterdesy, by the Franklin. Walker , 45 days from London.—Englijh dates to the 20 th May. PARIS, May 6. General De folks to the Minifler of War. Head-quarters SchafF.iaufen, May 2 Citizen Minister, Our continual movements since the 25*h of April having had for their obieft the uniting of the army on its right, l did not thick fit to acquaint you with the re iult until after the operation should be completely terminated. The general in chief, in confequencc of the orders which he had received from government to commence the campaign, ; determined to manoeuvre in front on the Rhine, and ir. the rear on the defiles of the Slack Forest, in order to ur.ite his armv about SchafFhaufen and Sn etlingen. Jt aa 3 necessary to continue these operations so as to avoid any doubtful engagements m leveral days marching ; which was the more difficult on account of the defiies which we had to traverse, on account of the pafiage of the Rhine which was to be effected, and of the central pufition of the enemy at Denauefchingen, which enabled ihem to bear more quickly than we could, with all their forces, on any of the points of the line that we might menace. The general in chief ordered lieutenant general bt. Suzanne to commence the ope ra! ions on the morning of the 25th, by marching from Kehl again ft OfFenbourg : and lieus. general St. Cyr w»as ciirefted to proceed by Old Brifac against Fribourg.— Gen. St. Suzanne, after a very brilk aftion repuifed the enemy to OfFenbourg, took a piece of cannon and about one hundred prisoners. His right took a position at B deveyer, Velaflen, and Appenvir, and his left at Vilftett, Griefen and Landt.— In this engagement he had to regret the loss of citizen Dubois-Crance, chief of brigade of the Ift regiment of Chaffeurs, a very diftinguithed officer. Gen. St. Cyr took his position at Fri bourg, driving every thing he met before him. The fame day the general in chief ordered to pass by Bade a division of the corps of reserve, commanded by general Rictiepanfe, who took Schel iingen, and on the Deboiiche de Kanders. On the 26th, gen. St. Susanne remained in his position, and general St. Cyr affium ed a menacing appearance in the valley of La Kinfig, in order to appear to blend his operations with those of gen. St. Susanne. That gen. received orders on the 27th, to retire to Kehl, in order to return by the left bank of the Rhine to Brifac, and from thence to Fribourg, where he fliould have arrived on the 30th. Gen. St. Cyr, who hail orders to ad vance from Fribourg to St. Blaifc by Tot teneau, and to make rapid marches, com menced his operations the fame day. The two divifidns of gen. Delmas and Leclere set out from Bafle and advanced to Seckingen without meeting any obstacle. Gen. Richepanfe had orders to advance to St. Blaife, by the valley of La VeifTen, to support the movement of gen. Sr. Cyr, as well as to cover the right of the division of Delmas and Leclere. On the 2g s h, gen. Delmas forced the position of the enemy, who were entrench ed on the Alb, taking 2 pieces of cannon and 200 prisoners. The attack and pur suit were so rapid, that the enemy, driven from these works, had not time to destroy the bridge and form behind the river. Ad jutant-general Cochorn was one of the firft to pass the torrent, leaping on the (boul ders of a grenadier. At the fame time gen. Richepanfe drove from St. Blafe four of the enemy’s battalions that occupied if, and took 150 prisoners. Gen. St Susanne took a position at Fri bourg, gen. Cyr at St. B'aife, and the corps of reserve on the Wutack. In this march gen. Lerfet was (lightly wounded. The lame day gen. Richepanfe united himfelf with tfie corps de reserve. On the Ift of Mav, general St. Susanne was to march against Newftad and Leffin gen. Gen. St. Cyr advanced to Smelin gen, of which he took pofleffion after a brisk engagement. He took some prison ers and a magazine. The corps de reserve pafTed the Wutack, pushing the enemy vigorouflv. General Lecourbe pafTed the Rhine be" tween Schaft'haulen and Stein. This paf iage was made with prodigious rapidity.— General Lecourbe had combined his means with such precision, that in an hour and an half ihe bridge was thrown over, and vithin three hours his whole corps had trfken its position on the right bank of the Rhine., The enemy refilled only in the village of Buffingen. The result of the engagements on the three points of the pas sage is between 7 and 800 prisoners, a ma jor, 8 officers, 3 pieces of cannon, and al so the occupation of the callle of Hohen wil, which fiirrencler.d by capitulation.— The fort is aim ■(! impregnable, and was urovided with 80 pieces of brass cannon. Since the commencement of the opera tions to the present time, the loss of the enemy on the whole exteat of the line may amount to about 1 500 prisoners, and 6 pie ces of cannon. The enemy appear to be taking poftef fion of the line of Stockach, and the army is now marching to engage them. Ir i?, united, with the exception of the corps commanded by gen. St. Suzanne. I fend you a copy’of the capitulation of of the fort of Hohenwil. All the gene rals praise the bravery of the foldiefs, and the zeal and intelligence of the officers. Health and refpeef, DSSOLLES. 1 EngiiHi official account of affairs on the Rhine. From Mr. Wickham , to lord Grenville. U.m, May 8, x 8 o. “ The enemy, by withdrawing their whole force from the northeast frontier of Switzerland, were enabled to unite a force of ico,ooo men. The position of Stock ach was attacked on the the 3d, with a ve ry superior force, and carried with foms loss on the part of the Austrians. At the fame time the main body of the French, commanded by general Moreau in person, made a desperate attack on the Austrian force under general Kray, at Engen ; but after a obstinate conttft, and fnenheing immense numbers of men, they were obli ged to defilf. In the men time, thearch duke Ferdinand, who had defeated a body of the enemy who had attempted to cut him off, effected his junction with the main army. .In conlequencr, however of the loss of Stockach, and the absence of several confiderabie detachments, g.-ne-* ral Kray found himfelf under the necefiity cf withdrawing in a direction towards the Danube. In the course of this march he was attacked again on the jrh, in a i.m porary position al Mofkirch, by the whole French army, who were again repulsed, afi«cr an obstinate conflnft and experieiyv ing a loss much greater than that of the Auftriaus. The French did not venture to renew the attack in the night, or the next morning. On the 6th the Aufirians took a position behind the Danube, be tween the Riedlingen and Sigmaringen, without any opposition from the enemy; and on the Bth had again repaFed that ri ver, and were preparing to advance. The archduke Ferdinand is reported to have diflinguiflied himfelf particularly.” It cannot be denied that the masterly manoeuvres of general Moreau completely succeeded in diverting the attention of ge neral Kray from the actual point of attack. The latter was induced to cpnfuler the feint made by general Suzanne as the real operation, and he was concentrating his forces at D.mauefchingen while the French were enabled to pass the Rhine without a ny check, and turn the pofiiions of the Auflrian army. The country to which general Kray has retreated is, however, more favorable to the effedtive djxplay and evolutions of the Andrian cavalry, against which, in numbers, difeipiine, and every other refpedt, it is admitted by all military men, that the republican cavalry cannot make head. The French have been much indebted for their late successes to superio rity of numbers. Austrian SticcelTes in Italy. Admiralty-Ojjice, May 10. Letters received this morning from ord Keith, dated April 21st. mention several important advantages gained by die Au llrains in the vicinity of the city of Genoa, under the walls of which place the French have been obliged to concentrate their force. In many attacks the fie of the Englifii {hips was employed with confid erabie effetff. Dozening-Facet, May 10. From the Honorable Mr. Wyndh am, to lord Grenville. Florence , April 29, iSco. 41 The latest news arrived this monrog from the vicinity of Genoa, (fates, that Maflena having been beat a second time at Voltri, on the 1 Sth instant, was obiiged to take refuge, with the remains of his ar my within the walls of Genoa ; and that all the strong ports and forts without the city were in the hands of the combine ! powers, under the command of general Melas and admiral lord Ke ; t'r O (Private Cotrefpondehte.) «*T Bv several couriers lent hither by gene ral Melas we have received the following intelligence refpedting the further opera tions of his army : From the 13th to the 17th the engage ments continued without interruption. General MafiVna made five different at tacks with the flower of his army A ■ or,.s of 6000 grenadiers, led by him in perlon, had killed and 1800 made prisoners. Madina was also in the hands of an in e rial chaifeur, whom a French chalfturfii it, and thus liberated his general. Mafiina feeing that his troops were beaten in every quarter, withdrew to Genoa wi>u 18, 00 men, the remainder of his army of 29 000 men, and is now entirely blockaded. He attempted to eicape by lea, but was forced by the Engiifh to return, when iie made proposals to general Melas to capitulate, demanding the free departure of himfelf and his army ; his offers were rejected, and he was informed, that, from the filia tion of affairs, a capitu'adon could no: be granted, and that he mu ft surrender at d:f cretion. A courier is now hourly exceed ed, with intelligence of the surrender "f Maftena and the rest of his arm?, w'uch is 1 said to fuffer greatly from want of pro v Turns.
