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1 rith all their forces and took i position be
“ A Cafli'dione. extending to the:r right to
H h? Mincio, and their left towards Chiefa.
T h , v collected all their torces to give us battle,
■ “J s os importance to anticipate them. The
” nera l perceivingAhat it was nceeflary in the
Vj. place todeftroy the divilion of the enemy,
t Salo and Gavardo, he was advancing to these
* ointi when he was hopped at Lonado, by an
Officer who demanded a parley, faying, ‘ that
the left w*ng of our army was surrounded, and
th?t his General denied to know if the French,
uld surrender ?’ Buonaparte answered
,q 0 an d tell your General, who wilhes to in-
J u | t ,1,.. French army, that lam here. It is
himfelf and the corps which he commands
that are prisoners. I know it is on: of the co
liimns cutoff by ours at Salo, ar.d prevented
frnm taking the road to Trent. Tell him, th.r
jf he does not surrender within, eight mk.utes,
,ud if he fires a fingl” (hot, I wj;. ord-r every
inan to be put to dea h Take, said he, the
bandage from that gentleman’s ’yes. You 1-
die general Buonaparte, with the Hall of the
rVpulican army. Go, te!l your general h
he mav make an haedfome capture.’ The on
ctr requested leave to renew the .> -rhw.
“During this time every or-pir.. v
made for the attack. The com-minder oft -
intmy’s column d’lired to be heard H - pro
pnfed to surrender, but he wilh-d to -link'-
tsrms. ‘ N answered the g-ner,.,. ‘ you ar
,ll prisoners of war.’ They v/iffi’d to hold a
tonfultation on the ful jetb. The gcti’ial gav
me orders to march the grenadiers wi h th
light artillery, and to begin the attack. H
broke from the general of the enemy, who iu
ihntly cried out, ‘ We are all surrender .-d.’
“ Three Auffrian battallions, am .u iting to
men, with 30 hula’ns, 4. pieces ot Cannon,
and three ftandavds, ranged in order ot battle,
laid down their arms, &c. which were imme
diately collected, and transferred to a place of
ircurity.
Being thus certain that the enemy’s corps at
Salo and Garvado were deffroyed, the com
raander in chief ordered the whole of the ar
my to march towards Caffiglione. We trav
elled all night, and m the morning we found
ourselves, w ith nearly the whole of our army,
in presence of ‘that of Wurmfer, conlifting of
35,000 men.
“ The column of General Scrrurier had or
ders to march to Caffiglione, in a direction to
wards the rear of the enemy's line. It so hap
pened that he found himfelf close to their quar
ters, at the very inliant when we weFe to com
mence pur attack.
“ The enemy presented a formidable line,
with artillery. It was doubtful
whether they meant to attack ns. The com
mander in chief anticipated them in our right
wing aided by our cavalry, and eighteen pie
ces of light artillery, attacked th’ir left at the
very moment when Scrrurier fell on the rear.
At the fame time our centre and our left wing,
•xtended on a line of a league ar.d a half, be
gan to inarch and drove in the advanced polls
oi the enemy.
“ As soon as it was perceived that the column
of general Scrrurier hung on their rear, the ene
my ordered a retreat. We pursued them as far
as the Miiicio, and took eight hundred prifon
ors, with fifteen pieces of cannon, and one hun
dred and twenty caissons.
“ This day, the 19th, one of our columns is
bearing down to the Mincio, and a divilion will
pass it at Pefchiera. I hope that Wurmfer
will have no reproaches to make Beaulieu.
“ For eight days we have been on horseback ;
our horses are dying with fatigue, and we are
physically exhauited, though mentally invigo
rated. We shall give no repose to the enemy,
until 1 their army is deffroyed. lam going to
mount my horse. Adieu.
(Signed) ALEX. BERTHIER.
By the Charleston Mail, late last
Evening.
By the Schooner Juno, Capt. Cla Ate,
Arrived at Charlejlon y from New-For t
a late Bojfon paper <was received , from
•which thefollowing Intelligence ts ex
traded, i
BOSTON, Odober 26.
WAR!
Between Spain and Great-Britain,
may now be considered inevitable: if
any doubts remained they would be dif
iipated by the following, received lince
our last from Halifax :
PROCLAMATION,
By his excellency Sir John Wentworth,
baronet, lieut. governor and com
mander in chief in and over his ma
jesty’s province of Nova-Scotia, and
its dependencies, Sec. See. Sec.
WHEREAS information has been
communicated to me by his grace the
duke of Portland, one of his majesty’s
principal secretaries of state, that the
molt indubitable proofs of the hostile in
tentions of the court of Spain against
Great-Britain, have determined his ma
jelly to order his naval forces, in every
1 quarter of the world, not to negled any
favorable opportunity that may offer of
attacking the fleets of Spain, either sing
ly or united with thoie of France and
Holland, or of striking any other blow
at the polfellions of that crown : and
also fignifying to me his majesty’s com
mands, that I should, in the moft public
manner poflible, give such information
to his majesty’s fubje&s in this province,
as may belt enable them to prevent on
the one hand any mifehief which other
wise they might fuffer from the Spani
ards, and on the other hand to do their
Uf moft to distress and annoy them, by
ll aking captures of their thipa and by
deltroying their commerce.
.lha/e therefore thought fit, by and
*tth the advice of his majesty ‘s council,
** publish this proclamation, hereby
calling on, and requiring all his majes
ty’s liege fubjc&s, within his province
of Nova-Scoria and its dependencies, to
take due notice, and govern thcmfelves
accordingly.
Given under ray Hand and Seal at
Arms, at Halifax, this 17th day
of Odober, in the 36th year i?fhis
Majesty’s Reign.
J. Wentworth.
Our HaHfax papers to the 13th, make
frequent mention of the French lquaJ
ron, at Newfoundland. “I hey state its
force, by repon, to be from 6 to 10
fiil of the line : that they had destroyed
the Pay o’ Bulls, and were extending
deftrni’ jn t.trough the tiiheries—thata
p'ifo roin Cape Broyle, who cfcaped
t • . a nepiember, law seven lail oft
n:a, and he supposed their inten
'VHs to eater that bay, and destroy
’ : e lcttlements and filheries there. A
ncr rrom TrepaiTey dated September
>, rays, the squadron landed 2000 men,
,1.1 burnt the buildings at the Bay of
Bulls—that St. J ohn’s was their objed ;
but that there were 4500 men there.
The general opinion was, that whether
they lucceeded in their attempt on St.
J ohn’s, or not, they will destroy the
out harbours.
By Cant. Stowell, fror
August 30, we learn
French were at Frankfor. e
cut, that they should visit fi aihv.
Alarmed at the threat, the Hamburgers
requested the prince of Denmark to ne
gotiate with the French not to put their
threat into execution, and to make an of
ferofa contribution. A few days be
fore capt. S. Allied, the prince returned
from the French camp ; which occalion
ed great rejoicing, demonstrated by il
luminations, firing of guns, and a prn
ceifion on horseback ot all the burghers
in the streets in martial uniform, prece
ded by music. The national cockade
is much worn at Hamburgh, and it is
the general opinion the French will
compel that city to become fubjed to
Denmark.
HALIFAX, (n. s.) Odober 6.
The Quebec fleet, of 14 fail, home
ward bound, under convoy of the Pearl
frigate, met a severe gale of wind off
the coalt of Labradore, on the 18th Sep
tember, and were dispersed, only the
frigate, and three of the convoy being to
be ieen the next morning from the (here.
An express from the (freights of BelleifU.
the 2211, informed, that three French fri
gates were seen near the Quebec fleet,
which was at the time in the narrowest
part of the (freights. Twelve fail of
iquare rigged vellels, half loaded, in the
adjacent harbors, are exposed to the de
llrudive ravages of the French. The
militia of the town have been paraded
for infpedion ; they amount to about
700 men.
Odober 18.
A letter of marque has failed for Ja
maica, with commilfion to capture Span
ifti veflels.
Late, Important and Intercjhng Intelh
gence, from French , London and Ham
burgh papers , by recent arrivals.
English Official Accounts.
From Prince C H A R I. E s’s army.
Windecker, Sept. 10.
Capt. Anftruther, of the guards, in
the absence of Col. Crauford, gives lord
Grenville the details of the Army of
his royal higlmcfs, to the 10th. Hav
ing quitted Wurtzburg, the sth, in pur
suit of gen. Jourdan, H. R. R. found
2000 of his army polled at Afchaffen
burg, which were attacked with spirit
and defeated, with the loss of 1000, 600
of whom are prisoners. On the Bth
intelligence was received, that Frank
fort was evacuated by the French, and
his royal highness pushed his advanced
guards to the Niuda—on the 9th to
Dettingen, and on the 10th to the im
portant poll of Friedburg. Ten thou
sand inen were drawn from the garrison
of Mavence, as a reinforcement. It is
reported, that Jourdan is alfcmbling his
army at Wetzlacr. “ From informa
tion,” fays capt. Anftruther, “of the
molt authentic nature, I can venture to
assure your lordship that the French
troops are in a state of confufion and
despondency. A great part of the in
fantry hare thrown away their arms,
and are almolt naked. Their retreat
has loft all semblance of order, and has
become a’tumultuous flight. Exceflive
fatigue has probably deltroyed more of
them than the sword, and the continual
dread they i.itcrtain of a general riling
of the peasantry in the countries they
traverse, hasfpreada panic among them,
which renders them deaf to the com
mands of their officers.
The loss which Jourdan has sustained
Columbian fEufcum,
iiiice he advanced from the Lahn may
be ellimated, without exaggeration, at
twenty thousand men ; a number which
mull be daily increafedby desertion, in
the present ilatc of his army.”
Capt. A. then concludes his letter of
the 9th, with fcveral severe charges a
gaintl the French, for having exereifed
every species of violence, pillage and
barbarity, in a language very different
from that used by col. Crawford, his
prcdecellbr in the office of correfpondcncc,
To an American reader, they will ap
pear inflated and illiberal.
In another letter from the captain,
of the 10th, he mentions, that general
La'Four had checked gen. Moreau, at
Munich, (or the river Ylerin Bavaria,
the nigheit place to Vienna, at which
the French have arrived) and driven
him fix leagues ; but that he was oblig
ed to resume his former position behind
the Yfer. L’Eclairof the sth Septem
ber fays, that on the 10th Frudidor
(27th August) the French troops enter
ed Munich.
PARIS, September 13.
General Bouonaparte, writes to the
executive diredory, from Trent, Sept.
6, of the events from the 3d to the 6th
September ; in which he gives an ac
count of his having cut his way through
the passes of the Tyrol, and of various
attacks on the Aultrians, who opposed
his march. On the 4th, he attacked the
defiles of Morco, and another protected
by the camp of Mori ; after a vigorous
n-est of two hours the enemy fell back.
Gen. Dubois, in pursuing the eneni),
was mort illy wounded, and died faying,
(t I die for the republic—would that I
had time to know, whether ■victory is com
plete.'’ The enemy having retired to
Bqtverudo, were again attacked, defeat
ed, and effeded their retreat to Trent.
Heie they were again invaded in their
retreat to llrong holds, and altera lbort
resistance, harraffed by the brilk firing of
our artillery, and the spirit ol our troops,
they were seized wirh terror, and re
treated with confufion. six or seven
thousand prisoners, 25 pieces of artille
ry, 50 chelts, and 7 llandards, arc the
fruits of the battle of Rovcredo, one of
the moll fuccelsful of the campaign.
General Malfena has entered this city.
Wurmfer has gone to Baffano, and gen.
Vaubois is gone in pursuit. Several
Ikirmilhes have taken place ; ioo of the
Hussars, 3 or 400 of the infantry, and a
standard of Wurmler’s hussars, are taken.
Gen. Buonaparte concludes by faying,
that i( you may soon expeft a more bloody
and dectjive battle.”
The Austrian Gazettes assert, that
we loft 10,000 men, killed and woun
ded, in the battle near Schwarzenfield.
The Englilh government have pub
liflied, officially, that the number of
French prisoners in their pofldlion, is
16,000, whereas the English prisoners
in Franee do not amount to 4000.
LONDON, September 13.
INVASION.
Administration have already ordered
the moft extensive works, to fortify Do
#ver Castle, against the attempts of the
French Republic. The woilcs are be
gun—-among them is a covered way from
the castle down into the town.
In Elfex, there are already inuftered
eleven thousand men, viz. the util re
giment, the rest militia corps.
September 15.
Yesterday morning, and not before,
an order of council was sent to the cus
tom Jioufe, ordering an embargo to be
laid on all the Spanlfh (hips in our ports.
This is a measure of retaliation for the
orders given in Spain for (lopping all
Englilli veflels in the ports of that king
dom.
As, however, it may be erroneously
reported as to the Spanish ihips now in
English ports, wc have made particular
enquiry, and find that the number does
not exceed sixteen, the value of which
is ellimated at about The va
lue of the British property in Spain is
calculated at 400,0001.
It is said, that a Spanifti army, of
25,000 men, are marching at this mo
ment through Eilremadoura, (a pro
vince of Spain next to Portugal) which
with a French army of the fame force,
under General Scherer, to advance on
the other fide, is to cause this kingdom
to submit to the crown of Spain. Ac
counts from Lisbon Hate, that every
preparation was making on the fron
tiers tooppofe the entrance of any holtile
force, and that the nobility had greatly
exerted themselves to raise a corps of
volunteers.
September 16.
Yesterday morning a letter was re
ceived by M r. King, one of his majesty’s
under secretaries of state, from the
mayor of Dover, dating that an Ame-
rican veil'd was arrived there from
Boulogne, the capt. of which reports,
that he had seen a Paris paper of the
13th inil. which contain the news of
general Jourdan’s having been entireh
defeated in a second engagement with
archduke Charles, with the loss of
15,000 men.
We shall make no other comment on
this news, which certainly requires
much confirmation, than that it seems
to be the opinion of well-informed men,
that the archduke would ceitainly fol
low up his firtl advantages, without
giving time to Jourdan to rally Jiis
forces.
. September 23.
Mr. Hoffman has arrived in London,
from Paris, whither he had been dif
patchcd by the Danilh Minister to pro
cure a paflport for a confidential Agent
of our’s, to repWr to Paris, for the pur
pole of opening a negotiation for peace.
Mr. Hoffman’s reception, it is said, w:as
favourable ; and the answer which h*
brings from the diredory, though not
yet divulged, is said to be conciliatory.
Other accounts Hate, that the French
Hill infill on the reduction of our fleet
to 40 fail of the line, with the ccflion
ot Jamaica and Gibraltar.
A Paris paper fays the Telegraph has
communicated the intelligence to Lille,
dating, that the army of Italy, pursuing
its conqucfts, had beaten the enemy in
fix l’ucceflive battles, taken 16,000 ptif
oners, 20 standards, 70 pieces of cannon,
innnenfe magazines, and 45 leagues of
country. The wrecks of the army,
wirh the general, are now surrounded.
NEW-YORK, Odober 19.
It is said a gentleman from Nova-
Scotia informs, that admiral Murray ’s
whole squadron, confiding of 13 (hips,
was at Halifax lail week. If so, it will
enable the British to make a considera
ble defence against the French, who arc
fuppoled to have attacked the place ;
tho’ the acquiiition will be more impor
tant if it finally surrenders to the re
publicans.
Thomas Macdonald, Esq. Counfel
lor at law, has been appointed one of the
twocommiflioners to come to America,
on the part of his Brirannic majesty,
puffuant to the late treaty with the
UWted States.
Thecommiffionw'hich is to beheld in
this country, to decide the claims of
British fubieds against the inhabitants of
the United States, is to consist of five
members. Two are to be appointed by
his Britannic inajerty : tWo by our Ex
ecutive, and the sth by the unanimous
voice of the other tour, or if not unani
mous by lot.
PETERSBURG, Odober 25.
The French have declared, by proc
lamation, all the British ports in the
island of Hispaniola, in a state of block
ade, forbidding all neutral veflels en
trance into any Britilh ports, under pain
of condemnation.
Odober 28.
The trial of Major Blackburn, for
killing Capt. Thomas, commenced at
Winchelter, on Friday the 7th inst. and
continued without intermission, until
Sunday morning, two o’clock, when,
after a clear and unbiafled inveiligation,
he was honorably acquitted.
SAVANNAH, November 8.
Yesterday the F.ledion took place in
this City, agreeably to the proclamation
of the Governor, and the following w as
the state of the Poll at the conclusion :
State Senator.
George Jones, 260.
Repicfentativcs.
James Jones, 381.
Charles Odingfells, 378.
|.B. Maxwell, 374.
James Jackson, 263.
Members of Congrejs.
Abraham Baldwinand John Millcdge,
had the majority of votes.
Fitters of Pre/ident and Vice-Prefidcnt.
Charles Abercrombie, William Bar
net, James Jackson and Edward “Pel
fair, had the greatefl number of votes.
On the 19th of September the Eng
lish (loop of war Cormorant blew up at
Port-au-Prince; and of the crew, con
fiding of 130 men, 7 only were saved.
Died, in this City, Captain Tho
mas Cos ffl n, of the Brig Mary, of
Boston. *
sparine Hegiffrr.
entered inward.
Schooner Nymph, Hill, Charleston, a.
REPORTED .
Brig Nancy, Smith, Port-a*-Prince.
Schooner Ricc-Bird, Reynolds, from X. Piov.
Neutrality, Gray, St Chriffophers.
CLEARED OUT
Ship Three Brother:., Dunbar. Bolton
Schooner, Mary and Nancy, Rosr* s X- (’WY
297