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7TTT received the disagreeable intelligence tliflt
W KiofTe Muftaphji Pacha has been totally defeated
near Abonkir. Buonaparte, hearing of the taking of that
city,’ and of the defeat the French had fullered there, col
lected a number of troops to retake it, and the aftion which
took place was so dreadful that but few of the 6coo lurks
who were tliere escaped with their lives; even KiofieMu
ftapha Pacha is faicl to have falfen into the hands of the
French, with the Jols of his arm, tjftcr an obffinate refift
aucc. Abonkir was retaken by the French.
Frankfort , S+f’tcmbcr 21. The archduke Charles has,
through his-speedily marching *h, re
’ J-icved that fortrefs from the bombardment of the French,
and forced them to retire towards Manheim. 1 Hus day we
liave to communicate to.you the important intelligence that
the duke has completely beat the enemy near Neckerau
and Manheim, drove him out of all his strong holds, and
took the city of Manheim; IHOO Frenchmen, among whom
are the gens. Maclon and T.e Folle, and 61 of leers, were .
made prisoners; 2‘ftandards, r 8 cannon, 3 howitzers, 13
ammunition csfrts, and 7 waggons loaded with balls, fell
into his hands.
According to the mofc accurate information the French
have 101 l in the lad engagements of Neckerau and Man
heim upwards of 2000 in killed, and upwards of 30 cannon,
belides 1800 prisoners were taken. The loss of the lintie
rialids was not in confide ruble; it confided in 1500 Tilled
and Wounded.
Bregenz, September 27. On the 2sd in the morning
gen. Hotze was informed that the French had eroded the
Linth, but as he did not fear a fccions attack, nor conceive
the danger to be so great as it really was, he mounted his
horse, accompanied by funic iiuffars, col. Plunket, the
lieutenant colonel of the huffars'of the frontiers, and fome
adjutants, at 6 in the morning, and proceeded to the ad
vanced pod between Sdjannis and Kallenbrunn to recon
noitre. Suddenly they saw thcntfelve6 surrounded by the
enemy, who fired upon them with small arms. A corpo
ral who was present, and was so fortunate as to cut his way
through, lays that lie had seen gen. Hotze fall from his
horse, and that he w is found dead in a ditch the day fol
lowing; that col. Plunket and the colonel of the frontier
hussars had also keen killed. The enemy afterwards made
a violent attack, and carried the bridge at Grnnan, where
they tuck pod. At 9ok lock three battalions of Ruffians,
under the command of the prince of Wirtemberg, arrived
from llappcrfch-.v.) 1, who donned the bridge from Grunau
to CJI/.nadi without firing a flint; but the enemy, rt in
f M ;cd by f e!h troops, renewed the attack, and forced the
l-: ; ;iii..ns, I/' 1 a lurvy gr pe (hot fire, to quit that nod a
gain, on wiii'di occasion, befidcs the privates, a colonel, a
Ik iA riant colonel, and 12 officers, were killed, and a
Ruffian gener.d wounded. Should no succors artive from
Zu idi gen. 11 nine’s column will be forced to retreat to
the Rhine.
Afrerm on.—The unfortunate death of gen. Hotze
ferns -..ritual! v to have been followed by a general retresji
J-’icrlcl lmrffial lieutenant de Gruber is arrived here this mo
ment with the war cli aictlrv and treasury. in
Votarlb'-rg has been ordered to assemble and*to march im
j-ji.di . dy to occupy the frontiers on the Rhine.
Six in the evening.—The Ruffians have also been de
featrd near Zurich, and forced to retreat. Zurich is a
gdn occuuied by, the French. This afternoon the liead
e i r<vs of our troops were dill at St. Gall, and the troops
at the didance of a mile and as they are not in
fwffir-ient force it is feared they will be obliged to retreat
acids the Rhine.
FciJkircb, Siptenibcr 26. On the 23d field mnr'flml
Siivvarrow commenced his operations againd Switzerland
from the fide of Italy; he lias taken poffcffion of Airolo,
1.1 on the following day he carried Mount St. GotharJ.
< t;. Reiuiberg is advancing through the valley of Levin
. i> the Grifon country , to diHodge the enemy from
- polition at Urfercn, while gen. Auffenberg is ad
u. ing through the valley of Maderan to join the other
1’ hr .ms and gen. Jellachich will attack the 1 enemy near
jViiiiehorn, to take poiTcifion of the canton of Glarus.
Accounts received to day date, that the Rulfian genl Ro
fi'ir'crg,wii.li his corps, has a&ually reached the frontiers
of the Griffon country, amb made already qoo of the
p. l, -•advanci-d polls piaioiKic-s. --Gen* AiiUciibcrg has
r ,uk- iiim'h’f mader of the mountain called Kreuzberg,
51 n;t cin-i I'umiounted the greated obstacle. Gen. Jellachich
vtt-ckcd and routed the enemy yesterday morning near
11 !Thorn, and was already at-6 in the morning mafterof
Mollis.
Jt)onauefghingen, October 1. 1 iic Andrians arc ad
v-ncing from Feldkirch. The Andrian col. Latter has
attacked the French in Glarus, beaten them, and taken
1 prisoners ami two dandards.
Swabia, October 3. ‘File main body of the army-of
the archduke has arrived at Donauefchingen in Swabia. It
is expect- l that his royal highnels will make an attack on
t e tide v iktlle.
The French have evacuated Auenheiin, near Kehl;
3000 men v-lio were there have gone to Strafburg; the
Andrians immediately took poffcffion of- the pod. The
French are making movements as if to penetrate into the
- JWifgaw bv thednle ot Brilach.
- ILm.ui, CM ■bet 4, Gen, Muller has been ordered to
fim-taidcr the chief command of the French army; of the
Rhine to gen. Nov; the capture ot Manheim is laid to.be
the c.uiffiV Gen. Net’s.headquarters are at Hagcnt-au, in
Aliiice. It T edim itetl tliere are 10,coo French in the
ci>\'..vn-> *>f Rinoicc and E>tnbricll-ein, who arc prepar
i g u> anv.tnce.
V.t- art- tins indant informed that the battle in SYitzer
ho\d has terminated in favor of the Ruffians and Audri-
Our ac otnu< \ v that Suwarrcvv arrived juff in time
Iff wav of Mount Gotharl, attacked the left winy of
t’ . French in the rear, doth ate I them, and thus the elites
| roved v icl< rieus in ti e end. Gen. Maffena ts said t.) h-ve
b , n vv -lindetl aw 1 t.,V.-n priloiter on this occadon.
1 ’ r 5. ‘1 he rep irt of the retaking of Zurich and
of Maflena’s bt-ing wounded wattes co’rtrmacion.
liara, b\p\ :,iler *O. They write from Alk’nr.e
so that a didrift of 4000 acres cf land is under water.
Alkmaer , QBohr 3* Yederday. morning, between 6
and 7 o’clock, thcrenemv made ono of the mod violent
attacks upon our left Wing and centre; our troops defended
themselves bravely, but were at length forced to give way
to the enemyVliineriririty, but not before they had done
mifehief to them. The enemy ft armed our positions
leveral times,’but were repulsed in each attack. The fire
was dreadful on both iiJes, aud'fcveral houses were’burnt
down. The enemy advanced agaiitd our left wing as far
as Bergen; the mod furious conflict t'nfued, and they were
driven back with the loss of fome prisoners. Our left wing
and centre advanced again, ami the enemy kept, up an un
interrupted fire with the bed success. Night terminated the
bloody conflift, or rather affiirded an opportunity to re
cover drc'ngth to renew the battle bv the dawn of day. It
aftually recommenced on the morning of the 3d, at day
break; both parties fought with unexampled, fury, and e
very inch of ground was conteded. r i'lie enemy renewed
the attack, at different times, with frefli troops, and victory
remained doubtful, till at length our troops became ex
handed with fatigue, and began their retreat, which was
general, and was effected fighting, and in the greatest order.
All our magazines, hospitals, baggage, infantry, and ca
valry, retreated through Alkmaer to Bevervvvck; and the
army will take anew polition, which can be defended better.
.Several villages are seen in flames, which firm to rage
mostly at St. Pancras and Langendyk. Tire enemy has
bought his viftory very clear; and however great our loss
may be, his can hardly be lei’s, oivr artillery, which was
wU supplied, having made great havoc amongd them.
Amjhrdcim , October 5. In the aftion of t th<‘ 2d we
took 107 highlanders, who have been sent to Utrecht.
There have juff arrived here xoo other prisoners. Within
two days 3000 French troops have palled this city on their
way to the armies..
The Englilh are maders of Lemrrer, and have taken
pod in Friefland, fromwhence they can cafily march to
this city by land; we arre however continually at work on
the batteries upon the dyke at Nacrden.
The greatest loss in the battle of the 2d fell on the
French,* and the mod part of the officers of gen. Brunt’s
Half have peri (bed. Some corps were cut off’, so that the
inundations ordered by ui have been more fatal to us than
to the enemy. We were beginning to set the water mills
at work, but the Englilh have set them on fire with their
artillery* v.
The headquarters of gen. Bvune are at Haerlem, from
whence they will be removed here (hould the enemy ad
vance any further, fi'he Englilh headquarters we learn
are at Alkmaer, and fome of their troops had advanced to
the neighborhood of Kacrlem. The batteries which the-
Englilh erefted on the DuuCs in the action of the 2d made
great de'drurition among the French.
2cwc.ll, October 6. ’i’hc Englilh have made themfelyes
maders of all the coads of Zuyder Zee, in Frielland and
Gueldres, and summoned the city of Harderwick to fur
rendcr. This day we hear a lively cannonade.
l.ondon, September 24.
HOUSE OF LORDS. TuefUay , September 24.
His majesty came to the hsufe about 3 o’clock, and
being fcated on the throne, the udier of the black rod was
lent with a message to the house of commons, commanding
their attendance in the lioule of peers. The commons
being come hither accordingly his majesty was pleased to
make the following speech.
J\ly lords and gentlemen,
1 have called you together at this unusual season, in
order to recommend it to you to confider of the propriety
of enabling me, without delay,* to avail myfelf to a fur
ther extent of the voluntary I’ervices of the militia, at a
moment when an increase of our active force abroad may
be productive of the ntoft important and beneficial conse
quences.
We have seen the happy effects of the measure which
you adopted on the fubjeft in the lad feftion; and tl-.e
forces which I was thereby enabled to ejmplov liave already
displayed, in the face of the enemy, a courage, efifeipline,
and steadiness, worthy of the character of Bi itifli soldiers.
In'thc diort interval since the dole of the lad feftion our
situation and proljxeCts have, under the bluffing of Provi
dence, improved hey ond the mod sanguine expectation..
The abilities knd valor qf the commanders and troops of
the combined imperial armies have continued to be emin
ently displayed. The deliverance of Italy may now he
conlidered as secured by the result pf a campaign equal in
splendor ;tnd success to any of the mod brilliant recorded
in hidory ; and I have had tlie heartfelt fatisfaction of fee
ing the valor of my fleets and armies fuccefsfully employed
to the ailidance of mv allies, to the lupport of our jud
cauie, and to the advancement of the mod important in
tends of the British empire.
The kingdom of Naples has been referred from the
French yoke and redored to the dominion of its lawful so
vereign, and my former connexions with that power have
been renewed.
The French expedition to Egypt has continued to be
productive of calamity and dii’grace to our enemies, while
its ultimate views againd our eastern poffelfions have been
utterly confounded. Tlie deiperate arten%t which they
have lately made to extricate themselves from their dilfi
cultiej has been defeated by the cop rage of the Turkiffi
forces, directed by the (kill, and animated by the lieroifm,
of a Britilh officer, with a small portion of my naval force
under his command; and the overthrow of that reftlels and
perfidious power, who, indigated by the artifices, and de
luded by the promises of the French, had entered into their
ambitious and deftruftive projects in India,, has placed the
Britilh, in that quarter, in a date of Iplid and permanent
security.
The vigilance, decision, and wisdom, of the governor
general in council, on this great and important occsfion,
and the tried abilities and valor of the commander, offic
trs and troops employed under his direrition, are entitled
to mv highest praiJV.
There is, 1 trud, every reason to experil that the effort
which I am making for the deliverance of tlie United Pro-
mom thepolkffion of the enemy M
val arsenal ot the Dutch republic; and a K‘
to regret the lolV of marfy bmve men in a ‘
againd the enemy, whose polition enabled
mu- progress, 1 have the firenged ground t? l °
ti,, m 1 ct- rrmh . ti l
acJ cf tliolc of niy allie,, vlll [n,LvMl
fiaclc, and that the fleet which, under the ulurwdd’ “ ■
.on oi France, was destined to cooperate in ttT, >l
these .(lands, may %edily, I trulf, under i ’ia® 0 '!
Ihndard, partake m the glory of reltoring fte
berty, an.l independence, of those provfwEs, fol, ’V'H
intimate muon awl alliance with this country 2
Wbde ? ou rejoice with me in the events’ which add rl
muen luitre to the Britifl. rharafter, you will ,udl9
fuadccl, as cordially join in the sentiments so juftlv d-I J
1 ! ° o<l • nd ra;t,,r " l *r. ‘h empet isl
Ruffi.a, to bis magnanimity and wisdom, direcTml ta - M
many quarters ot Europe the force of his extenliv ar J
powerhd empire, wc are, in a great degree, indebtd fol
tne 1 ucctls of our own efforts, as well as for the ranid
ffi'.orao e change in the general situation of affairs.’ I CM
cure riled copies to be laid before you of those engine *1
v, hich have consolidated and cemented a conne'icn f ■
consonant to the permanent interests of my empire VndlSl
important at the prelent moment to every part cf the ci l
vilized world. ‘ ■
Gentlemen cf the house cf commons,
l'li~ ample IRpplies which you have granted to me i.l
the course of the lad f.ffion will, I trull, so-nearly provide!
for tne exigence sos the ptibdic ib-rvice, evenr on the ■
tcnftve icaie v. iffch o;ir-prefent operations- require, as ‘ol
enable me, without further aid, to continue those exertij
ons to the close of the p'effint year; but, in order to afford I
you the convenience of a longer lecefs, I recommend ittol
you to conbucr ol proviuing i >r the exptnccs which w : M
be necessary in the early part of the enfuingt|<ffir, and!
with this view I have ordered the proper estimates to btl
laid before you. ‘!
A j lords and gentlemen, !
In pursuance ot your recommendation I judged it prj
per to communicate to my two Ifenffes of parliament ml
Ireland, at tlie close of their lad session, the fentimenj
which you have exprefled to me refpefting an incorporat.|
ing union witn tlrat kingdom. The experience of tverr|
day confirms me in the persuasion that signal benefit wouldl
l:e derived to both countries from that important meafure,|
an 1 I trud that the difpolition of my parliament there v.filll
be found to correspond with that which you have tnankl
fefted tar tire accompli)!iment of a work which would tend!
lo much to add to the security and happiness of all my I
Irilli lubjofts, and to confclidatQ the strength and profpe-|
rity of the empire.- 1
October 7. I
Downingfireet, October 7. I
A dupatch, of which the following is a copy, was re- 1
reived late this evening from field mar dial his royal high-1
nefs the duke of York by the right hon. Henry Dundas,|
one of Ins raajedyk principal fecretaricsf’ of date.
Mead quarters, 7,uyper Sluys, October 4, 1799.
SiTt,—The inclemency of the weather which prevailed!
at the time of writing my lad dispatch, and which,-as II
therein explained, alofie prevented’ me from putting the!
army in motion, hnving in fome measure subsided, ana ti e!
previous arrangements having been made, riel
attack was commenced on the whole cf the enemy's ii/iel
on the morning of the 2d; and I‘have new the hr.ppitfefsl
to inform you, that after a severe and cbftinate addon,
which laded from 6 in the morning until the fame hour at
night, the didinguilhecl valor of his majesty's and the Ruf
fian troops prevailed throughout; and the enemy, bcuig
entirely defeated, retired in the night fr an the positions
which he occupied 011 the Lange Dyke, the Koe Dyke at
Bergen, and upon the extenlive range of Sand Hills be
tween the latter place and Egmont op Zee. Ihe points
where this well fought battle was principally contested were
from the feafliore in front of Egmont, extending flong the
sandy defart or hills to the heights above Bergen, ana it
was Vudained by the Bi itifli columns under the command
of those highly diftinguiffied officers, gen. fir Ralph Abe -
crombie and licut. gen. Dundas, whole exertions, as veil
as the-gallaKtry of the brave troops they led, cannot have
been fiirpaffed by anv former instance of Britilh valor.
On the night of this memorable day the army lay upon
their arms, and yesterday moved forward and occupied the
positions of the Lange Dyke, Alkmaer, Bergen, Egmont
op Hoof, and Egmont op Zee.
. The enemy’s force, according to the- bed information I
have been able to obtain, confided of between 25 and
30,000 men, of whom a very small proportion only vers
Dutch. Gen. Daendels, who commanded the latter, 1*
wounded. The French treops, who have been continually
reinforcing themselves, and whose loss, has been very great,
were cofnmanded by gens. Brune, \ andamme, and Boutet.
From tlie continuance of the action, and the obftuiac;.
with which it was conteded, the victory has not been game
without ferioiis loss. At present lam not in poffelfion 0
particular returns; but 1 have the fatisfarilion to lay that
no officer of rank,has fallen. . The Britilh army h av< j *•?
regret .major gen. Moore’s being wounded in two places,
and the Ruffian army major gen. Enime’s being also wound
ed; but i am happy to fay that tl.eir wounds are not oU
nature to lead me to apprehend that I ffiall long be depine
of'the affidance pf their abilities and.gallantry, ft is in>
possible for me at this moment to do justice to the merit*
of the other geiierals and officers of the allied army vM
didingniflied themlelves, as I mud defer until to morro*
paving my tribute of praise to them, and to tlie troops gt
nerally, as well as giving the details of the battle 0 t *
2d indant. My attention is seriously engaged in ma ang
the arrangements which are nocefiitry for occupying ***°‘
ward polition in front of Beverwyck and Wjxk op
to which line the enemy has repeated. I entertain *•
doubt that the extent of country which will now be u R *
the. protection ff the allied army, and rescued iror.i
tyranny, will afford an opportunity to its loyal i n ' na ‘Zb
of declaring themselves. Tlie town oi Alkmaer, v