The Louisville gazette and republican trumpet. (Louisville, Ga.) 1800-1809, August 12, 1800, Image 1

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VOL. ll.] GEORGIA, LOUISVILLE:—Pubhfhed every Tuelday, by AMBROSE DAY &. [AMKSHELY, at 3 dollars per arm. payable half yearly :—Where Rffays, Articles of Intelligence. Adveitifemems, See. See. aie thankfully received, and PRINTING in ail its variety, is executed with neatnefs and dilpatch. foreign news. army of reserve. Cannes, general of divifion com manding the advanced guard of the army oj rejerve , to general Bcrthier. Jlead-Quarters Aojla May i 6. We arrived this mormug at Aofta, at n o’clock, with the 6th light and 22d We found the enemy on the heights of the town. A battalion of the 6th had order* to turn it; they did not expert this movement; they returned into town and made a little refinance on the bridge. They were oacf thrown by the bayonet; they had twelve killed and one officer mortally wound ed, 1 hey left us three prifoners —More of our men were either killed or wounded. (Signed) LANNES. Berthier to the Firfi ConjuL Buid.-Quarters Aojla May 19. 1 give you an account, citizen conlul, of the affair which took place yeflerdav, at 6 in the even ing. at Chatclion General i.annes arrived an hour before nightfall before Chateilon, and found the enemy on all the height* which fur round it. He lought toamufe them. in the peiTuahou that gen. Mudei would arrive time enough to turn them/ but the obffacles which that general had met with reuid’d his march. General I annes decided on a warm At tack. The grenadiers of the 22d carried the village at the poinl of the bayonet. One hun dred men ot the 12th regiment / 1 L O huuars had received orders to charge. We made 3000 prifo »ei*. killed or wounded loop, took two-four pounders and four waggons laden with ammuni tion. General Watrin is with a part of the advanced guard, more than half way from C'hat te^on, at the foit of Bard, Gen. Cannes went to-day, at day break, with what troops he had In carry the heights of the cafilc. 1 (fiall be there myfclf, with the which I have lent off night. (Sigucdj BERTHIER. AMSTERDAM, MAY 9. The liatavian Republic will , iua have a new fleet complete v c T ai pped, conliftmg of 18 !I ps ot the hue, two of them ot M gtins, and a great many fri and other vcflels. This 14l a * toue wid bc to.nied into THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE; AND republican trumpet. T U E S t) A Y, August 12, 1800. LIBERTY IS OUR MOTTO WAD TRUTH OUR GUIDE - two divifions ; the principal of which will be commanded by admiral de Winter. FRANCE. The Prtfeß of f he Department of War, to the Municipal Agents. Draguignon , May 9. Temporary fucceffcs, due to numbers rather than courage, have opened to the enemy the road to our frontiers. They menace thofc of the department. If they wifh to force th m. they (hall find their tombs ; of this they have feveral times had fatal experience; but it might be poffible tnat malevolence may profit by our momentary rever ies to excite trouble. You are magiftrates of the people ; you ought to know what are your du ties and what your refponfibih ty. It is in difficult moments that our faculties ought’ to be enlarged, ar-d that our devotion ought to bcunhmiited ; w muff fet the example of lactihccs. Prepare your fellow citizens to defend themfelves with the ener gy of a free people ; fhouhi our facred territory be proLned, Jet every man be a foldh r; let eve ry thing be ufed for arms,, ftiould we be in want of them. Our mountains, our pohnon, place us in a (late to defend omfelves with our (ingle means ; we (hould be invincible, for i. is our freedom* that we defend. At your voice let that love of the country which produced our fuff r ucceffes, awake in ad haarts ; let every one rile, and be re,idy to obey that terrible cry which I am about to caufc to be heard—To arms ! (iigned) G. FAUCI -I ET. ARMY of reserve The General in Chief to the Army . Cider of the Day. Head-Quarters, S t Brancher , 26 Flor cal. May 16. Soldiers! the army of the Rhine is gaining great victories ; that of Italy contends againft an armv (uperior in number, and balances the ;vi&ory by projstfs of valor. It is for you, my com panions, to rival them in glory, and to re-conquer beyond the Alps, that brilliant theatre of French valor. Confcripts! the hour of battle is come; your hearts bum to equal thole old (oldie»s, fo many tunes conquer ois ; you will learn with them to lupport privations, and to brace the fatigues infeparable from war. Never (o.get that vidlory is only obtained by va lor and duciphne Soldiers 1 Buonaparte is near you to cn -4a * - joy your triumphs; you will prove that you are (till the brave men who have rcndeied themlclves illuftrious in the ar mies. France and humanity demand peace from from you, and you arc going to conquer it. ' ; PARIS, MAY 24. According to letters arrived yefterd.iy from Bade, the French have got h'cgentr. After the battle of Memmin gen, Kray retired to Mendel hrim,tVom whence he removed toUlm. ( n the itph he occupied the entrenched camp of Plail, half a league from Dim, on the left of thf lller. A general bit tie will decide the tare of Uhn. A leit r (rom an officer of the right wing of the aiiiiy of the Rhine give the following details of opeia:ions: . •• Manheim has been evacuated fv the Aufbians, aid rhe French are in poll Hi ,n of that pLce as will as i . jedelberg. The French m ops pa fled the hi; eon the 14th at three in the morning, at andhoffen. A) eight iliey were beyond Feyden heim. Orl the i6rh they ap peared he(or> Phil pfbu»gh, Pojtjcript to the MonUeut oj the May. Vienna letters announce that Klcber has entirely defeated the army of the Grand Vizier. Thu unexpected news is g ven as ccrlain it will appaar probable if we iccoileft that the. treaty obliged the Tu:ks to Furmfh the French with paffpoits from the coalefced powers, and ihal the refulal of Keirh repdeed that engagement impoßihle to be exeemed. It is infafcl pof. lible that under (uch cirtum. fiances, Klebcr would be con drained to employ fo ce, to oppole the occupying of Cairo, and the poGiion- which would guatantec the fafety of the ar my ; The .ratification of the treaty reached lord Ke th at Leghorn about tnego'h of Match, it will not have been known in Egypt til long after the event announc ed by the Vienna letters. Letter from the ( hie/ Coitful to the Mini/ler of the Interior , dated Marligni , May 8. I am at the foot of the Grand Alps, in the midlt ot the Valais, the Gieat Sr. Bernard offered many übftacies which have been furmounted. The thud of the artillery is in Italy',, the army is descending by fenced marched; Beithier is in Piedmont; m three days all will be over. Tim letter arrived lafl night ■ it oceafions a preemption that at this hour Piedmont is in our power. junr t. The council for deciding on prize caufcs, yeflcrday ordered »he Gnerican fhip Piguo, takers by the Cocarde and Bravourc* to he reftored with cods. The French entered Brcgcnti on the 10th at night. The Auftrians arecommitling the fault of advancing more and more towaids Ps, T icc. Perhaps they are there at this moment, Genoa holds out well. In tha imerval oui divifions file off. The pretence of Buonaparte hag impicllcd an allomfhmg move ment dpon ail operations. (he artillery has palled St. Bernard. We do not doubt thatlo-monov all tlu army will be in Piedmont; —We learn from Laufanncj that the Hill conlul lets out the lame day. Coiiclpondingmanocuvrcs are making wifh adiwity on the Hdo ot Biegcntz and FrUkuch. Office of the Mini/Ur of War, . 1 he chief of. the gencial fLfF of the army of ila'y wiitrs to the mimtler of war from Nice, under date May 10 “ I have the honor to inform yon of the agreeable intelligence which I have this moment rc* ctiv r) born. genral Mafhnt, * ; *• On the night of the 3d and 4 h, this general made < forlie on Volt i, completely d felted theeoemv, and took f om t 4 ein 1800 priioners ; in that of 'h# 4th and s'h 3000, which added to Ihe 7000 thet he had before* taken, gives a total of 11,800 pnfoners. . > ,^ r “ His refources in provifions aie lecured. He is behdes per fectly leconded by the inhabits, tants of Genoa, who a c in the bTI dilpofition towards him. “ Iho inin Ift r- at war has been informed from other quar ters, that the city of Gcno» waa victualled for thiity days on the 15th of May, an<l that diffe eat uphes continued to reach him, ; A copy certified to be con formable. (Signed) : , CARNOT" ' It is evident on the other Innd, that the army of refervo t puilucs its inarch with rapid furcefs, and on the other, that Genoa will hold out longer<bao is nccelGry to rt-cltabhfb the fortune of our arms m lady, while Moreau keeps in check and defeats the imperial forces, in German ; we retcued intel ligence that he lb marching* 1 againfl Augfbuig". £No. 80.