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FRENCH ADMITS.
C * LIO-B AT AVI AN ARMY - .
Repot of I.:cut. Cen. Dubtfme ,
/J Anger cm Commander in
Chief.
Head-Quarters at rtockacb,
8 F.imaire, Nov. ?q.
I have the honor General to
inform you, that the enemy tak
ing advantage ofthd fecuijty in
fpiircd by the prnmife given to
evacuate AfchtfTenburg, at the
end of the Armiftice, fern out
this day at 4 in ti c afternoon,
from that city, 12 or 1500 men,
who fuddrnly attacking our ad
vanced guards, were able to imn
One, confiding of twenty men,
whom they made mifoners.—
I icut. Caulard. at the head of
200 Batavian huflars, fir ft rc
pulfed, this audacity by feveral
vigorous charges made upon this
body, and with fuch fuccefs, as
to take them prifonets Hut be
ing afterwards feCOtlded by 300
Bafavian chafTcuP, who iffued
from their cantonments, he at
tacked them with vigour, and
immediately made them lobfc
the ground they had gained—
and fr«>m which they threatened
the high way. after a (mart fire
of mufketty, he obliged them to
pafs the Maync in fuch a man
ner, that there is every appear
ance they will evacuate that
place tomorrow, and that we
(hall not he able to find them.
C itizen Caulard n twithftand
ing fevcral wounds received du
ring the fir ft charge, did not
quit the field of battle till the
enemy were driven from it—
He is entitled to the pteateft
prailc, as well as the Flavian
chafleurs and hulfais, who on
this orcafion, gave new proofs
of their bravery,
Du Hfsms,
ARMY OF THE RHINE.
LIBERTY EQUAI I TV.
Moreau, general in chief , to the
Mmifier of Ifjr.
Head-quarters at Anzing. 12
Frirrtaire, Dec. 3.
I have the plea far* of giving
you :;n account, my dear gene
ral, of an aftion moft glorious
for the army which I command,
nr.d of the grea'eft advantage
fo the republic. By my difpatch
of jefterday, in giving you an
acroont of the battle of the 10th,
I announce the concentrating
of the arrry, and of rnv plans
to commence effenfive opera
tions. YcHerday the corps un
der general Gienier aiTemhled
between Hohenlinden and Hir
topfen, while general Grouchy
extended his lift to the village
of Hohenlinden, and the divi
sions of Richepanfe and De-
Caen to I bcifberg. Expefting
to be attacked by the enemy at
Hohenlinden, I gave orders to
general Richepanfe and Ocraen
to advance by St. ( hriftopher
upon Matenpoet and to fall up
on the rear of 1 lie enemy. 'Phis
movement w;s executed with
the greateft intrepidity and ta-
The enemy commenc
ed this attack upon Hohenlin
drn, at hair pall 7 in the morn
ing. It was at this moment I
judged it expedient that the at
fack Ihonld he commenced by
general Ki hepanlc, I ordered
general Grenier to commence
b;;”, l , ‘ \if »'«'•« /> e V 'il .'f.i ' .1 W t di
vigor into the defile, and met
general Richepanfe half way
on the road to All
who were hemmed in the wood,
which is a league and a half in
cxtrnft have been killed taken
or differ fed. The attack of gc
her*) Key, was (attained by the
diviflon of general Grouchy,
who routed the referve of the
enemy's grenadiers, thi* had at
tempted to out flank Ids right.
I
j I is attacks were directed by
generals Oraftdjcan and Boyer.
Tile movement of gen. Rich
enanfe experienced the greateft
obftaclcs. Obliged to m *ch by
narrow roads, and entirely I nr,
rounded by the enemy, general
Ricbypanfe found hirrdelf fip*-
rated from the o her troops with
five or fix battalions and a tegi
ment of chaffeurs, but without
joskin;? behind him. he march
n
ed into the rmdft of (be-enemy's
atmy, without feeling any unei
fr nefs a f the frn aline Is of b \ s force,
and joined the head of ths divi
fion under gen Mey t which was
led with great intrepidity by
the adjutant ivulliii, gen. alta
was badly wounded in that at
tack. Gen. Dacacn larcecded
in making the poles penetrate to
the lupport of gen, Richepanfe.
While luctefs was thus deter
mining in our favour in the
centre, a corps of troops in arch
ing from Walferbourg to Fbcnf
berg, forced gcnc>ai Decaf n to
change his hone to the rig at, in
order to flop them He repu'f
ed and threw them into ihc
greateft difordcr. The aft dr
appeared completely decided at
three o’cloekwhen anodic/corps
of troops marching f.cm the
lower Inn, attempted to defile
by Buckrain to Hohenlinden—
As an effort was expe&cd on the
left, the enemy having on the
preceding evening had troops in
the vaily of the I fen, lieut. gen.
Grenier had left i 1 pofition
there the diviuor.n of Ergra-.d*,
Baft out and the rcfav.c cavalry,
who at the moment, when they
were about to re fume the offen
ces which they themfdvcs at
tacked. I he foires of roneral
Nty. and other troops which
weieat h-nd, v/cre marched up
! to th* it lupport* Generals I.e
Grcndc end Bailout, after hav
-1 ing repulf d thcTe attacks, and
j after having themfelves attack
j cd the enemy, routed them at
j length wirh the lofs o( part of
their aitillery. General Bailout
was wounded in this attack, and
was fuccccdcd by gen. Bonnet,
This afftir was lo general, th u
there was not a corps in the
French army that was not en
gaged—and the lame muft in
falliably have been ihe c,Te on
the part of the Aullrian army
the I now’ ft li in great ft ikes du
ring the whole a&ion. We have
taken above 80 pieces ol artille
ry 200 waggons. 10,000 p:ilo
ners ; a gieat number of offi
ccrs, among whom are three
generals. I he purfuit lalted
nil nirjJit. I ehimatc cur lots
at 1000 men in killed wound
cd and prifoners; that of the
enemy is incalculable. All
have done their duty ; nor can
1 beftow any particular eniogi
um,- on any of them. Artilie
ry, infantry, cavalry, all dcl'eivc
Jie higheft praile. The officers
of tj,;c gertoral fli-fF particular
ly diflinguiftied themfclves
The corps oF general Lerourbe,
whirl) had taken poffcffion of
Kofenheim on the loth. (De
cember 3) were commidioned
to cover the Inn, and to de
fend the defiles of the Tvrol.
The chief of the general Had
will give you a detailed account
of the battle of HohenJindcn,
a place well known for the con
vention which puts us in pollel
fion of the three fmheßes. The
republic ought to know the corps
arc! the officers who have thus
particularly diflinguilhed them
ielves. He will alio inform you
r<Tpe6ling the detachments
which the enemy have made
behind our left, to which we
h-tve not paid much attention.
The army is proud of its fuc
cefs, particularly in the hopes
that it will contribute to acctle
tate peace.
Health and fiiendchip.
MOREAU.
army of the orisons.
Head quarters at Chievcnna ,
December 6.
The army of the Grifons, un
der general Macdonald, has
given proofs of rhe mofl heroic
intrepidity in j*s p?oage of the
Alps. On quitting his canton
ment in Switzerland, this army
proceeded bv Torched marches
todis diffi cult and perilous p'T*
h"ge of the Splugcn, 1 7 the up
per valley of the Rhine. The
full column under general La
boifficre, was abeady attempt
ing to crofs the mountain,
when it was Roppod by a dread
ful falling down of the fnow,
which carried with i: info the
precipice, 42 dragoons of the
loth, together with their hoffes.
This difafler feparaied the ro
lumn fro n the general who
commanded it, and who reached
with much difficulty, the top of
the mountain, Genero 1 Du-
knew it to be the determi
nati n of the commander in
chief to effedf the paiTage of the
mountain at <dl li izards and he
sdv anccd to the foot of it in or
der to take the nccdkuy d'(po
rtions. Animated by his ex
ample, a fecund attrmot to pals
was made on the ill of Decem
ber. The column was prec id
cd by a number of Rrong oxen,
that were employed to open Ihe
hill path way through the heaps
of know and ice. The pcafants.
together with the French min
ers, next advanced to deal the
way ; in fpite of every difficul
ty* *hcy iucceeded in climbing
the mountain. The (nR co
lumn that had cleared the p .th
way alfo opened a pathway with
the fame difficulty 0.. the fide of
the Vahelinc. Ihe other co
lumns hr lowed su its fuotlleps
throng!) this bmg defile, formed
a mid It heaps cl (now, and which
the ligour of die lealon threa
tened to c’ofe up anew. j»y
oint of indufiry and perlievei
ance the cannon weie palled
over I hat high mountain toge
ther with their coitions and Ihe
necc(Hry ammunition; general
: acdonald at the head of the
4m column, was obßru6led by
Rill greater difficulties; but his
intrepidity and pciTcvetancc ' v~
me anted a;h
Artiihcr idler, .ccid December 7
Vv> have die. dy iuccecded
in patting from the counny c .f
I lie Gnfons into the Valteline •
blit was a frightful paffagej
Frenchmen aloi c could hav e
efftfted it. It was neceffaiy to
traverfe the Spluger and Mount
Cardmet. Thefe mountain/
even at July, prefent all the hor
rors of winter, judge what ;hey
are in j December. Threatening
and inaccettable rocks, Teas an J[
how on all Tides, torrents of
avalanches falling with a node
equally terrible.
Fiom our frift fettingout na
our match, 200 men with thdr
horfes, have been fwallowed ur>
After unheard of labour,we foe!
reeded in di(engaging a ij 0 p
them except three. There was
not (he lead trace or a road ; by
labour and conflancy a narrow
path was opened, bordered hv
precipices which the eye could
fathom and which the footcould
nor always avoid.
After two thuds of the march
had been completed, the head
of (he column exhauffed vita
fatigue, found itfclf obliged io
letrvaf—The danger was almoft
the lame ; for fcarcely was the
path when it was again (hut.—
Ma cdonald amved, the fight of
him had an immediate affvft on
the foldiers. 1 hey flopped, ha
entreated, threatened, (eized the
fhovel, labored himfelf. ruffled
into the fnow up to the pits,
and fwore that To oner would he
be butied in the abyfs than re
turn upon his Heps His cour
age, tranquil, and fuperior to
all danger, reanimated that of
his troops. They imitated their
general during three days the
fame labors, the fame fatigues,
the fame dangers were fuftained.
The heavens banging with fnow
whirlwinds, tempeftf, frightful
precipices, prefect nothing but
the afpeft of death, in its mod
frightful form. The pafbge of
the upper Alps by the army of
I lie Grid ns, in the midd cf win
ter, without preparations, with
out incans, and almoft without
(übnHence, will be conGdcrcdas
one of the boideft and rr.off me
morable enle»p izes of the pre
rent war,
N O T I C E.
APPLICATION will be
made to the Inferior Ccuit of
[cffeifon cocnty, after the ex
piration of nine months for au
order to fell the following lands,
viz, One thoufand five hun
dred and five acres, more or lefs
joining Richard Gray» cfq. ar/d
others ; one other trad contain
ing one bandit d acres, moie ct
lefs, joining Robert Bradey,
and others: which were or the
real eflate of William Stevens,
lafe of (he bid county, deceai*
ed, for the bencGt of the heirs
and creditors, in terms of h ie
atl in fuch cafe provided.
Nathan Powell,
Benjamin Bryan,
XdminitUto.s.
Vnrrtvi' er q, 1 Br.o,
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