INDIA
NEW S.,
i " A vefTel ha Jarely , arrived at Tranqne-
lar, from the IfJe of France " By. this con
iToyuivt vc j -i ii, inai lu tuuicq'jrucc Or
the various accounts which bad. reached the
hoftilities which had taken
the French Republican veHela
fucceed, ana voudinuld neither hvm
forcementsj ,nor intelligence frbm France bv
' ' i "M" 1018 Iari in ipue oi ajl
our preciotioi; the plagdt (hbu)d obak
ijOand, oflthe
place between
and -the Wmirncani, . governor
rd the following; proclamation on the 14th
sf June lait :
Liberty
an fifteen
S
j out in Egypt, and carry ofFraore th
g hundred of ttieitroops a j coufiderable lofs
rin aaamon t? that which the events of the
j war will dallj occafioh I think that you
Malartie iflti- 3 6oght not ta venture'.;. op- aiothfr ;cam4
tjiat you are lufncientJy , jultiheq
5 nahin. and
O :
la cone
'Equality,
' French Repute, one and indlvifible;
Anne jofepK Hipolite Malartie, General
5 Chi Govfrrjor General of the- :tfles of
France anJ Rej-Unidn, and irommander in
chief of the Frpnch eti.ioiihments to the eaft
ard of the Gape of God Hbpe:: I
IConfi Jarjogi j t,he diferect"; reports! that
'live been marfff fince the l ith nf , l.ft L Df...
Ttefe, by1 the captains of foreign and nejtral
& ip s a r ri vd a r t h i s c ofony j: -C on fi d e f i n g
tne certincate aeiiverea to the 1 in;rk
the 4th of May, 1791, (O. Si); by an Amer
ricin (hip ofwaiVjjand commitfioned .to that
tffeftj by the CoiiWrefs of the United States
of America : (Seeing that it refults from, all
tr.esejaoctt2T?ni3 an cercincates, that boti
a peace with the Ondmin
rot ic : even though the evacuation of Egypt
IhoiiJd be the leading article. It will merely
be neceffary
for you to poftpone jthe execiU
MM
t;
tion of it (if fuch a "thittg fee poffible)!
w jciiuu wi a general; pcce. . , . j
hundred: Mimelouen, in fuch manner, rhatl
I wiien ..tne rrencn neet arrives, jou may be
able to lay your hand .upon them at the
( a m e i h ft a n t 0 f t i m e , . i t b e r a t . r o. or n
the other provinces, ahd fend thm off irdmel
diately for
Mamefoucs,
liti$fave exi(Jd fince the 9th of Juljj gl:
1(0, S.) b?tvcen prance and jthe faidftatei
and that th? ailTemb.ty iife If recognized theni
fcylita rrette of th? 2d laft Florial 1
,. VVr rtqtnte tfcrji tribunal to pronounce
ths confifcation of all the nmcricm veflels,1
wfiich have been lor fltaU be brought 5 into
thii port, as wci' as the property with tyhich
:hry may be laden.
Done at Port North WeH:, Tile of France
K? public,
'(Signed;
ori the 7H year rf the Freach
one and lndiviiibie I
. MALRTIG.
True copy hf the original, 'publirficd the .
a4th of jun?,' I7yp.
(Sigied) , r Le Chclierde
' ) 1 . f ' J: ; .'PELGKOM.
Imperial, Danifh,1thd Tufcan Gonful gen-:
cral
LONDON, Jannary 47,
; ARMY 'qFtHE EAST.
INTBRCXPTSD CORRBS TO KD EN fc E
f
I
8T Frorri i this laft intercepted cbrrefpdh;1
ence from JEgypf now? pablifliad, under" the
uthority of Government, we fliall Jele
fome palTages from the Letters of Klebex,
Poussielgue, jGeneral Comptroller of the
tipeoces, General Duav.A, and Buonapat
aifelfV to develope ih charaaer oi the
fttchVConlul, adfhew the miferable. and
efliruie condition! in which he left the army
f Egypt when he ! meanly ftofe away from
,r? ftealinfr aifeiac the fame time every fin-le
at belonging to the military keft
Buansparts to General tlebtr.
u ojEimitiion or tue iris man rcrurn
o France on board a flag of truce, which,
Jou will demaad far this purpofe, eoafor
ably to the lata cartel, fon time inline
Qonth of November, immediately after they
JjJe conipleted thtsbjea of jtheif pnon,j
They, are at prefens engaged in putting
fiuifliing hane'to it, tef the examination of
upper Egypt, j Ncrerthelefs. I if jou tfcink
ny of them will be" of fcrvice ' to : you, -you
ay put them in requifuion without fcru
fie ! ! !;. '! : :j iy . J r ' r.v ;:
i "But, hj'n feries of the mo(ltextraordi
Ur cfcnti, none of thfe attempit flioald
France, If y otf cannot procuie
fuch Arab hoHages iCheiki i el
j Belad, as may then be in cuiiodrJ no mat1
ter on wn?t account, , win aniwtr jthe end ai
Well. -'Thefe people landed in. France, land
detainei there;for a y ear or two,r will con
template the grandeur of the Nation ; ijhey
will acquire, in fpme degree, our teantiers
and bur language,' and hen. they return! to
Egypt, will! prove to us fo many partifans. , j
'he army 1 enxruft to your care is entirely
compofed of my own children. 1 have never
ccafed. even in the midlt of their Imoft . tryf
i n g d i ffi c u 1 1 i t a nd d a ngc r s, -1 o r e cci v e pro o f 8
of thtir attachment ; endeavour to preffrvc
them lit 1. in thofc fentimenis for me. This
is "due to the particular efteem and) frienftiip
il entertain for y tu. and to the unfsiened afi
fedloii I feet for them ! . j ;
i KltbtTy cent nxnerin thief to the t iriSor k
The commander in cbief,j Bttonapat
quitted this country for France on jthe inornJ
ng o the 13d ult4Lwiihout faying a wrd
of -his intention to any prfon whatever, fie
had appointed me ltd meet him at Kofetta.
on the ubfequem day 1 (the ; 24th) i found,
thrre but hi difoatchea. Unable to rliJinJ
whether the General hat had the good fori
tune to reach Toulon.' I think it incumbent I
on me to I fend y;W a copy ef 'the letter! by
which he transferred to me th'e command j-of
the. armyias alfo of another which he 1 had
addfeifed tot the Grand Vizier, at Cbnftin -
tinoolei allhouph he knew perfectly well;!
fiafh this officer was aireacljr arrivid atta-j
Mf firt care have been directed to ob j
tain an accurate ttiiowin'g ui 7iciuv
cqtftfitioni btjthe af xny. ' j
You know. Citizen Directors, and voir
ziave 11 in jwui jj-jnti . iu ji wvui
quihte (tatements ; you know, I
actual' ftrencth of the armv at its
Egypt it i reduced a .full half I and' we'oc-
cupy. all the capital pornts of the great tri
angle, from the Catars to i Afjifchf frlm
El rlrifeh to Alexandria, ; , and from Alex.
andria again to the Catsrls ; mean while
by fatiouti Thf m.-i,.-. .i ., "
' in ih.ir report,)1 .b.,-.!,", th(n
f"',!."; ', given o,),fs ,cf
Jsellj.,for ,grt i,tfr Frr.
bfr eontm.d l.in,l,! , ilh the ri,ore 1 '
the poveny of the finar.c which i. s
doub,Uft, to the necefnty. of ai?journh g
executldn of this ufeful Ce'frJ -
j ; (NotwilhlUnding all this.i Buor.p.rt-'
atquitling fis, d d no leave behind l ,m
ogre (c.s in the military cfcert, nor any
thing capable of being turned linco money J"
Ife left, on th.j conyary, debt of near teo
millionil more than yf8l8 CCIrl ip
prefent ftcte Of things, ,.e f cf jfe aro.y
alone is in arrear full four n ihjoie. k
Suh, Chi2rjl5rectcrs, lis the Mltua
ticn in which General Buonaparte has tft
me to tu ,ain the trcrir ous barihen of trcrn
mending thetittry cl the f-afl ! Jhie fiV.th.
fataj cribs Approaching: your orriers have,
not ptrn utetj him to furircunt it. ,11-at.
fuch a c rills hit letters jhis iUlruftj
bus his r egcciatioP lately hi or. Iccr, all
contribute o evince ; it i of.puHic otb.,
riety, ai d our enemies appear jio n e ro ltfs
perfctljr informed y-l it thin cv:Ulvtat
; ; F. Si At this iiiHent, Citizen Directors,
juft as im making up my dilpatcl.ca, 1 Irarn
that fourteen or. fif t een "Torkifli: vetU la 'irl
aniJt?r efore Damietta, nheie they are
' "fc IM UlVl
. . y ---- ----
now at , joppa,. and
the
fry, h
re
e
arrival: in
it isi?cr lonner a queflion. as it once , was,
o cdntending with a few hordes difpimcd
Ma me 1 o oc s, but : of r e fi ft i n g and c o m ba I jng
the united efforts of three great powers, tne
of the Cant tin Parh.
having on board-: a T
am told, from hltetn to ivi enty thrufard land
forcesV befides theje; there are ftili fifieta
thou fafc d men at Gaza , and the Grand Vi
zier is inarching jfrom'j Damefctis. A few
days fince he fent us back a fofdier of the
251b dcmi-brigade, who had been rr?de pri
f o n e r in t he neigh boor hood of EI A r i Ic h ' i' f
ur.having fhewn hitn all his camp, he dt fired
hini to acquaint his comrades virh vihat he
had feen, land to tell their Commander to
irereble. This feemi to announce eitf er ti e
confidence which the Grand Vizier has in
hi forces lor a wifh to - enter npbn an ac
comodation, I'vVith refptcl to my felf it ill
be abioiutejy impoliible for ire to get -tcge-,
iner more
taking the
than five thoDfatid men capable1 of
field egainft him; notwithfland.
ing this 1 willtryi my fortune, if I do not
facceed in gaining timex.by fnf tiegotitiaiioLS.
uaa yviu:arann . nis j forces front
Dgezzar
Gaza, ah
marched; fhem back to Acre '
Pelgue to the binary.
Jht enemy lofet an army ? he rsifes a
nother inftantjy. ! .He.wat beaten at Mount.
Tabor, two monttis sfier he was beaten at
Aboukir ; the fame period is cfapfed, and
he. is again ready to be beaten at laiabith ?:
But every victory carries off feme of cur bell
troops, and their lois cannot be repaired A
defeat would annihilate us e 1 1 to the- laft
fnari 1 and jhoweer brav the army may be,
it caanot. Jong avert tnajjstai :
Porte. Ensiand and Ruffia.
1 he trroops are naKea ana; inia pri
vation of clothing ia. the more calamitous,! as
it is! perfectly afcertained in this country,' to
bV One of the moTt active caufes of! the ! y
fentiries and dpthalmies. which I con ftantlj;
prevail hereL The firlt, in particular, aas
operated with an alarming effect ithia feaf on,
on bodies already weakened ancl exhauflcd
" The War has.depriviici us icf a number
f excellent ' officer!, fuch as Getera) Cefa
relJi. Gen, Dommartim, Genii lionl Gc n.
Rambau't. and Gen Dopuis ;'.Jt hss allV
deprived us of almoft the whole corps fof.cn
giNeera ard of a very cenfiderabie part of
the chief s of brigade, both cf infantry , and
cavalry. Several able generals f ate left u$t
and' Buonaparte has taken with him five.'
, The army without. clothes and abeva
all without arms, and without Acres of arjr