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,Nv-i' L': '..J 'iL'i "ml'' liLyrlri '"-in"' :.-,;V' i : - :-' J- i' y- 'V ChifirthHaiof fair deHgbtfiai pemce, , ; - .! S " ' - ' ' -'S' ' i 14 y ' - I - .. -f -Vfi . - - . ; - ; . . : ; , -.m, ..-' 1 ' ' ., ; , 11 - 1 . "' '. .'.!', 1 1":."iv 1 ,vt ; Ll...;iy r'4-I :S: , T-r -SJ-- Tuesday, JANUAK-Y g8, .800, , m:r:&--- "! FRANCE. ) 4 Though the followi recent atc, thc'.r cott ng letters ire iotof a coatents have not before ARMY OF THE EAST. ; ' J Camp before Acr, May 10. Buonaparte, Central in Chief , to the Executive tirc.tlory. , I have, acquainicu jw Achmct Dgezzar, Pacha of Acre, Tripoli and Damas, had been ap pointed Pacha of. Egypt; that he hkd aflerabledia con fiderable body of troops, and; had brought his. ad vanced gtrd to Elarych, threaten ing the reft oft Egypt with imme diate invafion; that Turkifh tranf ports were collecting in the port of Macri. threatening to carry troops before Alexandria atjrye approaching fine fcafo'n ; that by the movements vhich exifted In Vab" il was to be expefted that the number of peo ple from Yambo, who had crofled the Red Seat woyld increafe in the fpring. . -" You have (een.'W my I a ft dif- patch, the rapidity with which the army; has paiiea tnc aeiari , mc taking of Elaryth, paza, and Jaffa, the difperfion of the enemy's army, which has loft, its military Mores, part of its catnets, field equipage, There remained yet two months before the proper feafon for difem- barkation. I determined to puriue the remains ol i the enemy s army, and to nourifh during two months, the war in the heart of Syria. We jnarchexl fcr Acre i . Affair of Kakoun. The. tth, at:ten in the morning, W8 perceived beyond the village o Kakouf, the-enemy's srmy, w hich had taken a pofitjon on' Our flanks : theirleft compofedof people of Na p f qu fe ( f o r mzt I y Sa m a r 1 1 a n s ) Was furrounded by l a rihng ground of difficult accefs;; the i cavalry was formed on the right. . i . General Kleber fell on theene iny's cavalry ; "General Lafn'es at- Itacked-the left ;'r'General Murat dif played the cavalry in the Centre. vreaerai iatnes overturnea tne enemy, killed i a 'great many, and purfued them two- leagues in the mountains. General Kleber, after a light $nngj. put to flight the right of thel enemy, ana purmea tnem cioi;iy : thty took the road to Acre. I Combat of Kaijfa. . The i 17th March, at eight at night; we ; took poffeffion of , Kaiffa.t an Englipi lceVVas at anchor in: the road. - - ; . J' Four pieces spbffieging ajtillery, I had caufed to be embarked at Alexandria, on ur tranfports, were taken offKaifia by the Englifti. Several: boats loaded .With bombs and prbvifionsefcaped'andi landed ai rvariia ;, inc ijngiiin attempted td carry them oft, but ;were repulfed by fieheralajSier) wotinded 100 1 rritmz mide '90 ;1 Tiri fonrsand'fetzdfa "lar'ihallbp; XVl'h a;carronade,! a Sppu riderp :) "Mf fjy ' rerrrarhcd.4o.f 'us tb;puVUr ?muipage:.nrerir battle be IfeWatt in'breacri a tower Which wis the moft projea in Vthtown'f the mine tailed the counlfcer-fcaro did ; nnt 'Gitizen Maillcy, who went irecojiiionre jthe ieffeft of the to pme, was killed. "? h i x uuwiii leqyhe journal bf the ?Mi that ' oh tKe ofirh: ranV vi- fie Mrchi , 7th and- i5th?AJril, nhc vhijhihe erfcrailjalf ihat on- the ti ftVApril our mines tvt UP' CQuhter-pbur th hf ,Fef ch was not found praai the . fpottereurthilf rnes. ;The famedayv General C ombat of Nazareth. fr i:ney,i, ok 5 Ln' H nSt;mhefIrn1)r& f' ;3 c?vcixd; the j'vtcy fulfilled :: t jygt c'alls me: : tWrdEgyptr! M; & c!;rv, i field of battle with dead. A famous combat, which does, much honour to French fang-frbid. j ' Combat of Carta. The qth Apr if, general Kleber fet off from thet. camp of Acre : he marched to the enemy, arid met him nhar: the village, of Cana : ' he formed himfelf into two fquares. After having fought part of thedayi each of them re-entered his own Battle of Mount Labor. The nth April, the enemy pa fled oyer the right of Genefa.1 Kleber, arid halted in the plains of Efdeftbn, in order to form a junction with the Naplouiainji. . r General Kleber tranfported him felf between the river Jordan and the enemy r.i turned' Mount Tabor, and marched all the night, of the 15th to i6th in order to attack him in-the pight' . ,4; 'j, ;.;',y v He arrived in prefence of trie ene my only, at day-breaic : he formed his divifion in a fquare battalion. A croud of enemies furrounded him OTi all fides ; he was expofed al day to cavalry attacks ; but he repulfed them all with -the greateft bra very r The divifion of Bon -fet off;; the 14th at noon, from the camp of Acre, and found men on the 16th, at nine in the morning, at the; heels of the enemy, who occupied an im menleA field of battle. ."- "We nearer before faw fo much cavalry, . ma noeuvring,' charging, and moving in "all direcYjoris. We kept con cealed;; our cavalry carried off the enemy's camp, which was two lies from the field! bf Hattle. were taken mot ithan 400 camels, I arid all I the baggage, elpe cially that of the Mamelukes. The Generals Vial qnditarnpton, at trie head of their troops, formed in fquare battalions took their march in different directions, fo as to form with the divifion f Kle ber the three angles of Ian eauila- teral triangle of stcoo fathoms fide way ; the enetny was in fhe centre.' Being arriyeo! at gun-ftiot, we fhiew- ed ourfelves: terror pervaded " the enemy's ranks; in "thrice that cloud of cavaliers retired in difor der, and gained the river Jordan ; he enerriy gained"1- the heights Night faved it. :- J , W Next day J csuled the Villages of J Genine iHpurez, ancl "Oiialm to 1 be. burnt, topunith the Naploufains. General. .Kleber purlued the enemy as jar as Jordan. I i? h ; Combat ofSajfeti j General Murat had let off the 12th April from the camp,, in order to raife the fiege of Siffetfiand cafry away the magazines ofTabarich, He beat: the! enemy's column, and made himielt mailer of the baggage. Irvus, that army which was an nounced with fo much parade, as numerous; laid the inhabitants.! a thenars iiifieaveri and! trie faridsf the lea, a curious affemblage of foot aBd:horlemenr of all Colours and from all countries, repaffed the Jor datv with the greateft precipitation, after leaving art immenfe quantitv of dead in the field of battle. If vuc inigni juagcor tnem terror 4 me idpiuuy 01 tneir nigntj never has there been any itich. ; , , r Yu w ill fee in the journal of the tfigc of Acre, the different works made on bothifides for the- palling of the ditbh,; andjta enter the tower wh-ich was mined and counter med;vtha(leVeral pieces of 51 ne arrived, ' the town was1 fe- noully attacked in breach t'thar on the 26th and'noth AorilL anrf oA May, the enemy made" fallies.' and vas vtgoroufiy repulfed;; th iv the enemy; received a reinforcement brbugrit on qo Tiir- kith men ofwar; that he made four ?HWi?mfe Idayj, that he filled Wf lodged ourfelves, after an affauli ?hJ?ayfS;P'miaUerlbr PPpafeplMh tsloMhbramblVr the tattle I caufed a battery . of j twenty- fours tbihe placed to raze tre pa lace of jDgezzar ; and the .principal J-- ;t.'t I .... 1 .- --' 1-.' t'.L.rlJ monuments qr inc rewn ;. i cauicu thoufan id bombs to be thrown in, which n fq compact j a place muft do con fiderable hurt. Having re- d u cecl Acre to a heap of ftbnes, 1 (hall repafs the deiart,1, ready to re ceive the European of Turkiln. arr my, which tn Mefiidbr or Therm 1- dor would land in rgvpt., i man fend you from1 Cairo arelation'of the vi&ories which General Deffaix has gained in Upper Egypt ; he has al ready deftroyed leveral armies ar rived from Arabia, and!ha?ialmoft wholly difperfed tne Mamelukes. t j In thefe affairs, a great number of brave men are dead, at the head of them are Generals Caffarilli and Rombaujd great !nym!Ker are, wounded, amongfi; them Generals Rofe and Lalne. : I J have had, unceN my paffage of the 1 jdefair!., oo men killed and wounded. The enemy has loft above 1 5.000 imen.' .'T I ' 1 vl 5gflc?fr(mi yqu the grade of Ge neral of Divifion for GeneralXafne, aril he grade of Generalbf 'Brigade for JCitizeri Congis, Chie jdf Bri-: gade of Artillery. j ' J tha'vei promoted the officers men tinned ib the lift which you will find! annexed hereto, I hall make known to you the traits of courage which have dijftinguitlied great number,df hrakrd imen. I have been ptr(cB.y plcafed with the armyi In a cind of war' alto gether new fo Europeans, it fhows tnat notnmg can aitpnun rrue cou- rage ana military talents, ana tnat they are ;not diiheartened lat any fort of privations. The refult will be, we hope, an. advantageous peace, anrl an jncreafe;of glory and of profpefity for the Republic, " Head-quarters, T11 27 day. Ruonopai tet . General in Chief, to the ecutive JjJtrcttonyi ' . ; Citiseni Diretor J I acquainted you, by the cow" rier I fent you on the 10th May? with! glorious rjverfts for the Rcpub- pic which had happened during th ree montns in, oyrif , ana tne reioiution I formed of aoeediSy renaihng the defarti in order to be in Epvnt Sefore the month June. ; The batteries of mortars of 24's, wereleftabiifheq, as I announced to you in th4 couple of the dayj bfithe 42 y to raze the houfe of JDgiz'zar, ;and to deftley the prin-, cipal monuments of Acre. Thy played duiring g 2 houts, and had the defired; efftja.i Fire was .bn ftantly in the town, '. i;The garrifqni in defpair, tnlde a general fall y bnlthe 16th. General of Brigade Verqier cpmmanded the treivches- 1 The combat la fled three tlhibutjii rThe.remaindcr of the troops wrucarriyed on the 8th from Con ftantJn'Oplc, arjdl exercifed after the Eurqbeab, manqer , attacked our trencpes in clbfejcolumnsl: we turn ed in the b6 ft s we occupied on the ramparts ; ; by triat, the batteries of r f - idv 1 ' i ' .:ft . r , neia-pieces could hre at ten fathoms pn the enerny; with langrage. i Near onehalf remained on -the field of battle; they, were then, purfued to the town, . . With the taywnet at their heel$;v ; 18 ftandards were, taken. Thl pppr,tu ftrfeeme'd fyour able to; carry the town ; but our fpiesf, .the Beferttrs, and the pr.i fbnerr, all agreed in the report' that thb Prague yfi rnfking dreiadful Jba voc in the c ity o Ac re; that ev cry day above fixty perfbns d jedv li hat the fymptbms were terrible.; that in go; pour5Hfnepacient":wctujja pe earnest qfi: jam id ft convulflbnV tc lemblirhatofllage., , k W!&r Over tqetowrt4t) would have reeb: inipo flijbje tqjpreent tfie iqldier; f rom pillage heyWduldhaye Hrought atmifihtiantb'thxc feed of that terrible onrgktmbre vo, dc arcaacu xnan ail tne armies in the world- iyandfairf iyed jttth$ eveningat; :. J.emquv X t? en cam ped . t he ; 2 ad orv theTuir'fbe le of broken Columns of maible-and 14 .Ifhall. continue at Jaffa fome day s lorreer to bl b w lib the for t i ficat iqq $ t 1 Jhall afterwards gq to punun tome cantons for thei ill cpnybft;aand fhohly after I fhaU crofsthe defart, leaving a ftrong garrifon of! Elarch. iviy next anpatcn iwiu oc uaicu from Cairo. , a. PARIS, OCT. 20. ' - i ir: A number of Ruffians have been frozen'intheif-; retreat acrofs he mountains of Bandfteni, About the middle of the afcent of this moun-; lain, icven ana eigne men in grouper were fpund, who had perifhed from the feverity of the cold, and Tome times as many horfes, It was im- poflible for us to go lhigher on ac count of the fapiyctl but it, is prq htble thai thbuflnds bf dead bo dies will be found in thefpfing,. when we can afcerid to the ltlmmit. . ; , -: ! v.v Co u ncil of -:Five Hun drecl. Sitting of t z8. Deft rom read for the lecond timV the refolution agreed to at the' clolV of the fecret committee, cf which the following are the principal ar ticles': ; Art. 1. There fhalj be levied in id vance provifionally, by the way of a loan off the contributions in arrear, the fum of 50 millions fot the fervice of the 8th year. 'Y 2. The loan fhall be repaid by 10 irtftalraents for 10 months, retainit g at the fame time 5 millions a mouth on the contributions of the 8th year, to commence from the 2?d of March eri fuing. vx 3. The national "frea fury fhall keep an accurate accc ur,t of the re rript of the c ntnbuf ions in arrear. and of the, fums which t fhall em . ploy in filling up the laid loan ol A.O millions, whch ftiall be trani mitted to the legiflatiye body. "4. The credit granted of 30 mil lions for the levy of the auxiliary battalions fhall be carried into effet. not only on the loan of 100 milli ons, but alio on the funds which may accrue from the Contributions in arrear. 5. Nothing in this refolution go-s to affel the law of the 6th Vende ma:re, which fdirefts the application of funds to the relief of hofpitais, &c, ?', !: :'" -,. :, , . The refolution wis oppofed by Delbre!, but jafter Dcftrpm's reply, it 'was adopted by the Council. ARMY OF THE DANUBE. Berne, t)lober 12. , Tkt following Proclamation has been, ' ; iffued. l Mafena, General in Chief, to the "f . Army. - Soldien ! ;. The Coalefced Powers had united three armies againft you. Their plan was to gain 4pofleffion of Hel vetia, and thereby to penetrate into France. ; - ' ' You ha ve deft roved their plan. You have frcured the Limath.j and in two day you have annihilated the army of Korfakoff. You have taken all his.cannojt, all his bag gage, and have obtained Zurich by force of arms. The enemy. hasi ,loft 6000 prifoners, and three Generals wounded. ,. You have fecured the Ljnth ; you have completelyijeit itlle-Auftrian a rmy : you ha vef made1 jbop pr i foners, and taken 20 piece's of cannon. Its General in Chief hasl beeb killed on the fiel t?f battle ' v The army commanded ,by Suwar row hd adyaited to AUorf Yotu marchefl aga in ftit ; lyou van quifhe itn jrtheVa1dty bf; Ititfen;ou h aye taken On fta njd a rd. .two pieces of "qaj -no n-qytheeneniy forces to ma kfereif : ' m e retreat, jha.s' a ban- doned bo; dtinded,, amibbe; tbem are a Gbnelanii leveral fepers. yqu haye;m3de 1 500 priionrs, taen. a;i;;.ftaridard and S killed a I General. Fdiigfrelrdatty flight, the enemy fled .towards iflef Grilbbs, Hod befidesUreatt5artlof ar- t iHer a ndlail thei rbagetClf'j c XJpon.,t;hJNvne;ih .forceci by.:inBavariafc . oy,rtinoieor--uonac, aipmprei efhratf ackaiYoii erethere r e; &rS; haff;h''oiillyoh tOn thcbaftks of the Rh tne, from. whereltheAar brfrlci the lutnmit of Got jrcl tc enemy: Jiav.e'ftreW'-'' the;i3eld:ofattle"w 'y , I FinajlyJ , yjpu have dnyerthe enew my from Helvetia, and by. lofing a ortion bfjland which the enemy haVe purchajretl fb-de3rlyvthey loft more than ojboomen. , . . yy Soldiers V B.eioFd ; the.. work of fi fteen days.J Y bu r o wn count ry, as well as HeivCtia have decreed ybu civic, hbnbbr.; 'y.t$l ; : ' When whole nations bfTer Jrou ' their tribute of idmiratfon snd gra titude"iit,is the duty of vypur" Ge ner?l to remind you. tfiaa . hew ca-. reer of exerfiqn and danger. prefects' itfelf to ybUi-il-'-'He' engages in oqr name that you will fbrce yqur way through i with ypbr Wonted int re- piany ana Qcvotion. , 'MASSENA. NAPPERTANhh becrce of the gth f Oftoberl . The Executive Direftoiy, on the report -cf the Minifter of Foreign. Affairs, , a . Confidering, iff,. That tlie im prifonment of .Citizens 'Nap per Tandy and la.ck ell, naturalized 'Frenchmen, and attached t o t h e fervice of ; the Republic, as well as of Citizenjs Morr:s and C01 bett, the dungeons of Hamburgh and the Qibfequent delivery of tjiemintp the hair's of the agents of F.ngland, is a crime agair.ft the rights of na tions, abreachof the la ws ufhuma uty, and an h'gh offence ?gainft the French Rf public. ' . ; fidly, That the laws of neutrality mpofe upon the State that enjoy its benefits, duties, which oughti to be lacredly performed with reference to trie principles cf focietv and the rights of t;he public. 3dly, That the moft imperious of thofe dut-CS is to gu3.rd a gain ft jhny aft of hoft Jity being committed on. fuch neutral territory, and by thst means to offer to the perfons of- the citizens and fubjects of every? belli gerent nation, an aff:jredfprotetion and an qual afylum again ft: every , k ind of violence exercifed by virtue of the laws of War.' 1- 4thly, Confidering that th? pride ' and fanaticifm of -certain govern-, 'mertts have kindled the flames bf war, Crimes again ft the right s of na tions have encreafed tq an, alarming degree: that 1 is in particular the: chief of an empire far removed to trie North of Europe and Afia.who,. witltout provocation on rhe part of the French,Jjs made, the infti ument: of the hatred of the Englifh gc vern- ' ment againft the French-Republic, and agamft the liber.-1 an'd philan thropic principles upon which it is founded; and that this chief indif xriminately menaces ar.d tnfultsT every government whjch does not; adopt his blind and unreachable ' policy.- v . .' . y ' 5th ly, That if the Courfe of the moral and political corruption Huh not checked by an appeal to tycty government: which" has rmf parti-; cipated :inrfucr; a fbte of egrada- tibn, landby 1 thcSunifhrnerVt of - j thofe whpjKavp bqirne prtlin;theM d'i grace of lucfia Jyitem: in fhort, if thele atrocities are not expofed to the publicyieWjjaridtq that reproba- ' tion theyrneritjiitis to be feared -triat . in future the jaws of warf wUj;be4- -unreftrained, and the rights qf peace , without any pledge for their fcb'jeir-- -. vance; that there will na 1 on per , pxift a barrictafainft the : progrefsof general amoitnion, , and .tat fiu- -rope will rapidly retiirb to flat of barbirifm. l j - ' y.y' :. - ;jFiraly7:-fderin-i . . -, ijerencVb'f Cibus order? bahrjot bexcu7edH-ij ' the confideatilri-qf ;ii-vWeai:nels ., ,;-;f particularly! when ihaqyerhenr; : ; is guilty of fiatv jng ptaccdStfei fiirrji1 ;,''- -" lubtyfactanl ' ii(ii- -y: with - refpecl !ta theMwftri'tSbft ;Hambufg ..hy.ibrder :Blan,iMcr -;q nctfh cabprqdf cp f t he iiibe? gt&if$Mi Fifebqt7?ens;ab"i f i AruafcpSime Ml ;tMgdveftmenrwHafmkto eAdepqqn.ce;4tol eryUie4m; rotthe-Rebtib 1 ; t V ii - M 1 m 1 1' yeral cannon; anditcaacneraii . : d v.t .v - ' i y-:.- ,-:(sy "! 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