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Vol. IV.
T U fi S D A OcroEE r 'i
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"LATEST EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE
i V Amjlerdam Faciei, arrived at Niib' Ybrk in 49
v itjr from Glafgotu'. 1
LONDON. Aiiguft 3.:. . -I
S T - TV ) I A H O u s e.
-T RearAdmiral Blanket, commanding his Majefty's
:v ftfrps in the RedjSea, fn.d.tO;J.-.,Wi!foiiVErqagent'
to tne nonoraoie lau-mcia company, appointee
:' Tigre, .' St'l Jedn?IP.Acrt Bay, May 16, '99.
' Your letter of the 27th of February from Juda,
announcing your mifiion from the "Honorable Govern
"Sr in Council of Bombay, has reached me here"
Buonaparte, findingTris popularity and his refour
ces to diminUh in Egypt, made an incurfion into Sy
ria, in hopes t make himfelf mafter of Treafure amaf-
fed by pezar Pacha, and having taken Gaza and Jaf-
ra aircr a leeoie- renuance.-aovanceu t tins iown,
vhlch he laid fiege to on the 1 8th of March lau The
Pacha having fent vrae timely information of his ap-
proach, I hatlened to this anchorage, and arrived be
fore the French army, time enough to put the place
in fome Hate of defence . to refill Europeans. I was
enabled to furnim Gezar Pacha, with heavy gun and
ammunition, without djfmantling the jhips, having
htrgt5Od0rTune"f6 intercept Buonapartejjs bauering
at!r5ra1rt11t''''on' boaVoHBiieotifla, from Alexandria
and Damictta, the whole of which, to-the number of
iht fail, while they were a great lofs to the enemy,
afforded us the rooft efFrual means of annoying them
''to their approachers. The town (landing on a rectan
gular point of land, in the form of a fquaT, of which
; two fides are wartied by the fea. his Majefty's mips
could likewife afford the protection of their guns to
the garrifen, and to the working parties detached from
them, to throw up two ravlins, which taking the cr.e-
' tnj'a ricarcft approach in flank., have confKleHbly im
peded his operations. It would be enrUefs to enter
," into the detail.flf the events-of'th's. rooft fngu lar firge ;
fuffice it to fav. we Ii3ve been -within a ftones thtow
eTyarty made otmet on. the crou n o
ihciiVd mined the twer forming the mlarid an.le
If the town: wall, (which is compofed of curtains and
fquare . towers after the manner of the 12th century .
Buonaparte having trarifported cannon from Jatta.ana
.--!-. x X.r .jvaVftf -the Ceire. attempted
poor wretches who could'tnove, decided to fteer.ftrait
fir us in pierfecl' coafidence of our affording them the
good effices of humanity : hi which they were not dif
apppinted. We are thus put in pofTcflion of the i2
poonders, by which the firft hrcach was made ; as to
thc 24 and mortars which made the laft, they
Jay fcattercd along the road with-the dead and dying,
the whole way between .Acre and this olace. Tlie
reTOnaof,thil
connncs or JignrptuciMt
Army could but come u prilS: thmtibe' would jTall
an eafy prey. Buonaparte tfufts to meertng reinforce
ments from Grand Cairo p. but 1 hjvfcj I hope, found
occupation for the portion of his army left there ; To
that whatever part of his force reaches ,ucz, it'eannot
be formidable to Indid. Be pleafed to forward a duplU
cate.of-this letterto capjlibajitjudda fbrthe
fonnation'olh
" F have. the honor to Jr,"'cc. , ' . .
- (Signed) W: S. SMITH."
- Vienna, July
I his days Court Gazette contains the following
account of the " ' ' ' r
Occurrences of the IVari .
kw . .
to ftWm, and -was repulfed ; fince wtiicp, ne n-u.-u-nolcfs
than eleven defperate attempts to carry ;tLp.a?e
y affault, in, which he had been unfuccefsful, and ob
liged to retire, with the lofs of the flower of his artfy,
and 8 ff'"" al officers killed and wound:d. k
. ,rmtnllvfniiited and worn dawn with
fatigue and difea refufed to mount the breach an
tnore bver the'putrid bodies of their companions ; the
Wfre confequently paraded yefterdayV and furrrfhed
wUh fhces and water goufHs to enable them to crof the
rmlflaries in the frencn camp, .m-
a .of
Mv emi
fii- a,hSnh. is mentioned there as the ooiev
t.-,Mr' fnVenlatibrt. thntfch without any .hopes
, Ifo-nfted. diminifhed and exhanfted army
JCSbIeJ:o,repo
Italy, mod of the troops under-general Moreaii are : 'be
tween U!trifk Savano, Vadb and , Loano. They on
ly keep port's on the mountains, and between the Bo
chetta and Saravalle ; the hoftile Grn. Colli was Ra
tioned, with fevcral thoufand men.'in an entrenched
pofition. In. the city or Genoa the French hacL.no
girrifon ; the armed citizens mountM guard them
felves, and carefully rcfuicd them entrance.
Accciding to anthertfc advices received by the
Gcoeral of Cavalry Mela's ' confiderablt number of
Englifli fhips of war cruife off Genoa arid Savano. On
the 28th ult. the French made a fortie from Coni with
600 men and took a few head of cattle from the neigh
bouring villages ; but the armed "Pcafarita Itopt their
ta rthej,prore;l3 and.dr04rr. tpem back a$Jb
king to k fiege the citadel tvf a jTS '
tre of Mantua.
"General IVhcdonahl had left Piftoja ami Florence
and advanced entirely io the fea coafl, it feems with a
view to embark ; all the country people are in iitfunec
tion again ft l!ie French. In order to prevent sccITcs
in the city of Florence, General Count KlenasVat the
rt.qucft of a deputation from Tufcany, ordered Co'.
f thr Rancreis. tnllantlv to
1 1 r 1 uai c wuii.i-i'iun --. ri-' J
i3 are ma-
More couriers are hourly expected with news.of wha,C
ha bappcn?d at Leghorn. The fpirit of idfarreafoti
preVailed likewife in the Roman and Keapolitan tern-.
iforics.Macdoaald's'Cfuation b'cepmes ve-'CTitici."
-Should heTat'tearptobaflhhereT'tne EnglluSlhipV
ct-uizing between. Leghorn ind Genoa, will oppofc his
'Another Courier, who is iu(l arrived here fromFlA.
Irifilrgents has tffeti$Mtufam
trobps 111 Tufcanyand drove the French! onipifloja '
and Florence, which tlicy , occupiecf. . By the lame
conveyance we learn that Uie oyal armjffider "Cardi
nal Ruff) hasefcated the Republican army andsr the
Archhilhop Cardinal, arid taken the lattVr nrJfn., .
..Thisdav a putatecTfelto Jn
:ndf)te:nrTeturn tbOTomfninns,- When
oonaurmeiyaatanceav
fcveral places in the Romart, NcaDolitan W.Tnf,..
terfitoiies ; but every where the inhabitants rofe wobo
them, took them pnfbncrs,, or brc thcr iffct
Coupled thbfe places thcmfelves" Cardinal Rnff
) the
hate
"o natrt urU..
r.tom. leghorn, puifueiijy the Auf.
tnans. :. ,-.-., ';.;
According ttf ofher amounts;
cd to capitulate to Gen. Klenau. . It is Reported that
the Alhes have taken arid occupied theBochetta , their
""ufi.u cnoa iiKcw.ie, 1 no longer doubt-
:.,j
uia 10 dc aavancitjg wan his army from Naples tc
Roman territory, and )jhf feints of Tiifeany,
uiLcrcu tu niarca-.jqt4PM;ives-again IHwasi
ed.
Gen. Duval, who arrived here eprcft did not brine
the conrTrmat.pn of Moreau's defeat; all .was quiet in
Italy and the imperial army abfolutcly in want of
!"dt' lhf no.ff llier operations were to be onderta
ken for a fortn.ght -The obj.ft of General Duval'e
m.fSon "Fated to a Ma.l !wg with letters,, taxen from
the French army ,n Italy, contaTningLalfb fame let
ters rtfpeftinsr the Ki-fr of Rn;n . .Tj . . ,
. r ti L t wingr tp toe
is expeexca io4i ixniua wiu loop mrrencer, icor
hiitic diforders being very prevalent among the Garri
fori, olr vvhich feveral men die everyday., jt alfo Want's
both fait and wood; . -..
A courier from Italy,, who arrived here. to day it
faid to bring advice that Malta has furrendcrcd, . .
LONDONrTuly Ti7T" "
The Gazette of Saturdiy Iait is the richell in naval
' m. . - m . - .
march to Florence ; he ordered, at the fame time, a J captures mac we nave icen lor a long tinje, and is ano-
cA.nn nf the Hufrrs of Neuendortt, under J-tut. tner prouu iropny m ine uiumpnani iopcriority.pt -jlBc
ever
It vs,
. ,. .. J.9 "- . ....... M M-
however, ny duty to notify thfs poHisle Intpt-on to
yoVi fpr your government . I a retaking mcalures to
iaufeiiStnAireaWtiarfaffi -
T' fi,(V Vn hfarin rr from V0U bv all tjffihLE-OpOTi
tnnities through Egypt; as Bell as bfway of Aleppo
Tirrll of courfe endeavour to keep you in formed -Qi.
vhat pafles on this fideot tri jiuimus.
, : "v I bavc the honor to be, &c.
W. SIDNEY SMI in.
Col. Iverekes to follow him.
4t According to a feport from the Archduke Charles
receding the expedition made lately by the Corps of
Field-M.irOial Lieut.' Col. Sztarray, under Gen. Meer-.
velot and Goer'cer, againft the enemy rear OfTenburg,
their lofs in killed and rounded certainfy exceeds 1000
men ancl o prifoners. ' Qui bis in Kuled arid wound
ed is only 1,50 men. :
A counter revfthu ion has now broken out in Tuf
cs.y. Many inhabitants of Florence, encouraged by
the viftories cf rJieVAljies; qver Macdonald; the cap-.,V-r.
T4lrrn!i lanrl lieliiiii cr crotfreft -o-f-the Am
nerial arms.- as well 'as by the advancing of
gents of Arezzb, alTembled crt the. 14th inft. on;
place of ritti, and cu t down the Tree of Iberf v.
divifion
the mfur-
the
A
fSIcned
' a 1.. ' 1 ,Wi" . At anrl t tth inft. I am enabled
t., fend this dnplicate of my. letter bv the good offices
1 I dvc 111c
of French Dragoons haftened to the fpat, and
:d the people, " Meanwhile the tumult increaf
e cconle' deftroyed every where the fymbols of
0'f Kmi; Baflvsw of Jetufalem, wnom I have the
fjtisfaaion of joining here, in the pu rfnit of B nona-arteVbeatenand-rttreating
army. He was obligee
e the fiege of Acre on the 20th. lc
ions as above rnenrforied, I preceded hi
narte
to raifi
difoerfed
. , - ... .. 1 a . .v. nrnlc 'eftroved everv
Liberty and tquamy, noiucivB.c v
Medicis, decorated the portraits or rranciB n
Paul I, with laurels, placed them by the tide or tne
Grand Duke and the .rope, amr uiuminaiea me eu.y
t, amidft fuch loud rejoicing, that the trench
antrv arid
vigilance of ourfdilors. It contains official accounts
of the capture or deft'rudion of forty four velTelOnd T
fixteen carriage gtins, nor fo'fewas one thoufaad fevet
hundred men. v 4 t .
At the moment our paper was about to be put;, to
prefs, the Hamburgh mail of this mbrntngVeiched us.
The following is a Ihort abilraft of its principal coni
tents': ' r ' , ' ;
A fupplemerit to the lateft Vienna Court (Sasett
contains an account of the furtender of the Itrong fori
of tjrbarib, after a heivy bombardrnejnt of thre hours.
Seven hundred nieri;lhirTy pieces of innpV, and large
magazines of aniniunition- and rproyifion were taken,
there. The ganifon was dumiffcd, ori 1 tts engaging
not to fcrve agamft the alliesfor fix months. )-" --
I he Itrong Tower, cl'" Cerefat before Mantua,
--,'.- .-, . '-.ii. . :'
was taicen on tne am in. qrm, logctncr witn tne
ged
Knowing his
g van co-
;far as Gaza, in his. march along mrau , -
lycjioljim
luron as I
4iawancdJtrejtai
bv tlie Arabs. The pride bfth VanquiMjri-vant
cooqueror not allowing hW to make the jnualovcr,
tnrein fivor of hn Vrtundedi after v havinjr clofed all
" V':.. i. kTM-?nTrtlenf letter : to me,r fofieaY of thf
- -r rf ,1ii-rfnetal defeaion of bA army, he
,.. . - t it.'. J..i ka'1 im( wh'.rr f
farther, tney w.ti?-'5J V , V 1 j . :
to fburid heietpsethrr with his twelve andght
. onn and howiten. which were found too
- fwinni.ru vi". . t. , - . jm - -
lor land carriajre m the find. Theie (vellela vere
at riJorht
rarrifon thought proper to retreat py tne gate caueu
aj GWnrfn. On the next dav the Senate of Florence
ViV 1 'ww-v-x, - - ------- j. ,
t, l,m Vn nld o-overnment. in the name ot-
furgents at Arezzo, and to feyeral .cities in Tufcanyr
to imnrire Them. of the Counter.revolution .which had
taken place at Florence, and actually fpread thro the
greateft part of Tufcanyr Four deputies were lent to
Klenau, at BologhaY trom whence aignor rr
grea
Gen
Bridge over the Bajola, and its fluice, The guns of
the ecprid redoubt were difmounted by the heavy can;
'notia'de";il:ffd"fe'eralbattenes.were creeling to fecure the
front of this capital pott.
-"Befoie Aleflandria the' third battery with all it gun .
was completecT, -"and the trenches were almo ft ready. .
Turin had futnilhed 20OO waggons, ! 50b Carts, and
900 horfes, for the tTanfpprting of befieging imple
ments. - . . , -L..' - . .-'; . ' ' . .
. Macdonald's army, about. 15,000 men, is dated to
-have directed its aarch in two columns, one for Luc
ca and the Genoefe the other for Leghorn, after havj
irigleen hard, pr.effed by the infurgents of AreizP.
Macdonaiq nimien is aciamca at rntoja oy nis wounas.
The territory of Rome is almoft entirely evacuated
it rr. - r.k :.A,m,tli rrhe 'and letters --f r'Auc- is yvfij. 011 ' TT
eill went on,. in.c.jyut.itLitgAlit , t. .- r
. r . . T1,- r..nlnr v)f l ot Cardinal Kuno., -. , , , ; , it
For thiSitJourt, tr tne vjranij xyuivt ai.u .v.K. . . n- i n.t n i - . i
VS,;;.:- The French Patriots had fledtW ' Two Spanifh meflengers, laft from Parts, M arrived
1 T7..r mm mnt -it mra rnnif Atilffl ivtth nrnrinf itirtn t nf
: vjfion. ;or (eamen to navigate them, which I muft
Tnn,. snt nnlv a tew ot tnem were arrcucu. uc
Uf.,rr.ntt of Arezzo had made. the mfelves matters of- peace
K- Cltr'of Sienna, aod Gen. 'Kleuan was going
advance farther from Bologna
Urbano, was daily epecled.
to-
The furrender of St.
' r.:1 Aminlfrrfident here, has alfo received a
courier with the news bf this counur-ietolution. '
Wcdnefday morning arrived jLfJ9njgJur
to Falmouth by the King George Packet, capt. Y eU
comberiri fevendayfi.
This packet briDgs an accovat thai immediately pi
Ue. iJe this as . u may, . muic i
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