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if w . 1 31 If IheJurrefl derof the watch fleet to Od&ngii(h (the J. lrli :k urt ... : rij... particulars of which wtire piveh in yelierday! paper) jagjjoce bcea con firmed." J In ourhaftc to rnkg known thuY formidable .atchicvementtTwe erroneoufly ftatcd the number of guns fourid in the Dutch arfenal to be 2C, inftcajd.oLo;- The Englifh . troop,' iifon&mx; aboured under all ; the difadvantage9 of ' fea-fiiknefs;J ftormygates, a'very high furf, and an incelTanrfire from the Batayian troops, notwithftahding, in 'cfs than four tioufrs time, the debarkation was completely ef fected, to thehumber of 12.000 men, who were obli- gea, to ngnt incir way incn oy men. 1 ne courage, ' per fevirance arid braVeVyri of both" foldiers" and fail'ofY their leaders is amply testified by the, fflorious, vet t6-! the Calais and Savoy vvoujd be attacked from Italy uciurc wn; noire made nu capuar auempi uu tut. canton ol Sdiveitz. ' .' ., J : hetrate from Mahheim t Swabia, in order to a& if p&ffiolc bntEerfroftpef s of Switzctlandr The Peterftmrz Court Gazette, of the 3 ft of Au- goft, contains - fome accounts from ConftantinopIe.V" their leaders be lamented, the death of two chief officers,. Who fell jin leading their troops to conqueft,-oAe? ri the, right, d the other on the left'of the commahder with. wian l icy had forry to learn, t'hatmoit' of thetwotjnded romcers are amonffftlueffhclTin' co'mrnihdT" The brare troops fa Italy, Swierlaftd, and on the borders of the Rhine, now righting in the fame caufe, , will no doubt, be pleafed to hear of the exploits oF their Englifh fellow heroes 4n Holland, and the mutual, fuc ceffesof each other, cannot but ihpaqfudoar that willfpcediiy fet afide every obilacle irj the way of what has been fo long wilhed fora general peace.-. , ; , 'Captain Smith, of .the navy, who- arrived here on Tburfday evening, and who left the Texel foon after Captain Winthrope, report87thW tticEnglith fofceiT now in Holland amount to nearly 24,000 men, a nam J ber which is expected to be more than a match for all. the troops tliat,. the. Dutch: patiiots and the French troop-can oppofe them It is natural to fuppofe that " the furren jcr V)f all the marine forces, to the Prince of Orange, will induce the inhabitants of the principal cities openly trt declare in favor- of one or the other. , party, arid moft probably the general voice will be for ' : hat which lis the ftrongeft j fa that the time cannot jL..vfar t ; (t an t xh at -rmuit --fer n i ik-in tettige rice -f-t h e reatsft4oortr4 The Ruffun expedition,-which left Eifinore on the 23d ult. had not arrived when Captains Winthrope arid mith Itfl tlieTel. -It may inU probability' be de tained fbme days longer, by the contrary winds which - have hitherto impeded it. ; however,' the Rijuhrs,-on their arrival, will be furprifed to find their way paved try the alkhitry.-of the Englifli troops. , -The Dutch papers which arrived Cain day mention rothirWoftfrt . ..a .1 ,Allcamer, of the 2i.'.n't. Uate the armies to ne.tr.en in the fame pofitions. Private letters fay," that the Dutch t )Opii go "over to the Engli.'h, in parties of from 50 : . 100 men. 1 From the camp of the Grand Vizier, it was oifirmi' ed, that . Uuonapartc had. rttreatcd from, uaza, wjtn 4300 trrop3 of different nations. " ' ' . The Dardcnnellca are ftroncrlv fortifvmir under the direction oF the Enjclifii. " i The Conrer '"of Micca ha (en t ehouiand rneri ftq tbC'CourLof jSue-z; ; who have 'taken that place; and f l fThetCapfain Pacha ha' J fent the greater part of his furfe 'aird ciqnrpage to the DrdanneIIefc, anirl' as to follow io. i week. Some accounts dated, t Iv'it B'lfon - - patttiad jrrivetl ateIecwecht-.aihcJFr..pntiewJil.-- gypt but that, during his palTage thujtigh the difcrt, he"lnd lefran ttmber-of merr- Sir Sydney Smith had refoIveJ to attack Damietta VIENNA, AfeufUS. ' arrived here ich The day before ytlUrday, cap: Lang arrivi 'u a iuu accoum or - me Dauic or inovi, wr ten was this day communicated to the public in a fupplement t xtraordinary to the court, gazette. The folfowtni" are the moil interelting particulars which wtre not con-A ii The oBcial secountR from S.vit7erla.id in theVicn. Ja CooTi' Gazette Extraordinary of the 2oth ult. are uncommonly brief, and reach only to the 18th It a ppcar s that , G e n era!" S cllac h kht bciug h a rl -pre fled by a muchTuperior fotce retreated hthind the Linth, near ly at the fame time that Major Etros ve 33 forced from ... the country of Schuytz, yhicli induced the Archduke .. to pafs the Aar, with his army, near IXttingeiy on ,the 1 7th ;'. but it was found impradicablc on account of theriver being fo muchfwoln : General Hotze hid however, detached nine battalions, to enable General Sellachich.to drive the French frov-n the newly occu pi" ed coantry. i?teld Marflial Suwaf.rov entered the camp of St. Feliztaro, on the 19th, with his army, and, in "order that-he miglit. profecute his msrea to" tained in the fir ft aceou.ri t .' The enemy's army confined of abont 4,000 ;ncn. It was at firft refolval not to oppnfe their-advaTinrifi" jfltO:the plains i;by ces, and placing the moll unlimited- confidence in.the Valor, of hi9 troop-,. Field Marflul Suwarrbw was in ducecf to attack th enemy in their pjpJitioit, which, however,'as appeared already from the'nrll accounts, coft the lives of a grjat niimber.,.of brave men, 1ut was in the end attended by the h.ippje'l! ftrccefs, General elkmg-cffi3rnf tlrfhcights 1T lVpci$tr 44ievi4t-ory : - ' ;-' . . This happy event cnufed fiich conflernation among the cnemyj-'that, after (hevyintf the rnoft refoJutc firm nefs during the whole day, they now fled precipitately irowittds the road-of Oy'itU,' and general Kr-jy coritihu.. edthe attack with fo much advantage, and manoeuvred . fo fldlfully againit the enemy's rear that he took 2000 ptifoners, among whom was the General of divilion Colli, behdes ieveral pieces of cannon an ammunftioii ingi at NoyLpa ;theX4th,Taftcrj farcjag otJit pofitf-fn, near Rofwold, attacked bur whole Hoe- in, tbjf upper Valais, in three differ ent points at the fame time,' with a uperior force and repulfed our troops, notwihra,i . Trig" thTinft btl ? Strauch to retreat towards Pontc Terez Prince VlcTtor Rohaa ?to quif his( pofition on. Mount SiinpJqn,' and retreat towards Warze. , '. ;rv YiMnrike the' neceiTary arrangements fuccefsfulljr to meet every thing that micht Happen, Field mar- flul Suwarrow thought proper to encamp his.armr.oa" the 9th near 'St. Feliciano, and to purfue his march tr HitirthQoth Tanid't b' with a bod of troops to, Vjgeyanne, o proceed, as cir ;ewm.ltarirmirtn'reqtttrtr ; cither, ; towarda-Vargay: , 'I'unte 'Ferczfi. n'! : .' -'..'( ' ,"TV ' . . 1 'According to farther .accounts, dated Auguft 20t 'general Kjh'm reports that Capt,.Cawerjffi,,of htf 5th.. TL-gimient of huflafs, attacked the enemy near Mcximo, lofS. --' ' .' 1 T.,-.r- -r-r-f-r ' r jt-q-lioo'e ground-in ilVme-;legree,retards-ihe-- . operations of t,he befieging army, before Tortona the - have however fiicceeded, 10 the right front ,t he. t5th:to ;, the 1 6th, to furnim, the batteries creeled again It the Tfallions of Mifetti. wi:thV the following days the "'thmfoarallcl was ?gur thaugh" it is atteuded with great 4 i mc u 1 1 i cs . ,sv - - Russia. s r A T & ' P A P E Ri . r Dec drat on of war of lbs lumber or ot . gmtijf Spain mat M ITT I . . : i- m . 1 U...I T o ' t!i w c, oy tnc grae oj-ja, 1 4 mi- - u.: acgo jnere. ..'.'I withmalse Snown to alfbur TaTthTuI Tubjedls, that we, and allies have refolved to overtjirgrw ;the ' lai'refiigb'" vemment now ruling 'France,; and we have therefore -1 rifen again ft it wi th all our forces. The. Almighty has ; ' bklTed ur arms to this very day, and crowned all bar enterprifes with victory and fuccefs.' Among the fmall ni'beri'rs attached i;tw the French government, btrt in faft, Powers that are only afraid n r the vengeance ot this government, the out call of G )d, Jlruggh"ng with the lift agonies of dif-v" folution Spain has more than all the reft, , (hewn lier fear of, or attachment to France, not by pivinV her actual fitecoers, but by atrriatnents. In vain have we made ue of all pur retources to open to' that bower the real path to honour and glory, by combining vyithus ; . (he has pcrfifled obdurately in the mcafures and wander. 'found ourfi lwcs under the ncctifity. of fending" back her Charge d'A'Fires at eur,court Odiz. But having fi nee that received information, that our own Charge d'Af faires, too, ceuncellor Rutzow, h6 been compelltd to qoit the Kiiigof kSpainT8 dominions within a term unto him liiTUtted, ;we itetff this an infiit, committed on - -our Imperial dignity, and do hereby declare "war gfv." ihg orders .at th'! fame time; to impofe'fequeftratioa on all Spatiiihjhips in cur harbours, and to confifcate the fame, and to fend orders to,thc Commanders of all our land and, fca force?, to aO: with hoftility every where agaiml all the fubjefts of the King of Spain. Done at PttcrnofF, July 25, 1709, in the year of our reign. ' " ' ' " ' . (Sigutd.) - ; . PAUL. Afti on the loth, General Ivtay was ordered with a corpTto Vigevano, .which might advance either to wards Vargo or Ponte Tereza. Ganeral Kairn re potted, on the 20th, that the French had been attack -ed near Maximo and I3agur.fco, anddrivcix from their ! pafts with lofs.C ': ...;, The works' of, the fiege , at Tortoha are much ivped .ed by the. ground being very rocky, yet, in the night. between the" "15th and i'6r.h, the batteries agaisll the Vilnn Afr.nVtri wfre mounted and on the da v follow- inrf the third oarallel was opened. . ---It. "l ; Erom:Haps,;' We learn that the ftrong forts of Gae ta and Capus had ; capitulated, and the garrifons con du3e'd to. Toulon The whole kingdom of Naples is now freed 'from. French ufurpation.' . Lctteis from Leghorn give an official account of col. d' Afpre, that 4000 Ruffians' and the Neapolitan troops had entered Rome ou the 9th ; and other accounts add, lli .t Tort St. Angelo, at Rome, had been occu pied I by tht Roman and Neapolitan patriots ' 1 ' The kiag of Naples, -Seding his palace fo .mach de ! it roy c d ,Ti jid reTu rned "witirEord after iVvi:i appointed Cardinal Ruffo Viceroy, with alafgcj-c'ecViie Froinycra,,dalcd3J.Augu:tt they write, that Genoa .had betn eiUeredby t atft J which may probably be corifitmedy next Mon day's Vienna Court Gazette. . ; " ' ' ';y' if: FrankfortT has endared a thfeejday 's vifit of th? French VduriTTrhich they-only took the moderais f,im of 300 000 H JUn3 ot .tne empire, ana promitea fair, who had thojight; the ctty . ot trankrrt kcurtd -. by a decree' of, neirtiality. ;' ; . ; ' K: . On the 1 2 d"j? live' ad vaiiced pofls near Z u rich feem " 'to have been" engaged, and the Coffacks had the firft msctiug with" the Ffcnch. ' - It was fuppofed that both. 'waggons I he encmy7s I0T3 conuus at'Icaft in jcoo killed.. 4600 pfiToners, and up jvards of 4600 woutidcd. A- m"ng ihe.'prifoners are the tw.i generalsof-divilion Grouch and PcnVnon ' and the ncnarald of brigade Colli a 'id. Ha.rdon.! The general in chief joubeft was wounded at the commencement nf the ehgagemeht, and died of his wounds rt Novi. The crenerata of the ene my who vcre made prifoners, unanimoiifly fta't,' that their h'U con fills upon the whole, in';S,0Co meii, and that their .wounded were dreadfully mauled by our will directed guipe (hot. ; ... . ; .Our lofs in killed confilts of 13 ofiic?rs and 89 pri vates" ; wounded 1 0 itafr and I C t commilfioned officer 9, arrd-569 privates; prifoners and mifiing, behdtsgene ral Lulignan, 24 otficers and 2320 private, of which latter, however only. 7Q0 "who Were wounded are aflu- ;u!y p.nfoners,: trie remainder who "were fe para ted from the army during the battle are now moft returning to their regiments. -, :' ' :.. 1 . At the departure 'of the courier, "the accounts of,the lofs of the Ruflianswcrc not complete, the Ruffian ge neral Tachuwparow is among the wounded . . . .. Words cannot be found to exprefs fiifiiciently the merits "and intrepidity of the Aulhian and Rufiian troops every, individual that., ma red the events of this evet- memorableday may claim, immortal glory and genetal elleem. , ; ;i,ir Some Imperial generals ftarT and officers are pTticu larly noticed. The general of artillcf y, Baron Ki'ay, who has i o much diltinguilhed .htmuit m the brilliant campaign, and the two held marihal lieutenants lielle- ed Kpou the banks of -the. Dauubc ; and of the Adge, aiuc iuu .. ya?. imyt piiiuipauj cinuriDuicu m inis ;uy an enemy inree times more numerous than they . victory by their flalful manoeuvres; ;Fe Id marflial lieu- For havfng preferved in the interior, an arm v bf more tenant rrohcli fignalized lumfelf by his uniform mag- j than a bundled thoufaid men, and the very tno nent at v - I i r r t ' - n rr . - . - -w nauimicy; aijjof general .acn nas given molt enec- f winch war waa declared. tua a.ffiiU.ice in arranging the attack. . Field rnatfhal ; rFor havinjr fent away bv their own autlimit abi':' jjicuicuani. i-iiitc, jjitiutii.iciii, fuuugu uic gruuau i 40,002 .men 1 r 0 pertin in the dcierts or Arabia,, would not allow cavalry to be properly, employed, did : For having difcourafft andTetafocrited tht- jlrmw ,f every ujwig mju power au nairpa. iuc cticiuy uh uis iwiy, oy aiimuung general utiampionct, vwhQ .had dc uuuticu d ana Dy tne nomination 01 ochtrcr to tne command or that array. tor never having1 pHnilhcd the air'ents nd commlf. lanes ot the directory accufed of harrafiiDg and blander repuoticansy; . a?A&IS July, 27. ; Act of Accusation , , t -Jfs&ikj tie Ex DjeBorsi propofea ty a 'faciei cammyjtgn 'of 'the Council of: Five. Hundred. , ; ,. ; For having made to be Told, or for having 1 them- felves fold, our ammunition, our arms, proviGons, our elects of every fpecies, and for haying left our ior w tiGd places without warlike ft pres. ,. " , .:-o For having remained the moft cruel in a A i 0 Hi hjl jft every thing, a nnounced war,' whilft bur enernfeS rrfade the mod formidable prcperations and wbilftjTie North ' wcie votfiit log forth trained foldiers in immenfi numbers ",' For having fent our, brave Legions without .araas. wuiioui ammunition, witnout proviuons, to b deilroy- t . .1 t - w. ; . . .. ..... : : - retreat: In the n??!it from the r eth to the 1 6th, the enemy continued U'a retreat towards Genoa, and the divifion of General St. Cyr, -took poffillioa of the Red Moun tain and the heights whic h comni a 11 d t h e road s of Ga vi, to covei their retreat" '. " . ' On the arrival of major general Karaczay, vrho was ordered to purfue the enemy," we had taken 36 pieces pf cannon and 200 ammunition' waggons. Thus ending a battle which was carried oh from three o'clock in the morning till tate at night, -with the rrioll iraexamplcd bravery: of the troop, on both' ndeaTrd"thc-vTcl:aryaTndb F or.havingeftroyed'by militafy force lite con ft f :,on f the Cifalpine, and for having mutilated its thoritie8.' ' . " '''' ' ' ". '-'. .'.: ' F or having interrupted' Tfce; correfpondcnce b?tweerj 'P1?"11'0 a" J theTmfriifter, and for havincr valuablev when it is confidered that, accordinff to vices received at the head quarters of the army," from field rmarflul lieutenant " count. Haddick, who is ftaj tiotiea witn a Doay or iroops m. inc Ticigpournooa or Acoftithc encmyrin comlnrjatmn with their proceed r"f Foflxaving nlade an attackin 9-iMJaysKTgn-L ty, by vioTating the liberty of eTearons- tor having ient commiftaries ts- influence th , torsrieldcMthe d of what, they called the" government.1 J ' ' - ' . . . - For fcading coiiSdential letters ' to the central ccrH .' 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