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. - '..j.''; :v'-; :,-::vK 1 R A,L E I G H A D V E R TISER. 7 r 1..L. -4. , ' BALTIMORE, November 25. Arrived tlju day, febooner Cabot, capt. Compton, from Embden; which he left the 31ft ultimo. He jnforrjji, that the Ruffian diviTion which landed in jhe TexeVoB 1 the 13th Septembeyrtacked the JDuulv and French troops the day after they landed, without being refrewed or oherwife prepared for adion, and VW s: killed or; taken prifoners. The diL JSfteof ?QOX fent Off to Paris. a;: I , '. ' The lateli putcFperTptTConTipton brings arc to Jhc4thi Septtmberitwh!cn; lhauld- they contain -uic pdiucuian m t&e above aftiori, or any thing'clfe of moment, we mall endeavour to have translated and laid before our , readers. - ' - November 26. Latelt European Intelligence, tranflated for the Fedc "'G"te and Baltimore Daily Advertifer, from .Haarlem paper of the 24th "Sept. 1799. ' .Numb. 191. .1 TU E S D A Y, DsciKiBER. ib, '- Directly we rfeceivelhe returns, Thall have the ho nor traafmitting 'ybu lour lofs. v Finally, there was read anQther letter from the cxe eutiTeirc&oryiriWl general d'Ardcane, from Head -quarters, at Alkmaar. Sept 19 to the minifter at war to the folbwlng pur- ng pu port : 1 , Citizen Minifter, - ; , . 'The... cftemr attacke 1 ua this ' mornin? 6a9 our ' rr- o tack eral In the fitting of yeftcrday (Friday) a-letter wa read from the executive directory of the fame day, in: clofing three letters received the day before, from the fecretay of the general in chief, to the French minider Guyot, containing further accounts of the lift battle, which agree in the "chief jpointsntjhatjraj.mea-: -tioncxLxinuflaftunde ftillurther mention that lieut. gen. Dumonceau had received a Tcvere bruife on his brcall by a ball, whjch loft moft of its force before it-ftruck him ; that the. Ruffian general Effen was ferely wounded ; that the Batavian divliions out did one another in courage and bravery ; and. that the nationat guards had alfo taken part in.. the action, along with which the Rotter dam and Delft volunteers had wonde -14: theiafe that the geneial in chief. Herman, of the Ruffian troop, . with two g his ..-aid de camps,' was . maJe prifauen ; that 'the left wing had retaken all the polls from whence it had beet driven. . , - , , . .' After the milner nf Ca'hI nsn?re nrrfint mar? tuuauic ipecen, excoume? me gionous auvaniagca ou gV,taiiicJ ever theiMtoyVTJhTTl6tf who had diilinguiihed themfelvcs on that memorable day, for their heroifm and i good conduct 77 1' . Afterwards was read a letter from the executive dt reftory, inclofing an extraft from the ..minifter of war, received frora major-gcneril von Boscop, at head quar tcrs, Sept. 1 9, of the following tenor ' - Citizen MiniftcV, '. . . I had the honour to mention to you this mtrning' about ten o'clock, that the enemy had attacked our whole line; and this evenirtg at 7 o'clock, I am able te give you a further account of what has taken place, though not very eirtumltaotul, as I have receiveu no official account At break of day, the enemy ty cked and turned the left ;wjng (the Frtnch troop 'og the Downs before Pctten, whereby the French troop were obliged to retr.eat,'over Schooil to 13ergn, where the 42d half brigade charged the enemy with the bay enet, who were all- Ruflians,: and -drove them back.i -andut'orT tfieirretreat -tot Prtteri, having driven tbenv jnto the Downs,, and (laid a great number uftfterna, and "'made many prifoners ; by what I hayeieen, thejr umbtr muit amount "to-Sdoi mwtjf which were fever wMf'ffirsrwTt&"th":Ruffian' geneVal Heiman, their commander ; fcveral cannon andwoJhncLof colours hlveeeOattin7aj iV undcTIlanaHave trained their former pofiuoV and are even further ad vanced. At the faiae time that rthe left wing was at- whole h'ne f"a column of 6600 Ruffian troops, atta e. the. van ffuard of the Ffertch'divifionruTider ren van jLamme iw$ column ot tne enemy, under tne command of general Herman, drove our troops into Bergen, where the whole divifion had orders to unite. General Van Damme gave orders to adjutant general . Koltollant to take command of the leu wing towards the fide of the Downs, and general Gouvion the right wingj and general Si non the cavalry, and took the command of the-cehtre: himfelf-T: He attacked the Ruffians in Bergen .with the hyonet, and took . the. village from them, killed 600 , and took as many -pri-fMr -witir all iheir cannon. ? ; . T. general in chief had a mind during a few days, to have a bWdge made Oyer the paflage of Zyp, in order to have a free! communication with the divifian of- the centre, under the 'command of lieutenant gen. Durnstnccau : he Rationed two battalions of BataviaV .troops, fome horfe artillery and Mfi.tMjtthe. fame, "fioTeinforce.'tBe troops tmider ren. Van Damme : the attack was increaTed to double the ndmber, ind the enemy was overthrown. The event of this ever memorable 4ay, as far. a a is yet known, amounts to 2060 killed on the field oJf bat tle, and 800 wounded, of which, one htf is mortally wounded, and we have taken further, 1500 prifoners, ainong whi:h are 40 officers of different jank,andjeni Hermaur-who-tommandcd irTcBlenhe Ruffi dition, and colonel Stryk who isdangeroulty wound ed. " '-" " yTe have befides, taken from the enemy, twenty canxion of different calibers. We have 300 wounded andjrfew killed. Tjfe -reports - which tbf general in . chief will -have to-morrow, will enable him, without doubt, to ctve.a -more eKaiiCca,iB tailhc Mksxjsxl lifll'. divifion which compofed the rear. The Bataviaa divifion under general Dumonccau, which firmed our centre, was alio. ieverely attacked by an Aoglo- Knuj -krhrd'tvillonrcTmnaaTrde generaf i)umonceau was alfo, a od he was obliged to abandon the poft T)f Schoorldam, but retook it, and is again in his former p()fition in good order. As I have learned, the'right wing, the divifion of lieutenant general Da endals, held its pofition ntil the' afternoon, after havf jqg beaten off feveral attacks ; but about two clack, general Daendals was 4aid attacked in front on. Old Karpfti, by the Englidi, and in the flank by 20c o Ruffian,' and with all the endeavours of adjutant ge neral burutte, he could not keen the tioops on the banks of their entrenc hments, wbithv occafioued a re treat, and obliged lieutenant general Daendals to aban don his pod at OMCarpicl ; and the retreat wouhl have been tlTcfted in good order, had not. an ammuni tion waggon in the camp of , ty. Foncraj, ,blown up und occafiowed confufion. ! v " -. " '"'' According to the reports of the prifoaers, the ay kefore ye ilerday, Snd yetterday evening, thV Rufliias Uaifi tp th'e number of 17000, and the E'ngUih were FffiJtv com tJ k- the Duke bT Voik. r .. He praifes the Ijeroic'conduA of our trooni in eene- ral, but makes particular mention of Gouvion, general of brigade, and Aubrtrc, chief, of biigadc. In the field of battle he appointed the former, general of divi fion aod the latter general of brigade. The Batavian troops, vhich, during the acion had naittd with the divifion of general Van Damme, be haved coirageoufly. Lieutenant general Dumonccau, who commanded the column of the centre, was wound.1 ed in the beginning of the action ; his column held its pcfition. . " The right wing, under lientenant Daendals, was obliged to abandon its advanced polls. The general in chief, hopes to regain them this night. The lofs of thisjaft column is not known. . In confe'qOence of the motion made by the prefidcnt, the affembly decrees that all the French and Batavian republican columns, under the orders of the gen. d'Ar- tienne, which have conducted themfelves in a praiie- wbrtkjr manner, have deferved well of the BataVian fe; public, and the 'fame fliall be made knbwn by the exe cutive directory to the faid columns, "in the mod fuita ble, fpcedy and dutiful manner, f TfaeabjBie.paper'sJvere-alfo read-tyrthe'-feeond ham: bcr," and the prefidet celebrated the victory with;; a fnitable'fpcech. ' -, ' Septcmlieiui2 i .jrtfot aiceriaiii v. iffTelnii wottr.ded;ii the hufpitais. tin the fitting of yellerday, in the nrft chamber, a letter ot the fame date was read from the adting admi niilration, accompanying a copy of a letterjreceived the evening befor, by theagent of war, from general major van Boecop,'dated the 20th September, contaia tng tli. following : . I halt eh myfelf to inform you that this moment gen. Daendals acquaints me inperfon, of his having during the prefent night, retaken his former pofition of Old Rarfpel, &c."as likevvifc ail "his loft cannon, with ma ny additional prifoners. , ;;. ; v: 1 , i A t tlSe fame time was read a mcflage from the acting aiminiftration, communicating the official accounts fent in by gen. Bruoe, dated head quarter! at Alk maar, 19th inftant. " . - Burgltrs:Dtrt3ort , . , . -Since the battle on the Sliperdjk, the Englih have rtmaincdin their entrenchments in the Zyp, without daring to venture anew, but being reinforced by 14 thoufand Riiffikn8, jJhjyJiaye:jmade:aJ'ftge.atta our wohT line. Their principal 'itrengtlv was directed, agaiaft the left wirgrTonfiflingf French troops un-r der gen. Van Dam'me, 'which' they attacked by a ref pe&able crps of Ruffian troops," fupported by an Eng- an corps ; while a (ham attack was made by the enemy the right wingi commanded b jr general Daendals. In the beginning of the battle the HuiTianfr forced thuf way into the villages Bergen and Schoorldam ; Our front then fell back to clofe ii together andto JUcJetterprepar ted to make with the centre and rl ght. The rear of ' the divtfidri of : general Ddmdttceati then marched to Bergen; and partbfthfedivilion tinder t'en. Daendals alfo made a move to the left r and the battle, of which the refuit, during a few moments, appeared uncertain, . t I ! -'-..ft--' rw. . terminated completely in our. ravor-ine enemy was driven back to their intrenchments ; we made upwards of 2000 prifoners, .and their lofs in killed and wotind ed exceeds largely 3000.V Twenty fivepiecea of can non, andVf-eofors, among the, latter, ' thofe of tht re 1 gtraent of Suwarrow 'make part of our conqueft. ; A- mong the pnloners, we diicover Mr; Herman, general in chief of the Ruffian troops. -: The Ruffian gen. Ef. fen is fevercly woundedi and report fays, thd ;Engli(h general Knol is flaiiri. The battle : latled from five in the morning, till four in the evening. r Our lofs in cotnpatifon with that of the enemy, will jbardl.yb.e?rmeutioriing,- 7 Several corps of "Batavian" troops, among others the artillery have done prodi gies of valor. The. names of the pfficerTTiiff foidrers who have diilinguifhcd themfclves mod for the love of their country during . this memorable day, you fliaU be furaiflied. with. : sr v . : - T 7 - General; Daendals by ttttvrjnlhelTs and talcatfc has corifidtrabiy added to the day, and was very worthily fupported by general Barbou, and the adjutant general Djuaeite General -pHmonceattjrrtivedrVwWndTn" the hreaft bjr i bock mot. The Engliffi and Ruffian armies have comipitted the moil flnhejjVd-of outrages , la ttie villages which thef hftS furroundc l duiing fhe engagement. The onhappy Batavian hulbandmen and villagers, nave in numbers been murdered and burnt ia their own houfes many of the villavei rircTcThurntnffT I The Britiffi in particular have diftinguiffied themfelres Jr. o. A connaeTAme number ot volunteers, trom among the armed burghers, have taken a part in the engagement. . x . PARIS, Stpt.6. . The Council of Five Hundred had fent ameffage to the Directory, demanding an account of the execution of the laws enacted aginft the authors and publifiiern f writings tending to excite the re-eftablimment of royalty, and the verthrow of , the conftitutional Go vernment. The Directory fenta ameffage fo the Coun cil ih confequence of which the following is the fub ftance, , J 7 - 1; ' 7 f ;'A vaft ari atrocious co nlplracy exifts Bgtftft the republic, ainl-1-threatens all true republicans. The proofs are the bodies of the republicans affsffinited ia the fouth and clfewhere ; the in fuTtcet ions which are breaking, out on all fides'; the execrable journals and libels with which the public ji unditTd'"7"' " , " To extricate" France frornthe ptefent ctifis, m union is requisite between the .cjjtfxeni, the adminillra tions, jrnd tbe two $rH powers. But the periodical prints fow-divifion among the citizens excite hatred between the4egiflativctodyTnd create miftruft agatnft them by the moft injurious afper fibns of the rBembersv Som prevent the departurejof the confepti,and eicite1 the return 61 royalty";bthers proclaiming themfclves , the exclufive defenders of the conftitutionattempt to overthrow the powers which pfeferve it. Some- like the Quotidienne, heap inju ries and outrages on the members of the National Re- prefentatiojfi and the Directory;; others, (le Journal' det Hommes Libres) denounce the old foldiers of li- berty." In their eyes, no functionary is a republican, no citizen is a patriot : 'the general, who has j 11 ft ralli ed the army of Italy, is a traitor. If we are.to believe them, the Legiflature is unenlightened, the Directory void of courager ihe""tOunLry without children ; the public fafety depends on a regeneration in their way -They regret the times whicl preceded the conftitutf on. The friends of Kings are in the .double bond of thofe journals. It ia particularly in the remote depart- " ments wherc it is difficult ur truth to penetrate that they do innite pjury : the prefent laws are too weak to .flop the.. ravages of (sk torrent. Under thefe circumftances, the"i5trectorr has confidered what re. ; jfeluJjoJitrealled-foHrthe country anfnnitted. by tot laws j ft has toundthem in the 145th article of the ebiiAitution, couched in thefe terms : f-If the 7 Directory be informed that a confpiraey is plotting a gainft the external and internal lafety of the rcpabllc. - 1 V," ' ,.1 m -. x
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