-
"iiTiiibt fccr U -re?gtt', orrfarfoas ill
having a tixfii reticence,' fluul iun
' rears irowifcusitent in ipnt, J !,--r
tier i ao
t'at lev
cend offerer tranfpertattu ;
7. TaePrhicrs!, hawkers,, o b'Uftickert
who Jha!3 be relied for any oi" ihe above of
fences, cannot be brought to trial no: dif-
char ged.until the author Hull have been tried, :
or all endeavours to appreheridBjnihaU have.
ceen aecurea iruuicii. - .. . , ,
Thele refclutibns were all adonted.
: : JprUi , - . - .
The General in chief of the army in . liily U
: ihe Executive Direflcry- - -' "-
Jt Head.Ouarters at Carcuret i$th CermirM'
" The campaign in Italy has commenced.
I have to g ve you an account of the battle
of Montenotte.
" After three days movement to deceive
us, general Bealieu attacked, with a'divifi-'
on of ten thouland men, the right of the ar
my Supported by Vol try-, '
" The general Cervor.i, who commanded
there, having under his-orders the 70th and
?c;th half brigade:;,' fuitained the fire with
the intrepidity vvhichch"aYafterifeTHcloIdier$
of liberty. " 1 was not "deceived with refpeft
.to. the true intentions cf the enemy. .-The
imrant I was informed oi the circumltances
of the attack on the right, I ordered the gc
nerul Cervoni to wait the night,' and to tali
. back by a" forced march, and concealing his
' movement from the enemy, upon my centre,
svhich was! imported by the heights of Ma
dona de bavona.
- un tne 24m, at lour in .tne morning
Bcalieu iii pcrlbn, with 15,000 men-attack';
ed and. brat in all the politions by which the
centre of the army has been fupported ; at
an hour after inid-day he attacked tiw redoubt
of Monte-Lrziiiu, which was behind the en.,
x tre'iUnneiit. The enemy returned ieverul
times to trie cha ge, but this redoubt guard
ed 6y. jjco men, wai rendered impenetrable
" by the 'courage of tliofc Avho defend it. The
chief of the brigade Kaiupgn, who command
ed there, by one of tliole ih'okeV which cha-'
racteriies a foul great' and formed for brilli
ant' actions, made his troops, hrthemidit of
' the fire, take an oath to .die to s nian Inthe
reaouot
Monte Lexino,cver the united Piedmer.tefe
and Aultrian armies . ! ;
" " The : fnemv loft tcn'thoufand Eve bun-'
men of whom tight thoufir.d were
made prironer s. They loft alio 40 pieces
of cannon, with horfei, mules, and amati:.
nit'ies way pms,-15 itand of colours, all their
equipage',nd feyeral magazines.
1 " Our troops, generals, officers, and ioi
diers, "are all covered with glory, and have
"fliewn themfelvts worthy to defend the name
oihbertYt - ' .
y The General -in Chief, Bturnaprte,
again directed this attack .The other -ge
nerals, who feconded him in the mc-ft diiVm-
guiihed manner, are Laharpe,! Angeteau,
the Morne has been M:w;r -up by the fillin
of afhell.
On the ni
:-hi
cf ct;
j6;h Infl.-M?
Mefl'ena, Cervoni, Coffe, Monarde and
Coobert. This laltwai wounded ia leaping
into the entrenchments of the enemy 'lo
generals were killed at the head of their co
lumhs, performing prodigies ot valour
, " The G eh. Provcra, wh commanded
the Aultro Sardinian army, was made pnio
ner, after 'having evinced the moil srallan'
refinance with tw regiments which were :a-
keiLyith him.
" Vou will declare, without doub:, that
the Army of Italy has ntt ceafed to deferve
wen c: r country."
T'his declaration was made upon the in.
ftantby acclamation ; and-the Council re
folv,ed, that in two hours it JhouU again read
town cf Caftriei was'frntire.y iiiiroyed
fire, as well as a very grcirpart of the Tnicv
1 .1. : J : . I i ' i .
pmg lying m me roao-u is auueo, ins: at
taftries. 7 or 800 perfons, men, wcmc.
children and old "men;" were putto theyori ..
by the Britilh it is pretended that It is owiu
mg to the rieulans and lome otner troop
entering; the town, and finding two Tailors
and an rieulan nailed on croffes one of rhofs
unhappy.picn was. (lilLbreathing ctth;
cruel lipht the. troops were ten ed with, ,futh
fury, that it was impofiible to cktk their :re.
ier.tment.
The fame night a fortis was ade c
the Grenauer, Lahathe, and La Vigie Frentk
batteries-the tirit was difmantled . without
dppofition 37 i'oldiers and a ferjeant hatl
already reached the fecond battery,, whr
the Loionel who commandedfhe exped
ition being wounded, ordered a retreat to bt
beat whether they Ihould advanceor retreaj ,
were at lealk obliged to obey this retrm
has proved unfortunate for usf-thejrepublu
cans having notice of it, hurried to the can,
nonof the Vigie, fired on a column of th
Britilh troops with caie lhotf and killed 20m
on the fpouthe guide, an inhabitant cf St.
Lucia, has been very feverely wounded.
f The fire of our batteries tsal way t very
of Ma- LthemeilageoftheDh-eW which Ihould I well kept up ; we are approaching .Morn .
bt printed, potted up, and lent to ail the- onuM and crtffing the line. Ve expe,l
orning, , -Jiuimftrationi and the armies. thc IS!orne wl11 fllortl3r be educed.
" 'i'he enemy palfed the night wi &r. pif-
tol-jhot. "
During the night, GenLaharpe with
all the troups of the right, took poit behind
die redoubt of Monto Lctino. At ah hour
after midnight, I departed with the Gen's,
"Berthier and Meflena, tie commillioner Sa.
licetti, and a part of the troops of the cen
tre and the left. We moved by Altarc, up
"on thc flank and the rear of the enemy.
"On the 1 id at the break of day, Bealteu,
who had rettived a reinforcement, and La
harpe attacked and fought with Vigour and
different fuuel., when Gen. Maffena ap
peared, lowing death and terror on the flank
and rear of the- enemy, where M ,Argentea;i
coainuncec ; tne route ci ine enemy was;
toiple:e ; twoot their ucnerajs, Katavi
ni ani Argtntcau, were badly wounded.
The lofi of the enemy was between 3 sr.d
400 ieii, of 'whom more tlun 2500 were
'. rna f rifonw i 3 Colonel, eight or ten fu
perbr officers and feveral colours were ;s
' ken
When I fhsll have received all the reports,
end 1I11U be lefs engaged, I will fend you a
detailed account, which may make known
to you thofe to whom their country cwci a
particular acknowledgement. - '
Generals, Officers and Scldieri, all fup
ported. m this nemcrab!c iffa-r ths : glory
'A tktFier.hr.amc
(Signed)
V The fu::efts of our irmy b Italy has r.ot
topped here. In the Huing cf the Coui
ci! of Five if united of yefterdiy th; fzWw
ing mcifagi wi4 reid by the PrrfJsai frcrr.
the Hiccutive Dhtclory j
Cit;?.in floprtfcritativej
The fortunate battle of Menterctte,
whkh we infcrn.ed you of by our mcHsge of
he id of tills month, was only, for th? in
'inuolf arni of luly, the prelude to fuc
. et4fes iliU oiofetrUUtnt We hsre to day
,
I L O N D O X; Jpri'ii7.
j We this morning rcceiveel the Paris Jour-
naU to the 25th inlt.'incluiive. They, bring
; the important intelligence of the recom
j mcnceim-ntof hoftilities in Italy. Two hat
j' ties mult have been fought between the
'. French and the United Auitrian and Sardi.
nian armies, both of which we are-lorry to
fay, terminated in the defeat of thc latter.
By the meffage cf the executive direclor.y to
, the council of five huvdrcd i: appears, that
the latter vicbr, that cf Morife-Lezine, was
rrdecifnxrthe Acltfiansahd'Sardiniahr
lolling 10,500 men, withao pieces of cannon
aunhunition, .waggons, oofors, &c. &c.
- The execurivc directory have, at length
fen: an adeVefs to the armies, in which they
icu uicm mat ine ume is come tor tne renew
al of hollilities and, in a ftile of bombaft
well iuited to their exorbitant pretenfious,
proclaim their ,e:srmma ion to force their
enemies to accept the ignominous terms of
peace which tluy have propofed, and which
tdey have the modelry to denominate the
molt luft and moderate
Advices were received this morn'mc of
. 1
tne capture or aaotaer r renem frigate, (La
Virginie) by Sir Edward Pellew's lquidron.
The fquat'ron fell in with th Viri!iiaon
iqtiaeron isu m wita th Virirmia
Wednefday lad, f-ur lsag-irs from thc Li,
1 i . -1 1 .Mi 1
uru aiiu ::aicu ucr im.iz a: nignt, waen
the Indefatigable, Sir Edward Pdlew,cair.c
u;i with he. and brdught her to aftion.
1 nc 5c::cna:aa twe 1 tours, when the Vir
gutlaftruck. The lefsen board the French
frigate was 17 . men killed and 35 wearied.
The Indffatigabh hid c:;ly three men 11;.
ly wour.ded. , - i
Sir Edvvurd Feilew's fquadron, i:i 1 ad
ded, has captured nsrtofa convey c: utr
cnantmen from Hrrii.
4 T he republicans in the Morne frnt ic
negro won.cn under the efcort of a, detach
ment of negroes, in order to take off fame-
prbvifions from a plantation fituated a few J
hundred paces from the fort a detachment
cf Malcolm's rangerswerc ordered to oppoir.
ta:s I ally, which they did. anuueUroyedthc. -
whole detacliment, except as it is faid, four
negro w omen. Some of our men were kiilea
tn this engagement. : :
We leani this moment by a httle refcooner
juft arrived from St. Lucia, that the ,Vigi
was taken by itorni the' toth lnit- and, that.
600 republicans were bayonerted." ;
Half a million derling in dollars has beeitr
imported in his "-Majesty's' Hup Thunderer,
from England, for the payment of the amy
any navy in the Weit-lndics.
. .; May 11.
The Louifa Bridger, arrived this day from
Martinique, and brings thc pleafing intellU
lurrendered at:
i.egharn, cf the re-capture 1 1 the.
frigate, and cf ths'c-.ptare of a Fiend; fh-p
!of yar. of zo ruts, by the Darfi-ur c f a'l
wm in ta : bay c fTur.i:. Th NerreJl: v,a.;
the iriga:-? tins v.rsT.kcn Vy ths Frnth b
tht'por: ctn-.y:::;.
xtn5 cf 1 hits; l:on St. Pkrret, JTirt-
'iciue, dated the a 1 ft. inf.. -
' Th: njii:h tatties were opened cr.
Tlcndiy la&, th ? ath Ir.ft. at St. LutLu
their f.ru fre wVs v.-.-y lucctftful in niencing
that of the ' Vi, jnd feveral batter"
lei, th latter of wh.ch hivo been evacuated
b the rspiiltftis. t.Iio hivs retL-eil iatt
gence ot at. L.ucia having
difcretion to the Bntiih arms on Thurfday
laltl That the white neoole found In MorneW
Fortune had beef; (hipped off theifland, and.
the coloured people left to be difpofed of a
G en. Abercro;nbie might think pro'ner
That nrc EngUih inhabitants were found ia
the fort, and executedand thirty ethers wero
ia the fame predciment waiting, their fate.
teverai deferters from the emigrant corps"
lately arrived from England, were alfo thete,
ar.d wil doubtiefs meet their defer ts.
A cor.fiderable body of our gallant rcop'
had embarked for. Grenada and St -Vint enf, ""
aiaiw w tW'w mu libit " nvii k
in a itate cf tranquility, and ths extreme
fulfenns of the unlortunate Inhabitants b
st an erJ. The gallantry ar. J good conducV
cf t c difcrent cerps it mi.Ui.s in either cf
tiiof: iflands is fpokeuofin thehigheittern.i.
The long expected fieet under Admtr.t
Pcle, s: is faU, is cei tainly arrived a: .fiaiha
ddzs hh 'Ccoo troops mere
,
U t W-Y O K K, JW 1 3.
;.JJ;etTtd to the niin'fter clther.isriae, Wa
tcd April 18. - 1
I W T '
I viaBennuai.l ..
Ent'lfr inienc5ary, who burst o-r Tn'ps a:
the fame man who lately endeavor,
ed to fet firo to ie msgaticcs cf Havr la
in fnof t, who had fwero and prcortfrd to
r.tf, to mike of eur feapcrts sr.i ear i.eeks
... . - - a t I
acthxg cut r.ssas ot amis. A-.tneria 11
the r.y.t b this rosd with Lhe DisacrJ,
h:cli he comjusr.tVJ, he came to c-rry tl
tai Vonir, sit rfm a :tr. osutaiie