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mi (.: T 2 TKi p:. ,c r j jr. - . ,-; .-..-...- - . ; - ' . .. m , .. ...... " - 4 ' i v- VOL. XL 5: A T 1 R D A Y, StrTEMsr.pt.- jt 1796. 535-3 v T.'i 1 L OK- D O -N, r.ore uiiic'ii -uetans 01 t.ns viGToxns or FK EN'Cii AuMIES upon the Hhin and in 'Italy.' . . ".. ' . .;;7'' ' ';.;v: Army ofthe Sambrje and jSIeUSE. ; ktra6t.pf a letter from Cen. Jourdan corr " wander in.ch.et 01 the t rim of the b ;atd"Meufe,'.l6 the Executive Directory. " Ilead-Ouurter?, at Kaur.e .. y. -i6.h Frair.al, (June 4.) ,HP HAD- the dbenour to inf trm 'you., by my ::1A; letter of the I'curreawthanhc e,-cuiy. ' yadbrokenYne armUirce, a-.fd tha'tj hoi'tilitleis; voa!dco;-3ine.iice 'ot-t!i2 1 it'i ( May 3 1 . ' -1 Wa;?e now .to-give you an uccouui of the- firit movants or the army. " Go- the' 1 2th,.;'therorps vhVi wa in; ;heHuadfcck LY a f o.a.on, partly on tne Nahc, and partly on tli-earnf ocrwaU.. Cen.. Morct uu, who ;k as en c'nPed,ay r kehlold, attacked the e.iemys advanc?? yliich were on the i ighifrank of the and -which miglit have obilr ucied our coS nium:auoA?.-iie beat them in, and eibbliih . d his light troop? in their tituition. Gen.' PonccLprocccded to the Kirn, and carr ed all thir pelts. . General Chainp'o:.er attacked the cantonment of Nkidir Uiebxh, which the enemy ought notto-h-ve occupied, -on a-' formabiy to the conditio.. '01 the ann'ntice;. this cantonment was fjrv-d. The enemy cncainpedUaxonfiderdi'-e A rcero i-lVveral points, difpatched on the 1 3t'.., (jure l ) fomc light troops to attack the adariced potts of Gen Morceau, but they did not faceted in ' forcing them. ' " 'i'he nrft operation of the d'.vlfion of th? army defined 10 act on the right bank cf thi Hliine, under the command uf Gener d Kle berj K.JS been molt briHi.ihr.- his Ce - ncral fct out on the 1 2th M 1 ) on h.s rnar'th towards the tleg; and on t iciol'.ow ;ngd.)y attacked the enemy and romed them completely. I etfdofe you it s r;:ort, by - which yoa will fee, unJo njc- d not without pleafure, thac th-i excellent d-oiitioii )f tliis general, were executed with zeal a.d inteili grncbythc Generals under his lonrmn l, end Withtlij utmoi!: coura-rc h the troop.. o will alfo find encloio 1 a co,) ol his report' of the i;th (Jane 3), vja,cii prucyouor ms ctnpoutio.is to lorce uieenc advanced guard , commanclcd by General ' Lcfevbre, had orders to force the pange of the Archer in the "friiVoTOoV : C hn:ar, andrpomafo carry e'gbergv and immcdiateiy aftcTto proceed on the r ght- bank of heSieg, and pott itfelfeaT;tiii'p-. : f enchpff fonofe oh tljtnllovvr : ingry T. tcrcTOfs iheelgTatTelakenr bu g, to. attack in the rear the j'bixtion of Ukaretri, iri cafe tlie eneuiy n:o;i;d maintain thimielvcsihvreV 'X he fecoj.ddiyilion, com uincied by General Coluud hal orders to l''ce.tne viiiLire of the, ce g on the two points fd ''V;)dur"fiui;d Mendt, to proceed 1 he litt ;nank or tnatv.vi r, -ana. to ai uitn-p.? Bnrl.d?rif. . The enemy ' occupied both the.'; Archtr and the Seig where th.cy v ere About rnueo clock at ,t ongiy m ti e 1 entrenched. jornmfftne two oiv.iions, , 1 . . ,.L .7 tiie pomt agreed on,, commenceu tne attaac Aritnhr-prtuoiity, fore d the palTages, and drove i t enemy every hn e irbm their en titrchnvera. A part cf GcnerJ Lefebvre's advanced nard charged the encmyto the very .'catcs of fSivterg, and immediately after took t'oiiiion th the city, and cf a bridge oh "the Sicg 'ai.u?ougb defended by artillery. . 'ThC feto'-d divilion commanded by Ge nera! CoLi.ti, div.c'fd theccrps wh':ch defend ed the b.i(g. and c'fove A part oi thole troops towards the Khine ; but as thf re was a warm . caiir.onadc' 011 the f-de of; iegturg, il)C gene ral proceeded, c enter m;;Uy to Jiis'or&TSj -from Hate towa.ds BourfdorfFrfor thc-pur-- fe of fupp or ting the advahced gu;id ci gc ral L'Eviro. He consented .him ft It "with ner leaving tvfo battalions to v atch the motions ofthe fmrdlbocy ofthe enemy he left in the rear, and which did not delay to retreat, by the route of the Rhine towards Tnti. " As foon a,s 1 was certain t!u.t Gen. Co land t dlvlfion was advancin. full ipetd, 1 01 eitred Gen. Leftbvle's cavalry i'to:nraandcJ by Gen. Hampcle, tocrofb the .Meg asieeret- Jy as rouble, for the pnrpoie ui purluing the enemy. .To th'scuvalryy -Utof Gen. C ob nd' s d :vv 01 , a 1 1' ''e hrrnd of w hich w ere ' the Adjutant Generals Tcy and vJrmnncey, vs 'jt.itati'K' unite'!. T'nev advanced, and every w litre the Auilr'n cavalry, a'.tho'fa fuj.xr'.or'irt I'umber, 'elded the ground. 3.t was now th. t the f'.rft rcgir.n rof Chal'curs co:;j:n?nded by the ehxv ot t';; l'-.twuroi, llkhenanfe- lan.e vr v.' th t r: t i ' icm op- 1 j - j ccue- 1 17 to a jan Jmi their rtoiic.QA ac UkJfc anu ! roine rrr.riK; ar.u, h,.-. ; - - " .- J 9 ; I , J i you w.U be p'.eafcd at fceiiw tut 112 aitai.; c d l;;s"ai;n by the de ster.ty 0 ins manoeuvre:, cfd Ins by thefc means fpared ths Lbod oi the defenders of the co;rury "I an informed, t'ut this General pro ceeded this dry to.vtrds" Altcnk.rceii iu re thi enemy, it would appear, mean .0 nuke a It.nul. 1 hope th.it lis will have iucce'.lcs there cqnaltou.olc on die Sicg. Themave ' k v.r.M oi Gc;:. KLbjr ha ci.'.j fetd the ; ne;ijy'fc army on the right bmk oi the ilh nj. ' he crimp of licu-i .holder, r.d all ths troops v. h.ch wei e o.i the Nahe, from it s four u; 1 j k 5X l.lni x cu titled am ing 1-It night. JOUIDAVr The Genera! of Dlvifion, K!cb;r, to.ii:n.n.d in; the left vin7, of the army of the Sj-a- bre and Mcufc, to the Comma,. tier in Chief " ilead-qunrtersat Sirghourg, 16 Prairial (June 4.) i gaveycu an account, my d.ir c.o:n rsde, inmylut, that cn the i:ih (May 31) the jfrtv undfr my'ecinmand b.d northed to the pof.tien between lioru and t'ic Cluicau ) Jcn.berg, ranking a dUUnce of fevett grct I ffr, O-i the lame d.tv General Lcfev brc$ idva'.ed pells luvJ two iNrimi;he, one buhecnvircnsctBcnrwiirgh, th? ether m the AtHif, bet.'. ceii TroS'Uorff sn I Ohmar ; - -Jla f f e.ur r.;c.i v. ere woanJcd. - . tl.i 1;, (tone t,) ptfor.ri.i themrrri-, b the arm wi'.ui J i j t-.vo c .Lir.v. '1 he 1 . !. .,.1,.A44 K In nnt 1 4 j ' -. . 5iK.de a nor.mic c .-e. i r.u co:n:nanjr . dirjjhiycd on the rcta. -ri pro-f', c. :h? utn.o.i. cooh'.-fs in the nntl.t. ci il.mg. ri, duu en an in trepid bo!d:.i-!V. W. urf i::;g the cavalry, be fell cn a poll, cf infantry,' w !.?n be made h s thaifents halt, ordered a hedge firlt to be kept up, and, hulnlngtheenrmy, contriv ed also to overcome th cb..acles which w.13 thrown in the way of Ills purfuit. " At length the Auilrians, every wbcre defeated, rctifattd with precipitation, and threw tiiemfc'vcs into the formidable pc;: of Ukarcth- " A frretd m;.rth and fotirluurs fii'hiinjr, would iiot admit of an farther pari" u;t, nud more partknV.rlas th h polt, itn. pregnable in front, required .grct cipemts to turn its H:uks Thus the infantry of Gen. Lefebvre's r.dvanccd guard eontinued its march to varJj the rigbt bank of the Se'g, p.iHcd the tf ght in the po.t of Uappcncbols, anducn. U.Uit.u tir.vniononiue uvgiusuc fore llaldorlf. It uiqucllionably docs not ltflong to ini, to bcllo v pra.fcs 0.1 tncfc Generals my follow labourer ? but it would iHidilHcult for me not toeprtfsth': f .ti.fac tkj.rl left at fecin-; thecal and activity of them, the unity ofthe operations with wh'th the were charged, and the ardor w h'th p rc. va'lcd in the ir rcfpeHivc columns, even in the r.v.dfVcf v1'on ouToi the ib;f e. qu.Uy diaingutlhed themfdve;. Tbey every where fjiniilied an example toth: troops, C;.;iics Vtrcn, fecond to Adjutant General Ccyala,uiij,jLJv)ery imall force, - made the -v. hole pcil of Ghniar prilbners. r" . "tizen Bevalot, fctond to Adjutant Gefienl iey, by a charge puqicfely execut ed, protected the crciringcf the'eig, effect ed by General I.crge at iVenden. . His hat " 2SllIUhrc, placed. Ecurn-rRRri my aid ."dc-camp, received a fabre wcursd -On-the wr.4., Lut killed the foldicr from v. horn ' he receive d it : Augtile Lcmas, another of my aids de eamp fc.'dhts her e wounded T he light artillc rySya'f -matiaged intheufual . way, with boklneiis and intelhgepce :e its bat- '' tejues confi:aiHly vcl 'drecl:' , and lervcd " with; the utmoit celerity, d:d a great deal er nift hief to the enemy. ' - '1 he naitds Dfali-the oficcrs- and foMiers rho d:it'nga:lbe'd't'.ern-':-f el ve s on this day no t be 'n : 0- y e t m iide kno v 11 to me, 1 ih n.Il here a 1 tcf tivnfmit theni to f Gn'. Lenout by the chief cfn.y flaff. . ' . '." ' 'The lnis'tvf rhe tr.emy wtny he I'lrtat'c d at 2,4CO "meri at leaft,. upwaifds;oi k ao of 'whom are priloners. . Among the lat;er U 2 a major, and feveral other oilriceri. "j h y will remove in the courk oi the day to iiciin. ...... ' " ; : " Among our wounded are two captains of the hrit regiment of challeurs, ofthe molt d'.ilir.gu ihed courage; thefe are citizens Mat. thicu and 1 Tuduy'ihe r it received fourteen fabre wounds, feveral of them lr.ojtal ; th2 . , .lower arm of the iccond was care ied away-by a,ball. ' , , (Hgned) : " . . " " KLEDER." Extract of a letter from the General ot Divi. fon, Kleeeh, to the commander in chief, Jou.tDA'. ,Vmi .. ' " ithPrairial, June 2, ijth year. " I gave you an account;, iny dear comrade in my rep6r,t of yedcrday, th.it, after the battle of tne resg.'lhe enemy retreated to their tamp at Akarcthj and that the divihon tommanded by Gen. Leiebvre palled the night on the right ct the beig, oppolite Hop- ' penfthofes, and that commanded by (;'en. Colaixl on the heights of Hentfi. Thu.:, v 1th a view to attack the enemy in Hani: rnj rear, Gn. Ltftbvre received. orders to cre-iV the Se'g above Blar.kenbur aftd to Gt'ncral Coland toprcctcd towards Jungrath,to rcaih 'from thence the highway by a crofswareh, leaving, however, a lew battalions . it Wtir.h, and lew polls of infantry and cavalry,b!eim. cd along the ravine to the right cf that village. Tnclc movements, altho' extremely d .'i uili cn account eft he vcrybai flate A roadi, . were pei feci ly well - c::? cuicd - A? 4 -in the aftci r.ccn, the columns v;re ll.,t'.on td a1 moll at' the fimctvicLy the right a:, i ar.d the left on ilcl.CT.hts 1 l ind A.;in th, I ard certainly, itt'ic cnesy b-d detir!i.,nv-l j to continue ii their rol.llTTt criol ih .: wtu'dhavccfcrptuj butberg appr.feti irf enr vl ovc incuts l y their l.uti.rs, theyfoo.i lecat. e jequa'n'edv.'.th cur in mceuvres, ai d retreated to Aitei.khil.u., contenting .thrm Jtlvts v.ith leavirg, cn th Leightsbchi.n! Akarub, tw o or three fqprihc r.sto protect their retreat.,, '1 he tv ocl.v.i.oiucrortlbgly elbbliihcd thmfe1e?t t three quirtm of a le.iguefrom Ak .reih, in,.t vcrv r.d.'Mtagtoui roluion. bce their departure Jro:n the dene , .'.Oth'u.g but Wipper, ll e truer,?, match and f . (u;d) , ' " LLEBEU." Extract, of a Letter f;ct.nhe liovcrninrnt , Comminioners, Rationed with the rny ofthe fjambre-nJ Meufe, to th: Jrutu tivcDireltory. " IIcjd.f)si.ir;?rict Hagnsu, Vo JV.tirlal, tuyc.r. " Citict Dircacrs, - Yo;tarew hh-3Ut dubt already inform, ed of the Important vl.nory g imtdby tbe left vviftfrof the -rmy, coi??iair4ed ly the U v c General Metir, over th? er.?;yys i?!, r: rrm I fit m tl3 1 ) r U ;. .1 t;v IV. lv .1 ' , l : 'i ,-' 4 V- i ill'
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