From the LONDON GAZETTE.
A cKfpatch, of which the 'following is a-.
topy, has been -received from Colonel Crau
ford by the Right Honourable Lord Gren
ville, his Majefty's Principal fecretary of.
'State for the foreign Department, dated head
quartersof his Royal Highnefs the Arch-duke
. Charles of Aoftria, Felbach, near .Stutgard,
July 19, 1796. " r"
r Mjr Lord,--
I have the honour to inform your Lord
fhip, that the Arch Duke, upon receiving in-
telhorence that the armv were marchine-to-
from him Jo that Wumburg,jjpon the
Mem, CariSadt and Eftingen on the Ned ar,
and-Sigmarbgenj 6n the Dauuber may be
confidered at; this moment as nearly the prin
cipal points of the Auftrian; pofition.
4 have the honour to be,- c.
CI CRAUFORD.
cabinet ofMadi id, againft the Britilh govern
mem. - '
The declaration then adds The Trae.Z?
ion contains many other grounds , of com -'plaint
equally trifling ; and to give due ef
fect to the unreasonable farrago, the Marquis.
de las Cafas v has received orders from his
court to demand an imhediate and categorical
anfwer from the Britilh cabinet ; and in cafe
of its not being ktisfaftoryi he is directed to
lcwe the kingdom without delay. ,-:'' .-:
His excellency & at prefent at Bath, whence
it is laid, if a fatisfactory anlvyer is not given -to
the man&efto or declaration of the cabinet
of Madrid, he means to take his departure
for bpam byi'way ci Bnitol.
Mr. HaiiimoncI, one of. Lord Grenville's
ftxretarles,-ftt out yefterday for the conti
nent, with the refult ' of the deliberations of
The mifunderftanding whicli has for feme
time paft exifteqVbctwecn jthis country and
Spain, begins at length to aflume a fericus
and nioft alarming afpeft. The.Mai quls c?
las Cafas, the Spanilh ambafliidor,pretehted
UVMV -VHU VJ1C11VJI1C Ull wVUIlU WHICH I
although"ot yet officially nubhlhed bv his
wards tutgard, 'with ajfiejy o rat .0. his Majefty's mimftcrsy is generally confidered.
General Flokthjint claratiqn of the grounds of complaint of the '
ed from his camp near, Ptortzheim, oa the
14th iuft. to Vahingefl, upon the river Enu,
where he remained the 15th and i6th. On
the i 7th7asythe enemy continued their march
towards S tutgard. His Royal highnefs mo
ved to Schwebertinpe'n, and on the 1 8th to
Lugwigfkerg, having detached - two fmall
corps to occupy the bridges over the Neckar
at Canftadt,. Unter Turhnen, and Eftingen,
in order to cover his left flank, and fecure
the great road from Stutgard to Ulm,- by
wh eh lays' his communication '.witk.his.prin
cipal magazine. ' .. i( .
In the afternoon of the. 18th th&'enemy
arrived at Stutgard, 'and. attempted to dif
loJge the Auitrian advanced poits, which
"Were placed in fuch a manner as to command
the roads leading from that city to Ludwigf
berg and Canftadt.' ;-v .
' ; The attack commenced about four o'clock,
and was' directed with much violence igainlt
two diftinft corps ; that on the left, polled
near Canftadt, under the command of Gene-
ral Bailler, and that on the right, between
' Canftadt and Feyerbach, Under the Prince
Tohn of Lichtenftein. . On the heinhtsof C.n-
ftadt the enemy wf re repulfed three times,
but they fucceeded in making themfelves maf
ters'of the commanding ground on the Prince
of Lichenftein's right flank, as he had not
troops enough to occupy it in fufficient force.
However, his Highnefs determined to wait
till the laft moment for the arrival of general
Devay, who was marching to his iupport
with another divifion ot the troops that for til
ed the advanced pofts of the army. In the
mean time the enemy gained f mudi ground
that even their mufquetry fire along die front
and on the right flank eroded in the Prince
of Lichtenftein's ranks, and it was with the
greatcft difficulty he could keep them from
falling upon his rear. At this critical mo
ment General Devay appeared, and defeated
that part of the enemy's troops who were in
poflelfion of the heights of the Prince of Lich
tenftein's right, this gave hish'ghnefs an op
'portunity of attacking in front, which hedid
with a degree ot fuccefs that fully rewarded
the exemplary tirmnefs difplaycd by himfclf
and his fmall orps during the whole affair ;
and general Bailiet having maintained his
ground on the left, notwithstanding the re
peated elforts made todillodge him, the afti
on terminated, towardsnine o'clock at night,
in favour of the Auftrians.'
Their lofs amounted to about 950 men ;
that ot the enemy was certainly much greater.
On the 19th his Royal Highnefs crofted
the Neckar. and encamped at Felbach, for the
purpofe of covering more effectually his com
. munication with Ulm. ,
The contingent troops of the CrJe cf ; ua
bia havine quitted the nolitions of ' ultfc b.i
the Neckar, and rctrcd behind Kcckingcn,
the Prince of Conde and General rionch,
who had united at Villingen ar.d were it.U
there on the 17th, will by this time have
becrt obliged moil probably to fall back.
- ' Gcheral Wartenllebcn withdrew the gar
rifon of Franckfort on the 1 dthinllant, as that
place is not capable otUclcnce ,;'ana he ar
ranged with general Jourdan a partial armU
. Aice for two days, to give time for carrying (
off what QUI remained there belong ."ng to t!;e
Aurians. On the 16th, finding th-t the
enemy were detxhinjr round his r.ght, throV
. the Biihoprick of Fulds, h't Excellency con.'
tinued his retreat, towarJ Wurjiburg, in
the neighbourhood of which place he was with
kis whole force hen the Ut accounts came
the 1 2th A ugnft, at 7 In the morr$v '
Mcnf. Le Baron.
r The troops after hiving refted on the oth at
Ouanpa, were marched on the icthfor Mar-'
ianaboutGx leagues diftarit The fettie-'
ments in the interior appeared to be inhabireJ,
and we fell in with about 12 Spaniards who
didjiot. wilhto quit their properties. We
found at Mariana fyme fugitive Brigands,
fome were killed and 2 taken prilbners. Orf
the 1 ith, at c in the morning, we marched
for Banique diftantiabout leagues. . About
2 miles trom the town our advanced guard
tcok 3 negro, who infonned us that the enemy
expeiediisrml were determined to rellft-r-
w c made cmr difpofitlons ixLconfequenc.'
Uenti
mile, is flopped by a. barrier, on the left is
a fort' which commapds the town,- whole
walls are wafhed by the Attribonite river,
on the other fide of the river, is a hill oil
which there is a fort.. which commaiuls town
and plain. The barrier was guarded, but'
the grenadiers ofthe PriiKe of W'iiies's re-
'girnent after having been expofed to a very
briflc fire," repulfed them. .We then und
ourfelves under the firjs of the fort, at m,uiV
quet hot ; our little piece took too much 1
time to be brought up, after the firft fire
from the fort, a great part of which priTed
oyer our heads. The infantrybegan then
to fire at random, but - the , cavalry, .com
manded by Mr.'de Govello, by my orders,
turned the fort, during which movement,
they only fired 7 or 8 lhot. Thp .-eneinyv
on feeing that we .were going"to turn them
betook themfelves to flight, throwing them-
our niinillers on the fubjee'r. ; Some fay he fqlves, down the gullies at the moment when
ra"kes the route pf Paris, in which cafe it is pro- i'our HwTars were entering the fortj. lewas
bable his million is not merely confined to the 'a Kuflar of the Prince of Wales's regiment;
quellioh " ot tlie Spanifli demands upon this' " lhat entered it firll ; at that inftant Ivient a ;
country. " , I paUy of infantry, who paifed the river, avid
N O R F O L K, Ofloberto.
By the fchooner Fame, Capt. W ebb, arr.i-
ved yelterday, in2o.days from Jamaica,
we have received Kingilon papers to the
-1 3th beteaiber, trom which the follow
incris extracted ;
o , .
' KINGSTON, JugifiU ,
The difputches brought by lieut. Mali, ,
and by him conveyed immediately to the com
mander in chief, were put on board the Port
Royal, by the captain of the Magicienne fri
gate, ' in the offing on Monday. The Magt
cienne was trom Gibraltar, and lent by the
general O'Hara, to give notice toJthe govern
ors in the W eft-India illands of a rupture ha.
ving taken place between the powers of En
gland and t"p3m, Ihe is faid like wife to bring
information of the Spani h forces, folonglincc
collected before Gibraltar, having st acked
that fortrefs and been completely repulled.
The frigate on her paflage captured ;a very
rich Spanith hip and fent her into one of the
windward illands, part of her crew (to the
number of fifty Ihe put on board the Port
Royal. The above is a recapitulation of all
the intelligence faid to be brought by her, but
by many the attack on Gibraltar is thought to
be falfe, that a formidable camp has been
before that place the re is little docbt of.
'1 he Spainlh ihip taken is faid to be from
a French port, . f conlequcnce her capture is
the effect of her having a French cargo on
board. Gn the whole it is to be hoped that
thee is no foundatiori for believing a ropture
has taken place, yet the report has wrought
fo n.uch upon the minds of the people of tfa
town, 'that privatcerinc is univtrially talked
of.- Should the difpatches of the command
cr in thief contain intelligence of fo important
a nature, it is hoped be will not keep them
long a iccrct.
' . 1 he brig Eli.a, fpoke the Bntifl' (Iiuts of
war,v,anaaaanu icvietnan,ou iionte enrn.
tie," and was informed they had taken a Lrge
fliip, laden with Fall-India goods
r. foit'.gn fchooner with dry goods, fpecie
&c. onlxurd, froiti .vt. Jago de Cuba for
Campcchy, put into this port ycflcrday, Inv-
ma inruna a leak.
Sr timber
TAKING or BANIOUE.
From the Courier Royal de St. Domingo
Letter from M. le Vicompte de Brtiee to Mr.
-. .. .'-.. 11
le waron oeAiontaiaoidcrt, datcu n.unqu
took the other fort without any rcfif lance :
the cavalry nade patroles, but in fpiteof
all our tearching only" 7 brigards were flam.
We have hud the misfortune to lofe Mr.
Dugtie, captain in the Queen's regimentA
an auxiliary-chufleur, and five chaficurs of
the Prince; of Wales's regiment were flightly
wounded." ' -
The town is untouched, and I hope the
inhabitants will foon return to their poffcf- .
fions ; wehave taken two 8 and fix 4 poun
ders, and plenty of ammunition ; we have .
alfo found 1 5 barrels of flour and fome o
ther provilions, but the furniture is m ge-
nerauleitroyed. Jt does not appear that:
the brigands thought we would march foi
rapidly ; they were preparing to defenc I
themefelves, we found the bread for the car - ,
rifon ready to be put in the oven. This, ra
pid march has fatigued a good deal our troop
and horfes, but we have not one Cck. X
am going to cltablilh an hofpital, make eve
ry dilpolition for the fubliftence of the armyv
'enter into a train w ith the Spaniards, &c
&c. 1 lhall thin leave Major the Counn
O'Cormaii, Vo command until further orders
from you. He will then it abour. d tniiufn-in-.r
the number of forts and creel: ng barraci;s
for the tr. ops. I imagine that 200 men will
be a fuflkient garr'.fon for this place. ,
'i he troops I have tie honor to command ,
have fupportcd the fatigues, the dangers,
aud the wants of the campaign, fliort but
pa inful.. v ith a gaiety and courage truly af
toiv.fiiing. I will the to ycu, the Count
O'Gornian, hu co .duft caiiiot vary ' The
chiefs ct the corps have nianilcfttditsgrrateit
7tal r. de L'ocllo ami h;s !!nr.rs luvc
done wciicrt 'i l.c Ccir.t V Marleillan
lias never quitted the head of his ihafi'run,
and his courage has 1 believe greatly iofpircd
then: cur car,ncr.t:cr" intecry e'reum
. ftance, gave me the greatcft fatulaclion. I
w ill fend you by the firft opportunity the
flag taken at the fort Z wcutd wlfli to have
one w hich is di-ar to us, to t eplace that one
v hkh e abhor. Several ?pan:ards came,
here this morning they fay that the r;arrifAit
of Banique tor.flltcd of 200 mui, command,
cd by a write named BUn Aime, who the
very mcrnmgof our attack as fupcrccdcd
by the commandant cf Lo.idon.
(icd)
L'VtcoMTr nsBRLcts.
pjV I rccti cJ a Inter from Mr. Pi.
lomatcJ, commixdcrof the Span'Ja troops