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rfcVol3' -x9: '? No. 566.3 : - ''-U
I) U B L I N September ;
Vtt Ntlie bounty of Xrrokh;' "and In part of .'
Down, aUirbarous and bloody perfecuaon
con tinues to ravage without controuw dionva
ing the brains out of unoffending and inckif-
proltratinr houfes and tabb ns are -diiy and
have added fire to fword, and. burnt ninS hoa.
ill llii'i'uu v . ' - ,
. r-Ort'Tharfday evening taft, ' a number ;
Icdmbbirtg btnaddoth weaversauemblfd on
the Combe; armed vith fwbrds tmd bludgef
oas, and having feized on. a few-ihduftrioas
peaceable, rtieli'rwhbin
be,! s, 01 Kilkenny men, tney cut auu aouicu
.1 , ; them .in a noltiiiOcg fanner. We ;re L
happy to hear tbnt vigorous weafures are i
; bout tobe adoptsd by the. Right Hon. ; the
" Lord Mayor, to fuppf efs this dangerous com
"bination f his lor dihip intends tailing a meetv
' A iihVbfthetn;ahuacVurer their co
' : operation to affcrd prbteilion and fupport to '
thofcuuh'appy.ir.en on whonj thete cbmbina
. tors have wrecked their vengeance
L P N D O N;- 'September 15.
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M' The ' MoVin'g oUervatiori's are ; takeri
fi-O'ii theUedacteur, ? the;- paper of the
lnth Diredory; ; l'heilatements we be-
' 'licvVtbbe incorreft. We give them only for;
;,tTie. pur'pofe ''fi, ihewing . tb et the accredited
' sge'nii from' th.-; country is' rot likely to n;eet
, 1.1 the, tirft lftanc'e, with a favorable recep
t':o:-tUl '.' V: '" . '; ' ' :
llammohd. the cotshdent ofMf. Pitt
has ben with the king of isrua, t?engage,
T..n to n'join tne coalition. ; He propoleda
hrge fublidy , and Boyd was' at Hamburgh for
' the purpofe of realizing the fFer.' He was
' authoriled alio to oifer the re-eftablimment
f'i ! : : jl' u : . v. - Lin.: .'.': f U-
tI lac v li.ain.oiacr, r.uu uicrciuiuuuu oi mc
fifteen pieces bifcanhonand feipttod'-i.:- f1 Klnr jDettTefeah;
of the linperial armv "-&J!tt- 1 which waVnot"fiuifhe'iuntiiTa'w.ia the eve-.'
' - t . September so; - ' : '; " . .;.
,.:,;bof,-5if, 1 8,' i 796 i
; jiQifpatches bf which the following are cd-
pies'havl been received from Capt. Anftru
- ill
-foreVn affairs.
t?a-"quartersof his royal highnefs the arch
; dukeChaHes, Zell:near V"urtzburg,
bept. 4, 1796. . v :l ;y..'::'.r " ::;:
My Lord,;,". yo,,;..:
": .Ybur Lbrdihip is acqiiaintect with the un
fortunate circutnltaoces wh'ch have obliged
.Colonel and Mr. R. Craufovd to remain for
a lime at a diftance horn the fcene of opera?
Hons'. The abience cr thefe gentlemen at a
moment fo particularly interelbng as the pre
sent, mult be, regretted, as a lols to the pub- v
lie fervice j ;whiCb though at their requeftI
now atten:nt to detail to your lordfhip the ,
;-;lake "prbceedinffs of the aruiv, I feel myfelf
inadequate tolupply
. ning. : Genera! Kray remained'. at Geroltz- : '
' hoften. : 'i - ' 7
General Stiaray, hi the hieatt time, udg- L
Tmajeftys principal Secretary of State for render himfelf mater, of Wurtbourgembrai
ced tneipifitecl relolutioiVotrather advancing'
againlt him, than of vvaiting for,; him in his
polition. The archduke proved of this i
dea, and determined to facilitate the executi-
on of it, by making a combined -at tack m the
enemy, to take place early ih the mbrhingbf
j". ,iiw ujtc;uiuuf .Y,, ..general .
Stzaray Ihould move forward againfl: the corps :
which was oppofed to him ; that the main
body under the command of general Warten--Heoen,;
pafling; the idge;;oiertlebach;v ' -iiiould
attack te'jolLitr$''pjF.tfte cheiny 'Vwhilit
general Kray, croiling-the river.-at the pbtnt I
neareit Geroltzhoften, fliould ; tufir his left
wing.',.' .'. .... ';,.7. 1
boon after day . break actbrdinfflv.' ren.
Ybuf lordmip is already Jnfomed of the ! Stzaray advanced, and drove back the. potts
rthduke 01 the enemy as however the pther two
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Movements cf his roy al hiehhefs the a
up to the 2 1 ft .ultimo ; at which period the
right wing of the army was aflembled in the
plain between Fprcheim and Barberg ; and
the left, confiding of upwards of twenty two
battaliohs and fifty fqiiadrons, under the ebm
mand bf lieutenant general Stzaray had reach
ed Eberach, and threatened at once, by de-
.' tachment, 'the points otVScheinfort and of
W urtzburg , 5 .
' tc'rly on the 31ft; the archduke .entered
Bamberg ; and from the information there
received of the enemy, determined to pnfl
on with the whole army towards Wurtzburg;
columns had a contiderable marcK to make,V
and met with much unejtpecl;ed ,delay : in the
paflage of the river, he foon found himfelf
engaged alone by very fuprri f humbers ; and
was not only obliged to rtlinqulm the ground
he had gained, but '.had much , difficulty lirtr
maint. inmg his original polition. , ' .
At this critical inltant, his royal highnefa
fent orders to gen. WaVtenflebei, to ford
the river with the whole of his cavalry, and'
advance d.rectly againft the left of the ene.
iln's judicious manceuvre hjUthe defi.
red effect. ourdan feeinn himfelf menaced
as beinp-the Doint rn the occuoationbfvhjth in the moftcii'ttitialbomtofhisDofnion. with
depended .the poiiibihty of forcing J ourdan ; drew trom his right the troops with which he
countries on tne left bank of the Rhine, and
to pro.nile to the king . of Pruffia the poffelli.
bncf Han burg, with whatever tcrritcTyhe
may chuie tb appropriate to himfelf on the.
j-icrht bank of the KHne.
1 " Mi'. Vitt is alfo to lend an Englifhmart,
v hom he will endeavor to introduce into.
; France as an American, -and wl o is to dedr.rc
thjt lie is veuedyiih'po Acrs to ncgoclate a
r rac'e betwcea Great Britain and the French
Herublic , :
: . ' lie h..s alfd fent an emiflary iritopam,
ho is CTinowercd to lurrcnder Portugal to
' t!.at tr.on.irchy, provided thai the C ourt of
I ladr'l will agree to. dctitdi itfelf frbni its
. now Chance with rrancc.". ,
'.'" St-pUmkr 17.- v
Ypftrrdav. we received bv er.nrcfs the Pa-
ris Journals to the 15th And thole of Brufl'els
to the 1 2tl). By ai) artie'e hifcrted in the
Jatur, we are led to believe that Jourdan in-
tended to alfrtnble a'l h'S difierent corps at
l'raijkfort, v here it p.'obahlc his hcd-quar
;n rre arrived bv th time. So.nc of the
Uncr rvtCiid Uut.JoutiWs retreat is only
ailr;.t.rru c:uuiatca to uraw t'ie Archduke
i' o a r.orc fatal fnurc than that into which he
r-ilhy jiirci-m's tt treat acrofs the Rhine at
tcci't , in the bcgimvngof the Campaign.
Y)i wedo 1 occor.Qur in uvs opinion. lour.
to abandon the IV;ein, arfti take his retreat
- through the' iCuhtry of Fulda, on the Lahru
nis royal higrneis pr-oceeded in the evening
to Bourg Eberacl 'CerT. Kray took port at
Lltuian, and general- btzaray advanced to
Klolter iichwartzach,
I On the 1 It September the archduke inarch
ed to Ober Schwartzach, general Kray, to
Garoldilioffen, and o-emral btzaray to Kit-
irigcn, where he palled the Meyn j-'hisad.
?ncd$uard, lh:der General tlotzef took
pofleH.oiv cf the town of Wurtzburg, the
xrtncii garrnon retiring mio iucuwusk
In the mean time the enemy ftraincd up
on eveiy nerve to f-cach Wurtbur'g before
the main body of the Auftrian army 11 ould
co ae up V and by for.-cd marches, arrived
at Kornach, within three leagues of the town,
the fame day on shich General llotzfc tqok
polfeflionof it. Next day (the 2d) Jourdau
attacked, with ihc utmolt impttuolity,' the
corps' under general Stzaray j but tho he
fuccccdcd in forcing fome of bis polls, he was
not able to make any imprcflion on the main
polition; and retired, in the evening to his
camp near Kemacli. There'he rcfolvcd to
abide the event of a battle and in that view
po'.ted himfelf in the following manner 1
His right wing, to the Mcyn alitile below
Wurtiburgi felted on a very commanding
eminence', .in front of which a deep river
rendered the accefs extremely difficult The
fait line of his centre occupied a lonj narrow
wood. Jkirtioo: the bottom of a chain of
d nVlciU rs plainly Ibew that he has fulbined ' heights, 011 the r-dge of which his fecond
Jevei nl dcU ats- Wc do not think it miprob. ' lino was pofted. His left wing confilting aU
.tWi thV. cither the arthdukc will cut off moit entifcly. of cavalry, was placed in the
hxhC. 4 rtiif.it, or Morcauwill cut of the fpaticus plain in front of Korfach ; but con.
H" WSw'u N'oreau's army now becomes l liderably thro.n back, in order to receive the
yi n:'rc!i objeft cf interell than that cf I more elficlurl fupport from the infantry in
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l'l or.i the b.mks of the Kab to
the dhtanec which Jourdan hak
-vtrc cd iimetl-.canhv'ukccroQcd ttic Da."
i.ubc at Iixr.ohladt, fully, 150 mlls.
r An rkTiiilftier fi omGarrau, the French
t iii 011 In Iia))! announces a vktdry gain
c;ln i t'te 4-h tnitint, by general Malcna,
v rt is faid, in t Ao attacks, to have made live
tr tlwufaudf r:o.iCis, and to Have taken
ipnort trom the m.ar.try
the wrx d '
A numerous artillery was diftributed cm
the mod tflcntial point aloflg his rout. H,c
divifioii of Lcicbvre remained polled behind
bthweinfurt, to cover the great road to Fuldt,
and a Tinull intermediate corps tna'intaincd
his comunicatloi witli the army.
Hu roal highnefs halted the 2d in h
caiip of Obcr bdiwaraskj wUdil abridge
v as prelling gen. Stzarav, who thus gained
t,me to rc-eltablilh himfelf in his poft.
, The cavalry novv charged the left of the
enemy, and drove it from its ground, buc, .
the enemy retiring behlrid the wood the Auf
trians remained expofed to a fae of inufque.
try and grape, which obliged them to aban
don the advantage they had gained. , A fe
cond attempt of the fame nature had a fimilar
fate ; and after fruitlefs endeavours to draw
the enemy into the plain, his royal highnefs.
refolvedto wait the arrival of gen; Warten
Ueben's column, without which it was evident
the polition of the enemy could not be forced.
At length the infantry' appeared advanc
ing from Detrelbach, and general Stzary
moving forw ard at the fame time, a combined
attacK was immcoiaiciy lornicu agamu tnes
wood which covered the encmy'j front. -
Eight battalions of grenadiers advanced for
this purpofe, with equal orde? andimpetuoi
fityj rcgardlefsbf Tirailleurs, who harr'aDcd
them ; they gained the wood without fain
a ihot, and in a few minutes drove the ene- .
my not only from' thfcr.ee, but from the'
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appearance of general Kray 'a column on the
right, decided the fortunate of the day; Jour
dan made n6 attempt to . recover, the ground '
he had left, but began his retreat on every
point, this he for lome time conducted with
much regularity jhis cavalry prefervingcon
fiderable countenance, and. formine repeat
cdly, under protedlouof their artUlery, to
clictk the pu r f uit of the Au ftria ns. , At 1 cngt h ,
however, continually harraffed by the huf
fan, and overpowered by a prodigious frc -'
of artillery from the heights, the confuGon
bccjme general ; the cxccflWe fatigue of lheJ ;
Auftrians, and the coming on of night, alone f
fared them from total defijrufiion. ,
The lofs of the Auftrians on this oecafion,
amounts at molt to 800 men,.amongft whom
are no otlicers cf diltincTton J that of the ene
my is by lar moreconfidcrablc. ,Tmo tliou
fand prifor.cri ore tlrcady bro't jin, and the
ntunber of kilcd and wounifcdcahnotjc
froaller. One colour, fix pieces f cannon,
and a "real ruimbcr if ammunition ai.d bug.
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