ed the debts' of the combined princes to fuch
a degree as to KaJlen either bankruptcy , or
- jexiraordinary demands lformoneyfwhich
will probably lead to (vVlficinsinlEelr own
dominions. The pecuniary neceflfi ties of Lou
is XVI th. payed the way for herevolutkjn
in-Fr afi'cfrjandhe-fameoiecefl;tyjnay bring-
a r rancis or a ueorgs to we uux.k u u .
. 'eventis not. probable the danger of it is in
,creafed to tbofe principles by the expendi-,
tures of the war . . ; . ..., '
"l; So far then as the co'nlpiracy agamftFrance
.was mtended; t check the progreffi of free
iiimitrv and renublkan priiiciDlesTand to fe ,
our army is novi'tnating, in order toapproadi
our potts, has ho. effect upon oirr troops. As
foon as the Army of the Sambre andjlcufe.
can acVoffenfirely' all VilI be well.
.'(Signed , REYNIErL
The 24th Fruclidor, the commander m
chie pbferying. that the enemy would not
uYe -to the privileged xirders .thexo.BMyance
of their rank, power, . and exemptions the
war was calculated to have a contrary effect,
and accelerate the downfall of the preient or
der of things in feudal countrjfes. t T he mad-,
nefs of the French alone can operate to pre
Vfnt or retard this effect. c . ;
In relpect to France, it is difficult topro
, nounce with certainty -what effect the combi
nation has had ou the interior police of that
.nation. It probably has had one ot two ef
fects either,jp combine 'the eftortsjoL differ
ent factions, divert their: private animofities
from private objects, and point "the patlions
to the: public defence thus leffening the ef-,
fects of evil differitions and pcrfonal ambition
and reyenge--or it has been .the means of
augmenting and prolongmgthe factions arid
calamities which afflict that country.' At this
.diltance from France, opinions are generally
in favour of the latter effecV 'V -.
'But whatever has been the effeft, thocoa: :'
" litToirwaTwicked "deteltable and 'alarming in
principle. It is a precedent of a dangerous 1
kind,-that powers IhbuhP unite to e-ppole a
fo6 llrtLlWll 111 . . rtljr inui maiivu v
chance either political orreligious, in its ii
terior affairs.. It was dictated by the fanati
. cifm of tyrants, blind,- headitrong and fero
cious ; inflamed by that arch-fanatic Burke,
the peniioried traitor to the rights of -man ;
oppofehim, and being determined to refign
fome of the country to. him, , in order that he
might, fall upon the rear of His army , T and,at
the fDtne time Svifhing to cauie a favourable
diyerfton for the army of the ambre and
Meufe, refolved to detach a body of 10,000
rinerpTtinder the orders of general Defaix, to
the route ofcommunication of prince Charles,
in order to intercept his convoy and expreffes,
. and Oudinct; were wounded ; ore piece of
IFghtartillery-and oe carmen M ere t?kenfor
a moment, but the infantry of ger. DuhemV
divilion who had croflal the Danube, adva:i
ced in the greatelt order on the-tntray's ca
Yalry, and renewed theo-bat ; at 3 o'cloclc
the com nandcr in chief et'olved to" attack
,vithThree;fre'h bartalione,- theenemy who '
had'itaid in the fame pl sce they were in, "m
-1 1 1 K innpn niv wrtnr rprp irk.iii T rrsr
uiwiiiiii y 4iyj av( ivi vcu 111-411
Zcll and the woods, as lar'as Pruckwere o-
bliged to retreat wit! irnvt lofs ; the 7th regi
nient ot huilars anl the 10th of rangers obit,
ged then. During thfs ; time', the enemy's
tavalry rvtreatcd, tiling t!oi); the wootls of
Weyhring, wh'ch s bofdcrcU by a morals,
1 1 ' i 11 '- 1 1 -
wmcnniwaerra teem exceeamgiy ; tney were
and force him to. fend more ohis troops to j purlued as far as Liechtehan, vyhe. c tlwre
thofe which he hd at that time' oppofed to t!ie ? was 3 god road for them to retreat, but night
r t- -'f l- . ' ' - t -. . : -.- ' r 11. f it 1
army or.tne oamoreana meiue, ?nd to ott
prellcd by the pridebf princes and the bigotry '
.of prielts, and carrying defolation and "death
into fertile fields and peaceful villages, for
ths mad purpofe of extirpating opinipns with
the fwouV' . .. .
PARI S, : Caober n.
. Peace is made w ith the king of Naples.
The treaty' was figned'the day before yeiter
day. It refembles hot that coudude'd with
. the King of SafJinia. '-The king of Naples
.is not to make any ceflion of territory. He
agrees only to allow certain commercial ad
vantages ; he excludes the Engliih from h's
. ports until a peace,- and promiies reparation
r. ..! . . .
lor the outrages committed in 1 792, agamit
our ambaflador at Naples.
. To this treaty was joined a nicflage, by
which the directory a(k lor new funds to car
. ry on the wf r They announce forr.e l opes
of peace; that negociations with Lngland
will be opened ; that the Cabinet of St. James
mean to lend an agent hut that he is not y et
arrived. They mention the necehlty pf a re
fo'ution to carry on the war with vigour, it
the obltinacy of our enemie render it ncccf
fary, ir order toinAirethe acceptance of jult
and rcafonuble conditions of peace- ,
At one o'clock this morning, the military
commillion fentenced to death, Hucuu, la-
toguct, Culfet, Babi, ex.cbnventicnalilts ;
Gagnant, painter, native of Paris ; Bertran,
ex.mayor, of Lyons ; Bonbon, afhoemaker,
native of Orleans ; Pitoy, joiner, native of
Champlite' $ Lafond, fiiOcmakcr, native of
.Monthrifon. ' ','' '
Several others were lentenctd to impri
fonment for different periods, and fome lbcr
ated. '
, Prince Henry of Prulfia has publiflied and
dedkatad to the French rr public a polthumous
work of DUlrror. He has been received a
member of our national iniluutc.
OFFICIAL DETAILS
AKMY OF THEKH1NE k MOSELLE.
Exlrvfl tfa Utter fnm trip far gencrtlKey
m'tr, cwxmandrr U d'ujct bctd uurtcrs c
the Army tf ihe Fh'tni and AkJttlerJahd
'ttcUenJlttttn, a I'c'nJan'cire, th jtvr,
1 fend you an account of the operations of
the smiiy, ft the 15th Fructklor i as our
courkn may be intercepted, I mall not cutef
iatofcry longdctaiU. Ihe rctrcK wh;ih
tain certain intelligence of that army. Du
ring "this movement, the army of the Rhine ' ;
and Mofelle were" to remain at NJeuberu;, on
.the. Danube, foas to be able to aflift that of
general Defaix, or to be reacly to attack with
much advantage the flank ot general Latour,
if he 'lhould offer to proceed to Avglburg
He preferred this movement on Nuremberg
tooneto'n Vurtnrg;b 'caufe being at a greuu
er ctittance trom prince
- : 1' .1 1 1
more tune ior tti2 troops wnicn tne enemy
mighrienclrj they were fuppbrted from him 4
by the amatry of Anfpach. ' .
; -To carry this into execution, general De-
faix allembl'vd.'on the 24th the 'troops defi
ned for this expedition, at the bridge of the
IntoUtaclr. '1 hey marched to Neuburg on
the night between the 24th and sab, palling
in.e,Jvanuoe in tneaiiernoon, ana WKmgtne
Aichelett road. The fame night the anny
left itspolition at Geiffenfeld to go to Neu.
burg; as the march was very heavy, thgy'
made a halt "at iVicherhe.eri, behind the Par ;
the advanced gnurd relied the whole day,
between Maimburg and Nt utradt ; the troops
under general Fer-.o, acthe fanie rimeyleft
tHeir poluions on the Iler, and polled them- t
felves near Dachan. . The 26th, this body I
retired behind the Par, Latere i r:edbere, a
tituatiomt was neceilnry to Keep until the e-.
nemy approached him, when he was to go to
Lech anj guard the bridges.-.
On the 2tli, jreier:.l Defaix paffed Aiche
fet and forced federal p.irties to retreat ; a
body of penlants fayed themfelves by flight-at-his
approach. ; Thereltofthe left wing, and
part of th centre, took polt between the Da
nube and the ' chutter, the centre behind Un
terliatt. They lett fome troops to cover
Neuburg, 3nd an advanced guard atPottims ;
this movement was not accomplilhed until the
27th.
As foon as Gen. Latour learnt thefetran-;
facTions, he caufed a body ot troops under
Gen. Nauendorff, which was at Abenfiierg,
to follow (Jen. Defaix; and drew in, by for
ccd tnarthes, the troops of Generals Mercan
t'ui and Defaix, as well as the emigrants un
der Conde, who were behind, the lfer, at
Iandihut, and l efore Munich He was en.
camped at PlaiTenhaufcn and llicherihofen
Conde's troops inarched by Acha ; the troojis
under Gen. Frolich, who was at the foot of
the Tyrol mountains, pear the lources of the
li'cr, marched for Landlbcrg, in order to
crols the Lech, and diltm-b our rear ; this
Lit body retreated, and trolled the Lech, as
foon a General Aboticey marched for Laudf
berg On the 28th in hc morning, there was a
very thick log, and we toek a more dole po.
litionforour troops which covered Kcuburjj,
and confillcd ot 4 battalions, 3 fquadruns of
dragoons, 4 of huffars, and 5 pieces of light
jrtillery; the enemy, whom we could not
fee, on account of the fog, attacked our troops,
before they could take their pofition. They
made a ceat reliltance lor loine time,' but
I ere obliged to jpvc up to a lupcriority in
number. -
'1 he enemy's cavalry were iHiing to form
in the little plain of Zcll, under tlx? protect'.
mi of the infantry, who had poffeffion of the
woods they were twice rttuilfed bv the 16th'
regiment of dragoons, and tlejiuflarsof the
7thho wre at length phliged to retire in
fome fmalldilcrdcr,aud the encraliDcimai
coming on,, the iniantry Could not- tolioW the
cavalry ,and they could not profit ot their
advantage, to entirely deftroy the 16 battali
ons of the enemy, who were in the woods of
ofPruck and W eyhring. They made prifon
ers in this affair, about 80 huilars aiid dra
goons, and-as many horl'es. :
Conde's troops. - reinforced bv the rep-i-
merit of Modena, newly arrived from Gali'i
cm, attacked at the fame time, two ver Weak. .
Charles, it heeded j iquadrons of the 9th regiment ot huflars, and
a nan Danauon oiiignx miantry, uno were all
Pottihes, to clear. the roads of Afcha and Augr
H'urg, forced rheiu to retreat to Pruck. The
next day, thelie troops were obliged to re
treat ItUl further.
T his day, general Defaix ad vancctl asfar
as iieyuecK ; irom tne iniprmationne tound,
lie was too late to intercept the conroy j
itined for prince Charles. Five days before,
a very confiderable convoy of artillery had
paffed for Nuremberg 1 but very pofitive or-
dm had been given not to let any thing go
by this route, prince Charles drawing alk
from Bohemia, by the way ofEgraand Banv.
b'erg.. The general feeing that he could dc
nothing important, andthat he was expof.
ing his troops to the danger of being fur
rounded by the enemy, if he went further, ,
jletermined to rejoin the army, which he be
gan on the 28th.-'
. The 29th the centre of the.army and part
of the left wing . paffed the Danube, and
took polt,' the right at Boenfeld,' and the
left at Nei.bourff. At 1 o'clock in the after.
O j
noon they attacked the enemy who had re
mained in the woods of Prtuk and.Zell, and
forced them as far asWehering : thol'e who
were at Pottines and afterwrrds at Pruck,
were again, forced to retreat toSeintin.
One hundred and fifty horfesof the 9th hofw
fars were furrounded by the enemy's cavalry,
but were delivered by the 20thof rangers on
horfeback and the id regiment of cavlary.
The roadfrom NeubourgtoRain wasdif-
coveredby thts retreat s the enemy Cent fome
parties of troops who took the wjgjrons of
the commiffary atwarundthe victualfers, as
well as the exprefs, who, after having deli,
vered to the commander in chief the orders
from the directory, was returning to Donaw.
ert with difpatches for citizen I lauffma;i.
The 30th Gen. Defaix rceroffed the Da u
be atNrubourg, and all the army was on the
right fide of the river. Th centre marched
towards Echkirk, its advanced juard as for as
Wafden, inorder to chafe the cnemy'uho
had gone by Pottines, and 10 cover the road
of Haiti, they d"fputt d the ground but were
?t length oWiged to give way ; night coming
on hindered the fcoiug to Pott'mes Gen.
I r erinoalloma 'e a movement bdore r ned.
Ihurg towards Ardia. A battalion of the
56th rfginient who hid been iinbufcaded or
thcrrxid fromMtinuh to MchaiursrKhngen,
rqulfed, in the i.ight tody of emijir-nts,
w ho w err rctt eating by thu ivuie. aoa kdlcd
great numbers of them.
The firlt conptelucutur dy the irmy
msrehed tovard Pottinc, in urdcr to h.r
raf the enemy, and tonic p4tf the right to.
wards Gcmdelfdorf, on the tod frewn HVin
toMuuUh, and the left at" Po?t'ne, tlavinr
fonic troops to cover NtihHirg. This
movemcut was projected beft re. uvd would
have lnicy.ccu:"d, ifgrn. I t',uur.hl gone
toTricdburg; but as he lud fwly fnt ihf
a bvd of i!a&Lcr, it v. iv,cd, by a.