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i i f"n H ' I H I M ill. I H V.. 0 n imj -. J BUT M B V I - l I 1 t jp-S'NfO Ht Pustw) rr H E N R Y W I L LS, Jcjmr Priwtik to tkb Stati witii A.Hodci. ,;j T H U R $ D A Y, S Vol. x- I F T I M B E R 29, 1796. Numb. 55. ,1 0 FILIAL N rELLlOKN, K. . -r if Rbttut and the Moftlle. iUGwr't i Chief f the xctulivtDi- Uai.QuarUrs at Khl, the hth and Jth I RECDVtDycr courier ot the 1 Meffi rjo Jul dining me to pals tfu J.tlri liters of the intrenchments ot va Qjr troops have occupied the right rrf.ihe riw ever fince three in the oorn !!LlVe could only effect the j.flage opuunie ItM i W allotnln ng overn )ing or rue lifiiot ror two day had fo inundated the tAea .km tin troop 1 eic to I at Ganheim, UtttiiimpG(FiWe w l-nd on firm ground. I fhr iocfdihJi obfticles that were to bs o i(i n,'?t havectc.ificr.ed doubts of the Vtrtl' foc.h anenierpiize, attempted by an lf troops thtr.F'eoch. The bravery of the 'joldwi. 'V l n courage of the effi fyl vho direfled the attacks, furmottoted eve )jit(5c0:ty. In no pari, 86 I hate already Vldracd you, could we oake a nift-debitki !jD 00 Terra Firma. AfKfbV fg larded on the iflea, with whicti thine abounds, it wae icccllaiy to or ItoMMiy from tlero, tjartempt oher pWlj juindtatfhblifli ouiiclves. m them : Th f jtirfDBiiljnce fndtitd a fuiprife icnpt tLblt-, M sattit ally afforded time for reinforcement HKiifl. ine fipidity ana gooa conn uCJ, oter, of all the attacka, deprived the ttttiny i ihelt advantage j. All the intrench merits of the ill s were catri d al tht point of the bayonet without any fi iri ihecntroy had only time to make a clil htieof grape (hot, from each of tte pieces fcannon that defended the iCes j and thole thai ifht have fared th;ml'eiv:s vnre puilued with inoch vgour, that they had not time to dc rejjbe little, bridge that fetved them at :int of commuDication. Wc got pulfcffion The attack of the infrem hments of Kehj, ftd much greoter Mtacle4. We cuwi. "j make it witii our infantry. It a nccel' 'Itoopth on the enemy in a rery co. fj k-ra Un defended by their cavalry. W iJdaotoppofeouro vn cavalry to thtirs, for itiipollible to embark themi the artillery foHpcd the tif a tiHjjarkiion wai equally t cli. for it could not be conveveJ ovtr "i not ine intrepidity of Ojr troops fup MjAeJi epilation for a pafljge, and wi t be wa.it of meant Wm m- . i faik twlii.-K An otifraiinn af fuch 1 v iiiuuw vi 1 k. vi 1 - - - - r ------ - "M.ltrv which we took, and it was fuffi to take artillery men with i t$ who CK "'"cwidition to aft " JM intn embaricril iirp tint likfTiint Uliit ih reiterated attack nf th kcimpof Wilftette put them in a condi' nowakeihem, and the very viftorous. tiie lliheintrerchinentshich it wa neccf Cirr j the flying hride. which 0.1 wcnon might hac $,6ted in a very rt ri'n.i.) r,f . 1 . . - - enemy in the road of OllcnboOrg, and took from them tbiec piecea v( cannon and many pitfoiters. Our artillery of the Ille of the Rhine fecond ed, by a well dirrcled fire, the attack ol tt.r orks which vere wuhir. ihnr.iettch.Th. 10ft of the enemy in this affir ws very ccnt'i drrstirein kn'ed and woom1tiJ. We took be teen 7 an f 8e meo, iojo molkci, aihI 15 v t5 pie vet of cannon. The aitack-ot Gamhfhgim had not the ho p(d for fucceU j the ld.s 00 which the troyt ought to have landed, ere coveied nh i ter from the f well f the two piectrd day 1 ; thu obificle, howcvei, did not Hop us ; the debaikjtion was nude in open dy, uuJtr the ent'ny'a fire, and the troopa tngatd up to their middle in aer, drmg hich they at tempted .to nd j but the tap d ty o' the cur ren: hich Jfpaiated th;m, did not permit them to recover their bom 5 they rep tiled to he left bnk in the belt order. The foi'iui med tears of rage to fee their courage artelt ed by obltcles, which it was unp-ffiole to o vercotne. This attack was commanded by the General of div fioi 3caulieu, he having under his or dtrs th-. Ge.i ral of biigade St. Sonne, the .Adjutant .Get. ti.iL B- levi.e, Lechafl'eur, and t!ie chief ot the battalion of engineers, Hoite- vm. '1 he tioups dtftined tor this feiv ce im Mieaiately rtt.un.cd to the attack of Kehl, to :upvuii thole hicll had pifltd j the pad.gt of Kehl was commanded by the General of di wilion Feimot j the difTsrtnt attacka were di tefcl'ed" by the A jutants General Montrichaid, Abbjtuci, D cen, and Uie chitf of the bri gide of enguitets, Hoitgttfaid the refcrvtby 'he Goneial of bngaJe Tholme. The Gene '?) Dff..ix uaimndmg the centre or the army, uck ilia: of two divifiona as (bun es ihey had ,a(l-d. The diiiingu'fhed conduvit of all thafr viVc yfrum merits the higheit euloiirti. J .nitft r.ot "forget to give 500 the m-U advantage ous accnut.t of the talchts and act.vny of the G-r.neral or brigade R guier, chief of the t: t M- jjrof the army j the iintiienic buhnefa A li stS.e diJ not prevent hi' from taking ht ,nil s,U vc part m all thele atfaii, and tci.dt.ring ih moft f;gnal iervtcei 1 nad cbircd the Aljutant General Abba rpof timercould net be got rcicTyln w2RvfixhT,i ,l,ttciffive 'w- MJ-WtRijioe rendered the anchoage an J6tM.g lo d:ffi olf, that we ran the nfe, I nt ot, prompt and fpccdy.fuccoun, of iheJr.u.i.uf oorcier wa-. -L i W: an ".ftat, to deprive 1 tccrto i i"or a : f;'.nof L! fd. and 1 ii . ... - -W I All I IP h.,... .1, I gave orders for th tfat had carried' thir far rt tktn c h .1 f . ,w fcou r " " 10 Untlht nectlli L . n.ai ce vre 2i ma, t.,f 7 -w w ' r 11 11 1 u wt re tnibled to beg.n "hUlfe.C . L - t,C .TcT ,nca,kot -Xihi. ' ntn rritni.k. ., Bit ii,?.... rr . wi idl 1 t five ihoufjnd men. The -. k J!IOt anl'e'.n8ihat of 'he ere ,:kfte a,; 8nd r ma'og heat effivel ncrn,,rn'.hment8, which were I Vdikri 1 j iicy were entirely the- tutci, liillcvttiic, JJcacn. lvuntiicnard, and he duet of the brigade of engineers Boifge nrd, and Ddon, the cbiif of the battslion jf pontoiineers, with a furvcy of the Rhine, it h ail the mportance (icmano. i'ljistng couia ecjuai ine iniein -genet with wh:ch thefe preparation were mtde, Dot toe intrepidity and talents which were dil;dayed in the execution. The troops which hnvc pafTed to Klshl, are the 2 t battalion of the third half brigade, and the ifl of the i5 h light infantry, with the jitt, 89;!), and 56th infantry, of the -line. The chit of bittulion BcoJcltrvre, command mg the 2d tjattaiion of .ithejd half brigade, of liht intantry, particularly diltingu fhed him felf in the attuck of the rede ubis f the wounds which he recieved did not prevent his continu ingattheoulirohe.il knon for one of the braveft effi eis of the army. The addrefs, he bravety j rand teal "of-the battalion of pon tonnetri did not a little contribute to our luc cefs j they worked without inmraifllon for fixty hours. . The General Lajoliat, although not on the feirice, requtfled of roe at the moment of at. tack, that he might lead, as he perfeflly kne tVe locaities of the place j this, knowledge was h ghly ofeful, and hit example did not a little jittmare the courage of our troopi I will fm part to yoo other traits of courage which hae marked nii day, .One of the wt nemarkaf ble is in the manner in which the hi ft fdook on the p. am tai 'carried $ the foldier after having leafed into the ditch before cfcalade, threw a frjower of ftonei upon the defenders, If the enemy had known of thii enttrpr te, it would have been a I mutt ImpofTible It it fortunate that they weie the dupes of all the falfe attacks an movecnii which we made to conceal it from them 1 They were equally ignorant in the town ot Strifburg j they knew nothing of the p'tpirations till the moment that they could no longer be con. cealcd from tl em j thai -m thr palT.ge of tht bJats upon the branch Mobile ) on the 5th at ui d day, I made the gates be fhut, that the enemy might not obtain further inteJli. gnce. - "" Io thernidft cf the eulogies which I ntvf beitowtd upon all thole wno hare coucurred in this operation, I regret that I have to com plain of the water men cfStrafbugb, hf bu dilpoGtion has been cairied to its heigltf thofe of whom boats were requettld for th expedition, refufed the rudders to the requi fitifn of the chief of the pontonnetrs. Your coinm;fG.)ncra with the Idminillrations of that ton ere obliged to m k; do .tuoliaty vidtB to procure them : ths retarJcd the padige two houis, and dy began toapp at before the dc partuic of the firft boats j to i-hat the falfe aU . lacks that cre begun mull have given the firm al aiig th whole liver. I h;e we (h 11 foon be in a pofition to ex tend our tight Irnd .0 the army of 1 ly, aud cur left to that of the Sambre and Mtufe, - You w ll txcufe me, Cit t nt Oiteclors, for not having fent my report as foon as the paf fge woi tlftcltd. I confiJcr our politton upoa the right bank of the Rliine as' veruhcettsio uiKil the re llihlihti)',nt of the biide, as wt had neither artillery nor cavalry, ani it era iirpt)iTi!le to pais iheni over. " " The bridge it jolt hnifhed between Kehl, and the J lie of Hie R.une, it. is about 1 50 to:(cs the rtii of the rsny is now p.tHng. Health and tefpeel, (Signed) MORE AIT. P. i. 1 have this inftsnt received an ac count that our trcops have driven the enemy ftom Neumhul, taken from them 200 men of ilit tree corps of Ginlay, with a cainage 1 the Uiftntliof the hotfes faved the guns. Ai.nexed u the plan of the attacks they were peifeitly exeru.ed, txcept at Gamb flieiin ; but 1 atTuie you, it was not the fault of the troops. L O N D U N, June 7. LAFAYErrt:. 7 he folio iving ery fiftHing letter is written bj M Gdiet, a gentleman who wai Aid dim Lamp to the unfortunate La lajttte. Ihi tjranny oj Rcbtjburrt ! It is abjurd to com fare it u the treatment defcrtbeU bj Af. GiUet Mr. Editor, THE cncumitance of cur having been per sonally attached to General La Paytttev by the duties of our tfation in hit army, and mote particularly by the coVfideration of bif private and public virtues, interetted our live liett feelings and gratitude in that pathetic de scription lately inadr by- Mr. Fox, of inno cence tortured with the mofl rclentoef'f and fi vage brutality. Ail the friends of homanitw and l.berty will lympathite in the eloquent grief of the great flatefman, ane in that borfl of indignation and foirow which broke front everyart of- the houfe of commons. But all the colours and po ers of xloquenct can never do jultice to tht unparalleled lufferings of the unfuriurate La Fayette, fo juHly entitled tt the piaife of being a man of the mo& oocor routed nMoie. Let the tender and compani onate hearts of the Bntifh fair, and the boat ed genen fry of Eiigl lhmen, contemplate that gallant and dilingufbtd character, Crixrd upon neutrl gioundr aod4rcj.pt tht monthf "Aii god, I7a, butied alite in cold, fubnerrane- . oot, fotitaiy dungedns, deprived of cxercife of air, of tbs light of heavevi, of all inter courte with heman beings tifippea) of all hi clothes, before his being plunged io hie left ,. dungeon at O.fuutz, and clad- like a galley r " 'a m : e a a'.a.- ho threw dow their arms, wnen iney iw . wwkhu w.... v. me Frencrupon iht UCJcrtfla- ,n ,u" "uu"7 u.cw..u.. ft iter 91 . ayt' ucujiuiBwi avwy wj4 rf (
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