fide, and of Pavia, whether the headquarters were to be transferred that evening, and the caftle of Placentia, on the otber; that Vercelli is abandoned; that on the 7th he propofed to batter Pinighetone; that a detachment had been at Modena, which they found evacuated by the enemy; that 4co Croats and a numerous body of peasants clofely blockaded Ferrara; that preparations were making for forming and pushing with vigour the fiege of Mantua; that great quantities of cannon, ammunition, and other ftores had been taken at diffrent places, particularly at Pefchiera, where the booty far exceeded all expectation; that the inhabitants of the different countries fhewed the utmoft gratitude for their deliverance; that the Piedmontefe Officers who have been taken, are, under the aufpices of the Marthal, drawing up a Proclamation, inviting their brother Officers and foldiers to rife and join them, for the purpofe of affifting in the re-eftablishment of their Sovereign on the Throne.

Extract of a Difpatch from Lieut. Col. Craufurd to Lord Grenville, dated Lindau, the Icth infiant.

Part of Gen. Bellegarde's army has advanced from the Upper Engadine, in the direction towards Coire, and has paffed the Albula. The French, who were in the Upper Engadine, have retired towards the Splugen. It is reported that there has been a confiderable infurrection of the inhabitants of the Upper Valais and Uri; the particulars not

known.

From the London Gazette Extraordinary.

Downing-Street, May 30. Difpatches, of which the following are copies and extracts, have been received from the Right Hon. Sir Morton Eden, K. B. and Lieut. Col. Robert Craufurd, by the Right Hon. Lord Grenville. his Majefty's Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department.

Extract of a Letter from Sir Morton E

den, K. B. dated Vienna, May 11. It is with the greatest fatisfaction that I inform your Lordthip of the furrender of the fortress of Pefchiera by Capitulation, on the 6th inft. to Gen. Kray, an event which will greatly facilitate the further operations in Italy. I have the honour of inclosing the Extraordinary Gazette published on the occafion; and alfo the Extraordinary Gazette contain

ing an account of the operations of the army under Gen. Bellegarde, of the lofs fuftained by the Army of Italy in the dif ferent engagements on the Adda, and of the great joy with which the army was received at Mi an.

Accounts from Brindifi ftate, that on the 15th the French troops, in contequence of orders brought to them over land, evacuated the place, and with such precipitation as to leave both their magazines and booty.

Vienna, May 11. The General of Artillery Baron Kray, who remained behind, in obedience to the orders of FieldMarthai Suwarrow, to undertake the fiege of Pefchiera, after having made every difpofition for the opening of the trenches and for the bombardment of the citadel, offered to the enemy's garrifon, confifting of 1,500 men, a Capitulation, by which it fhould be allowed to come out upon condition not to ferve for fix months against us or our allies.

Our preparations and difpofitions for attack made the enemy accept our capiall the artillery, ammunition, and provitulation, and deliver up the fortress, with

fions. The first account of General of Artillery Kray is, that Ninety Cannon's and Mortars were found in the place; befides fixteen gun-boats equipped, and a great quantity of ammunition and provifions.

The Grand Duke Conftantine arrived at the moment that the garrifon was forced to eapitulate. That Prince, after the evacuation of the place, continued his journey to the head quarters of FieldMaribal Count Suwarrow.

CAPITULATION OF PESCHIERA, Concluded between the Imperial Generat Count St. Julien, and the French Adjutant General Coutheau, May 6, 1799.

Article I. The Gariifon and all be

longing to the French Army, fhall march

out with the honours of war.-Anfwer--

Granted: but fuch of the troops as are not Frenchmen fhall freely return home.

Art. II. The Garrifon, will evacuate the place as foon as poffible after figning the Capitulation; wi march out with arms and baggage, mufic plaving, matches lighted, colours flying, and four pieces of cannon, to go under proper efcort to the next poft of the French army.-Anfwer-Granted: the Garrifon fhall march out at eight o'clock to morrow morning by the Brescia Gate, lay down their arms, and take the shorteft road to the first pofts of the French army.

It fhall oblige itfelf not to ferve againft his Majefty the Emperor and King, nor his Allies, for fix months after the prefent Capitulation.

Art. III. The fick who cannot be conveniently removed, shall remain in the hofpital till their entire recovery-Anfwer-Granted.

Additional Art. All the plans, military fores, artillery, naval ftores, and all the provifions of every kind, belonging to the French Nation, fhall be faithfully delivered up.

Concluded on the walls of Peschiera, 17th Floreal (May 6) 1799. (Signed)

(Accepted)

Count St. Julien. Cout beau. Baron Kray. Vienna, May 8. Field-Marshal Count Bellegarde has forwarded, by Lieut. Dietrich, the preliminary details of the offenfive operations of, the army under his orders, from the 30th April till the 3d May.

The weather having become a little more favourable towards the last days of April, and the paffes more practicable, Field Marshal Count Bellegarde determined to execute without delay the plan of attack which he had prepared. It was made on the 30th of April in two columns and feveral detachments.-The firft, being the principal one, was commanded by the Field Marfhal Count Bellegarde, and the fecond by the Field-Marshal Haddick. Each of thefe columns was fupported in its operations by detachments, which fometimes attacked and at other times only made demonftrations.

The firft column penetrated from Nauders into the Engadine. It was receffary to pass the Inn at feveral fords, which the troops, notwithstanding the extreme cold, performed with the greatest lingness; feveral were loft by the rapidity of the current.

As foon as the fignal for attack was given, a U the advanced pofts of the eneany were attacked at the fame time by the first column, and by the detachments which had taken the roads leading to the Lower and Upper Lovellen; the greatest part of them were killed and the reft put to flight. The referved pofts of the enemy, however, availing themfelves of the advantage of the ground, difputed every inch. From Strada to Ramifs the firft column and the detachments were obliged to climb the most impracticable mountains, fighting at the fame time in order to drive the enemy from feveral advantageous positions.

Towards twelve o'clock this column arrived before Ramifs; the enemy was driven from the heights which commanded the valley of Ramifs, from the village itself, as far as the entrenched pofition behind Ramifs.

This pofition, naturally very advan tageous, was rendered fill more fo by. the works which the enemy had raifed on the front and right flank.

The moft decifive attack against this entrenched pofition was made upon its left wing, on the fide of Manas.

Field Marshal - Lieutenant Bellegarde had ordered a particular column to penetrate from Ifyl and Spile by the mountains as far as Sehleims and Manas, and afterwards to pass the rivulet of Ramifs above Manas. This column had, from the place at which it was formed, already made fome extremely painful marches over the fteepeft mountains; fo that in advancing from Manas by the valley, full of ravines, the foldiers had almost exhaufted their ftrength.

On that fide the enemy had fecured themselves by three entrenchments, placed one before the other, which could only be reached by a very narrow path That column however, in fpite of the exhaufted ftate of the foldiers, carried two of thofe entrenchments; but by the obftinate refiftance of the enemy and their own extreme fatigue, they could not reach the third.

It was the intention of Field- Marfhal Bellegarde, that an attack should be made upon the entrenchments on the enemy's right flank as foon as this column had reached his left.

The troops deftined for this affault advanced to the entrenchment thick fet with palifadoes, and in spite of a very brifk fire of artillery and mufquetry, climbed up the steep height upon which the entrenchment was made. They forced the palifadoes, but their fatigue did not fuffer them to penetrate as far as the en trenchment. In the conftant hope of being able to drive the enemy out of this entrenchment, who had already feveral times given way, but who with forces. repeatedly renewed, defended themfelves behind their parapet with obftinacy, the attacking divifion fuftained itfelf for a long time at a few paces of the ditch, without either fide lofing an inch of ground.

Night came on, and Field-Marshal Bellegarde was obliged to defer till the next day the affault of the camp.

During that time, Field-Marthal Had

dick

dick had fucceeded in penetrating with his column over the top of the Scharl, and into the valley as far as the bridge near Schlus. Count Bellegarde had relied upon this fuccefs. The enemy could no longer maintain themselves in their pofition behind the rivulet of Ramifs, and the lefs fo, as the column of Field-Marthal Bellegarde had got beyond their right wing.

: The column of Count Haddick, from its point of formation until that of the attack, had to make a very difficult ftage of ten hours over the fteepeft mountains covered with fnow; he made his troops take fame hours repofe upon the fummit of one of them, but only being able to allow a few fires, they neceffarily Juffered from the extreme cold..

About four o'clock in the morning the advanced guard, commanded by Col. Rouffeaux, attacked the advanced pofts of the enemy. They were immediately driven away. The troop of referve of the enemy maintained themselves in their poft near the village Scharl; they did not yield till after an obftinate battle of an hour, during which we took fevera! prifeners..

The column pushed before them the defeated divifions of the enemy under a continual fire till half paft one o'clock. But the advanced guard found themfelves unexpectedly before a pofition which was ftrongly fortified both by nature and art, the front of which could only be reached by a narrow path; and all the attempts of Col. Rouff aux to penetrate to it were rendered fruitless by the vigorous refiftance of the ene

my.

At length the Colonel detached fome companies under the command of the Firft Lieut. Giwchak, which by taking a very long bye-road through an abatis got beyond the entrenchments of the lett flank of the enemy, and as they could from the top of a hill diftrefs the right flank, more energy could be employed in attacking the front: in this manner the enemy was foon forced to abandon this polition with a confiderable lofs. The column pushed forward, but met with an almot infurmountable obftacle. The only way by which it could pafs was a narrow hollow path on the declivity of a rock, which was entirely expofed to the fire from the enemy's entrench.

menis,

Field-Marshal Lieut. Haddick, finding it impoffible to approach the enemy in front, determined to attack their en

trenchments in the rear from a height which appeared almoft inacceffible, and to diflodge them from their position by an attempt which they by no means expected. The chief chaffeur Mathieu, of the Corps of Le Loup, with fome other chaffeurs, and Capt. Enyeter with a company and a half of the regiment of Antoine Efterhazi, were charged with this enterprize, who by means of cramp irons scaled the highest fummit of the mountain undiscovered by the enemy; and while their attention was engaged by our cannonade from the mountains in their front, the whole detachment, headed by Capt. Enyeter, gained their entrenchments by defcending a frozen ravine in their rear.

This bold attempt totally difconcerted the enemy, and gave our advanced guard time and opportunity to penetrate by the narrow path in their front. The entrenchments being carried by affault, the enemy took a new pofition further back; but they were attacked and dislodged from it with great loss. To cover their retreat, they destroyed a wooden bridge, which could not be repaired in lefs than an hour and an half.

The Field-Marshal Lieut. Haddick pushed on by a forced march as far as Schlus, but he was forced to halt upon the heights of the right bank of the Inn" near Schlus, as his troops, exhausted by a 24 hours march, were unable to make another attack, the bridge over the Inn near Schlus being deftroyed, and the only fordable paffage being commanded by the enemies batteries.

The remaining detachment on the left, commanded by Lieut. Col. Count Veiffenwoll of the regiment of Michael Wallis, was destined to alarm the enemy in the valley of Tefchirffer, and to keep them at Czernitz. This divifion was allo compelled to make a very long and difficult march to arrive at the point of attack. His advanced guard foon drove in all the enemy's out-posts to their referve, which was pofted behind an abatis, and for fome time there was only a partial difcharge of mufquetry. The enemy, however, being reinforced attacked our advanced guard, but were repulfed. About noon the enemy made a fortie from their abatis in greater force, and renewed the attack; our advanced guard was driven back upon the referve, and were obliged to retire by the narrow path already defcribed, as they could not advance against the enemy on account of the fnow being no longer ftrong enough to bear them.

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