right, made their artillery advance, and à brifk cannonade was opened. I gave orders for every half brigade to file off in a clofe column on the wings of their fecond, and of their first and third battalion. General Duphot, at the head of the 27th light infantry, threw himself into the river, and prefently gained the oppofite bank. General Bon fupported him with the grenadiers of Guieux's di vifion. General Murat made the fame movement on the right, and was like wife fupported by the grenadiers of Bernadotte's divifion. The whole line put itself in motion, each half brigade en echeion, with fquadrons of cavalry, to fill up the empty spaces from behind. The hoftile cavalry wanted feveral times to charge our infantry, but without fuccefs; the river was croffed, and the enemy routed in every direction. They attempted to affail our right with their cavalry, and our left with their infantry. I fent General Dugua, and the Adjutant-General Kellermann, at the head of the cavalry of referve, affifted by our infantry, commanded by the Adjutant General Merieur; they worfted the enemy's cavalry, and took prifoner the general who commanded them. General Guieux ordered the village of Gradifca to be attacked; and, notwith ftanding the darknets of the night, he captured it, and completely routed the enemy; Prince Charles had juft time enough left to fave himself. General Serrurier's divifion paffed the river, in proportion as it arrived, and ranged itfelf in battle array to ferve as a corps of referve. In that day we took from the enemy fix pieces of cannon, one General, feveral fuperior officers, and made from four to five hundred prifoners. The quick nefs of our display and manœuvre, and the fuperiority of our artillery, alarmed the enemy to fuch a degree, that they would not make a ftand, and profited by the night to take flight. The Adjutant-General Kellermann received feveral cuts with the fabre in charging at the head of the cavalry with his ufual courage. I am going to occupy myfelf in rewarding the Officers who diftinguished themfelves in the different actions. (Signed) BUONAPARTE. General Bernadotte to the Auftrian Com mander of Gradifca. HeadQuarters before Gradifca, 29 Ventor. (March 19.) YOU have defended yourself, Sir, VOL. XXXI. APRIL 1797. like a brave man, and by your conduct have acquired the efteem of foldiers. But any further obftinacy would be a crime, which I would make fall on you principally; and for the purpose of justifying myself to pofterity, I now fummon you to furrender in ten minutes. If you refufe, I will put your troops to the fword. Spare blood I The principles of philanthropy, which ought to animate a Chief, impofe on you this obligation. The fcales are prepared, and the grenadiers and chaffeurs demand the affault with loud cries. Answer. I am, with efteem, the General of Di vifion, BERNADOTTE. Buonaparte to the Executive Directory. I have given you an account of the paffage of the Piave, of the battles of Longara, of Saeile, and of Tagliamento. The 28th, the divifion of General Bernadotte departed at three o'clock in the morning, marched round Palmanova, and took pofition on the torrent of the Torre, where the huffars met him. The divifion of General Serrurier took pofition on the right, that of General Guieux on the left. I fent Citizent Lefale with the 24th regiment of Chaffeurs to Udine. The enemy at our approach evacuate ed Palmanova, where we found 30,000 rations of bread, &c. It was but ten days before that Prince Charles feized that place from the Venetians; he wished to occupy it; but he had not had time to establish himself there. General Maffena arrived at St. Daniel, at Olopo, at Gemona, and pushed his advanced guards into the defiles. The 29th General Bernadotte advanced and blockaded Gradifca; Gene ral Serrurier marched oppofite Saint Pietro, for the purpofe of paffing the Ifonzo. The enemy had feveral pieces of cannon, and fome battalions on the other fide, for defending the paffage. I ordered different manoeuvres to alarm the enemy, and the paffage was effected without oppofition. I cannot forget the trait of courage of Citizen Androffy, Chief of Brigade of Artillery, who, ordered to try whether the river was fordable, precipitated himself into the water, and palled and repaffed on foot. PASSAGE OF L'ISONZO, AND THE CAPTURE OF GRADISCA. General Serrurier reached Gradisca by his march upon the heights which governed this town. To make a diverfion, and to preclude the enemy from the discovery of our manœuvre, General Bernadotte caused the riflemen to attack them in their entrenchments; but our foldiers, impelled by their natural ardour, advanced with their fixed bayonets to the very walls of Gradifca They were there received by a heavy difcharge of mufquetry and grape fhot. Five thousand prifoners, the flower of Prince Charles's army, ten pieces ef cannon, and eight ftandards, were the fruits of this manœuvre. We at the fame time paffed L'Ifonzo, and took Gradifca. General Serrurier, in the mean time, arrived upon the heights which commanded Gradifca, rendering every means of retreat impoffible. The enemy, panic ftruck, faw no poffibility of defence, and defpaired of making their efcape. General Bernadotte prefented the fummons fubjoined, when the enemy capitulated. General Bernadotte, obliged to fupport them, brought forward four picces of cannon to force the gates; but they were defended by a fleche well entrenched. The divifion of General Bernadotte conducted itself with that gallantry which guarantees our future fuccefs. General Bernadotte himself, his Aidde Camp, and Generals, braved every difficulty and danger. I folicit the rank of General of Brigade for Adjutant General Mireur. BATTLE OF CASASOLA. The divifion of General Maffena, carrying the first of La Chinfa, encountered the enemy, who wished to dispute the paffage of the bridge of Cafafola. The riflemen drove the enemy back, and immediately after the grenadiers of the 32d and 57h demi-brigade, in clofe columns, forced the bridge, beating the, enemy, notwithstanding their entrenchments and chevaux de frize, purting them even to Ponticba, taking 600 prifoners, all belonging to the regiments lately brought from the Rhine. All the magazines which the enemy poffeffed on this fide became alfo our property. The rangers of the roth regiment, with fword in hand, rushed forward into the enemy's entrenchments, and have confequently new claims to the efteem of the army. (Signed) BUONAPARTE. Head-Quarters at Goritz, 2d Germinal, 22d March. Buonaparte to the Executive Dire&ory. Citizens Directors, We entered yesterday into Goritz. The enemy's army have effected their retreat with fo much precipitation, that it has left in our hands four hofpitals, containing 1500 fick, and all the maga. zines of provifions and warlike ammu. nition, of which I will give you an ac count by the next courier. The divifion of General Bernadotte went yesterday to Camiza; his advanced guard and the rear guard of the enemy have had a rencontre at Carminia. The 19th regiment of Chaffeurs charged the enemy with fo much impetuofity, that they made 50 huffars prifoners, with their horfes. General Maffena purfued the enemy to La Pontieba. BUONAPARTE. Head-Quarters, at Goritz, 4th Germinal, 24th March. Buonaparte to the Executive Directory. You will find fubjoined an account of the articles we have found in Goritz, I will fend to you by the next courier an account of thefe we have found in Triefte. mines of d'Ydria; we have there found We are mafters of the celebrated fubftance prepared for two millions. We are placing it in the waggons; and if this operation fucceeds without any accident, it will be very useful to our BUONAPARTE. finances. Head arters, Goritz, 4th Germinal, General Guieux, with his divifion, went on the fecond to Cividale a Caporetto; he there encountered the ene my entrenched at Pufero,attacked them, and took from them two pieces of can non and 100 prifoners, and purfued them into the defiles of Caporetto, in the Auftrian Chinfe, and left the field of battle covered with Auftrians. General Maffena with his divifion is at Travis. I have therefore reason t hope, that the 2000 men whom General Guieux has puthed before him, will fall into the hands of the divifion et Malfcua. The Citizens Directors, I Gave you an account by my last cou rier, that a column of the army of Prince Charles was hemmed in between the divifion of General Maffena, who was at Tarvis, and that of General Guieux, who, on arriving at Caporetto, puhed it into the defiles. BATTLE OF TARVIS. General Maffena being arrived at Tarvis was attacked by a divifion of the enemy, which left Clagenfurth, and came to the affiftance of the divifion that was hemmed in. After a conflict extremely obftinate, he put it to the rout, took a vast number of prifoners, among whom are three Generals. The Emperor's cuitfiers, who arrived from the Rhine, have fuffered moft leverely. ENGAGEMENT OF LA CHINSE. Capture of the Place. Meanwhile General Guieux drove the column which he had defeated to Pufero, as far as the Auftrian Chinfe, a poft extremely well intrenched, but which was carried by affault after a very obftinate engagement, in which Generals Bon, Verdier, and the fourth half-brigade, as well as the 43d, par. ticularly diftinguished themfelves. General Kables himfelf defended the Chinfe, with 500 grenadiers; by the laws of war thele 500 men ought to have been put to the fword; but this barba rous right has always been difclaimed, and never exercited by the French army. ports, and as foon as every moment fhall be lefs precious. The chain of the Alps which parts France and Switzerland from Italy, separates the Italian part of Tyrol from the German part, the Venetian States from the dominions of the Emperor, and Carinthia from the county of Gorice and Gradifca. The divifion of Maf fena had croffed the Italian Alps, and came to occupy the defile of the Noric Alps. Our enemies were fo aukward,as to enthral all their baggage and part of the army, by the Noric Alps, who were that moment taken. The combat of Tarvis was fought above the clouds, on a height which commands Germany; in feveral parts to which our line extended the fnow lay three feet deep, and the cavalry, charging on the ice, fuffered accidents, the refult of which were extremely fatal to the enemy's cavalry, BUONAPARTE. (Signed) EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE, A Detail of the operations of a detachment of the British troops in the fervice of the Nizam, by which the late alarming infurrection in the Decan was fuppreffed, has been published in the general orders of the Government of Fort St. George, together with a letter from General A. Clarke, expreffive of his admiration of the general conduct of the divifion. It appears, that all terms of conciliae tion and pardon having been refused by the rebels, and the Nizam's troops being unable to fubdue them, the British detachment entered upon this fervice. They found the rebels intrenched in a large and ftrong fortrefs; which, after many days of preparation, they com menced the fiege of, and on the 7th of Aprit ftormed. Colonel Dalrymple, the commandant of the troops, fays, "The commanding officer of artillery having this morning reported a breach his continued fire had made practicable, and having, in the courfe of the whole of the morning, gradually brought forward the troops I intended to employ, I determined to make the affault, which accordingly took place between three and four o'clock in the afternoon; for feveral days preceding I had obf.rved, from a commanding fituation, that the enemy relaxed in their attention during the heat of the fun *, which made me deterimine on the attack by day; and ther motive of equal influence induc me to chufe day-light for the o verán, degrees in a Field Officer's marques. Pp 2. The hoftile column, feeing the Chinfe taken, precipitated its march, and fell into the middle of the division of General Maffena, who, after a flight combat, made the whole prifoners, 30 pieces of canaon, 400 waggons carrying the baggage of the enemy, 5000 men and four Generals fell into their hands. I am eager to apprife you of this event, becaufe, under the prefent circumftances, it is indifpenfable that you should be informed or every thing without delay; I referve it to give you a more detailed account of ali thefe events as foon as I thall have received all the re* The Thermometer was up to 112 as the immenfe height of the beach, rocks of confiderable magnitude fituated there, and in the area of the fort, prefented difficulties more to be apprehended by night, as far more formida⚫ ble than the enemy to be encountered. The company of artillery, volunteers, and twelve companies of fepoys, compofed the ftrength of the troops which affaulted, and which were followed by four companies of the Nizam's troops, who were defirous of having a fhare of the credit to be acquired, and whom I could not well refufe. Having a fine cover in the Pettah, which fecreted the troops from the view of the enemy, fo as to render all fufpicion of what was meditated in a manner impoffible, the party, on the fignal given, moved out from the flank of the breaching battery, at the distance of 500 yards, and were fo peculiarly fortunate, that the forlorn hope had gained the foot of the breach nearly before our troops were difcovered croffing the interval; the enemy then collected about the beach, and made a formidable oppofition. Though fix or eight of our leading men were overfet, and tumbled to the bottom, yet DOMESTIC their impetuofity was not to be refifted, and, though oppofed with musketry, pikes, arrows, and ftones, they foon prevailed; as no fooner had the major part obtained a footing on the fummit, than the enemy fell back, and fled to a fecond wail, which was immediately at tacked, and carried with more early fuccefs and better fortune." In less than an hour, by vigorously pushing the affault in all quarters, the rebels fought refuge in every place it could be found, begging in the moft humiliating terms for mercy, which was generally granted, fo that not a perfon received any injury, after the fury of the firft affault had fubfided. The family of Darah Jahlt, the chief infurgent, even in the moment of vic tory, as well as the houses of the people of rank, were held inviolate to all in. trufion; as the troops refpe&ted the fanctity of cuftom too much to abuse the fuccefs they had obtained. Exclufive of the young Prince, the Begum, Ifmael Khan, and the whole of the principal inftruments in the rebellion, with about 1000 prifoners, are in the poffethon of the British troops. INTELLIGENCE. MARCH 23. A DREADFUL fire broke out in the Minories, near the corner of Little Minories, which was not extinguished till near 30 houses were confumed, befides an immenfe quantity of property, a great deal of which was uninfured, The flames were fo rapid, that it was with the greatest difficulty the inhabitants of fome of the houfes escaped their fury; feveral were much burnt. Same day a Common Hall of the Livery was held at Guildhall; prefent, the Lord Mayor, the City Members in Parliament, five Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and a great number of Liverymen. A action was made, "That an humble Addrefs and Petition be prefented to his Majefty upon the prefent alarming ftate of public affairs, and praying him to difmifs his prefent Minifters from his Councils for ever, as the first step to wards obtaining a fpeedy, honourable, and permanent Peace;" which was carried in the affirmative, as were alfo feveral other Refolutions, tending to carry that into effect. 24. The Sheriffs of London went up to St. James's in ftate, to know the King's pleasure when his Majefty would receive the Addrefs of the Livery of London, voted on Thurfday at the Common-hall; they were not admitted to the prefence as ufual, his Majefly fending out a meffage by the Duke of Portland, that his Majefty never received Addreffes on the Throne, but from the Corporation of the City of London. 26. This afternoon, about four o'clock, a moft dreadful fire broke out at the old family manfion of the Duke of St. Albans, at Hanworth Park, near Hamp ton; which, in the course of three hours, deftroyed every part of the building, and all the beautiful gallery of paintings, which were an heir loom with the houfe. Very little of the furniture was faved. The fire broke out at the back of the houfe, near the li brary, and was occafioned by a girl belonging to the farm-yard lighting her fire too near the windows; owing to the high wind, the flames caught the fhutters, and the conflagration spread thro the manfion before any affistance could be obtained. APRIL 1. This day another numerous meeting of the Livery was held at Guildhall; when the Sheriffs having reported that his Majesty declined receiving upon the Throne their addrefs for the removal of Minifters; the following refolution was paffed by the meeting with only one diffenting voice: "That the anfwer given to the Sheriffs, when they attended to know his Majefty's pleasure as to the time of receiving their Perition, was given by the third Secretary of State, one of the perfons for whofe removal they petitioned; that the Sheriffs do again attend at St. James's, and requeft a perfonal audience of his Majefty, at which, if granted, they do reprefent to the King, that it is the privilege of the Livery to prefent Petitions to the Sovereign on the Throne; and that the Sheriffs do make a report of this application to a future Hall *." The Coinage of Gold and Silver fince the Restoration has been as under: Total Coinage from 1660 to 1760, 44,111,817 Coined in the prefent Reign, 51,073,362 Total 95,187,179 From which fum deducting the recoinage, and fuppofing, though highly MONTHLY 11. At the King's College, old Aberdeen, in his $3d year, Profeffor Thomas Gordon. At Kelso, the Rev. Dr. Bowmaker, Minifter of Dunfe. Alexander Lenox, efq. of Gulfton, Scotland. 13. Mr. John Hanscomb, sen. builder, at Clapham. 14. At Winchester, the Rev. Robert Hare, M.A. of Huritmonceaux-place, Suffex, prebendary of that cathedral, rector of Barton Starey, and late rector of Hurstmonceaux. He was fon of Bishop Hare. At Caftletown, in the Isle of Man, in his 75th year, John Quayle, efq. many years clerk of the rolls, and comptroller of that iland. 16. At Hillingdon-place, near Uxbridge, Mrs. Drake, relict of the late Admiral Drake, and daughter of Sir William Heathcote, bart. At Camberwell, in his 79th year, William James Gambier, efq. 17. Alexander Macleod, efq. in the Ifle of Sky, Scotland. At Chelsea, aged 76, Mr. Samuel Wharton, one of the oldeft footmen of the King. At Irnham, Lincolnshire, the Rev. Mr. Clergy not fupported by Govern. ment, as having means in themfelves, or living by their induftry, about Emigrants not fupported by Government, as having faved fome wrecks of their fortune, includig ald people, women, children, maid-fervants, &c. about 3000 To which may be added, in Jerfey 700 A circumftantial Account of the MUTINY at PORTSMOUTH will uppear in our next. OBITUARY. Hutchins, chaplain to the Duke of Rich mond. 18. Mr. Andrew Pritchard, Hackneyroad, in his 84th year. Sir ThomasGunston, of Heatherton House, Somerset hire. Mr. George Neal, gardener, at Clapham, Mr. Abraham Badcock, bookfeller, the corner of St Paul's Church-yard. Mr.Robert Thompson, of the Close, New caftle, corn-factor. Mr. George Glashier, of Ripley, Surry. 19. Dr. Philip Hayes, profeffor of Mufic at the University of Oxford. He had just come to town in order to prefide at the enfuing festival for the new musical fund. In the morning he had dreffed himfelf to attend the Royal Chapel, St. James's, when he was taken ill, and died almost immediately. He was buried in St. Paul's Ca thedral, and is fuppofed to have been the largest man in England. Henry Rice, efq. one of the elder brethren of the Trinity House. James Fitter, efq of Laleham House, Middiefex, in his 85th year. Lately, the Rev. Edward Vaughan, rector of Frefingfield, Suffolk, formerly fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The Sheriffs attended, according to the above Refolution; when his Majesty in person confirmed the Meffage before delivered by the Duke of Portland. 21, In |