FOREIGN NEW S. Mentz, 08. 10. pears that the republicans are very Milan, 17th Vendemiaire, October 10. ESTERDAY, the imperia'ifts poffelfed themselves by affault of Rochufberg, and, at two in the after-by the fire to which they were expofed noon, they entered, drums beating, into between our posts and the citadel, made Bingen, where they found feveral can- a fortie, with a defign of taking fome non and howitzers. The imperialists | forage; they came by the way of the have also beaten a republican corps, citadel to Soave, and attacked the chanear Landau and Weiffembourg. teau of Prada, defended by the chief of "Head-quarters at Milan, 17th Ven- battalion Dulons, at the head of three demiaire, October 10. hundred men of the 69th demi-brigade. "Five hundred men of the garrifon of Mantua made a fortie, on the 8th, at ten o'clock of the morning, from the place, having paffed the Po at Borgo forte for the purpofe of feeking forage. In the mean time, at five in the afternoon we blockaded Mantua, and made ourselves mafters of the pofts of Pradella and of Cerife. This detachment finding itself feparated from Mantua, wifhed to retreat to Florence. On its arrival at Reggio, the inhabitants were inftructed of what had happened, ran to arms, and prevented it from paffing, and obliged it to retreat into the chateau of Montecieroglo, upon the eftates of the duke of Parma. The brave inhabitants of Reggio pursued them, invefted them, and made them prifoners by capitulation. In the cannonade which has taken place, the national guards of Reggio have had two men killed. They are the first who have fhed their blood for the liberty of their country." A battalion of the demi-brigade, and one piece of cannon, having arrived to reinforce the poft, the enemy having been routed and purfued to the glacis of the citadel, the republicans have made about 200 prifoners, and have killed fifty men and horfes. On the fide of the French fome men have been wounded. Among the officers who have diftinguifhed themselves, we muft mention citizen Magne, captain of the 69th demi brigade, who has made 117 prifoners, with a fmall detachment of his demi brigade. Turin, Sunday, October 16. On the night of Thursday the 13th inftant, his Sardinian majefty was feized with an apoplectic fit, which for fome time deprived him of speech. The immediate application of blifters and bleeding brought h najefty to his fenfes the next morning. During this interval the facraments were adminiftered. Towards Frankfort, 08. 10. It is certain the evening alarming fymptoms rethat the imperialifts furround Landau, turned, and recourfe was had to a third near which place there is a continual bleeding in the foot, which not proving firing. They have advanced into Al-efficacious, the extreme unction was adface, where, in the manner of the ministered. French, they demand contributions, and take holtages for the payment of them. In the Hunfdruck, the Auftrians threaten Kreutznach; but it apVOL. XXVII. His majefty lay speechlefs, and with one fide wholly pallied. during the night. At five yesterday morning he was pronounced to be a l'agonie, and 3 X it it was not imagined he could outlive the day. His majefty, however, lingered till near noon this day, when he expired, as fincerely lamented by all his fubjects as he had conftantly lived beloved and refpected by them, during a reign of upwards of twenty-three years. This melancholy event has plunged all the royal family into the deepeft affliction. Paris, 29th Vendemiaire, October 11. We hope foon to receive the news of the furrender of Mantua, as the numerous garrison of that place is faid to be in want of provifions. 26 we Brigadier-general Reyner gives an account of the anterior operations of the army of the Rhine and Mofelle, in a letter dated Waldftacten, Sept. 23." The retreat," fays he, are now effecting, in order to approach our ftrong places, by no means difpirits our foldiers. Let the army of the Sambre and Meufe but refume offenfive operations, and all will be well. The diverfion which general Deflaix was ordered to make in Franconia, towards Nuremberg, at the head of 10,000 men, was chiefly intended to prevent the archduke's army from receiving fupplies from that quarter. But this expedition was too late, as the archduke had already ordered the faid fupplies to reach him by another road than that of Nuremberg. General Deflaix has, therefore, rejoined the army." The firft report, fent in by general Bournonville, commander in chief of the army of the Sambre and Meufe, concerns the known affair near Mentz, on the 27th of September. Strafburgh, 3d Vendemiaire, 08. 16. The general in chief, Moreau, is ar rived here to night; he comes from Fribourg. He has paffed with the divifions commanded by general St. Cyr, which have forced their way through the valley of Egfer, and beaten the enemy, over whom they have obtained very important fucceffes. The general is this moment at Kehl. The polition of prince Charles derably worse, and he proposes to night to return to Fribourg. Lorrach. The army is well disposed, and in a formidable fituation. Paris, Oct. 20. The court of Madrid ordered, on the 5th of October, the English ambassador to quit the Spanifh territory. Letters from Cadiz inform us, that there failed from that port, on the 26th September, a fleet compofed of 19 ships of the line, 10 frigates, 4 corvettes, befides xebecs. It is prefumed that this fquadron will go to Carthagena, to be joined by 12 other fhips and 8 frigates; and that it will go immediately to open the harbour of Toulon, and join the naval force of the republic. The army of the Sambre and Meufe, and that of the north, united, form, it is faid, a corps of 80,000 men, well difciplined-thanks to the firmness of ge neral Bournonville. They ftate from Italy that general Buonaparte and the commiffioners of the directory have published a proclamation, by which they declare that the duke of Modena has loft the confidence of the French republic, and that, in confequence, the people of Modena are put under its protection. The motives for this declaration are not stated. We are affured that the directory have abandoned their pretenfions upon the confcience of the pope, and they confent that he fhall remain the head of a government, but not of a religious affociation. There is no doubt now but that peace with the court of Rome will be thortly concluded. If we believe letters from Venice, 13,000 Croats are marching from Carinthia to reinforce the army of Wurmfer. We are affured that Buonaparte demands reinforcements. The treaty of peace with the king of Naples was ratified by the council of five hundred on the 16th of October. Hamburgh, Od. 21. The minifters of the German princes who lately returned to Ratifbon, have defired that the deliberations of the diet be re fumed. The elector palatine has appointed confi-prince Frederic of Ylenburg, temps. rary governor general of the territories of Bavaria and the upper palatinate. We are affured that general Deflaix occupies the back of the mountains; that general Ferino is befide the foreft towas, and that head quarters are at Ratisbon, 08. 21. On the 17th, the firft fitting of the diet took place, when a letter of thanks and congratulation was propofed to the emperor, for the glorious glorious progrefs of his arms, and the happy effects which that event produced in the empire. The French have now been three 'months in poffeffion of the Brifgaw. Generals Labonde, Ferinot, Mangot, and Tipolme, who fucceffively had the command there, obferved the ftricteft difcipline, and the inhabitants fpeak much in their praise; but the cafe is different with the countries adjacent to Bafle, fubject to the command of general Tuncq. They have fuffered feverely from the depredations and acts of violence committed and tolerated by that Vendéin general. He has been cafhiered, and a letter from the minifter at war to M. Bacher, dated Au guft 25 ftates, that the arbitrary orders of general Funcq fhall doubtless be the laft of which the inhabitants of the conquered countries fhall have to complain. Vienna, O&. 22, The reigning prince of Etter azy, who has go,boo fubjects in Hungary and Selavonia, has prefented a corps of 1800 huffars, ready equipped, to the emperor, to be maintained at the prince's expenfe during the war. Frankfort, 08. 22. We have just received intelligence that general Moreau has given battle to general Petrafch, who had established himself between Offenburg and Friburgh, and cut off the communication between Kehl and the French army. The advantage was with the republicans, who are said to have taken all the baggage. and the artillery of general Petrafch. This engagement must have happened on the 20th. However, at the departure of the meffenger, the archduke's head-quarters were ftill at Of fenburgh, but Moreau's army was advancing towards Kehl. Letters from Augsburgh, of the 18th, announce that general Buonaparte caufed to be arrelted at Modena the privy counsellors Fefti, Prati, Hippoliti and Leperoni, who were conducted to the prifons of Milan. Paris, Od. 23. Lord Malmesbury, minifter plenipotentiary from the cabinet of St. James's, made his entry into Paris. He had a very numerous and brilliant attendance. He has with him four fecretaries of embally, one of whom is the brother of lord Gower, and the other Mr. Ellis. Two of thefe arrived the day before at Paris. Hamburgh, Nov. 1. From Nice, we learn that the French general Gaurier had arrived there with a detachment of troope, and had superseded general Cafabianca in the command of the coaft.It feems that the frontiers are infefted with numerous gangs of robbers, that lay the country under contribution. The new general having ordered a cordon to be formed, a part of the national guards were to be ready for marching at the shortest notice. Paris, Nov. 3. A letter from Toulon announces that the Spanish fleet, confilling of 29 fail, 25 of which are hips of war, has paffed Toulon, feering eastward. Another letter from Barcelona, of the the 20th of Vendemiaire, ftates that the English fquadron of feven fail of the line and two frigates were feen off the Cape de Gates, and that the Spanish fleet was in purfuit of them. General Jourdan is at Paris, The military council of the Temple is at length diffolved. They have paffed judgment on all the confpirators of Grenelle. The laft who appeared before them were ordered almoft all for transportation. There were denounced in the last fecret council feven general officers of the Rhine and Mofelle, charged with having contributed to the diforders of that army. It appears from the report made by the minifter of war to the directory, that the reforms and economies introduced into his department had reduced the expenfes to forty millions per month. Porto Ferrajo is, it is faid, to be abandoned as well as Corfica. The Englifh thus abandon the Mediterranean, and proceed, we hear, against the Spanish colonies. Lord Malmesbury and his fuite were three days ago at the theatre de la Rue Feydeau. The day before yesterday he went to see the pictures in the Louvre;-It is not true that the Spanish amballador lives with his lordship at the hotel Grange Bateliere. 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