appears, that General Count Klenau had taken poffeffion of the poft of Governolo, the only one which the enemy was ftill able to retain on the Lower Mincio; and in that, as well as in the fortrefs near Ponte Molino, one hundred men and feveral officers were made prifoners; by which circumftance we are entirely mafters of the Tartaro and Tions.

From the London Gazette, May 4.

Vienna, April 19. Particulars of the Battle of Ofterach, which took place on the 21ft March between the Imperial troops, under the orders of the Archduke Charles, and the French Forces commanded by Gen. Jourdan.

Information having been repeatedly received that the enemy continued to make farther progrefs in Suabia and that they had driven back our advanced pofts and detached corps, his Royal Highness determined to march againft them.

On the 20th March, his Royal Highnels was informed that the enemy had attacked the whole line of our out-pofts along the Ofterach; that they had fucceeded in driving them in on one fide; but that notwithstanding the inferiority of numbers, our troops had not only ftopped their progrefs, but even repulfed them as far as Polftera. On the fide of Alfchaufen the enemy could penetrate no further than Hofzirchen, from whence they were fhortly after diflodged. The enemy had concentrated the greateft part of their forces behind Ofterach; and placed their advanced guard on the right bank of the river of that name.

His Royal Highness took the neceffary measures for attacking them on the following day; during the night he divided his troops into three columns; the firft was to march from Sulgau to Plokenfladt, the fecond, under the command of the Archduke, pufhed forward upon Kaffen, and the third from Atfchaufen to Raizenreite; each column and its advanced guard.

Early on the 21ft, all our advanced guards attacked the enemy, and were foon followed by the columns, who charged the enemy on all fides. By the good difpofition, and bravery of our troops, the enemy, in fpite of their obnate refiftance, were defeated and driven back every where. They retreated during the night with great precipitation to Stockach, where our advanced guard purlued them. The French General Fevino, who, with his divifion, and that of Gen. Aubi, had driven back one of our

Supplement to the Battle of Tauffers and St Marie, on the 4th of April.

We found at St Marie a very confiderable magazine of ammunition, containing more than ninety casks filled with Cartridges and powder.

Accounts of the Events of the 8th April.

Field Marshal Lieutenant Bellegarde ordered General Count Alraini to harafs the enemy by different movements, in order to facilitate the operations of the army of Italy. He beat and drove back the enemy wherever he met with them. Having halted with his corps before Rocca d'Anfo, he pushed forward his advanced guard, and took poffeffion of Bagalino.

Our lofs in these different actions is very inconfiderable compared with that of the enemy. We took from them one cannon, one standard, and made many prifoners.

Accounts are this moment received that we are in poffeffion of Rocca d'Anfo, and that the enemy are retreating upon Veftone and Breicia.

Supplement.

Gen. Melas, who is arrived at the ar my of Italy, has fent intelligence of the enemy having retreated by Azola, behind Chiefa; that our advanced guards extend beyond the Mincio; that they are before Goito, and upon the heights before La Volta and Monzanbano.Peschiera is already furrounded at a certain diftance, on the fide of Suave and Mazinirola. Our patroles have advanced as far as the citadel, without meeting with any of the enemy's picquets.

Gen. Klainau has alfo invefted Mantua on the fide of Mollinella. That General has made himself master of the enemy's poft at Lago Sacro, and of four pieces of cannon.

General Melas informs us, that the people are every where very favourably difpofed, particularly in the neighbourhood of Mantua; that our people are received in all places with fhouts of joy;

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that the populace in general give evident marks of their attachment to the old conftitution, as well as their hatred to the French and a Democratical Go

vernment.

From the London Gazette, May 7.

Vienna, April 24, 1799. A letter from Marthal Suwarrow, dated Veliggio, April 18, ftates, that the French had repaffed the Adda, after throwing fifteen thousand men into Mantua, and five thousand into Pefciera; and that the Marthal was preparing to follow them, after leaving General Kray with a corps of about twenty thousand men to invest those two pieces. Marshal Suwarrow's patroles had been pushed as far as Cremona, and General Klenau's to the neighbourhood of Bolona, without meeting any confiderable body of the enemy. By accounts received in the evening of the fame day, it appears that the enemy were employed in throwing up entrenchments at Lodi and Caffino Marshal Suwarrow, with a body of between forty-five and fifty thousand men, was to have marched on the 19th to Monta Chiaro, on the Chiefa, in order to occupy Breicia, and then to advance on the Oglio and Adda.

Vienna, April 14. His Royal Highness the Archduke Charles has reported the following particulars relative to the taking of Schaf hausen :

As the enemy ftill retained poffeffion of the town of Schaf haufen and the fuburb of Conftance, called Peterfhaufen, both fituated on the right bank of the Rhine, with an apparent view to affemble there, and particularly in Schafhaufen, a number of troops, and to make an advantageous attack from both points upon the corps of Lieut.-Gen. Count Nauendorf, which was pofted in the neighbourhood, his Royal Highnefs directed that the enemy fhould be driven from those two points, and that their ftations fhould be occupied by our troops.

In confequence of this arrangement, Lieut. General Count Nauendorf was charged to order Lieut. Gen. Count Baillet to advance againft Schaf haufen with a confiderable body of light infantry and cavalry, fupported by four battations of the line and fome referve artillery, He obeyed thefe orders, and fummoned the enemy to abandon the town in the courfe of half an hour, and to retire to the left bank of the river. The Officer who commanded in Schaf hauten fought to gain time by negociation, with a view

to draw unto himself a reinforcement ; but Lieut. Count Baillet, aware of the enemy's object, ordered his artillery, which he had pofted to great advantage, to fire upon the bridge and the gate of the town, and without further delay he attacked the enemy in the town; and notwithstanding a very obftinate refiftance, he drove them across the Rhine, the bridge over which they burnt in their retreat.

The enemy loft upon this occafion feveral hundred men killed and wounded, and one hundred taken prisoners; feventeen pieces of cannon, and arins of various defcriptions, were taken. Our lofs does not exceed twenty men.

Lieut. General Count Baillet particularizes the fpirited conduct of a private of the regiment of Lacy, who voluntarily fwam across the Rhine, and, under the protection of our fire, loofened two veffels which were on the Left Bank, and got back with them as far as the middle of the River, where, however, the current drove him against the burning bridge, which fet fire to the two vefels. This circumftance obliged the man to dive and to fwim back to the Right Bank. His example encouraged another: both plunged into the Rhine, and brought over fome veffels; the confequence of which was, that feventeen or eighteen more men, of the regiment of Lacy, followed the others, and got poffeffion of many more veffels. His Royal Highness, as a reward for fo meritorious a zeal, and as an encouragement to others, gave the first man the Golden Medal, and the fecond the Silver Medal.

On the 14th, at day-break, Major-Ge neral Placzeck made an attack upon Peterfhaufen with great fpirit and deci fion, drove the enemy from it, and funk the fhips which were on the oppofite Bank.

The detachment which was fent thro' Pforzheim and Bruckfal, towards Philipfburgh, on the fame day that it had re-established the communication with that fortress, had pushed on patroles towards Manheim.

At the fame time Lieutenant-General the Rhinegraf of Salm, Commandant of Philipfburgh, reported that a patrole of the inconfiderable detachment of the dra goons of Bamberg, which formed a part of the garrifon, had pushed forward through Waghaufel, and had taken four French chaffeurs with their horfes. The Reinegraf took this opportunity of commending the conduct of the above detachment;

From the London Gazette, May 18. Vienna, April 26. His Royal Highness the Archduke writes from Stockach the 20th inft. that as the enemy, after having been driven from Schafhaufen and Peterfhaufen, fill occupied an advantageous pofition in the fmall town of Eglifau, on the right bank of the Rhine, he had directed Prince Schwartzenberg to diflodge them from that poft: that in purfuance of thefe directions he approached the place, and fummoned the enemy to furrender; that upon an answer in the negative being returned, he had attacked with fuch impetuofity that they were foon compelled to abandon their ftation, and retreat. Our lofs in this affair confifts of only 14 men killed and wounded.

His Royal Highness alfo ftates, that from the report of Field-Marshal Lieut. Kofpoth, it appears, that a detachment had been fent from Fribourg to Vieux Brifac, in order to demolish the entrenchments that the enemy had raised there, but immediately had abandoned. The following day a detachment of the enemy, confifting of 300 cavalry and 700 infan try, made their appearance on the right bank of the Rhine. In the mean time in another quarter we fellin with an enemy's picquet of 10 horfemen, who were made prifoners.

Gen. Melas fends the following account of the proceedings of the Army in Italy, dated the 15th inft.

On the 14th the whole army paffed the Mincio, and encamped near Campagnola and Monte-Olivetano, pufhing the advanced pofts as far as Marcaria on the Oglio, and Monte Chiaria on the Chiefe. The enemy retreated on the right beyond the Oglio, and on the left beyond the Chiefe.

Gen. Vukaffovich inftantly occupied Salo, by which he established his communication with the army.

On the 18th the army encamped be tween Capriano and Caffelo. Mantua is left to its own means of defence; it is blockaded at a certain distance, and our patroles advance to its very gates.

We took from the enemy at Cafel Maggiore a convoy of 36 pontoons, difperfed the escort, and made 5 officers and 180 men prifoners.

One of our detachments even entered Cremona, where they learnt that there were only 400 Frenchmen at Pizzighetoni, that the enemy's army had retreat,

quarters were at Lodi.

A detachment from our Venetian Flotilla had caft anchor at the mouth of the Premuna, where it had made feveral prizes, and releafed feveral of our boats.

In the Lago Sacro we took 118 prifoners (of whom 6 were officers), with 15 brafs cannon in a veffel, and 200 pieces of iron ordnance, without carriages, on the fhore.

The armed peasants, fupported by one fingle detachment of Gen. Kienau, attacked a detachment of Cifalpines near Mirandola, who had 2 pieces of cannon, and made 234 prifoners.

Gen. Suwarrow has already taken the command of the Combined Italian Army. When thefe accounts came away, the first column of Ruffian troops were at Villa Franca ; the remainder were following by forced marches.

In addition to the above, Maj. Gen. Hohenzollern mentions the capture of 2 large merchantmen, several chefts filled with uniforms, great quantities of ammunition, one cannon, and feveral gun carriages, with fome prifoners at Cremona.

At Caftel Nuovo a park of 14 pieces of artillery, 4 mortars, a prodigious quantity of ammunition, 20 horfes, and leveral prifoners fell into our hands.

Maj. Gen. Vukaffovich, on taking poffeffion of Salo, feized a large veffel fully equipt, having on board three chefts full of mufkets and other military ftores.

Two lieutenants with 50 men attacked a poft near Brefeia at 2 o'clock in the morning, confifting of 3 officers and roo men, of whom 25 were killed, 20 made prifoners, and the remainder, many of them wounded, fled.

Capture of Brefcia.

Vienna, April 19. Lieut, Gugenos arrived here this day with the news that the town and fortrefs of Brefcia were taken on the 20th inft. in the following manner-Field Marshal Lieut. Kray, charged with this enterprize, detached for this purpofe Field Marshal Lieut. Otto with his divifion.

The 20th at midnight, Field Marshal Orto quitted his camp with his divifion in two columns. The battalion of Nadafty, pofted in Rezato, advanced upon the high road by Euphemia, as far as the entrance of the fuburbs of Brefcia. Colonel Bitefkuti advanced on the high road leading from Caftel Edolo to Brefcia, with a battalion of Anthony Efterhazy, which he commanded; and two battalions,

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battalions of Nadafty, commanded by Colonel Abfaltern, with the neceffary artillery. The battalion of Efterhazy was pofted on the left of the high road near the town, to cover the bomb batteries; and the battalion of Nadafty was pofted on the right, to keep up the communication with the battalion ftationed near St Euphemia. The third battalion of Nadafly remained in referve near St Polo.

Thefe battalions directed their attack against the gate of Torro Longo. One battalion of the Efterhazy, commanded by Maj.-Gen. Kraus, which was at Chedi, marched on the high road of Cremona by St Zeno against the gate of St Alexander. This column was augmented by a corps of horfe artillery, and all the reft of the cavalry, commanded by Col. Sommativa, pufhed forward as far as the high road to Cremona, to cover the left wing.

This enterprize was fupported by 500 Coffacks, 1000 foot Chaffeurs, and 500 grenadiers, under the orders of the two Ruffian Generals, the Princes Gorthecop aud Bagration. The divifion of FieldMarshal Lieut. Zoph was kept in referve in cafe of neceffity.

After thefe difpofitions, Field-Marshal Lieut. Otto fent a fecond fummons to the French commander, and having received his refufal, the town began to be bombarded at fix o'clock in the morning, and in the space of an hour and a half feveral cannon were difmounted. This circumftance, together with the approach of the battalion of Nadafly to the gate of Pef chiera, caufed the enemy to give way, and to retire with precipitation into the citadel.

Our pioneers immediately forced the gate, and, by the exhortations of Field Marshal Lieut. Kray, the inhabitants affembled upon the ramparts and lowered the draw-bridge. The battalion of Na dafty then entered the town, drums beating and colours flying.

One wing of the dragoons of Lobkovitz, which was pofted in the rear, under the orders of Major Count Harach, and a battalion of the regiment of Efter hazy, took poffeffion of the avenues and ftreets of the town, of all the roads leading to the citadel, and thus fecured this important place.

The enemy kept a continual fire from the citadel, but without doing any mifchief. This induced Field Marshal Lieut. Kray to fummon the commander of the citadel, who at firft demanded permiffion to withdraw his troops uncondition

ally; but perceiving the alarming preparations of the Imperial and Ruffian troops to take the citadel by affault, he refolved to capitulate. By this capitulation the garrison, confifting of 1000 men, was made prifoners of war. Forty pies ces of cannon, 18 mortars, 480 cwt. of powder, a great number of muskets and gun carriages, with ammunition and provifions of every kind, and a great quantity of ftores, have fallen into our hands. This impotant conqueft has coft us only one Artilleryman.

Vienna, May 4. Field-Marshal Lieut. Count Bellegarde has written on the 24 h of April from Nauders, that he (in order to ftrengthen the operations of the Italian army on their advancing over the Chiefe towards the Oglio) has given orders to Major-Gen. Vukaffovick to cooperate with his troops to the utmoft. At the fame time that General received an order from Field-Marshal Suwarrow, to advance acrofs Fetzone towards Ifeo, to fupport the movement of the army.

Before Count Bellegarde knew of the movements of the army of Italy he gave orders to Col. Strauch to enter into the Val Camonica from Michael Wallis, and to advance from Tonal over Ponti di Legno towards Edolo.

After a moft fatiguing march over mountains covered with fnow more than two feet deep, the Colonel arrived at Vione. The firft pofts of the enemy retire ed without much refiftance: but the enemy defended themselves with obftinacy behind the entrenchments at Vione, but were driven from them by the bavonet.

Col. Strauch marched them to Vozza, and took poffeffion of Anounzeno and the Paffes which lay between Ponți diLegno and Edolo, towards Camonica.

Our lofs was but trifling; and Colonel Strauch fays, that his troops in this very fatiguing enterprize, and with fuch un favourable weather, have fhewn a praiseworthy and indefatigable perfeverance, and in their battles an uncommon bravery.

Field-Marfhal Count Bellegarde gavel orders on the 22d to reconnoître in different directions on the borders of Engadein and the Brettigau, to examine the mountains, which were not paffable according to reports.

Thefe different parties were fo directed, that they might join, and act offen-. fively. But the reports from all quarters · were alike, ftating, that the great quantity of fnow, and the continued fall of it, made their progrefs impoffible.

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Thefe circumftances determined FieldMarthal Count Bellegarde to delay reconnoitring; but Major Smid of Nauge bouer, who was ordered to make a diverfion towards Fimba-Joch with a battalion of this regiment, had not received the Counter-order.

This active and skilful ftaff- officer commenced therefore his march in the evening on the 21ft, over Blockig Alpe, towards Fimba-Joch, marched with his troops over this very difficult point, and met the first picquets of the enemy near Jarnfenboden, who gave way without reLiftance, and retreated towards Manas. The advanced guard purfued the enemy warmly into the village, where an obftinate battle enfued. To difengage the advanced guard and put an end to the battle, Major Smid ordered more troops to advance to take the village, by which the engagement became general. The enemy in the mean time fucceeded in bringing up their referve to harass the retreat of our troops, fatigued by fo difficult a march. Major Smid had on this occafion the misfortune to fall into the hands of the enemy with a part of his troops and fome officers. The rest of the battalion returned to Yigal,

From the London Gazette Extraordinary.

Downing-Street, May 22.

A difpatch, of which the following is an extract, has been this day received from the Right Hon. Sir Morton Eden, K. B. by the Right Hon. Lord Grenville, dat ed Vienna, May 7. 1799.

An Officer arrived here yesterday from Milan, with an account of Martha! Suwarrow having forced the paffage of the Adda on the 27th paft, compleatly beaten the enemy, and eftablished his headquarters on the 30th at Milan. By this victory all the Milanefe, except the Caftle of Milan, is wrefted from the French, and it muft alfo foon fall, as the garrifon does not exceed twelve hundred men, of which only four hundred are French. The diforder of the enemy in their flight was extreme; and it is fuppofed that they went towards the Po. Another body of the enemy, it is faid, are throwing up works at Reggio and Parma, in order to cover Mantua. I inclofe the Extraordinary Gazette published late last night on this occafion, and moft fincerely congratulate your Lordship on thefe brilliant and important events.

It is with great fatisfaction that I add, that by accounts juft received from Gen. Ed. Mag. July 1799.

Bellegarde, it appears that the General has driven the enemy from nearly the whole of the Lower Engadine. On the 3d instant he himself was at Suz, and Gen. Haddick was at Zernetz; Schuls was alfo occupied by the Auftrians.

This Government is greatly hurt at the unfortunate event that has taken place near Raftadt with regard to the French Plenipotentiaries. Bonnier and Roberjot are faid to be dead, and Jean Debrie, badly wounded.-A fevere inquiry has been fer on foot, the refult of which will be made public, and the guilty exemplarily punished.

Tranflation of the Vienna Extraordinary Gazette, of May 6. 1799.

Count Bokarme, who arrived here this morning as Courier from Field-Marshal Count Suwarrow Rimniskoy, has brought the following details of the movements of the United Imperial Armies, from the time of their paffing the Oglio until their entrance into Milan.

On the 24th of April, the enemy abandoned the Oglio on the approach of Col. Strauch, of Michael Wallis's regiment, who with feven battalions forced his way from the Tyrol through the Val Camonica towards Lovere on the North Point of the Lago d'Ifio.

The Imperial Army paffed the Oglio in two columns, the right commanded lazuolo to Bergamo, the left under the by Gen. Rosemberg, by the way of Pacommand of Gen. Melas by Ponté Oglio, Martinengo, Sola, as far as the River Serio.

The next day the army marched in three columns to the Adda. The right, confifting of General Vukaffowich's Brigade, and fome of the Ruffian troops, advanced by Ponté St Pietto and Pontilla towards Lecco; the Second confifting of the divifions of Field-Marshal Lieut. Ott and Zoph, marched against Baprio, and encamped oppofite the village; the third, commanded by the General of cavalry Melas, marched by the great road through Garavozia, Trevillo, and encamped oppofite Caffano.

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In the mean time the enemy had ftrongly fortified Caffano. This place and the Right Bank of the Adda were defended by formidable Batteries, and a Tete-dePont on this fide the River.

The Head quarters of Gen. Moreau were at Inzago, and two divifions of his army were pofted there in order to prevent our paffing the Adda.

Near Lecco the enemy was also ftrongly