North Carolina Gazette

              nort h-c arolinagazette vol xl saturday december 17 1796 no 570 j been rcpulfed every where on fqua^ron of the 2d regiment of hnffars the i ith re giment ofchafleurs and the 6th of cavalry dillinguilhedthemfelveson the fight by four charges which forced the enemy to repafs the bf itz 1 hey have lo(t many men and ve have made 90 prifoners in this attack captain verneret did wonders with two pieces of light artillery againft 8 pieces of the enemy two of which he dismounted the 31ft clivifion of the gendarmerie conducted thenilelves well in the centre : and the 108th grenadiers the 55th demi brigades and the oth light infentry did prodigies on the left 1 he eremy being harboured in the village of nidder-ingeiheim we have been obliged to fit fire to it to diflodge them the combat commenced at five o'clock in the morning and hid not end till the fame hour in the e venmgn it was a warm one witerday evening about five o'clock the enemy prelentcd themfelves to the grand guard of:!tetiivi(ion general lefdwws and to thedivifion ofchampionet and a cannon ade took place the enemy had twelve hun dred horle two battalions and fix pieces of cannon they had feveral wounded two oflicers killed and feveral prifoners iibp pole that they have taken thismeafurc in or der to difcover a movement wliidi i made at that moment cologne off 3 the officers and privates a j'hde lhall be given to th,r:n to be conduced to the hrll a.iltrian poo a the officers only upon their parole ihall be conduced w hither they jileafe j o be furnilhed during their march s«ith vicnnls and forage general wurmler to be in formed or its furrender only after its com pletion ( si gned fucb commander of the i'ariibn porto legnam sept 13 head-quarters boii de st ann bigned anger kail the followingare the conditions of neu trality concluded at neuwied on the 39th alt between the french and auflrian j^encntl . • the city of neuwicd the caftle and its appurtenances cannot be occupied by any troops either french or auftrian a the advapced polls of the refpective corps hall be removed from each other one hundred and fifty pace viz the french to count from the kilt houi'eon the right fide oi the city ; id the aiiitrians from the laib houic to the left of the city and from the fence of the coart garden 3 in virwe of the prefrnt treaty the french troops • hall not attack the city nor the auiirian generals conftwicl offeufive or de fentive works which may damage the bridge on the rhine letter written to the aufirian commander in return ing the aujtrian capitulation " i have received the conditions sir up on which you offer to capitulate and i fend you my reply to each article you will fee that i do not abufc my advantages ; but it is ncceffary 1 il.ould tell you t h a " it is ufelefs to quibhle about it ; what i offer is irreco verable i wil it your final anfwer half an hour at molt 4 1 i.crc fliau be f french ami an auftrian ofiicer eitabliflu d in the city charged to an fwerfor the infringement of this article 5 1 he luie ofcentries in the plain will be rule according 0 military law and in a man ner or p.tiiie with tlie pofitionot the two corj-.s of troops 6 all ihe fortification works confrructed in l v v ; ty ii.all be razed under theinfpeftioa of the riiagiftrafe 7 to avoid all fpecies of mifundrrftanding it is mutiuiiy agreed that no foldier either fren>'iior au/hrian liall enter inro the city without an pxprefs permiflion from liis chief the ei ibiill:ed officers at neuwied will take c:ire tp have this article executed a dupli cate ot'the prefiint trraty has been delivered to the mugillf ate of neuwied signed an t gereau counterfigned " be11thier l o n d o n fiournonville the following is the fprech of the ricrht hon the speaker of the iriih houfe of com mons at the bar of the houfe of lords on fleming the bills of supply of thj s prefent feffion to his excellency the lord lieuten ant for the hoyalaflent : i fhould feel a pride in repeating the feritiments of loyalty which direct the com mons in ail their deliberations ; but the bills oh fupply which they now oft'er declare it more aheftually than it is in the power of a ny language to exprefs we are a part of the empire ; we will ftand or fall with bri tain 5 it is our repeated determined refolution and this nation will exert all its powers and will call forth all its lburces to fupport'with her the common caufe to uphold the fafety of the laws the religion and conftitution againlt the overthrow which the prefent un provoked and unexampled war attempts to threaten them with peace is an object moft devoutly to be wiflied but an infecure peace is only a fmothered war ; for a laihng and honourable one and none can be lulling that is not honourable we look to the powerful iinpreflbns which the abundant refources of the empire the vigour and his majefty > s ex ertions and the cordial co-operation of all his fubjects muft make on the common ene my we have accordingly with an unani mous voice granted fupplies to the utmoil defire exprefied by his majefty's minifters ; and in doing fo we look back with great fa tisfaftion on the energy wifdom and econ omy with which the very liberal fupplies of the laft feflions have been adminittered under > our excellency's government the defence of the kingdom has had due attention paid to ir the lpirit of infurreftion has been vi goroudy fupprefled wherever it appeared ; and we have the flrongeft hope from the vigilance the iirmnefs and conciliating mo deration which have marked your cxcellen cy's conduit lince your arrival in this kinjr dom that under the additional powers wi"h which the laws of the feflion will have the armed m.igiltracy it will be totally and fpee dily fubdued army of italy extract of a letter from general buonaparte commander in rliiei of the army of italy to the executive directory head quarters at milan the 19th vendemaire oft 1 5th year aftci the battle of st george we tried to draw wurmfer into a fecond engagement in order to weaken his garriibn by frequent en gagementcs outfideofthe walls we thei-eiore tool gond care not to occupy the seraglio in hopes th:it he vo;il draw upon the fame we continued only to occupy the bridge of governolo in order to facilitate the paffage of of tle manicio p a 11 i s offober to the dunkirk floating battery has periflifed in the harbour by the explolicr.i of the pow tier on board a ingle man oat of fifty 11 ne who compofed its crew has alone been faveci octor.e ic official news army of the sambre and menfe letter from jour.'an cencmlin chief to tbr army of the sambre and aieufe dated dentz bid ]/ endemc'tre , sepl*2 infirmities caufed liy the multiplied fa tigues ol the war have obliged me 10 folicit my rctreai atcuftomed to regard you as oiv tbildreji yo-i may judge of the regret v hich i fct'l in feparating from you you have been night and day the object cf my ibjicirtides though abfen you willftill be i my foul my heart j will follow you every wiiere one thing alone aiieviatos my iorroiv on quitting you ; it is that i leave you ip the hamis of an experienced officer whofe \ irnies ami iyhofe talents preiage the inoit happy fuccefs general bournouviti takes thcprovifional coin i,iiid of the army ; llcvmded by the brave generals by whom you havr been fo often conduited to vktory i hall learn with in finite pleafi.ire in my retreat your glorious ttcpfctits prelerve your ellcem and friend i p for me ; 1 truft i merit them both and \> ty me th t i aui obliged to be feparatcd from you jourdan extract of a letter from gen bounionville commander in chief of the army of the sam bru and mculc head-quarters mulheitn 8 ven dttnaipe sept thedivifion flarely marceau's provm'orilv commanded by the general of brigade i lardy va attacked the day before yelterday by three columns of the enemy one of the columns palled the seltzand sieliegcn loch and poftcd itlelf on the plateau of wurlhtt • ilie iecond poftcd itfelf onniderhulm and the third on obcrcnidcr the eueiny has n the fourth fupplemeiitary day the c nemy went with 1500 men cavalry to cartellecio our piquets fell back as 1 they had been ordered the enemy went no further : the id vendemaire they marched towards governolo following the right bank of the minkio after a very lively cannonade and fcveral charges by our infantry they were routedj and had eleven hundred taken pri toners and five cannon witfl caiflbons com pletely fixed general kilnaaine to whom i had given the command of the two divifions which be liege mantua remained in the fame pofition until the 8lb hoping the enemy from a de are to obtaiii forage would attempt a fally ; but the enemy had encamped at the char treufe before the gate of pradella and at the chanel before the gate of creneft general khmaine made his difpofitions and attacked the two different points which the enemy evacuated at his approach after a flight fire ofmuikuetts of the rearguard the out pbfts of general vaubois have encountered the aultrian divifion which is to defend tyrol and has taken no priibn ers of the enemy buonaparte copy of thf capitulation opened by the au fir tans at porto i-fi;nagn and the rtfly of ahgcreau the auftrian garfifon aeinands to march put freely with the honours of wan anfwer — they hall and be lent prifon crs intot'rnnce n e w - y o r k novemwr 2 captain cobb of the fliip haz'u arrived yefterday from c di which he left the oth of october informs that about the 20th of september the spanish flee 1 confiit ing of near 40 f;iil left that harbour and with the intention as vasfuppofed of join ing a french fleet in the mediter ranean the britiflj veffrls remained ftjlj to preferve all the flags cannon and ammunition waggons horles c a theffl mult ue delivered to the french army all the ba<j ige and horfes belonging to