HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
diced to reckon, and also of a ge- 
‘rising in his favour, he fair- 
‘ly put the dispositions of the na- 
to the test by entering France; 
cou try hostile, and ready, if he 
‘should advance, to close around 
a*, by address and negotiation, 
he made good his retreat, under all 
the disadvantages and disasters of 
an inclement season, sickness, fa- 
“mine, and an enemy superior in 
numbers, and daily encreasing. So 
that, all circumstances duly consi- 
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dered, it was not General Dumou- 
riez, but the Duke of Brunswick 
that gained the greatest, that is, the 
‘most difficult victory. 
and when he found the whole ~ 
But the retrograde movement of 
the German armies, and a conse- 
quent attack upon Flanders, under 
the auspices of General Dumouriez, 
gave a new direction to the revolu- 
tionary current of France; from 
being invaded, she became the in- 
vader. She not only pushed to the 
Rhine, but, crossing that river, made 
various conquests in Germany. 
Ctra br. evi. 
’ Accusations decreed by the National Assembly against the Generals Luck- 
ner and Anselme. 
Progress of General Custine on the Banks of the 
Rhine, in Germany. Armistice proposed to Dumouriez by the Duke of 
a > eae Jor the Purpose of Negotiation. Longwy given up by the 
od russians to the French. 
Dumouriez goes to. Paris to concert with the 
_ Assembly the future Operations of the War. Progress of Dumouriez in 
: 
_ the Netherlands. Battle of Jemappe._ Consequences of the Victory ob- 
tained there by the French. The Reduction of all the Austrian Ne- 
_therlands ; of Liege; and all the Country between the Sarne and Mo- 
_, elle, as far as the Bridge of Cosarebruck, 
ees : 
RTUNE now seemed parti- 
cularly propitious to France; 
county of Nice had, by recent 
advices,’ entirely surrendered; by 
which a great quantity of arms and 
ammunition were added to. the ar- 
opm republic ; and the Aus- 
ns, finding their attempts against 
avrison of Lisle impracticable, 
a : 
Ovin vo: 
broke up their camp, and abandon- 
ed the siege. We cannot. read, 
without painful emotion, the mi. 
series of the unhappy. inhabitants 
of Lisle, or without praising their 
fortitude; not less than 30,000 
balls and 6,000 shells had been fired 
against the city ; but such was the 
calm. intrepidity of the people, 
@ Bir Henry Clinton, who had commanded in America, and had served formerly 
Duke of Brunswick, accompanied him in part of the present expedition. 
eral observed to the duke, that the silence of the country, the retreat of the 
ts, and their speedy communication of intelligence among each other, 
‘think he was oo the soil of America during the last rebellion, ** Return,” 
ke, “and mention these facts to the government of England, that they 
‘aaderstand the nature and probable issue of the present war.” 
conducted 
