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ARMY OF NAPLES. 
Head- Quarters of General’ 
Count Nugent. Bivouac 
of Arce, May 15, 1815. 
My Lord,—My last report, 
dated Rome, the 11th instant, 
stated the march of Gen. Count 
Nugent’s corps from Valmontone, 
in the Roman States, on Firen- 
tine, and towards the frontier of 
the kingdom of Naples ; the ene- 
my retiring before him, and only 
engaging in partial combat occa- 
sionally, hassincethat period been 
driven beyond the Garigliano, as 
far back as St. Germano, a dis- 
tance of thirty miles from his 
frontier, followed by the advance. 
guard, close to that town. 
On the 14th, Marshal Murat 
having arrived in person at St. 
Germano, and the enemy being 
considerably reinforced, he ad- 
vanced again from St. Germano, 
and drove back the advance guard 
of this army ; the same evening 
he attacked the outposts at all 
points, and surrounded them with 
great superiority of nambers; 
notwithstanding which, the gal- 
Jantry of the troops was such, 
that every detached guard not 
only cut its way through the ene- 
my, but brought ina number of 
ptisoners, to the amount of three 
or four hundred. The attack of 
the outposts was not followed up, 
as we had reason to expect, by a 
serious operation against our po- 
sition at_Ceprano on the Garig- 
liano, in expectation of which the 
troops remained the greater part 
of the day in order of battle. On 
the 15th the enemy began again 
to retire: his movement was then 
plainly ascertained to be a ma- 
neeuvre to cover and facilitate the 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1815. 
escape of Marshal Murat to Capua, 
who arrived at St. Germano, with 
only three or four officers, anda 
few dragoons, and left it again in 
a couple of hours. Towards sun- 
set on the same day, General Nu- 
gent resumed the offensive, not- 
withstanding the disparity of 
numbers, the enemy having near 
10,000 men : crossing the Garig- 
liano on a bridge thrown over it, 
to replace that burnt by the 
French General Manheis, when 
he sacked and burnt the unfortu- 
nate town of Ceprano, he pursued 
his march on the road towards 
St. Germano, and bivouacked 
under the little town of Arce, 
whence this report is dated. 
General Manheis has been join-: 
ed by the Minister at War M‘Don- 
ald, and it is probable that their 
combined force will occupy this 
night a position on the Melfa, a- 
few miles from this camp. 
On the line of operations of Ge- 
neral Count Nugent, the right 
occupies Ponte Corvo, Fondi, and 
Itri, and the left extends as far as 
Isola and Sora. . 
1 have great satisfaction in in- 
forming your Lordship of the 
loyal disposition of the inhabitants 
of this part of the country, where 
the cockade of the legitimate: 
Sovereign is universally worn. 
The army will advance again 
to-morrow, and the details of its 
His Excellency Lieut.-Gen. 
Lord Stewart, G. Cs B. 
&e. &e. &c. Vienna. 
progress transmitted to your fj 
Lordship as soon as St. Ger- fj 
mano is occupied, or a combat - [fy 
accepted. & 
I have the honour to be, &c. k 
(Signed) : 
C. Cuurcu. Fi 
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