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troops under General JouBERT, at A- 
vio, on the preceding day, drove in the 
Aufirian advanced pofts, notwithfianding 
their formidable intrenchiments, and took 
400 prifoners. 
The immediate confequences of thefe 
victories, achieved by the French arms, 
were the furrender of Mantua; the de- 
feat’of the Popx’s troops, and the unin- 
terrupted progrefs of the army of Italy 
into Romagna, on the one hand, and into 
the ‘Tyrol on the cther. 
Mantua furrendered on the 2d of. Fe- 
bruary, at ten o'clock at night ; and the 
whole garrifon were made prifoners of 
war. ‘The army of Italy did not repofe 
“itfelf after thefe fuccefies; it atfacked. 
the Auftrians in Tyrol, and defeated 
them. General VIAL, at the head of the 
light infantry, occupied the line of the 
.Lavis ; the remains of the Auftrian army 
were on the oppofite bank. General 
VIAL croffed the Lavis on foot, at the 
head of the 29th half-brigade, pufhed the 
Imperial troops, took from them 800 pri- 
foners, and ttrewed the- ground with their 
dead. The junétion of generals Masse- 
WA and JouBERT was-effeCted, and the 
latter occupied the line of Lavis, which 
covered rent.’ 5 
- In the mean time, a cotumn of the re- 
publican troops from another quarter en- 
tered the Popr’s territory. This was 
the divifion commanded by General Vic- 
Tor, which flept, on the 1 of February, 
at Imola, the firft town of the Papal ter- 
ritory. he army of his Holinefs had 
cut down the bridges, and entrenched it- 
felf, with the greateft care, on the river 
Senio, which it had lined with cannon. 
General LasNE, commanding the ad- 
vanced guard of the French, perceived 
the Papal trocps, who began to cannonade 
him; he immediately ordered the {cour- 
ing parties of the Lombardian legion to 
attack the Popiih riflemen; and the chief 
of brigade LoHoz, commanding the 
Lombardian legion, colle&ted his grena- 
drers, formed them into a clofe column, 
to carry the hoftile batteries. with fixed 
bayonets. This lezion, which was for 
the firf{ time in the fire of battle, tcover- 
ed itfelf with glory, and received the fire 
of fourteen pieces of @annon, and between 
3000 and 4000 men, deeply intrenched. 
While the firing lafted, feveral priefts, 
with the. crucifix’ in their hands, were ’ 
preaching to thofe wretched troops. The 
Freoch took from the foldiers of the Porpg 
fourteen pieces of cannon, eight fand of 
colours, 10coe prifoners, and killed be- 
tween 400 and 5oomen. The French had 
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forty men either killed or wounded. 
The conquerors marched immediately to 
Faenza, and found all the gates fhut ; 
ail the bells rung the alarm, and a mif- 
guided populace pretended to defend the” 
approach. All the chiefs, particularly 
the bifhop, had taken flight ; two orthree 
diicharges of French cannon burft open 
the gates, and their troops entered. 
The iaws of war authorifed General 
BUONAPARTE to Give up this unfortu- 
nate city to pillage ; but he revolted at 
the idea of puniihing a whole city on 
account of the mifconduétof a few priefts. 
He fent to their homes fifty officers 
whom he had taken prifoners, “ thag 
they might go and inform their country-= 
men, and make them fenfible of the 
_ dangers to which a fimilar extravagance 
would expofe them.” we 
_ “ Gn the morning of the 3d of Fe- 
bruary,” faid BUONAPARTE, “ I fent 
for all the pricfts and monks, reminded 
them of the principles of the Gofpel, and 
made ule of allthe influence which rea- 
fon. and neceliity may have, to induce 
them to behave well; they feemed to be 
animated with good principles.” He 
feat to Ravenna the general of the Ca- 
melaulians, to inform that.city of what 
had paffed, and to avoid the misfortunes 
which refiftance would produce. 
On the next day, General Vicror 
continued his route, and made himéelf - 
maker of Sorli; the commander gave - 
him orders to march, on the enfuing day, 
to Cezenna. ) 
Qn the banks of the Rhine, little has 
been done fince our laft fitatement. The 
French have evacuated the Téte-du- 
Pont, at Huninguen. 
ITALY. 
Independent of the military achieve; 
ments ef the French, which have been 
juft related, the moft important intelli- 
gence trom this quarter, is the> inftitu- 
tion of a new republic. The congrefs 
held at, Reggio, on the 30th of Decem- 
ber, iffued a proclamation to the people of 
Bologna, Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio, 
informing them, that the firft ftone of the 
foundation of their infant liberty was laid 
in the congrels held at Modena laft Oéto- 
ber; for which thanks were due tothe in- 
vincible French nation, which was not 
only fo generous as to reftore to them 
their natural rights, byt alfo to enable 
them to exercife thofe rights, in order ta. 
fecure their future exiftence. They re- 
minded the people alfo, that they called 
the congrefs of Reggio; that the con- 
grefs, itrong in the commands of the 
people, 
