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cannon, and a confiderable quantity of 
provitions and military ftores. Ferrara 
alfo fell into the hands of the French; 
the brafs cannon colleéed at thefe places 
amounted totwo hundred. Two cardinal 
legates, with all the officers of the etat 
Major, at Bologna, were made prifoners. 
Ar this time the twenty pictures, which 
were to be furnifhed to the French by 
Parma, and hole from Modena, were on 
their way to Paris. The celebrated pic- 
ture of St. Jerome was in fuch eftimation 
in that country, that a million was offered 
for its ranfom. Citizen Barthelemi was 
~then employed i in choofing the pictures at 
Bologna ; he propofed taking about fifty 
of them. Three naturalifts were at Pavia 
collecting plants for the French botanic gar- 
cens, and f fpecimens of natural hiftory. for 
their cabinets. At Milan, the French gene- 
ral faw the celebrated Gnank who, after re- 
covering himfelf frum the agreeable fur- 
prife of findmg more benevolence from a 
French foldier than from the archduke, 
his late governor, broke out into a criti- 
cifm on the government: “ Pardon me, 
general,” faid he, ‘¢ but this is the firit 
time I ever entered into thefe fuperb apart- 
Ments 3 my eyes are not accuftomed”... 
The general haitened to confer kindneffes 
pon him. 
On the 13th of June, an armiftice was 
concluded between the French republic 
-and his holinefs the pope; the latter agreed 
to pay to France twenty-one millions, 
French money, by inftalments, all within 
the fpace of three months. The pope was 
alfo to deliver to the French republic one 
hundred piétures, vafes, and ftatues, to 
be chofen by the latter; among which 
were to be the bufts of Junius Brutus in 
bronze, and of Marcus Brutus in marble, 
both placed in the capitol. The pope was 
moreover to deliver feveral valuable ma- 
nufcripts. Bologna, Ferrara, and the cita- 
del of Ancona, were te remain in the 
poffefiton of the French foldiers. It was 
alfo agreed between the parties, that 
ail the feaports in the papal territories 
fhould be fhut againft the enemies of the 
French republic, and open to all French 
fhips. 
An armiftice between the king of Na- 
ples and the French republic was agreed 
upon a few days afterwards upon very ad- 
vantageous terms to the latter. 
General Hoche, about the 21ft of June, 
tran{mitted intelligence to the Dire€ory, 
‘that he had the pleafure of beholding 
great numbers of Chouans come and fur- 
render themfelves, with their mufkets re- 
verfed, and their cartridges in their hands. 
Public Affairs... Frances 
[ July 
They affumed the tri-coloured cockade, 
and kiffed it with tranfport. He hoped 
that in a few days there would not be an 
armed enemy throughout the whole can- 
ton of Vannes. He attribured this happy 
change rather to the confidence infpired 
by government, than to the fucceffes of the 
Fiench armies in the north and fouth. 
The Englifb having for a long time in- 
fulted the French flag in the port of Leg- 
horn, and even uled coercive means to 
prevent the fen of that city, @ pare 
of the army of Italy were ordered in June ~ 
to take poffeffion of it, with the confentof ~ 
the grand duke of Tufcany. General 
Buonaparte on the 28th of June iffued 
orders that the conful of the French re- 
public thould put the feals upon all the 
magazines belonging to the Englith, to 
the emperor, to the emprefs of Ruiha, 
and in general to all the princes or fubjeéts 
of the ftates with which France was at 
war, and that ar inventory fhould be 
made of the goods. But previous to the 
French foldiers’ entering the city of Leg- 
horn, the Englifh merchants contrived, 
with the connivance of the governor, to 
{hip off a great quantity of their property, 
which arrived fafe at Corfica. For this 
conduct the governor was {ent tothe grand 
duke of Tuicany to be punifhed according 
to law. 
By this event the Englith fquadron 
are abfolutely excluded from al] the Ita- 
lian ports, and there remains no other afy- 
lum for them im thofe feas than St. Fio- 
renza, in Corfica. 
- On the sth of July, a gereral engage- 
ment took place between general Moreau 
and the archduke Charles, in which the 
Auftrians were -entirely defeated. The 
Auftrians occupied a ftreng pofition ; their 
right wing extended to Radftadt and the 
Rhine ; hein lefc to Guerfbach, on the 
Mure. The battle beyan at Bue o'clock 
in the morning : the two armies approach- 
ed each other in Dona the French began 
by attacking the left wing of the Auftrians 
at Guerfbach, which they carried after a 
vigorous refiftance. The French general 
Lecourbe at the fame time commenced his 
attack between Olbach and the mountains. 
The object was to turn the left wing 
of the Auftrians, and to,oblige them to 
quit the pofition of Radftadt, the affault of 
which prefented the greateft difficulties. 
Another attack was made on the Auf- 
trians at Kuppenheim, between Radftadt 
and Guerfbach: this attack was alfo fuc- 
cefsful ; and aftera bloddy conflict of three 
hours, the Auftrians were driven from 
Kuppenheim, and obliged to crofs the 
Murgy. 
