a 
French troops entered and found plenty 
of provifions and other ftores. About 
this time, the Auftrians took a pofition 
between Ebermanftodt and Forcheim, 
and between Forcheim and Hochftedt. 
‘There general Kleber, on the qth Auguft, 
attacked and drove them from their firft 
i into the town of Forcheim, 
pofitions 
and out again. “The place, which is of 
confiderable ftrength, then furrendered ; 
and the reward of the victors was 70 
pieces of brafs cannon, and a great 
quantity of arms and ammunition. 
At the fame time, general Cham- 
pionet’s column attacked general Kray 
on the river Aich, where all the villages 
were full of cannon, and of the brave 
Hungarian infantry. While the Auf- 
trian general was dire@iing all his atten- 
tion to this column, he was fuddenly 
difconcerted, by a divifion of cavalry, 
which fell upon his flank. The repub- 
lican generals took advantage of his con- 
fufion, and at laft threw him into the 
greateft diforder ; but it does not appear 
that this procured them any material 
advantage, as they took only 100 pri- 
foners. 
After thefe movements, Gen. Jourdan 
being recovered from his indifpofition, 
refumed the commands After the taking 
of Bamberg, the French proceeded to 
Nuremberg. They found in the town 
of Bamberg, from fifteen to eighteen 
thoufand quintals of wheat, and a confi- 
derable quantity of oats. 
The head-quarters of general Kleber 
on the sth of Auguft, were at Bamberg; 
according to him, the captures made 
from the Auftrians by the army of the 
Sambre and Meufe, in a march of two 
months, has been 57 field pieces, 622 
pieces of. befieging artillery, more than 
four thoufand mufkets, and provifions 
and clothes to the amount of two mil- 
lions. 
The Aufirians on the 29th of July, at- 
tempted a fortie from: Mentz, to the 
amount of 8000 men, by favour of a fog, 
and forced the advanced pofts of the 
French; but as foon as they were per- 
ceived, they were driven back by the 
republican troops under general Mar- 
ceau. 
Since the publication of our laft num- 
ber, the career of general Bueonaparte, 
in Italy, has been marked by the moft 
fignal fuccefies ; though, in one inftance, 
he appears to have received a check from 
the immenfe reinforcements which had 
been fent to the Auftrian general. ~ 
Pelitical Affairs. .. Lrance. 
f Aug. 
On the 16th of July, at two in the 
morning, 4500 men from the garrifon of 
Mantua, made a fortie, and drove back 
all the advanced poits of the French, and 
advanced within piftol fhot of their bat- 
teries,; which they attempted to carry ; 
but the French generals, Fuierella and 
D’allemange, drew up their troops in 
order of battle, and, watching a favour- 
able opportunity, attacked them, threw 
them into diforder, and, after an aétion 
of two hours, drove them to the palifades 
of the town. 
A few days afterwards, the French 
attacked the right wing of the enemy’s 
intrenched camp, and carried diforder 
and terror into their ranks. At the fame 
time, they fired red hot balls from their 
batteries, and in a few minutes after- 
wards, feveral buildings in the town 
were in flames. At break of day, the 
next morning, the befieged attempted 
another fally, but were prevented by the 
intrepidity of the Republicans. 
On the 18th of July, the French ge- 
neral fummoned the Auftrian commander 
of the garrifon to furrender; but the 
Auftrian replied, ‘* that the laws of 
honour and duty compelled him to de- 
fend to the laft extremity the place en- 
trufted to him.” 
Scon after the vigorous fortie made by 
the garrifon of Mantua, the Auftrians 
were colleéted in great force under ge- 
neral Wurmfer, and the victorious Bueo- 
naparte experienced a temporary frown 
from fortune, whofe fmiles he had en- 
joyed in fuch profufion before. The 
Auftrians, on the 29th of July, attacked 
a divifion of his army at Salo, on the 
anks of the lake of Garda, which they 
forced, and advanced with great celerity 
to Brefcia, where, after a vigorous re- 
fiftance, they obliged five companies of 
French foldiers to retreat to Caffano; ano- 
ther column of the Imperial troops took 
the French pofts at Corona, above the ri- 
ver Adige; in confequence of which, Bu- 
eonaparte evacuated Verona, in order to 
concentrate his forces, which he foon 
effeéted, and attacked the Auftrians at 
Lonado and Salo, defeated them, and 
took 600 men, and killed or wounded 
to the amount of 2000. A few days 
afterwards, he defeated the Auftrians a 
fecond time at Lonado, and alfo at Caf- 
tiglione and Montechiaro. He made at 
thefe three places, 6000 prifoners, and 
killed or wounded 2000. He took thirty 
pieces of cannon, and two Auftrian ge- 
nerals prifoners. 
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